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Ai Weiwei at work on a heavy-metal rock album and movie project
Ai Weiwei isn't able to leave Beijing because of his ongoing legal battles with the Chinese government, but the world comes to him. The artist is keeping busy with projects that include a planned heavy-metal album and a new movie. Ai's debut album...
Tags: Entertainment, Beijing (China), Arts and Culture, Human Rights, Festive Events
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China activists urge visits to confined wife of dissident
Her eyes showing anguish behind her glasses, Liu Xia whispers urgently into the ear of one of the Chinese activists who barrels past the guard at her Beijing apartment – a place that has become her prison. The brief video of their Friday...
Tags: Christian Bale, Beijing (China), U.S. Embassy, Awards and Prizes, Human Rights
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A Dissident Reminds Us Of Memorial Day's Value
Memorial Day is — and should be — about remembering American sacrifices in war. It therefore may seem odd to look to a Chinese man as the exemplar of the holiday's meaning. But it is by no means a stretch. Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Memorial Day, Human Rights, Politics, Prisons
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China one-child policy leads to forced abortions, mothers' deaths
LIJIN China — Six months pregnant, 38-year-old Ma Jihong was healthy and fit, her body toned from working in the cotton fields. So when 10 people from the local family planning office showed up one morning in October, she slipped through a gap in...
Tags: Punishment, Petroleum Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Beijing (China), Parties and Movements
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Chinese officials linked to forced-abortion scandal punished
World NowSeveral Chinese officials tied to a forced abortion that spurred national outrage will be punished and one has already been dropped from his post, according to Chinese state media.... -
Chinese village that blind activist escaped no longer on lockdown
World NowThe Times’ Barbara Demick recently reported on the surreal “virtual lockdown” of the Chinese village where blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng escaped. Weeks after Chen fled, his village and nearby ones were ringed by anywhere... -
Tiananmen activist found hanged in Chinese hospital room
World NowIn a tragic coda to the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a veteran activist was found hanged to death in a hospital room on Wednesday morning. Li Wangyang, 62, was a labor activist from Hunan province who led workers in sympathy protests... -
Must Reads: Acid attacks, rebels and the Mexican drug war
World NowFrom the plight of Pakistani acid attack victims to Syrian rebels girding for war, here are the five stories you shouldn't miss from last week in global news.... -
South Korea marks Buddhist holiday amidst scandal
World NowSEOUL -- South Korea marked a holiday honoring Buddha's birthday with services in 20,000 temples across the country amidst a scandal over the behavior of monks who had been filmed gambling, drinking and smoking in a hotel suite. About 22% of South Korea's... -
Blind Chinese Activist Chen Arrives In New York
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a Beijing hospital to quell a sensitive diplomatic rift between the...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Government, Chicago, Human Rights, Hillary Clinton
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Daniel Dae Kim talks politics, kids, 'Hawaii Five-O' on 'Live! with Kelly'
TV WatchersFreedom High School grad Daniel Dae Kim, star of "Hawaii Five-O,' has been making the rounds on the east coast, making appearances at a White House dinner with the Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihiko Noda hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on... -
Anderson Cooper talks to Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelChinese activist Chen Guangcheng speaks with Anderson Cooper in a CNN interview tonight. It is Chen's first TV interview since he arrived in the United States with his wife and children. Asked about reports that he was beaten in China, Chen says “...
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