Elizabeth M. Lynch of China Law & Policy kindly interviewed me in 2019 for her project documenting first-hand, on-the-ground accounts of 1989 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre on June 4, 1989. https://chinalawandpolicy.com/remembering-tiananmen/talking-tiananmen/andrea-worden-in-changsha-teaching-english-at-hunan-medical-college-august-1988-june-1989/
1989 Chinese Democracy Movement
100 Days Later: Keep the Memory Alive (September 12, 1989)
This is a brief essay I originally wrote on an old-school typewriter in late August 1989. Reformatting it here for the 21st century and resisting the temptation to edit my younger self. – AJW September 12, one hundred days after the Beijing massacre, has been proclaimed a day of mourning by the leaders of the … Continue reading 100 Days Later: Keep the Memory Alive (September 12, 1989)
Bid Farewell to Reform and Opening Up–On China’s Perilous Situation and Future Options
By Zhang Xuezhong (张雪忠), translated by Andréa J. Worden (1/7/2019) Last week, Dr. Zhang Xuezhong (张雪忠), a law professor at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai, posted an article on WeChat titled “Bid Farewell to Reform and Opening Up –– On China’s Perilous Situation and Its Future Options” (《告别改革开放 –– 论当今中国的危局和前路》). The … Continue reading Bid Farewell to Reform and Opening Up–On China’s Perilous Situation and Future Options
Changsha, 1989
Andréa Worden, a former teaching fellow from the U.S., recalls the atmosphere in Changsha, Hunan Province during the fateful spring of 1989 and its aftermath. Originally published in China Rights Forum, Issue No. 2, 2004 https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/3738 Fifteen years ago this spring, an estimated one hundred million people took part in pro-democracy protests that erupted in … Continue reading Changsha, 1989
How China is gradually dominating the world: We are losing the battle for what we want, says American expert (interview)
Title (in Slovak): Ako Čína postupne ovláda svet: Súboj o to, aký ho chceme my, prehrávame, tvrdí americká expertka (rozhovor). Interview by Pavol Štrba, Reporter/Editor Foreign Affairs Desk, Acktuality.sk (2/28/2021) Nemali by sme dovoliť Číne porušovať ľudské práva, aj keď na tom nič nezmeníme, hovorí v rozhovore pre Aktuality.sk americká expertka na Čínu Andrea Wordenová. … Continue reading How China is gradually dominating the world: We are losing the battle for what we want, says American expert (interview)
The Journey of Liu Xiaobo–– a book of essays co-translated by Andréa Worden and Stacy Mosher
As a fearless poet and prolific essayist and critic, Liu Xiaobo became one of the most important dissident thinkers in the People’s Republic of China. His nonviolent activism steered the nation’s prodemocracy currents from Tiananmen Square to support for Tibet and beyond. Liu undertook perhaps his bravest act when he helped draft and gather support … Continue reading The Journey of Liu Xiaobo–– a book of essays co-translated by Andréa Worden and Stacy Mosher
Beyond Beijing: What China’s 1989 Democracy Movement was like in Changsha
This interview [of Andréa Worden] by Filip Jirouš originally appeared on Sinopsis.cz as part of a series on the 30th anniversary of the Tian'anmen massacre. An edited version by Global Voices is published below as part of a content-sharing agreement. https://globalvoices.org/2019/06/11/beyond-beijing-what-chinas-1989-democracy-movement-was-like-in-changsha/ Interview with China expert Andréa Worden about a different Tian'anmen 1989 Changsha, May 19, 1989: Students on … Continue reading Beyond Beijing: What China’s 1989 Democracy Movement was like in Changsha
Changsha 1989: Of Tennis, Transcendence and Tiananmen
Protest outside the Hunan provincial government compound in Changsha, 18 May 1989 (Photo credit: Andréa Worden) This essay originally appeared in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (Issue 44, June/July 2019) for the feature "Tiananmen Thirty Years On." https://www.asiancha.com/wp/article/andrea-worden/ by Andréa Worden As my two-year teaching fellowship with the Yale-China Association in Changsha was winding down in the … Continue reading Changsha 1989: Of Tennis, Transcendence and Tiananmen
Beyond Beijing: 1989 in Changsha
This interview originally appeared on the website of Sinopsis, available here: https://sinopsis.cz/en/beyond-beijing-1989-in-changsha/ Thirty years ago, the CCP’s army massacred peaceful demonstrators on Tian’anmen square, putting an end to a nationwide protest movement. In this interview, Andréa Worden remembers 1989 as she experienced it in Changsha and Beijing. You were in China during the spring of 1989, why … Continue reading Beyond Beijing: 1989 in Changsha
Twenty-Eight Years After – An Interview With Wang Dan
Translation by Andréa Worden, which appeared on the China Change website on 10/25/2017: https://chinachange.org/2017/10/25/twenty-eight-years-after-an-interview-with-wang-dan/ Yaxue Cao sat down with Wang Dan (王丹) on September 27 and talked about his past 28 years since 1989: the 1990s, Harvard, teaching in Taiwan, China’s younger generation, his idea for a think tank, his books, assessment of current China, … Continue reading Twenty-Eight Years After – An Interview With Wang Dan
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