Free China Movement

China: A Large Riot Broke Out In Anhui Province (Central News)
In the afternoon of June 26, 2005, a large riot broke out in Chi-zhou, Anhui Province, China, in which about 10,000 people attacked a police substation and set fire on police vehicles. However, crowds at the scene disagreed with the Chinese media report, and explained the situation as follows: "At 2 pm, Liu Liang, a middle school pupil was a... (Go to Article)

Hu's recent crackdown on political dissent (Willy Lam)
President Hu has redoubled efforts to crack down on dissent and other destabilizing forces. He and his predecessor have both cited Chairman Mao's classic dictum, "A spark from heaven can light up an entire plain," which means one single instance of insurrection could spread across the country and wreak havoc on the Communist regime. (Go to Article)

Chinese Nationalist Party Reestablishes in China (Huang Hua Gang Magazine)
Huang Hua Gang Magazine P. O. Box 425 New York, NY 10163, U.S.A. 718-898-9100 news@huanghuagang.org www.huanghuagang.org For Immediate Release April 24, 2005 Chinese Nationalist Party Reestablishes in China New York City, April 24, 2005 -- The Huang Hua Gang Magazine, a Chinese quarterly periodical published in New York City, NY USA, ... (Go to Article)

Letter to Mr. President (NGOs)
Mr. President, democracy needs you help, freedom needs your help. (Go to Article)

List of CDP Political Prisoners (CDP)
Below is a list of CDP members currently serving prison terms in China followed by the lengths of their sentences. The CDP continues to work for their release. Qin Yongmin, 12 years Zha Jianguo, 9 years Gao Hongming, 8 years Liu Shizun, 6 years He Depu, 8 years Chen Zhonghe, 10 years Yang Tao, 7 years Wu... (Go to Article)

China Frees Key Prisoner, U.S. Drops Censure at U.N. (J. Ruwitch, R. Waddington)
China freed one of its highest-profile political prisoners on Thursday and Washington opted not to seek a U.N. rebuke of Beijing's rights record, days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) visits China. (Go to Article)

Human rights group splits over leadership and direction (Nick Young)
A major rift has occurred in Human Rights in China (HRiC) founded in 1989, with a dozen Board members resigning and claiming in a joint, public statement that the organisation has "abandoned the idea that human rights are universal, non-partisan and non-political." (Go to Article)

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2004 (Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights)
China's human rights condition during 2004 was disappointing. It failed to fulfill many of the commitments it made at the 2002 U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue, and continued to arrest and detain activists, such as individuals discussing freely on the Internet...Abuses continued in prisons... (Go to Article)

Omar Bashir named Hu Jintao as the world's 4th worst dictator (Big News Network)
Parade magazine's yearly list of the planet's 10 worst living dictators has named Sudan's Omar Bashir as the head of world's most ignominious class and Hu Jintao, General secretary of CCP and president of PRC as the world fourth worst dictator. (Go to Article)

URGENT PRESS RELEASE (01/26/05) (Government of Free Vietnam (GFVN))
URGENT PRESS RELEASE (01/26/05) Government of Free Vietnam (GFVN) Contact: Peter Duong, GFVN Foreign Minister (909) 374-1352 - www.gfvn.org or www.rfvn.org Radio: 24/7 Radio Free VN Dear Media Representatives: Whereas, the violent attack by the Communist Chinese Navy on defenseless Vietnamese fishing boats on January 9, 2005 in the Gulf of... (Go to Article)

HU'S REFORMS AND THE ZHAO ZIYANG FIASCO (Willy Lam)
Hu's mean-spirited handling of one of China's few icons of political reform could cost him the support of the CCP's liberal faction. Some pro-West party members and intellectuals have linked the Zhao episode to Hu's no-holds-barred praise of the late Mao Zedong in late 2003. (Go to Article)

President should get on his own page (by Shengde Lian and John Kusumi)
Mr. President, your own policy becomes less and less tenable in light of your own rhetoric. If actions speak louder than words, you are off the page with your own second inaugural address--particularly in the case of Chinese democracy. Here is a cause that appeared vividly on the radar when we were college students in 1989. The uprising drew the support of... (Go to Article)

Critical Mass Rally will call for just appraisal for Zhao Ziyang, and (CSN)
Saturday, 1 - 4pm, January 29, 2005 National Mall betw 3rd St. & Capitol Reflecting Pool, Washington DC Mr. Zhao Ziyang, former General Secretary of the Communist Party in China, contributed mightily to China's move towards economic reform, free markets, political reform, democracy, and the rule of law. However, as the head of China, Mr. Zhao refused to... (Go to Article)

Political Comments

Hu's recent crackdown on political dissent (Willy Lam)

Human rights group splits over leadership and direction (Nick Young)

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2004 (Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights)

HU'S REFORMS AND THE ZHAO ZIYANG FIASCO (Willy Lam)

President should get on his own page (by Shengde Lian and John Kusumi)

The Epoch Times: Holiday Symbols of Freedom Produced in Slavery (Simon Thomas)

China's Shadow Banks (BY MATTHEW FORNEY | WENZHOU)

What Kind of Landing for the Chinese Economy? (Nicholas R. Lardy)

Race to the Brink (Nicholas R. Lardy)

China Ex-President May Be Set to Yield Last Powerful Post (JOSEPH KAHN)

Stop CCP's Machination of Poisoning Chinese Community in North America (Zhongxiao Wang)