Story Archive
2017-12-20
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University in northeast China criticized young students for being ‘blindly excited’ about Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. A Chinese university has banned its students from celebrating Christmas. Shenyang Pharmaceutical University in northeast China criticized young students for being ‘blindly excited’ about Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
2017-12-05
For three years in a row, human rights watchdog Freedom House ranks China ‘the world’s worst abuse of internet freedom.’
2017-11-28
Authorities in China’s capital have launched a city-wide crackdown on unlicensed rented accommodation, and thousands of low-paid migrant workers are being forced from their homes.
2017-11-15
Allen & Unwin cancelled publication after concerns were raised that the Chinese government could due for defamation.
2017-11-09
He has no designated successor in China’s all-powerful Politburo standing committee.
2017-11-02
In his first public appearance since Xi was elevated to a status comparable to Mao Zedong, he took the Politburo Standing Committee to the brick house in Shanghai’s French Concession where the party was started in 1921.
2017-10-26
Xi revealed a new leadership lineup on Oct. 25, with no obvious successor in the all-powerful Politburo standing committee.
2017-10-16
The zone was once a symbol of cooperation between the two halves of the divided Korean peninsula, but it was shuttered last year as Pyongyang ramped up its missile and nuclear programs.
2017-10-10
Local residents have to register when they buy kitchen knives.
2017-10-02
The move comes ahead of major meetings of China’s ruling Communist Party later this month.
2017-09-25
Egypt’s secret police began detaining Uyghur and ethnic minority Kazakh Muslims from China en masse on July 4, in an operation activists said was requested by Beijing.
2017-09-15
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled violence and destruction in Myanmar.
2017-09-13
Creators of online groups are now responsible for managing information posted to their sites – a move that some believe will encourage self-censorship.
2017-09-11
Human Rights Watch says the United Nations has turned a blind eye or is even complicit.
2017-09-01
China’s Communist party has expanded local police forces across the country in recent years, and complaints of police abuse have increased.