Friday, June 01, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s reform and opening: 40 years and counting
The Diplomat, June 1, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/chinas-reform-and-opening-40-years-and-counting

Portraits of persistence: the Hongkongers refusing to let memories of China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown die
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2148681/portraits-persistence-hongkongers-refusing-let-memories-die

Related:
Hong Kong’s leftover Tiananmen activists face cynicism, powerlessness and growing resignation that 1989 protesters may never be vindicated
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2148642/hong-kongs-leftover-tiananmen-activists-face-cynicism

专访支联会主席:悼念六四 良心行为 (Interview: Chair of Hong Kong Alliance says commemorating June Fourth is an act of conscience)
Deutsche Welle, June 1, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2yVPx

首座刘晓波永久雕像将竖立台北 (The first permanent statute of Liu Xiaobo to be displayed in Taipei)
Deutsche Welle, June 1, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2ylHF

Related:
Taiwan plans sculpture honoring Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel-winning activist
The New York Times, June 1, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/world/asia/liu-xiaobo.html

天安門母親致習近平公開信 堅持真相、賠償及問責 (Tiananmen Mothers send open letter to Xi Jinping, persevering in request for truth, compensation, and accountability)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 1, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1399418-20180601.htm

Related:
Open letter to Xi Jinping from the Tiananmen Mothers
天安门母亲致习近平公开信
Human Rights in China, May 31, 2018
EN: https://www.hrichina.org/en/node/21838
CH: https://www.hrichina.org/chs/node/21828