Xu Zhiyong

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…

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 defense movement, and a founder of the New Citizens…

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…

The Citizens Movement By Xu Zhiyong, translated by Andréa Worden, June 21, 2022 After being released from prison in July 2017, Xu Zhiyong devoted a year to writing “A Beautiful China” that was posted on his blog. This is Chapter 13 of the…

One Life for One Dream Xu Zhiyong, June 18, 2022 This autobiographical essay was written shortly before his arrest in 2013. It was translated into English and first published in Xu Zhiyong’s collection of essays “To Build a Free China – A…

Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Xu Zhiyong — A Full Translation Xu Zhiyong (left) and Ding Jiaxi Shangdong Province Linyi Municipal People’s Procuratorate Indictment Lin Proc Dept One Crim Indict No. Z43 Defendant Xu Zhiyong…

Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Ding Jiaxi — A Full Translation Ding Jiaxi (right) and Xu Zhiyong Shangdong Province Linyi Municipal People’s Procuratorate Indictment Lin Proc Dept One Crim Indict No. Z42 Defendant Ding Jiaxi…

Civil Rights Advocates Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi Indicted for Subversion on Scant, Slanderous ‘Evidence’ China Change, September 25, 2021 Xu Zhiyong (left) and Ding Jiaxi On December 7 and 8, 2019, twenty or so people – more than half of…

Prominent Dissident Xu Zhiyong Met With Lawyer After One Year in Detention China Change, February 8, 2021 Linyi high speed train station, and Linshu Detention Center. Prisoners live in the building behind the two office buildings. The…