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Party orders purge of Gen. Guo Boxiong’s records
(BOWEN) Just like last year’s deletion of any news about General Xu Caihou, the People’s Liberation Army General Political Department issued an order that all army and government information related…
Police harass, threaten Li Heping’s wife for article published by Boxun
Civil rights lawyer Li Heping is missing. His wife is looking for him. Boxun published some of her experiences. The Beijing Public Security Bureau called to talk to her about…
Police arrest lawyer Yu Wensheng for denouncing arrests of other lawyers
(Boxun, Thursday August 6, 2015) At approximately 11 p.m. tonight Beijing police broke into the home of attorney Yu Wensheng and detained him on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking…
PLA General Staff merges its Second and Third Departments
Bowen News Agency exclusively reports that the People’s Liberation Army’s General Staff is merging its Second (military intelligence) and Third (electronic warfare) departments. The Second and Third Departments will hand…
Software engineer is sentenced to 12 years in prison
China Central Television (CCTV) on Tuesday August 4, 2015 reported the court decision that 41-year-old computer engineer Wang Yibo was sentenced to 12 years in prison for disseminating subversive information.…
Set up police offices in all major websites and Internet companies
The Ministry of Public Security held a national conference focusing on Internet sites and enterprise management security. It proposed a series of measures to enhance network control, including complete enforcement…
Activist Liu Yongping criminally detained
Boxun reported on Tuesday August 4, 2015 that Old Wood’s (aka Liu Yongping) younger brother phoned a friend saying that Liu Yongping’s arrest notice had been sent to the Fengcheng…
US cracks down on dodgy visa and asylum firms
Busting the baby centers In March the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) busted 27 “baby care centers” in southern California as part of a crackdown on the industry that…
Former Environmental Protection vice minister under investigation, who will be the next
On Thursday July 30, 2015 the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection website reported that former vice minister of Environmental Protection and Communist Party committee member Zhang Lijun is under investigation…
Many civil rights lawyers and their children have their travel restricted
Boxun reports that in the past few days many civil rights lawyers and their children have had their travel restricted by Chinese authorities. Among these is Zhang Qingfang, who served…
Chief prosecutor in the Gu Kailai murder case hangs himself to death
Man Ming’an, Hefei Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), on the morning of Tuesday July 28, 2015 was found hanged to death in a residential district of…
Chinese economic slowdown in second half of year exceeds official expectations; there are signs of deflation.
Netease Financial News reported on Sunday July 26, 2015 that Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Institute for Advanced Studies forecast a decline in economic growth the second half of…
