Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance (IV)
Wang Changjiang (王長江, 1956-) is a noted thinker and researcher at the Chinese Communist’s Central Party School in Beijing.… Read
Silence + Conformity = Complicity — reflections on university life in China today
Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance (III) Update On 30 March 2019 we received the text of a powerful article by an academic at Tsinghua University written in support of Professor Xu Zhangrun.… Read
Voices of Protest & Resistance (III) Update On 30 March 2019 we received the text of a powerful article by an academic at Tsinghua University written in support of Professor Xu Zhangrun.… Read
Heads or Tails — Criticism and Xu Zhangrun
Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance (II) Illiberal Criticism in a State of Denial Heads or Tails, also known as coin flipping, is a way of making a decision by flipping a coin in the air and guessing which side will show when it lands.… Read
Voices of Protest & Resistance (II) Illiberal Criticism in a State of Denial Heads or Tails, also known as coin flipping, is a way of making a decision by flipping a coin in the air and guessing which side will show when it lands.… Read
J’accuse, Tsinghua University!
Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance (I) On 21 March, the same day on which President Bacow of Harvard delivered a powerful lecture at Peking University in which he extolled the virtues of academic inquiry, independence of thought and the pursuit of excellence, ‘next door’ on the campus of Tsinghua University, Professor Xu Zhangrun 許章潤, a noted scholar of law with an international reputation, was formally notified that henceforth he was banned from all teaching activities.… Read
Voices of Protest & Resistance (I) On 21 March, the same day on which President Bacow of Harvard delivered a powerful lecture at Peking University in which he extolled the virtues of academic inquiry, independence of thought and the pursuit of excellence, ‘next door’ on the campus of Tsinghua University, Professor Xu Zhangrun 許章潤, a noted scholar of law with an international reputation, was formally notified that henceforth he was banned from all teaching activities.… Read
Pine Breeze, Wisteria Moon — a new masthead for China Heritage
The new masthead of China Heritage is a photograph made by Lois Conner in the Garden of Perfect Brightness 圓明園, northwest Beijing:
The lakeside scene takes its name, ‘Pine Breeze, Wisteria Moon’ 松風蘿月 — ‘the wind scented by pine trees, the moon seen through a wisteria trellis’ — from a line in a poem by the Qianlong Emperor composed in 1762:
Folded hills, serene waters convey a heavenly truth
Wisteria moon, pine winds invite contemplation 屏山鏡水皆真縡,
蘿月松風合靜觀。 ‘Pine Breeze, Wisteria Moon’, where a pavilion inscribed with Qianlong’s poem once stood, marks a unique location in the sprawling gardens.… Read
Wisteria moon, pine winds invite contemplation 屏山鏡水皆真縡,
蘿月松風合靜觀。 ‘Pine Breeze, Wisteria Moon’, where a pavilion inscribed with Qianlong’s poem once stood, marks a unique location in the sprawling gardens.… Read
The State of a Civilisation
After the Future in China
Xu Zhangrun’s Triptych for Today Humble Recognition, Boundless Possibility — Part II In The Pirouette of Time we introduced Xu Zhangrun’s triptych ‘After the Future in China’. … Read
Xu Zhangrun’s Triptych for Today Humble Recognition, Boundless Possibility — Part II In The Pirouette of Time we introduced Xu Zhangrun’s triptych ‘After the Future in China’. … Read