Last we week we wrote about Badiucao’s inability to exhibit his work internationally and the subsequent challenges faced .
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Uighur Activists Lobby for US Bill on Xinjiang Crackdown
Uighur rights advocates in the United States are ramping up efforts to persuade the U.S. Congress to pass a bill focusing on China’s growing persecution.
30 Years After Tiananmen, China Still Suspicious of Student-Labor Ties
Tuesday marked three decades since China’s ruling communist leaders launched a bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters in the capital of Beijing.
Relatives of Tiananmen Victims Turn Time of Anxiety into Activism
Known collectively as the Tiananmen Mothers, they channel their grief over the events of June 4, 1989, into pushing the government for a full accounting.
Hong Kong Residents Worry About Future of Tiananmen Square Vigil
180,000 Hong Kong residents commemorated 30th anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests they are worry about future of Tiananmen square vigil.
Suppression Ahead of 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre
On the eve of 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, Chinese authorities took into custody a number of activists and citizens .
Photographer Shares Long-Hidden Photos of Tiananmen Protests
Photographer Liu Jian hid 2,000 photographs he started taking April 16, 1989, as mourners began amassing in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square .
China Says 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown Was ‘Correct Policy’
China on Sunday defended its deadly crackdown 30 years ago on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, saying it was “the correct policy.”
China’s Artful Dissident: New Documentary Profiles Badiucao
Film by Australian documentarian Ben-Moshe will be broadcast on ABC next week, showing career of the exiled Chinese cartoonist and street-artist Badiucao.
Remember Tiananmen, the 30th Anniversary of Pro-Democracy Protests
To date, there is no public remembrance in mainland China for the hundreds, if not thousands of people who were killed in and around Tiananmen Square.