Congressional-Executive Commission on China: Free China’s Heroes Initiative

Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) CECC Highlights Prisoners of Conscience Cases in Advance of President Xi Jinping’s Visit WASHINGTON, DC  – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ)—chair and co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—announced today the “Free China’s Heroes” initiative to highlight cases of individuals who are imprisoned, […]

Chinese Lawmakers Seek to Protect Dead Communist Heroes With New Law

Jack Hu  |  Global Voices China’s national parliamentary body recently passed legislation for the country’s first expansive civil code, which will help judges decide legal disputes on property, contracts, inheritance, and marriage. The new code, which is expected to be adopted in 2020, builds on the few existing civil laws in the communist country. Of the current 126 additions tabled by the […]

Three Chinese Heroes Named on Reporters Without Borders list in Prison

Reporters Without Borders
has published a list of 100 Information Heroes, four of them are Mainland China journalist.
Three out of the four honored Chinese people have either been in prison or are still in prison.
Li Jianjun, exiled in Hong Kong: “one needs to sacrifice a great deal to tell the truth in China”.