“Why have our eyes been blindfolded, our mouths covered?” (Li Wenliang’s Wailing Wall Comments, May 1-15, 2022)
by Cindy Carter | May 23, 2022
Over two years after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the comments section under his last Weibo post, which has become known as “China’s Wailing Wall,” continues to serve as a repository for the hopes,...
Read MoreCanada Kicks Out Huawei, U.S. Weighs Further Sanctions on Hikvision, China Invests in Undermining Sanctions
by Oliver Young | May 20, 2022
On Thursday, the Canadian government announced that it will ban Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks. The move comes as the Biden administration debates imposing further sanctions on Hikvision, a Chinese...
Read MorePeking University Protest Video: “First Tear Down the Wall!”
by Cindy Carter | May 19, 2022
On the evening of May 15th, Peking University (PKU) students held an on-campus gathering to protest the school’s construction of a wall separating the Wanliu student dormitories from the faculty and staff areas. Protesters...
Read MoreOfficers & Teachers Harass Peking University Students on International Day Against Homophobia
by Joseph Brouwer | May 19, 2022
March 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia; but for some students at China’s elite Peking University, the day was marred by harassment directed against those who dared to mark it. The harassment...
Read MoreCOVID Concerns Prompt China to Abandon Role as AFC Cup Host
by Oliver Young | May 18, 2022
On Saturday, China officially withdrew from its role as the host of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup. The quadrennial event, which brings together 24 national soccer teams from across Asia, was originally...
Read More“We’re the Last Generation” Becomes a Slogan For China’s Disenchanted
by Joseph Brouwer | May 17, 2022
A Shanghai resident’s defiant response to a local police officer’s warning that non-compliance with the city’s COVID policy would have a deleterious impact on the man’s future offspring went viral across Chinese social...
Read MoreLeaked Database Reveals Intensity of Imprisonment in Xinjiang; Rights Groups Skeptical of UN Visit
by Oliver Young | May 17, 2022
A recently leaked police database reviewed by AFP and AP identifies over 10,000 Uyghurs from a county in southwestern Xinjiang who have been detained on terrorism-related charges. The list, thus far the largest reported,...
Read MoreTranslation: Long Lockdowns in China’s Border Towns
by Cindy Carter | May 16, 2022
As China doubles down on its zero-COVID policy, Shanghai struggles through a sixth week of lockdown, and Beijing expands mass testing and targeted closures, many smaller Chinese cities and towns have endured much longer periods...
Read MoreNetizen Voices: China Tightens Restrictions on Passports and Outbound Travel Amid COVID
by Oliver Young | May 13, 2022
After nearly two and a half years of pandemic-related restrictions limiting inbound travel to China, the Chinese government is now increasing restrictions on outbound travel, as well. On Thursday, the National Immigration...
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