Tag: historical memory
China Bars Tiananmen Massacre Families From Cemetery for the First Time in Three Decades
For three decades, one small, heavily policed act of remembrance had been permitted. Bereaved parents...
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...
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...
Mao’s Widow Jiang Qing Spent 12 Years in an Urn Buried Under a False Name
At the foot of the Western Hills in Beijing sits a public cemetery called Futian, a burial ground for...
A Shanghai Teacher’s Firsthand Account of Cultural Revolution Home Raids in 1966
By Ge Jianxiong For many Chinese citizens under 40, the phrase “home raid” may carry little meaning...