Story Archive
2009-06-26
Washington, human rights groups, and fellow writers are calling on China to free a leading dissident now facing charges of subversion.
2009-06-25
A Chinese reporter wins a major award for coverage of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
2009-06-23
Don’t curb the Internet, designer and commentator Ai Weiwei says: It’s China’s best hope.
2009-06-23
China's latest bid to control online content sparks outrage, and a high-profile call for a Web boycott.
2009-06-22
A large-scale protest erupts over a mysterious death in central China.
2009-06-17
A new protest over land development erupts in violence in northeast China.
2009-06-17
A Party official in the central Chinese province of Hubei denies allegations he issued death threats to an activist opposing the government in a land dispute.
2009-06-15
Asian health officials gear up for an expected surge in H1N1 cases.
2009-06-11
An outspoken "Tiananmen mother" has a plan for her son's ashes, 20 years after his death.
2009-06-11
Computer users are up in arms about a Web filtering system the government says must be installed to protect young people from harmful content.
2009-06-09
A first-ever Gay Pride week shows how far China has come since decriminalizing homosexuality 12 years ago, and how far it has to go.
2009-06-04
The 20th anniversary of China's deadly 1989 crackdown brings tight security and quiet calls for an official reckoning with the past.
2009-06-03
Former leaders of Beijing's June 4, 1989 pro-democracy movement say newfound prosperity in China has led to complacency among the country's brain trust.
2009-06-03
Chinese authorities go on high alert ahead of the 20th anniversary of a crackdown they want the world, and the Chinese people, to forget.
2009-06-01
A former teacher who famously splattered paint on Chairman Mao’s portrait at the height of 1989 protests describes a failure of leadership among protesters—and how prison abuse scarred the friend who joined him in that act of vandalism.
