By Liao Yiwu, translated by Cindy Carter, published: May 24, 2015   My friend Chen Yunfei (陈云飞) has never been of a serious disposition; his mode of dress is, if anything, even less serious. One year on June 4th, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, he was clad from the waist up in a suit and tie, and from the waist down in a pair of short trousers that made it look from afar as if he weren’t wearing any trousers at all. On that anniversary, he climbed into a blood donation truck parked in the city center, announced that he wished to donate blood, and offered up his neck. The nurse avoided the proffered neck and took his arm instead. As she inserted […]

By China Change, published: March 31, 2015   In Sichuan, activist Chen Yunfei (陈云飞) has been missing since March 25 after he and 20 or so others “swept” graves of two college students who died in Beijing during the Tiananmen Massacre in June, 1989. The group was in Shuangliu county (双流县) and then Xinjin county (新津县) where were rounded up by police and taken to local police stations for questioning. All have since been released except for Chen Yunfei. Chen Yunfei’s family has not received any document from the authorities about his status. On March 30, lawyer Ran tong (冉彤), per request of Chen’s relatives, visited the public security bureau and the detention center in Xinjin to ascertain Chen Yunfei’s whereabouts, but the authorities told […]