State-run paper says Liu was never accepted by the “Chinese mainstream”
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China’s Nobel Laureate Mo Yan Defends Censorship
At a press conference in Stockholm Mo Yan defended the need for censorship and also declined to repeat earlier comments in support of Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Al-Jazeera English Forced to Close China Bureau After Correspondent Expelled
The Chinese government has expelled al-Jazeera English’s correspondent, marking a further deterioration in the country’s tolerance of foreign journalists. The English-language network said Tuesday that it was forced to close …
Author Who Fled China Details Abuse by Authorities
Dissident Chinese writer Yu Jie held a press conference Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to describe the abuse that drove him to flee to the U.S. with his family last week. Yu, the author of more than a dozen books including the …
Facing Censorship and Abuse, a Chinese Writer Chooses Exile
A Chinese writer who was kept under house arrest for much of the past year and claims he was tortured by police has left China for the United States, saying that he faced unbearable pressure at home. Yu Jie, 38, is known for his …
In China, a Christmas Crackdown on Dissent
Christmas means different things around the world, but in China one of the things it’s come to stand for crackdown. In recent years Chinese courts have chosen the holiday season as the time to hand down the harshest sentences
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A Chinese Peace Prize Names This Year’s Winner. Ummm, Vladimir Putin?
Guess who is this year’s messenger of peace? Why it’s Vladimir Putin. In September, an obscure Chinese cultural organization revealed the finalists for the second annual Confucius Peace Prize, an award that suddenly popped out of nowhere last year after imprisoned Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. The …
For Chinese Nobel Laureate’s Wife, Peace Prize Means Silence
On Friday the Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the 2011 Peace Prize laureate. Bookmakers Paddy Power, which correctly predicted Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s win last year, currently list Sima Samar, chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, as favorite, at 5/4. She is followed by Burmese opposition …
In Human Rights Talks, U.S. Raises Concerns About China’s Crackdown
After two days of talks in Beijing on human rights, a U.S. representative expressed concern about the recent crackdown in China and the lack of information about several activists being held incommunicado by police. “In recent months we’ve seen a serious backsliding on human rights and a discussion of these negative trends dominated the …