Arts, Editor's Pick, Human Rights

Shen Yun Under Siege: Unmasking Beijing’s War on Traditional Chinese Arts

You may have already watched or heard of a Shen Yun performance, especially given it’s been touring the world for over a decade. But for those unfamiliar with Shen Yun Performing Arts — it’s a non-profit traditional Chinese dance and music performance backed by a symphony orchestra that blends Western and Chinese instruments. Multiple Shen ...

James Burke

Traditional Chinese dancers during a Shen Yun Performing Arts performance.

Exploring the Complexities of Organ Transplantation Regulations in China

Organ transplantation regulations in China have been intensely scrutinized and debated in recent years. As the country strives to establish a robust framework for organ transplantation, concerns and doubts persist regarding the effectiveness and ethical implications of these regulations. This article will provide more information to understand better the complexities of the organ transplantation regulations ...

Viena Abdon

Surgeons performing organ harvesting.

Agnes Chow Ting: Champion of Human Rights

Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow Ting, who had disappeared from public view for two years, suddenly came out of seclusion and wrote a lengthy post on Instagram. In her new post of December 3, 2023, Ting recounted her journey over the past few years, which she described as being filled with fear and anxiety. ...

Michael Segarty

Agnes Chow Ting and Joshua Wong.

Revealed: The Dark Secret Surrounding the Imprisonment of Wang Mingzhen (Part 1)

Wang Mingzhen was a Chinese theoretical physicist and a professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. As one of the first few Chinese female students studying science abroad, she was best known for her work on stochastic processes and Brownian motion with theoretical physicist George Uhlenbeck. Following the Armistice Agreement signed between Korea and the United States, in September 1955, Wang Mingzhen, ...

Michael Segarty

The University of Michigan.

Zhao Jiuzhang: The Father of China’s Satellites and His Tragic End

Zhao Jiuzhang, a renowned Chinese meteorologist, geophysicist, and space physicist is hailed as the ‘Father of Chinese Satellites.’ However, in the quiet of the night on October 26, 1968, this internationally acclaimed scientist took his own life at his home in Zhongguancun, Beijing. He was 61. Today, we delve into the life of Zhao Jiuzhang ...

Max Lu

Jhao Jiuzhang and his wife.