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Dalai Lama | than when a Dalai Lama, with his absolute power, was at the head of the government. That is not true. The regular ebb and flow of events followed its set course. The Imperial Residents in Tibet, after the first flush of zeal in 1750, grew less and less interested and efficient. Tibet was, to them, exile from the urban... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 7 | 11 |
Dalai Lama | feng Emperor. He died after just 11 months, no reason for his sudden and premature death being given in these accounts, Shakabpa and Mullin's histories both being based on untranslated Tibetan chronicles. The respected Reting Rinpoche was recalled once again to act as Regent and requested to lead the search for the nex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 8 | 11 |
Dalai Lama | that Europe has a moral obligation to aid refugees whose lives are in peril. He added that Europe should receive, help, and educate refugees but that they should ultimately return to develop their home countries. He made similar comments in an interview the next year. He also said that a female Dalai Lama "should be m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 9 | 11 |
Dalai Lama | to bring him to his monastery many times but people would not see him. How can you have a religious leader like that?"
The 14th Dalai Lama said as early as 1969 that it was for the Tibetans to decide whether the institution of the Dalai Lama "should continue or not". He has given reference to a possible vote occurring... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama | 769 | 10 | 11 |
14th Dalai Lama | The 14th Dalai Lama (born Lhamo Thondup; 6 July 1935; full spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, shortened as Tenzin Gyatso) is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. He served as the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet before 1959 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 0 | 9 |
14th Dalai Lama | , pretended to be the servant and sat separately in the kitchen. He held an old mala that had belonged to the 13th Dalai Lama, and the boy Lhamo Dhondup, aged two, approached and asked for it. The monk said, "If you know who I am, you can have it." The child said, "Sera Lama, Sera Lama," and spoke with him in a Lhasa a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 1 | 9 |
14th Dalai Lama | . Tibetan representatives were not allowed to suggest any alterations and China did not allow the Tibetan representatives to communicate with the Tibetan government in Lhasa. The Tibetan delegation was not authorised by Lhasa to sign, but ultimately submitted to pressure from the Chinese to sign anyway, using seals spe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 2 | 9 |
14th Dalai Lama | and important knowledge resources related to Tibetan history, politics and culture. It is considered one of the most important institutions for Tibetology in the world.
In 2016, there were demands from Indian citizens and politicians of different political parties to confer the Dalai Lama the prestigious Bharat Ratna,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 3 | 9 |
14th Dalai Lama | several years of personal conversations. The project is based on the book Common Ground between Islam and Buddhism.
In 2019, the Dalai Lama fully sponsored the first-ever 'Celebrating Diversity in the Muslim World' conference in New Delhi on behalf of the Muslims of Ladakh.
=== Interest in science, and Mind and Life... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 4 | 9 |
14th Dalai Lama | will make the Dalai Lama reincarnate no matter what.
Gyatso has also expressed fear that the Chinese government would manipulate any reincarnation selection in order to choose a successor that would go along with their political goals.
In 2015, the 14th Dalai Lama has claimed he may be reincarnated as a mischievous bl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 5 | 9 |
14th Dalai Lama | , compassion. If from one corner of your mind, some emotion makes you want to hit, or want to kill, then please remember Buddha's faith. ... All problems must be solved through dialogue, through talk. The use of violence is outdated, and never solves problems." In May 2013, he said "Really, killing people in the name o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 6 | 9 |
14th Dalai Lama | woman: "If a woman reveals herself as more useful the lama could very well be reincarnated in this form."
In 2009, on gender equality and sexism, the Dalai Lama proclaimed at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee: "I call myself a feminist. Isn't that what you call someone who fights for women's right... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama | 2,048 | 7 | 9 |
14th Dalai Lama | 21.
=== Awards and honours ===
The Dalai Lama has received numerous awards and honours worldwide over his spiritual and political career. For a more complete list see Awards and honours presented to the 14th Dalai Lama.
After the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded him ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama | 1,312 | 8 | 9 |
2008 Tibetan unrest | The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also referred to as the 2008 Tibetan uprising in Tibetan media, was a series of protests and demonstrations over the Chinese government's treatment and persecution of Tibetans. Protests in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, by monks and nuns on 10 March have been viewed as the start of the demonstrat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tibetan_unrest | 2,048 | 0 | 4 |
2008 Tibetan unrest | -owned businesses and banks were robbed and houses were attacked and burned down, including government buildings and schools. Police used tear gas and cattle prods. According to Chinese state media, 18 civilians were killed by rioters.
A crowd of 70-80 Tibetan youths tried to storm the Lhasa Great Mosque and set fire t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tibetan_unrest | 2,048 | 1 | 4 |
2008 Tibetan unrest | . The government stated that the police acted in self-defense. According to the Chinese government, four protesters were wounded, and 18 civilians, along with a police officer, were killed. The Tibetan government-in-exile claimed there were at least 99 deaths across the region.
=== PRC and Dalai Lama dialogues ===
On... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tibetan_unrest | 2,048 | 2 | 4 |
2008 Tibetan unrest | erroneously captioned. Separately, another German station, n-tv, admitted that it had mistakenly aired footage from Nepal during a story on Chinese riots. The Agence France-Presse reported that Chinese students abroad had set up the website Anti-CNN to collect evidence of "one-sided and untrue" foreign reporting. Med... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tibetan_unrest | 1,589 | 3 | 4 |
Human rights in Tibet | Human rights in Tibet has been a subject of intense international scrutiny and debate, particularly since the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China. Before the 1950s, Tibet's social structure was marked by inequality and described as a caste-like system or, controversially, as serfdom. Severe punishment... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Tibet | 2,048 | 0 | 5 |
Human rights in Tibet | amas revolted, resulting in the killing of Feng, his entourage, local Manchu and Han Chinese officials, and the local French Catholic priests. The revolt soon spread to other cities in eastern Tibet, such as Chamdo, Litang, and Nyarong, and at one point, it almost spilled over into neighboring Sichuan Province. The mis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Tibet | 2,048 | 1 | 5 |
Human rights in Tibet | of deaths which the Chinese are held responsible for were estimated by “Tibetan nationalists” (her words): “they are attributed to ‘figures published by the Information Office of the Central Tibetan Secretariat' in India.” "A letter to Tibetan Review by Jampel Senge (April, 1989, p. 22) says 'The census which resulted... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Tibet | 2,048 | 2 | 5 |
Human rights in Tibet | are exposed to indoctrination as part of the CCP's efforts to eradicate Tibetans' national identity according to Free Tibet.
In July 2024, Radio Free Asia reported that ordinary Tibetans in the neighboring Sichuan province have been forced by authorities to remove religious symbols from their homes. While religious de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Tibet | 2,048 | 3 | 5 |
Human rights in Tibet | policies have reduced the ethnic Tibetan share of the population over time.
=== 2008 unrest ===
In March 2008, what began as routine monastic commemorations of Tibetan Uprising Day descended into riots, beatings, and arson by Tibetans against Han, Hui, and even other Tibetans, killing 18 civilians and 1 police offi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Tibet | 1,705 | 4 | 5 |
Annexation of Tibet by China | Central Tibet came under the control of the People's Republic of China (PRC) after the government of Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement which the 14th Dalai Lama ratified on 24 October 1951. This followed attempts by the Tibetan government to modernize its military, negotiate with the PRC, and the defeat of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Tibet_by_China | 2,048 | 0 | 2 |
Annexation of Tibet by China | captured commander, Ngabo, to Lhasa to reiterate terms of negotiation, and waited for Tibetan representatives to respond through delegates to Beijing.
== Further negotiations and annexation ==
The PLA sent released prisoners (among them the governor-general of Kham, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme), to Lhasa to negotiate with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Tibet_by_China | 1,575 | 1 | 2 |
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | From 2019 until 2020, protests were held in Hong Kong in response to the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition. It was the largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong.
The bill would allow criminal suspects to be extradited on a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 0 | 9 |
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | constituencies, most of which have few electors.
== History ==
=== Early large-scale demonstrations ===
After several protests in March and April 2019, the anti-extradition issue attracted more attention when pro-democratic lawmakers in the Legislative Council launched a filibuster campaign against the bill. In r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 1 | 9 |
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | used COVID-19 laws banning groups of more than four, for example, to disperse protesters. On 18 April, police arrested 15 pro-democracy activists including Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee and Margaret Ng for their activities in 2019, drawing international condemnation.
=== Implementation of the national security law ===
On 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 2 | 9 |
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | Nonetheless, despite differences in methods, both groups refrained from denouncing or criticising the other and provided tacit support. The principle was the "Do Not Split" praxis, which was aimed to promote mutual respect for different views within the same protest movement.
=== Moderate group ===
The moderate gro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 3 | 9 |
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | 2019 and 11 November 2019, respectively. An off-duty officer shot and injured a 14-year-old boy in Yuen Long on 4 October 2019 when he was assaulted by protesters who accused him of bumping into people with his car. The siege of PolyU, which was described as a "humanitarian crisis" by democrats and medics, prompted th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 4 | 9 |
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | insulting the police" and "spreading hate speech" respectively. The police were criticised by journalists and democrats for interfering with press freedom. In response to around 200 complaints received by the Communications Authority, RTHK apologised "to any police officers or others who have been offended" and cancell... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 5 | 9 |
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | 9 to February 2020, 446 police officers quit (which was 40 per cent higher than the figure in 2018), and the force only managed to recruit 760 officers (40 per cent lower than the previous year), falling well short of the police force's expectations. The police cancelled foot patrols because of fears officers may be at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 6 | 9 |
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | during the protests. Macau's Chief Executive Ho Iat-seng applauded the imposition of the national security law in Hong Kong a day after it came in to effect. The Macau government announced on 19 March 2021 that any lawmaker in the Legislative Assembly who expresses support for the Hong Kong protests would be disqualif... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 7 | 9 |
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | Hong Kong international students studying abroad were often met by mainland Chinese counter-protesters. Following the death of Chow Tsz-lok, Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng was heckled and jostled by protest supporters in Bloomsbury Square in London; she fell to the ground and injured her arm. Some protesters in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests | 1,437 | 8 | 9 |
Umbrella Movement | The Umbrella Movement (Chinese: 雨傘運動) was a political movement that emerged during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. Its name arose from the use of umbrellas as defense against police pepper spray to disperse the crowd during the protests, sparked by the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Movement | 2,048 | 0 | 4 |
Umbrella Movement | ations of the former. After a failed attempt to block off access to government headquarters overnight on 30 November 2014, OCLP leader Benny Tai urged a full withdrawal to avoid any further physical harm by "out of control" police commanded by "a government that is beyond reason". On the day the OCLP trio surrendered t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Movement | 2,048 | 1 | 4 |
Umbrella Movement | movement for "large-scale as well as sporadic unlawful activities that [bring] about blatant challenges to the rule of law". However, the Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma said people involved in the Occupation Movement have "demonstrated the respect that most people have for the rule of law and emphasised once again the pivo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Movement | 2,048 | 2 | 4 |
Umbrella Movement | logan ===
In the Sunflower Movement, "Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow Taiwan" was used to express opposition to the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement with China in Taiwan. On the other hand, during the Umbrella Movement, the phrase "Today Taiwan, Tomorrow Hong Kong" was used to signify the desire to achieve the same level... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Movement | 357 | 3 | 4 |
2020 Hong Kong national security law | The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a national law of China on Hong Kong national security passed in 2020. It is implemented in Hong Kong in accordance with Hong Kong Basic Law Article 18, which allows for China's national laws to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law | 2,048 | 0 | 7 |
2020 Hong Kong national security law | secession legislation would make it illegal to threaten the presence and stability of the People's Republic of China (PRC) under laws handling treason and war, and also used vague and undefined terms that left the legal threshold for prosecution unclear.
Though the bill had been introduced in February 2003, major prot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law | 2,048 | 1 | 7 |
2020 Hong Kong national security law | was announced. Following the British announcement that it would open a route to British citizenship for Hong Kongers born under British rule, a spike in interest in properties in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada occurred.
Reuters held a poll of local opinion towards the law, in June before it was implemented.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law | 2,048 | 2 | 7 |
2020 Hong Kong national security law | to not extradite any potential offenders of the national security law. Under the provisions of the Extradition Act, the general framework for extradition by Japanese Law, political prisoners cannot be extradited to foreign countries, and offenders of the national security law are considered to fall under such status.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law | 2,048 | 3 | 7 |
2020 Hong Kong national security law | defensive response to fear of being punished for "publishing research that could upset the central government", citing unsuccessful trials as something that could harm market prospects, making scientists fear continuing to work at all. One dean, speaking to Nature in June 2020, insisted the law would not affect publis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law | 2,048 | 4 | 7 |
2020 Hong Kong national security law | relations." The China Media Project found that media reporting on the statement in the signatory countries besides China was scant, and in most cases ultimately sourced, through content sharing arrangements, from Chinese state media agency Xinhua.
Tom Cheshire, Sky News's Asia correspondent, wrote on 30 June 2020 tha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law | 2,048 | 5 | 7 |
2020 Hong Kong national security law | of information. In March 2022, police commissioner Raymond Siu said that over 210,000 pieces of information had been received, many of which had been useful in anti-violence and anti-terror operations. By June 2025, over 920,000 reports had been made to the hotline according to security chief Chris Tang.
As of 12 June... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law | 1,235 | 6 | 7 |
Hong Kong 1 July marches | The Hong Kong 1 July protests was an annual protest rally originally held by the Civil Human Rights Front from the day of handover in 1997 on the HKSAR establishment day. However, it was not until 2003 that the march drew large public attention by opposing the legislation of Basic Law Article 23. The 2003 protest, with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1_July_marches | 2,048 | 0 | 3 |
Hong Kong 1 July marches | == 2007 ==
"Achieving Universal Suffrage, Improving Livelihood (爭取普選，改善民生)" was the theme for this year's demonstration. The organiser, Civil Human Rights Front, submitted an application for Notification of Public Procession to the Hong Kong Police (HKP) about twenty days before the march. Prior to the start of the pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1_July_marches | 2,048 | 1 | 3 |
Hong Kong 1 July marches | the city's leader. This protest had one of the lowest turnout in recent years, due to it being held after the veto of the 2014–15 Hong Kong electoral reform. The reform consultation process had sparked massive protests and widespread civil disobedience movements, including the Umbrella Revolution, and organisers of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1_July_marches | 985 | 2 | 3 |
2014 Hong Kong protests | A series of sit-in street protests, often called the Umbrella Revolution and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement, or Occupy Movement, occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014.
The protests began after the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) issued a decision... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 0 | 9 |
2014 Hong Kong protests | signify their support. The Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) (representing tertiary students) and Scholarism mobilised students for the class boycott, beginning with a rally attracting 13,000 students on the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus on the afternoon of 22 September.
Scholarism organised a protest ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 1 | 9 |
2014 Hong Kong protests | whether or not to talk." Alex Chow said "I feel like the government is saying that if there are fewer people on the streets, they can cancel the meeting. Students urge people who took part in the civil disobedience to go out on the streets again to occupy." Pan-democrat legislators threatened to veto non-essential fun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 2 | 9 |
2014 Hong Kong protests | . Tien, a long-time critic of Leung, said that Leung's position was no longer tenable as Hong Kong people no longer trusted his administration, and that his hanging onto office would only exacerbate the divisions in society. Tien stepped down from his position as the leader of the Liberal Party after the removal. Leste... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 3 | 9 |
2014 Hong Kong protests | unaffected. Although the Hang Seng Index fell by 2.59% during the "Golden Week", it recovered and trading volume rose considerably. Shanghai Daily published on 4 October estimated that the protests had cost Hong Kong HK$40 billion ($5.2 billion), with tourism and retail reportedly being hardest hit. However, tourist n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 4 | 9 |
2014 Hong Kong protests | political reform on the mainland that would erode the Communist Party's hold on power. Reuters sources revealed that the decision to offer no concessions was made at a meeting of the National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party chaired by General secretary Xi Jinping in the first week of October. "[We] ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 5 | 9 |
2014 Hong Kong protests | greater say in choosing their leaders and, above all, trusting in the people".
== Chinese dissent ==
In urging students to set aside their protest, Bao Tong, the former political secretary of CCP general secretary Zhao Ziyang, said he could not predict what the leadership would do. He believed Zhao meant universal s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 6 | 9 |
2014 Hong Kong protests | politicians' and the media's interpretation of the agreements and undertakings of the PRC, Summers said "all the Joint Declaration said is that the chief executive will be 'appointed by the central people's government on the basis of the results of elections or consultations to be held locally [in Hong Kong].' Britain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests | 2,048 | 7 | 9 |
2014 Hong Kong protests | -Executive Commission on China (CECC) Chair US Senator Marco Rubio and co-chair US Representative Chris Smith announced their intention to nominate Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Alex Chow and the entire Umbrella Movement for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, for "their peaceful efforts to bring political reform and protect the au... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests | 388 | 8 | 9 |
Jimmy Lai | Lai Chee-ying (Chinese: 黎智英; born 8 December 1947), also known as Jimmy Lai, is a British-Hong Kong businessman and politician. He founded Giordano, an Asian clothing retailer, Next Digital (formerly Next Media), a Hong Kong-listed media company, and the popular newspaper Apple Daily. He is one of the main contributors... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai | 2,048 | 0 | 4 |
Jimmy Lai | , businesses had distanced themselves from placing advertisements in Apple Daily to avoid retaliation from the Chinese government.
Lai had frequently faced hostility from the many Beijing-backed tycoons, including attempts to force supplier boycotts of his companies. Major Hong Kong property developers and top companie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai | 2,048 | 1 | 4 |
Jimmy Lai | articles on any media, posting messages or comments on social media, including Twitter; Report to police thrice a week.
On 31 December 2020, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ordered him back to prison after the Department of Justice, under prosecutor Anthony Chau Tin-hang, appealed his release on bail. On 9 Februar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai | 2,048 | 2 | 4 |
Jimmy Lai | Lai is a practising Catholic.
== Awards ==
In June 2021, Lai received the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists, and in December that year, together with the staff of shuttered Apple Daily, the Golden Pen of Freedom Award from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai | 360 | 3 | 4 |
Joshua Wong | Joshua Wong Chi-fung (Chinese: 黃之鋒; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Jīfūng; born 13 October 1996) is a Hong Kong activist and politician. He served as secretary-general of the pro-democracy party Demosistō until it disbanded following implementation of the Hong Kong national security law on 30 June 2020. Wong was previously conv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Wong | 2,048 | 0 | 3 |
Joshua Wong | via Skype.
== Political career (2016–2020) ==
=== Founding of Demosistō ===
In April 2016, Wong founded a new political party, Demosistō, with other Scholarism leaders including Agnes Chow, Oscar Lai, and Umbrella activists, the original student activist group Scholarism having been disbanded. The party advocated ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Wong | 2,048 | 1 | 3 |
Joshua Wong | Wong's family had moved to Australia.
On 29 January 2021, Wong pleaded guilty to two additional charges related to his involvement in a rally on Hong Kong Island on 5 October 2019: taking part in an unauthorised assembly and wearing a facial covering during an unauthorised assembly.
On 13 April 2021, Wong was sentence... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Wong | 1,187 | 2 | 3 |
Taiwan independence movement | The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of Taiwan as an independent and sovereign state, as opposed to Chinese unification in accordance with the One China policy or the status quo of co-existence in cross-strait relations.
Taiwan's political status can be regarde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement | 2,048 | 0 | 4 |
Taiwan independence movement | ing-kuo, educated in the Soviet Union, initiated Soviet style military organization in the ROC Military. He reorganized and Sovietized the political officer corps, surveillance, and KMT party activities. Opposed to this was Sun Li-jen, who was educated at the American Virginia Military Institute. Chiang orchestrated th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement | 2,048 | 1 | 4 |
Taiwan independence movement | government should be eventual unification of the mainland and Taiwan under the rule of the ROC. Some argue that Taiwan has been, and should continue to be, completely independent from China and should become a Taiwanese state with a distinct name. Then, there are numerous positions running the entire spectrum between ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement | 2,048 | 2 | 4 |
Taiwan independence movement | . In that year, the UN Resolution 2758 was passed, and the PRC became recognized as the legal government of China by the UN.
The CCP classifies Taiwan independence activists as one of the Five Poisons. In 2005, the 10th National People's Congress passed the Anti-Secession Law authorizing military force for unification.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement | 1,562 | 3 | 4 |
One country, two systems | "One country, two systems" (1C2S) is a constitutional principle of the People's Republic of China (PRC) describing the governance of the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Deng Xiaoping developed the one country, two systems concept. This constitutional principle was formulated in the early 1980s du... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems | 2,048 | 0 | 4 |
One country, two systems | for it to happen.
In October 2021, Carrie Lam reiterated that she believed the system would be extended beyond 2047, stating "Anybody would seriously ask: why do we have to change it? But of course, something more concrete will have to come out later on to give the needed assurance about the continuation of the common... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems | 2,048 | 1 | 4 |
One country, two systems | claimed that decisions would be made on a "case-by-case basis by the Chief Executive", in addition to Hong Kong courts making final decisions on extradition requests. For this reason, those accused of crimes based on politics or religion would not be extradited, and the new law would purely be "dealing with cross bord... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems | 2,048 | 2 | 4 |
One country, two systems | unified after the PRC adopts the democratic system of the ROC.
During his visit to Beijing in March 2012, former KMT Chairman Wu Po-hsiung proposed a "one country, two areas" (一国两区; 一國兩區; yīguóliǎngqū) framework to govern cross-strait relations, though this term did not become widely adopted.
== Comparison to status... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems | 768 | 3 | 4 |
Political status of Taiwan | The political status of Taiwan is a longstanding geopolitical subject focusing on the sovereignty of the island of Taiwan and its associated islands. The dispute stems from the alleged retrocession of Taiwan from the Empire of Japan to the Republic of China (ROC) in 1945, and the ROC government's retreat from mainland ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan | 2,048 | 0 | 8 |
Political status of Taiwan | the PRC. The United States recognized the KMT government in Taiwan (ROC) as the legitimate representative of all China until 1979. And the ROC itself claimed to be the sole legitimate representative of all China until 1988. As of the present, most nations have switched their official diplomatic recognition of "China" ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan | 2,048 | 1 | 8 |
Political status of Taiwan | the idea that sovereignty over Taiwan was already settled when the United States Department of State stated that "In keeping with these [Cairo and Potsdam] declarations, Formosa was surrendered to Generalissimo Chiang-Kai Shek, and for the past four years, the United States and Other Allied Powers have accepted the ex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan | 2,048 | 2 | 8 |
Political status of Taiwan | aiwan independence".
=== Republic of China (Taiwan) ===
The ROC argues that it maintains all the characteristics of a state and that it was not "replaced" or "succeeded" by the PRC because it has continued to exist long after the PRC's founding.
According to the Montevideo Convention of 1933, the most cited source f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan | 2,048 | 3 | 8 |
Political status of Taiwan | an independent country and that Beijing must "face reality".
=== Other countries and international organizations ===
Because of anti-communist sentiment at the start of the Cold War, the Republic of China was initially recognized as the sole legitimate government of China by the United Nations and most Western nati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan | 2,048 | 4 | 8 |
Political status of Taiwan | Taiwan a country with high education levels because of previous Japanese colonial rule over the island. One month later, he told a Japanese parliamentary committee that "[Taiwan's] democracy is considerably matured and liberal economics is deeply ingrained, so it is a law-abiding country. In various ways, it is a coun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan | 2,048 | 5 | 8 |
Political status of Taiwan | that the PRC's aggressive acts, far from intimidating the Taiwanese population, gave Lee a boost that pushed his share of votes over 50 percent.
This was an aggressively serious escalation in response to the Taiwan Strait and the ongoing conflict between China and Taiwan. This hostile reaction by mainland China is the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan | 2,048 | 6 | 8 |
Political status of Taiwan | later responded stating that Davidson was trying to "hype up China's military threat."
In the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 2022 visit to Taiwan, China increased its air and naval crossings of the Taiwan Strait median line, an unofficial understanding between the two sides when relations are good. In 2024 Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan | 766 | 7 | 8 |
Taiwan Relations Act | The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA; Pub. L. 96–8, H.R. 2479, 93 Stat. 14, enacted April 10, 1979) is a United States law that outlines how the U.S. maintains unofficial ties with Taiwan after recognizing the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal government of China in 1979. Enacted on April 10, 1979, the law allows t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Relations_Act | 2,018 | 0 | 1 |
Anti-Secession Law | The Anti-Secession Law is a law of the People's Republic of China, passed by the 3rd Session of the 10th National People's Congress. It was ratified on March 14, 2005, and went into effect immediately. Although the law, at ten articles, is relatively short, Article 8 formalized the long-standing policy of the PRC to us... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Secession_Law | 2,048 | 0 | 2 |
Anti-Secession Law | 8 also allows the State Council and the Central Military Commission to take action first when necessary and then report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. It is considered to authorize the State Council and the Central Military Commission to act first and report later. Article 9 requires that ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Secession_Law | 1,713 | 1 | 2 |
Liu Xiaobo | Liu Xiaobo (Chinese: 刘晓波; pinyin: Liú Xiǎobō; 28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end Chinese Communist Party one-party rule in China. He was arrested numerous ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo | 2,048 | 0 | 7 |
Liu Xiaobo | back from Western civilization for a moment, we can see that it possesses all the flaws of humanity in general ... If I, as a person who has lived under China's autocratic system for more than thirty years, want to reflect on the fate of humanity or how to be an authentic person, I have no choice but to carry out two ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo | 2,048 | 1 | 7 |
Liu Xiaobo | 996 but was arrested again on 8 October for writing an October Tenth Declaration, coauthored by him and another prominent dissident, Wang Xizhe, mainly on the Taiwan issue, that advocated a peaceful reunification in order to oppose the Chinese Communist Party's forceful threats against the island. He was ordered to ser... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo | 2,048 | 2 | 7 |
Liu Xiaobo | stated that other nations should "respect China's judicial sovereignty and not do things that will interfere in China's internal affairs".
Responding to the verdict, United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navanethem Pillay expressed concern about the deterioration of political rights in China. German Chancellor Ange... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo | 2,048 | 3 | 7 |
Liu Xiaobo | to join its team of doctors. However, the statement did not mention which foreign doctors had been invited or whether or not any of them had responded. A statement one day later from the hospital said that Liu was admitted on 7 June. On 8 July, the hospital said that Joseph M. Herman of University of Texas MD Anderson... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo | 2,048 | 4 | 7 |
Liu Xiaobo | said that "Liu Xiaobo had contributed to the fraternity of peoples through his non-violent resistance against the oppressive actions of the Communist regime in China" and that "the Chinese Government bears a heavy responsibility for his premature death". Reiss-Andersen said Liu Xiaobo will remain "a powerful symbol fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo | 2,048 | 5 | 7 |
Liu Xiaobo | reading organized for Liu Xiaobo Archived 7 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine by the international literature festival berlin
Liu Xiaobo on Nobelprize.org | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo | 36 | 6 | 7 |
Ai Weiwei | Ai Weiwei ( EYE way-WAY; Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi, IPA: [âɪ wêɪ.wêɪ]; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei | 2,048 | 0 | 9 |
Ai Weiwei | attack.
According to the Financial Times, in an attempt to force Ai to leave the country, two accounts used by him had been hacked in a sophisticated attack on Google in China dubbed Operation Aurora, their contents read and copied; his bank accounts were investigated by state security agents who claimed he was under ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei | 2,048 | 1 | 9 |
Ai Weiwei | his sister gave some details about his detention condition to the press, explaining that he was subjected to a kind of psychological torture: he was detained in a tiny room with constant light, and two guards were set very close to him at all times, and watched him constantly. In November, Chinese authorities were aga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei | 2,048 | 2 | 9 |
Ai Weiwei | the United States". He criticized the suspension of two New York University professors for comments regarding Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip, saying "This is really like a cultural revolution, which is really trying to destroy anybody who have different attitudes, not even a clear opinion."
In December 2025, Ai si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei | 2,048 | 3 | 9 |
Ai Weiwei | May 2008. 3,444 friends from the Internet delivered voice recordings, the names of 5,205 perished were recited 12,140 times. Remembrance is an audio work dedicated to the young people who lost their lives in the Sichuan earthquake. It expresses thoughts for the passing of innocent lives and indignation for the cover-u... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei | 2,048 | 4 | 9 |
Ai Weiwei | exhibition site two and three, in the seven rooms where locals used to live. The twenty-two selected photos are divided in five categories according to types of events spanning eight years. Among these photos, six of them were taken from the site investigation at the 2008 Sichuan earthquake; two were taken during the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei | 2,048 | 5 | 9 |
Ai Weiwei | Luther and the Avantgarde in Wittenberg to mark the 2017 quincentenary of the Reformation. In it, the artist worked through his experiences of anxiety and isolation following his arrest by Chinese authorities: "My work is physically a concrete block, which contains within it a single figure in solitude. That figure is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei | 2,048 | 6 | 9 |
Ai Weiwei | of China, initiates and facilitates exhibitions and other forms of introductions inside and outside China. The building which houses it was designed by Ai in 2000.
On 15 March 2010, Ai took part in Digital Activism in China, a discussion hosted by The Paley Media Center in New York with Jack Dorsey (founder of Twitter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei | 2,048 | 7 | 9 |
Ai Weiwei | 3
In May 2023, Ai was elected as an Honorary Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.
== See also ==
WeiweiCam
Qingen Xu
== References ==
== Further reading ==
The Creative Process Ai WeiWei's Turandot, by Mia Funk, 20 October 2025
Medium, Artists on the Cutting Edge, by Addison Fach, 1 December 2017
WideWalls m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei | 709 | 8 | 9 |
Chen Guangcheng | Chen Guangcheng (born November 12, 1971) is a Chinese civil rights activist who has worked on human rights issues in rural areas of the People's Republic of China. Blind from an early age and self-taught in the law, Chen is frequently described as a "barefoot lawyer" who advocates for land rights and the welfare of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Guangcheng | 2,048 | 0 | 3 |
Chen Guangcheng | policy; residents would be held for days or weeks in the study sessions, and were allegedly beaten.
In 2005 Chen filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of women from Linyi against the city's family planning staff. And in June, he traveled to Beijing to file the complaint and meet with foreign reporters to publicize th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Guangcheng | 2,048 | 1 | 3 |
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