By Dr. Yang Jianli The protests and the government's backpedaling have exposed fissures running through the mainland,...
Incidents/Cases
Message from Wang Bingzhang’s sister on the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen
Message from Wang Bingzhang's sister on the 30th Anniversary of TiananmenToday is the 30th anniversary of the June 4th...
Project 2049 Published Report: Regime Resilience and Civil Resistance in Post-Tiananmen China
In the 1980s, conflicting patterns of economic liberalization led to a widespread protest movement across the People's...
Sparrow Initiative at UN Headquarter, Press Conference Transcript
Good afternoon. My name is Yang Jianli, President of Initiatives for China and Fellow at Harvard University. We are...
Initiatives for China President Calls UN Pavilion At Shanghai Expo “Stolen Property”
Wasington, D.C. August 30, 2010--Initiatives for China President and Harvard Fellow, Dr. Yang Jianli, will call on UN...
Chinese Victims To Hold Sit-In To Protest UN Role in Shanghai Expo Forced Evictions
Wasington, D.C. August 25, 2010--Victims of forced evictions by the Chinese government and their supporters will stage...
International Hunger Strike Announced In Support of Chinese Writer and Democracy Activist
In Washington, D.C., Initiatives for China President, Yang Jianli, will hold hunger strike at the Victims of Communism...
California Congressman Adam Schiff Meets with Chinese Forced Eviction Victims
Washington, D.C. August 5, 2010 U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff met with a delegation from the Sparrow Initiative on...
People in Suzhou Continue Their Protests by Walking
By Chen Yu (Canyu News Reporting) July 27, 2010 The fight against illegal eviction and demolition, and for fair...
Appeal for 18,000 Shanghai Victims of Forced Eviction by World Expo
Dear UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Dear UN Habitat Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka, Dear UN Special Rapporteur...
Joint NGO Appeal Increases Pressure on UN To Act On Forced Evictions of Chinese Citizens
Washington, D.C. July 13, 2010-- United Nations Watch, the Switzerland based NGO, is leading an International joint...
Central Park Concert Celebrates Forced Eviction of 18,000 Shanghai Families
Washington, D.C. July 11, 2010-- The July 13 concert in New York's Central Park, celebrating the Shanghai World Expo,...