Story Archive
2016-08-31
Article suggests Beijing is unhappy with chief executive Leung Chun-ying and its own representatives in the city.
2016-08-31
Sandy Phan-Gillis made her confession under extreme duress, her husband and lawyer say.
2016-08-30
Rights groups call on Beijing to end the 'abusive' practice of enforced disappearance targeting rights activists and lawyers.
2016-08-30
Both men were prompted to return after being held in a Bangkok immigration detention center, fellow activists say.
2016-08-29
Rights activists say violations of labor laws and minimum wage regulations are rife among Chinese employers, however.
2016-08-29
Art that is made to serve political ends can only ever be 'fake culture,' Ai says in response.
2016-08-26
Thousands call on the authorities to ensure that “the biggest mass murderer in history” isn’t celebrated in Australia.
2016-08-26
Miners say the company has failed to use money deducted from their salaries to pay into social security schemes.
2016-08-25
A Communist Party official is met with protests as the island launches annual military exercises simulating an attack from China.
2016-08-25
Yang Wei was handed a 10-day administrative sentence without a trial after he requested a registration form for election candidates.
2016-08-24
Yang Maoping was prevented from entering a prison hospital in the southern province of Guangdong where her brother has been transferred.
2016-08-23
Guo had refused food and drink for more than 100 days in protest at the treatment of political prisoners, including himself.
2016-08-23
The mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group is being targeted amid a massive security clampdown in the city.
2016-08-23
Bowen College in the northwestern province of Gansu fired Liu Lingli after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014.
2016-08-22
Some who criticize the government or complain about its actions say their children are being punished with exclusion from education.
2016-08-22
Guo Feixiong's family have heard that he may have been moved, but details have yet to emerge.
2016-08-19
New requirements target live-streaming and make chief editors personally responsible for problems.
2016-08-19
The threat follows a string of detentions, jailings and physical attacks on the city's once-free press.
2016-08-18
Pastors are barred from leading prayers or preaching, and reading the Bible aloud is prohibited.
2016-08-18
Bao Tong, Gao Yu and Pu Zhiqiang are prevented from attending a dinner with 'friends from out of town.'
2016-08-17
Former Olympic champions fall by the wayside as the country's gold medal haul drops sharply.
2016-08-17
The activists unfurled a banner on top of a mountain near Changsha to mark the 100th day of Guo Feixiong's protest.
2016-08-16
Xie Yang's wife hits out at an official cover-up, as lawyers and relatives are repeatedly denied permission to visit him.
2016-08-16
A top geologist says all the necessary rules are in place to protect local communities but that the 'money has gone missing.'
2016-08-15
Local residents say city-wide security checks and closures in host city Hangzhou are a 'nuisance.'
2016-08-15
Teachers and lawmakers say the warning will chill freedom of speech and political debate in the city.
2016-08-12
The government meanwhile warns netizens not to post or tweet photos or news linked to the protest.
2016-08-12
The loved ones of detained rights lawyers and their associates are deemed 'guilty by association.'
2016-08-11
Su Changlan, 45, was charged with subversion after she showed public support for Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement.
2016-08-11
Security personnel have Lianyungang under lock-down as protests enter their sixth day amid pitched battles with police.
