Burning Effigies: China Threatens American Academic Miles Yu
A Cultural-Revolution-style statue vilifies a scholar who has mightily upset the Communist Party.
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A Cultural-Revolution-style statue vilifies a scholar who has mightily upset the Communist Party.
The police says the 15-yer-old student committed suicide. But the story the authorities tell fuels the scandal rather than suppressing it.
Three months ago, a 15-year-old student disappeared from a private school in Jiangxi. Because of the lack of action by the police, all sort of rumors are circulating.
Chen Lijun was detained in August. His wife reports he is still in jail, and his family is in desperate conditions.
The decision against Lingbao’s Pastor Yang Jianxin has been upheld on appeal. “Illegal” Bibles were compared to pornography.
It did not happen in Henan only. Citizens who suspected that health codes will be used for political surveillance were not paranoid. They were right.
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