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Am now a free lance researcher, translator and editor, while my full time work (voluntary work) is with inmediahk.net (a Chinese citizen journalism website) , interlocals.net (a multi-lingual border-crossing citizen journalism website) and Hong Kong In-Media (citizen media center). I worked as journalist on political news (the handover of Hong Kong to China) from 1994-97; then joined an Asian NGO (Asian regional exchange for new alternatives) for their alternative education programme; later worked in Taiwan as managing editor for Inter-Asia cultural studies journal and then studied in Beijing for three year; now am more or less settled in Hong Kong.
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China: Netizen compensated for 150-day detention
A Shandong netizen Duan Lei was detained by police in February 2009 under the accusation of "defaming" a local party secretary, Guo Feng, at Zhuang Zai town.
According to Xinhua report, Duan accused Guo Feng of corruption and selling drug and sex in a KTV. The People's Procuratorate at Cao County ...
China: Netizen detained for “spreading rumor”
A netizen Xiong Zhongjun has been detained by Hubei police for questioning the identity of a car accident driver on the Internet. The 10-day detention started on 21 of August according to Xinhua report.
The car accident, which led to the death of a young man, took place in Hangzhou ...
China: A youth beaten to death because of Internet addiction
Last month, the Chinese Ministry of Health announced that electroshock treatment for "internet addiction" should be suspended. However, it doesn't mean that clinic for treating "Internet addiction" has given up the use of torture.
Recently in Aug 03, a 16-year-old male student, surnamed Deng, was beaten to death in a ...
China: Calling Guo Baofeng back home for dinner!
Blogger Peter Guo Baofeng, or amoiist, has been detained for more than a week by Mawei police in Fujian. According to twitter report (locked), the Mawei police asked the six detainees, including Peter Guo, to sign a confession and admit committing the crime of defamation and spreading rumors in order ...
China: Political harassement of bloggers demanding the release of Ilham Tohti
Uighur professor of Minzu University of China and founder of Uighurbiz, IIham Tohti, has disappeared for more than two weeks.
More than 374 signatures have been collected demanding the Chinese government to release him. Some of the people who had signed the statement were harassed and interrogated by police among ...
China: Netizens arrested for gang rape scandal in Fujian
Yesterday (July 16) in early morning, twitterer amoiist sent out a mobile message to twitter saying: "I have been arrested by Mawei police, SOS." And the second message is: "Pls help me, I grasp the phone during police sleep". Since then, there isn't any update in his twitter.
His arrest ...
Uighurbiz.cn's founder detained
In twitter, a number of retweets said that IIham Tohti, a Uighur professor in Minzu university of China and founder of Uighurbiz.cn has been detained.
According to Xinjiang Governor Nur Bekri's press statement, the Urumqi riot was led by Uighur exiles via the Internet: "Rebiya had phone conversations with people ...
