Michael Chugani says the end of Occupy has not doused the spirit of civil disobedience in Hong Kong, where the stage is now set for further action. Who won and who lost? That is not a question a community should…
Stikkord: China
Will civil disobedience become civil resistance?
Will they or won’t they? That is the question. The court has spoken. Occupy Central protesters are abusing the rule of law by ignoring injunctions to remove barricades in Admiralty and Mong Kok. Monday’s ruling contradicts legislators and law professors…
What it’s like to be interrogated by the Chinese secret police
“I began to talk about Thoreau’s essay on civil disobedience, but quickly felt like a ridiculous pedant. What’s the point of talking about the virtues of civil disobedience in a Beijing police station?”…
Activists urge China to abolish ‘black jails’
China still uses labour camps to silence democracy activists and others it considers malcontents. Human rights activists and scholars are calling on China to halt the use of «black jails» and forced labour…
Four men jump into Victoria Harbour in protest against Occupy Central movement
We can’t take it any longer, says protester before plunging into water … followed by firefighters. Four men demonstrated their opposition to the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement yesterday with some civil disobedience of their own – jumping off the…
Chinese Rights Lawyer Tang Jingling Charged With Subversion
Chinese human rights lawyer and proponent of non-violent civil disobedience Tang Jingling has been formally arrested under charges of “inciting subversion of state power,” said his wife, Wang Yanfang, in a Saturday post on China’s popular social media, Weibo. …
Chris Hedges: The Rules of Revolt
There are some essential lessons we can learn from the student occupation of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, which took place 25 years ago. The 1989 protests began as a demonstration by university students to mourn the death of Hu Yaobang,…
The contentious politics of China’s New Citizens Movement
Despite their many efforts to stave off greater mobilization inspired by the ideals of the New Citizens Movement, the Party must know that eventually the force of popular mobilization will be too great to disregard by mere omission. On this…
Danish parliamentarians support non-violent struggle for Tibet
During their meeting with the Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the political leader of Tibetan people, a group of Danish parliamentarians unanimously expressed their support for the Tibetan people in their just and non-violent struggle…