Witty Folk Rant on the Dark Side of the News Goes Missing from China’s Internet
“Bands in China have always been somewhat underground, and many have been banned over the years,” Shangguan Luan said. “Basically, all the bands I like have been banned, so they can’t perform in mainstream venues.”
Xi Jinping’s Credibility Nosedives as CCP Loses Control Over Pandemic in China
The Xinjiang fire tragedy went viral on the mainland and sparked small-scale demonstrations in many parts of China. Students were seen waving blank sheets of paper in reference to a Soviet-era dissident joke to mourn the dead and protest the “zero-COVID” policy. On Urumqi Middle Road in Shanghai, youths were filmed shouting, “Down with the CCP! Down with Xi Jinping!”
Students in China’s Zhengzhou Protest ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy: ‘End the Lockdowns’
Some netizens expressed concern for the student’s safety. One person said, “I am wary of the Chinese Communist Party’s capacity for retaliation. God forbid they detain all these kids and make them disappear.”
Chinese Prison Makes Faulty Protective Suits for Export
<!–[CDATA[ Minghui As the coronavirus, also known as the CCP virus (named after the Chinese Communist Party), is ravaging the world, personal protective equipment (PPE) is in huge demand. Inmates in Henan Province’s Zhengzhou Prison were ordered to work more than ten hours each day, seven days a week, to produce protective suits and surgical […]
Lawyer Jiang Tianyong Freed From Prison in China but Not Free
China Change This article was first published in China Change website on June 24, 2019 When Jiang Tianyong was released from prison on February 28 from Henan Province Second Prison in the city Xinxiang, many people breathed a sigh of relief. China first put him in secret detention, known as Residential Surveillance at a Designated […]
Yu Shiwen Hunger Strikes in Protest at Two Year Detention Without Trial For Holding Zhao Ziyang Memorial
China Change This article was first published on ChinaChange.org website on May 3, 2016 Shortly before June 4, 2014, ten citizens in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, were arrested for holding a public memorial for Zhao Ziyang , the late Communist Party leader who died under house arrest in 2005. Zhao’s crime was to show sympathy […]