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U.S. and EU Speak Out on China’s Detention of Uighur Scholar Ilham Tohti
Ilham Tohti (Source: RFA). Prominent Uighur economics professor and dissident Ilham Tohti (Uighur: ئىلھام توختى, Chinese: 伊力哈木土赫提) was detained by police in Beijing on January 15, according to...
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China Begins Trial of Dissident Xu Zhiyong Despite International Objections
Xu Zhiyong (Source: Human Rights in China). Prominent Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist Xu Zhiyong (许志永) will go on trial January 22 on charges of disrupting public order. A founder of...
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Soft Power, America vs. China: America Still Wins
Texas-themed bar in China. China is engaged in a soft-power war with America and the West. America may not have noticed this, but China has. While America takes its soft power around the world for...
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China Blocks Reporting on Xu Zhiyong Trial, Offshore Wealth of China’s Elite
Protesters at trial of Chinese human rights activist Xu Zhiyong, Jan. 22, 2014. China has been on its very worst behavior this week. As prominent human rights activist Xu Zhiyong (许志永) went on trial...
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China Imprisons Dissident Xu Zhiyong, Announces Charges Against Uighur...
Ilham Tohti (left) and Xu Zhiyong (right). Over the weekend of January 25-26, the Chinese government sentenced human rights activist Xu Zhiyong (许志永) to four years in prison and announced its charges...
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China Escalates War on International Media
CNN reporter David McKenzie attacked by Chinese police. China has escalated its war on international news media with stepped-up harassment of foreign journalists and blocking of foreign news websites....
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Kerry in Beijing: Chinese Media Reactions
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets Chinese President Xi Jinping. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Chinese leaders in Beijing on February 14 and 15 as part of a six-day Asian trip that...
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Press Freedom Under Attack in Hong Kong, Journalists Protest
Hong Kong journalists protest for press freedom, January 23, 2014 (HKJA). An estimated 6000 journalists and free speech advocates marched in Hong Kong on February 23 in protest against the erosion of...
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Angry Panda: Obama Meets with Dalai Lama, China Throws a Temper Tantrum
President Obama met informally with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House on February 21. The meeting took place in defiance of warnings from Beijing that it would “grossly...
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China Charges Uighur Scholar Ilham Tohti with Separatism, Denies Access to...
Chinese authorities have formally charged outspoken Uighur scholar and human rights activist Ilham Tohti (Uyghur: ئىلھام توختى, Chinese: 伊力哈木土赫提) with inciting separatism. Arrested in Beijing in...
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China Hedges its Bets on Ukraine Crisis, Turns Unrest into CCP Propaganda
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Dec. 2013 As events unfold quickly in Ukraine, Russia’s increasingly close ally China is hedging its bets on an uncertain...
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Michelle Obama Well Received in China
Michelle Obama speaks at Beijing University (Xinhua). First lady Michelle Obama’s visit to China with her mother and daughters has been a big soft-power success for the United States. Praised for her...
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Hong Kong Democracy Gains Boost in Washington with Activist Visit
Martin Lee and Anson Chan meet with Vice-President Joe Biden. Hong Kong democracy activists gained a boost in Washington last week with a visit to the capital by Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders Martin...
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China’s State-Run Media Slam Hong Kong Democracy Activists for U.S. Visit
Martin Lee and Anson Chan at the Asia Society, New York China’s state-run media have gone on the attack against two leading Hong Kong democracy activists for their recent visit to the United States....
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China Reactions to Obama’s Asia Tour: Overwhelmingly Negative
Planet China: The World As China Sees It Reactions to President Obama’s recent Asian tour in China’s state-run media have been overwhelmingly negative. This should come as no surprise to anyone. Of...
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