Source: New York Times Author: Michael Wines Pulsihed Time: January 18, 2012 Beijing –The Chinese authorities have charged another veteran human rights activist with attempting to subvert the state, the latest in a series of indictments or trials of well-known dissidents that have drawn unusually stiff prison sentences and widespread condemnation abroad. In the latest…
DetailsAuthor: Tania Branigan Pulsihed Time: January 18, 2012 Lin Zuluan BEIJING: A protest leader in Wukan, the southern Chinese village that drove out the authorities in a row over land grabs, has been appointed its new Communist Party secretary. Residents applauded Lin Zuluan’s new role as another positive step in their struggle with local officials.…
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Translator by WRIC Sandra Lam Even with a cleft lip, this little girl named Pan Hui is still beautiful—she has a round face and soft fair skin. Yet she feels scrutinized and insecure, that her beauty is scarred and besmirched by this cleft lip. When the sun rose on January 5, 2000, a…
DetailsSource: Women’s Rights in China Pulsihed Time: 2011-12-22 Women’s Rights in China Reports Journalists working for wrchina.org reports that Local authorities in Shanwei, China has ended the blockade of Wukan, the village which had been in open rebellion in the last few weeks. On December 22nd, WRChina reporters saw an eerie scene of silent confrontation. Red…
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Source: ReutersAuthor: Pulsihed Time: Dec 20, 2011 By Marie-Louise Gumuchian TRIPOLI | Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:58pm IST (Reuters) – At a pre-wedding evening party in central Tripoli, a group of Libyan women sing traditional songs to the beat of a drum as they prepare to apply henna to the bride’s hands and feet. Clapping…
Detailsestannard@nhregister.com / Twitter: @edstannardnhr NEW HAVEN — A rising Chinese communist star who claimed to have served as an assistant to Mayor John DeStefano Jr. in 2000 was largely responsible for the torture and imprisonment of an outspoken human rights activist, according to China watchers in this country. Li Qun, who spent six months studying…
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Arthur: WRIC Volunteer Tan Chunsheng Ms. Luo was born in 1983 in Guangxi province, China. She was married and moved to her husband’s village within Anqing City, Anhui province in 2001. She gave birth to a boy in 2002 and a girl in 2006. The family was poor. Ms. Luo’s husband was…
DetailsZhejiang News, Sept. 5 2011 A couple who performed over 600 illegal ultrasound procedures had been arrested by police in Jiangbei District of the City of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The couple was originally from Shangyin County, Anhui Province and operated under assumed names of Liu Lin…
DetailsWRIC Volunteer Isabelle Ren September 4, 2011 There is a Chinese saying that goes “the parts where you eat nourish…
DetailsSource： WRIC 08-15-2011 In order to have another child without incurring Population Control fines, a couple, Mr. Yi and Ms. Gong of Changzhou acquired residency of a foreign country and give birth to…
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