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You are here: Home / Archives for Chen Guangcheng

Scholar detained on charge of troublemaking

October 19, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese scholar and rights advocate who founded an influential non-governmental think tank has been detained on the criminal charge of provoking troubles, his lawyer said Sunday.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Amnesty International, Beijing, Chen Guangcheng, China, Chinese, Guo Yushan, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hong Kong, Li Jin, Transition Institute, United States, Vol 33 No 43 | October 18 - October 24, Wang Zang

Chinese media uses racial slur at Ambassador Locke

March 8, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – A major Chinese government news service used a racist slur to describe the departing American ambassador in a mean-spirited editorial on Feb. 28 that drew widespread public condemnation in China.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Ambassador Locke, Beijing, Chen Guangcheng, China News Service, Chinese American, Fastop Liu, Hao Jinsong, Leighton Stuart, Max Baucus, Montana Sen, United States, Vol 33 No 11 | March 8 - March 14, Wang Ping, Yao Bo, editorial, gary locke

Blind Chinese dissident to leave NYU by August

June 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jake Pearson The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, whose escape from house arrest to the U.S. embassy in Beijing sparked a diplomatic crisis last year, will be leaving his position at New York University at the end of this month, the university confirmed.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Albert Einstein, Asia Law Institute, Beijing, Blind Chinese, Bob Howe, Chen Guangcheng, China, Christian Bale, Fordham Law School, Human Rights First, John Beckman, Leitner Center, NYU, New York University, New York-based Fordham University, Professor Jerome Cohen, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vol 32 No 26 | June 22 - June 28

Indonesian forest savior among Magsaysay winners

August 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An Indonesian mountaineer, who faced death threats while battling illegal loggers, and a Bangladeshi lawyer, who fought to keep old, rusty ships from being dumped in her homeland, were named recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards on Thursday. This year’s six honorees battled great odds […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2012, Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto, Bangladesh, Blind Chinese, Cambodia, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Shu-chu, Filipino, Integrated Village Development Project, Lawyer Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Nobel Prize, President Carmencita Abella, Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Romulo Davide, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, Yang Saing Koma, Yuan Weijing, poverty

Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in U.S.

May 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Duffelmeyer, Didi Tang, and Gillian Wong The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday, ending a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. Chen Guangcheng had been hurriedly taken from a hospital […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Bob Fu, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Kegui, China, Chinese, Jerome Cohen, New York University, Newark Liberty International Airport, Phelim Kine, State Department, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States, Victoria Nuland, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1, Washington Square Village

All eyes on Gary Locke during activist crisis

May 12, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) ― As a former U.S. commerce secretary and governor of Washington state, Gary Locke wasn’t considered much of a heavyweight on human rights when he became the first Chinese American ambassador to Beijing last year. Trade and maintaining smooth relations between Washington and its biggest foreign creditor […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Bob Fu, Chen Guangcheng, China, Chinese American, Chinese Internet, During Chen, Eagle Scout, Frank Wolf, Mandarin Chinese, Mitt Romney, Obama, Seattle, Tiananmen Square, United States, Vol 31 No 20 | May 12 - May 18, gary locke

Activist calls for investigation into family’s mistreatment

May 5, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Hutzler The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The blind activist at the center of a diplomatic tussle between the United States and China did not set out to be a dissident. Chen Guangcheng taught himself law to defend the constitutional rights he saw trampled so often.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Chen Guangcheng, China, Chinese, Christian Bale, Nanjing University, Premier Wen Jiabao, State Hillary Clinton, United States, Vol 31 No 19 | May 5 - May 11, Yuan Weijing

A-POP! Asians conquer YouTube

November 18, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

 A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Controversies and — a movie opening Relativity Media, an L.A.-based film studio, defended its decision to shoot part of its comedy film, “21 and Over,” in Linyi, China. This decision is controversial because Linyi, a city in China’s eastern […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2011, Asian Americans, CBS, Chen Guangcheng, China, Chinese, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Indian American, Justin Lin, Keira Knightley, Kevin Wu, Michelle Phan, Project Runway, Relativity Media, Ryan Higa, Vol 30 No 47 | November 19 - November 25

Activists slam U.S. studio for filming in Linyi, China

November 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Rights activists have criticized a Hollywood studio for filming a buddy comedy in an eastern Chinese city, where a blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly beaten.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Beijing, Chen Guangcheng, Chief Executive Ryan Kavanaugh, Chinese, Communist Party, Cowboys Aliens, Justin Chon, Nicholas Bequelin, Peng Zhonglin, Relativity Media, Seattle, Sina Weibo, Vol 30 No 45 | November 5 - November 11, Zhang Shajun, attention, culture

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