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The protesters are asking for something much bigger than Western-style democracy, which we know is pretty dysfunctional right now, whether in Europe or America, where voters are angry with established political parties and their institutionalized corruption by big money. You could argue that they are arguing for social democracy — from a nominally Communist regime!
Q. and A.: Pankaj Mishra on the Hong Kong Protests - NYTimes.com
And other stories of crackdown in the report by Peter Ford for the Christian Science Monitor.
Protest art in Hong Kong. (via Public Radio International/Matthew Bell)
Ian Johnson reports: Once a Symbol of Power, Farming Now an Economic Drag in China

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What’s the same and what’s different about Americans and Chinese?
I do believe the mainstream within the Chinese Communist Party did learn the lesson 25 years ago. And I do believe that most of them don’t want to send the PLA to Hong Kong to deal with this. It’s suicidal. I don’t even believe that if the similar thing happened in China in Beijing again, that they would send PLA tanks again. PLA tanks in Hong Kong streets? I don’t believe so.
Han Dongfang: Why Hong Kong shouldn’t forget Tiananmen: advice from a 1989 activist in Quartz
Short profiles of five protesters, in the Wall Street Journal.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom brings us up to speed.
One-third of Chinese online retailer Alibaba’s founders are women. Here’s their story: (via Alibaba’s Maggie Wu and Lucy Peng: The dynamic duo behind the IPO)

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I am not going anywhere. The issues facing the Uighur are in China, and the resolution of these issues is also in China. If I have to be imprisoned, then I will remain in a Chinese prison. After my release from prison, I will still be in China seeking a future for the Uighurs. If I die, I have only one desire: to be buried in my hometown. It would be enough of a solace for me.
Ahead of the sentencing of Uighur economist Ilham Tohti, his own words from China Change.
Why is Ai Weiwei Breaking Into Alcatraz? by Chinese Characters contributor Christina Larson for Smithsonian Magazine.
This is your China long read this week. Video, visuals, text, and a pressing subject. From Climate Desk and partners.
The trial of economist Ilham Tohti has begun. You might remember him from Ananth Krishnan’s chapter in Chinese Characters.
The government prescribes a curriculum, makes schools and teachers teach the curriculum, forces (or lures) students to master the curriculum, and monitors students’ progress with standardized testing. It starts as early as school begins.
Q. and A.: Yong Zhao on Education and Authoritarianism in China AND the United States

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A list from the Wall Street Journal
Worth a watch, from Tom Wang and Sharon Lovell.