Why Does an Elderly Woman from Chongqing Have to Rely on German Viewers to Care About Her?
After Germany’s ARD television channel aired a short documentary about China’s wealth gap and the meager incomes of elderly people…
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Civil Rights Watch
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2026
September
When Taiwan Is Put on the U.S.-China Negotiating Table
What is most worth asking about in this report may not be whether Xi Jinping will set foot on U.S. soil in late September, but rat…
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From Prohibiting Harm to Prohibiting Dissent: The Jimmy Lai Case Reveals How the CCP Is Eroding Hong Kong’s Rule of Law
The most striking detail in the Jimmy Lai case is not simply that he may face a sentence of up to 20 years, but the phrase his sup…
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Who Is Undermining the Rule of Law Through Closed-Door Trials?
The trial of Macau’s first national security case has begun. What most deserves scrutiny is not merely what sentence Koi Kei In wi…
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Winning favor does not mean winning hearts.
German media have reported on a global poll under the headline “Xi Jinping Has Won the Hearts and Minds of the World”: compared wi…
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