Translations: Train Incident Becomes Metaphor for Principled Disobedience – “Smash That Window, and Take a Breath of Freedom!”
A man who used an onboard emergency hammer to smash a hole in the window of a stalled train to...
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Heavy Online Censorship of Articles Critical of Animated Chinese Blockbuster “Ne Zha 2”
Since it began screening in late January during the Spring Festival holiday, the Chinese animated blockbuster “Ne Zha 2” has smashed box office records, becoming the highest-grossing animated film in history, as well as one of...
On the Fifth Anniversary of COVID Whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s Death: “The World Hasn’t Gotten Any Better. If Anything, It’s Even More Insane.”
February 6 marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital whose attempts to warn colleagues and the public of an emerging coronavirus made him a heroic symbol of...
On Second Anniversary of Sitong Bridge Protest, Lone Protester Peng Lifa’s Fate Remains Unknown
Two years after Peng Lifa’s courageous one-man protest on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge against Xi Jinping and the CCP’s autocratic rule, his whereabouts are still unknown, although it is widely presumed that he remains under...
Four Years On, Tributes to Covid Whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang
Four years after the death from COVID of Dr. Li Wenliang, the young Wuhan ophthalmologist who alerted colleagues to the emerging novel coronavirus, tributes to the widely admired doctor continue to pour in, despite some online...
Quote of the Day: “There Should Be More Than One Voice in a Healthy Society”
February 6 marked the four-year anniversary of the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital whose attempts to warn colleagues of an emerging novel coronavirus made him an heroic symbol of free...
Tributes to Pioneering Public Health Advocate and AIDS Whistleblower Dr. Gao Yaojie
Retired gynecologist and public health advocate Dr. Gao Yaojie (高耀洁, Gāo Yàojié), who exposed the role of government-approved blood-selling schemes in fueling China’s rural AIDS epidemic, died of natural causes in New York on...
Second Anniversary of Pioneering Blogger Program-Think’s Detention Passes
May 10, 2023 marked the second anniversary of the detention of program-think (Biānchéng suíxiǎng, 编程随想), an incisive and influential blogger who for twelve years managed to maintain his anonymity while maintaining a prolific...
Li Wenliang’s Wailing Wall, March 2023: “This Society Allows Only One Voice—the Sound of Mutual Applause”
Nearly three years and two months after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the “Wailing Wall” that emerged in the comments section under his last Weibo post continues to serve as a repository for the hopes,...
Wailing Wall Special Edition: The Third Anniversary of Whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s Death
February 6 marked the three-year anniversary of the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital whose attempts to warn colleagues and the public of an emerging coronavirus made him an heroic...
Wailing Wall Wishes on the Second Anniversary of Dr. Li Wenliang’s Death
“A healthy society shouldn’t have only one voice.” — Dr. Li Wenliang February 7 marked the second anniversary of the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, the courageous young ophthalmologist at the Central Hospital of Wuhan who was one of...
Rage Comics Brand Muzzled by Heroes and Martyrs Law
Baozou Big News Events (暴走大事件), a “rage comic”-inspired Chinese internet variety show...
New Law Criminalizes Slander of Historical Heroes
The Chinese parliament passed new legislation on Friday requiring “all of society” to...
Law Scholar He Weifang Quits Social Media
Peking University law professor He Weifang has long been prominent as a liberal voice in China,...
Revolutionary Change for China’s Heroes
According to The Times, Lei Feng and his fellow national heroes are set to officially become less revolutionary “martyrs”: About 340,000 families across the country currently take pride in a relative who has been...
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