Civil Movement

Open up or break up, dissident Yang Jianli tells China

Posted on May 4, 2016

Source: http://www.catchnews.com/international-news/open-up-or-break-up-dissident-yang-jianli-tells-china-1462299461.html Chinese dissident leader Yang Jianli, the moving force behind the Interfaith Conference of China’s ethnic and religious minorities in Dharamsala recently, is not unduly disturbed by the cancellation of visas of some dissident leaders by India. He pointed out that despite the cancellation of four visas due to China’s protest, 69 participants, including at least eight Chinese activists and Uyghur American Association’s president Ilshat Hsan, had attended...

03/31/2016 – Xi’s Washington Visit Crashed by Unwelcome Guest. By Eli Lake & Josh Rogin

Posted on Mar 31, 2016

http://www.initiativesforchina.org/?p=2368

03/31/2016 – Havel and the Dalai Lama. By Raymond Johnston

Posted on Mar 31, 2016

http://www.initiativesforchina.org/?p=2310

02/10/2016 – Q&A with pro-Democracy activist Yang Jianli at Principia College. By Colby Bermel, Principia College

Posted on Feb 10, 2016

http://college.usatoday.com/2016/02/10/qa-with-pro-democracy-activist-yang-jianli-at-principia-college/

Winter 2015 – Surviving Tiananmen, Envisioning Democracy: Yang Jianli in conversation with The Straddler.

Posted on Dec 31, 2015

http://www.thestraddler.com/201513/piece2.php

Head Off a Tiananmen Massacre in Hong Kong

Posted on Sep 23, 2015

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Head Off a Tiananmen Massacre in Hong Kong Beijing’s edict has made larger protests in Hong Kong inevitable. (http://online.wsj.com/articles/head-off-a-tiananmen-massacre-in-hong-kong-1411403467) Hong Kong students have not been afraid to make their voices heard. GETTY IMAGES Editor’s note: The following op-ed is written by Yang Jianli, Teng Biao and Hu Jia, who are all former political prisoners of China. Mr. Yang is the president of Initiatives for China. Mr. Teng is a human rights lawyer. Mr. Hu is a winner of the Sakharov Prize. Hong Kong students are...