Remembering June 4th
This post was co-authored with Samuel Wade. The approach of the 30th anniversary of the 1989...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 3, 2019
This post was co-authored with Samuel Wade. The approach of the 30th anniversary of the 1989...
by Cindy | May 26, 2019
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 27, 2017
The news of imprisoned Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s late-stage liver cancer last month...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 6, 2016
Last Saturday marked the 27th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy...
by Anne Henochowicz | Feb 23, 2016
Li Jingrui published the reflection on love and her political awakening translated below to her...
by Sophie Beach | May 17, 2015
In the South China Morning Post, Verna Yu profiles journalist Gao Yu, who was sentenced last month...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 16, 2015
@badiucao #SOS my twitter account is being attacked #五毛 by Chinese Internet commentators‘ slander...
by Anne Henochowicz | Mar 27, 2015
After he was denied re-entry to China eight times, Feng Zhenghu lived in Tokyo’s Narita Airport...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 6, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Natalie Ornell | Jun 4, 2014
At The New York Times, David Barboza and Michael Forsythe tell the story of Xiao Jianhua, a...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 25, 2012
By Li Xuewen Translated by Little Bluegill Original text here. That Year, I was twelve years old...
by Samuel Wade | May 22, 2012
At The Daily Beast, Melinda Liu described the beginning of Chen Guangcheng and his family’s life in New York as they embraced the spring sunshine while avoiding, for now, the glare of the media. Feeling the warm sun on his...
by Samuel Wade | May 20, 2012
Chen Guangcheng, who arrived in New York on Saturday, greeted a cheering crowd outside New York University with a short speech. From NTDTV, via Shanghaiist: From the Associated Press: “I believe that no matter how...
by Samuel Wade | May 5, 2012
At The New York Times, Philip Pan describes Chen Guangcheng’s story so far: My friendship with Mr. Chen began in the summer of 2005, when a New York University professor, Jerome A. Cohen, arranged for us to meet at a...
by Sophie Beach | May 3, 2009
For the Guardian, Isabel Hilton interviews exiled leaders of the 1989 student movement, including Wang Dan, Wu’er Kaixi, and Wang Chaohua, about their experiences then and in the intervening twenty years. From her...
by Paulina Hartono | Dec 18, 2007
From Under the Jacaranda Tree blog: Wang Dan, a Chinese dissident and student leader in the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests, has published an article at the Independent Chinese Pen Centre in which he discusses the political implications of the Tigergate Incident, the Yilishen Scandal and the Chang’e Moon Photograph Saga. … The following is my […]
by Wu Nan | Feb 7, 2007
Read the summary, then listen to the audio from PM: In the run-up to the Olympic Games, China is trying to convince the World that it’s a more modern, transparent and respectful place when it comes to human rights. Now a key Chinese dissident is about to test to what extent that’s really true… Wang […]
by Michael Zhao | May 20, 2006
From Radio Free Asia (link): A former student leader of China’s 1989 pro-democracy protests has expressed deep remorse for the actions of the students in handing over to authorities three men from Hunan who defaced the portrait of Chairman Mao at Tiananmen Square. “In regard to the three people including Lu Decheng defacing the Mao […]