Tag: Retirement pension

Wuhan’s Elderly Expose Chinese Authorities’ Retaliation Against Health Reform Protests

Elderly protestors in Wuhan, China have been threatened and harassed by the police there since Feb. 8, when tens of thousands of Wuhan’s retirees started huge protests against health reforms that cut their medical benefits by 70 percent. Hao Jiayi, a Wuhan resident who participated in the protests, has been subject to police suppression and…


Beijing Uses Pension System to Punish Dissidents, Faith Groups

News Analysis Chinese rights defenders are often deprived of their pensions as a punishment by the Chinese Communist regime. The 74-year old Cui Xuemin, formerly a teacher at a junior college in Heilongjiang Province, received such treatment after she defended her rights to practice Falun Gong. She was imprisoned for three years and had her…