For the first time, visitors from a free society joined Beijing’s staged tours of “Xinjiang.” Their words cannot cover up genocide.
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Salt Typhoon and UNC4841: Chinese Cyber Espionage Targets Mobile Phones
Two state-backed Chinese hacking groups accessed the mobile phones of more than one million Americans and even hacked court-authorized wiretapping.
Holy Firewalls: China’s New Rules for Online Clergy Conduct
Regulations published on September 15 significantly restrict religious content online. “Bitter Winter” provides a complete English translation of the rules.
“Fox in the Henhouse”: U.S. Taxpayers Financing China’s Military Progress
A parliamentary report provides troubling data on how American universities use public funds for joint projects with army-related Chinese partners.
Understanding Xi Jinping by Studying His Father Xi Zhongxun: A New Biography
Joseph Torigian’s “The Party Interests Come First” focuses on an important yet often misunderstood Chinese revolutionary.
Tsang Monastery: One Tibetan Monk Arrested, A Leader Commits Suicide
Zega Gyatso was arrested while seeking medical treatment. Geshe Shersang Gyatso, the monastery’s managing director, took his life after heavy police interrogation.
Justice Denied Again: Hohhot Christians’ Appeal Trial Upholds Harsh Sentences
On September 5, the Intermediate Court ruled that selling legally published Bibles is a crime if you are part of a house church.
The World is Risking a Uyghur Srebrenica
Three decades ago, a physical genocide was committed in the heart of Europe amid international indifference. In China, a cultural genocide is still being perpetrated amid the same international indifference.
Powdered Diplomacy: China, Drugs, and the Sinaloa Cartel
One of the largest anti-drug operations in U.S. history raises disturbing questions about Beijing’s complicity with international organized crime.
A Voice Silenced: Tulku Palden Wangyal Dies in Chinese Custody
The Head Lama of the Choegyal Monasteries in Gonjo County, Tibet, died in prison after years of torture and isolation.