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A Beautiful China – Twenty – A Constitutional Blueprint for China
Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig, December 30, 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 Movement. On April 10, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of “subverting state power.” Before this, [...] Keep reading »
A Beautiful China – Nineteen – Four Years Afar
Xu Zhiyong, translated by Andréa Worden, December 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 movement, and a founder of the New Citizens Movement. On April 10, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of “subverting state power.” Before this, he h [...] Keep reading »
A Beautiful China – Eighteen – Court Statement: For Freedom, Justice, and Love
Xu Zhiyong, translated by Elizabeth Lindley, November 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 the New Citizens Movement. On April 10, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of “subverting state power.” Before this, [...] Keep reading »
A Beautiful China – Seventeen – Ngaba
Xu Zhiyong, translated by Elizabeth Lindley, November 17, 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 Movement. On April 10, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of “subverting state power.” Before this, [...] Keep reading »
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, pioneer of China’s rights defense movement, and a founder of the New Citizens Movement. On April 10, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of “subverti [...] Keep reading »
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, and a founder of the New Citizens Movement. On April 10, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of “subverting state power.” Before this, h [...] Keep reading »
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, and a founder of the New Citizens Movement. On April 10, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of “subverting state power.” Before this, h [...] Keep reading »
The Unwinnable Position of Lawyers, Especially Criminal Defense Lawyers, in China’s Judicial System – A Brief Review
Yaxue Cao, September 30, 2024 Note: These are the remarks I made at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America in Washington, DC on September 19, in conjunction with a screening of the documentary “The Defenders: 20 Years of Human Rights Lawyers in China”, organized by the Center for Human Rights, the Center for Law & [...] Keep reading »
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 founder of the New Citizens Movement. On April 10, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of “subverting state power.” Before this, he had s [...] Keep reading »
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