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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 »
An Introduction to Dr. Xu Zhiyong
China Change, November 10, 2024 Born in 1973 in Henan province, Dr. Xu Zhiyong is a prominent political prisoner who is currently serving a 14-year prison term on bogus charges of “subversion of state power” in Lunan Prison in Shandong province. He has been on hunger strike since October 4 protesting the denial of his right to correspond with h [...] Keep reading »
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