Xiao Pa was suspended from Weibo after a simple reflection on domestic burdens was reclassified as “inciting gender conflict.”
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Xi Jinping Walks Into Your Home—and Tells You to Have Babies
The General Secretary rings your bell—and delivers a simple message: giving birth is not optional.
Kazakh Scholar Sentenced in Xinjiang for “Misinterpreting” a Poet
Kazakh Scholar Sentenced in Xinjiang for “Misinterpreting” a Poet
Persecuting Folk Religion: Two Cases of Repression in Rural China
In Guangdong, the police tried to prevent the Ying Laoye procession from taking place. In Jiangxi, they violently blocked the construction of an ancestral hall.
The Distorted Faith of China’s Three‑Self Church: But Why Do Some Join?
Some are misinformed. Others are scared. But some look for material benefits. A Chinese Christian’s analysis.
“The Broken China Dream”: Xi Jinping, the West, and the Prosperity Trap
If you thought that capitalism and the rise of Chinese billionaires would soften the Communist Party’s totalitarian rule, now you need to think again.
China, Zhonggong Was Supposed to Be Dead—But Keeps Being Arrested
Two months after a court verdict in Shanxi, repression continues. It reveals something Beijing does not want to admit: Zhonggong is alive.
Kang Youwei: A Confucian Monarchist in the New World
A monumental book focuses on the American years and mystical utopianism of a reformer who has been curiously rediscovered in Xi Jinping’s China
Africa, Not Even Rhinos Are Safe from Chinese Neo-Colonialism
Trading in rhino horns is illegal and threatens the survival of the magnificent animals. Yet, China’s myth of the medicinal effectiveness of horn powder fuels a network of corruption.
Echoes of the Sacred: Jao Tsung-I’s Chinese Religion Across Five Millennia
An erudite journey through China’s spiritual imagination, where oracle bones, Daoist talismans, and Chan enlightenment form a single, continuous conversation.