Tag Archives: Hunan

Breaking: China Retaliates against Activist

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

A few hours ago this morning, China time, veteran activist Xiao Yong (肖勇) made calls to fellow activists and told them that he was on a vehicle to Shaoyang, Hunan (湖南邵阳), and that Shaoyang Public Security Bureau issued him a … Continue reading →

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Dragon Boat Festival and Li Wangyang

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Duanwu Jie (端午节), or Dragon Boat Festival, is said to have originated in commemoration of the noble suicide of poet/official Qu Yuan roughly 2,300 years ago. The villagers who witnessed his death so respected the man that they raced in … Continue reading →

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Is there still room for Lei Feng in modern China?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

Today the People’s daily ran a story gushing over an upcoming release of the complete works of Lei Feng nearly 50 years after his death. In the West though it is widely accepted as fact that Lei was little more … Continue reading →

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