In the land where high school students recreate the recent assassination of a Japanese prime minister to widespread social media glee and a national
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Five Ways China Will React to the Gaza Firestorm
Positioning itself as a global leader, China is under pressure to succeed where so many others have failed and find a way out of the tragic, deadly
Beijing Anger-ometer, October 2023: A Knife to Hegemony
Brushed off from spending the tens of billions of dollars that it borrows from China on infrastructure it would actually like to build, Pakistan saw
Human Rights in Hong Kong, September 2023: Goose-Stepping in the Truth Vortex
After a summer spent learning to goose-step under police direction, 60 patriotic schoolchildren returned for Hong Kong’s new academic year, performing
Human Rights in China, September End, 2023: Asian Games, #MeToo, Assad and Astana
In the land where the Olympic auspices now regularly give cover to the destruction of peoples, the Asian Games commenced in Hangzhou on September 23
Second-Freest Economy? Hong Kong’s Invisible Hand is the Communist Party
In Hong Kong, you cannot buy the books you want your children to read, sell the books you believe readers will enjoy, exchange loose coins for your
Human Rights and China, Mid-September, 2023: The Hurt Feelings of Nations
In the land where ministers and rocket men are disappearing one by one and national television lionizes the coming together of dictators, plans are
COVID-19 and Climate Change: Different Crisis, Same Chinese Trap
It is just three years since China profiteered and held other countries over a barrel for medical equipment as the COVID-19 pandemic raged. With the
Human Rights in China, August End, 2023: Appearances and Disappearances
In the land where the bulldozing of graveyards, splitting of families, demolition of homes, destruction of books, erasure of expression, sterilization
Human Rights in Hong Kong, August 2023: White Shirts, Yellow Hats and Orange Statues
A white-shirt convicted of violently attacking protesters in Hong Kong’s Yuen Long district four years ago stated in front of a court that he felt
Outlaw Alliance: How China and Chinese Mafias Overseas Protect Each Other’s Interests
by Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.
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