From Secret to Shameless: The Chinese Communist Party’s Change in Tyranny Before and After the Olympics
The 2008 Beijing Olympics was a turning point for China’s tyrannical dictators just as the 1936 Berlin Olympics was for Hitler’s Germany. More
Murong Xuecun on China’s ‘Crappy Freedom’
In this excerpt, the Beijing-based novelist discusses the banality of Chinese censorship. More
Human Rights in Post-Olympic China
Hosting one Olympics cannot change the judicial system, the news system, or nature of the regime. China’s democratic progress needs the continued growth of civil rights awareness, continued spreading… More
Writers press China on media freedom
Some 200 leading writers appealed Friday to China to respect freedom of expression and free jailed authors, describing the country's strict censorship as a stain on a vibrant culture. More
Report on creativity and constraint in China
On World Press Freedom Day, PEN International launched The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today's China. The culmination of five years of collaborative research among PEN members inside… More
Tibet: After the Beijing Olympics
How can one express Tibet’s calamity and suffering in only a few words? Over the past several years, so many outstanding Tibetan people have suddenly and cruelly been taken… More
Bizarre Freedom in a Divided Country
Over the past four years, China’s rulers have continued their harsh repression of free speech, arresting writers and dissidents, putting them under house arrest, harassing them, or making them… More
Literary Festival Highlights Repression in China
The repressive environment for writers in China is highlighted in new report. More
The “Stability Maintenance System” versus the Rule of Law
To maintain the privileges of vested interests, China has created a “stability maintenance system” that extends official control over society and represses civil rights. The main feature of this… More
Why Does the Communist Party Leadership Still “Sing Red” in 2012?
In 2008, after the Sichuan earthquake and the Beijing Olympics, Politburo Standing Committee propaganda chief Li Changchun, CCP Central Propaganda Department Director Liu Yunshan, and Beijing Municipal Party Committee… More