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"The longing for a spot in one of those buildings tormented me for decades. I longed to meet great minds and curious souls and explore the essential ideas with them. How could one not yearn for a place where students were challenged to think the unthinkable, to question convention, and to debate each other on ideas, when she had been imprisoned for years in the Chinese classroom where all subjects were stripped of all elements of beauty and imagination and left with only naked utility?
Two decades later, I sit in one of those buildings, having claimed my spot only to find that thinking is discouraged, dissent suppressed, and ideological loyalty is the prerequisite for flourishing in the institution of higher learning. "
Two decades later, I sit in one of those buildings, having claimed my spot only to find that thinking is discouraged, dissent suppressed, and ideological loyalty is the prerequisite for flourishing in the institution of higher learning. "
The People’s Republic of Campus
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We have become our enemy
The havoc in culture and ethics caused by endless persecutions, denunciations, and false confessions, however, attests to a loss of humanity that carries a darker shadow. The loss of spirituality, human dignity, and interpersonal trust is profound and irrevocable. I saw this with my own eyes in the more than 30 years I lived in that crippled society.
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Habi Zhang is a doctoral student in political science. She holds a Master of Public Policy from Pepperdine University. Her writing appears in Law & Liberty, The Imaginative Conservative, and VoegelinView.
The havoc in culture and ethics caused by endless persecutions, denunciations, and false confessions, however, attests to a loss of humanity that carries a darker shadow. The loss of spirituality, human dignity, and interpersonal trust is profound and irrevocable. I saw this with my own eyes in the more than 30 years I lived in that crippled society.
The author
Habi Zhang is a doctoral student in political science. She holds a Master of Public Policy from Pepperdine University. Her writing appears in Law & Liberty, The Imaginative Conservative, and VoegelinView.
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And then one of the admins removed the tag "Communism" even though the article states the word "communist" three times. It's all about context. What is that admin afraid of.
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