Josh Rudolph
Josh Rudolph finished an MA in Asia Pacific Policy Studies at UBC's Institute of Asian Research in 2013, and was an editor at CDT English until 2021. 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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