China’s support for the Black Lives Matter movement seems opportunistic, given its own poor record on human rights. But throughout the early to mid-20th century, China’s leaders and Black activists did find common cause on the issue of racism. They collaborated to challenge global racism, drawing on their shared experiences and histories. Their solidarity represented one thread in a global tapestry of anti-racist activism... *snip* That history of Black internationalism, and its arrival in China, is what Communist leaders seek to exploit today. *snip* Black internationalist affinities with China began during the age of empire. In 1911, when the Qing...