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Why Beijing and Pyongyang Keep Clinging to Each Other Despite Mutual Distrust
By Sheng Xue, Commentary Following Xi Jinping's two-day visit to Pyongyang, state-run Chinese and North Korean outlets once again celebrated the relationship as one of "unbreakable friendship," describing the two countries as 唇齿相依 ("as close...
The June Fourth Incident Was a Tiananmen Massacre Combined with a Nationwide Crackdown in China
What was June Fourth? June Fourth was not the suppression of a riot, not a crowd-clearing operation, and not merely the enforcement of martial law. Rather, the author argues that June Fourth consisted of the...
Unemployment and Public Discontent Put China’s Stability Apparatus to the Test
By Yan Chunguo, Vision Times On May 21, China's Ministry of Justice revealed that authorities had removed approximately 300,000 unqualified administrative law enforcement personnel and shut down more than 7,000 unauthorized enforcement entities over the...
‘June 4 Changed Everything’: Chinese Citizens Reflect on Tiananmen’s Lasting Impact
By Pei Rong, Vision Times As the 37th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown comes and goes, a growing number of Chinese citizens have publicly reflected on the events that shaped their views of...
Sheng Xue on the 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement: From Pleas for Political Rehabilitation to the Reckoning of History
On Aug. 20, 1989, I left Beijing—still reeling from the bloody crackdown and the lingering grief—and traveled via Vancouver to Toronto, Canada. In an article commemorating my father, I once wrote that I departed in...
Tiananmen Survivor Speaks in Toronto on 37th Anniversary, Calls on World to Stand With the Imprisoned
Zhou Fengsuo, executive director of Human Rights in China and a student leader who was present at Tiananmen Square on the night of June 3 to 4, 1989, delivered the following address at a 37th-anniversary...
Revisiting the Tiananmen Square Massacre
I. The intent to kill: Mourning Hu Tomorrow marks June Fourth. A nation that has experienced a massacre has still not fully come to terms with it. In fact, failing to understand such a massacre...
Zhou Enlai Helped Mao Destroy China. A New 1,200-Page Biography Explains How.
The author, historian Chen Jian, who has taught at leading British and American universities and now holds a position at NYU Shanghai, based the study on declassified archival materials from multiple countries. Having read only...
Sjögren’s Syndrome: What Traditional Chinese Medicine Reveals About Dry Eyes and Dry Mouth
If your eyes feel gritty and your mouth persistently parched, with no clear explanation why, you may be among the many people living with Sjögren's syndrome without knowing it. The condition inflames and gradually destroys...
Wang Guangmei’s Tribute to Mao After He Killed Her Husband Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi served as China's head of state throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. Mao Zedong had him imprisoned without trial, denied him medical treatment for diabetes and bronchitis, and left him to die alone...
How Mao Zedong’s Four Policies Starved Tens of Millions: A Survivor’s Account
Decades after the Great Famine of 1959 to 1961 killed an estimated 36 million people, most Chinese under fifty have never been told it happened. A survivor from one of the worst-affected counties in Anhui...
From Students to Immigrants: Why the US Is Probing CCP Ties
Recently, two incidents have shocked the overseas Chinese community, pushing every ethnic Chinese living abroad to a crossroads of choice. In April this year, an incident that shocked the Chinese international student community took place....