4 Things We Overlook About Tiananmen

Posted: May 27, 2014 in Politics
In the lead up to the Tiananmen crackdown’s anniversary, there have been a lot of articles looking back on the event – some with new interesting angles, some just dusting off stories from five years ago. But in reading this stuff, I’ve noticed that some things tend to get overlooked or remembered in a skewed Continue reading

Sensitive Words: May Thirty-fifth and More

As of May 27, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

Tiananmen: More keywords blocked in relation to the approaching anniversary of June 4th. Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao:Servitude-A common mentality in China and India.

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / April 1, 2014 /

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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

THE INTERVIEW:Liao Yiwu, Exiled Chinese writer and poet

 

Latest update : 2014-05-22

 

When tanks rolled into Beijing on June 3, 1989 on the way to a bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square, Liao Yiwu was at home in Sichuan province. Shocked by news of the tragedy, in which hundreds died, he wrote a long poem that night, Continue reading

Mu Shiying: China’s Lost Modernist: New Translations and an Appreciation by Andrew David Field

reviewed by John Butler

Field_Mu Shiying_v4a(pb)-op26 May 2014 — “Shanghai. A heaven built upon a hell!” These simple and striking words from Continue reading

Beijing Fast Forwards to the Future

05.22.14

By Gary Shteyngart

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The headlong rush of Beijing’s booming scene, as seen by T+L—old-school restaurants, futuristic architecture, Internet entrepreneurs, and over-the-top nightclubs.

In Beijing, the past trembles Continue reading

“If I don’t write this book, who will?”: Interview with Louisa Lim, author of The People’s Republic of Amnesia

 

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With the 25th anniversary of the violent suppression of student protests on June 4, 1989 coming upon us next week, we spoke to Louisa Lim, a journalist for NPR who has written a book about the events of Continue reading

CEFC cordially invites you to attend the following conference:June Fourth 25th Anniversary International Conference

CEFC cordially invites you to attend the following conference:

June Fourth 25th Anniversary International Conference

 

Date: 30th-31st May 2014 (Friday-Saturday)
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm (Day 1); 9:00am – 6:00pm (Day 2) Continue reading