China operated the largest data base of legal decisions in the world. Until it realized it offered ammunition to critics—including Bitter Winter.
The Great Purge of China Legal History
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Henan: Farmer Who Denounced Grain Storage Scandal Arrested and Tortured
Liu Xingguo from Baidian was beaten up by the police, who broke most of his teeth, after he revealed that statistics about grain reserve are falsified.
“Xinjiang and Tibet, Parallel Genocides”—Or Perhaps Not?
An interesting controversy about Tibet and Xinjiang between Tibetologist Robert Barnett and Tibetan (and international) human rights activists.
35 Years Ago: The Tragedy of the Great Sage Dynasty
Depicted as the quintessential xie jiao, the movement founded in 1986 was eradicated in 1990 and its leader executed. Why do Chinese media remember it now?
Will Hilton Build a Xinjiang Hotel on the Site of a Mosque Demolished by the CCP?
Protests continue after the company’s decision to open a Hampton where the Uyghur Duling Mosque once stood.
Manmin Central Church Believers Detained in Different Provinces
While the leader is serving a 16-year jail term in Korea for sexual abuse, the church is still active both in its home country and in China.
Predatory Nature: Why China’s “Wolf Warrior” Diplomacy Is Here to Stay
Did Xi Jinping really put a halt to the aggressive behavior of Chinese diplomats? Not really.
A House Divided: European Union Countries and China
While the Czech Republic and Belgium label the horrors of Xinjiang as “genocide,” a strange Italian document vows to go on with the Belt and Road cooperation
21 Bloody Holy Spirit Members Sentenced in Guangxi
As the banned Bloody Holy Spirit christian movement continues to be active in China, persecution intensifies.
Pure Land Buddhism Under Attack in China
Devotees of respected Master Jingzong of Xuancheng have been interrogated by the police and denounced abroad as members of a xie jiao.