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is a monthly feature that explores the lives of famous historical figures who lived in Beijing’s  hutong. In this edition, we look at the life of Tian Han, the man who wrote the lyrics to the Chinese national anthem and who once lived in Xiguan Hutong.  A small and fairly run-down gray courtyard home lies in Xiguan Hutong, Dongcheng district. As far as  hutong go, Xiguan is a far cry from more gentrified areas like Nanluoguxiang.  Nearby you’ll find the Beijing No. 5 Middle School, a bathhouse, convenience stores and a bar that looks like it’s seen better days.

This week, we saw the release of the official government “Report on the Recent Community and Political Situation in Hong Kong.” It concluded: "It is the common aspiration of the Central Authorities [in Beijing], the [Hong Kong Special... They are not looking for someone else to bring into implementation those promises. They are saying “we are the generation which has grown up after the handover in 1997.” Some of them were only a few years old, but they are looking to a future and they say, “the future belongs to us. Things have not been going very well, democracy has been pu...

Translation: Wei Zhou on National Optimism vs Personal Pessimism Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 28, 2020 An essay by writer Wei Zhou (@维舟) published to WeChat last week describes a dissonant way of thinking increasingly common in China, in which people are able to maintain optimism about the state and trajectory of the nation despite experiencing sustained personal hardships that would appear to lead towards pessimism. The A Bilibili user named “speedymotor” (@飞奔的马达), after a long time spent scrutinizing videos, made an interesting observation: “For all videos on macro-level...

New U.S. Visa Rules Prompt Scrutiny of CCP Members The Pudong district of Shanghai, May 2018 (Franck Michel, https://flic.kr/p/PCRxyZ; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). On Dec. 2, the State Department issued new restrictions on travel visas for members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and their families. All CCP members will be restricted to single-entry visas, which are valid for a month. By contrast, other Chinese citizens may obtain multiple-entry visas that can last up to 10 years. Even before the announcement, U.S. border officials had reportedly begun questi...

Tweeted out on may fourth, quote, positive affirmations for today, i will have a good day, i will succeed today, wendy's will bring back spicey nuggets at some point, please lord let it be today, wendy's heard the message, they said if you get the message retweet it and you get 2 million likes then we will bring them like, of course, they got the 2 million likes and that's why they are bringing them back. heather: important things in life, great tweet. thank you so much. have a good day. time now is about let's see 4:45 in the morning here on the east coast anyway and on the 2-year anniversary...