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In China, Beware: A Camera May Be Watching You
Shanghai :: China | 4 months ago
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The first of two reports China is becoming a surveillance state. In recent years, the government has installed more than 20 million cameras across a country where a decade ago there weren't many. Today, in Chinese cities, cameras are everywhere: on
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Chinese dissident freed; more surveillance feared
Beijing :: China | almost 2 years ago
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A prominent Chinese political activist imprisoned for sedition was released Sunday at the end of his more than three-year sentence, his wife said, though his freedom could be limited by continued surveillance. A major figure in
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As world hesitates, China stands firm on dissent
Beijing :: China | almost 2 years ago
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The international community's mixed response to China's crackdown on dissent ranging from public criticism to total silence has handed Beijing leeway to maintain its hard line, experts say. Since Chinese authorities, apparently spooked by the pro-
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei arrested in latest government crackdown
Beijing :: China | 2 years ago
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Ai Weiwei, China's most prominent artist and an outspoken critic of the Communist regime, was taken from Beijing's airport Sunday by security agents as he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong...Ai is the highest profile activist detained so far
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China's monitoring of activists surges post-Nobel
Beijing :: China | over 2 years ago
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Dissident writer Yu Jie and his wife are prisoners in their apartment. Blocked by security agents outside their building, the couple have been living on deliveries of takeout food and groceries for nearly a month and voraciously reading books to
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Nobel Peace Prize winner imprisioned in china.
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize waswon by a Chinese man who is imprisioned. He told his we and a friend he is dedicating his prize to 1989 prodemocracy protest victims. The winners name is Liu Xiaobo. The winners wife is also imprisoned
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