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China's Ai Weiwei launches musical career with heavy metal "Dumbass" single
ReutersBy Maxim Duncan BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into the musical world on Wednesday with the release of the top single from his debut album, a song called "Dumbass" that takes inspiration from his...Tags: Beijing (China), Human Rights, Metal, China, Entertainment
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Brother of blind Chinese activist says he was beaten up
ReutersBy Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - The eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said he was beaten up on Thursday by two men he said were government-hired thugs, which would mark a sharp escalation in harassment meted out to Chen's...Tags: National Government, Beijing (China), Human Rights, China, John Kerry
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China dissident's brother says home attacked nightly with dead poultry, bottles
ReutersBy Terril Yue Jones BEIJING, April 30 (Reuters) - Security personnel in eastern China are carrying out a nightly harassment campaign against the brother of blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng, the two said on Tuesday, throwing rocks, bottles and dead...Tags: Beijing (China), U.S. Embassy, Human Rights, Hillary Clinton, Taiwan
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Reuters World News Highlights 1415 GMT, April 30
ReutersAMSTERDAM - Willem-Alexander became the first king of the Netherlands since 1890 on Tuesday, ascending a throne largely stripped of political power but still invested with enormous symbolic significance for the Dutch people. - - - - BEIRUT - A bomb...Tags: Enrico Letta, National Government, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Libya
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Ai Weiwei at work on a heavy-metal rock album and movie project
Ai Weiwei isn't able to leave Beijing because of his ongoing legal battles with the Chinese government, but the world comes to him. The artist is keeping busy with projects that include a planned heavy-metal album and a new movie. Ai's debut album...
Tags: Beijing (China), Human Rights, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), China, Politics
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China activists urge visits to confined wife of dissident
Her eyes showing anguish behind her glasses, Liu Xia whispers urgently into the ear of one of the Chinese activists who barrels past the guard at her Beijing apartment – a place that has become her prison. The brief video of their Friday...
Tags: Liu Xiaobo, Crime, Law and Justice, Beijing (China), U.S. Embassy, Human Rights
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A Dissident Reminds Us Of Memorial Day's Value
Memorial Day is — and should be — about remembering American sacrifices in war. It therefore may seem odd to look to a Chinese man as the exemplar of the holiday's meaning. But it is by no means a stretch. Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng...Tags: Memorial Day, Prisons, U.S. Embassy, Human Rights, Holidays
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China one-child policy leads to forced abortions, mothers' deaths
LIJIN China — Six months pregnant, 38-year-old Ma Jihong was healthy and fit, her body toned from working in the cotton fields. So when 10 people from the local family planning office showed up one morning in October, she slipped through a gap in...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Beijing (China), Health, Human Rights
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Chinese officials linked to forced-abortion scandal punished
World NowSeveral Chinese officials tied to a forced abortion that spurred national outrage will be punished and one has already been dropped from his post, according to Chinese state media.... -
Chinese village that blind activist escaped no longer on lockdown
World NowThe Times’ Barbara Demick recently reported on the surreal “virtual lockdown” of the Chinese village where blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng escaped. Weeks after Chen fled, his village and nearby ones were ringed by anywhere... -
Tiananmen activist found hanged in Chinese hospital room
World NowIn a tragic coda to the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a veteran activist was found hanged to death in a hospital room on Wednesday morning. Li Wangyang, 62, was a labor activist from Hunan province who led workers in sympathy protests...
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