China, a dictatorship drowning in a sea of democracies, started 2024, the year in which over a billion people are registered to participate in
Survival Mode: Why China’s Assault on Video Games Will Never End
On December 22, 2023, China announced yet more rules to govern the gaming industry. Having already prevented the import of foreign-made consoles from
From Falsehoods to Fighter Jets: China’s Election Manipulation Tactics in Taiwan
China’s most consequential election tampering is also its most forceful: aircraft carrier formations in the Taiwan Strait, Chinese warplanes crossing
In a Lip-Synch Election, Taiwan Sings Its Own Tune
What do Bjork, Blackpink’s Lisa, BTS, Maroon 5, Jon Bon Jovi and the Britpop band Oasis all have in common? You guessed it! Each has been banned,
Human Rights & China, December End, 2023: AI Influence and Internet Autocracy as Genocide Allegations Endure
In the land where a one-month cleansing of internet “chaos” is midway to its authoritarian conclusion, netizens will soon be safe to venture online
Hong Kong & Human Rights, December 2023: Sanctions-Busting and Show Trials
On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions on three Hong Kong or Hong Kong-Malaysia entities named Dirac Technology
Debunking the Myth That China Will Stop at Taiwan
For anybody who believes that allowing the Chinese Communist Party to take control of Taiwan will sate its expansionist desires and usher in an era of
TikTok Tactics, a Fake News Frenzy and the Battle for Taiwan’s Democracy as Election Day 2024 Nears
For a dictatorial regime, the Chinese Communist Party certainly enjoys playing with democracies. Obsessed with dragging Taiwan under its control, it
Spineless Titans: Jimmy Lai Puts Global Corporate Cowardice on Trial
As Hong Kong’s world-famous media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英) goes on trial this week for the crime of holding an opinion and believing others have right
Human Rights and China, Mid-December 2023: Cop Complicity as Chinese Repression Strikes in the Heart of the U.S.
In the land where thugs drag metal poles through the streets to haunt protesters with the sound of the weapons they are soon to be beaten with, police
Beijing Anger-ometer, Mid-December 2023: Debt, Discord and Diplomatic Destitution
The lack of gratitude is astounding. Having organized one’s own welcoming committees, postponed one’s purges for a brief few days, traipsed across 16
COP28: China, the Climate North Korea, Has Its Finger on the Weather Bomb
As the petrostate-presided United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) quarrels its way to a close for