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Category Archives: Bits of Weibo
Freed Chongqing Prisoner Talks about Reeducation-through-Labor
Of the hundreds of thousands of victims of China’s arbitrary, extralegal “reeducation-through-labor” system, a young man in Chongqing named Ren Jianyu (任建宇) was recently freed, thanks to the downfall of Bo Xilai, even though his filing against the government for … Continue reading
Today, June 4th
When former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Yaobang (胡耀邦), sacked by Deng Xiaoping for his bolder calls for re-evaluating the past and reforming for the future, died on April 15, 1989, college students in Beijing began a wave … Continue reading
Posted in Bits of Weibo, Current Events
Tagged 1989, 38th Army, Democracy, freedom, Hu Yaobang, June 4th, Li Peng, massacre, tank, Tiananmen Square, Wu Renhua, Zhou Yongjun
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Heard on Weibo, 3/18-3/24 The Coup Edition
Mystery abounds. Suspense builds. Millions in China, as someone on Twitter puts it, have been immersed lately in writing “movie scripts” of court intrigues in Zhongnanhai (中南海, gov’t headquarters in Beijing). Under normal circumstances, they can’t even get within 30 … Continue reading
Posted in Bits of Weibo, Weekend Section
Tagged Beijing, Bo Xilai, China, Ferrari, Lin Biao, Mao, Mao Zedong, Zhongnanhai
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