Last week marked 15 years since Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China. But tens of thousands of protestors marred the would-be celebration, expressing dissatisfaction with Communist Party Rule.
Marchers called for the redress of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, less interference in civil liberties and more transparency in government. Signs also criticized growing corruption in government and specifically targeted recently sworn-in Hong Kong president Leung Chun-ying.
In an unprecedented show of people-power, protestors in a southern China town tasted success when state-backed plans for a copper plant were abandoned. Thousands protested for several days, arrests were made and clashes with police turned violent. Pictures of unwarranted police brutality spread quickly on social media, however. Protestors were then released from jail and officials announced the plans would not go forward.
A well-known Falun Gong practitioner died from beatings near the eve of his nine-year prison sentence ending. In an unprecedented act of defiance, his daughter collected 15,000 signatures with real names to demand an investigation into the death.
Apple settled a trademark dispute with a Chinese technology company for the use of the name "iPad" for $60 million. This encouraged a chemical company to file another lawsuit over the name of its household cleaner, "Snow Leopard."
Expressing goodness, beauty, and light through photography, the competition aims to revive the traditional Chinese aesthetic concepts of balancing Man and Nature. See Competition Website for details
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