Commentary
“Never forget,” wrote the exiled Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei in his new memoir, “that under a totalitarian system, cruelty and absurdity go hand in hand.”
Thinking About China
Opinion
Let’s Expose the Cruelty and Absurdity of the Chinese Communist Party
Boycott Hong Kong sham elections, Genocide Games, and Free Peng Shuai
Activists, including members of the local Hong Kong, Tibetan, and Uyghur communities, hold up banners and placards calling on the Australian government to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over China's human rights record, in Melbourne, Australia, on June 23, 2021. William West/AFP via Getty Images
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Benedict Rogers
Author
Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer. He is the co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, senior analyst for East Asia at the international human rights organization CSW, co-founder and deputy chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, and member of the advisory group of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China, and the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign.
