On Wednesday, the Women’s Tennis Association announced the suspension of all future tournaments in China and Hong Kong over concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, a three-time Olympian and former #1-ranked doubles player who...
Tennis star Peng Shuai has been “reappeared” in an apparent campaign by Chinese authorities to defuse and undermine the burgeoning #WhereIsPengShuai movement. Peng disappeared from the public eye after accusing a senior Party...
Welcome to the post-game analysis of the Hu vs. Li smackdown that has occupied much of our attention over the last week. In one corner, we had Li Guangman, a relatively unknown blogger who rose to fame when his fiery essay about...
This week, many Chinese netizens, like the rest of the world, have been fixating on a crisis-stricken Afghanistan. The Chinese government has reiterated that it would not “interfere with Afghanistan’s internal affairs,” and that...
A Taliban spokesperson’s claim that China is a “friend” incited an online furore after nationalist Chinese media figures shared the statement approvingly. “We have been to China many times and we have good relations with them,”...
Last week, a Weibo post by the CCP Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, China’s top legal enforcement authority, ignited a firestorm of controversy on Chinese social media. The controversy began after the...
On Wednesday, January 6, a mob incited by President Donald Trump attacked the United States Capitol, forcing Congress to temporarily abandon a joint session called to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral college...
In separate incidents on Tuesday, the fifth day of a sit-in that had paralyzed Hong Kong airport,...
At The New York Times, Charlotte Graham-McLay reports on concerns in New Zealand that relations...
On Donald Trump’s first presidential tour of Asia, he enjoyed red-carpet treatment in China...
Peking University law professor He Weifang has long been prominent as a liberal voice in China,...
Late last year, rights lawyer Xie Yang gave a graphic and detailed account to his lawyer, Chen...
Official anxiety over the recent election of Donald J. Trump as U.S. president appeared to mount...
Following reports yesterday of a bloody crackdown in Wukan, Guangdong, Reuters’ James...
Q&A app and online forum Fenda, a service that gives experts a cash incentive for answering...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Last week, a spiky Global Times editorial blasted Australia as a “paper cat” over its position on...
China’s early medals at the Rio Olympics have been overshadowed by a series of issues,...
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