Longform Translation

The best of CDT longform translation.

Categories

Activism

• School Congratulates Straight Engagement, But Won't Let Gay Fiancées Graduate? by Wang Xiaoyu (June 29, 2016)
• Love, a Decisive Moment by Li Jingrui (February 23, 2016)
• On the New Citizens Movement by Xu Zhiyong (May 13, 2013)
• Should I Just Shut Up? by Hung Huang (October 22, 2012)
• We Are All Shareholders of Our Country by Li Chengpeng (June 16, 2011)
• I Signed My Name After a Good Cry! by Tang Xiaozhao (Persian Xiaozhao) (January 11, 2009)

Disasters

• How Far Can I Go? And How Much Can I Do? by He Xiaoxin (August 15, 2015)
• The True Story of the Miracle Survival of the Students and Teachers of Longhan Elementary School in Beichuan by Li Chengpeng (May 19, 2008)

Encounters with the State

• On the Week Since My Open Letter by Yue Xin (April 30, 2018)
• Defense Statement at Pu Zhiqiang's Trial by Shang Baojun (December 14, 2015)
• A Year as a Wife by Jiang Xue (October 8, 2015)
• The Liberation of Shifang by Han Han (July 2, 2012)

Hong Kong

• Don’t Forget the Lamplighters: Paying Respects to the Initiators by Chan Kin-man (November 14, 2018)

June Fourth

• That Year, These Years: Stories of June Fourth by Li Xuewen (June 25, 2012)
• A June Deserter by Deserter (June 11, 2009)

Past and Present

• Mr. President, There is Sadness Behind the Scenery by Yu Jianrong (November 30, 2015)
• Let the Sunshine In by Han Han (April 29, 2010)
• We Are Ready by Ai Weiwei (January 1, 2008)
• Old Luo's New Year Wish List by Luo Yonghao (January 26, 2006)

Resistance Discourse

• In Addition by Li Zhi (March 25, 2010)
• Interview with Xiao Qiang, Editor-in-Chief of China Digital Times by Xiran (August 8, 2019)

Rich and Poor

• Cruising the World: 600 Chinese Taste "La Dolce Vita" by Li Meiling (June 11, 2015)
• The Monthly Expenses of a Migrant Worker by Karer (January 25, 2006)

Taiwan

• Ten Notes on Taipei by Wang Yiqiao (February 5, 2016)
• The Taiwan You Can See by Li Chengpeng (February 10, 2014)

Tibet

• Fire Between Dark and Cold by Tang Danhong (January 9, 2013)
• Tibet: Her Pain, My Shame by Tang Danhong (March 23, 2008)

Authors

Ai Weiwei 艾未未

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei creates monumental artwork from tiny, individualized pieces, each telling the story of the artist or owner. He is best known for Sunflower Seeds, a sea of hand-painted porcelain seeds, and Remembering, an installation of 9,000 backpacks in homage to the schoolchildren killed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. He also helped design the Bird's Nest Stadium, though Ai came to regret his contribution. Ai was put in police custody for 81 days in 2011 after calls for a "jasmine revolution" in China, and spent the next four years deprived of his passport.

• We Are Ready

Deserter 逃兵

Deserter is an anonymous blogger.

• A June Deserter

Han Han 韩寒

Writer and race car driver Han Han may be the world's most popular blogger.

• Let the Sunshine In
• The Liberation of Shifang

He Xiaoxin 和小欣

He Xiaoxin is a photojournalist in Beijing.

• How Far Can I Go? And How Much Can I Do?

Hung Huang 洪晃

"China's Oprah Winfrey" is a fashion entrepreneur and outspoken microblogger. She is the publisher of iLook and founder of Brand New China.

• Should I Just Shut Up?

Jiang Xue 江雪

Jiang Xue is a reporter for the Hong Kong-based Asia Weekly (亞洲週刊).

• A Year as a Wife

Karer

Karer is a blogger.

• The Monthly Expenses of a Migrant Worker

Li Chengpeng 李承鹏

A sports commentator turned social critic, Li Chengpeng is the author of several books, including "The Whole World Knows" (全世界人民都知道). In 2013, when he was instructed not to speak at a book signing, Li wore a face mask in silent protest. He had a strong following on social media until his Weibo account and Sina blog were purged in 2014.

• The Taiwan You Can See
• The True Story of the Miracle Survival of the Students and Teachers of Longhan Elementary School in Beichuan
• We Are All Shareholders of Our Country

Li Jingrui 李静睿

Li Jingrui is a columnist for Dajia and author of the novel "Small Town Girl" (小镇的姑娘).

• Love, a Decisive Moment

Li Meiling 李媚玲

Li Meiling is a senior editor for the online news site Jiemian.

• Cruising the World: 600 Chinese Taste "La Dolce Vita"

Li Xuewen 黎学文

Li Xuewen lives in Beijing.

• That Year, These Years: Stories of June Fourth

Li Zhi 李志

Li Zhi is a folk rocker from Nanjing known for being politically outspoken early in his career.

• In Addition

Luo Yonghao 罗永浩

Luo Yonghao is an English teacher turned tech entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the smartphone company Smartisan.

• Old Luo's New Year Wish List

Shang Baojun 尚宝军

Shang Baojun is an attorney at the Beijing Mo Shaoping Law Firm. He represented rights defense lawyer Pu Zhiqiang in 2015.

• Defense Statement at Pu Zhiqiang's Trial

Tang Danhong 唐丹鸿

Tang Danhong is a poet and filmmaker from Chengdu, Sichuan. She currently lives in Israel. She blogs at Moments of Samsara and tweets @DanHongTang.

• Fire Between Dark and Cold
• Tibet: Her Pain, My Shame

Tang Xiaozhao 唐小昭

Blogging under the name Persian Xiaozhao, Tang is one of the signatories of Charter 08, a proposal for democratic reform in China inspired by the dissident Czech petition Charter 77.

• I Signed My Name After a Good Cry!

Wang Jianguo 王建国

Wang Jianguo is an economics professor at Peking University.

• The Foundations of the China Model Deprive Civil Liberties

Wang Yiqiao

Wang Yiqiao is a PhD candidate in constitutional law at Indiana University. He blogs under the penname Sanjin (三斤).

• Ten Notes on Taipei

Xu Zhiyong 许志永

Xu Zhiyong is one of China's most important rights defense lawyers. He is a co-founder of the Open Constitution Initiative (Gongmeng). After he was sentenced to four years in prison for "disturbing public order," he told the court that its judgment "wiped out the Chinese legal system’s last shred of dignity," according to his lawyer Zhang Qingfang.

• On the New Citizens Movement

Yu Jianrong 于建嵘

Yu Jianrong is a rural sociologist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is known for advocating liberal reforms and harnessing social media for social good.

• Mr. President, There is Sadness Behind the Scenery