On April 10, civil rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi were sentenced to 14 and 12 years in prison, respectively, on charges of “subversion of state power” after closed door trials in Linshu County, Shandong. The charges...
On March 10, China’s National People’s Congress, a rubber-stamp body that meets in full session once annually, re-elected Xi Jinping to a third five-year term as President. (His third term as General Secretary was already...
Earlier this week, screenshots of “Ten Questions” about China’s pandemic policy began making the rounds on the Chinese internet and social media, attracting a great deal of interest and commentary. Those screenshots have now...
A Chinese government official’s Weibo post lecturing Japan about the danger of amending its constitution—standard nationalist fare on the microblogging site—turned into a forum for criticizing a 2018 Chinese constitutional...
On Monday, the Hong Kong government announced a 14-day extension on disease control restrictions including a ban on public gatherings of more than four people. The extension is backed by medical experts to safeguard the...
This week, the Beijing-based Unirule Institute of Economics announced that it would close after...
On Monday, law professor Xu Zhangrun was suspended from teaching and other roles at Tsinghua...
At The Financial Times, Christian Shepherd reports the removal from teaching duties of Tsinghua...
Xi Jinping has long put focus on ideological work in China’s universities and colleges,...
On July 15, socialist country Cuba announced revisions to its Soviet-era constitution. Its chief...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
When Liang Xiangyi’s vigorous eye-roll at a fellow reporter’s rambling, obsequious,...
On Sunday, China’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a series of constitutional amendments...
At the ongoing annual “Two Sessions” meetings of the Chinese People’s Political...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
After news came last weekend of a proposed constitutional amendment that could allow Xi Jinping to...
On February 25, state media announced proposed amendments to the national Constitution, among them...
Following news of proposed amendments to China’s national Constitution including removal of...
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