The threat of multi-generational punishment was commonly used during Mao Zedong's era. In this period, when a person was labelled a rightist or capitalist, their offspring would have to wear a label identifying them as an “enemy of the people” and they...
Authorities continued to suppress online content not in line with “core socialist values.” They targeted “misbehaving” celebrities and their online fan groups, and banned some reality shows. In April, censors deleted from WeChat and other websites an article penned by former premier...
“Everyone in China is brainwashed and forced to join the CCP’s Young Pioneers without having any choice,” Yan said, urging others to recognize the nature of the oppressive regime they are living under, and choose to break free from its...
Xia sees the current exodus as the peak of a wave of migration that began around five years ago, and cited recent news events like the woman found chained by the neck in the eastern province of Jiangsu as catalysts,...
This makes people to give up moral guard when taking actions. They will consider only the interests of their own but not that of others. Damaging other people does not seem wrong if it can bring themselves benefit. For example,...
he WTA has not wavered in its principles or conditions for holding tournaments in China, which include a “full, fair and transparent” investigation by Chinese authorities into Peng’s sexual assault allegations and the ability of Steve Simon to have a...
He was first arrested in 1998, as he refused to participate in forced political indoctrination imposed on Buddhist monks in Sichuan, and sentenced to three and a half years in jail. He was abused in prison and contracted chronic lung...
“If Amazon wants to retain the privilege of selling its proprietary goods to U.S. consumers, it has both a moral and legal obligation to deliver more than empty assurances that it’s operating a clean supply chain.”
defense attorney for fellow attorney Wang Quanzhang was also behind his persecution at the hands of the authorities.
