The prospect of a massive dam in Tibet raises the roof on anxiety for downstream neighbors.
Bigger than Three Gorges
China announces the construction of the world’s largest super dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River.
Guangzhou police shooting of elder
An old man in Guangzhou shot by police ignites fears of a ramped up police state in the wake of the Zhuhai car ramming.
Car ramming in Chinese city leaves 35 dead, dozens wounded
One of China’s deadliest attacks in decades continues spate of violence targeting members of the public at random.
Like Russian dolls with PRC intel at the core
Untangling front companies common to CCP influence against the Trudeau Foundation, Hunter Biden and United Nations leaders.
CCP-linked professional associations in France and their role in technology transfer
The Chinese party-state has managed to build an extensive network of scientists and scholars active in France by gathering them into associations that pose a potential risk to French national security.
Rule of law? For sure …
Foreign investors require the reassurance of the rule of law and so they must have it, in the form of propaganda.
Dangerous levels
The Three Gorges Dam reservoir records its highest water level in July as torrential rains wreak havoc.
China’s third plenum gets underway
The country’s leadership convenes amid economic decline to enhance competitiveness and revitalize growth in the face of international trade tensions.
Panic over report on use of fuel tankers to transport cooking oil
Another major food health safety scandal rocks China.
Dike burst at China’s second-largest freshwater lake
Emergency personnel worked throughout the weekend to gain control of a 226-meter breach at Dongting Lake.
Ports, fentanyl, corruption: Beijing’s triad of threats to the United States
The Bureau investigates Canadian intelligence on the causes of opioids pouring into North America. The warnings were there as far back as 1993.
Coal focus damps hopes of China’s climate ambition
Momentum behind net zero pledges could be fading as Beijing prioritizes economic growth and energy security.
Censored back home, Hong Kong authors are publishing in Taiwan
The city’s authors are taking their thoughts and memories elsewhere, as a new publishing base emerges in exile.
The launch of “Deng Xiaoping in 1989” in 2024
A second revised edition of an iconic account of China’s June Fourth Incident launches with Probe International’s Patricia Adams on hand to commemorate the event.


