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
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Jiang Tianyong: 709 Crackdown Three Years On––’I Stayed Because I Want to Change It’
An excerpt from Jiang Tianyong’s interview with the Chinese edition of The Epoch Times, published on July 12, 2016, a year into the 709 Crackdown and four months before his own arrest.
Statement by the China Human Rights Lawyers Group on the Fourth Anniversary of the ‘709 Incident’
Translated from Chinese by Andréa Worden for China Change (7/09/2019) The world was shocked by the mass detention of Chinese human right lawyers on July 9, 2015 –– in what became known as the “709 Incident.” Following the secret sentencing of “709” lawyer Wang Quanzhang (王全璋), who was tried for the crime of “subversion of … Continue reading Statement by the China Human Rights Lawyers Group on the Fourth Anniversary of the ‘709 Incident’
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