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.
2016-11-30
Shepherd Unench had been subjected to repeated physical and verbal abuse by his employers before going on a killing spree.
2016-11-30
Peng Ming was detained by the authorities in 2004 after being lured into Myanmar on a visit to his parents in Thailand.
2016-11-29
The move comes after the Tianwang website reported on the violent detention of petitioners in Beijing.
2016-11-29
Chinese netizens are making the ruling Chinese Communist Party nervous about its 'relative who died overseas.'
2016-11-28
Complaints are meanwhile being lodged over two recent deaths of petitioners in police custody, activists say.
2016-11-28
Jiang Tianyong had previously been tortured during periods of unofficial detention, raising concerns that he may once more be at risk.
2016-11-25
Chris Patten slams the "antics" of pro-independence lawmakers-elect Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung, saying independence isn't an option for the city.
2016-11-25
The investigation into the website's overseas funding sources comes after Beijing passed a draconian new cybersecurity law last month.
2016-11-24
The women drank pesticides in a subway station close to Beijing's Tiananmen Square after being targeted by fraudsters.
2016-11-24
The accident, the latest in a string of industrial disasters, is likely linked to poor management and lax safety training, sources say.
2016-11-23
Jiang Tianyong's wife says he hasn't been in touch for more than 24 hours, suggesting he may be being held by the authorities in secret.
2016-11-23
Hada and his wife say they have no source of income, but will continue to speak out on behalf of ethnic Mongolians in China.
2016-11-22
Former Masanjia inmate Chen Shenqun was reported to have died in a "road accident" while under police escort after petitioning the government in Beijing.
