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Ten Years After Ten Years: How Should We Read Hong Kong’s Prophecy?
2025-04-22
A film deemed as a "prophecy" for Hong Kong, through its sharp insight, outlines the contours of a Hong Kong without its freedoms.
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The Unsilenced Will Eventually Have Their Say
2025-04-15
Introducing the first volume of the China Unofficial Archives book series--Mr. Xiang Chengjian’s autobiography, <i>Return From Purgatory: A Memoir of Surviving China’s Great Famine and the ‘Sparks’ Case</i>.
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Hong Kong Journalists: Chroniclers of June Fourth and Keepers of its Memory
2025-04-08
In 1989, how did Hong Kong journalists chronicle the democracy movement in Tiananmen Square and how did they keep its memory alive throughout the decades that followed?
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From The Vagina Monologues to The Female Monologues
2025-04-01
From The Vagina Monologues to The Female Monologues, what is the status of women's issues in China?
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Holding the Party to its Word: Rereading the 1999 Classic, The Herald of History
2025-03-25
A book simply collected words by Communist Party leaders and articles published in the Party's newspapers. Why was the book banned?
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A new home for independent Chinese thinkers and a new publication: “Mining the Chinese Archives”
Ian Johnson | 2025-03-11
We have upgraded the Archives with an array of new features, including better graphic interface, a comprehensive database of Chinese independent thinkers, mapping functions, full-text searches as well as a weekly newsletter "Mining the Archives."
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In Memory of Lin Zhao
2024-04-29
On the 56th anniversary of Lin Zhao's death, the China Unofficial Archives wants to highlight several key additions to our collection of works about Lin Zhao, in memory of one of the most important freedom fighters and thinkers in the history of the People’s Republic.
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Welcome to our archive
Ian Johnson | 2023-12-13
This is the first of what we anticipate will be a semi-regular feature of the China Unofficial Archive.
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