Although the gulf is narrowing.
Yang Xiaokai’s “Captive Spirits”
A clandestine network of Mao-era dissidents, “numerous as ox hairs,” shatter myths of Communist ideological unity while anchoring modern China’s freedom struggles in this unbroken lineage of defiance.
Ex-district councilor arrested under Article 23 says she is being ‘silenced’
A former Hong Kong district councilor arrested under Article 23 (but not charged), claims systemic repression after losing an acting role and teaching job within 24 hours.
They are closing up the internet
The internet took flight on the ethos of freedom from authority and propaganda, carried by the insatiable drive of human beings to know. That internet took a turn.
Hong Kong’s freedoms: what China promised and how it’s cracking down
“Beijing’s ideal scenario is to keep Hong Kong as a financial center without all the freedom.” But freedom, it seems, has been a key driver of Hong Kong’s success.
White paper movement on film
A documentary maker manages the extraordinary during China’s pandemic: a film about the protests that brought lockdowns to an end.
Wife of renowned China human rights leader died of cancer while CCP forbids visit
In the wake of Zhang Qing’s death, US-based Christian NGO ChinaAid republishes the “2022 New Year’s Declaration on China’s Human Rights Crisis”. This declaration is public and open to sign. Make no […]
Freedom Alert: Vaccine Passports
Why when faced with societal problems, does the State respond with zero-sum solutions? That is, in an attempt to remedy the problem, it is always at the expense of our privacy and […]
Patricia Adams: China’s quixotic lawyers take on the Communist party
They are turning the notion of civil disobedience on its head, demanding only that the government observe the rule of law.
“It’s hopeless but you persist”
An interview with Jiang Xue, a leading voice among China’s early-2000s investigative journalists leveraging emerging (though short-lived) digital freedoms to expose systemic social injustices.
Privacy in a big data world
For some optimism on the subject, listen to Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s former information and privacy commissioner, discuss her view of the win-win relationship privacy, security and data analytics will enjoy in the future during a recent appearance on TVO’s The Agenda.
Personal privacy or public safety? New initiative hopes to ensure both
Closing the rift between privacy, public safety and Big Data is the focus of a new organization launched by global privacy and security experts.
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