The recent accidental launch of a space rocket in China’s Henan province highlights the challenges faced by journalists in a reporting environment controlled by the state.
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.
Panic over report on use of fuel tankers to transport cooking oil
Another major food health safety scandal rocks China.
Calling Beijing’s bluffs
China is using ‘legal warfare’ to threaten foreign citizens, Taiwan’s Ambassador to Canada says.
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.
China sets out to develop more local oil, gas
Unconventional resources have long been a focus of attention for China’s state oil and gas majors, but developing them has been a challenge.
Satellite images show expansion of suspected Chinese spy bases in Cuba
Analysts have identified four electronic eavesdropping stations, including a previously unreported site near a U.S. naval base.
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.
Strategic security issues for reservoirs around Beijing: Wang Weiluo
A look at the danger posed by dams when weaponized during warfare.
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