Without independent institutions, the CCP’s unchecked authority leads to recurring “predicaments” for ordinary people.
Gen Z revives Mao-era film as anti-privilege manifesto
A film intended to explore the trauma of the Cultural Revolution sparked millions of views and nostalgic Maoist slogans before censors stepped in.
The Cultural Revolution, human nature, and being a woman
An Interview with Liu Haiou: China Unofficial Archives.
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.
American Maoists: Warnings from the Cultural Revolution
What turns normal people to political violence? A new series from The Daily Wire.
Things you may not know about the history of the Three Gorges Dam Project
(February 8, 2012) Admissions of trouble at Three Gorges Dam by China’s powerful State Council last spring, left many wondering how the behemoth dam ever got off the drawing board. Now, in a first, behind the scenes, account of raw power politics, Guo Yushan from China’s Transition Institute describes how Three Gorges critics were silenced, and China’s power mandarins maneuvered, to build the world’s largest and most troubled dam. Read this translation by Probe International of the article that went viral on China’s Internet.


