Martin Hála: Between Tanks and Knitting Needles
The following was originally published by Project Sinopsis and is reposted here with permission:...
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Sensitive Words: “Soviet Jokes”
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30 Years Ago: Gorbachev Meets Deng; Protests Grow
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
30 Years Ago: Snub Lies in Waiting for Gorbachev
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
Jichang Lulu, Martin Hála: New Comintern for New Era
As part of their continued investigations into Chinese government influence over foreign...
Xi Crowned “Core Leader,” but True Strength Disputed
The 6th Plenum of the 18th Party Central Committee concluded on Thursday. After four days of...
Tang Yinghong: The Social Psychology of 56 Flowers
Columnist and psychologist Tang Yinghong (唐映红) has used his disciplinary expertise (often in...
Translation: How Autocracies Are Laughed to Death
Online speech in China seems more restricted than ever after the social media purge of Ren...
Asia Society Podcast: Who Is Xi Jinping?
In the first episode of a new podcast for Asia Society, Eric Fish gathers experts’ views on...
David Shambaugh on Risks to Chinese Communist Rule
Respected China scholar David Shambaugh’s prediction a week ago that “the endgame of...
David Shambaugh: “The Endgame of Communist Rule Has Begun”
At The Wall Street Journal, noted China scholar David Shambaugh writes that “the endgame of...
Unraveling China’s Campaign Against Western Values
A recent flurry of translations at Fei Chang Dao tracks the development of China’s current...
Party Members Warned Not to “Echo Western Values”
On Sunday, Xinhua reported the latest move in the Party’s current drive to fight corruption...
Official Warns Party Against Aping Soviet Freedoms
Reuters’ Sui-Lee Wee notes comments from a public web chat by Yao Zengke of the Ministry of...
Embracing Human Rights, Disarming the U.S.
In a blog post translated at The Diplomat, Yang Hengjun writes that China should not let...
Lawmakers Push “Liu Xiaobo Plaza” to Shame Embassy
U.S. lawmakers are pressing for a street outside China’s Washington embassy to be renamed in honor...
Mexico, China, and Life After One-Party Rule
Foreign Policy’s Isaac Stone Fish explores the argument, proposed by former Mexican...
Is China the Next Mexico?
In a recent talk at UC San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies,...
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