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China's expanding surveillance state and crackdowns draw global scrutiny

Concerns grow over China's global surveillance technology and repression of Uyghurs. The World Uyghur Congress highlighted these issues. Activists marked 36 years since the Baren U...

‘Escalating efforts’: A year after China Targets, Beijing’s global campaign against dissenters continues

In 2025, China was the most prolific perpetrator of transnational repression, a new Freedom House report found.

Crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong

Millions of people protested in Hong Kong against China’s Communist Party back in…Tags: arrests, China, democracy, Hong Kong, Reuters

Beijing Expands Security Measures After Gasoline Incident at Tiananmen Square

Beijing authorities have expanded security measures across the city after a tourist was found carrying gasoline into Tiananmen Square, triggering tighter inspections at major trans...

EDITORIAL: Waking up to Beijing’s repression

Beijing Detains Top Economist Ba Shusong Who Bridged Hong Kong’s Markets and CCP Power

Ba Shusong's arrest signals Xi Jinping's push to control Hong Kong's financial system from the inside.

China Deploys Black-Clad Security Forces Around Tiananmen During Holiday Rush

Footage shared online appeared to show an unusually large security presence around Tiananmen Square and Zhongnanhai during one of China’s busiest travel periods

Excavator Rampage in Beijing Exposes Deep Social Despair Under CCP Rule

A shocking attack at a Beijing market has drawn attention to growing social strain beneath China’s surface, as censorship and systemic pressures obscure the roots of rising violenc...

From Peaceful Protest to Nationwide Crackdown: The Legacy of ‘April 25, 1999’

Saturday, April 25, will mark 27 years since the persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline in China, began in 1999. On this occasion, an article published on Minghui.org, a...

Beijing Excavator Attack: China Censors Market Massacre That Killed Up to 18

A man drove a heavy excavator into a crowded weekend market in Beijing’s Fangshan district on March 29, 2026, killing as many as 18 people, in what eyewitness accounts and a since-...

Beijing condemned for blocking Lai’s trip

Beijing accused of "transnational repression" as global rights summit in Zambia collapses over Taiwan row

Taipei [Taiwan], May 10 (ANI): China has been accused of pressuring Zambia to block Taiwanese participation and censor discussions critical of Beijing ahead of the RightsCon digita...

Hong Kong to Seize Jimmy Lai’s Assets as Crackdown Extends Beyond Prison Walls

Beijing’s move to confiscate Jimmy Lai’s assets extends punishment beyond prison, signaling to Hong Kong that dissent may now carry the ultimate cost of not just freedom, but finan...

Beijing and Hong Kong march in lockstep on 'security education day'

China’s Assault on Unregistered Faith

By Alex Littlefield, Juicy Ecumenism. (Photo: Wikimedia Creative Commons) Around 2 a.m. on October 11, 2025, Chinese police stormed homes across Beijing and other cities.They handc...

Zhao Ziyang’s Five Proposals Terrified the CCP Elite and Sealed His Fate

On May 16, 1989, the five proposals that Zhao Ziyang placed before his Politburo Standing Committee colleagues set off a sequence of events that ended in tanks on the streets of Be...

Canadian Parliament Hearing Spotlights Beijing’s Transnational Repression Tactics

Witnesses detail intimidation, surveillance, and United Front operations as Beijing’s overseas influence raises concerns over national security and democratic integrity

Freedom House Report Highlights Beijing-Linked Transnational Repression, Citing Shen Yun Bomb Threat in Toronto

The U.S. human rights organization Freedom House released its report “Collaboration and Resistance: Tracking Transnational Repression” on April 16. It shows that among newly record...

Brickbat: Hong Kong Crackdown

Hong Kong police can now demand access to people's phones, computers, and other devices if they are suspected of breaking the… The post Brickbat: Hong Kong Crackdown appeared first...

Beijing Bans Drone Sales and Flights as DJI Pulls All Products From Capital Stores

Beijing’s new drone rules, published by CCP state authorities and set to take effect May 1, designate the city’s entire administrative territory as a restricted airspace zone. Any...

Why Is China's Embassy In D.C. Hardening Security Perimeter With Barbed Wire

Why Is China's Embassy In D.C. Hardening Security Perimeter With Barbed WireTYLER DURDENWashington, D.C.-focused local outlet Popville, short for Prince of Petworth, posted several...

Beijing's auto bash and Coupang under scrutiny

Beijing likely forced cancelation of rights event in Zambia, HRW says

City of Beijing to bar consumer drone sales, tightening security in capital