by Sean Reilly | Aug 29, 2008
Mao Zedong died in 1976, and since then, two big things have happened to China. The first is the explosion of the Chinese economy. Everybody has been talking about that. The other is the explosion of religion. The distinguished sinologist Professor David Ownby went...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 14, 2008
Some Chinese Christians see their invitation to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics as a new recognition of religion in officially atheist China, while others hope it means the world’s most populous nation will learn to respect different global values...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 24, 2008
Pro-Tibet freedom protesters from media rights group Reporters Without Borders broke through the cordon of 1,000 police officers in Olympia, Greece, as China’s envoy spoke and the Olympic torch was lit prior to the Beijing games. Human rights and free speech...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 21, 2008
Hong Kong Christians have urged the Chinese government in Beijing to stop its suppression of peaceful demonstrations in Tibet and to talk to the Tibetan people – writes Francis Wong. The Catholic Justice and Peace Commission protested on 19 March at the Chinese...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 18, 2008
Hong Kong church leaders have rejected China’s decision to introduce universal suffrage in the nation’s special region by 2017, and have led thousands of marchers demanding votes for all by 2012, something that Beijing recently ruled out – writes...