Xi Jinping’s Empire of Tedium Appendix LVII 傷感   The Village Voice published ‘Anatomy of a Massacre’, a review-essay of the documentary film The Gate of Heavenly Peace by Richard B.… Read

Hong Kong Apostasy 香江煉獄 On Monday 18 December 2023, Jimmy Lai (Lai Chee-ying 黎智英, 1947-), a former pro-democracy media tycoon went on trial under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Lai has been in custody since December 2020 and, on 8 December, he had turned seventy six.… Read

Xi Jinping’s Empire of Tedium Appendix XLIX (supplement) 車軲轆話   Summing up the essence of the latest ‘Democratic Life in the Party’ meeting of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party [on 21-22 December 2023], the political analyst Deng Yuwen noted that: ‘Xi Jinping called on members of the Politburo to take the lead in understanding, studying, and implementing Xi Jinping Thought.’… Read

Xi Jinping’s Empire of Tedium Chapter XXII (supplement) 抱薪者   Below we feature an interview that Li Yuan 袁莉 conducted with Li Ying 李穎, ‘Teacher Li’ 李老師不是你老師, on the first anniversary of the November 2022 protests in China.… Read

Xi Jinping’s Empire of Tedium Appendix XLIII (supplement) 天知地知, 你知我知   ‘After a dinner of Peking duck, I’ll agree to anything.’ — Henry Kissinger For me, the inaugural decade of Xi Jinping’s rule was bookended by two moments involving Henry A.… Read

The Other China   The following selection of paintings by Lao Shu reflect the temper of the autumn months of 2023 — the fall. *** Lao Shu 老樹 is the nom de plume of Liu Shuyong (劉樹勇, 1962-), a Beijing-based artist, writer, critic and professor in communications.… Read