10 ‘spy’ cases China’s MSS wants you to know about
In most of the world 15 April goes unnoticed. But in China, 15 April is Chinese National Security Ed...Read More
2024-04-24
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China bans Uyghurs from using social media apps
Experts say the measure could presage another major crackdown in Xinjiang. By Gulchehra Hoja for RFA...Read More
2024-04-19
One Year After Li Wenliang’s Death, Whistleblower, Relatives Still Feel The Heat
One year after the death of whistleblowing Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang, authorities in the central prov...Read More
2021-01-05
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
China: Free Journalists, Activists
Arbitrary Detentions for Independent Reporting, Criticizing Government The Chinese authorities have ...Read More
2020-12-28
Chinese Activist Who Tweeted Support For Hong Kong Retried in Yunnan Court
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan on Thursday held the retrial of an activi...Read More
2020-12-25
Activist Held For Helping ‘Ink-Splash’ Woman in China’s Hunan
Authorities in the central province of Hunan have detained a prominent rights activist after he help...Read More
2020-12-18
China’s Online Meddling Goes Beyond the Great Firewall
Last week, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted on Twitter a fake image which portr...Read More
2020-12-15
Tibetan Writer Arrested in Qinghai, Whereabouts Unknown
Police in northwestern China’s Qinghai province arrested a popular Tibetan writer and poet on Wednes...Read More
2020-12-09
China Increases Charges Against Publisher Who Spoke Out For Dissident
Authorities in Beijing have stepped up the seriousness of the charges against Chinese literary figur...Read More
2020-11-21
Detained Wuhan Citizen Journalist Loses Defense Attorney: Mother
Authorities in Shanghai have imposed an information blackout in the case of a citizen journalist det...Read More
2020-11-14
China: Beijing Forces Out Hong Kong Opposition Lawmakers
China Moves Toward Full Control of Territory China’s top legislative body should reverse its decisio...Read More
2020-11-12
Hong Kong Police Arrest Documentary Producer Over Mob Attack Program
Police in Hong Kong on Tuesday arrested a producer who made a documentary for government broadcaster...Read More
2020-11-05
Tibetan Writer and Former Political Prisoner in Failing Health in Qinghai Hospital
A Tibetan blogger and journalist is in rapidly failing health in a Qinghai hospital following his re...Read More
2020-10-13
Chinese Dissenters Who Were Helped by Geng Xiaonan Return the Support After Her Arrest
Artist Geng Xiaonan for years quietly helped dissidents and liberal intellectuals who’d crossed Chin...Read More
2020-09-17
Former Chinese Censor Calls on Social Media Users to Stand Up For Free Speech
In 2011, Liu Lipeng landed a job straight out of college as a “content reviewer” at the ...Read More
2020-09-03
China Communist Party Expels, Strips Pension of Professor-Turned-Critic
China’s Communist Party has expelled an outspoken retired professor from the party’s top training ac...Read More
2020-08-19
Report: Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing
As the Trump administration orders retaliatory bans on Chinese tech companies such as Tik Tok and We...Read More
2020-08-10
Beijing Pressures Critics as Pandemic Returns
As Beijing moves to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, authorities have clamped down o...Read More
2020-06-21
China: Tibet Anti-Crime Campaign Silences Dissent
At Least 51 Tibetans Convicted for Peaceful Speech Chinese authorities in Tibet are using a national...Read More
2020-05-15