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

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

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

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