As a writer for a blog on human rights, one doesn’t wake up in the morning thinking the topic of the day will be a party in which 10,000 river crabs are served. But we all wake up to surprises. In Shanghai, this weekend’s surprise came when thousands of chi-chi partygoers had to cancel their [...]
The Chinese government has for years severely restricted the freedom of movement, speech and religion of its citizens, failed to develop an independent judiciary, done very little to curb discrimination against ethnic minorities and continued to execute more people per year than the rest of the world combined. You are the leader of the United [...]