pt. I. Politics with Chinese characteristics. Listen carefully to the voices of the Tiananmen mothers
Poem: Your seventeen years
Poem: Standing amid the execrations of time
To change a regime by changing a society
The land manifestos of Chinese farmers
Xidan democracy wall and China's enlightenment
The spiritual landscape of the urban young in post-totalitarian China
Poem: What one can bear
Poem: A knife slid into the world
Bellicose and thuggish
State ownership of land is the authorities' magic wand for forced eviction
A deeper look into why child slavery in China's "black kilns" could matter
The significance of the "Weng'an incident"
pt. II. Culture and society. Epilogue to Chinese politics and China's modern intellectuals
On living with dignity in China
Poem: Looking up at Jesus
Elegy to Lin Zhao, lone voice of Chinese freedom
Ba Jin
Poem: Alone in winter
Poem: Van Gogh and you
The erotic carnival in recent Chinese history
Poem: Your lifelong prisoner
From Wang Shuo's wicked satire to Hu Ge's Egao
Yesterday's stray dog becomes today's guard dog
Poem: My puppy's death
Long live the Internet
Imprisoning people for words and the power of public opinion
pt. III. China and the world. Behind the "China miracle"
Behind the rise of the great powers
Poem: To St. Augustine - Poem: Hats off to Kant
The Communist party's "Olympic gold medal syndrome"
Hong Kong ten years after the handover
So long as Han Chinese have no freedom, Tibetans will have no autonomy
Poem: One morning
Poem: Distance
Obama's election, the Republican factor, and a proposal for China
pt. IV. Documents. The June Second hunger strike declaration
Poem: You · Ghosts · The defeated
A letter to Liao Yiwu
Poem: Feet so cold, so small
Using truth to undermine a system built on lies
Charter 08
My self-defense
I have no enemies
The criminal verdict.