1957年反右，在中国科学院这个国家级的科学殿堂，一批年轻的科学工作者被推上政治祭坛。《中国民间档案馆》收入艾晓明所写的一篇长文，讨论了这一历史现象。
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How does religion work in China?
@iandenisjohnson.bsky.social (@minjianarchives.bsky.social) joins us to explore how religion is viewed by the government and people in China.
▶️ Watch: https://www.ncuscr.org/video/religion-in-china/
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贫瘠恶土中生长出的思想之花——遇罗克与《出身论》
The Flower of Thought That Blossomed in a Barren Wasteland: Yu Luoke and “On Class Origins”
One of our most significant newsletters: an intro to the great Chinese writer Yu Luoke, executed in Beijing's Workers Stadium at age 27. Best of all it's by someone who knew of Yu's works at the time, @huping1.bsky.social via @minjianarchives.bsky.social
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/7e7
21.08.2025 18:29 — 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
“七二一”元朗黑夜：用记忆保存公义的火种
Remembering the 7/21 Yuen Long Attack: Preserving the Spark of Justice Through Memory
I didn't realise until just now that @iandenisjohnson.bsky.social and @minjianarchives.bsky.social are here.
Thanks to Ian for posting this China Unofficial Archives substack over on Twitter.
21.07.2025 14:48 — 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
崔卫平：守望漫漫长夜——我与傅国涌的交往点滴
Cui Weiping: Keeping Vigil Through the Long Night—My Interactions with Fu Guoyong
I couldn’t be prouder of this piece that we published in @minjianarchives.bsky.social by Cui Weiping on her translations of Havel and Michnik, and her interactions with the recently departed Fu Guoyong. An exclusive essay, bilingual, no paywall.
open.substack.com/pub/chinauno...
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七十年后重温胡风案：《红日风暴》和一场莫须有的文字狱
Revisiting the Hu Feng Case 70 Years Later: Storm under the Sun and a Baseless Literary Inquisition
A Mao-era Inquisition: 70 years on, why the PRC's first literary witch hunt is still a template for how the Communist Party controls writers. The latest @minjianarchives.bsky.social newsletter looks at the tragic case of Hu Feng.
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/fb8?utm_ca...
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I Speak the Truth to the Premier is a classic book on China's rural issues from the early 2000s that helped to initiate rural reforms in China. Check out our latest newsletter (link below).
农村人的声音进入主流，近期有《工厂》和《莫愁乡》，而在二十多年前，则有《我向总理说实话》。本期民间档案馆简报，为读者们介绍这部书：
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/f7a
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夹边沟亲历者和凤鸣辞世：一位捍卫记忆的女战士
A Woman Warrior Who Defended Memory: Eyewitness of Jiabiangou, He Fengming, Passes Away
Woman Warrior:
@minjianarchives.bsky.social with a moving essay on the passing of He Fengming, eyewitness to some of the worst atrocities of the Mao era, including #Jiabiangou death camp.
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/525?utm_ca...
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在中国，“敏感”意味着什么？
本期民间档案馆简报，探讨了改革开放时期的经典著作《政治中国》。
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/d5a
What does it mean for something to be "sensitive" in China? This week's newsletter analyzes the classic tract from the Reform Era: "Political China" (edited by the now-imprisoned journalist #dongyuyu)
10.06.2025 21:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
又到六四纪念日。关于六四的书，你最近打算读哪部？
欢迎参考民间档案馆六四档案推荐，所有推荐档案的全文均可在民间档案馆网站查看下载：
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/58f
On the eve of another anniversary of June Fourth, please check out our editors' recommendations on books to read on what happened in 1989. (See link above.)
03.06.2025 14:51 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
当革命神话瓦解，如何理解那些被国家妖魔化的个人？——读笑蜀《刘文彩真相》
When Revolutionary Myths Collapse: Understanding Demonized Individuals
刘文彩，真的是“最残暴的地主恶霸”吗？
本期民间档案馆简报，深度解析《刘文彩真相》一书。
Who was Liu Wencai? And what does his demonization by the Chinese state during the Cultural Revolution tell us about history?
Read about it in our newsletter (English version available) at the link below.
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/732
28.05.2025 14:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Marcel Ophuls, Myth-Shattering War Documentarian, Is Dead at 97
Remembering Marcel Ophuls, a documentarian who inspired a generation of independent Chinese filmmakers including Hu Jie and Ai Xiaoming.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/m...
27.05.2025 18:30 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
See our latest newsletter: Remembering Lin Zhao
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/253
Subscribe our newsletter on Substack:
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com
#LinZhao
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Let’s commemorate the freedom fighter with a line of poetry she wrote in 1964:
Freedom is without a price,
yet within bounds my life lies.
Shattered jade is what I will to be,
offered to China as a sacrifice !
#LinZhao
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#OTD In 1968, Lin Zhao, the 36-year-old political dissident, was sentenced to death and executed on the same day. She was one of the most significant resistance figures in the Mao era, and her critique of totalitarianism is still highly valuable today. #LinZhao
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那些未被杀死的，终将开口说话——向承鉴自传《炼狱归魂》获2024年博登书屋“最佳历史回忆文献档案奖”
The Unsilenced Will Eventually Have Their Say
It is the first volume of the China Unofficial Archives book series and received Bouden House New York's "Best Historical Memoir and Documentary Archive Award" in 2024. See our new newsletter.
The Unsilenced Will Eventually Have Their Say
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/2024
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It was not until after 1980 that he was exonerated and began to rebuild his life.
These valuable historical records come from "Return from Purgatory", the autobiography of Xiang Chengjian, a key contributor to "Sparks" magazine.
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Silenced No More: In 1957, he was labeled a Rightist and sent to work, experiencing the Great Famine, witnessing the deaths of innocent people. In 1962, he was sentenced to 18 years for "counter-revolutionary crimes" due to the “Sparks” case, enduring China's version of the "Gulag".
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不再沉默：他在1957年被打成「 #右派 」，亲历饥荒，目睹死亡；又在1960年因「星火案」被投入大牢，以「反革命罪」判刑18年，经历中国的「 #古拉格 」。直到1980年以后，他与其他幸存者才获得平反，开始重建生活。
这些珍贵的历史记录，来自《星火》杂志重要参与者向承鉴的自传《炼狱归魂》。这本书是「民间档案馆系列丛书」的第一本，获得2024年纽约博登书屋「最佳历史回忆文献档案奖」。
详情请阅读「中国民间档案馆」本周简报，由江雪撰写的《那些未被杀死的，终将开口说话》
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/2024
15.04.2025 13:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
那些未被杀死的，终将开口说话——向承鉴自传《炼狱归魂》获2024年博登书屋“最佳历史回忆文献档案奖”
The Unsilenced Will Eventually Have Their Say
An inspiring essay—in Chinese and English—by the legendary Chinese journalist 江雪 in @mjdanganguan on how, in the end, the silenced in China will have their say. Read it and subscribe (for free) on substack.
open.substack.com/pub/chinauno...
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《好大一棵树》 - 张晓梅（1990年春晚）
A widely popular song called "A Big Tree" was written by Zou Youkai after he heard the news of Hu Yaobang's death. It was written in memory of Hu Yaobang. This song is still recommended today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT_E...
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Today's recommendation from the CUA: "Hu Yaobang and the Rehabilitation of Wrongful Cases" by Dai Huang. This book documents Hu Yaobang's efforts to rehabilitate those who were labeled as "rightists" during the Anti-Rightist Campaign in 1957.
minjian-danganguan.org/s/china-unof...
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#OTD In 1989, former CCP General Secretary Hu Yaobang, who supported reforms, passed away. His death, along with the subsequent spontaneous memorial activities by the public, became the spark that ignited the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. #HuYaobang
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15.04.2025 09:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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《好大一棵树》 - 张晓梅（1990年春晚）
有一首广为传唱的歌曲《好大一棵树》，是邹友开听闻胡耀邦去世的消息之后，为了纪念 #胡耀邦 而写下的。也在今天推荐给大家：
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT_E...
15.04.2025 09:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
#历史上的今天 1989年4月15日，支持改革的前中共总书记 #胡耀邦 去世。他的去世以及此后民间自发的悼念活动，成为 #六四 天安门事件的导火索。
「中国民间档案馆」今天推荐：新华社前记者戴煌所写的《胡耀邦与平反冤假错案》，本书记述了胡耀邦为「反右」运动中被打为「右派」的人平反所做的努力。
minjian-danganguan.org/s/minjian-da...
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