Did Kim Jong-Un Take A Train To Beijing?
There is widespread speculation that a senior North Korean official who made a surprise day-long visit to Beijing was Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Japanese media outlets first reported that a...
Tag: Tiananmen Square
Thousands March In Hong Kong In Memory of Liu Xiaobo
Thousands took to the streets of central Hong Kong Saturday night holding candles as they marched in memory of pro-democracy Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Veteran activists led the solemn gathering...
China Rejects Foreign Criticism Over Liu Xiaobo Death
China has rejected international criticism for not allowing its most prominent critic, Liu Xiaobo, to be treated abroad for liver cancer. It said the case was an internal affair and that other...
Chinese Nobel Laureate With ‘no Enemies’
As Liu Xiaobo braced for his verdict, the late Chinese democracy activist penned a moving statement declaring his love for his wife while telling his jailers: "I have no enemies." But the authorities...
Nobel Laureate, Liu Xiaobo Dies At 61
China’s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61. The Chinese intellectual and activist, who championed non-violent...
China’s President Xi In Landmark Visit To Hong Kong
President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark 20 years since it was handed back to China by Britain, a trip that has already riled democracy activists in the politically divided city....
US Urges China To Let Nobel Laureate Choose Own Doctors
The United States urged China on Tuesday to give cancer-stricken Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife freedom to move and choose his own doctors after he was granted medical parole. The...
Freed Chinese Intellectual Spoke Out For Change
Liu Xiaobo, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize from behind bars, was for decades a vocal champion of democracy and human rights until Chinese authorities locked him up for speaking out. The...
China Releases Nobel Laureate Liu With Terminal Cancer
China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last month, his lawyer told AFP on Monday. Liu, who had about...
US Billionaire Brings Dutch Painters To China’s Masses
Standing in a dimly-lit gallery space in China's National Museum, the owner of the world's only privately-held Vermeer gazed at the small oil painting for a long moment, before showing it to the...
World’s Only Tiananmen Museum Returns To Hong Kong
The world's first museum dedicated to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown will once again open its doors in Hong Kong after a months-long closure as the city prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of...
Tibetan Fashion Hits the Beijing Runway
Face painted yellow and white with long braids draping her shoulders, a model in voluminous grey robes walks down the runway -- an image of Tibetan grace in the heart of China's political power. It...
Warhol Mao Portrait Goes Under the Hammer In Hong Kong
An Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong will be auctioned in Hong Kong in a landmark sale that could fetch $15 million -- but mainland buyers may be wary of putting in a bid. The...
China To Outline National Priorities As Congress Opens
China's rubber-stamp legislature opens its annual session on Sunday with Premier Li Keqiang due to announce the government's 2017 growth target for the world's second largest economy and major policy...
Have Some Shame, Nii Lante
Let’s call this much ado about shame. I am talking about Nii Lante Vanderpuye’s ax-picking with the executive operatives of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), on grounds that the outgoing...
Facebook ‘made China Censorship Tool’
Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in China, according to a report in the New York Times. The social network refused to confirm or deny the...