Happy Chinese New Year!

新春 愉快，願大家心靈豐盛，日日開心。
Happy New Year (Year of the Snake)! Shared from Wu Shanshan

I don't think things are going to end well in Wukan!!!

I don't think things are going to end well!!!

Relatives carried a picture of Xue Jinbo, who died in police custody after villagers chose him to negotiate a solution to a land deal in Wukan, China.

Wukan Revolt Takes On a Life of Its Own

By MICHAEL WINES (NYT)

Anger at a possible land deal boiled over in Wukan, China, after a popular villager chosen to negotiate a solution died in police custody.

Artists in China and Hong Kong protest Ai Weiwei's detention

Image from Stephen Somers

China Shuts Down Art Show That Mentioned Ai Weiwei

By ANDREW JACOBS (NYT)

A reference to the jailed artist Ai Weiwei was apparently too much for the authorities. 

Defending Dissident Artist, Hong Kong Takes Role as Chinese Rebel

By JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU (NYT)

The Hong Kong International Art Fair voiced support for Ai Weiwei in defiance of his arrest in Beijing, with one of his works on sale at the event and satellite shows paying hommage to the artist.

Below is my own call for a protest to Ai Weiwei's detention and Milwaukee's "Summer of China":
Any interest in a counter exhibit/lecture series to Milwaukee's 'Summer of China'

Who benefits from not letting people have access to info?

 

Japan’s Far Right Blocks Screenings of ‘The Cove’

 

Hong Kong publisher halts Tiananmen memoirs 

 

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