‘Blank Paper movement’ decrying government policies rekindles dissent after Xi Jinping’s decade of iron-fisted crackdowns
Read more
Group of legislators, activists and community workers are accused of holding unofficial pre-election primaries that authorities say constitutes subversion
Read more
Picked up in a dawn raid two years ago, the activists and politicians are charged over an unofficial primary they organised ahead of a legislative election, which was later postponed.
Read more
In a systematic effort to cleanse the city of dissent, some leading human rights lawyers in Hong Kong have been arrested in the past two-and-a-half years and many others have come under the radar of the ruling Communist Party in China.
Read more
The pro-democracy figure has been subjected to a ‘travesty of justice’ because the Communist party regards his power as a threat, experts believe.
Read more
Media tycoon, 75, who has been denied bail, could face life in prison if found guilty of alleged ‘collusion’ with foreign forces.
Read more
The partygoers in formal wear walking to a holiday event at Apple’s spaceship-like headquarters this week may have noticed a flashing white light illuminating a picture, perched on a nearby sidewalk, of the company’s CEO Tim Cook with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Anyone who stopped for a closer look would (read more…)
Read more
A recent report by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai found that 30 percent of U.S. companies plan to increase their investments in China.
Read more
An exodus of workers from the world’s largest iPhone factory has drawn new attention to China’s draconian COVID policy and should be a “red flag” for Apple on the state of labor rights in the country, activists say.
Read more
From U.S. relations to human rights to Uyghur repression, many experts see more potential trouble than hope.
Read more
Human rights defenders in China face arrest and lengthy detention for calling out Xi’s mistakes.
Read more
因向习近平画像泼墨而被中国当局三度送入精神病院的女子董瑶琼与外界失联超过一年后，她的父亲上周传出丧命狱中，尸体满是伤痕。有消息向德国之声透露确有此事。专家则指，此案显示北京为了打压高敏感人士可能无所不用其极。
Read more