Xiao Qiang

Xiao Qiang: The Roar of Dissent Online

From the New York Times: Today, reports abound of young Chinese saying they don’t know or don’t care about events in 1989. Yet all one has to do is go online to the vast number of Chinese forums and blogs to know that the spirit...

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Tiananmen Square and Two Chinas

Jayshree Bajoria did the following interviews for the Council for Foreign Relations (the following quotes are excerpted): June 4, 1989 marks the anniversary of the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown on the largest...

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Paint-Throwing Born of Frustration

“A former Chinese teacher who famously splattered paint on Chairman Mao’s portrait at the height of the Beijing protests 20 years ago describes a failure of leadership among protesters—and how years of prison abuse scarred...

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Francesco Sisci : China’s Catholic Moment

From the First Things: Not since late antiquity has the world seen a migration of peoples like the great urbanization of China now in progress. By 2025, migrants will make up two-fifths of China’s billion-strong urban...

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