Josh Rudolph
Josh Rudolph finished an MA in Asia Pacific Policy Studies at UBC's Institute of Asian Research in 2013. He currently lives in British Columbia.
Translation: Lu Yuyu’s “Incorrect Memory” (II)
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 30, 2020
In 2016, citizen journalist Lu Yuyu and his then-girlfriend Li Tingyu were formally arrested after having been detained for over a month for chronicling “mass incidents” across China on their “Not News” (非新聞)...
Read MoreTranslation: Wei Zhou on National Optimism vs Personal Pessimism
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 28, 2020
An essay by writer Wei Zhou (@维舟) published to WeChat last week describes a dissonant way of thinking increasingly common in China, in which people are able to maintain optimism about the state and trajectory of the nation...
Read MorePhoto: Yulin Bridge, Shaxi (Yunnan), by Rod Waddington
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 28, 2020
Translation: The Countryside Through a Daughter-in-law’s Eyes
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 23, 2020
The following essay was written by Huang Deng, an educated 46-year-old woman who married into a poor rural family. A PhD and currently the Deputy Director of Finance and Media at Guangdong University of Finance, Huang is also...
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