投稿者: Verna Yu
‘Anti-spying’ raids on consulting firms and attacks on tech companies are being driven by party ideology, says academic Chris MarquisTo many western investors, China under president Xi Jinping is a tough nut to crack. While Chinese leaders insist that …
Yang Maodong called it a ‘score-settling’ punishment for his two decades of rights advocacyA Chinese court has sentenced a prominent rights activist to eight years in jail on subversion charges in what he said was a “score-settling” punishment for his …
Wong Kei-kwan, known as Zunzi, says it was a ‘mutual decision’ after the Ming Pao newspaper ended his columnA decades-old political cartoon column has been scrapped by a respected Hong Kong newspaper after it faced a barrage of criticism from officials…
Parents and teachers say the national security law, including the intensification of ‘patriotic education’, have prompted them to leave the city they loveIn a few weeks’ time, eight-year-old Peter* will say goodbye to his school friends as he moves to …
Arrests believed to be first time police have detained citizens for possessing literature deemed seditious by authoritiesHong Kong’s national security police have arrested two men for possessing children’s books deemed seditious by the authorities, in …
Dr Jiang Yanyong revealed true extent of 2003 outbreak and was put under house arrest for denouncing Tiananmen Square massacreA military surgeon who exposed the Chinese government’s cover-up of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) epidemic 20 y…
Hopes that Li would be a liberal reformer were curbed by Xi Jinping as the president became more and more powerfulIn a farewell speech after serving 10 years as China’s number two leader, the premier, Li Keqiang, had a cryptic message for his staff: “W…
Experts say Chinese authorities want to send the message that critical voices deemed a threat to the regime will be erasedWhen Hong Kong police arrested dozens of pro-democracy politicians, lawyers, scholars, journalists, NGO workers and activists in e…
The communist party’s propaganda machine pulled out all the stops to ensure the public opinion was in accordance with party narrativeAmid the diplomatic spat over the high-altitude balloon that flew across North America before being shot down by the US…
Rally is latest showing of public discontent since demonstrations against Covid curbsThousands of older people have staged a rally in the rain in central China to protest against significant cuts to their medical benefits, in the latest outburst of pub…
‘Blank Paper movement’ decrying government policies rekindles dissent after Xi Jinping’s decade of iron-fisted crackdownsCao Zhixin was an ordinary young woman with no political ambition, but a fateful decision to take to the streets one night last yea…
Beijing lodges formal complaint with US embassy as Washington throws criticism back at ChinaThe diplomatic row has escalated over the Chinese high-altitude balloon that flew across the US before being shot down, as the first wreckage was salvaged off t…
Negative population growth that arrived a decade before forecasts has been exacerbated by Covid and restrictive government policiesTalk to any young woman in urban China about the prospects of having children and the chances are, they are not keen.“It …
Six people accused of publishing book relating to 2019 protests in move critics say has spread terrorPolice in Hong Kong have raided a lunar new year shopping fair and arrested six people for selling a “seditious” book related to the 2019 anti-governme…
Zheng was among the officials sanctioned by the US for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedomsChina has appointed the head of the national security office in Hong Kong as its top representative officer in Hong Kong – a sign that Beijing will tigh…