Report of the International Conference of “Reassessing Mao’s Land Reform”
By Yang Fan, China in Perspectives Executive Summary The year 2019 marks the seventieth anniversary of the first political campaign...
Song Yongyi: A Guide to the “Court Cases of the June 4th Protesters Against Government Violence”
Original book’s name is Court Cases of the “June 4th Protesters Against Government Violence”: This Important Group in the June...
The World First Laogai Archive Database was Published by the Laogai Research Foundation
By Yang Fan, A Report of the Journal of Chine Perspectives During the recent week, a Laogai Archive Database has...
Dr. Yang was elected as new Board member of the Laigai Human Rights Foundation, and Professor Xia became the new Chair of the Laogai Research Foundation
Due to the resignation of Ms. Golden Chang in the February, the Laogai Human Rights Foundation elected Dr. Yang Fengshi...
Laogai Research Foundation Announcing Recipients of Its 2019 Research Fellowship Grant Program
Since last September when the Laogai Research Foundation established the Research Fellowship Grant to promote and support research focusing on human rights abuse in China, it has received a great number of applications from scholars and human right activists worldwide. After careful review and close consultation with outside experts, the Foundation’s Board of Directors has created a finalists list of nearly ten applicants. The average amount for each Fellowship recipient this year is close to USD10,000.
The 2019 Laogai Research Foundation Humanitarian Program Grant Recipients
This year the Laogai Research Foundation has received applications from several organizations. Two of them have been granted a funding for the year of 2019.
The Reopening of the Laogai Museum and the Formation of a New Board of Directors
On the website for the Laogai Research Foundation one will find that, following Professor Song Yongyi, two more prominent scholars have joined the Foundation’s new Board of Directors. They are Professor Xia Ming of the Graduate Center of CUNY and Dr. Chen Kuide of the Princeton China Initiative. Dr. Yang Fenshi, a musician from Chicago, has been elected Chaiperson of the Board. Besides, Dr. Lee Edwards, Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and the incoming Communism Victims Museum, has also joined the Board of the Laogai Human Rights Foundation with administrative oversight over the Laogai Research Foundation. Two other members of the Laogai Human Rights Foundation are prominent union leader Jeff Fiedler and Dr. Gordon G. Chang, a China specialist.
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