Guo Quan had been writing online about the COVID-19 outbreak in China and had criticized the government’s response, according to the Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) network. His family were informed on Feb. 26, 2020 of his formal arrest for...
After a mere three-hour trial, the Shanghai Pudong New Area Court sentenced her to four years in prison for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’. To demonstrate her innocence, Zhang has been on hunger strike since May 2020, for which she was force-fed...
With the Falun Gong group where this draconian law has been enforced for 22 years since the Persecution started in 1999 the transformation or reeducation process are efforts to coerce adherents into signing three statements as proof that they have...
“What these events tell us, Li wrote, is that a monumental change is taking place in China, and that the economic, financial, cultural, and political spheres are undergoing a profound transformation—or, one could say, a profound revolution. It marks a...
An inspection team sent by the CCP Central Committee found a lack of interest on the part of young people and a bureaucratic mentality in higher education were largely to blame for the failure to promote the personal ideology of...
An IT blogger, whose posts in his commercial account had been hidden from public view recently, believed that the Weibo supervisor system was the cause of his problem: "I only realized that there is a report target in the Weibo supervisor system after...
China’s tech crackdown came to the fore last year when Alibaba founder Jack Ma gave a speech that October apparently criticizing the country’s financial system. Since then, Beijing has increased scrutiny on over 30 domestic tech firms which include big...
“By keeping three foreign journalists in detention under the accusation of espionage, President Xi Jinping sends a very clear message that China is not afraid to go after any independent voices, regardless of their passport or place of residence”, denounces...
Consequently, my husband paid the cost beyond a normal person’s imagination. In total, as Gao Zhisheng has lost freedom for 16 years, his family has fallen apart. He has endured appalling tortured too many times. My two underage children and...
