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US urges China to come clean on Tiananmen anniversary

The US urges China to make a full public account of those killed, detained or who went missing during a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989, secretary of state Mike Pompeo has said

2 min read4 Jun 2018
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Chinese activists fear more crackdowns in Xi Jinping’s ‘new era’

Chinese government has in recent years enacted several laws on internet control and other measures in the name of national security, giving a legal basis for its tightening grip on society

2 min read27 Oct 2017
Opinion

Economic freedom

In India, the link between political and economic freedom is unfortunately underplayed

1 min read18 Jul 2017
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Liu Xiaobo cremated and his wife is now ‘free’ claims Chinese government

After Noble laureate Liu Xiaobo's cremation , his wife Liu Xia, who has been under effective house arrest since 2010, is set free

2 min read15 Jul 2017
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China bears responsibility for Liu Xiaobo’s death: Nobel committee

Chinese government bears a 'heavy responsibility' for the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, says Nobel Committee head Berit Reiss-Andersen

1 min read14 Jul 2017
News

‘No enemies’: The life-long advocacy of Liu Xiaobo, China’s Nobel winning dissident

Liu Xiaobo, the man who became China's best-known dissident, died on Thursday of multiple organ failure, he was suffering from liver cancer

4 min read14 Jul 2017
News

Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies aged 61

Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo died Thursday while still in custody following a battle with cancer, authorities said, after officials ignored pleas to free him in his final days

2 min read13 Jul 2017
Politics

China under pressure to free ailing Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

China faces international pressure to let cancer-stricken Liu Xiaobo seek treatment abroad, as official medical updates suggest the writer is close to death

2 min read13 Jul 2017
News

China grants medical parole to jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese academic and activist jailed by China for 'subversion', was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last month

4 min read26 Jun 2017
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Human rights a matter for China, not US: Beijing

Kerry on Monday urged Chinese authorities to free Liu, five years after he was detained

1 min read10 Dec 2013
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