democracy in China

Taiwan’s recent presidential election is proof positive that democracy could work in China, a country with the same culture, according to a forum in Canada.

Security czar Zhou Yongkang gave the order to cremate the body of Li Wangyang within three days of his death, a Hong Kong media report said.

Calls for democracy in China resounded at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park as more than 180,000 attended the yearly candlelight vigil in memory of the 1989 massacre of student protesters on Tiananmen Square. In the crowd were survivors, politicians, students, and residents from both Hong Kong and mainland China.

Hong Kong residents are preparing for the annual commemoration of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square student protests and massacre.

Political parties, human rights organizations, and other groups that are normally suppressed—often violently—in China, will now be allowed to register themselves, under a major rule change.

A new political party aims to create a constitutional democracy in China and end one-party rule.

Wei Jingsheng, one of the most recognized Chinese human rights and democracy activists, weighs in on the significance of the political upheaval presently occurring in China.

Contradictory statements by officials at China’s annual two meetings regarding the eagerly anticipated village elections in Wukan, Guangdong Province, do not bode well for the future of such elections across China or for Wukan village.

Communist Party authorities are already working to manipulate Wukan’s fledgling free elections.

In a small township in Henan Province, over two hundred farmers have taken a leaf from the book of Wukan—or at least tried to.

The Wei Jingsheng Foundation awards it annual prize for democracy advocate to Liu Di

China’s vice premier departure from a Hong Kong visit marked by voices of protest and anger at the communist regime.

Various groups promoting change in China held a vigil outside New York’s Chinese Consulate for those lost under Chinese Communist Regime.

Looking back 20 years after the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China.

Taiwan’s recent presidential election is proof positive that democracy could work in China, a country with the same culture, according to a forum in Canada.

Security czar Zhou Yongkang gave the order to cremate the body of Li Wangyang within three days of his death, a Hong Kong media report said.

Calls for democracy in China resounded at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park as more than 180,000 attended the yearly candlelight vigil in memory of the 1989 massacre of student protesters on Tiananmen Square. In the crowd were survivors, politicians, students, and residents from both Hong Kong and mainland China.

Hong Kong residents are preparing for the annual commemoration of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square student protests and massacre.

Political parties, human rights organizations, and other groups that are normally suppressed—often violently—in China, will now be allowed to register themselves, under a major rule change.

A new political party aims to create a constitutional democracy in China and end one-party rule.

Wei Jingsheng, one of the most recognized Chinese human rights and democracy activists, weighs in on the significance of the political upheaval presently occurring in China.

Contradictory statements by officials at China’s annual two meetings regarding the eagerly anticipated village elections in Wukan, Guangdong Province, do not bode well for the future of such elections across China or for Wukan village.

Communist Party authorities are already working to manipulate Wukan’s fledgling free elections.

In a small township in Henan Province, over two hundred farmers have taken a leaf from the book of Wukan—or at least tried to.

The Wei Jingsheng Foundation awards it annual prize for democracy advocate to Liu Di

China’s vice premier departure from a Hong Kong visit marked by voices of protest and anger at the communist regime.

Various groups promoting change in China held a vigil outside New York’s Chinese Consulate for those lost under Chinese Communist Regime.

Looking back 20 years after the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China.