Political Transition

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 – Fifteen – On Nonviolence, Part One Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig, October 22, 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 – 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…

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 – 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 – 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 China’s rights defense movement, and a founder of the New…

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…