Story Archive
2016-04-29
A new book details the political horrors of the Cultural Revolution, which included widespread cannibalism.
2016-04-29
Activists say grassland that has been grazed by herding communities for generations has been handed over to Chinese investors by local officials.
2016-04-28
Rights groups say the law will escalate repression and cripple human rights work in China.
2016-04-28
Tsering Woeser and husband Wang Lixiong have been confined to their home until Friday.
2016-04-27
Ilham Tohti is named as a finalist for the Martin Ennals Award, which honors those who defend human rights at great risk to themselves.
2016-04-27
The human rights advocate, most famous for exposing China's Laogai prison camps, dies while on vacation.
2016-04-27
Campaigners say Guo Feixiong needs urgent medical treatment and fear he may die in custody.
2016-04-26
Ilham Tohti's family rely on handouts from friends as they struggle to make ends meet on his wife's small salary.
2016-04-26
Groups will have to find a sponsoring body and submit to regular police supervision if the draft law is passed.
2016-04-25
Eviction activist Ni Yulan is in failing health under house arrest and faces further eviction from her rented home.
2016-04-25
Wang Jing gets nearly five years' imprisonment for "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble" in cyberspace.
2016-04-22
Activist Chen Qitang stands trial for 'incitement to subvert state power' after he posted a political commentary in October 2014.
2016-04-22
Residents of Xitangqiao township are campaigning against a planned waste incinerator plant near their homes.
2016-04-21
Five people are detained after they show up in support of Su Changlan outside the court in Foshan, rights groups say.
2016-04-21
President Xi Jinping's new role gives him more command over military operations in a potential war scenario.
2016-04-20
Reporters Without Borders raps China, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam in region where freedoms 'worsened significantly.'
2016-04-20
Media industry groups say cost-cutting claims by the Ming Pao management are dubious, and that Keung Kwok-yuen was a dissenting editorial voice.
2016-04-20
One activist who tried to attend the trial of Yuan Fengchu and Yuan Xiaohua is tortured by police.
2016-04-19
Around 1,000 people are sent to an unofficial detention center after mass protests outside the health ministry.
2016-04-19
Hundreds of pupils in Changzhou are reported sick as environmentalists blame high levels of soil and groundwater pollution from a former chemical plant.
2016-04-18
Protesters occupy the city's international airport after the chief executive's daughter is allegedly given special privileges.
2016-04-18
Ethnic Mongolian herders call on activist Xinna to stay out of jail to help their cause.
2016-04-15
The museum no longer has the resources to prolong a costly legal battle with its landlords.
2016-04-15
The offending tweet was a satirical photo of two former Chinese leaders and current president Xi Jinping in 'deep water.'
2016-04-14
Hundreds of lower-ranking officials are fired or demoted amid growing calls for financial assistance for victims.
2016-04-14
Pu Zhiqiang's conviction in December over a string of social media tweets is cited as the reason for the decision.
2016-04-13
Annual State Department report finds continuation of worsening trends in Xi Jinping era.
2016-04-13
The court rejects the argument that persons of any gender can be husbands or wives.
2016-04-13
Media insiders say the blog post must have been written by President Xi Jinping's own office.
2016-04-12
Police burst into the home of herder Nasanulzei and detain him in a dawn raid amid ongoing anger over pollution.
