Tokyo Airlift

Human Rights Lawyer Enters Shanghai After 90-Day Stand Off With Chinese Government

Washington, DC, February 12, 2010.  Initiatives for China has received confirmation that Feng Zhenghu, a Chinese Citizen and human rights lawyer, safely entered Shanghai, China at approximately 11:30 am local time (11:30 pm EST).    This ends a remarkable test of...

Chinese Government Allows Human Rights Lawyer to Return Home

Feng Zhenghu ends 90-day vigil at Tokyo International Airport Agreement seen as the result of Feng's tenacity and the galvanizing power of an uncensored Internet   Washington, DC, February 3, 2010.   Initiatives for China has received confirmation from...

Google, Feng, and Freedom

This morning a Chinese journalist from the Voice of America called our office in Washington, DC to report that the Chinese government had agreed to allow Mr. Feng Zhenghu, a noted human rights lawyer, to leave Tokyo airport and return to his home in Shanghai. This...

Google Should Stay in China

Google deserves the unanimous praise of world governments and the international business community for its decision to no longer censor its Chinese search engine, google.cn. This action in defense of its mission to "do no evil" stands in stark contrast with Yahoo's...