In mainland China, August 1 is known as PLA Day or Army Day, and commemorates the establishment of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in 1927. This year, the celebration of the PLA’s 96th anniversary coincided with a...
A Sichuan city’s adoption of Yuan Dynasty-style community policing has inspired fears of a return to the despotism of yore. Zigong is the latest municipality to launch a trial of the shihuzhang, or “ten-household captain...
A Hong Kong June 4 museum shuttered by authorities earlier this year has reopened online under new leadership based outside of Hong Kong. The museum first opened in 2014 on the 25th anniversary of People’s Daily’s infamous...
On Tuesday, Xi Jinping visited Wuhan, epicenter of the now global COVID-19 pandemic, in a show of official confidence that the worst of the outbreak in China has passed. For years, official rhetoric has emphasized Xi’s...
When Liang Xiangyi’s vigorous eye-roll at a fellow reporter’s rambling, obsequious,...
Over the past three years, researchers at Freedom House have analyzed hundreds of propaganda...
The recent announcement of veteran tech executive Kathy Chen’s new position as...
China’s increasing assertiveness in reaching across borders to apprehend or pressure...
As the police in China continue their search for clues to the provenance of a sharply-worded open...
To mark World Press Freedom Day, human rights groups drew attention to the Chinese...
The five women’s rights activists who were detained while planning to distribute stickers to...
At The Atlantic, Matt Schiavenza describes the valuable work of foreign media organizations’...
The Party’s Fourth Plenum last month laid out its vision of a “Socialist rule of...
Su Yutong, a Chinese journalist who was fired by Deutsche Welle last month following a debate over...
Discussing new restrictions on Chinese instant messaging services such as WeChat, Jason Q. Ng...
Like the fall of Bo Xilai before it, last week’s announcement of a disciplinary investigation into...
Author Murong Xuecun, who has been released from police custody after his “statement of...
Yet more detentions have been added to the dozens already carried out ahead of the 25th...
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