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Missing Peng Shuai, No. 4 (3/8/25)

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The theme for 2025 International Women’s Day is “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.”  The emphasis on the word “ALL” immediately brings to mind the inclusion of women who are marginalized, disappeared, or otherwise deprived of “Rights, Equality, and Empowerment.” It’s thus a perfect day (but certainly not the only day) to remember Peng Shuai, the disappeared … Continue reading Missing Peng Shuai, No. 4 (3/8/25)

The Gaslit Games: Xi Jinping, Thomas Bach, and António Guterres are Driving the Olympic Movement Toward a Shared Authoritarian Future 

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By Andréa Worden Originally published on China Change, February 2, 2022 “The Olympics and Paralympics send a fantastic message of ‘peace and of mutual respect between people of all cultures, all civilizations and all ethnicities,’ said Guterres, days before his trip to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics... It is … Continue reading The Gaslit Games: Xi Jinping, Thomas Bach, and António Guterres are Driving the Olympic Movement Toward a Shared Authoritarian Future 

Bid Farewell to Reform and Opening Up–On China’s Perilous Situation and Future Options

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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

Xi’s China dream versus the Olympic dream: Beijing 2022 and the CCP’s ‘mutually beneficial’ relationship with the IOC president

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This article originally appeared on the website of Sinopsis (7/7/2021), and is available at "https://sinopsis.cz/en/ioc/". A panel discussion on ‘Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal’ at the UN Human Rights Committee will further the win-win cooperation between the CCP and the International Olympic Council and undermine the principles and values of Olympism. On July … Continue reading Xi’s China dream versus the Olympic dream: Beijing 2022 and the CCP’s ‘mutually beneficial’ relationship with the IOC president

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Will Be a Glorification of Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Global Agenda; We Must Counter With a Diplomatic Boycott

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By Andréa Worden Originally published on China Change, April 21, 2021 https://chinachange.org/2021/04/21/the-beijing-2022-winter-olympics-will-be-a-glorification-of-xi-jinping-and-the-ccps-global-agenda-we-must-counter-with-a-diplomatic-boycott/ A screenshot from Xinhua’s 8-minute promotion video The Story of President Xi and Winter Olympics. There are many reasons why rights-respecting governments should stay far away from Xi Jinping’s Winter Olympics. To name just a few: the Uyghur genocide, the crushing of political and civil … Continue reading The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Will Be a Glorification of Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Global Agenda; We Must Counter With a Diplomatic Boycott

How China is gradually dominating the world: We are losing the battle for what we want, says American expert (interview)

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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)

China at the UN Human Rights Council: Conjuring a “Community of Shared Future for Humankind”? (August 2020)

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This article originally appeared on the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) website: https://www.nbr.org/publication/china-at-the-un-human-rights-council-conjuring-a-community-of-shared-future-for-humankind/ China at the UN Human Rights Council: Conjuring a “Community of Shared Future for Humankind”? by Andréa Worden August 25, 2020 This essay examines China’s engagement with the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the methods and tactics the party-state is using to … Continue reading China at the UN Human Rights Council: Conjuring a “Community of Shared Future for Humankind”? (August 2020)