On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Selina Cheng announced that she was fired after refusing her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association...
Read MoreNews of American presidential candidate Donald Trump’s near-assassination last weekend has spurred reflections on political violence in China, namely the killing of Hu Youping. In June, Hu Youping was fatally stabbed while...
Read MoreAs the room for expression in China continues to shrink under Xi Jinping, many Chinese people are finding more tolerant political environments abroad. Some disenchanted Chinese citizens have made the difficult decision to “run,”...
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Blue hills, by Ben Cappellacci (CC BY 2.0)
Read MoreA massive food-safety scandal over the “open industry secret” of using fuel tanker-trucks to transport cooking oil and other edible products—without the tankers being washed or sanitized in between—is still generating a flood of...
Read MoreAt the Prague-based Sinopsis, René Bigey has published a new report on the CCP’s use of professional associations to pursue technology transfer and political influence in France: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has...
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Zhongshan Road, by belfast16 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreThe attempted assassination of Donald Trump has dominated Chinese headlines and social media through the weekend. While speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania this Saturday, former President Trump was grazed on the ear by...
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Truck driver, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
Read MoreA bombshell exposé from state-media outlet Beijing News about the use of fuel tanker-trucks to transport cooking oil and other edible products—without the tankers being washed or disinfected between transports—has snowballed...
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China, by Martín Justicia (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreThis summer’s heavy rainfall and flooding in southern China has prompted many local governments to solicit flood relief donations from the public, but public reaction has been notably cynical, even hostile. A combination of...
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Xiaoqikong scenic area, by Louis Putzel/CIFOR (CIFOR-ICRAF) (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreFresh off a meeting planned in secret with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban had a surprise meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday. A Chinese readout of the meeting asserted that discussions...
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old tree, old house, by Xianyi Shen (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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