Israel has learned that strict gun laws were counterproductive the hard way.
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2022: Remember the light the young have shown us
“Even though you, having committed no crime, are detained, interrogated, and imprisoned, your stories, your youthful figures in the street at night, your swaying arms and flowers, and blank papers of protest, […]
Why is the salty tide at the mouth of the Yangtze River related to the high dams and large reservoirs in the Upper Yangtze River?
The Yangtze estuary’s saline tide has changed significantly since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir.
After eight years in prison, lawyer Xia Lin approaches his release
Chinese human rights lawyer, Xia Lin, was arrested one year prior to Xi Jinping’s “709 Crackdown” on lawyers and human rights activists in 2015. What has Xia Lin’s time in prison looked […]
Flee from floods
Why did the Chinese government choose not to reveal the real total capacity of the Three Gorges Dam reservoir – perhaps the most critical technical specification of the entire project?
Peach blossoms on the back, hometown underwater
A photographer captures 30 decades of life in upheaval for Three Gorges migrants and one moment, in particular, that stirred an entire nation.
China is the winner in the Russia-Ukraine war
The US must remember that communist China is its greatest threat, and to resume its ‘pivot to Asia’ policy.
The West mimics Mao
Takes a Green Leap Forward.
A human rights lawyer pays the painful price of standing up to Xi’s China
Once a high-flying corporate attorney, Ding Jiaxi awoke to a far more perilous vocation: human rights law in China.
Where did the Yangtze go?
Expert highlights government actions as reason for dry-up, not just absence of rain.
The Great Absurdity
Is insisting on “Zero Covid,” an early rehearsal for total social control?
Sichuan power crunch sparks calls for rethink of coal in China’s energy mix
The hydropower hub calls into question the race for renewable energy.
Ten days in Xi’an
Probe International Exclusive: The extraordinary account by acclaimed independent investigative journalist, Jiang Xue, detailing the unprecedented lockdown of the city of Xi’an, in central China’s Shaanxi Province, is now available to read […]
Farewell China NGO Project
An independent source of analysis on foreign NGOs working in China is ending its run after five years.
The impossible green dream
Instead of refurbishing an old and deteriorating natural gas pipeline that has served Ottawa for 65 years, Ottawa is investing instead in a fantasy strategy it calls its Energy Evolution plan. Unfortunately, […]


