Raided and Terrorized: China Cracks Down Again on Life Zen Temple
A member who escaped abroad reports to “Bitter Winter” the terror of the new raids against an idiosy...Read More
2025-08-14
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“Crippled from the Top”: Why Chinese Authoritarianism Is Bad for the Economy Too
In a new book, renowned historian Wu Si debunks the myth that the CCP’s totalitarianism hinders huma...Read More
2025-07-23
Media in China: A Tool of State Propaganda
A detailed study reveals that hundreds of newspapers regularly copy and paste materials prepared by ...Read More
2025-07-22
China holds one of the Gao Brothers over ‘insulting’ Mao sculptures
Gao Zhen is taken away in handcuffs shortly before his family was due to board a plane for New York....Read More
2024-09-04
The US Department of State Yearly Report on Religious Freedom: Exemplary on China, Timid on Japan
The report, published on June 26, 2024, confirms last year’s attitude to persuasively denounce foes ...Read More
2024-07-01
Uyghurs in China: The Most Heavily Jailed Group in the World
One third of China’s total prison inmates are Uyghurs and Turkic people. by Ruth Ingram Uyghurs are ...Read More
2024-06-29
China: Overseas students face harassment and surveillance in campaign of transnational repression
China-based family members of Chinese students in Europe and North America targeted in retaliation f...Read More
2024-05-14
China: Carmakers Implicated in Uyghur Forced Labor
86 Groups Urge Rebukes, Sanctions Against Beijing’s Latest Assault on Right (New York) – National go...Read More
2024-02-19
Rights Groups Denounce China For Blocking Democracy Activist’s Trip to US
TAINAN, TAIWAN – Rights groups and activists at home and abroad Friday denounced China for bar...Read More
2021-01-30
China Tries to Disrupt Tibetan Parliamentary Elections
Tibetans abroad vote to elect the members of the Central Tibetan Administration. The CCP mobilizes i...Read More
2021-01-11
Hong Kong Press Groups Hit Out at Order to Turn Over Materials Amid ‘Subversion’ Arrests
Journalists’ groups have condemned orders to four Hong Kong media organizations from the city&...Read More
2021-01-08
At Least 50 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Figures Arrested in Sweeping Pre-Dawn Raids
At least 50 pro-democracy activists have been arrested in Hong Kong Wednesday in the biggest crackdo...Read More
2021-01-06
Hong Kong’s Highest Court Revokes Bail for Media Tycoon and Pro-Democracy Activist
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is heading back to detention after the c...Read More
2021-01-01
Hong Kong Legislator Reflects on Pro-Democracy Struggle as He Seeks Asylum
For Hong Kong activists, the past year has been one of despair and dread. Facing possible persecutio...Read More
2020-12-24
China Indicts Hong Kong 12 For ‘Illegal Border Crossing’
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have indicted 12 Hong Kong protesters deta...Read More
2020-12-17
Tibetan Woman Detained, Threatened in Qinghai Over Calls For Democracy
Authorities in Qinghai province in northwestern China last month detained a Tibetan woman known for ...Read More
2020-12-10
Hong Kong National Security Police Arrest Eight Over Slogans at Graduation Protest
Police in Hong Kong on Monday arrested eight people — including two directly elected members o...Read More
2020-12-08
China Looks Set to Prosecute Hong Kong 12 For ‘Illegal Border Crossings’
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong say they have handed over the cases of 12 ...Read More
2020-11-29
3 Hong Kong Prominent Pro-Democracy Activists in Custody
Three prominent pro-democracy activists were taken into custody Monday in Hong Kong after pleading g...Read More
2020-11-23
Hong Kong National Security Police Raid Campus Over Slogans
Hong Kong’s newly minted national security police raided the Chinese University of Hong Kong (...Read More
2020-11-22
China Signals Judicial ‘Reform,’ Crackdown on Peaceful Dissent in Hong Kong
The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has signaled a further clampdown on dissent in Hong Kong, w...Read More
2020-11-18