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China: Peking University Humiliated

Categories: East Asia, China, Education, Freedom of Speech, History

Veteran Party member and man of letters Ren Yanfang has spoken out [1] [zh] online about the fate of an anthology set to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the founding of Peking University [2], in the spirit of the May Fourth Movement [3]. Involving 188 high-profile academics and administrators, preparations began in 2004; a third of the book was censored prior to publishing in early 2008, and what remains of the manuscript lies unpublished and unexplained at Peking University Press.