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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…
A few shocking videos: beating and more
Here are a few selected videos published by Boxun recently. This is from Henan Province. Thugs hired by a developer beat the mom. The little boy could not help and…
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 church crosses forcibly demolished, more than a dozen faithful injured
On Monday-Tuesday July 27-28, 2015 there was a series of church cross demolitions in Zhejiang Province’s Wenzhou, Taizhou, Huzhou and other cities. There were at least eleven church cross demolitions.…
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…
EU foreign ministers must press China about ailing detained journalist
EU foreign ministers must press China about ailing detained journalist – Reporters Without Borders Chinese journalist Gao Yu, a former Deutsche Welle correspondent held since May 2014, needs urgent medical…
Boy struggled for three minutes with no one attempting to save him
Recently a boy almost drowned in a swimming in pool in Pingyang County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Video reveals that after he jumped into the pool he began to struggle.…
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…
