Some people say the darkest time is just before dawn

 

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JONATHAN MIRSKY: An Inconvenient Past

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

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

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

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

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

Political Cartoon – Tombs in Beijing Tiananmen Square

Posted 25 May 2014 4:34 GMT
Political cartoonist @badiucao’s latest work is to commemorate the 25 anniversary of June 4 Incident – “If we are to set up tombs for victims of June 4, Continue reading

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

562 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 – 3:30pm to 5:00pm

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

We have compiled our best posts from 10 years of commemoration and censorship of the events of 1989

 

We have compiled our best posts from 10 years of commemoration and censorship of the events of 1989: Continue reading

25 Years Ago: Chaos Among the Leaders

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