Hong Kong Police Use National Security Law to Block Site Chronicling 2019 Protests
by John Chan | Jan 11, 2021
Hong Kong authorities have reportedly used new powers under the National Security Law to block a website that chronicled data about the 2019 Hong Kong protests. The unprecedented move has raised fears that, after decades of...
Read MoreA #MeToo Case Loses In Court And A Comic’s Taboo-Breaking Jokes Go Viral
by Joseph Brouwer | Jan 8, 2021
A Hangzhou court has found a journalist guilty of defamation for accusing a senior colleague of sexually assaulting her in 2009, dealing the nation’s #MeToo movement a courtroom defeat. In 2018, He Qian alleged that Deng Fei...
Read MoreTranslation: Responses to State Media Gloating at “American Chaos”
by Joseph Brouwer | Jan 8, 2021
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...
Read MoreStrength of Cases Against Arrested Hong Kong Democrats Uncertain
by John Chan | Jan 7, 2021
On the eve of the enactment of the Hong Kong National Security Law, Chief Executive Carrie Lam addressed the 44th session of the UN Human Rights Council: “[The law] will only target an extremely small minority of...
Read MoreWHO Team Denied Entrance To China While Hebei Deals With Virus Outbreak
by Joseph Brouwer | Jan 6, 2021
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, rebuked the Chinese government for blocking a team of WHO researchers investigating the origins of the coronavirus from entering the country. Team...
Read MoreHong Kong’s Purge: Every 2020 Pro-democracy LegCo Candidate Arrested Under National Security Law
by John Chan | Jan 6, 2021
Fifty-three people have been arrested for “subversion” under the Hong Kong National Security Law, including every single pro-democracy candidate for the delayed 2020 Legislative Council elections. Around 1000 police...
Read MoreTranslation: Death of Pinduoduo Worker Renews Outrage at “996” Overwork Culture
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 6, 2021
The sudden death of a 22-year-old female employee of e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has revived online furor about labor rights in the tech industry, and has prompted a government probe into the e-commerce giant. The employee...
Read MoreNew E.U.-China Investment Deal Drives Wedge Between U.S. and Allies
by John Chan | Jan 5, 2021
A newly signed investment deal between China and the European Union has drawn heavy condemnation from critics, and threatens to complicate efforts by the incoming Biden administration to establish a common position on China...
Read MoreTop Banking Official Sentenced to Death on Corruption and Bigamy Charges
by Joseph Brouwer | Jan 5, 2021
Lai Xiaomin, the former head of a state-owned asset management company was sentenced to death on January 5 for bribery, corruption, and bigamy. Lai led China Huarong Asset Management until his 2018 expulsion from his public...
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