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Speak Out’s Chengdu LGBT Conference Canceled

Posted by Josh Rudolph | Jul 21, 2017

An event aimed at raising awareness of LGBT issues organized by advocacy group Speak Out (发聲) in...

China Presses Economists to Brighten Their Outlooks

Posted by Josh Rudolph | May 6, 2016

Looking at Xi Jinping’s steady tightening of control over the media and long-running...

Teacher Fired for WeChat Post on “Windbags”

Posted by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 17, 2015

According to a report by Yang Fan for RFA, a teacher in Hubei was dismissed after reposting an...

Proposed Internet Security Law Raises Concerns

Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 8, 2015

As part of a wave of legislation aimed at further regulating civil society, speech, and assembly,...

Environmental Protest Continues for Fifth Day

Posted by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 26, 2015

At RFA, Wei Ling and Wen Yuqing report that a protest against a paraxylene (PX) plant rumored to...

China Sweeps Aside Civilians in Rush for Hydropower

Posted by Sophie Beach | Oct 22, 2013

The Guardian reports on the European firms that are helping China build up its hydropower...

Ministry of Truth: Rumored Shanghai “Mobsters”

Posted by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 13, 2013

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as “Directives from the Ministry...

Renewed Damming in China Sparks Concern Downstream

Posted by Samuel Wade | Feb 3, 2013

“Shocking” news emerged last month of Chinese plans to resume hydropower exploitation of the Nu (Salween), Lancang (Mekong) and Jinsha rivers. At The Hindu, Ananth Krishnan reported that three new dams have also been...

Ban on Nu River Dams Washed Away

Posted by Samuel Wade | Jan 25, 2013

China’s State Council has announced plans to resume hydropower development on the Nu (Salween), Lancang (Mekong) and Jinsha (a tributary of the Yangtze) rivers. Outgoing premier Wen Jiabao had repeatedly intervened to...