from Kun Chang
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-11/591475.html
Source: Global Times
By Ge Lili
A civil rights and AIDS activist in Anhui Province said local authorities are pres-suring him to stop using his home as a public library.
Chang Kun, 25, opened his 2,000- book library to residents in Linquan county and has offered free Internet access since May 4. Authorities said they inspected the books to check for pirated copies.
Ge Jinhai, Party secretary of Chengguan township in Linquan, told the Global Times that Chang’s activities were illegal, but did not explain why.
An assistant to Linquan Party secretary Zhu Aiming said that he never heard of Chang, but added that the office will support him if he contacts them.
“My aim is to make my fellow residents learn more and improve awareness about their rights,” Chang told the Global Times, adding that about 150 people visit his home regularly.
He established a now-defunct AIDS group and was expelled from a university in 2006 after assisting students in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, who were expelled because they suffered from Hepatitis B.
Chang said he allowed everyone to use his collection of novels and books about AIDS, and said that the level of community services in the US impressed him. Most of the books were donated.
Chang said in March 2005, before opening the library, he formed an AIDS awareness group which was later forced to break up. He set up an AIDS website www.xjaids.org in 2006, which is no longer online.
Chang said several men carrying Linquan Press and Publication Bureau identifications came to his home one night to check pirated books. “Wang Zizhong, the Party secretary in the Guangming community, where the library is located, once talked to my father and asked him to close the library,” he said.
However, Wang denied he ever did so when contacted by the Global Times.
An employee at the Linquan Press and Publication Bureau, who only gave his surname as Cai, told the Global Times that it is part of their job to investigate pirated books. “We should check if there are pirated books. These are our rules. We have informed Chang to handle procedures in the local industrial and commercial bureau,” he said.
Chang is a co-founder of Beijing Yirenping Center. Cui Qingfeng, a lawyer at Chang An Law Firm, said people who lend large numbers of books to others should get permission from the local industrial and commercial bureau.
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About Chang Kun:
Chang Kun is a Human Rights activist working on HIV/AIDS, HBV and other public health issues. He also takes time to care about Civil Rights in China. On 2006, he tried to run for deputy to the local people’s congresses representing district where my university Xinjiang Normal University is located as an independent candidate because deputies to the local people’s congresses representing counties and townships are elected directly by our constituencies. That time he was a Law school student. However, because of his Human Rights actions, Xinjiang Snow Lotus HIV/AIDS Institute was banned by local authorities and he was expelled by Xinjiang Normal University on Oct,2006.He had to leave Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions for Beijing. Know more about Chang Kun
About Hometown:
In Chinese culture, Hometown is the most important place in every Chinese mind. There are a lot of works of art about people who are out of there hometown think of their home.
About Chang Kun House 4 Civil Rights in Hometown:
In the almost two years in the U.S, Chang Kun has been watching and studying a lot of about Civil Rights and community improvement, and he also has done many works to compare the differences between China and America or other countries. One of the most important ideas is he thinks he shouldn’t only do works in some big cities, he also should take responsibilities for changing his hometown, his community……
Chang Kun’s hometown is Linquan County
About Linquan County?
Linquan County is located in the northwestern border of Anhui Province, It is under the administration of Fuyang city.
“Linquan has a population of 2.13 million. It is the county which has the largest population in mainland China, it is also the largest county which has the most unplanned birth. Linquan is one among three major drug crime counties, the economic development of Linquan is at the bottom of Fuyang city, and even whole Anhui. Until now, it is still no railway, unreasonable highway, waterway “.(from the article that ?Activate Linquan – dialogue with the county party secretary Ai-Min Zhu?Jiangsu Economic News)
“Linquan County is located in the northwest corner of Anhui Province, with more than 200 million people, called by the county of the largest population. But, Linquan is not known for a large population, it is the drugs. Linquan, Tongxin County of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Guanghe county of Gansu Province, are called as the mainland’s three major drug distribution centers by the overseas media. Linquan Miaocha Town, it is the hardest drug hit areas of Fuyang City, and even a malignant tumor for the whole Central Plains region. “(from the article ?Narco-Chiu Ho shui and the destruction of the Kingdom of Linquan drugs???Democracy and Rule of Law? 2009. NO.16 report)
During to the huge population and economic pressures, the kinds of social problems explicit in particular in Linquan, the total area of 1818 square kilometers small space. In book written by Chen Guidi and Chun Tao’s “Survey of Chinese Peasants”, there’s a considerable length that describes the stories took place in Linquan. Meanwhile, Linquan is China’s first batch of AIDS prevention and control model.
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