Story Archive
2016-03-31
Veteran journalist demands official explanation for thuggish tactics of men who pushed around the 72-year-old heart patient.
2016-03-31
Bao Tong, a former top aide to the late premier Zhao Ziyang, discusses the political climate in China and life under surveillance.
2016-03-31
Campus-based recruitment advertisements still frequently call for male-only applicants, a women's rights group says.
2016-03-30
The administration of chief executive Leung Chun-ying vows to take legal action against 'any suggestion' the city would be better off outside China.
2016-03-30
The new rules would mean the authorities could block an entire domain at the click of a mouse, experts say.
2016-03-29
The World Health Organization (WHO) says Beijing should step up monitoring of vaccine storage as an infant death is reported.
2016-03-29
In a veiled shot at the censors, Yu Shaolei tells the communist party he wants to stand on his feet, not live on his knees.
2016-03-28
Eviction activist and rights lawyer Ni Yulan has her passport 'frozen' by the authorities ahead of an award ceremony in Washington.
2016-03-28
The families of overseas dissidents are among those targeted in a widening police probe of questionable legality.
2016-03-25
Case of Jia Jia remains murky while associates are incommunicado and a friend says his family has been ensnared in China's witch hunt.
2016-03-25
Zhang Kai has been sent back to his parental home in Inner Mongolia, in spite of living and working in the Chinese capital.
2016-03-25
Lee Bo's return leaves Hong Kong with more questions than answers, sparking fears for the city's remaining autonomy.
2016-03-24
Talk on the popular Internet messaging app about pollution from mining operations and arrests bring crackdown
2016-03-24
Editors and technicians from the Watching News website are also incommunicado following the detention of journalist Jia Jia.
2016-03-23
The new ban is limited to the end of the decade and doesn't deliver on promises made last September, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
2016-03-23
Hong Kong media professionals say fear of arrest is their biggest nightmare, and that self-censorship of stories critical of Beijing is very common.
2016-03-22
The government has failed to make good on promises of free education for their post-quake children, they say.
2016-03-22
Chinese authorities orders a nationwide probe to track down all batches of expired or improperly stored vaccine.
2016-03-21
Authorities in the eastern province of Shandong say they have uncovered an illegal ring dealing in vaccines.
2016-03-21
The detentions follow a blockade of local mining operations amid growing concern over pollution from untreated mining waste.
2016-03-18
Beijing-based Jia Jia disappeared on the way to Hong Kong as the Chinese government crack down on the press continues.
2016-03-17
A U.S.-based rights group warns that Beijing uses the charges to isolate government critics as the arrest numbers double.
2016-03-17
Gao is under 24-hour surveillance by state security police, who control her contact with others.
2016-03-14
Journalist Zhou Fang says officials routinely disregard the country's constitution when it comes to controlling speech and Internet content.
2016-03-14
While a bail agreement is made for Li Xiaolong, his wife and child along with a refugee named Song Zhiyu remain in custody.
2016-03-11
Politicians and rights activists in the city say they are highly skeptical that any of the men are acting from their own free will.
2016-03-11
The relatives of 19 detained lawyers facing subversion charges call for a parliamentary investigation.
2016-03-10
A human rights lawyer describes his experiences in a police detention center during a recent crackdown.
2016-03-10
The Chinese government attempts to exert more control over the Internet as the National People's Congress convenes.
2016-03-09
Su Changlan and Tian Li face subversion charges linked to their support for the 2014 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
