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You have so many interesting stories, you have to write them down,” my friends often say. I always answer them, “No, these stories are too C...

Open Magazine of Hong Kong will be publishing the series of articles written under the above heading in its May issue. I thank the editors ...

My Paternal Grandparents My paternal grandfather Ye Chong-Zhi （alternative name Ye Wenqiao）,with his ancestors in Anhui Province (the mid-so...

Introduction Maoist China produced an ocean of blood. That ocean is comprised of a million drops of blood, each with a name and a face. If M...

A person’s mentality is of central importance in the criminal law. It is important as applied to victims, witnesses, and perpetrators. Many...

Mr. Wang’s family had vigorously objected to him meeting with me at all. “Do not let him get involved in your personal dispute!” was what I ...

The next day, November 28, was my last full day in Beijing. I had no meetings scheduled, but hoped to acquire one, with Song Binbin. That n...

I asked Mr. Gao what he thought when he heard that Mao had died. “An era ended." In context I understood Mr. Gao to mean that madness...

Ma Jisen. Kitty, don't look. Dictators: Harris in foreground; Hitler, Hussein, Pol Pot, et al in background. The next day, November 26, ...

Professor Xu Weixin in his studio. "It all began at Beida." A somber visit to Peking University. The entrance to the sch...

Ye Youyi and Long Yue Yuan outside a restaurant after dinner. I couldn't meet again with Mr Wang until November 27 because I had alrea...