On Friday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Beijing for an 11-hour visit with General Secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. He is the first G7 leader to visit Beijing since the pandemic began, and the first...
Following the release of the Xinjiang Police Files and UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet’s “failed” visit to Xinjiang, Europe has called for action to address the human rights abuses in the region. While governments...
On April 19, a nine-and-a-half minute audio recording of a phone call between a German resident in Shanghai and a translator working for the local neighborhood committee went viral on Chinese and overseas social media. The...
Several national Olympic committees have warned their athletes about bringing personal phones and other electronic devices to the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, citing fears of digital surveillance in China. Meanwhile, the...
As the news broke around the world that Hong Kong’s Legislative Council would have no opposition for the first time since 1997, governments worldwide have roundly condemned Beijing and the Hong Kong government for...
Two new blows against Chinese network equipment giant Huawei landed this week, in the form of additional U.S. legal charges and reports of “smoking gun” evidence that the company’s products constitute a serious...
Hong Kong democracy activist and Demosistō co-founder Joshua Wong traveled to Germany yesterday, where he met with Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin. Wong was among several high-profile activists and lawmakers arrested late...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Europe on Thursday for a six-day trip to Italy,...
The arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Canada last December for alleged violation of U.S....
Liu Xia’s departure from China to Berlin three weeks ago appeared sudden after almost a year...
This week brought both the first anniversary of the death of Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, and...
Liu Xia left Beijing for Berlin on Tuesday morning, ending the years of extralegal house arrest...
The Chinese government’s growing influence over Europe is beginning to receive closer scrutiny,...
Since the death of imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo last July, the extra-legal house...
As Beijing continues its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and global influence campaign, criticism has recently turned towards Chinese investment in Europe, with leaders debating how best to respond to China’s growing...
At Foreign Policy, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian this week reported on efforts by the Communist Party...
Chinese government influence over the political, media, and academic institutions in foreign...
In their introduction to the recent National Endowment for Democracy and International Forum for...
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