Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance (XIII)   Zhang Qianfan (张千帆, 1964-), a professor of constitutional law at Peking University, first discusses the abuse of Xu Zhangrun 許章潤 by his employer, Tsinghua University, and then, in a lengthy interview granted to Initium Media 端傳媒, a leading independent Hong Kong media outlet, he expands the discussion in ways that hint at the importance of the ‘Xu Zhangrun Case’ not only for mainland China, but also for Hong Kong, and potentially for any group, body or nation that has dealings with the China of the Xi Jinping era.… Read

Translatio Imperii Sinici   I find you here …
Blindly recreating
A black dream-hole of history. — P.K. Leung   On 1 July 2017, China Heritage marked the twentieth anniversary of mainland China extending suzerainty over Hong Kong with a series of translations, commentaries and art works. … Read

  Xu Zhangrun (許章潤, 1962-) is a professor of law at Tsinghua University in Beijing. In a series of major essays published from early 2016 to early 2019, Professor Xu questioned at length, and in detail, the political, economic and cultural trajectory of the People’s Republic of China under Xi Jinping, the leader of the nation’s party-state-army.… Read

Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance (XII)   In recent weeks, voices of protest have been raised in response to the persecution of Xu Zhangrun 許章潤, a professor of law Tsinghua University in Beijing.… Read

Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance (VII.2)   Friends and Colleagues, Below we are reproducing the Open Letter to Tsinghua University written in support of Professor Xu Zhangrun 許章潤 and published here on the 5th of April 2019.… Read

Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance (XI)   In the editorial introduction to ‘Heads or Tails — Criticism and Xu Zhangrun’, published by China Heritage on 27 March 2019, we noted the reaction of Chu Shulong 楚樹龍, a prominent Tsinghua academic and respected media commentator, to the news that Tsinghua Professor Xu Zhangrun had been suspended and put under formal investigation for thinking and speaking out of turn.… Read