“Butchers know the art of slaughter, dictators the craft of suppression.” Tienchi Martin-Liao analyzes the repressive and successive regimes in China as well as the recent crackdowns surrounding the June 4 tragedy.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao writes about the Chinese government’s dissident roundup as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre approaches on June 4.
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In her column today, Tienchi Martin-Liao describes the launch of the Anti-Porn and Clean the Web 2014 Campaign in China. She also delves into the ineffectualness of eradicating peripheral issues when “the roots of evil” still remain entrenched in Chinese politics.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao elucidates a growing trend about Chinese pregnant women and emigration known as ‘birth tourism’.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao calls attention to the Sunflower Movement that began in opposition to the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA). Tienchi describes the CSSTA made between mainland China and Taiwan, the latest protests in Taipei, and she fleshes out the central issues that sparked action since March 18, 2014.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao writes about how the concept of “servitude,” or nuxing, has impacted Chinese and Indian literature and culture throughout history. She then discusses China’s current servitude to wealth and its recent offer to modernize India.
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Almost a year ago Ilham Tohti, a 44 year-old Uyghur scholar and lecturer, told Radio Free Asia he had the feeling that his “peaceful days are numbered.” On January 15, he disappeared.
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