The current issue of China Rights Forum, "'Chineseness': Continuity and Change," can be read in its entirety through the links below. For subscription information and access to back issues, please refer to the main China Rights Forum page.

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Message from the Executive Director

Identity and Change

• Is the Past a Foreign Country?
  A discussion on the multi-faceted definition of being Chinese.
   
• Culture as Ideology
  Nick Young explores how Chinese youth are changing, and being changed by, traditional Chinese culture.
   
• Mobilizing Youth, Molding Minds
  An in-depth look into how the Communist Party educates Chinese young people.
   
• Perspectives: China’s Youth Abroad
  Fresh and surprising views on life overseas.
   
• Education: More Extensive but Less Equal
  Nick Young looks at who benefits from, and who is left out of, China’s increasing government expenditures on education.
   
• Corporal Punishment and China’s Assertive Only Children
  Ai Bai discusses the impact of the Chinese government’s one-child policy on the post-1980s generation.
   
• HRIC Talks with Hong Kong Activist
  Christina Chan Hau Man explains what led her to become an activist.
   

Voices after the Quake

• The Necessity of Poetry
  A selection of poems reflecting popular opinions about the May 12 Sichuan earthquake.
  
  Tonight, Writing Poetry is Frivolous
  A poem by Duo Yu.
  
  Day Four After the Earthquake
  A poem by Li Li.
  
  Our Intangible Cultural Heritage
  A poem by Yan Li.
  
  A Moment of Silence, for Children Killed in the Earthquake
  A poem by Li Li.
  
  Answering My Own Questions
  A poem by Yi Sha.
   
• Compensation for Silence
  Translation of an agreement presented by Chinese government officials to parents of schoolchildren killed during the Sichuan earthquake.
   
• What You Can Do
  Organizations to consider if you are interested in contributing to ongoing relief efforts in Sichuan.
   

Regular Features

• Currents
  Social unrest, Sichuan earthquake, and a round-up of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
   
• Take Action: IR2008 Campaign
   
• Timeline: Human Rights Defenders
   
• Chinese Publication Highlights
   
• Culture Matters
  
  Event Feature: Comrades - The Chinese LGBT Film Festival
  
  (In)Human Scale
  Claire Kells reviews the film Up the Yangtze.
  
  China’s Rich Scientific Past
  Roger Garside reviews Simon Winchester’s The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom.
  
  Keepers of the Big Life
  Li Miao Lovett reviews Jiang Rong’s Wolf Totem.
  
  
• HRIC in Action