In the 1980s, waves of political activism emerged alongside economic liberalization in post-Mao China. In the northeast city of Shenyang, however,
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Tiananmen Square Memorial Museum Vandalized Ahead of Anniversary
The June Fourth Memorial Museum in El Monte, California was broken into and vandalized over the weekend, museum co-founder Wang Dan (王丹) said earlier
Report: China’s Lax Enforcement of Child Labor Laws
The Chinese government is failing to protect children under 18 from hazardous work conditions in mandatory vocational internships, the Network of
Trump Needs to Make a Deal for Jimmy Lai
President Donald Trump is on Air Force One headed to Beijing. Soon he will have the opportunity to raise the issue of Jimmy Lai’s (黎智英) detention with
As Global Pressure Mounts, Xi Should Free Jimmy Lai
Ahead of his summit with Xi Jinping (習近平) in Beijing later this month, Donald Trump is once again facing calls to push for the release of Jimmy Lai
Report: China’s ‘Harmonization Plan’ Erases Tibetan Language
The Chinese government is mandating the use of Mandarin in kindergartens in an effort to force Tibetans to assimilate, Human Rights Watch said in a
China’s Jimmy Lai Problem Isn’t Going Away
It has been nearly two months since Jimmy Lai (黎智英), the media mogul and pro-democracy activist, was sentenced to 20 years in prison under Hong Kong’s
Beijing Codifies Repression of Overseas Activists
Earlier this month, China’s legislature approved a new law aimed at promoting what it refers to as “ethnic unity.” The law’s primary focus is
Anthropologist Gerald Roche on China’s New Ethnic Unity Law (Q&A)
On Thursday, China’s ceremonial legislature approved a sweeping new law to promote what it refers to as “ethnic unity.” The law calls on all sectors
Survivor Warns Against Forgetting 1980 White Terror Killings
Tien Chiu-chin (田秋堇) was 25 years old when she arrived at the house of her former boss, democracy activist Lin I-hsiung (林義雄), to find the slain
Fighting for Information in the World’s ‘Largest Prison for Journalists’
About a month after her release from the Shanghai Women’s Prison in May 2024, citizen journalist and former lawyer Zhang Zhan (張展) made her first post
Global Support for Jimmy Lai Surges in Wake of 20-Year Sentence
Over the course of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai’s (黎智英) marathon trial in Hong Kong, advocacy from foreign leaders on his behalf was intermittent,