New Round of Pressure on Dissidents Rights advocates within China have warned the treatment of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan (张展) and rights lawyer
Hong Kong & Human Rights, July 2024
A roundup of human rights issues in Hong Kong. Includes updates on the trial of Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, the blocking of activists’ pensions
Human Rights & China, July-End 2024
This week’s roundup of human rights issues in China focuses on the targeting of activists who advocate for Taiwan independence, the rejection of a
U.S. Fights China’s Lies on Tibet … While Spreading Its Own?
On the face of it, Washington has taken a brave and principled step to further the rights of Tibetans. The U.S. Congress, on June 12, passed the
Lost Leverage: Hollow Human Rights Dialogues With China are a Diplomacy Delusion
Of all the world’s organizations with their many diverse aims, which might you most expect to support a discussion between Brussels and Beijing over
Sanctions With Bite: Time to Swap Slaps on the Wrist for a Knockout Blow in Hong Kong
For those who want to advocate democratic change, justice or rule of law for Hong Kong right now, here is the deal: You must be willing to make a
Drowned Homes, Broken Lives: How Tibet’s Tofu Dams Build China’s Green Tyranny
Tibet is often described as the world’s third pole, a land of rising mountains, vertiginous valleys, sliding glaciers and once free-flowing rivers,
Repression and Ridicule: How Hong Kong’s Arms Race to Absurdity Will Lead to Tiananmen II
Given its soft spot for historical inevitabilities, the Chinese Communist Party is curiously selective about those it endorses. While it has convinced
Are Germany’s Leibniz Institute and Springer Nature Aiding China’s Crackdown on Uyghurs, Christians and Tibetans?
Compromises between Western academia and China are hardly news. From augmenting the Chinese Communist Party’s claims over Taiwan to censoring student
Shein, Temu and the $800 Sin: Stopping Uyghur Forced Labor Cotton by Unstitching the U.S. Border Free-for-All
Tests in all fields of science have reproducibility issues. Researchers publish findings one day only to obtain different results the next. Thus, when
Human Rights & China, May-End 2024
Forced Urbanization of Tibetans Since 2016, officials in China have increasingly been using coercive tactics to force Tibetan villagers to relocate
Hong Kong & Human Rights, May 2024
EU Parliament Resolution on New Security Law At the end of April, the European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the adoption of