Chopping a Bodhisattva statue: Three generations, two eyes This is a true story of the consequences of karmic …
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Mind & SpiritFeatured
The Story of Jiukoumen: Retribution for Destroying the Dragon Head
by Max Luby Max LuIn the southern section of the Jiukoumen Great Wall, a middle-aged man sells wine known as “Hero’s Bowl-Smashing …
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CorruptionEditor's Pick
Primary School Teacher Gu Ruhan’s 8-Year Struggle to Bring Down a Corrupt Official
by Emma Luby Emma LuDuring the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976), a period marked by widespread violence and repression, millions of young …
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Several great monks have achieved incorruptible bodies after their passing on China’s Jiuhua Mountain. Master Daxing, born in …
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Shanghai socialite Zheng Nian’s Life and Death in Shanghai, published in the late 1980s, was China’s first independent autobiographical …
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HistoryEditor's Pick
An Ordinary Woman’s Extraordinary Deeds During the Cultural Revolution
by Armin Auctorby Armin AuctorMore than 20 years ago, I learned of a woman’s remarkable deed from Zhu Renxiu, the uncle of …
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Human RightsEditor's Pick
Entrepreneur Hu Liren’s Awakening to the Political Persecution in China
by Emma Luby Emma LuHu Liren, born in 1967 in Shangyu, Zhejiang — one of China’s wealthiest rural areas — rode the …
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Pan Yuliang (1895-1977), also known as Zhang Yuliang, with the courtesy name Shixiu, was a native of Yangzhou, …
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In November 1970, a 16-year-old girl named Zhao Ruoxi, who had grown up in a bustling Chinese metropolis, …
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Human RightsEditor's Pick
Chinese Peking Opera Master Ma Lianliang and His Head-On Collision With Mao
Peking Opera performer Ma Lianliang and his family lived in a courtyard opposite the National Cultural Palace in …