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Kitchen Sink Laundry Lists and Broken Clocks

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Corruption, Income Inequality, Rule of Law, Overheating, Democracy, Tibet, China Currency, China Human Rights, Uighurs, Land Grab, Intellectual Property, Trade Deficit, Unemployment, Inflation, Falun Gong, China Economy, China, Housing Bubble, World News
John Wagner Givens

Corruption perceptions indices suggest that China is not especially corrupt for its level of development and actually does better than many more developed countries, including Russia, Argentina, and Mexico.

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Street Heat at APEC

Tina Gerhardt | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Apec, Vietnam, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Falun Gong, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Asia, Japan, Occupy Honolulu, World News
Tina Gerhardt

Honolulu, Hawai'i - The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit kicked off on Tuesday, November 8 and runs through Sunday, November 13, 2011. ...

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Cisco Helped China Suppress Dissidents, Lawsuit Claims

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Cisco, Cisco China, Falun Gong, Cisco Sued, Cisco Chinese Government, Cisco Falun Gong, Cisco Lawsuit, Technology News

The Human Rights Law Foundation has filed a lawsuit against tech company Cisco, alleging that it designed a surveillance system to help the Chinese go...

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The Rule of Law and China's Recent Assault on Lawyers

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jasmine Revolution, Lawyers, Human Rights Lawyers, Weiquan, Public Security Bureau, Jiang Tianyong, Rule of Law, Falun Gong, Gao Zhisheng, Tang Jitian, China, Rule-of-Law, Chen Guangcheng, Beijng, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

I met Tang Jitian and was impressed with his understanding of his role in pushing the Chinese government to truly commit to a rule of law.

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A Loyalist and a Tiananmen General Win China's Peace and Harmony Awards

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Tibet Crackdown, China Tiananmen Square, Nobel Prize, Falun Gong, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, Tibet, China, China Tibet, Tiananmen Square, Dalai Lama, Taiwan, Panchen Lama, World News
Rebecca Novick

In a typically sour grapes gesture, China has invented its own peace prize. The ceremony, held on December 9th, is a day ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize function honoring jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

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China Is Attempting to Wipe Out Buddhism

Robert Thurman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Falun Gong, Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama, China, Buddhism, Chinese Communist Party, Tibet, Religion News
Robert Thurman

I, for one, was proud of His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he spoke strongly about the Chinese Communist Party's oppressive treatment of Tibetan Buddhist monks in Tibet.

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On Tiananmen's 20th: The Challenge of China

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Falun Gong, Timothy Geithner, Human Rights, Tiananmen 20th Anniversary, China, World News
Danny Schechter

As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Protest, its time to improve coverage of human rights violations in China.

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China's Olympic Insecurity

Jamie Metzl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nationalism, Olympics, Falun Gong, Chinese Government, Suppressing Dissent, China and Tibet, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Uighurs, Chinese Censorship, Beijing Olympics, Politics News
Jamie Metzl

The Chinese deserve their moment in the sun. If, however, the Tibetans, Falun Gong, or Uighurs in China cause a nationalist backlash, the ugly face of Chinese nationalism will be exposed.

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How to Read the Great Olympics Internet Censorship Drama

Monroe Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Censorship, Australia, Jacque Rogge, Darfur, Tibet, Kevan Gosper, Falun Gong, International Olympic Committee, Amnesty International, Ioc, Olympics, Bocog, Media News
Monroe Price

The IOC has known that China's website policies would be a problem all along and informally sought to manage change.

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Falun Gong, Other "Troublemakers" Confined to Shanghai During Games

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Falun Gong, Chinese Dissidents, Human Rights, China, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Shanghai, Politics News

BEIJING — Shanghai has banned dissidents, Falun Gong members and other regime critics from leaving the city during the August Olympics, a human ...

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Canadian Broadcasters Pull Falun Gong Doc After China Complains

New York Times | IAN AUSTEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CBC, Falun Gong, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Business News

Hours before a heavily promoted documentary about the Falun Gong spiritual sect in China was scheduled to go on the air, the Canadian Broadcasting Cor...

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