Interviews

An Interview With Ai Weiwei, Part Three: China, the World, and Freedom of Expression China Change, July 6, 2023 Photo: Yaxue Cao (Continued from Part One: The Year 2008 and Part Two: Ruins. Rebars. Water Lilies.) China, the…

An Interview With Ai Weiwei, Part Two: Ruins. Rebars. Water Lilies. ‘Straight’. Photo: The New York Times. (Continued from Part One: The Year 2008) Ruins. Rebars. Water Lilies. YC: Many details have left a deep impression on me from…

An Interview With Ai Weiwei, Part One: The Year 2008 I interviewed Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei in May in Portugal. It was my first meeting with him, and as many Chinese activists do, I called him by his nickname “Aunt Ai”…

Taiwan Interview Series (2): Lin Ping-yu, Member of New Taipei City Council March 30, 2023 I spoke to Lin Ping-yu (林秉宥) in early December, 2022, shortly after the local elections in Taiwan. Freshly elected to the New Taipei City…

Taiwan Interview Series (1): Ho Cheng-hui, CEO of Kuma Academy February 20, 2023 The “Taiwan Interview Series” is a result of a China Change team going around Taiwan for 30 days in November and December 2022. The time frame for the trip…

The Life and Death of the ‘Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China’ – Part Seven By Olivia Cheng, Siaw Hew Wah, translated by China Change, August 26, 2022 (Continued from Part One, Part…

The Life and Death of the ‘Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China’ – Part Six By Olivia Cheng, Siaw Hew Wah, translated by China Change, August 18, 2022 An “unauthorized assembly” on June 4, 2020 at…

The Life and Death of the ‘Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China’ – Part Five By Olivia Cheng, Siaw Hew Wah, translated by China Change, August 15, 2022 From 1989 to 1997 to today as a ‘subversive…

The Life and Death of the ‘Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China’ – Part Four By Olivia Cheng, Siaw Hew Wah, translated by China Change, August 8, 2022 The last vigil at Victoria Park, June 4, 2020.…

The Life and Death of the ‘Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China’ – Part Three By Olivia Cheng, Siaw Hew Wah, translated by China Change, August 6, 2022 ‘t was a sea of candle lights, like all the…