In 2018, frustrated after being passed over for a promotion, Mr. A left China on an impulse. He …
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ChinaEditor's Pick
Behind the Xi-Putin Open-Mic Exchange: Project 981 and the CCP’s Organ Harvesting Industry
by Mikel DavisDuring Beijing’s military parade on September 3, 2025, an open microphone captured an extraordinary conversation between Chinese Communist …
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How Forced Demolition Turned a Chinese Chef Against the CCP
by Mikel DavisFor 21 years, Jiang Wen worked as a chef in Yantai, a coastal city in China’s Shandong Province, …
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On Kinmen, even an oyster gatherer’s hat once had a military purpose. Residents heading to the shore had …
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In the spring of 1949, Chinese legal scholar Yang Zhaolong helped secure the release of an estimated 10,000 …
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ChinaEditor's Pick
How a Peking Opera Master’s Wife Saved 5 Children From the Cultural Revolution (Part 2)
by Mikel DavisWhen Peking Opera master Zhou Xinfang was released from detention in 1969, his wife, Qiu Lilin, was no …
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ChinaEditor's Pick
How a Peking Opera Master’s Wife Saved 5 Children From the Cultural Revolution (Part 1)
by Mikel Davis“Of the six children in our family, five escaped the decade of catastrophe,” Zhou Caici recalled during a …
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Editor’s note: This first-person essay was originally written by Liu Leyuan (劉樂園) and published in Chinese by The …
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ChinaEditor's Pick
China’s Transnational Repression Expands Through Fake Journalists and Phishing Attacks
by Mikel DavisIn April 2026, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released a new investigation detailing what it described …
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Former Xi Jinping Aide’s Purported Prison Letter: ‘I Only Wish for a Swift Death’ (Part 2)
by Mikel DavisYears of sweeping anti-corruption campaigns have failed to eliminate corruption within the Chinese Communist Party. Instead, investigations and …