Xi Jinping wants to censor his way out of another crisis, this time economic. With curated news, he hopes to blow a bubble of optimism in which the
Authoritarian Creep on the High Street
Facial recognition is already a regular feature of the British high street, but its future is controversial. Currently, bans are limited to sensitive
The Silence of the Hang Seng
The gamble has always been clear: The Chinese Communist Party bets greed. With copious evidence to back its standpoint and its own rapaciousness to
Human Rights in China, Mid-July, 2023: From Barbie to the Belt and Road
In the land where the lies are so numerous that cover-ups come in bundles, censors smothered news about an academic research paper that revealed
Is Kidnapping Next for Hong Kong Police?
Hong Kong Police Force’s latest threats to overseas activists are straight from a forcible repatriation playbook that has been honed by China for
Hong Kong Declares Fatwa on Pro-Democracy Leaders
Hong Kong protesters have always warned that China would take its tyranny global. As a worldwide bounty falls on the heads of several prominent Hong
Human Rights in Hong Kong: May 35th to June 30th, 2023
The multi-point attack against human rights throughout Hong Kong society marched on in June 2023 with arrests, media closure, anthem bans, frozen bank
Human Rights in China, June End, 2023: Birthday Dispatches
Presiding for life over an economy beyond reproach, Xi Jinping has once again achieved the feat of stifling his own birthday. On June 15, he marked
The Apple and ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ Test of U.S. Strategy
From ballad of hope to anthem for doomed youth, the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong” means many different things to many different people. It may now
Is Xi Jinping a Dictator?
U.S. President Joe Biden says that China leader Xi Jinping is a dictator. New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins disagrees. Domino Theory applies
An Invitation to Impunity
The Biden administration is considering an invitation for Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (李家超) to November’s Asia-Pacific Economic
Human Rights in China, Mid-June, 2023: Long COVID and 占占占人
Late May to early June is the season of erasure in China, but Tiananmen 1989 is not the only uprising that authorities would like to delete from