A litmus test case delivers an ominous verdict for the future of press freedom in Hong Kong.
China cuts off internet, phones of outspoken journalist Gao Yu
A refusal to leave Beijing on an enforced ‘vacation’ results in retaliation.
‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary
The legal dispute over Li Rui’s diaries poses far-reaching implications for understanding the Chinese Communist Party and the country’s modern history.
Clans vs. CCP
Beijing mounts campaign to counteract the countryside threat of clans and gangsters to “the primary-level political system”.
Li Rui’s diary and Tiananmen Square
A rare insider account of China’s corridors of power and a unique and brave journey through the history of modern China.
A paradise for corruption
Britain tries to clean up its dirtiest secret.
Chinese bio firm accused of illicit human cadaver trade
An extraordinary case illustrates a well-established system of cadaver trade in China.
Mr. Xi, tear down this firewall
The CCP has turned the internet, designed as a tool of freedom, into the ultimate tool of control.
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.
‘People’s court’ issues arrest warrant for Xi Jinping
A citizens’ tribunal finds China’s leader guilty of crimes of aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Flood relief donations plummet due to erosion of public trust in China’s local governments and charities
“Natural disasters may destroy homes, but the collapse of public trust is even more deadly.”
Word of the Week: “709 case” (709案, 709 àn), or the “Black Friday crackdown”
The Xi Jinping regime continues to punish its champions of civil rights, including threats and harm to the children of activists as a means to silence and control them.
China extends crackdown on rights lawyers to Hong Kong
Nine years after a nationwide operation targeting rights attorneys, their lives have yet to return to normal.
Prominent Chinese dissident Xu Zhiyong cut off from other inmates
The activist who urged Xi Jinping to resign is serving 14 years and is monitored around the clock.
709: Nine years on
On the 9th anniversary of the ‘709 crackdown’ on China’s civil rights champions in 2015, a new release looks at its impact on persecuted lawyers, their families, and the rule of law.
Patricia Adams
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Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
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