Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s sudden death last Friday in an Arctic prison was scarcely mentioned by Chinese state or commercial media, and what coverage there is has simply echoed Russian government talking points....
Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017) is a monumental figure in modern Chinese history. The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate died in custody in a Shenyang hospital in 2017 while being treated for liver cancer. A prolific writer, Liu first rose...
A year after his protest against Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party atop Beijing’s Sitong Bridge, netizens continue to ask: where is Peng Lifa? On October 13, 2022, Peng hung two banners from Sitong Bridge that read: “We...
Civil rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi have been 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 stem from...
This week, a long-expected national security trial of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures began. The group was arrested en masse in January 2021 and charged with subversion a month later for holding an unofficial primary in July...
On Saturday, a Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy figure and former Apple Daily owner Jimmy Lai to almost six years in prison on fraud charges related to a contractual dispute. Lai’s co-defendant and administrative director...
On Thursday, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) released a report titled “Lights Out: Is This the End for Hong Kong’s Media?” The report documents the various ways that the National Security Law and the harsh...
Following the death of activist Wang Meiyu this week, human rights advocates are calling for an investigation into his treatment while in detention. At The Guardian, Lily Kuo reports on Wang’s detention in July after...
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On Friday, the Foshan Intermediate People’s Court in Guangdong convicted Chinese activists Su...
Writer and activist Lü Gengsong (吕耿松), a longtime advocate for the banned China Democracy Party,...
Indian authorities have denied that Chinese pressure lay behind a decision to deny or revoke visas...
On Sunday, police in Macau shut down polling stations and detained five people involved in staging...
Bill Chou Kwok-ping, an associate professor of political science at the University of Macau,...
Taking a cue from Hong Kong, where last month an unofficial poll on electoral reform gathered...
With the 120th anniversary of his birthday just passed, much ambivalence exists amid the Chinese...
According to family members of Zhu Yufu, who has been serving a seven year prison sentence for...
Environmental activist Dai Qing is in Vancouver tonight, giving a free public talk which will be webcast live from 6pm Pacific Standard Time. Learn about Dai Qing’s battle against “the most environmentally and socially...
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