A system where exit is a privilege that can be withdrawn burdens ordinary travelers, while criminals (unfortunately) and dissidents (happily) will continue to buy their way out.
Hu Zimo
CCP Propaganda Wants You: Behind the Curtain of China’s Global TV Machine
A report reveals how CGTN’s polished façade conceals a system in which censorship governs every layer of news production, and journalists operate under constant supervision.
China: “If You Defend House Churches, We Will Shut Down Your Law Firm”
An attorney was forced to leave China after representing Beijing’s Zion Church. Authorities told her and her colleagues they should dissolve their firm—or else.
China’s Silent Anniversary: How the Cultural Revolution’s Sixtieth Year Was Erased
The tragic event started between May and August 2026. Not only is there no celebration of the anniversary, but those commemorating it risk going to jail.
CCP Scholar: China’s New Ethnic Unity Law Moves from Administration to Assimilation
A Party School teacher’s commentary in the “Beijing Daily” reveals how the statute formalizes assimilation of minorities as state doctrine.
Tiananmen Mothers Robbed Even of Their Grief
For the first time in 30 years, the families were told that their annual 4 June visit to the graves of those killed in 1989 would not be allowed.
China, United Front Issues Guidelines for the New Law on Ethnic Unity
State-controlled religious organizations and foreign propaganda are mobilized to implement and defend the widely criticized statute.
Death Toll of the Abrupt End of Zero COVID in China: Likely, Two Million
In December 2022, Xi Jinping declared victory over the virus and ended the restrictive policy overnight, fearful of unprecedented protests. It caused a disaster.
Xi Jinping Walks Into Your Home—and Tells You to Have Babies
The General Secretary rings your bell—and delivers a simple message: giving birth is not optional.
China’s National Procurators’ Meeting: Prosecutors as Priests of the Gospel According to Xi
The gathering reminded the officers that “constitutionalism,” “separation of powers,” and “judicial independence” are Western concepts that have no place in China.
Hu Zimo
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