A brief, fiery essay excoriating totalitarianism has been censored on WeChat, and appears to have precipitated the closure of a Jiangxi-based current- and legal-affairs blog. First posted on the public WeChat account 法制江西 (Fǎzhì...
After one month without making a public statement or appearance, Qin Gang was removed from his position as foreign minister on Tuesday. At least for now, he will be replaced by his boss Wang Yi, who leads the CCP’s foreign...
On Thursday, the U.N. Human Rights Council voted against a motion to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang. The vote, occurring one month after then-U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet released a...
Tensions between the U.S. and China have risen further over the past month. In late June, NATO named China as a security challenge for the first time. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s mooted visit to Taiwan has prompted...
On Saturday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will wrap up his ten-day tour of eight Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Having initially aimed for an ambitious multilateral pact on security and development, he has reluctantly...
Last week, the Solomon Islands erupted in protest. Rioters in the country’s capital, Honiara, torched numerous buildings in Chinatown, ransacked a police station, and defied government lockdown orders. Despite being met with...
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
CDT cannot verify any information presented by Guo Wengui. For the past six months, from his $67...
At Reuters, Benjamin Kang Lim reports that Cai Qi, a longtime ally of Xi Jinping, has been...
Speculation that Xi Jinping may be aiming to defy his conventional 10-year term limit has been...
Xi Jinping’s long-running crackdown on Party corruption culminated earlier this month with a...
Following mounting calls for “absolute” loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and to...
In his latest drawing, CDT resident cartoonist Badiucao highlights the recent reemergence of the...
The annual confab of China’s top leadership at the Beidaihe seaside resort is always...
The investigation into former security chief Zhou Yongkang has taken another turn with accusations...
With the fate of disgraced former security chief Zhou Yongkang still unknown, there is some...
Authorities are stepping up the corruption investigation into the family of Ling Jihua, a former...
Several sources have told the South China Morning Post that this year’s Party Central...
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