Story Archive
2017-10-26
A former top Communist Party official says China, with its 'palace politics,' is a long way from being a genuine republic.
2017-10-25
The recent party congress vows to 'get tough' on pollution, but systemic obstacles remain in spite of renewed will from the top.
2017-10-25
None of the promoted Politburo standing committee members is likely to challenge Xi, in spite of factional trading behind the scenes.
2017-10-24
Joshua Wong and Nathan Law say they may yet be sent back to jail to complete their sentences or serve new ones.
2017-10-24
President Xi Jinping is only the third Chinese leader to be mentioned by name in the constitution of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2017-10-23
Sources warn that leaks about who will make the all-powerful Politburo standing committee are rife, and could be made with an agenda in mind.
2017-10-23
A new government agency is planned to 'manage and protect the rights' of former People's Liberation Army personnel.
2017-10-20
Several members of a Protestant church in Sichuan are prevented from traveling to Hong Kong, while believers in Guangdong province are ordered not to meet during a 'sensitive' time.
2017-10-20
A top official links the fall of two former Chongqing party chiefs and a former security czar in allegations of a 'conspiracy to usurp party leadership.'
2017-10-19
Comments from the city's chief executive spark concerns that a retroactive law may be enacted regarding "insults" to the March of the Volunteers.
2017-10-19
Many critics of the government are being held on public order charges, while others remain under close surveillance in their own homes.
2017-10-18
Xi's words spark fears that Beijing intends to keep up political pressure and curbs on the freedom of expression in the former British colony.
2017-10-18
Xi Jinping gets his own brand of political 'thought,' although it stops short of including his name in the title.
2017-10-17
Activists call for growing pressure on Beijing over Tibet, and over its pursuit of its critics, Chinese and foreign, far beyond its borders.
2017-10-17
Beijing's rush-hour commuters are being forced to stand in line for individual security scans before boarding trains across the network.
2017-10-16
Factories are being shut down in a bid to clear the skies, while outspoken critics of the government have been placed under close surveillance or sent on forced "vacations."
2017-10-13
Protesters cheer jailed activist Joshua Wong, whose 21st birthday coincided with the verdict.
2017-10-12
Internet users are reporting difficulty using circumvention tools to access content and services beyond the Chinese internet.
2017-10-12
State prosecutors in Sichuan's Mianyang stop Huang Qi's lawyers from reading key evidence ahead of his trial.
2017-10-11
Conservative Party human rights activist Benedict Rogers is escorted on a plane back where he came from after his lawyer is prevented from meeting with him.
2017-10-11
Li Wenzu's husband has been held for more than two years in an unknown location as police keep her under close surveillance.
2017-10-10
The Double Tenth, celebrated in democratic Taiwan as National Day, has become a symbol of hope to many in mainland China.
2017-10-09
Yao Lijuan is detained after demanding that a group of unidentified men show their ID, and posting the video of the encounter on social media.
2017-10-06
Political asylum-seeker Guo Wengui makes public a top-secret document he says has been verified by foreign government agencies.
2017-10-06
A U.S. congressional and executive commission tasked with monitoring human rights says it will nominate jailed Hong Kong democracy activists for Nobel Peace Prize.
2017-10-05
Guangzhou resident and chat group moderator Zhang Guanghong is now incommunicado, though police say they released him.
2017-10-04
A Hong Kong activist goes on hunger strike in Taiwan to warn the island that Beijing didn't keep its promises of autonomy for his city.
2017-10-04
Activists are being forced to leave their homes and take ‘vacations’ with state security police, while some have been put in detention centers.
2017-10-03
A woman grabs a Tibetan MP before damaging photos of Chinese police violence at a 1987 protest in Lhasa with scissors.
2017-10-03
Cheng Ming and Trend had supported democracy and human rights and spoken out against dictatorship and corruption since the 1970s.
