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The chairperson of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party looks set to win her party's nomination to run in the 2016 presidential elections.

Lee Ching-yu talks to journalists during a trip to the U.S., where she attends the State of the Union address.

The daughter of a detained dissident calls on world leaders to pressure China for his freedom.

The wife of a jailed Chinese rights lawyer says news of the outside world will help ease his troubles.

In an interview in 1999, Li Shuxian, wife of dissident Chinese physicist Fang Lizhi who passed away this month, recalled their early days together.

Li Wenzu, who has campaigned tirelessly for the families of those affected by a crackdown on China's legal profession, evaded state security police in order to ...

The wife of a jailed Chinese dissident speaks to RFA for the first time since her 'covert' escape from threats and intimidation back home.

Chinese writer Liu Di, also known as 'Stainless Steel Mouse,' comments on violence and the fragility of dictatorial regimes.

Writer Liu Di critiques the 'collective thinking' in China's 'society of differences.'

An outspoken activist is beaten after an altercation with the authorities following her visit to the house of Liu Xia.

A Chinese writer contemplates what lies between the philosophies of determinism and free will.

Photographs by Liu Xia, wife of imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, showcase the couple’s political struggles.

Li Wenzu, wife of disappeared human rights attorney Wang Quanzhang, says the family will continue to press for him to see a lawyer, in spite of zero response ...

Rights activist and petitioner Li Yufeng vows to continue her rights activism after serving a four-year jail term for speaking up.

Poet and author Tsering Woeser takes aim at a set of viral Tibetan wedding photographs.

Li Wenzu, wife of 'disappeared' rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, walks from Beijing to Tianjin 'in search' of her husband.

A former inmate recounts her experiences at a Chinese labor camp.

A Chinese woman tells of her family's experience in the accident-plagued coal mining industry.

The wife of detained Chinese rights lawyer Tang Jingling makes a plea for human rights and the rule of law.

Ethnic Mongolian women speak out about the illegal takeover of vast tracts of fragile grassland and forest ecosystems by Chinese companies with the collusion ...

A minority woman in China describes discrimination while using the Mongolian language for official matters.

The daughter of a jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist hopes her mother can visit her in the US.

Chinese mothers go to great lengths to have their children born in the U.S.

Two mothers and a daughter talk about intergenerational tensions brought about by the Occupy Central movement.

A young North Korean defector talks about the influence of foreign music on her classmates in North Korea's closed society.

Five Chinese women lawyers call for details on the case of two girls starved to death in Nanjing.

A woman who has endured the hardship of caring for several jailed relatives talks about life as the member of an activist family.

Two of China's netizen activists, He Peirong and Fan Yanqiong, speak about struggles they've faced after discussing controversial topics online.

The wife of a jailed crusading Chinese journalist speaks about the family's plight.

Chinese rights lawyer Ni Yulan tells the story of her torture at the hands of local police that left her crippled.