Translation: Xia Lin Carries Something Precious
Rights defense lawyer Xia Lin has just been dealt a 12-year prison sentence for fraud, seeming...
Ran Yunfei
Class Consciousness: Alternative Schools in China
As debate continues in the West over Shanghai’s PISA-topping school ratings, Ian Johnson...
Open Letter Calls for Ratification of Human Rights Covenant (Updated)
Ahead of the National People’s Congress annual session next month, during which Xi Jinping is expected to take over as state president, a group of 100 prominent intellectuals, journalists, and lawyers have penned an open...
Nobel Laureate Mo Yan Hopes for Liu Xiaobo’s Freedom
In a press conference on Friday, Nobel Literature prizewinner Mo Yan gave an unexpected expression of support for fellow laureate Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned winner of the 2010 Peace Prize. Mo’s statement has dampened...
Amended Criminal Procedure Law Passes, 2,639 to 160
The National People’s Congress has passed a controversial amendment to China’s Criminal Procedure Law which will, if faithfully implemented, strengthen suspects’ rights in ordinary—i.e. non-political—cases. But...
Ran Yunfei: “I’m Just My Own Running Dog.”
In an interview with The New York Review of Books, blogger and classicist Ran Yunfei discusses a broad range of issues: the unruliness of his native Sichuan, his detention last year, self-immolation, religion, education, the...
Chen Wei Sentenced to 9 Years for Online Essays (Updated)
Sichuan dissident writer Chen Wei is to stand trial in Suining on Friday, pleading not guilty to charges of inciting subversion of state power. (See update below.) From Reuters: Chen, 42, was one of hundreds of dissidents,...
"We Want to Shame You": Details of Ai Weiwei's Detention
Details of Ai Weiwei’s experiences in detention have emerged for the first time, adding to remarks the artist recently made to a reporter for Hong Kong’s Apple Daily. From The New York Times: The sergeants were never...
Blogger Ran Yunfei Released After 6 Months
Ran Yunfei has been released almost six months after his arrest in Chengdu on February 19th. From the Associated Press: Ran Yunfei was among the first detained amid the government’s recent expansive crackdown on dissent....
Quotations from Ran Yunfei (Part One)
A new website run by native Chinese speakers aims to translate the writing of Ran Yunfei. Ran is a blogger and activist who was imprisoned on charges of inciting subversion in March 2011. From the most recent post: 1....
China’s Crackdown Continues (Updated)
While it appears that Chinese-Australian writer Yang Henjun is or soon will be a free man, the stream of reprisals against other critics of the government continues. The New York Times reports on the formal charging of Chen Wei,...
Yang Hengjun Free? (And Who Is He?)
Word is spreading on Twitter that Yang Hengjun has been released following his apparent detention on Sunday. His situation, however, remains unclear. When asked about his detention, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Jiang...
Ran Yunfei (冉云飞): How I Lived My Life in the Year 2010
Prominent blogger Ran Yunfei finished this blog entry on the first day of Spring Festival this year, about two weeks before he was arrested. See also Ran’s Twitter site and his blog. Notice on the left hand side of...
Ran Yunfei: Congratulations to the Freedom Fighter Liu Xiaobo
Blogger Ran Yunfei posted the following today on his blog: Congratulations to the Freedom Fighter Liu Xiaobo Today, I am still excited. I can’t calm myself down so I can write something that is profound or provides a full...
Ran Yunfei (冉云飞): Pathological Stability is the Root of Social Instability
Chengdu blogger Ran Yunfei, in a June 10th blog article that is being widely picked up on other blogs (see here), discusses the rapid rise in Chinese government spending at all levels on the maintenance of social stability. CDT...
Ran Yunfei (冉云飞) on Du Daozheng’s “What More Did Zhao Ziyang Have to Say?”
On his blog, Ran Yunfei writes his thoughts about the new book by Du Daozheng, the former CCP official who helped obtain Zhao Ziyang’s memoir that was published last year. Translation by China analyst David Cowhig: Today...
Ran Yunfei: “Domestic Microblogs Exist to Die in Battle”
ChinaGeeks translates a new post by Ran Yunfei about the state of microblogging in China: […] Twitter and domestic microblogs do not broadcast in parallel, but are more like a sealed lake that is always full of water (sealed-off...
China’s Troublemakers Bond Over ‘Drinking Tea’
AP’s Cara Anna reports from Beijing: Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement, but this one has a very different agenda. Police have long tried to shush and isolate potential activists, usually...
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