Tag Archives: Communist Party

Liu Xiaobo

Lord Soley 16/10/2010 – 11:25 pm

Over 100 Chinese writers, lawyers and activist have published a letter appealing to the Chinese government to release Liu Xiaobo who was recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. They also called for the release of other political prisoners. I found the following article in the Guardian to be an insightful account of the growing pressure for change in China. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/o […]

China

Lord Soley 15/05/2008 – 10:53 pm

When there was trouble in Tibet China stopped the worlds media from seeing what was happening. They paid a high price and eventually ended up in some form of talks with the Dalai Lama - although I am not wildly optimistic about the outcome. Then the earthquake strikes and China opens up to the world in a way that they were previously very reluctant to do. Media coverage is dangerous for the gover […]