The rich and powerful cadres of the Chinese Communist Party denounce Western values in Chinese academia, yet send their children to be educated in American and Canadian universities.
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The West expressed outrage over the attacks on Charlie Hebdo’s freedom of expression, but has long stood idly by as China silences its dissenting voices.
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In a speech at the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of 2013, author Feng Jicai criticized the politicized education in China in a bold and public manner.
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On November 21, journalist Gao Yu was put on trial in a closed door procedure that lasted only four hours. The absurd accusation that Mrs. Gao “leaked state secrets” reflects the contradictory propaganda measures of the CCP.
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Germany’s miserable divided past is China’s present reality. Forty years ago, singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann saw the truth of China’s situation under a dictatorship.
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The Taiwanese poet Li Minyong is always concerned with issues that are ahead of his time. To him, a poet is a harbinger who foresees an oncoming threat.
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Confucius is innocent, but the “Confucius” brand has been humiliated and degenerated; all glamor is gone. Gone, too, is the Chinese government’s trustworthiness.
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The temporary return to daily rhythm and social order in Hong Kong does not mean that the movement is over, but may show Hong Kong’s pragmatic nature, and demonstrate that the protesters may have learned something from March’s Sunflower Student Movement in Taipei.
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The dramatic Scottish referendum has had much impact on not only the European community, but also to a certain extent, the Beijing regime and the Chinese people.
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Beijing wants to turn Hong Kong into a little China and put it under the central government’s direct control. It broke its promise to allow citizens suffrage in Hong Kong’s first general election. The 2017 general election will be like chicken ribs: flavorless, but not bad enough to throw out.
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