Faith Behind the Firewall – Interview with Dr. Eric Lai (Part 2)
The Center for Human Rights at the Catholic University of America has recently published an op-ed by Chen Guangcheng commemorating the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. To view this […]
He Refused to Flee – Interview with Dr. Eric Lai (Part 1)
The Center for Human Rights at the Catholic University of America has recently published an op-ed by Chen Guangcheng commemorating the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. To view this […]
Don’t Trust China’s Economy
The Center for Human Rights at the Catholic University of America has recently published an op-ed by Chen Guangcheng commemorating the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. To view this […]
Is Hong Kong Lost? – Interview with Mark Clifford (Part 4)
You are listening to part four of a Barefoot Lawyer Reports on China interview with Mark Clifford, president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, conducted by Dr. William […]
Chinese People See Hope in Iran Strike
The Center for Human Rights is hosting a student essay contest with a grand prize of $4,000. To learn more, please visit our website at humanrights.catholic.edu. Will Deatherage: Hello, everyone. […]
The CCP in Your University
The Center for Human Rights at the Catholic University of America has recently published an op-ed by Chen Guangcheng commemorating the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. To view this […]
Unyielding Spirit — Interview with Mark Clifford (Part 3)
You are listening to part three of a Barefoot Lawyer Reports on China interview with Mark Clifford, President of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, conducted by Dr. William […]
Silencing Hong Kong – Interview with Mark Clifford (Part 2)
You are listening to part two of a Barefoot Lawyer Reports on China interview with Mark Clifford, President of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, conducted by Dr. William […]
36 Years Later; Could It Happen Again?

Will Deatherage: The Center for Human Rights at the Catholic University of America has recently published an op ed by Chen Guangcheng commemorating the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. […]
Chen Guangcheng: Commemorating Tiananmen and Considering the End of CCP Rule

On June 4, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent tanks and machine guns into the streets of Beijing to massacre students and citizens who had gathered peacefully to call for an end to official corruption and profiteering. They demanded constitutional government, democracy, and freedom. Thirty-six years have passed since that horrific crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement.
And yet, the people living under CCP rule still seem to be caught in a kind of curse—struggling beneath the weight of tyranny, unable to break free from the chains of authoritarianism.