China Change » Civil Society

China Change, July 25, 2025 (Email subscribers may have to view in browser to see the embedded YouTube link.) This documentary offers, for the first time, an authoritative overall account and analysis of the 709 Crackdown on human rights lawyers in China that began ten years ago in 2015, covering all aspects of the incident: arrests, smear campaign [...] Keep reading »

A Beautiful China – Twenty Four – My Beliefs

Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig, January 28, 2025 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 – Twenty Three – Rebirth of a Civilization

Xu Zhiyong, translated by Leo Timm, January 25, 2025 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 ser [...] Keep reading »

A Beautiful China – Twenty Two – A Beautiful China

Xu Zhiyong, translated by Leo Timm, January 19, 2025 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 ser [...] Keep reading »

A Beautiful China – Twenty One – Beautiful Politics

Xu Zhiyong, translated by Elizabeth Lindley, January 9, 2025 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 [...] Keep reading »

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 »