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June Fourth at 25: Resisting Enforced Amnesia, Building a Just Future

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In June 1989, the Chinese authorities ended a peaceful protest movement by ordering a military crackdown that killed an untold number of unarmed civilians.

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25 YEARS AFTER TIANANMEN:ASK PRESIDENT XI JINPING TO IMPLEMENT CHINA’S CONSTITUTION !

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The “Chinese Spring,” in which millions of demonstrators demanded freedom and democracy, was crushed brutally by the army on 4 June 1989. Twenty-five years after the Tiananmen Square massacre, China’s citizens are still denied fundamental freedoms, Continue reading →

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JONATHAN MIRSKY: An Inconvenient Past

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May 23, 2014
During the night of June 3-4, 1989, when the Chinese Army was slaughtering demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, Wang Nan, a young student, was shot in the head. As he lay dying at the side of the road, soldiers threatened to kill anyone, even some young doctors, Continue reading →

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Xu Youyu： Intellectual Discourses in Post-Mao China and Today

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published: May 24, 2014

Dear Editor,

In late 2012, on behalf of the Louis Green Lecture committee of Monash University, I invited Professor Xu Youyu, who I had never met before, to fly to Australia to deliver a public lecture. My recommendation of Prof Xu to the Committee was simply out of profound admiration for Continue reading →

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Perry Link:The Anaconda in the Chandelier-Chinese censorship today

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5/27/2005

In China’s Mao years you could be detained and persecuted for talking with your neighbor about your cat. The Chinese word for “cat” (mao, high level tone) is a near-homonym for the name of the Great Leader (mao, rising tone), and a tip to the police from an eavesdropper who misheard one for the other and took you to be disrespectful could ruin your life. Continue reading →

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Tiananmen at 25: Enduring Influence on U.S.-China Relations and China’s Political Development

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In 1989 citizens from all walks of life participated in demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and throughout China calling for political reform, respect for universal freedoms of speech, assembly, and association, and an end to government corruption. The government’s violent suppression of Continue reading →

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25 Years Ago: Chaos Among the Leaders

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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent June 4th military crackdown in Beijing. To commemorate the student movement, CDT is posting a series of original Continue reading →

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As Publishers Fight Amazon, Books Vanish

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By DAVID STREITFELD and MELISSA EDDY MAY 23, 2014 7:24 AM 593 

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As of Friday morning, the paperback edition of Brad Stone’s Continue reading →

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