Story Archive
2016-12-13
An activist is held for writing an article calling on police to take a stand on toxic air pollution.
2016-12-12
Peng Ming's U.S.-based family are boycotting his funeral, saying his body was dissected and the organs removed without their permission.
2016-12-12
China warns that ignoring its claim on the democratic island of Taiwan will have 'serious consequences.'
2016-12-09
Overseas activists step up calls on the incoming U.S. president to get tougher with China over rights violations.
2016-12-09
The authorities seal off the main square in the provincial capital, Chengdu, and issue warnings over possible protest activities.
2016-12-08
Mist cannons are often used to tamper with pollution monitoring equipment, as local officials try to meet environmental clean-up targets.
2016-12-08
Chinese students overseas are calling for Kwon Pyong's release, but say they also run the risk of detention in doing so.
2016-12-07
Li Heping's case has been transferred to state prosecutors while three others are sent back for 'further investigations.'
2016-12-07
Retired Shandong University professor Sun Wenguang is prevented from leaving home ahead of an official deadline for registering as an independent candidate.
2016-12-06
The ruling Chinese Communist Party's 88 million members can be locked up and abused at any time with no access to a lawyer or due legal process.
2016-12-06
Rifts are beginning to show between key figures in the administration of Leung Chun-ying ahead of elections for the next chief executive.
2016-12-05
China's official media say Trump shouldn't 'speak irresponsibly,' or cross China's 'bottom line.'
2016-12-05
Mongolian dissident Hada says the move is part of Beijing's 'policy of cultural genocide' targeting the minority group.
2016-12-02
A recently freed Chinese democracy activist says he was tortured in prison and describes present concerns for his family.
2016-12-02
Peng Ming's family issue a statement demanding an autopsy, saying they want to establish the cause of death.
2016-12-01
Rights groups are stepping up calls for the release of Jiang Tianyong, Huang Qi and Liu Feiyue.
2016-12-01
The government's civil service recruitment guidelines allow for illegal discrimination on the basis of HIV status, and are followed by many companies.
