Interview: Perry Link on His New Book, “I Have No Enemies: The Life and Legacy of Liu Xiaobo”
by Alexander Boyd | Feb 6, 2024
Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017) is a monumental figure in modern Chinese history. The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate died in custody in a Shenyang hospital in 2017 while being treated for liver cancer. A prolific writer, Liu first rose...
Read MoreMass Detentions in Xinjiang Persist on 27th Anniversary of Ghulja Massacre
by Arthur Kaufman | Feb 6, 2024
February 5 of this year marked the 27th anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre. On that day in 1997, hundreds of people gathered in Ghulja, a county-level city in northwest Xinjiang (also known as Yining county, in Chinese), to...
Read MoreYang Hengjun Given Suspended Death Sentence; Li Qiaochu Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison
by Arthur Kaufman | Feb 5, 2024
Last week ended with revelations about the mass incarceration of elderly Uyghur women for alleged “crimes” committed decades before their detention. This week began with more news about the weaponization of the Chinese legal...
Read MoreAnxious Chinese Investors Stick Their Necks Out Under U.S. Embassy “Giraffe” Post
by Cindy Carter | Feb 2, 2024
Amid a market rout that brought Chinese stocks to a five-year low, a state media that continues to push blindly optimistic economic bromides, and a constricted online environment in which the Ministry of State Security has...
Read MoreReports Reveal More Forced Labor, Retroactive Punishment for Religious Practice in Xinjiang
by Arthur Kaufman | Feb 2, 2024
A set of reports published this week provide more detail about the brutality of repression against Uyghur women and the pervasiveness of forced labor in Xinjiang that taints global supply chains. Accompanying these revelations...
Read MoreWord(s) of the Week: “Driving in Reverse” (开倒车, kāidàochē)
by Cindy Carter | Feb 2, 2024
This week, a 2016 People’s Daily article predicting that China would enter the club of “high-income” nations by 2024 was reposted and widely shared online, attracting many sardonic comments before it was eventually deleted from...
Read More2016 Article Predicting That China Will Be “High-Income” by 2024 Deleted from People’s Daily Online
by Cindy Carter | Feb 1, 2024
A 2016 People’s Daily article predicting that China would enter the club of “high-income” nations by 2024 was recently deleted from People’s Daily Online. The deletion was likely due to the article being “maliciously reposted”...
Read MoreUltranationalist Bloggers Take Aim at Red Circles, Backlash Ensues
by Cindy Carter | Jan 31, 2024
When the management of a shopping mall in Nanjing decided to post some festive New Year’s decorations, little did they expect that the red and white floral and circular designs would make them the target of an ultranationalist...
Read MoreZhihu Post Backfires, Inspires Venting About Political Repression
by Alexander Boyd | Jan 30, 2024
A recent question posted to the Q&A site Zhihu may have been intended to elicit praise about China’s state of political affairs, but has instead become the latest telling example of the pessimistic political mood in...
Read MoreHong Kong Government Pushes New Homegrown National Security Law
by Arthur Kaufman | Jan 30, 2024
On Tuesday, the Hong Kong government released a 110-page consultation document that outlined plans for yet another national security law. This homegrown law joins a long list of recent initiatives by the government to increase...
Read MoreQuote of the Day: “My Rights — Are Those of a Pedestrian in an Automobile Age”
by Alexander Boyd | Jan 29, 2024
Our latest quote of the day is taken from a viral poem scrawled on a wall in Xi’an titled “My Rights” by the anonymous poet “Sowing Seeds Alone.” The poem is a call to protect the rights of “pedestrians” against the domination...
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