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Over at Commentary, Jonathan Tobin notes that the New York Times finally published a story about woman in Oregon finding a note inside some Halloween decorations which told the tale of China's system of forced labor prisons.

In the streets of Mong Kok, four assailants attacked Chen. Here Chen is pictured, accompanied by several people who attended the press conference on June 13. A man suspected of beating an elderly man with a chair was ordered into a Hong Kong prison on Monday.

Chinese dissident-lawyer Chen Guangcheng has come out with a statement stating he is being forced from his fellowship at New York University due to pressure from the Chinese regime, allegedly in response to Chen's outspoken advocacy for human rights in China.

The Lord Mayor of York opened The Art of Zhen Shan Ren Exhibition in York's Guildhall with praise for its emotion, inspiration, and enjoyment Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Julie Gunnell, writes in the visitors book at The Art of Zhen Shan Ren Exhibition in the Guildhall of her native York, on June 7, 2013.

A Chinese journalist, whose work exposed alleged human rights abuses of the government, has been detained by secret police in Beijing, said a close friend and human rights groups.

'The smell of burning flesh filled the room': Workers reveal hellish conditions in Chinese labour camp where man hid letter pleading for help that was found U.S. store's decorations box The author of a cry for help tucked into a box of Halloween decorations from China has come forward to tell the story behind his desperate letter.

In the article "Behind Cry for Help From China Labor Camp," Andrew Jacobs writes about an inmate at a Chinese labor camp who slipped letters into product packages likely destined for the West while toiling under brutal conditions.

Edward Snowden's decision to flee to Hong Kong casts a spotlight on a territory beginning to chafe at mainland Chinese meddling.

MASANJIA, China - The cry for help, a neatly folded letter stuffed inside a package of Halloween decorations sold at Kmart, traveled 5,000 miles from China into the hands of a mother of two in Oregon.

He's currently in Hong Kong and has mentioned Iceland as a potential haven. The good news for Snowden is that, if he does secure asylum status somewhere, that would protect him from being extradited.

In this file photo Huang Jiefu, head of the Organ Transplantation Committee in China, is pictured on July 28, 2006.

As political scandals surface and tensions rise along with more than one hundred and fifty thousand protests occurring each year inside China, this timely documentary also highlights the issue of unfair trade practices with the West and how Internet technologies and the re-emergence of traditional Chinese culture are helping bring freedom to 1.3 ... (more)

Adrian Harper, Susan Goldin, Evangeline Woods, and William Akbar at the Sallie Ellis Davis House on June 4. MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.-Georgians gathered at a historic house in Flannery O'Connor's home town on June 4 to learn more about the lives, the sufferings and the hopes of people in China.

There are two protests happening in the wake of President Obama and Chine President Xi meeting.

Rona Zhang, a supporter of Chinese President Xi Jinping, waits for the arrival of Xi Jinping in Indian Wells, Calif., Saturday, June 8, 2013, near where President Barack Obama and Xi were wrapping up a two-day summit at which they tackled the contentious issue of cybersecurity and tried to forge closer ties between the leaders of the world's ... (more)

On the north side, it was Downtown Bhangra day as the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration put on a free event.

It's safe to say that Michael Perlman, the director of the new documentary "Free China: The Courage to Believe," won't be receiving the red carpet treatment any time soon in the glorious People's Republic of China.

Protestors were largely self-segregated into distinct groups: Vietnamese immigrants, Taiwanese immigrants and Falun Dafa followers, a religion outlawed in China.

President Obama wants to strike up a friendly tone with Chinese President Xi Jinping when they meet today in California but the issues on the table are anything but informal.

When Xi Jinping visited Los Angeles last year as vice president of China, Sue Zhang dined with him.