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April 16, 2022

China’s Judicial Transparency Project Faces an Uncertain Future

Over the past two decades, China has made improving judicial transparency a key plank of its reform platform. Many court hearings are videotaped or livestreamed, and judges are increasingly expected to explain their reasoning during sentencing. But arguably no transparency measure has been more impactful than the decision to make millions of court decisions freely accessible online.In 2013,
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Published on April 16, 2022 22:57

The American Fighting for the Future of Women’s Rights in China

Kim Lee thought her days as a leader of China’s feminist movement were over. Now, she’s facing arguably the most important fight of her life. Eleven years ago, the American became a hero to women across China when she took to Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social platform, and accused her then-husband Li Yang of domestic violence.The post, which included photos of Lee’s bruised and bloodied face,
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Published on April 16, 2022 22:54

Myanmar jailed more writers in 2021 than any other country, says rights group

Myanmar jailed more writers and public intellectuals in crackdowns last year than any other country, according to a freedom of expression advocacy group. PEN America’s annual census of detained writers, the Freedom to Write Index, found Myanmar’s junta detained at least 26 writers in 2021 as it sought to suppress opposition after seizing power from the democratically elected government of Aung
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Published on April 16, 2022 22:51

North Korea marks founder Kim Il-sung’s birthday with mass parade but no weapons

Thousands of North Koreans marched in a choreographed display of loyalty to the ruling Kim family during a massive civilian parade celebrating the birthday of the country’s founder attended by his grandson and current leader, Kim Jong-un. State media images showed Kim waving from a balcony overlooking the vast square in Pyongyang named after his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, as huge columns of people
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Published on April 16, 2022 11:07

April 15, 2022

Chinese officials are 'painfully aware' of economic fallout from lockdowns: European Chamber President

Chinese officials are grappling with the economic distress caused by their Covid-19 restrictions, as several cities remain in lockdown, according to the head of a European trade group. Jörg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, said in an interview with CNN Business on Thursday that his latest conversations with the government had been encouraging as pressure built
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Published on April 15, 2022 14:08

China's Covid controls risk sparking crisis for the country -- and its leader Xi Jinping

Across China, cities are locking down their residents, supply lines are rupturing, and officials are scrambling to secure the movement of basic goods -- as its largest ever recorded outbreak of Covid-19 threatens to spiral into a national crisis of the government's own making.At least 44 Chinese cities are under either a full or partial lockdown as authorities persist in trying to curb the spread
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Published on April 15, 2022 14:05

April 13, 2022

Torbjørn Færøvik: Riper i lakken og bulker i panseret

Bak lukkede dører i Beijing forbereder Kinas fremste menn høstens viktige partikongress. Men utenfra forstyrres de av en stadig sterkere klagesang. Tjuetre kinesiske byer med rundt to hundre millioner innbyggere er nå helt eller delvis nedstengt på grunn av covid-19. Folk lider, og viruset sprer seg fra dag til dag. I Shanghai, en by med 26 millioner innbyggere, er gatene tomme. Bare matbudene
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Published on April 13, 2022 23:15

Yellen says China should urge Russia to end its Ukraine war

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday urged China to use its “special relationship with Russia” to persuade Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Beijing “cannot expect the global community to respect its appeals to the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity in the future if it does not respect these principles now,” Yellen said at the Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan think
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Published on April 13, 2022 23:10

China Speaks Out After Joe Biden Accuses Russia of 'Genocide'

China has repeated calls for calm and refused to be drawn into a debate about possible war crimes in Ukraine after Joe Biden accused Vladimir Putin and his troops of committing "genocide." Biden was speaking in Iowa on Tuesday when he used the word for the first time, describing his Russian opposite number as a dictator who "declares war and commits genocide half a world away." The American
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Published on April 13, 2022 23:08

Ukraine Crisis Exposes U.S. As 'Bully,' China's Leading Party Paper Says

China is doubling down on its portrayal of the United States as the main cause of the war in Ukraine, with its most prominent newspaper criticizing the West in general and America in particular for attempting to make Beijing pick a side. In Monday's People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s flagship paper, a page 3 editorial continues an anti-American series by "Zhong Sheng," the
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Published on April 13, 2022 23:07

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