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fake tax case
Read more: fake tax caseIn June 2011, the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau demanded a total of over 12 million yuan (US$1.85 million) from Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd in unpaid taxes and fines, and accorded three days to appeal the demand in writing. According…
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Healing Torture Through Art
Read more: Healing Torture Through ArtNajah al-Bukai cannot forget. As an accomplished artist in Syria before the war, Mr. Bukai had long thought his photographic memory was his greatest asset, allowing him to recreate scenes on his sketch pads and canvases days, months and even…
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Russia: Greenpeace Polar Bear Protesters Arrested Outside Gazprom Office In Moscow
Read more: Russia: Greenpeace Polar Bear Protesters Arrested Outside Gazprom Office In MoscowMOSCOW (AP) — Put your paws in the air. Moscow police have arrested 10 environmental activists, including four dressed in polar bear costumes, who were protesting outside the main office of Gazprom, the Russian oil and natural gas giant. The…
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Nats Never Die/The Zombies are Coming!
Read more: Nats Never Die/The Zombies are Coming!The Yes Men join Reclaim the City in their fight against unjust housing policy. On September 30, 2019, a horde of zombies attended a “#natsneverdie rally” at the Cape Town Civic Centre in order to celebrate Mayor Dan Plato and…
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Conscious Lee
Read more: Conscious LeeConscious Lee is a public awareness project to help people value and protect their rivers. Rivers are rich sources of life and are vital for clean water. They are beautiful spaces to connect with nature. We all need to appreciate…
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Resist developers with naked body in Macau
Read more: Resist developers with naked body in MacauIn 2011, nine local artists staged a performance called “Let’s Add 1 Meter to Taipa Pequena (Sio Tam Hill)” in Macau, protesting against the controversial attempted rezoning of the mountain for high-rise construction by the developers. They lied on top…
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White supremacist rally “clowned” by counter protest
Read more: White supremacist rally “clowned” by counter protestCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say no one was arrested during a loud – and very colorful – KKK rally and counter-protest in uptown Charlotte Saturday afternoon. Members of the National Socialist Movement joined the Ku Klux Klan for an…
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Welcome World Sleep Day: Performance art calls for “Put down the phone and sleep at ease”
Read more: Welcome World Sleep Day: Performance art calls for “Put down the phone and sleep at ease”March 20, World Sleep Day is approaching, Chongqing Fuling wine town square placed 2 transparent sleep house, staff in the form of performance art to call on people to “put down the phone, sleep at ease”. It is reported that…
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Stream of Conscience
Read more: Stream of ConscienceStream of Conscience is a site-specific, literary sculpture made out of torn pieces of cover-weight paper upon which people of all ages write their thoughts, feelings, and reflections about water. Prior to writing, participants engage in a dialogue about local…
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The technopolitical struggle for free culture
Read more: The technopolitical struggle for free cultureThe Spanish 15M/Indignados movement represents a citizen break-up with the current political system while proposing an alternative one, changing the prevailing participation patterns while transforming the cultural, social and political structures in the country. Nobody expected the Spanish r-Evolution and…
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Greenpeace asks Nestle to Have a Break
Read more: Greenpeace asks Nestle to Have a BreakGreenpeace released a video to spread the word that Nestle, the maker of Kit Kat, was using palm oil purchased from companies that are destroying the Indonesian rainforest and pushing orangutans towards extinction. The video, which features a guy opening…
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China’s Underground Hiphop
Read more: China’s Underground HiphopChina’s underground hiphop became an art movement since early 2000s. With characteristics of self-expression, localization and social criticism, Chinese hip hop music quickly gained popularity among students and working-class Chinese. Some notable music groups from Beijing include Yin Ts’ang (隐藏)…