A film intended to explore the trauma of the Cultural Revolution sparked millions of views and nostalgic Maoist slogans before censors stepped in.
Gen Z revives Mao-era film as anti-privilege manifesto
Innovation under ideological control
Can an advanced technology that thrives on open debate and interdisciplinary collaboration rise to its highest potential within an authoritarian structure?
Xinjiang’s repression of Uyghurs has evolved, not ended
A rare insider testimony reveals how China tries to hide state violence in Xinjiang.
The Cultural Revolution, human nature, and being a woman
An Interview with Liu Haiou: China Unofficial Archives.
‘Disturbing’: Shen Yun cancellation in Toronto after Beijing-linked threat reminiscent of tactics in China: Patricia Adams
Adams calls the cancellations of performances “disturbingly similar” to how the CCP silences events, organizations, and artists inside China.
Wuhan lockdown
A haunting look back on the ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘I’d rather be bombed than live in poverty’
Chinese construction workers in Israel opt to take a chance on high wages and employer appreciation despite the risks—returning home to poverty is a certainty.
Stanford University wins battle to keep diaries of Mao Zedong’s secretary
Court rules in favor of preserving an invaluable historic record from CCP censorship.
I came, I suffered, I survived
“A Single Tear” and Chinese intellectuals under Mao.
The toxic leak that became a symbol of irreversible closure
How 2018 chilled China’s civic engagement and stifled environmental activism.
From Red Guard to “blue hair”
Why Leftists destroy womanhood.
The wheel of misfortune: victims, victimhood, and victimization
A healthy society must acknowledge suffering without weaponizing it.
Post-Plenum anti-CCP banners appear in Beijing
Another high-profile banner protest unfurls in China’s capital as the CCP’s Fourth Plenary Session wraps up.
Archiving RTHK
A U.S. NGO rescues critical programming content targeted by Hong Kong’s draconian National Security Law.
Yang Xiaokai’s “Captive Spirits”
A clandestine network of Mao-era dissidents, “numerous as ox hairs,” shatter myths of Communist ideological unity while anchoring modern China’s freedom struggles in this unbroken lineage of defiance.
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