The Year of the Wood Dragon sees Trump’s return to the presidency and the easing of US-China tensions following the release of several U.S. citizens from prisons in China. In this final episode of Dragon Years: Remembrance of Times Past, John Kamm and Dui Hua board member and seasoned diplomat Bill McCahill discuss the events that shaped US-China ties in 2024 and their impact on Dui Hua’s work.

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• Dragon Years: Remembrance of Times Past - 1976, 1988, 2000, & 2012

• Dui Hua Welcomes the Release of Pastor David Lin (Press Statement)

• Dui Hua Welcomes the Releases of Mark Swidan and Kai Li (Press Statement)

• Lists & Dialogue: The Prisoner Information Project (JKR: Encounter with China Podcast | Episode 01)

• Of Dialogues and Prisoner List (Dui Hua Human Rights Journal)

• Prisoner Lists, Past and Present (John Kamm Remembers)

2012, the Year of the Water Dragon, sees Xi Jinping’s historic ascension as China’s paramount leader. It’s also the year Dui Hua holds its third juvenile justice exchange with China’s Supreme Peoples’ Court. In this episode of Dragon Years: Remembrance of Times Past 2012, John Kamm, Judge Len Edwards and Dui Hua Director Maggie Yum take you behind the scenes of the exchange and discuss its impact within China.

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• Dui Hua Hails Juvenile Justice Reforms in China’s Amended Criminal Procedure Law (Press Statement)
• Juvenile Justice Exchanges

It’s the Year of the Metal Dragon, a new millennium, and Dui Hua’s debut as an official NGO. John Kamm and China trade pioneer-turned-Dui Hua board member Bill Simon find themselves trying to explain the Supreme Court’s Bush v. Gore decision to a confused Chinese audience. This episode of Dragon Years: Remembrance of Times Past journeys to 2000 for a discussion of how China has changed and how it has stayed the same. Kamm and Simon discuss their time in the Middle Kingdom during Dui Hua’s first year. Their discussion traverses the 1990s, dips back into 1988, and explores how the events of Tiananmen and the MFN trade policy have shaped this century so far. The duo reflects on their work with Dui Hua and what US officials got wrong about increased trade with China while finding reasons to be optimistic for the future of US-China relations.

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