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Chinese authorities have arrested activists and placed others under increased surveillance to stop them from marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Searches on social media sites have also been restricted to try to prevent any reference to the 1989 events. The foreign ministry expressed “strong dissatisfaction” over a call from the US to free those still in prison…

Li Wangyang, a leading Chinese dissident imprisoned after the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, has been found dead under strange circumstances, his relatives and rights groups said. Officials said Li Wangyang, who was freed from jail a year ago, hanged himself in hospital, where he was being treated for heart disease and diabetes. But Li Wangyang’s brother-in-law questioned the death,…

…quare crackdown and the mass starvation of Mao Zedong’s regime. A survey released last week suggested 69% of students opposed the classes. The climbdown came a day after activists said more than 100,000 protesters had rallied at government headquarters. Police put the turnout at 36,000. Unlike the rest of China, Hong Kong enjoys a high degree of freedom, including a free press, the right to…

…king sanctuary in embassies, both in China and in other countries. So is it legal or not? Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has left the US embassy in Beijing after taking refuge there for a week The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations codified a custom that has been in place for centuries when it established the “rule of inviolability”. This states that local police and se…
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…til Monday. The election campaign has been dominated by issues such as employment, corruption and the growing number of visitors from mainland China. Hong Kong, which was handed to China by Britain in 1997, enjoys greater political freedom than mainland China, including a free press and the right to peaceful assembly. Under the current laws, 30 of the 70 seats in the assembly are being chosen by s…