Tag: authoritarianism
Shi Ping and Miles Yu Meet in Tokyo, Call Each Other ‘Comrades-in-Arms’
Recently, Shi Ping, a member of Japan’s House of Councillors, met in Tokyo with Miles Yu, director of...
Mao Zedong Spent His Final Years in Clinical Paranoia, His Personal Physician Wrote
To the Party that still venerates him, Mao Zedong was an infallible titan who stood astride history....
Hong Kong Proposal Would Let Chief Executive Determine National Security Crimes
The Hong Kong government on Monday, June 8 proposed introducing subsidiary legislation under the Safeguarding...
Hong Kong Journalist Ronson Chan Jailed for Five Days for Obstructing a Plainclothes Officer in 2022
Former HKJA chairman Ronson Chan was convicted on May 29 in an old case involving him obstructing a plainclothes...
Hong Kong Diaspora Marks Tiananmen Massacre’s 37th Anniversary at Key Landmarks in Taipei
The 37th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests and Massacre was marked on June 4. Multiple...
Sheng Xue on the 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement: From Pleas for Political Rehabilitation to the Reckoning
On Aug. 20, 1989, I left Beijing—still reeling from the bloody crackdown and the lingering grief—and...
Zhao Ziyang’s Secret Verdict on Tiananmen: Li Peng Demanded the Shooting, Deng Xiaoping Gave the Order
"They all refused to take the lead," Zhao Ziyang told Du Daozheng, the former director of China's state...
Britain’s Embassy in China Posted a Tiananmen Memorial Video, Beijing Censored It Within Seconds
On June 4, 2026, the British Embassy in Beijing marked the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre...
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...
Two Survivor Acts Prove Tiananmen Was Peaceful — CCP Lied About ‘Armed Riot’
On the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth massacre, Beijing continues to insist that army units fired...
Tiananmen Square Massacre Survivor Reflects on Prison, Silence, and the CCP’s Future
A firsthand witness to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre reflects on imprisonment, generational silence...
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...