In Australia, Pro-Democracy Students Aren’t Safe From China’s Reach To evade surveillance and reporting by nationalist members of the diaspora, anti-CCP protesters get creative. Foreign Policy · Jan 6, 2023
Kelly signs executive order banning TikTok from some Kansas government devices WASHINGTON — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday signed an executive order to ban the social media app TikTok from state-issued devices in the executive branch, citing growing concerns about the security of data on the app, which is owned by a Chinese company. Tribune News Service · Dec 28, 2022
'Overwhelmed': China's stretched health system grapples with soaring Covid cases Over the past few days, the emergency rooms of Shanghai hospitals have been overwhelmed as coronavirus cases soar after the Chinese Communist Party reversed its restrictive "zero-Covid" policy. Official estimates indicate that some 250 million people, almost a fifth of the Chinese population, caught Covid in the first 20 days… France 24 · Dec 24, 2022
Beijing human rights activist immobilized by COVID-19 app Wang Yu has already been arrested, imprisoned and harassed by the Chinese Communist Party for her work as a human rights lawyer representing activists, Uyghur scholars and Falun Gong practitioners The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022
Youngkin executive order bans TikTok from state computers Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has banned the use of several Chinese-owned apps including TikTok and WeChat on state government devices and wireless networks The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022
The painter who shared China's COVID protests with the world When China's historic protests against COVID curbs erupted in late November, a 30-year-old Chinese man in a flat in northern Italy became one of the most important conduits of information on the unfolding drama via a lone Twitter account. Reuters · Dec 14, 2022
China's loosened COVID-19 policies – following years of aggressive lockdowns and quarantines – have left the country vulnerable After nearly three years of aiming to eliminate COVID-19 through mass lockdowns, robust contact tracing programs and international travel bans, the Chinese government has announced it is rolling back the “zero-COVID” policies that helped suppress the spread of the coronavirus in the country. The Chinese Communist Party announced these changes… The Conversation · Dec 12, 2022
Dissident artist Weiwei says China unrest won't alter regime Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities’ strict COVID-19 policy The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022
Perspective: Jiang Zemin's passing marks the end of an era for China As China holds a memorial service for its late leader Jiang Zemin, an NPR correspondent who met Jiang reflects on the figure and his transforming country. WEKU · Dec 6, 2022
'Colonial' China accused of depriving Tibetans of their own language, education Much of Western criticism of China focuses on the vast collection of "re-education" centers in Xinjiang. Predominantly focused on Muslim minorities, these centres have resulted in the incarceration of thousands of Uyghurs who are forced to study Chinese language and culture. The system, however, was first tested in Tibet. Radio France Internationale · Dec 4, 2022
Protests in China are not rare -- but the current unrest is significant Street protests across China have evoked memories of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations that were brutally quashed in 1989. Indeed, foreign media have suggested the current unrest sweeping cities across China is unlike anything seen in the country since that time. The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022
South Dakota governor bans TikTok from state agencies over ‘intelligence gathering’ concerns TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based privated tech giant The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022
Jiang Zemin, former president who guided China's rise, dies at 96 Jiang Zemin, the unlikely former leader who stewarded China through groundbreaking economic reforms and served as a bridge between the country's strongman era and a more consensus-driven government, has died. He was 96. Los Angeles Times · Nov 30, 2022
The Standard View: The Chinese Communist Party can try to deny reality at home, but the world bears witness to its repression Following the most significant civil unrest in China since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and the arrest and beating of a BBC journalist by police, a diplomatic row has broken out between Beijing and London. Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2022
AAP · Nov 25, 2022 Pavlou renews fight with Chinese diplomat Drew Pavlou says a systematic harassment campaign against him won't stop even if he wins what he describes as a landmark case against a Chinese diplomat.
The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022 Bao Tong, prominent Chinese liberal voice, dies at 90 Bao Tong, a leading voice for political reform in the Chinese Communist Party who was purged after the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died at age 90
France 24 · Nov 8, 2022 The Uighur ‘influencers’ working for Beijing’s propaganda machine If you watched some of the videos on YouTube featuring young Uighur influencers, then you would have no idea that a growing number of human rights organisations and the United Nations have documented China’s severe repression of this Muslim ethnic minority. In a study published mid-October, an Australian research centre…
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022 Lords due for reform, says minister as Johnson asks new peers to defer take-up But Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride says it would be ‘very difficult’ to get political consensus on any possible shake-up.
The News Lens · Nov 4, 2022 European Lawmakers Visit Taiwan, Taking Different Path from Scholz German Chancellor Olaf Scholz set out on a high-profile visit to Beijing while lawmakers from seven European countries and the European Union were winding up a show of solidarity in Taiwan.
The Conversation · Nov 3, 2022 To understand what Xi Jinping's concentration of power really means, we must turn to history After he secured an unprecedented third term as the leader of both Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the country’s Central Military late last month, Xi Jinping led the seven-member Standing Committee of the Politburo on a visit to Yan’an. This is the CCP’s sacred revolutionary base from where the first-generation…
Sports Illustrated · Nov 2, 2022 WTA Needs Assurances on Peng Shuai Inquiry for China to Hold Finals One year ago, Chinese tennis star publicly said a former high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party sexually assaulted her.
ABC News · Oct 29, 2022 Ping Pong diplomacy 2: Table tennis breaks through China's COVID border closure Since COVID hit, China's policy of closed borders has kept everyone out, bar the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. And now, table tennis.
Bangkok Post · Oct 29, 2022 Does China intend to rule Taiwan under 'one country, two systems'? Latest amendments to the Chinese Communist Party's constitution concerning Hong Kong have reaffirmed Beijing's commitment to the "one country, two systems" policy and its vision the principle would be the governing solution for Taiwan, according to analysts.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 28, 2022 California congresswoman faces accusations of ‘McCarthyism’ from AAPI groups over campaign ads The video opens in a dimly lit room, smoke billowing from a desktop ashtray as two actors portraying Chinese Communist Party intelligence officers discuss a California congressional candidate.
The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 27, 2022 Speculation swirls over Hu's sudden exit from party congress Speculation is rife among foreign media over the real reason former Chinese President Hu Jintao was escorted out of the closing ceremony of the Chinese Communist Party's national congress in Beijing.