Shi Minglei Recounts Her and Imprisoned Husband’s Cases, Leading to Her and Their Daughter’s Rescue to Freedom
ChinaAid On April 7, at 12:40 pm, Bo Fu, PhD, president of ChinaAid, welcomed Shi Minglei (2nd from right) and her 5-year-old daughter—Doudou (3rd from right) at Midland International Air and Space Port Airport, Texas. Ms. Shi, wife of Cheng Yuan, one of three imprisoned staffers of Hunan Changsha NGO—wrote the following letter on April 9: Cheng Yuan’s […]
Chinese Growing Up Without the Proper Knowledge or Desire for Freedom
VISION TIMES China has strong censorship policies in place that prevent citizens from accessing websites like Google, Facebook, or any other services that the communist government deems harmful. As a result, millions of young Chinese are growing up without having a proper knowledge of Western societies, democracy, history, or free speech. The censorship The Chinese […]
China ‘Worst Abuser of Internet Freedom’ Worldwide: Freedom House Report
Hai Nan and Zhu Dan | Radio Free Asia China was the year’s worst abuser of internet freedom for the third year running in 2017, according to an annual report from U.S.-based freedom-of-speech watchdog Freedom House. As the ruling Chinese Communist Party held its 19th Party Congress, enshrining the “new era” ideology of President Xi […]
Forum Celebrating the 11th Anniversary of the Nine Commentaries in Maryland
This article was published first on December 17, 2015 Epoch Times (originally published in Chinese) MARYLAND—Eleven years ago, the Epoch Times newspaper published the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party”, this initiated the unprecedented Tuidang movement in China. David Tompkins, Director of Public Relations for the Tuidang Center, said at a forum held on November 28th, […]
Chinese Student Apologizes For ‘Fresh Air’ And ‘Freedom’ Comments During Graduation Speech
Ng Yik-tung and Sing Man | Radio Free Asia A Chinese student has apologized after she referred in public to breathing “the fresh air” of free speech after arriving to study in the United States, sparking a storm of online criticism and abuse. Yang Shuping said in a graduation speech at the University of Maryland […]
Chinese Plea for Freedom Found in Cupcake Box in New York
Bowen Xia | Epoch Times NEW YORK—When Lourdes Figueiredo opened a small set of cupcake boxes bought from a Christmas tree shop months ago, out dropped a piece of paper with the English words, “Made in china prison. I want freedom.” “I was in shock,” said Figueiredo, a 26-year-old from Yonkers, New York. “At first […]
Surveillance, Privacy and the Right to Know: A Delicate Imbalance in Hong Kong
Nancy Mak, Grace Liyang, Rammie Chui | Global Voice This article was originally published on Varsity, a magazine run by students from the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on March 31 2017. Joshua Wong Chi-fung made numerous headlines in 2014 as the youngest of the pro-democracy activists […]
Silence in the Face of Tyranny
Epoch Times In a Feb. 9, 2017 essay in Beijing Spring, Ma Qing, a blogger and internet activist in China, reflects on the thick network of social control that keeps many Chinese from expressing discordant political views. — Epoch Times translation team A few days ago, a cousin of mine, who is a retiree from […]
Hope Remains After Father’s Bid for Freedom Dashed
James Burke | Vision Times Zhiwen Wang was imprisoned for 15 years, most of it in Tianhe, a notorious labor camp in China’s northeast. During that time, Zhiwen was tortured and abused by prison authorities in an attempt to make him renounce his adherence to the spiritual-meditation practice of Falun Gong, also known as Falun […]
‘Speech Is Freedom Itself’ – Chang Ping’s Acceptance Speech for the CJFE 2016 International Press Freedom Award
Chang Ping | ChinaChange This article was published first on China Change web site on December 1, 2016 From the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression website: “Chang Ping is one of China’s best-known journalists who reports on political issues. He writes about sensitive topics including democracy, media censorship, the failures of government policy and Tibet. […]