Seeds of Fire 太虛幻境 Laozi should not, of course, replace the New Testament for us, but knowing that something similar grew up under other skies and in even earlier times should strengthen our belief th...

1957–1967: A Young Physicist’s Trial by Fire

Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet

The Flower of Thought That Blossomed in a Barren Wasteland: Yu Luoke and “On Class Origins”

Cui Weiping: Keeping Vigil Through the Long Night—My Interactions with Fu Guoyong

New biographies of Xi Zhongxun and Hu Yaobang provide insights into the opaque culture of the Chinese Communist Party and the political ascent of Xi's son, Xi Jinping.

Revisiting the Hu Feng Case 70 Years Later: Storm under the Sun and a Baseless Literary Inquisition

The Land Drenched in Tears: A History of Uyghur “Rightists”

A Woman Warrior Who Defended Memory: Eyewitness of Jiabiangou, He Fengming, Passes Away

「這是獨一無二，關於中國獨立思想家的資料庫，我們希望它能讓人看見這場反歷史運動的廣度和深度。」

WASHINGTON, April 23 — Today, more than 100 prominent figures from the global journalism and media community released an open letter in support of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, calling for his immedia...

Ten Years After "Ten Years": How Should We Read Hong Kong’s Prophecy?

The Unsilenced Will Eventually Have Their Say

On 1 April, the memorial site at the former Buchenwald concentration camp announced that the Israeli philosopher Omri...

The Digitalisation of Memory Practices in China - Contesting the Curating State; This book examines how new digital technologies are reshaping and expanding the production and contestation of collecti...

Hong Kong Journalists: Chroniclers of June Fourth and Keepers of its Memory

I Have No Enemies: The Life and Legacy of Liu Xiaobo by Perry Link, the leading Western chronicler of dissent in China, and a Chinese colleague who writes anonymously as Wu Dazhi is the definitive bio...

/PRNewswire/ -- National Press Club President Mike Balsamo today called on Chinese authorities to overturn the conviction of journalist Dong Yuyu, whose appeal...

Fang Fang’s newly translated book uncovers the brutal, buried history of land reform in China.

People in China are expressing alarm at what seems to be an authoritarian turn in the United States, long their role model of democracy, that feels familiar.

Decisions on U.S. policy toward China are being made based on diminishing insight into the country’s internal dynamics.

While Taiwan has largely stayed out of the spotlight, Trump’s actions have already made it more vulnerable.

The Pulitzer-winning writer recalls his reporting on Falun Gong at the end of 1990s.

Contra Trump 造反有理 Zhang Qianfan (張千帆, 1964-) is a professor of constitutional law at Peking University. Readers of China Heritage first encountered him in The Professor, a University & the Rule of Law...

Events in Vienna are forcing Germany’s bickering mainstream parties to rally together. But the AfD could yet outflank the centre

In Sparks, Ian Johnson writes of Chinese people who risk their careers and even their lives to uncover suppressed truths about their country’s modern history.

Ian Johnson sieht China in einer Phase der Stagnation. Die Kommunistische Partei fördert auch Religion, um ihre Herrschaft zu legitimieren.

An eclectic list of works that influenced, intrigued and entertained our guests.

The National Archives of Publications and Culture is Xi's version of previous Imperial archival projects like Qianlong's Four Treasuries or the Yongle Dictionary.

Autumn 2024.

When Chairman Mao gained power in China in 1949, most missionaries feared the young church would disappear. What happened next surprised them all.

燃灯者顾准

The pardon comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues.

Thanks to Italian publisher Neri Pozza, Sparks is coming out in Italian and thanks to two Italy-based academics I’ll be on a four-day seven-lecture tour of the country from Rome to Naples to Milan to ...

Ian Johnson racconta a Formiche.net le vicende delle scintille che compongono il suo libro, in una Cina sempre più autoritaria

The Pulitzer-winning journalist tells the story of his first trip to China and how it changed his views on foreign reporting.