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In the East as in the West, perils for tyranny
Several perils were enumerated in a memo, referred to as Document No. 9, that bears the unmistakable imprimatur of Xi Jinping, China’s new top leader. The first was “Western constitutional democracy”; others included promoting “universal values” of human rights, Western-inspired notions of media independence and civic participation, and “nihilist” criticisms of the party’s traumatic past. […]
China jails journalist and legal scholar against corruption
A Chinese journalist who had pressed for the release of a prominent human rights activist was detained Friday, one day after the United States completed annual discussions with China on human rights. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/world/asia/chinese-journalist-is-detained-in-beijing.html?ref=world The journalist, Chen Min, 51, widely known by his pen name, Xiao Shu, was called to a meeting with security officials in […]
China shoots buddhists on Dalai Lama’s birthday
Chinese police officers opened fire on a crowd of unarmed Tibetans who were celebrating the birthday of the Dalai Lama in a volatile area of Sichuan Province, injuring nine people, two of them critically. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/world/asia/tension-flares-as-tibetans-celebrate-dalai-lamas-birthday.html?ref=world The shootings took place on Saturday, but government restrictions on communications in the region prevented the news from immediately reaching […]
Chinese dissident given spyware in electronics
Several electronic devices that were given to Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese legal advocate, soon after his arrival in the United States last year were loaded with spyware designed to track his family’s movements and their online activity. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/world/asia/chinese-advocates-devices-were-loaded-with-spyware-nyu-says.html?ref=world Two of those devices, an iPhone and an iPad, were given to Mr. Chen by China Aid, […]
Dirty Babylon 