Taiwanese Activist Held in China Enflames Sino-Taipei Relations
Somewhere in China, a Taiwanese activist and former philosophy student is believed to be held on suspicion of endangering national security. Back home, that’s all his colleagues and family is hearing and they’re demanding answers. Lee Ming-Che has not been heard from for 23 days. On Monday, China revoked his wife’s travel permit shortly before […]
Facebook Creates New Special Software for China’s Internet Censorship
Facebook is a global entity – well, kind of. An almost global entity. China, with its strict cyber-censorship laws, is one of very few (less than 15) nations barring its citizens access to the popular social site. This, however, may soon change. Facebook has created a special software to potentially accommodate China’s harsh censorship demands, […]
Tiananmen Square Massacre Activists Write Open Letter Accusing China of Three Decades of ‘White Terror’
This time each year for the past quarter-century, China’s communist government works tirelessly in its quest to suppress any outcry against the murderous actions it took in the early-morning hours of June 4, 1989 in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Saturday marks the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in which the People’s Liberation Army swarmed […]
Hundreds Take to The Streets of Hong Kong to Commemorate the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Four days from today marks the 27th anniversary of one of the most horrific instances of government brutality in modern China: the Tiananmen Square Massacre. June 4th, 1989 in Tiananmen Square was like a scene out of a horror film – not one of those paranormal ghost-types, but the gory aftermath of a slasher flick […]
27 Years Later, China Will Release Last Tiananmen Massacre Protester
This June marks the 27th anniversary of the terror that the Chinese Communist Party imposed upon its innocent citizens in Tiananmen Square, in the heart of Beijing, China. Fed up with the Chinese government’s overwhelming corruption, students began massive demonstrations throughout the spring of 1989. They called for an end to corruption, for Rule of Law, […]
China Arrests Prominent Civil Rights Lawyer for Speaking Out Against Chinese Leaders Online
Political and civil rights activism is all too rare in China – a nation internationally known for its human rights violations, especially the suppression of any free-speech. In yet another example of the cruel actions the Chinese government takes against any who speak out against them, they carried out a midnight arrest of a prominent […]
Trump: Tiananmen a ‘Riot,’ Put Down by ‘Strong Government”
Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was taken to task for comments he made in which he called the Tiananmen Massacre a “riot” and lauded the Chinese for showing “strong” leadership in 1989. In the CNN Republican presidential debate yesterday, Jake Tapper asked Trump to respond to comments he made in 1990, shortly after the Chinese […]
Bill Gates Sells Image Bank with Controversial Tank Man Pictures to Chinese Firm
Thanks to Bill gates, a treasure chest of more than 200 million historic and artistic images are under control of a Chinese firm. The Microsoft founder announced Friday the sale of Corbis images assets to Unity Glory, a division of Visual China Group. Among the trove are images sensitive to the ruling Communist Party’s view […]
Army Unit of Tiananmen Square Massacre Disbanded under Xi’s Military Reorganization
The 27th Army Group of the People’s Liberation Army leaves behind a bloody legacy. During the Tiananmen Square Massacre of June 4, 1989, it became notorious for the atrocities it committed on the streets of Beijing. According to eye-witness accounts, its soldiers and armored carriers were the most active in shooting students and residents. Its […]
