Teng Biao (滕彪), professor of law at China University of Politics and Law, gives the Wall Street Journal a fascinating first-hand account of what happened to him when he tried to visit the mother of another human rights lawyer, Fan Yafeng, who has recently been put under house arrest. Teng is one of the original signatories of Charter 08 -- the manifesto for which Liu Xiaobo is sitting in jail today. As someone within the establishment who is no doubt a great annoyance to the establishment, Teng tells the story like only he can. It's certainly not a question of if, but when the powers-that-be will lean on his employers to remove him from his position. more ›

The Communist Party is amping up the pressure on Norway to bar human rights campaigner, Liu Xiaobo, from receiving the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. A Chinese official who met with the Director of the Nobel Institute, Geir Lundestad, put forth this stern warning, "[Such a decision] would pull the wrong strings in relations between Norway and China, it would be seen as an unfriendly act," more ›

"China brooks no interference in its internal judicial affairs... China has no dissidents." more ›

This weekend, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was charged with ‘inciting subversion’. Today, facing a barrage of criticism over its handling of the case, the PRC responded with a gentle reminder for the West to not interfere. more ›

The case of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo flared up in the American media this weekend, after Liu's wife Liu Xia published a Washington Post editorial asking President Barack Obama to help get him released from jail. more ›

It seems like those hoping to protest over perceived wrongs by the government can't even trust "journalists" to help them out these days. Amongst their various tactics to quell unrest, Chinese police are now posing as reporters in order to catch would-be dissidents before they can even get organized, according to the Telegraph: more ›

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