Posts Tagged ‘ Tan Zuoren ’

Catching Up With Ai Weiwei

April 7, 2010
By C. Custer
Catching Up With Ai Weiwei

More on Ai Weiwei's Sichuan earthquake project, his experience testifying in Tan Zuoren's case, and his thoughts on the retirement of Gao Zhisheng.
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Translation: Tan Zuoren's Verdict

February 11, 2010
By K. Drinhausen

The following is a guest post by K. Drinhausen: The final sentence for the good man of Sichuan? Even considering the various indicators of the Chinese governments harder stance against any form of dissent in the past year (or even criticism voiced within the system) the outcome of the appeal of Tan Zuoren still...
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Tan Zuoren Sentenced to 5 Years, Ai Weiwei's Thoughts

February 9, 2010
By C. Custer

Note: You can follow up to the minute tweets on Tan Zuoren’s sentencing here, but most of them are in Chinese. Tan Zuoren, like Ai Weiwei, was conducting a citizen’s investigation into the deaths of students in the Sichuan earthquake last year. On March 28th, he...
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