China's Patriot Games
In China Olympics
The patriot games
- By Lindsey Hilsum
- 31 July 2008
Neighbourhoods have been razed, protesters silenced and human rights activists jailed. China will allow nothing to get in the way of the success of the Beijing Olympics
China's secret grief
- By Ma Jian
- 31 July 2008
Mourning the victims of the May earthquake has reminded a nation of the deaths it is forbidden to recall - the students of Tiananmen and the tens of millions who lost their lives under Mao
Spitting image
- By Lijia Zhang
- 31 July 2008
As the Games approach, the state is trying to wipe out habits visitors may find offensive
Party lines
- By Yiyun Li
- 31 July 2008
The Chinese Writers' Association employs 5,196 of the country's most popular and influential authors. In return, it expects them to produce poems, novels - and state propaganda
