by Tienchi Martin-Liao / February 12, 2014
Did China imprison activists and dissident writers to divert attention from corruption scandal?
Xu Zhiyong and Hu Jia Supporters Continue reading
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / February 12, 2014
Did China imprison activists and dissident writers to divert attention from corruption scandal?
Xu Zhiyong and Hu Jia Supporters Continue reading
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Tagged Activists, Dissident Writers, Hu Jia, Xu Zhiyong
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / January 29, 2014
Song Binbin, a former Red Guard, officially apologizes…
Song Binbin and Mao
Song Binbin pins a Red Guard armband on Mao Zedong, Aug. 18, 1966. Photo via WantChinaTimes. Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao: Also Sprach the Puppet-Song Binbin, a former Red Guard, officially apologizes…已关闭评论
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Tagged Bian Zhongyun, Red Guard, Song Binbin
In June 1989, the novelist Ma Jian was among the million freedom protesters who gathered in Tiananmen Square. The brutal response shocked the world and crushed the Democracy Movement. But, he says, its spirit and aspirations live on
The Guardian, Sunday 1 June 2014 12.59 EDT Continue reading
by Yaxue Cao
By Teng Biao, published: June 5, 2014
June 4th Vigil in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. 180,000 attended.
In 1989, I was a high school student in a small county in Northeastern China. Two years later, I was admitted into Peking University. Continue reading
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / February 26, 2014
China for activists: Once you’re in, you can’t get out, and once you’re out you can’t get in
Li Jianhong and Duoduo
Ms. Li Jianhong is pictured here with the Chinese poet Duoduo at the PEN-conference in Krakau, Polen in May 2013. Photo courtesy of Li Jianhong.
Friends and colleagues of the Chinese writer Li Jianhong could all breathe a little easier Continue reading
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / March 12, 2014 /
In which a Uyghur academic predicts his own disappearance.
Free Ilham Tohti
Image by Twitter user @HisOvalness.
He foresaw the outcome almost a year ago. In July of 2013, Ilham Tohti, Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao: One Loses the People, Because He Loses Their Hearts已关闭评论
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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / April 1, 2014 /
Lu Xun
Portrait of Chinese author Lu Xun, by Situ Qiao (1928). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The great writer Lu Xun (1881-1936) has written many essays about the Chinese national character of nuxing (servitude). In particular, his essays “The True Story of Ah Q,” “Kongyiji,” Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:Servitude-A common mentality in China and India.已关闭评论
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Tagged China, India, Lu Xun, Servitude, Tienchi Martin-Liao
April 9, 2014
The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan
The Magic Word “Occupy”
College students outside the ROC Legislative Yuan protest the unilateral passage of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement. Photo: tomscy2000
Since September 2011′s Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, Continue reading