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San Francisco’s Old Chinatown: Reborn Through Photos

January 19, 2016 Staff Writer 0

San Francisco’s original China Town was shattered by a devastating earthquake in 1906, but its sights have risen from the ashes through the photographs of Arnold Genthe. This German immigrant traveled to San Francisco during […]

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40 Years After the Former Premier’s Death: Remembering Zhou Enlai through Photos

January 15, 2016 Staff Writer 0

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the death of China’s first premier Zhao Enlai. Zhou is remembered in Chinese history as one of Chairman Mao Zedong’s most trusted lieutenants, and his right-hand man. He […]

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Giant, Gold Statue of Mao Appears on Chinese Countryside

January 5, 2016 Staff Writer 0

A giant statue of Communist leader Mao Zedong has been erected at the same Chinese province where his policies led to famine in the 1950s. The 37-metre-high statue is painted gold and it sits on […]

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Dissident Wang Lixiong Banned from Leaving China

December 31, 2015 Staff Writer 0

Dissident Wang Lixiong Banned from Leaving China Chinese authorities have barred dissident writer and activist Wang Lixiong from leaving the country on grounds that his exit would “damage national security.” The 62-year-old was stopped from […]

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Humanitarian Elsie Tu Dies at 102

December 31, 2015 Staff Writer 0

Justice for the People Those are the words that renowned humanitarian Elsie Tu lived by up until her death on Dec. 8, 2015 at the age of 102. This Englishwoman arrived in the colony of […]

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Bi-partisan Committee Urges State Department to Issue Travel Advisory for China After Detention of Houston Woman

November 22, 2015 Staff Writer 0

A congressional committee is urging Secretary of State John Kerry to issue a travel advisory for China, saying the case of a Houston woman detained there since March without clear charges is “deeply troubling.” Sandy […]

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China Ends One-Child Policy

October 30, 2015 Staff Writer 0

The Chinese Communist Party now will allow all families to have up to two children eliminating a policy that barred several rural couples from having more than one child for more than three decades. The […]

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When Music and Ritual Ruled Chinese Society

October 30, 2015 Staff Writer 0

While analyzing China’s one-party Communist state where cultural and spiritual repression is enforced by official policing agencies and backed by the government’s propaganda mouthpieces, it’s important to remember that the arts were once pillars of […]

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Chinese Ambassador Says Ai Weiwei “not my taste”

October 25, 2015 Staff Writer 0

China’s ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming has told BBC’s Andrew Marr that the art work of renowned Chinese activist Ai Weiwei is “not my taste.” During the interview in which Marr probed Liu about China’s […]

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The First President of China

October 11, 2015 Staff Writer 0

On the 10th of October, in the year 1913, Yuan Shikai was installed as the first president of China. It was done against the wishes of Sun Yat Sen, who is considered by many to […]

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