China is running out of time to meet its Olympic challenge and prove to the rest of the world just how open and harmonious it can be. But despite the continuing crackdown on dissent, there are bold and outspoken voices that still find a way to get heard. In this special issue, artists, writers, bloggers and journalists map the boundaries of free expression, reveal the cost of breaking taboos and find the cracks in the Great Firewall
Contents
FLASHBACK: 1968
BRIAN GLANVILLE The Olympic curse: chronicle of a massacre
MADE IN CHINA
AI WEIWEI Truth to power (Free)
An interview on art, free speech and identity
PU ZHIQIANG Party rules
Anatomy of a landmark case
YAN LIANKE Constraints on the soul (Free)
The prison of self-censorship
DAVID BANDURSKI Garden of falsehood
Public opinion is a Party matter
HUANG LIANGTIAN Speaking the truth
The price of refusing to compromise
LI DATONG Tipping point
How a ban marked a new era
HU JIE Memory loss
Taboos of China’s past
HE QINGLIAN Seeds of resistance
Popular protest is set to dominate the agenda
MARTIN ROWSON Stripsearch
REBECCA MACKINNON Cyber zone (Free)
Online pioneers are changing the culture
ZHOU SHUGUANG Notes on the net
The making of a citizen journalist
ISAAC MAO Flipping the switch (Free)
Free thinking has to come first
STEPHANIE WANG Welcome to the machine
The workings of cyber censorship
BILL XIA Cat and mouse
Outwitting the censors is a war of nerves
SIMON KIRBY Written on the body
Reflections on China’s booming art scene
NICK YOUNG Altered images
What the world thinks
QIAN GANG Journey of a red heart
How a slogan defined a generation
KERRY BROWN Enemies within
China’s ethnic minorities have to play by the rules
ALIM SEYTOFF China’s dark secret
Uighurs are feeling the pressure
HONG YING Gay capital
Homosexual mores in China
INDEX INDEX
MAHVISH KHAN Meeting with No 1154
A unique account of Guantanamo
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