Search results for ‘Ai Weiwei’
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Gary Gibbon
Trade before human rights for David Cameron in China?
David Cameron’s trip to China is a trade delegation first and last – and the Prime Minister will not want to be seen as lecturing the country on its human rights record, writes Gary Gibbon.
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Cameron to push for ‘open dialogue’ in China
As David Cameron begins his two-day visit to China, Political Editor Gary Gibbon says the Prime Minister will not threaten lucrative trade deals by “lecturing” the Chinese on human rights.
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China: artist lists earthquake dead on web
A Chinese artist is poking his head above the parapet of the Forbidden City. Ai Weiwei helped design Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium. Now he is publishing a list of children killed in last May’s earthquake in Sichuan, in the absence of any proper accounting elsewhere. He’s also not afraid to point out that hundreds died…
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Revisited: China’s feminist fightback
In this episode from August 2021, Jessie Lau talks about whether the #MeToo movement in China can prevail.
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China’s feminist fightback
Reporter Jessie Lau talks about the women on the front line of China’s feminist fightback and we ask whether the Me Too movement in China can prevail.
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Will politicians bow to protesters?
From Beijing to Millbank, it’s the question of the week. What makes a protest -whether by leaders criticising human rights abuses or student activists breaking windows- into a political gamechanger?
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Why Cameron couldn’t decouple human rights
David Cameron discussed human rights issue on the last day of his trade delegation in China. China Analyst Paul French looks at whether business has triumphed over ethics – again.
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China bans lawyer from leaving
Ah well. I had an interesting interview lined up for tomorrow, but it was not to be. The Chinese authorities, in their wisdom, have prevented Mo Shaoping – the lawyer for Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident who won the Nobel Peace Prize – from leaving China.
Jon Snow 
