Pu Zhiqiang: China’s Selective Memory
In today’s New York Times, lawyer Pu Zhiqiang writes: We Chinese are outraged by Japan’s World War II crimes – the forcing of Chinese into sexual slavery as “comfort women,” the 1937 massacre of...
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Social Media Purge Goes Far Beyond Ren Zhiqiang
While the purge of liberal microblogger Ren Zhiqiang from Sina and Tencent Weibo services has made...
Read MoreTranslation: In Open Letter to Xi Jinping, Ren Xinyi Pleads for Medical Parole for Her Father, Ren Zhiqiang
Ren Xinyi, the daughter of Ren Zhiqiang—a 73-year-old former real-estate magnate currently serving an 18-year prison sentence for corruption and other offenses—recently published an open letter to Xi Jinping, urging that her...
Read MoreCDT Top Ten Posts of 2020: Ren Zhiqiang, Cai Xia, and COVID-19
This year, not surprisingly, CDT’s most popular posts centered around the emergence and spread of the novel coronavirus, and related stories such as the death of whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang and censorship of relevant...
Read MoreRen Zhiqiang, Former Tycoon Who Called Xi a “Clown,” Jailed for 18 Years
Outspoken former property tycoon and longtime Party insider Ren Zhiqiang was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday. Ren had disappeared in March and was reported to be under investigation, shortly after he wrote and shared...
Read MoreLoyalty to Xi Lies at Core of Public Security Purge
The New York Times’ Chris Buckley reports on a new campaign against corruption and disloyalty in China’s public security machinery: Officials in China’s law-and-order apparatus have been ordered to “drive the blade...
Read MoreLegal Scholar Zhang Xuezhong Briefly Detained After Publishing Open Letter to NPC
Legal scholar Zhang Xuezhong, 43, was briefly detained in Shanghai after writing an open letter on WeChat addressed to delegates of the National People’s Congress, which is set to meet at the end of this month after...
Read MoreTycoon Ren Zhiqiang Under Investigation After Attack on Epidemic Handling
Outspoken property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang went missing nearly four weeks ago, soon after the online circulation of an essay attributed to him which sharply attacked the official handling of the COVID-19 epidemic and especially the...
Read MoreTranslation: Essay by Missing Property Tycoon Ren Zhiqiang
Real estate tycoon turned commentator Ren Zhiqiang, known as “the Cannon” for his online outspokenness, was one of the few liberal “Big V” microbloggers remaining on Weibo after a 2013 rumor crackdown...
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Ren Zhiqiang’s Gagging Hailed as Key Achievement
Almost a year ago, the weibo accounts of property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang were deleted after he...
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