Minds Unfettered and the Rival Spirits of May Fourth
Last week brought the 100th anniversary of the start of the May Fourth movement, a pivotal moment...
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LatestFilmmakers Cut Ai Weiwei Over Political Fears
Just following news that a film by Zhang Yimou about the Cultural Revolution was excluded from the...
Ai Weiwei’s Beijing Studio Razed by Authorities
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei posted videos on Instagram showing Chinese authorities razing his...
Liu Xiaobo Not Allowed to Go Abroad
Ailing Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo remains in the First Hospital of China Medical...
Exporting Propaganda, from Cooption to Censorship
The Chinese government has in recent years spent considerable resources and effort on bolstering...
Ai Weiwei: China’s Judicial System “Unfair by Nature”
Civil rights lawyer Xia Lin was sentenced last week to 12 years in jail for fraud, the harshest...
Translation: Xia Lin Carries Something Precious
Rights defense lawyer Xia Lin has just been dealt a 12-year prison sentence for fraud, seeming...
Ai Weiwei Dropped from Ningxia Exhibition
Ningxia’s Yinchuan Musuem of Contemporary Art has removed the work of artist-activist Ai...
Author Details Unapproved Cuts to “Leftover Women”
The question of whether authors should accept censorship in exchange for publication within China...
Minitrue: Commentary Tasks for Pu Zhiqiang Verdict
The following Internet commentary instructions, issued to the media by government authorities,...
Woeser on Feathering Ai Weiwei’s Wing
As Ai Weiwei asks supporters to drop donated Lego through the sunroofs of strategically parked...
Drawing the News: Lego Blocks Ai Weiwei Sale
Cartoonists Rebel Pepper and Badiucao address the ongoing uproar over toymaker Lego’s...
American Publishers Take a Stand Against Censorship
With the 68th annual Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest gathering of the publishing...
Ai Weiwei: “I Try to Talk Less”
In Berlin, Ian Johnson sat down with both writer Liao Yiwu, who has lived there since 2011, and Ai...
Wang Yu, Emblem of China’s Human Rights Crackdown
On July 9, human rights lawyer Wang Yu was detained from her Beijing home, becoming the first of...
Ai Weiwei on China’s Future, and His Own
Following the return of Ai Weiwei’s passport after a four-year effective travel ban,...
U.K. Reverses Ai Weiwei Visa Restriction
British home secretary Theresa May has reversed a decision to grant Chinese artist Ai Weiwei a...
Confusion or Conspiracy? U.K. Limits Ai Weiwei Visa
Last week, Chinese authorities finally returned artist Ai Weiwei’s passport, removing a...
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