Ian Johnson
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China civil society, religion, politics. 2024-25 fellow @wiko_berlin. Founder @mjdanganguan. Pulitzer for international reporting. Author three books on China.
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Joined November 2009
This week's @MinjianArchives newsletter is by one of China's foremost public intellectuals, Ai Xiaoming, on an investigation she recently completed on the myth that China's natural scientists were insulated from Mao-era political campaigns. EN/ZH. https://t.co/0uiZFb43Sm
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Three years after unfurling banners on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge calling for Xi’s removal, how Peng Lifa inspired other nonviolent protesters in China. Via @MinjianArchives ZH/EN nopaywall https://t.co/gMiJyfDlBp
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在彭立发四通桥抗议三周年之际,本期中国民间档案馆简报回顾彭立发抗争的重要意义。 简报全文请见: https://t.co/1SQyPNdpjf
Three years after unfurling banners on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge calling for Xi’s removal, how Peng Lifa inspired other nonviolent protesters in China. Via @MinjianArchives ZH/EN nopaywall https://t.co/gMiJyfDlBp
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Three years after unfurling banners on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge calling for Xi’s removal, how Peng Lifa inspired other nonviolent protesters in China. Via @MinjianArchives ZH/EN nopaywall https://t.co/gMiJyfDlBp
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Fascinating piece on the Li Shenzhi, who rebuilt American studies in United States after the Mao era.
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How does religion work in China? @iandenisjohnson (@MinjianArchives) joins us to explore how religion is viewed by the government and people in China. ▶️ Watch:
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Ian Johnson joined us to explore how religion is viewed by the government and people in China and how its practice is managed.
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Thanks to NCUSCR for this professionally edited, short interview on how religion works (and doesn't work) in China, including how the government is trying to instrumentalize it.
How does religion work in China? @iandenisjohnson (@MinjianArchives) joins us to explore how religion is viewed by the government and people in China. ▶️ Watch:
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How Does Religion in China Work? Thanks to @NCUSCR for this video podcast interview on the role of religion in China today.
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Ian Johnson joined us to explore how religion is viewed by the government and people in China and how its practice is managed.
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At a time of worsening US-China relations, we look back at the life of Li Shenzhi, who was charged with reviving American studies in China after the Mao era--and how his approach differs so much with Beijing's current approach. EN/ZH no paywall. https://t.co/M1gv91m4w4
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Some dubious advice from yours truly and others on how to be a China writer.... Thanks to Liu He, Anise Broccoli, and the Peking Hotel team. “Think of your pension” — and other writing tips from esteemed China hands https://t.co/pJKxBHUku9
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New in @ForeignAffairs: @JeffreyPrescott & I argue that China is accelerating plans to exploit U.S. retreat under Trump. Xi aims to establish China as the fulcrum of an emerging multipolar world. He's now advancing a new, more active diplomatic strategy. https://t.co/3iTFyRBjEj
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Beijing’s plans to exploit American retreat.
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China Unofficial Archives has archived over a thousand episodes of TV programs from Hong Kong's public broadcaster RTHK. Most of the episodes are now removed or hard to access. We hope their availability can help more people learn about Hong Kong's history and provide
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又一条 @MinjianArchives 独家猛料!两周前它推出毛时代最著名异议者林昭的重磅两篇文章。今天又爆出猛料:已经保存了香港电台上千小时被抹去的珍贵录像。加油! https://t.co/rIRPKOO9tc
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Another @MinjianArchives scoop. Two weeks ago it published a two-part account of the most famous dissident of the Mao era, Lin Zhao. Today it reveals that it's archived 1000s of hour of erased TV footage by Hong Kong's fiesty broadcaster, RTHK. 加油! https://t.co/rIRPKOO9tc
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Our newsletter from June highlights Dong's influential 1998 book, Political China. Read here in both Chinese and English: https://t.co/KWvb4i22LU
A sad but well-deserved prize from @CPJAsia for the imprisoned Chinese journalist #DongYuyu
https://t.co/IvfDGCqJsq
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To learn more about Zhang Zhan and read her words and those from her supporters, check out our (highly popular) newsletter from August: https://t.co/4cnZjVqPX0
It's so telling that it's this hard to get specifics about whether #China #freespeech #journalist #ZhangZhan is being tried today in Shanghai. But thanks to the diplomats who tried to attend! https://t.co/8riL1WZPNM
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