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China’s leaders were prepared to ’spill some blood’ ahead of Tiananmen massacre

By Michael Allen on June 4, 2010

China’s communist leaders premeditatedly prepared to “spill some blood” ahead of the June 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators. On the 21st anniversary of the events, security services today harassed grieving parents of victims, driving several mourners out of a cemetery.
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents today held a candlelight vigil to commemorate [read full story]

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Synchronized sentencing again hits Vietnamese and Chinese democracy activists

By Michael Allen on January 20, 2010

The one-day trial of four Vietnamese democracy advocates ended today as a Hanoi court handed down unusually harsh sentences. [read full story]

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Vietnam follows China, harasses dissidents

By Michael Allen on July 21, 2009

Vietnam’s communist authorities are targeting the country’s democracy activists again, media agencies report. Democracy blogger Nguyen Tien Trung was arrested earlier this month, according to Reporters Without Borders.
Nguyen Tien Trung, an active member of the Vietnam Democratic Party, was arrested on 7 July, shortly after being discharged from the army for refusing to take an [read full story]

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China's repressive tolerance

China’s repressive tolerance

By Michael Allen on May 28, 2009

“Promoting democracy [in China] is not illegal, at least within a circle of approved academics,” according to this analysis. Democracy – albeit “with Chinese characteristics” – is now part of the official political discourse as, with the Marxist-Leninist ideology of the ruling Communist party discredited, the regime pursues an alternative narrative to legitimize its rule.
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Tiananmen: memories and activism endure despite 'historical sabotage'

Tiananmen: memories and activism endure despite ‘historical sabotage’

By Michael Allen on May 27, 2009

Today’s must-read:
For many Westerners, the enduring image of China’s 1989 protests was of a nameless man staring down a tank, an unforgettable scene that spoke to the power of individual resistance. But the protests were not so much a Chinese 1960s as they were a quiet nationwide uprising, a simmering defiance that spanned class, education [read full story]

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