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Does Lou Jiwei’s Exit Audit Report Count as a “State Secret”?
In February 2016, 80-year-old Beijing resident Wang Xiuying applied to the National Audit Office for “Open Information on the Exit Audit Report of Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, legal representative of China Investment Corporation and Central Huijin Investment Company Ltd.” The National Audit Office...
October 14, 2016
Citizens' Square
Feng Zhenghu Released, Xu Peiling and Four Others Detained for Five Days
On November 14, two days before the elections for National People's Congress deputies from Yangpu District in Shanghai, well-known activist Feng Zhenghu was canvassing for votes in his neighborhood when he was taken away by police to the police station. There, Feng was subjected to 24 hours of...
November 15, 2016
Citizens' Square
In Beijing, Independent Local Level Candidates for People’s Congress Are Harassed by Police
Recently, Ye Jinghuan, Zhang Shan’gen, and 18 other Beijing citizens issued a joint declaration to become independent candidates in the elections for district and county People’s Congress deputies. In response, they received “special attention” from the police at their homes. Zhang Shan’gen was...
October 18, 2016
Citizens' Square
Urgent Attention: Shanghai Activists Xu Peiling and Cui Fufang Again Arrested For Assisting Elections
Well-known Shanghai activist, Feng Zhenghu, is running for election as a deputy to the People's Congress for the Yangpu District in Shanghai. On November 13, two of his volunteers, Xu Peiling and Cui Fufang, were helping to hand out promotional materials for his campaign to his constituents when...
November 13, 2016
Citizens' Square
Feng Zhenghu: My Campaign Slogan and Promise for Governance
Feng Zhenghu, a prominent Shanghai activist, appealed to his constituency to either nominate him before October 30 as a candidate for deputy to the People's Congress of the Yangpu District, or to cast a vote for him directly on November 16. Feng’s campaign slogan is "protect the constitution,...
November 1, 2016
Citizens' Square
Feng Zhenghu Campaigns to Be National People's Congress Representative for Yangpu District Open letter to voters of Renhe Park Community, Yangpu District
With the National People's Congress elections approaching for representatives from Yangpu District in Shanghai, well-known activist Feng Zhenghu issued an open letter to his constituency calling on voters to nominate him as a candidate to the Congress. Feng’s campaign slogan is "protect the...
October 5, 2016
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Feng Zhenghu
Shanghai Citizens Submit 14th Joint Petition to the People’s Congress and the High People’s Court, Urging Legal Action against Scofflaw Judge
66 Shanghai citizens jointly petitioned the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress and the Shanghai High People’s Court for the 14th time on August 8, 2016, demanding the implementation of the proposal and three requests put forth in the April 2016 “1016 Shanghai Citizens’ Collective Letter to Xi...
August 9, 2016
Citizens' Square
Gu Yimin Detained, Home is Raided
On the morning of September 8, activist Gu Yimin from Changshu, Jiangsu Province, was taken away while bringing his son to school. In the below statement, Gu’s wife, Xu Yan, describes how a number of police officers also raided their home. The police told her that Gu was suspected of “picking...
September 8, 2016
Citizens' Square
Anti-corruption Activist Cuts Abdomen to Protest Police Brutality
Sun Xiaoli, a human rights and anti-corruption activist from Beijing, was illegally detained on August 24, 2016 by the Sanjianxiang district government and police station in Beijing (13 days as of September 6). According to the below case update written by rights defenders Chen Zhaozhi and Liu...
September 6, 2016
Citizens' Square
Investigation of Rights Defender Su Changlan’s “Inciting Subversion” is Further Extended by Authorities
Following her arrest on charges of “inciting subversion of state power,” Foshan rights defender Su Changlan has been detained in the Foshan City’s Nanhai Detention Center for over 20 months; her case has yet to come to trial. Her lawyer, Liu Xiaoyuan, explains in this update (see below) that the...
August 8, 2016
Citizens' Square

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