Petitioner Arrested by Police
2008-08-21
According to Beijing police, 149 people filed 77 applications for permits to protest. But, police say, 74 of them were "withdrawn." Two were suspended, and one ...
Olympic Petitioner's Story
2008-08-20
Gao Wenjuan was alone Aug. 20 at Ritan Park, one of the three designated zones for protesting during the Olympics, although no protests have yet been ...
Beijing's "Protest Parks"
2008-08-18
Authorities in Beijing have turned down dozens of groups and individuals with grievances who wish to use the officially sanctioned Olympics “protest parks” in ...
Scalpers tolerated, petitioners unwanted
2008-08-15
BEIJING—This is my last day in Beijing. Yesterday I forgot to mention an important point about pirated goods. I didn't find any “official, licensed” Olympics ...
Olympics Delay Energy Reforms
2008-08-13
China's government has put the Olympics ahead of key energy and environmental reforms, experts say. Officials are promising changes after the Games end.
China Detains Uyghurs Amid Attacks
2008-08-12
Further attacks on security personnel are reported near Kashgar as police in the northwestern region of Xinjiang detain 15 suspects following explosions in the ...
Film Profiles Activist Monk
2008-08-11
A new film, Fire Under the Snow, sheds light on tensions in Tibet by looking at the life of an elderly Buddhist monk, Palden Gyatso, who survived years of ...
Mining Deaths in Olympic Power Push
2008-08-07
As China pushes its miners to produce more coal and meet power demand for the Olympics, a series of mining accidents has claimed dozens of lives.
RFA Condemns China's Barring of Journalist
2008-08-07
Radio Free Asia (RFA) today criticized the Chinese government's apparent denial of an entry visa to an Olympic-credentialed RFA broadcaster and called on the ...
Ex-Official Slams Olympics
2008-08-06
A former top Communist Party official has slammed Beijing's hosting of the Olympic Games as being built on the back of corruption and human rights abuses. "In ...
Bad Air Dims Olympic Effort
2008-08-01
China mulls new emergency measures to achieve "blue skies" as the Olympics approach, but experts say the event is a false test of the country's environmental ...
Beijing's Spy in the Cab
2008-08-01
Taxis in Beijing and other Chinese cities get high-tech security and surveillance equipment, including live microphones capable of transmitting audio from ...
Under Olympics House Arrest
2008-08-01
Key rights advocates and social activists across China will spend the Olympics confined to their homes under round the clock surveillance. Some have been ...
Press Freedom at the Olympics?
2008-07-30
Updated on August 1 - China confirms that foreign journalists working out of Olympics press facilities won't have unfettered Internet access, although some ...
Labor Camp for Quake Teacher
2008-07-28
Authorities in China sentence a teacher who criticized the construction in quake-hit schools to one year in a labor camp, his wife says.
China Prices Blamed on Partial Reform
2008-07-25
China is struggling with the inflationary effects of its currency policy three years after launching a partial reform. Speculative "hot money" is pouring into ...
Beijing Rounds Up Its Unwanted
2008-07-25
Chinese citizens hoping to lodge complaints about alleged mistreatment or injustice at the hands of local officials are being tricked into filling in a form at ...
Homes Raided in Xinjiang
2008-07-23
Chinese authorities in Gulja, which saw an armed crackdown on protests in 1997, are raiding homes in a security campaign they say is aimed at the country's ...
Olympics Sap China's Power Supplies
2008-07-21
China's energy supplies are under severe strain as the Olympic Games approach. The country's main coal-producing province has run short of coal and power as it ...