By Xu Youyu, published: May 13, 2014     Like the vast majority of Chinese people, I don’t like to deal with the police. When the police come to your door, it always means something unusual or inauspicious has occurred. That’s why the police always say, “Nothing’s wrong with you? If there’s nothing wrong with you, why are we her [...] Keep reading »

By Wen Kejian, published: May 12, 2014   “[D]emocratic transition….is a cause that will bring a huge return to society and is worth all the wisdom and energy political elites can give.” Among the people in China who support and advocate freedom and democracy, the idea that the success of democratic change hinges on the quality of the pop [...] Keep reading »

By Teng Biao, published: May 7, 2014 “By the time the free world becomes aware of the need to protect freedom, I fear it may well be too late.”   I am a human rights lawyer from China. My name is Teng Biao. In March, just before First Lady Michelle Obama gave a talk at the prestigious Peking University during her visit to China, I tweeted [...] Keep reading »

By Rose Tang, published: March 24, 2014 The letter was originally posted by the author on her Facebook page. We thank her for her permission to allow China Change to repost it. –The Editor   Dear Michelle: I wasn’t the only Chinese who was totally disappointed by your speech at Peking University on Saturday. You did not mention a wor [...] Keep reading »

By Lu Chiou-yuan, published: March 23, 2014   In Taiwan, a large-scale student protest against a trade pact (CSSTA) with China has escalated. Local time Sunday night and Monday morning, riot police drove out students who had occupied the Executive Yuan (video), injuring scores. With a translation of this short essay by a Taiwanese lawyer, we w [...] Keep reading »

By YANG Jianli, published: March 18, 2014   Michelle Obama will be a terrific goodwill ambassador when she visits China later this month. She will put America’s best foot forward. The Chinese people will watch her appreciate China’s rich culture. They will see her interest in and concern for all segments of its diverse society — [...] Keep reading »

By Mo Zhixu, published: March 14, 2014   After 1992, as the old planned economy disintegrated in China, and as the USSR and the Eastern European bloc collapsed rapidly, the Chinese communist regime adopted market-oriented economic policies to further open up to the west, making economic development its foundation for maintaining power. “Join [...] Keep reading »

By Wang Lixiong, published March 3, 2014   (On the evening of March 1, 2014, several knife-wielding men and at least one woman killed 33 and injured more than 140 in the train station in the southwestern city of Kunming. The Chinese authorities blame Uighur separatists for the terrorist attack. — Editor)   People asked how I look at [...] Keep reading »

By Jia Jia, published: February 23, 2014   A few years down the road, when we look back on the recent Dongguan anti-prostitution crackdown (东莞扫黄) during the Chinese New Year holidays, we will perhaps realize that it was a monumental turning point in the evolution of Chinese politics.  In my own view, it marks the first time that China [...] Keep reading »