Translations: As Tributes Pour In, Chengdu’s You Xing Bookstore Gets a Reprieve From Feared Closure
Following more than a week of speculation that Chengdu’s You Xing Bookstore (有杏书店, Yǒu Xìng...
intellectuals
Passport Restrictions on Public Employees, and China’s “New Cultural Emigres”
Several recent reports and articles highlight the experience of those in China who seek to leave the country in search of better opportunities or greater freedom abroad. On Wednesday, the Pew Research Center published a report...
Zhihu Post Backfires, Inspires Venting About Political Repression
A recent question posted to the Q&A site Zhihu may have been intended to elicit praise about China’s state of political affairs, but has instead become the latest telling example of the pessimistic political mood in...
Trial Updates Offer Little in the Way of Justice
In the span of a week, court cases targeting individuals from a variety of backgrounds have demonstrated the repressive and arbitrary nature of the Chinese judicial system. Journalists, activists, intellectuals, and monks from...
New #MeToo Cases Showcase Enduring Tenacity of Chinese Feminist Movement
At least 12 women have accused famed screenwriter Shi Hang of sexual harassment. The accusations are the latest major #MeToo case to roil the Chinese intelligentsia. At Sixth Tone, Yang Caini reported on the accusations against...
Translation: One Nationalist Fang Fang Hater’s “Coming of Age”
One of Fang Fang’s most outspoken detractors had a change of heart when those she had maligned came to her aid. Li Dan, a 31-year-old woman from Sichuan, used to attack Fang Fang and her supporters incessantly. She was not...
China’s New Left Thinkers Embrace Nationalism And Xi
While various manifestations of China’s deepening authoritarianism have been well documented, the ideological frameworks underpinning it have tended not to receive as much attention as the thinking of those at odds with the...
Translation: “Social Death by Imperial Order”
In July 2019, the philosopher and popular writer Byron Chen Chun went to Hong Kong to observe protests against proposed amendments to the Hong Kong extradition law which raised serious concerns that residents and even those...
Zheng Yefu: “For Whom is the Country Being Defended?”
Retired Peking University sociology professor Zheng Yefu is known for his outspoken political views. In a recent essay that went viral on Chinese social media, Zheng argues that the Party’s attempts to protect and...
CCP Launches Patriotic Education for Intellectuals
The Chinese Communist Party has launched a new campaign aimed at “enhancing...
Translation: Speaking of Zhang Yunfan…
Xi Jinping’s ongoing crackdown on civil society and parallel drive to reinforce ideological...
Person of the Week: Liu Xia
CDT is expanding its wiki beyond the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon to include short biographies of...
Person of the Week: Qiao Mu
CDT is expanding its wiki beyond the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon to include short...
Is HK an Unsafe Harbor for Academic Freedom?
At Times Higher Education, David Matthews looks at politically motivated press attacks against...
Jonathan Spence: As Luck Would Have It
Kate Whitehead at South China Morning Post gives a detailed profile of Jonathan Spence, the prominent China scholar and Yale history professor: The way Spence tells his life story, luck played a big role in his success, too....
Three Self-Immolations Amid Crackdown, Debate
Three Tibetan self-immolations have taken place in recent days, according to exile media, amid vigorous discussion of the protests and a continued crackdown by Chinese authorities. From Dharamsala-based Phayul.com: Tsezung Kyab,...
Red Tide
In Time, Jeffrey Wasserstrom reviews the new book by Zha Jianying, Tide Players: The Movers and Shakers of a Rising China, which he says, “covers all the bases” for someone trying to understand contemporary China:...
Contemporary Chinese Society’s Ideological Splits – Xu Youyu (徐友渔)
Translated by Michael Huang, from China Elections and Governance: China is currently experiencing a period of rapid social transformation. On the one hand, its social economy has scored tremendous achievements; on the other,...
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