Using the persona of an Iranian protester to circulate content, a writer manages to hoodwink China’s internet censors for weeks. Netizens notice how familiar the depiction of state control sounds.
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.
Wang Xiaoshuai’s “Above the Dust”: Another movie destined not to be released in China
China’s acclaimed master of independent cinema risks punishment to screen his latest release at Germany’s Berlinale without approval from Chinese authorities.
Liberal, NDP MPs block proposed examination of national-security breaches at Winnipeg infectious-disease facility
“After three long years, we finally have gotten access to the documents, and we need to continue this examination in order to hold the government accountable.”
Fired Winnipeg scientist involved in gain-of-function research at Wuhan lab, where Canada sent virus samples
The release of records into the firing of two scientists at Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory reveal a five-alarm security fire at what is supposed to be Canada’s most secure microbiology lab.
Dammed to the hilt
For the first time, a comprehensive list of cascade dams in Sichuan Province shows the jaw-dropping extent to which one of China’s most hydropowered regions is being developed, proving the Xi Jinping […]
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.
China’s income status and the value of labels
A 2016 article predicting China would rise to high-income status in 2024 provokes too much comment given China’s current climate of economic gloom. The article was deleted but the status in question […]
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.
Canada should exit CCP leader Xi’s Imperial Bank
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank makes no sense for Canada but our continued membership speaks to China’s continuing hold over the Canadian government.
China’s Yarlung Tsangpo Great Bend mega-dam not feasible due to risks
A transboundary super dam proposed for occupied Tibet, near its border with India, poses significant concerns and risks. A report by Chinese geologist Fan Xiao delves into the infeasibility of the massive […]
A little chat about the recent 6.2 magnitude Jishishan earthquake
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck China’s northwestern Gansu province late Monday, killing more than 100 people and injuring hundreds, occurred in an area prone to earthquakes on the northeastern edge of the […]
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 […]
Alive and kicking
When an independent journalist in China went looking for Spark, she found the force of creation.
Patricia Adams
Dai Qing
Fan Xiao
Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
Probe International
Lisa Peryman
Probe Media
Other News Sources
Probe International 