Story Archive
2016-12-30
Xu Youchen is sentenced to death for allegedly killing a policeman, while his wife gets a three-year jail term on public order charges.
2016-12-30
Tianwang volunteers lose access to their content management system, while Canyu.org may have been subjected to a hacker attack.
2016-12-30
The family of Lei Yang is awarded a huge sum in compensation, and withdraws all legal proceedings linked to his death.
2016-12-29
No independent investigation into Peng Ming's cause of death is now possible, in spite of requests from his family.
2016-12-29
Three suspects and two employees of the ruling Chinese Communist Party die in the incident, according to state media.
2016-12-28
Liu Feiyue is accused of 'incitement to subvert' the ruling Chinese Communist Party after reporting on its rights record.
2016-12-28
The country's internet regulator says action will be taken to ensure that netizens aren't bombarded by 'harmful information.'
2016-12-27
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is still very ambivalent about public displays of affection for the late supreme leader, however.
2016-12-27
Relatives and friends of detained rights activists are now being held alongside those they were looking for on charges of subversion of state power.
2016-12-27
Former classmates of Lei Yang from an influential university slam the decision not to press charges after he died under arrest in May.
2016-12-27
Nine people are handed jail terms of up to 10 years on charges related to public order, demonstrations, and 'spreading rumors.'
2016-12-23
Chen Yunfei was detained in 2015 after he visited the grave of a Tiananmen Square massacre victim.
2016-12-23
The ruling Chinese Communist Party remains highly uneasy about the spread of Christianity in China, and even within its own ranks, pastors say.
2016-12-23
The protest comes as authorities confirm charges against recently disappeared human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, raising fears that he may have been tortured.
2016-12-22
Four residents of the eastern province of Jiangxi are released after judges say they were sent to death row on the basis of flimsy evidence.
2016-12-22
The wife of detained lawyer Jiang Tianyong says she has hard evidence that he sustained multiple fractures during a beating in detention.
2016-12-21
The case of Xie Yang has now moved to a Changsha court, where he will be tried on subversion and public order charges.
2016-12-21
Huang Qi is formally arrested on state secrets charges, while writer Hai Di is investigated for subversion after criticizing the smog.
2016-12-20
Nine detainees from Wukan village are tried behind closed doors in Guangdong's Haifeng county on public order and "incitement" charges.
2016-12-20
Hai Wenming is held by police in Hohhot after taking to social media to voice grievances on behalf of his village.
2016-12-19
Friends and fellow activists say Wu Gan has likely refused to give police a 'confession' to the charges against him.
2016-12-19
Journalists say the move is a further bid for total control of online news coverage and political commentary.
2016-12-16
Zhuang Liehong, a former resident of the rebel village of Wukan, is taking the villagers' land dispute international.
2016-12-16
Opinions remain divided over whether coal-burning industry or vehicle emissions are largely responsible.
2016-12-16
Jiang Tianyong's wife has hit out against the alleged charges, saying they are a form of official retaliation for her husband's rights work.
2016-12-15
Taiwan residents are no longer being granted permission letters amid a diplomatic row between China and Trump over the status of their democratic island.
2016-12-15
They represent a generation who gave up the chance of higher education to labor in the fields for the revolutionary cause, and now say they can't survive in Shanghai.
2016-12-14
Zhongmu Wang is unavailable after celebrity, pro-government tweeters highlighted the "subversive" letter on social media.
2016-12-14
The country moves out of the top jailer spot, but this is no indication of greater freedom, researchers say.
2016-12-13
Japan has withdrawn funding from the United Nations' world heritage body after it accepted historical documents submitted by Beijing for preservation.
