Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s (李強) June 2024 tour of Australia was widely viewed as signalling Beijing’s desire to bring an end to years of frozen
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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
Top British Judge in Hong Kong Betrays His Legal System
A senior British judge on Monday (June 24) heard a protest-related case in Hong Kong involving seven high-profile democrats, fuelling a row 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
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
14 Hong Kong Democracy Campaigners Found Guilty of Subversion
A Hong Kong court found 14 people guilty of subversion on Thursday in the biggest case against pro-democracy campaigners since China imposed a
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
New Commission Sheds Light on How Diaspora Communities Are Impacted by Foreign Interference
Maria Cheung, University of Manitoba and Kawser Ahmed, University of Winnipeg The federal government established the Public Inquiry into Foreign
The Unusual Shape of the Debate Around Fertility Treatment in Taiwan
In its 2020 census data, Taiwan’s working-age population was shown to have fallen for the first time, with its 16.55 million people aged 15 to 64