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Isabel Crook, 107, Dies; Her Life in China Spanned a Century of Change

August 25, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Isabel Crook, 107, Dies; Her Life in China Spanned a Century of Change A noted educator and anthropologist, she spent almost her entire life in China, where she was a committed friend of the Communist government. NY Times 08/24/23 Isabel Crook, a China-born daughter of Canadian missionaries who became one of her adopted country’s most … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Obituaries Tagged: advocate, anthropologist articulate, Beijing, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, Chinese Communist Party, Communist, Communist state, David Crook, Isabel Crook, Sichuan Province

Police in Hong Kong arrest 15 activists

April 18, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the Guardian, April 18, 2020 Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, said while the world’s attention is focused on the covid-19 epidemic, Beijing has taken “yet another step towards burying one-country, two-system” and the arrests show that “Beijing is determined to throttle Hong Kong”. He said the liaison office’s claim that it … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: Albert Ho, Au Nok-hin, Beijing, Chris Patten, Civil Rights, Figo Chan, Hong Kong, Lee Cheuk-yan, Leung Kwok-hung, Luo Huining, Margaret Ng, Pro-democracy, the Basic Law, Xi Jinping

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