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A High-Proof Tribute to Tiananmen’s Victims Finds a Way Back to China

By Didi Kirsten Tatlow May 30, 2017 BEIJING - It's a big journey for a little bottle, even one so potent in alcohol and symbolism. The liquor bottle - whose label commemorates the 1989 crackdown on democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in Beijing - made a...

UNPO Recognises Dr Jianli Yang’s Efforts for Minorities and Oppressed Groups in China

Photo courtesy of United States Mission Geneva The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is delighted to praise Dr Jianli Yang, Chinese dissident and human rights activist for over 25 years, for his significant efforts to bring together different...

A Statement from Initiatives for China on the “Fishball Incident” on Chinese New Year’s Day in Hong Kong

It is reported that on February 9, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Leung Chun-ying called the Mong Kok incident on Chinese New Year's Day (February 8) a riot. The media has pointed out that this was the first time since the 1997 handover that the Hong Kong...

McGovern Concludes Congressional Delegation Visit to China

McGovern Concludes Congressional Delegation Visit to China November 14, 2015 Congressman McGovern with Leader Pelosi and the Congressional delegation in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa during their historic visit to Tibet. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman...