This pivotal case could redefine parliamentary free speech and the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches.
Deep throat for the deep state
Michael Abramowitz’s legal challenge to his removal as Voice of America director highlights a power struggle over the agency’s shift from global journalism to advancing Biden-era domestic agendas.
The impact of wind turbines on groundwater in Ontario community
Water quality has gone downhill fast since installation of turbines in area.
The so-called ‘green movement’ increases the world’s demand for crude oil
As the “green movement” advances, the demand for crude oil and its derived products continues to rise, highlighting the ongoing reliance on fossil fuels that renewables cannot fulfill.
Chinese people mourn Li Keqiang, and also mourn an era of hope
Today is the first anniversary of the death of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, and a sensitive day for Chinese Communist Party authorities keen on “building high walls”.
Kneeling driver exposes poor working conditions and treatment
A conflict between a courier and a security guard sparks a wave of protest and a strange conflict resolution from state regulators to love, listen to, and follow the Party.
They are closing up the internet
The internet took flight on the ethos of freedom from authority and propaganda, carried by the insatiable drive of human beings to know. That internet took a turn.
As China’s internet disappears, ‘We lose parts of our collective memory’
The number of Chinese websites is shrinking and posts are being removed and censored, stoking fears about what happens when history is erased.
A year on: remembering Dr. Jiang Yanyong, the truth-teller who saved lives
A celebration of Dr. Jiang Yanyong (蒋彦永), China’s “honest doctor,” who first became known to the world for exposing a government cover-up during the SARS crisis of 2003.
Forced labour from North Korea is tainting the world’s seafood supply
China officially denies these workers are in the country, but their presence is an open secret. An investigation reveals 15 seafood processing plants have used over 1,000 North Korean workers since 2017.
Murder in Shandong Province
A homicide event on the first day of the Lunar New Year provokes confusion and provides a glimpse of China’s fraying social fabric.
Global network of Chinese websites pose as local news outlets to disseminate propaganda
Chinese websites posing as local news outlets are targeting global audiences with pro-Beijing content aimed at promoting Chinese Communist Party propaganda abroad, reveals a new report by cybersecurity watchdog Citizen Lab.
How did China corner the green energy market?
Journalist Cindy Yu joins Between the Lines host, Tom Switzer, to look at China’s dominance as a global renewables producer in tandem with its lead as the world’s biggest emitter of carbon […]
Lawyer Xia Lin and his times
Human rights lawyer, Xia Lin, is one of China’s bright lights. Like many of the country’s bright lights, he is behind bars, captured on trumped-up charges in the lead up to the […]
Carnage in the hospitals
Health care needs revamped regulation to lower the toll of death and maiming.


