To This City, To That Person

The rights defense movement was an attempt to advance the rule of law through individual cases, but under the iron fist of the Leninist Party it was reduced to a fantasy. As public space has shrunk and the spirit of freedom atrophied, Hong Kong has given rare hope and strength to those of us still in the fight. Now this source of warmth and light is inevitably being snuffed out.

Interview: The West . . . is Dealing With a Murderous Regime

Liao Yiwu: On June 4, 1989, they used an old-fashioned method to suppress the protests, sending in more than 200,000 regular troops, tanks, and armored cars to attack civilians. Hong Kong had the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration … and is a cosmopolitan city. But a key factor is terrain. It’s harder to send in large columns of tanks, and it would take far longer to carry out such a massacre in Hong Kong.

Ren Zhiqiang, Chinese Dissident Property Tycoon Defends Himself at Trial

Ren, 69, was probed by the CCDI after writing an open letter about Xi’s responses to the coronavirus epidemic, the Sino-U.S. trade war and the Taiwan elections.

Sources have said investigators handled the letter, which took the form of a long and highly critical essay, as an instance of “internal strife” within the ruling party.

WeChat: A Tool of Authoritarian Control?

VISION TIMES “This WeChat account has been suspected of spreading malicious rumors and has been temporarily blocked…” is the message BBC reporter Stephen McDonell received earlier this year, after posting photos of a live event on his WeChat account. No commentary. Just a few shots of Hongkongers commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre […]