Longform Translation

The best of CDT longform translation.

Topics

Activism

• 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)
• I Signed My Name After a Good Cry! by Tang Xiaozhao (Persian Xiaozhao) (January 11, 2009)

Encounters with the State

• Defense Statement at Pu Zhiqiang's Trial by Shang Baojun (December 14, 2015)
• A Year as a Wife by Jiang Xue (October 8, 2015)

June Fourth

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

Tibet

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

Taiwan

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

Disasters

• How Far Can I Go? And How Much Can I Do? by He Xiaoxin (August 15, 2015)

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)

Past and Present

• Mr. President, There is Sadness Behind the Scenery by Yu Jianrong (November 30, 2015)

Authors

Deserter 逃兵

Deserter is an anonymous blogger.

• A June Deserter

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

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

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 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