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2022: Yu Jie on Gao Ertai, Gao Ertai’s ‘Letter without an Address’ to His Deceased Daughter

Ian Johnson’s August 2024 New Yorker interview with Gao Ertai — A Chinese Memoirist’s Exile in Las Vegas inspired me to look him up. I found Yu Jie’s Radio Free Asia 2022 article about Gao Ertai — Gao Ertai: Living … Continue reading

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1997: PRC Anti-Corruption Novel “The Wrath of Heaven”: Insights into Official Corruption

I lived in Beijing from 1996 to 2001.  One of the better books I read during those days was Cheng Fang’s Tiannu [The Wrath of Heaven is available online via the Internet Archive 天怒 ] a banned novel based on … Continue reading

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Wuhan Mayor Zhou: Reporting Delays Caused by Center, I Acted Fast Once I Got Authorization

The performance of Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang during the 2020 Wuhan coronavirus epidemic is controversial. Some online reports claim that he is on the way out because of mismanagement of the early stages of the epidemic. Hypothesis: Willing Perpetrator or … Continue reading

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2012: Chengdu Tianwang Center Rights Advocate Huang Qi’s RFI Interview Discusses People’s Congress Elections

English translation of the main part of Huang Qi‘s (jailed since December 2016 because of his human rights work) interview with Radio France International  Chinese language service about the efforts of local independent candidates to exercise their electoral rights in … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Ian Johnson’s Interview with Chinese Academic Ai Xiaoming

This excellent Ian Johnson interview  with Chinese academic, documentary filmmaker and activist Ai Xiaoming “The People in Retreat: An Interview with Ai Xiaoming”     in the New York Review of Books website NYR Daily gives a good example of how … Continue reading

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