“I’m in deep regret…Why did I participate [the protests]? What if I didn’t step in this mess? Why did I seek trouble for myself?” said Lin Zulian, one of the leaders of Wukan anti-government protests in 2011 and newly elected village committee director.

In China, approximately one out of fifteen is a party member. When blaming the corrupt Party for China’s problems, no one exactly has their party-member family members or friends in mind. But at the end of day, what these millions of party members do determines what the Party and China looks like.

Americans apart, there is probably no other group than the Chinese netizens who are more keen on discussing the coming US Presidential Election. At the end of the day, who would Chinese netizens vote for?

The smile on the face of Qidong Mayor after protesters stripped off his clothes during a environmental protest made netizens gave applause to the government and called protesters to restrain. “China is where you stand. China is what you do. You are China. If you are bright, China won’t be dark.”

A duel between pro-government intellectuals and liberal intellectuals outside the gate of a Beijing Park stirred up debates about the limits of violence.

There will be shifts in values. That’s for sure. The question is…shift to where. More patriotic or more pro-West?