The Hermit and the Empire: China after the Collapse of the Developmental Regime
Reposted from the Verso Blog (February 6, 2018). The article below is an excerpt from the second issue of Chuǎng, “Red Dust,” scheduled to be released later in 2018. This is a slightly edited version of the introduction to the second part of our three-part economic...
“The Mastermind”: A Third Young Leftist Speaks Out on the November 15th Incident
On November 15, 2017, police[1] stormed into a student reading group at the Guangdong University of Technology and seized six young participants. Two of them, Zhang Yunfan and Ye Jianke, were held at the Panyu Detention Center for a month as suspects for the crime of...
Locked Up for Reading Books: Voices from the November 15th Incident
Translations of letters by two of the four young activists arrested at Guangdong University of Technology two months ago, and our brief commentary. The translation of a third detainee’s letter is forthcoming. On November 15, 2017, police stormed into a student...
Adding Insult to Injury: Beijing’s Evictions and the Discourse of “Low-End Population”
Image: EpochTimes.com Translation of an article and a photo-essay from the Chinese media platform Tootopia (土逗公社), followed by our commentary. “They are indeed ‘low-end labor-power,’ but who isn’t?” (他们就是“低端劳动力”，但谁不是呢？) By Lu Bu (卢布) Tootopia, November 24, 2017...
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Update October 1, 2018: Issue 2, “Frontiers,” is finally nearing completion. (See the overview to the issue here, and two preview pieces: “A State Adequate to the Task” and “The Hermit and the Empire.”) Thanks to sales from issue 1...
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