Two Poems by Liu Xia

Recent translations by Jennifer Stern and Ming Di are a reminder that Liu Xia, under extralegal house arrest since October 2010, has not been forgotten. More

Screwed!

Suddenly it occurred to me I wouldn’t be spending today in the fields either, bent double cutting the wheat. I felt a little surge of happiness, but it quickly… More

The CPC’s Dictatorial Patriotism

A nation is composed of its people. People are the mainstay of a nation; they are also the source of national sovereignty and the owners of national interests. In… More

The Many Aspects of CPC Dictatorship

Although the CPC regime of the post-Mao era is still a dictatorship, it is no longer fanatical, but rather, a rational dictatorship that has become increasingly adept at calculating… More