Trump-Xi Meeting Came Amid Heightened Religious Persecution in China
Meeting for the first time in six years this week in Busan, South Korea, President Donald Trump and ...Read More
2025-11-01
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Holy Firewalls: China’s New Rules for Online Clergy Conduct
Regulations published on September 15 significantly restrict religious content online. “Bitter Winte...Read More
2025-09-18
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
Hong Kong journalists sentenced for sedition
BANGKOK — Two journalists from a now-shuttered Hong Kong news site were sentenced to prison Thursday...Read More
2024-09-27
RFA Departs Hong Kong, Citing Press Freedom Concerns
WASHINGTON — After nearly three decades in Hong Kong, VOA’s sister outlet Radio Free Asia has ...Read More
2024-03-30
New Law: What Is Secret in China? It’s a Secret
The new Law on Guarding State Secrets comes into effect on May 1. It expands the field of secrets to...Read More
2024-03-07
China Appears to Block Popular Clubhouse App
After a brief honeymoon, China appears to have blocked a popular, invitation-only audio app called C...Read More
2021-02-10
China Cracks Down on Site Offering Uncensored Foreign Media to Users
Police in Shanghai have raided a popular video-sharing site that offered foreign films and TV shows ...Read More
2021-02-06
Lawyer-Turned-Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Hit Out at Judge During Trial: Lawyer
Jailed citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for postin...Read More
2020-12-31
Chinese Lawyer-Turned-Citizen Journalist Gets Four Years For Wuhan Posts
A court in Shanghai has handed down a four-year jail term to a citizen journalist who reported on th...Read More
2020-12-29
Record number of journalists jailed worldwide
The number of journalists jailed globally because of their work hit a new high in 2020 as government...Read More
2020-12-16
Hong Kong’s i-Cable TV Fires Dozens of Its Best Journalists
Managers at Hong Kong’s i-Cable TV network announced they would be firing at least 40 journali...Read More
2020-12-02
China Freezes Visa Renewals for Journalists with US-Based News Outlets
Chinese authorities have stopped renewing press credentials for foreign journalists working for U.S....Read More
2020-09-08
Twitter Announces Labels for State-Controlled Media
Twitter announced its decision Thursday to label the accounts of state-controlled media outlets. The...Read More
2020-08-07
Hong Kong Expels New York Times Correspondent Amid Ongoing Media War
Authorities in Hong Kong have refused to renew the work permit of New York Times journalist Chris Bu...Read More
2020-07-17
In Hong Kong, China Threatens to Snuff Out Press Freedom
Hong Kong’s status as one of Asia’s most thriving press hubs appears to be on life support with the ...Read More
2020-07-05
Hong Kong Government Broadcaster Axes Satirical Show After Police Criticism
Hong Kong government broadcaster RTHK on Tuesday axed a top satirical show that poked fun at police ...Read More
2020-05-21
Press Group Warns of China’s Coronavirus Misinformation War
An international press freedom group has warned of a campaign of coronavirus misinformation by China...Read More
2020-04-22
China Targets Thousands Who Spoke Out About The Coronavirus Epidemic
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has targeted thousands of people for speaking out about the coron...Read More
2020-04-05
CCP Blocks Freedom of Press at Cost of People’s Lives
As the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, CCP expels foreign media representatives, silences cit...Read More
2020-03-29
Press Freedom in China Could Have Averted Pandemic: Report
The coronavirus epidemic may never have gone pandemic if journalists had been allowed to do their jo...Read More
2020-03-27