Gong Min Walk 2010

People in Suzhou Continue Their Protests by Walking

By Chen Yu (Canyu News Reporting) July 27, 2010 The fight against illegal eviction and demolition, and for fair compensation for property taken, has been going on for about two weeks in and around the small town of Tongan, Suzhou, in Jiangsu Province.   The government...

Joint NGO Appeal Increases Pressure on UN To Act On Forced Evictions of Chinese Citizens

Washington, D.C. July 13, 2010--  United Nations Watch, the Switzerland based NGO, is leading an  International  joint NGO appeal to UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon and UN HABITAT executive director, Anna Tibaijuka.  The appeal calls on the United Nations to...

Gong Min Walker Forcibly Extradited to Australia

Initiatives for China has learned from sources inside China that Mr. Zhang Xiaogang, an australian citizen was forcibly extradited to Australia.  Mr. Wang who Zhang disappeared after returning to his hotel in Shanghai following a "Gong Min" walk around the UN Pavilion...

Australian Chinese Man Missing after Shanghai Protest

By Emma Graham-Harrison BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese-born Australian activist, who changed his name to get round a ban on his return, has been missing for more than a day after making a one-man protest in Shanghai, a campaign organiser said on Thursday. Zhang...