Citizens Movement

An Introduction to Dr. Xu Zhiyong China Change, November 10, 2024 Born in 1973 in Henan province, Dr. Xu Zhiyong is a prominent political prisoner who is currently serving a 14-year prison term on bogus charges of “subversion of state…

A Beautiful China – Sixteen – Our Strength: A Message to Citizens Xu Zhiyong, translated by Elizabeth Lindley, Joshua Rosenzweig, and Leo Timm, October 30, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar,…

A Beautiful China – Fifteen – On Nonviolence, Part Two Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig, October 23, 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 – Fourteen – Freedom, Justice, Love Xu Zhiyong, translated by Leo Timm, September 29, 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…

A Beautiful China – Twelve – China’s Path Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig, July 29, 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 – 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 – 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…

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 to the court as to his compatriots. In June, he and Ding…

‘A democratic China must be realized in our time, we cannot saddle the next generation with this duty’ – Xu Zhiyong’s Court Statement Xu Zhiyong, April 9, 2023 Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is no stranger to those who have followed the emergence…