Tiananmen Square

  • "The Fifth Modernization"

    Eleven years before Tiananmen Square, a courageous Chinese worker dared to call for democracy. He was imprisoned for 15 years, but his message defies iron bars.
    By Andrew Leonard July 15, 2003

  • Who's afraid of Falun Gong?

    Journalist Danny Schechter says the peculiar spiritual movement isn't a cult, but explains why China is cracking down on it so forcefully.
    By Daryl Lindsey February 2, 2001

  • Bathtub revolutionary

    An American creative writing teacher in China torches his students' work in the tub rather than hand it over to "the leaders." Was it piety, or the fantasy of a heroic reception back home?
    By Tom Bradley November 29, 1999

  • China's new spiritual uprising

    Is the Falun Gong sect a real threat to the regime or simply a phantom menace?
    By Orville Schell July 27, 1999

  • The "pornographic" Chinese opera

    In China, despite currents of change, the deep despotism of the centuries is never far below the calm surface waters.
    By Loren Jenkins June 26, 1998

  • Behind the rhetoric

    Jonathan Broder interviews former China ambassador James Lilley about the stategic issues that bind China and the U.S.
    By Jonathan Broder June 26, 1998

  • Cap in hand

    President Clinton goes to China, a country the U.S. needs more than ever.
    By Jonathan Broder June 19, 1998
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