Commentaries

Read from a selection of commentaries by experts on Asian affairs as well as analysis from RFA staff. We thrive to provide a variety of points of views. They do not necessarily reflect those of RFA.

‘We Mongolians Are Resilient’

2009-06-18

Mongolia's new president lays out his vision for the country.

After Tiananmen

2009-06-17

In an interview with Dan Southerland on June 4, China scholar Perry Link—an expert on China’s language, culture, and popular literature—remembers the 1989 crackdown at Tiananmen Square, analyzes the student-led protest movement, and discusses the changes that have occurred in China over the last 20 years.

Tiananmen: Days to Remember

2009-06-05

In a June 2 Washington Post commentary, RFA Executive Editor Dan Southerland addresses the many ways in which the Chinese authorities have blacked out news and suppressed remembrances of the June 4, 1989 crackdown in Beijing.

Much-Needed Movement

2009-06-01

It's the 20th anniversary of the bloodstained massacre of the students' anti-corruption movement, which is still being covered up to this day.

My 20-Year Journey

2009-06-01

When the "June 4 incident" shocked the world 20 years ago, I was very young, so I just accepted the authorities' imperious interpretation of what I had seen and heard, as most other people habitually did, as "counter-revolutionary turmoil."

Zhao Ziyang's Legacy

2009-05-21

An essay in six parts on the legacy of China's ousted late premier Zhao Ziyang by a top aide who knew him well.

'I Want Them To Care'

2009-05-13

It's hard to get kids like my daughter to care about things like this. But I want them to care.

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