The bipartisan INFORM Act is a bill that directs the U.S. executive branch to share clear, independent information with Chinese citizens in a bid to prioritize meaningful engagement.
Independent bookstores under pressure; Taiwanese books shut out
Independent bookstores are in the crosshairs of the CCP’s crackdown on free expression. One bookseller likens his situation to “smuggling drugs instead of selling books.”
JF Books returns
The rise and fall of an independent bookstore and the fate of civil society in China.
Wind’s voice, freedom’s choice
A landmark Chinese bookstore shuttered in Shanghai six years ago has found another life in Washington, D.C.
Cyberspace ID under consideration in China
Authorities say a proposed national Internet ID system will protect user data. Critics fear control not privacy is the real appeal.
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.
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.
Never-ending, hidden rules
Famed Chinese journalist and environmentalist Dai Qing, on her 70th birthday, reflects on the words of Confucius, who said: “When you’re 70, do as you please, as long as it doesn’t break the rules.” Dai, however, decides she was born 2,500 years too late. “I embody the cultural atmosphere of the ‘People’s Republic,'” she says. “With all its hidden rules.”
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