Past News & Editorial Archive — 1998–Present
This reader archive organizes verified democracy-movement news, editorial analysis, historical activity and major publications by the actual year and month of the underlying event. It begins with records already verified and published on FreeChina.live and expands chronologically; absence of an entry does not mean no relevant activity occurred.
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Years: 2026 · 2022 · 2017 · 2010 · 2008 · 2005 · 2004 · 2003 · 2002 · 2001 · 1999 · 1998
September
- Freedom House adopts Joshua Wong case in new release campaign
- 18 groups urge UN follow-up on Uyghur forced labour
- Campaign calls on Lord Neuberger to leave Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal
- Journalist and filmmaker Du Bin reportedly sentenced to 18 months
- Pastor David Tang and six Wenzhou church workers detained
August
- Hong Kong June Fourth vigil case moves to sentencing
- Chinese democracy and Hong Kong solidarity actions in the United Kingdom
- August political-prisoner and prisoner-of-conscience monitoring report
- CECC China Monitor #7 on religion, academic freedom, transnational repression and Xinjiang
- Pastor John Cao: cancer, exit ban and family reunion
June — Major Book / Publication
Free China treats participant-authored history as important evidence, while comparing individual claims with contemporaneous documents, independent reporting and other participant testimony.
2022
June — New York event marking the 33rd anniversary of the 1989 democracy movement.
2017
May — Federation for a Democratic China organizational record concerning Free China Movement and Ye Ning.
2010
September — Political forum at the U.S. Capitol.
2008
April — Human Rights and Olympics in China event at the U.S. Capitol.
2005
May — CECC hearing record: Unofficial Religions in China. Institutional hearing/academic testimony, not independent news reporting.
2004
June — Folha de S.Paulo coverage concerning Xu Shuiliang and rights/liberties.
2003
May — Los Angeles Times — “Stakes High for Accused Dissident”.
2002
May — Associated Press / archive mirror report on an alleged pre-Olympic crackdown document. AP stated that it could not independently verify the document; that limitation remains part of the record.
2001
January — The New Republic — “Asia Minor: The NED v. Chinese Dissidents”.
1999
June — Radio Free Asia: Free China Movement June Fourth commemoration at the Chinese Embassy in Washington · Voice of America archive: Tiananmen / Washington · FCM historical release: Zhou Yongjun sentenced to three years.
1998
June — Kyodo: exiled Chinese dissidents form new coalition · Central News Agency: Washington commemorates June Fourth with declaration · Free China Movement Unity Conference · Protests during President Clinton’s China visit.
July — Adidas forced-labor lawsuit press conference · Condemnation of arrests of China Democracy Party dissidents · Statement on the China Democracy Party crackdown · Legal and financial support for detained CDP organizers.
Research note: This is the verified starting corpus, not a claim that every important event since 1998 is already represented. The archive will expand with verified democracy-movement activities, Beijing Spring / China Spring / Huanghuagang / GDN and comparable sources, dissident actions, prisoners, religious-freedom cases, hearings, speeches, Congressional and international actions, and major publications.
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