China Rallies Friends, Stifles Human Rights Criticism at U.N. Universal Periodic Review
This week, China underwent its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the U.N. This ritual is a...
Jan 26, 2024
This week, China underwent its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the U.N. This ritual is a...
Jan 4, 2024
At the close of 2023, CDT Chinese has compiled a series of year-end articles on a number of special topics, including sensitive words (part one and part two), censored articles, “rollover scenes,” and people of the year. This...
May 19, 2023
On May 18, a social media post (archived here) announced the impending closure and demolition of a well-known museum dedicated to documenting the lives and improving the welfare of China’s migrant workers. The Museum of Working...
May 17, 2023
The shuttering of the Beijing LGBT Center marks the latest setback for China’s queer community. In a terse statement published to WeChat, the Center offered no explanation for its sudden closure beyond force majeure. Founded in...
Feb 14, 2023
In what is being lauded as a victory for the Uyghur community, Xinjiang governor Erkin Tuniyaz has reportedly canceled his planned meetings with European officials this week after intense pushback from lawmakers and human rights...
Jan 27, 2023
Two months after the spontaneous nationwide protests that broke out in response to a deadly fire in Urumqi and draconian pandemic controls, an unknown number of peaceful protesters remain in detention on charges of “picking...
Feb 18, 2022
On the eve of the Beijing Paralympic Games, CDT presents the full-text translation of this article by Xie Renci for the health news site DXY.com. Originally published on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the...
Jan 10, 2022
CDT Editor’s Note: As we enter 2022, CDT has compiled a special series of features for our readers, offering a look back at the people, events, controversies, memes and sensitive words that defined the past year. Some of this...
Oct 25, 2021
On Monday, Amnesty International announced that it would leave Hong Kong by the end of the year, explaining that it is now “effectively impossible” for the NGO to continue operating under the National Security Law. Its departure...
Sep 29, 2021
A September 17 advance report from the UN Human Rights Council notes that the Chinese government has engaged in intimidation and reprisals against activists who have cooperated with the United Nations on human rights issues...
Jul 27, 2018
As the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault has swept the world over the past...
Mar 27, 2018
China has long faced accusations of interference with human rights work by and at the United...
Aug 30, 2017
Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang has been named among the ten shortlisted nominees for the...
Jun 15, 2017
China’s new foreign NGO management law came into effect on January 1, bringing strict...
Apr 10, 2017
CDT cartoonist Badiucao continues his series of portraits of political detainees in China with one...
Apr 5, 2017
On March 19, Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che went missing after traveling to China via Macau. Some...
Mar 28, 2017
Taiwanese NGO worker Lee Ming-che disappeared ten days ago while traveling to mainland China via...
Mar 15, 2017
More than two months after China’s new Foreign NGO Management Law took effect, Chinese civil...