The U.K.’s Ronnie “the Rocket” O’Sullivan, perhaps the greatest snooker player to have ever graced the game, declared himself a Hong Kong resident
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Backed by Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the U.S. and ten European powers, the Australian permanent ambassador to the U.N., James Larsen, blasted Beijing
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Human Rights & China, August 2024
New Round of Pressure on Dissidents Rights advocates within China have warned the treatment of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan (张展) and rights lawyer
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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
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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
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Repression and Ridicule: How Hong Kong’s Arms Race to Absurdity Will Lead to Tiananmen II
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