3 ms·
Inkstone editor of the piece here. I just wanted to add that his essay touched on much more than just China's removal of presidential term limits. He also calle
by alanwong 7y ago
Inkstone editor of the piece here. I just wanted to add that his essay touched on much more than just China's removal of presidential term limits. He also called for the abolition of special privileges for Communist Party officials, disclosure of Chinese leader's assets and a repudiation of the official verdict on the 1989 Tiananmen protests (the Communist Party considered it "counter-revolutionary" in legitimizing its military crackdown.) Writing about each one of these is enough to land you in trouble.
See what happened to Leica:
Leica censored on Chinese social media over Tank Man video
https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/leica-camera-censored-chinese-social-media-over-tiananmen-tank-man-advert/article/3006889 https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/leica-camera-censored-...
And what happened to three activists who put derivative images of the "Tank Man" on liquor bottles to pay tribute to the nameless protester:
They put the Tank Man on booze bottles, and got punished
https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/activists-who-put-tank-man-baijiu-bottles-given-suspended-sentences/article/3004476 https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/activists-who-put-tank...
Here's a link to a great translation of the Tsinghua professor's article.
Imminent Fears, Immediate Hopes — A Beijing Jeremiad
http://chinaheritage.net/journal/imminent-fears-immediate-hopes-a-beijing-jeremiad/ http://chinaheritage.net/journal/imminent-fears-immediate-ho...