In the spring of 1949, Chinese legal scholar Yang Zhaolong helped secure the release of an estimated 10,000 …
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Hong KongEditor's Pick
Jimmy Lai and the Price of Defying the Chinese Communist Party
by Mikel DavisOn May 15, 2026, President Donald Trump returned to the United States after two days of meetings with …
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Human RightsEditor's Pick
A Scar That Won’t Heal: Michael Kovrig Speaks Out About His Imprisonment in China
by Mikel DavisMichael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, has spoken publicly for the first time about the abuse he endured …
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Human RightsEditor's Pick
Is China’s Human Rights Lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, Still Alive?
by Emma LubyEmma LuGao Zhisheng, often referred to as “China’s Conscience,” is a Chinese human rights lawyer who has long been …
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State-Sanctioned Kidnapping: A New Report on China’s RSDL Jails
by Max LubyMax LuThe ruling Chinese communist party (CCP) has been extensively criticized by world governments for its human rights violations. …
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China’s UK ambassador Liu Xiaoming recently gave an interview with the BBC on the HARDtalk program in which …
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China is known to run forced labor camps in Xinjiang where thousands of Uyghur, Tibetan, and Kazakh minorities …