Analyses and Opinions

A Beautiful China – Seven – Returning to China From a Year at Yale Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig, April 4, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong…
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A Beautiful China – Six – The Mission of a Law Practitioner Xu Zhiyong, translated by Leo Timm, April 2, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal…
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A Beautiful China – Five – Be True to the Law: Campaigning for a Seat as a People’s Congress Delegate Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig, March 10, 2024 Note From the…
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A Beautiful China – Four – Working to Abolish the Custody and Repatriation System in the Wake of Sun Zhigang’s Death Xu Zhiyong, translated by Leo Timm, February 26, 2024 Note…
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A Beautiful China – Three – An Era of Change Is Upon Us Xu Zhiyong, translated by Yaxue Cao, February 20, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal…
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A Beautiful China – Two – A Life in Pursuit of One Dream Xu Zhiyong, February 15, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of…
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A Beautiful China: China’s Twentieth Century Xu Zhiyong, February 12, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s rights…
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Ilham, My Brother Yaxue Cao, January 15, 2024 Ilham Tohti in the fall of 2013, not too long before his arrest. Photo: Wang Lixiong 1. People often automatically assume that I…
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China Issues 129 New Rules to Revive Private Sector, But Entrepreneurs Point to the Fundamentals: Amend the Constitution and Toss Out Marxist Theory Yaxue Cao, December 7, 2023…
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Whither China? — Xu Zhiyong’s Letter of Appeal November 30, 2023 In August, while waiting for appeal, Dr. Xu Zhiyong wrote the following statement (Chinese original), not so much…
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