Remembering June 4th
This post was co-authored with Samuel Wade. The approach of the 30th anniversary of the 1989...
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Latest30 Years Ago: Tide Turns Toward Hard-Liner
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
Liu Xiaobo’s Death and Western Rights Advocacy
The news of imprisoned Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s late-stage liver cancer last month...
Amid Infighting, Hong Kong Marks June 4 Anniversary
Last Saturday marked the 27th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy...
Translation: Love, a Decisive Moment
Li Jingrui published the reflection on love and her political awakening translated below to her...
Gao Yu: An Egg Breaking Against the Party’s Wall
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Cartoonist Badiucao Targeted in Twitter Smear Campaign
@badiucao #SOS my twitter account is being attacked #五毛 by Chinese Internet commentators‘ slander...
Feng Zhenghu’s Airport Diary: Your Twitter Fans Await
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Minitrue: Activists, Almighty God Church “Collude”
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Update: Choice in 1989 Set Student on Road to Riches
At The New York Times, David Barboza and Michael Forsythe tell the story of Xiao Jianhua, a...
That Year, These Years: Stories of June Fourth
By Li Xuewen Translated by Little Bluegill Original text here. That Year, I was twelve years old...
Chen Guangcheng Begins Life in New York
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...
Chen Guangcheng Speaks from New York
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...
Cautious Optimism for Chen Guangcheng US Visit
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...
Isabel Hilton: Tiananmen: The Flame Burns On
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...
Wang Dan on “Tiger, Ants and Chang’e” – C.A. Yeung
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
Dissident Returns to Test China on Human Rights – Stephen McDonell
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
In the run-up to the Olympic Games, China is trying to convince the World that it’s a more modern, transparent and respectful
Tiananmen Veteran Voices ‘Remorse’ Towards Mao Portrait Protesters – Radio Free Asia
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
