Story Archive
2016-06-15
Lam Wing-kei follows a pattern similar to that of his colleagues who returned to China soon after asking that their missing persons files be closed.
2016-06-15
Refugee Song Zhiyu is released to give him time to complete a resettlement application with the United Nations.
2016-06-14
The project is the brainchild of the party's provincial propaganda department, officials say.
2016-06-14
Gao Zhisheng says he will not give up the struggle to bring the ruling Chinese Communist Party to account for rights abuses.
2016-06-13
Ethnic Mongolians say they hold their traditional grazing lands under a valid contract and should be paid compensation.
2016-06-13
Zhou Shifeng's case has been sent to the state prosecutor's office, paving the way for a subversion trial.
2016-06-10
Qin Yongmin only appears as a number on official records and has been denied visits from lawyers hired to represent him.
2016-06-10
Guo Feixiong's bodyweight has dropped by one third since he began his fast at Guangdong's Yangchun jail, reports say.
2016-06-09
Universities and social media are areas where more 'ideological work' is needed, an inspection report says.
2016-06-09
Public anger grows amid fears that anyone whose political views anger Beijing can now easily be silenced.
2016-06-09
Before his detention, Zhao Changqing had wanted his family to leave China, for fear of official reprisals.
2016-06-07
The wives stood outside court buildings with messages of support for their husbands printed on buckets.
2016-06-07
Joshua Wong is acquitted on charges of obstructing police officers during the burning of a Beijing policy paper in 2014.
2016-06-06
Rights groups want U.S. officials to push back at strategic dialogues on Beijing's treatment of peaceful dissidents.
2016-06-04
The city hosts the largest commemoration of the bloodshed in the world, and the only one in China.
2016-06-03
Rights activists across China will fast for a day in honor of those who died in the bloody end to the 1989 democracy movement.
2016-06-03
Wang Yi's ill-tempered outburst in Ottawa reflects a deep disconnect between Beijing's promises and its actions, they say.
2016-06-02
State security police place activists under close surveillance or take them on enforced 'vacations.'
2016-06-02
Party officials have been told to report on social media content posted by their 'friends,' while the state may award itself a 'golden share' in companies publishing online video.
2016-06-01
Beijing procuratorate will investigate five unnamed police officers over the death of environmentalist Lei Yang.
2016-06-01
The relatives of victims of the June 4, 1989 massacre say they have endured three decades of "white terror" from the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2016-05-31
Reports that a detained legal assistant has been sexually assaulted in detention have yet to be confirmed, as her lawyers have been denied meetings with her.
2016-05-31
Relatives of those who died in the June 4, 1989 crackdown are placed under tight surveillance.
2016-05-30
Sichuan-based teahouse-owner Fu Hailu and poet Ma Qing are detained after the commemorative tipple is promoted on social media
2016-05-30
Jiang Yefei and Dong Guangping were spirited back to China just days ahead of their planned relocation to Canada.
2016-05-27
The incident is the latest in a string of environmental health problems linked to chemically treated rubber tracks.
2016-05-27
Civic Party activist Ken Tsang's supporters say the charges relating to clashes during the 2014 Occupy movement were politically motivated.
2016-05-26
Activists are placed under surveillance, while a former top official is told to get ready to be taken out of town for an involuntary vacation.
2016-05-26
An article saying she is more 'extreme' and 'emotional' because of her unmarried status is hurriedly deleted after a public outcry.
2016-05-25
Analysts say Beijing may be tempted to pick on smaller neighbors rather than risking direct confrontation with the United States.
