Some of you may know that Ai Weiwei was on the wrong end of some fists a month ago when he went to attempt to testify on Tan Zuoren’s behalf in the latter’s trial (to no avail). You may also know that he had brain surgery yesterday for a cerebral hemorrhage, possibly due to...
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The following is a translation of a part of this post from Ai Weiwei’s blog. It’s a transcript of a phone conversation between him and a PSB officer, and we think it’s interesting in several ways. The analysis, though, we leave up to you. Backstory On the afternoon of Sept 9th, Liu Yanping saw...
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If we say that the essence of the Lu Xun spirit is skepticism, seeing things clearly, being critical, and taking a stand , then is needed and relevant during any time period. The problem is, it seems as though teachers today don't plan to present things that way.
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The sex double standard oppresses women, forcing them to inhibit themselves and hate their bodies. Even worse, it makes women lose feeling free and independent in their actions, they don’t dare to pursue happiness, and can only live numb and inhibited.
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The following is part 2 of our translation of a blog post called “Conversations with an Old Comrade on the Eve of the 60th Anniversary of the PRC“. Part one is here. The China Media Project has already done a piece on this, which everyone should read, but we thought it would be valuable...
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...That old comrade passed away a few years ago, his long-cherished wish still just a wish. How can this be explained to the people, and to history? From the first split between the Nationalist and Communist Parties, the Nationalists suppressed us for 22 years, shutting out our publications, catching and killing our members, and...
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The following is a translation of this post by Li Yinhe. Dear Kunming Municipal Party Committee Complaints Secretary, I want to discuss with you the Kunming Elementary School student prostitution case, the Chen Yan prostitution case that followed it, and the father-accommodated prostitution case. According to my analysis of the interviews of reporters, there...
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The following is a guest post written and translated by K. Drinhausen. The first few months of this year of “online politics” saw a tech-savvy Wen Jiabao chatting with the online community and a series of praise for netizens and their ability to uncover corruption as well as deficits in the legal system and...
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Much has been said here (and elsewhere) about the rioting in Xinjiang, where the situation remains unresolved and violent rioters/protesters/whatever have been threatened with the death penalty. Hu Jintao has ditched the G-8 summit and come back to China. It is undoubtedly the topic of choice, and you’ve probably already read a lot of...
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One of our frequent commenters, Wahaha, pointed us to this very recent news story. Details are still a bit sketchy. According to the report, “On July 5th at around 8:00 P.M., incidents of rioting and beating occurred in Urumqi. People in People’s Square, Jiefang St., the bus station, Xinhua South Street, Outer Ring Road,...
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