投稿者: Helen Davidson in Taipei
Staff from at least 15 media outlets subjected to threats and defamatory letters sent to their families and employersJournalists from more than a dozen media outlets in Hong Kong have been harassed and targeted in what the city’s largest journalist ass…
Minister for public security made comments at forum that is part of efforts by ruling Communist party to position itself as a global security leaderChina will train thousands of foreign law enforcement officers so as to see the world order “develop in…
Lai Ching-te highlights Beijing’s contrasting approach to territorial loss during ‘century of humiliation’If the Chinese Communist party truly believes it has a territorial claim to Taiwan, then it should also be trying to take back land from Russia, T…
Chinese leader speaks with Jake Sullivan, who was making his first visit to Beijing as US national security adviserXi Jinping has spoken with the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, in a surprise meeting during the senior Biden aide’s three-da…
Beijing website asks for information about supposed ‘crimes’ of ‘secessionist’ current and past Taiwan officialsChina’s government has called for people to denounce “diehard secessionists” and give information about their “criminal activities” as it i…
So far this year officials warnings have been issued for 25 floods, and China is only halfway through its peak flood seasonHalfway through the peak flood season, China has already experienced the highest number of significant floods since record keepin…
Hundreds involved in Chuangyi Sifang, an online platform that shared child sexual abuse images, have been arrestedPolice have busted the largest illegal pornography ring in Taiwan’s history, arresting hundreds of people connected to internet and Telegr…
Member countries from the global south were intimidated in an attempt to dissuade them from attending summit, says executive directorChina’s attempts to stop foreign parliamentarians from attending a summit in Taiwan were “massively overstepping” acts …
Trump’s interview with Bloomberg will call into question Washington’s support for the island democracy should he win back the White HouseDonald Trump has said Taiwan should pay the US for protection from China, calling into question Washington’s suppor…
Report finds that religious, historical and cultural references have been removed in crackdown by BeijingHundreds of Uyghur villages and towns have been renamed by Chinese authorities to remove religious or cultural references, with many replaced by na…
Sophia Huang Xueqin, who reported on #MeToo movement and Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, sentenced along with labour activist Wang JianbingA Chinese court has sentenced the prominent #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin to five years in jail and the…
They look like simple fishing boats but are capable of swarming in huge numbers to help Beijing stake its territorial claims in the South China SeaChinese fishing boats started swarming the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in mid May. Some had …
Sanmu Chen appeared to write the date of massacre in the air as anniversary becomes increasingly sensitive in Hong KongHong Kong police detained an artist on Monday night after he appeared to write “8964” in the air with his hand, a reference to the da…
Events marking the day troops ended a peaceful protest with deadly violence are banned in China and Hong KongChinese and Hong Kong authorities have arrested or put under surveillance several dissidents ahead of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square M…
Reforms will expand parliamentarians’ powers to question officials and citizensTaiwan’s opposition-controlled parliament has passed a controversial reform bill after days of hostile debate and physical fights between MPs inside, and mass protests by ci…