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World LeadersJuly 3, 2018
The Dark Side of the Chinese Dream
We should pay more attention to Beijing’s repressive actions.
Rian Thum and Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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ActivismJuly 25, 2017
What Liu Xiaobo’s Death Says About China’s Two Futures
China’s president has crafted an increasingly progressive image for himself abroad, while stifling dissent at home.
Gina Anne Tam and Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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Civil UnrestMay 11, 2016
How Will China Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Cultural Revolution?
Authorities now see it as a dangerously chaotic period, and they attack other youthful protest movements as resembling the turmoil caused by the Red Guards.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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ActivismSeptember 12, 2014
What Hong Kong’s Occupy Movement Can Learn From History
Hong Kong’s democracy movement stands at a crossroads.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Denise Y. Ho
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Regions and CountriesMay 27, 2009
Tiananmen at Twenty
China has changed enormously since the 1989 massacre, but the Communist Party continues to deny what happened. Americans, too, continue to misremember a complex event.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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HistoryJanuary 12, 2009
The Year China Jumped the Gun
China is a country that takes anniversaries seriously. But reaction to significant historical events to be commemorated this year has already taken place.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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HistoryAugust 22, 2008
What Would Mao Think of the Games?
He’d feel bad that the whole Communist era was airbrushed out of the Olympic spectacle. But he’d probably like the swimming.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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Regions and CountriesAugust 8, 2008
Beyond Beijing: China’s Toughest Competition
How will the Olympics play in the Chinese equivalent of Peoria, among a populace skeptical of the government’s intent and eager to tout their own economic clout?
Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess
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Regions and CountriesMay 20, 2008
China’s Inauspicious Year
China’s response to the earthquake and other calamities of 2008 challenges the West to rethink its prejudices.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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Regions and CountriesApril 28, 2008
Battle of the Beijing Boycotts
Two days in May could mark a turning point in the debates over Olympic boycotts.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom