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The Two Tank Men

By Yang Jianli, published: December 7, 2015   In Washington, D.C. recently, my friend Alan Curtis invited me to watch Chimerica, which was written by the British playwright Lucy Kirkwood. The play focuses on finding clues to the identity of Tank Man, the iconic...

Sparrow Initiative Resumes Protest at Chinese Embassy

After giving President Xi Jinping nearly two months to help resolve her case,  Ms. Ma Yongtian, one of the two "sparrows" described in the report below, will start another round of protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC.  Initiatives for China calls...

The Deteriorating State of Human Rights in China

Featuring Chen Guangcheng, Visiting Fellow, Catholic University; Teng Biao, Associate, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; and Wei Jingsheng, Chairman, Wei Jingsheng Foundation; with comments by Xia Yeliang, Visiting Fellow, Center for Global...

Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Hosts the China Forum

The inaugural China Forum is a two-day conference in Washington, D.C. bringing together scholars from China with top experts and policy makers in the areas of trade and economics, foreign policy and security studies, and political development. The goal is to enable...