Analyses and Opinions

A Beautiful China – Eleven – Goodbye, Communism Xu Zhiyong, translated by Leo Timm, July 25, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s rights defense movement, and a founder of…

A Beautiful China – Ten – The Unavoidable Road to Freedom: My First Prison Term Xu Zhiyong, translated by Leo Timm, July 22, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s rights…

Speech on the 8th China Human Rights Lawyers Day Yaxue Cao, July 3, 2024, London [youtube…

A Beautiful China – Nine – The Citizens’ Alliance, or Gongmeng, Part Three Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig and Leo Timm, June 27, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of…

A Beautiful China – Nine – The Citizens’ Alliance, or Gongmeng, Part Two Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig and Leo Timm, June 25, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of…

A Beautiful China – Nine – The Citizens’ Alliance, or Gongmeng, Part 1 Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig and Leo Timm, June 25, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s…

How the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre Shaped China’s Approach to International Human Rights Geoffrey Roberts, June 11, 2024 Fill the Palais des Nations in Geneva with pictures of “happiness” from apricot harvest in Xinjiang to rice plantation…

A Beautiful China – Eight – Petitioner Village Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig and Leo Timm, June 6, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s rights defense movement,…

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 (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s rights defense…

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 scholar, pioneer of China’s rights defense movement, and a…