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Famous democracy activist Zhao Changqing sent back to Shaanxi Province jail to serve sentence

Famous democracy activist Zhao Changqing sent back to Shaanxi Province jail to serve sentence

Boxun’s reporter has learned that Yang County, Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province renowned democracy activist Zhao Changqing has now probably been repatriated to a Shaanxi Province jail to serve out his…

Activist Li Huanjun evades surveillance and arrives in the United States

Activist Li Huanjun evades surveillance and arrives in the United States

Li Huanjun, who advocated for the rights of people facing eviction and forced demolition of their homes, managed to evade surveillance by Chinese police to arrive on Wednesday, Feb. 4,…

Online writer “Sharp Knife” accused of “inciting subversion of state power.”

Online writer “Sharp Knife” accused of “inciting subversion of state power.”

Guangzhou online writer “Sharp Knife” (real name: Liang Qinhui) has been accused by the Zhuhai District branch police office of the crime of “inciting subversion of state power.” According to…

Report on “unnatural deaths” among Party members, officials, is deleted

Report on “unnatural deaths” among Party members, officials, is deleted

On Monday, Jan. 29, 2015, Caixin Online’s report on “The Circumstances Behind National Statistics Regarding Communist Party Members’ and Cadres’ Unnatural Deaths” was deleted from Caixin Online. So was its…

Chinese Internet activist Xu Dong released on bail

Chinese Internet activist Xu Dong released on bail

The 31-year-old IT professional who developed software to circumvent China’s Great Firewall Internet surveillance and control system was released from prison on bail. Xu Dong also had published opinions supporting…

Boxun sends Chinese New Year greeting cards to mainland prisoners of conscience

Boxun sends Chinese New Year greeting cards to mainland prisoners of conscience

On the eve of the 2015 Chinese New Year, in a wish of Spring Festival happiness to those prisoners of conscience on the front line of resistance in China, Boxun…

Former employee of China’s spy agency behind cyber attack on Boxun

Starting Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, Boxun suffered its most severe cyber attack in several years. It included distributed denial of service (DDOS) and targeted the DNS server. The attack lasted…

Secretly detained in a Navy detention center,Huang Kaiping is released

Secretly detained in a Navy detention center,Huang Kaiping is released

At noon Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, the head of an independent research firm in Beijing called the Transition Institute was released from detention at a secret location. Huang Kaiping was…

Laptop stolen from Boxun precedes hack attack

A laptop belonging to a senior editor of Boxun was stolen during a meeting in New York. It was taken from a desk in an adjacent office. Boxun is offering…

Chengdu investors protest investment scams

Chengdu investors protest investment scams

Chengdu, Sichuan Province: More than 1,000 investors demonstrated in Chengdu on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. They demanded repayment of money from trust and investment corporations that had disappeared without paying…

4-year-old falls to her death in broken elevator

4-year-old falls to her death in broken elevator

Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province: A 4-year-old girl fell from the second floor to the basement in a broken elevator about 9 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 at the Wanda…

Activist Liang Zhuqiang arrested for “inciting subversion of state power”

Activist Liang Zhuqiang arrested for “inciting subversion of state power”

Guangzhou: Democracy activist Liang Zhuqiang was formally arrested by police on December 25, 2014 for the crime of “inciting subversion of state power” and is being held in Guangzhou’s Li…