Story Archive
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.
2016-05-25
Angela Gui says documents purportedly linking him to a drunk-driving accident have the wrong name on them.
2016-05-24
Sister says she is worried as Guo’s hunger strike enters third week and authorities stymie efforts to meet lawyer.
2016-05-24
The parents are calling on the government to uphold promises of financial assistance for their post-quake children.
2016-05-24
Herders elsewhere in the region are also detained after protesting unpaid subsidies outside local government offices.
2016-05-23
Tie Liu and He Linxia are detained amid a widening crackdown targeting politically sensitive writing.
2016-05-23
The man's desperate protest draws an angry crowd of out-of-town parents who have met with similar problems.
2016-05-20
Activists on the outside are continuing a relay fast to call for Guo Feixiong's release on medical parole.
2016-05-20
Tang Zhishun's lawyer has been denied official recognition, while Xing Qingxian's lawyer has been prevented from seeing him.
2016-05-19
China's parliamentary chief Zhang Dejiang warns that calls for independence will bring 'chaos' to the city.
2016-05-19
Seven months after he disappeared, police in the northern city of Tianjin say they are holding Xing Qingxian.
2016-05-18
The detainees include five local residents who protested the loss of their land to development.
2016-05-18
Dong Guangping and Jiang Yefei were handed over to Chinese police by Thai authorities, drawing strong criticism from the United Nations.
2016-05-17
Police cordon off large swathes of downtown Hong Kong, citing fears of 'terrorist attacks.'
2016-05-17
Official media repeat the party line on the decade of violence and turmoil launched by Mao Zedong on May 16, 1966.
2016-05-16
Former Red Guard Wang Rongfen served more than 12 years in jail after she wrote to Mao admonishing him for starting the Cultural Revolution.
2016-05-13
Police want tip-offs about anyone posting unauthorized information online.
2016-05-12
Writer and activist Tan Zuoren is detained and held under police surveillance on the politically sensitive date.
2016-05-12
The disappearance of five booksellers and recent comments from Chinese officials could undermine the city's "one country, two systems" set-up.
2016-05-12
As the 50th anniversary approaches and President Xi Jinping consolidates power, there is a fear that the nation could take a great leap backward.
2016-05-11
Local residents say the halting of an environmental assessment may not stop the project from going ahead.
2016-05-11
Police make dubious claim that there is no video footage from the scene of Lei Yang's detention in Changping county over the weekend.
