Quan Shixin hoped to return home after serving her sentence. Only, there was no home left.
Censorship
Uyghur Comedian’s Ban Shows How Women’s Voices Are Silenced in China
Xiao Pa was suspended from Weibo after a simple reflection on domestic burdens was reclassified as “inciting gender conflict.”
Xi Jinping: AI Can Now Crush Dissent Even Before It Surfaces
In an “immensely important” speech, the CCP leader moved China to a new stage of universal digital control.
The Price of Truth: How a British University Folded Under Beijing’s Glare
Sheffield Hallam University, under Chinese pressure, ordered a leading professor to stop research on forced labor in the Uyghur region.
“Three Closures in a Row”: Applauding the Party Becomes Mandatory in China
Influencers with millions of followers were shut down not for criticizing the Communist Party—but for failing to praise it.
Hong Kong: If Your Employee Criticizes the CCP, Your Restaurant Will Be Closed
New measures also apply to gaming centers, market stalls, and even funeral parlors.
China, A Mammoth Report on the Internet Announces Increased Surveillance
278 pages about the web and the “rule of law” emphasize that the authorities regard cyberspace’s “increasing diversity of opinions” as a problem.
“Reversed Front: Bonfire” in Hong Kong: Play a Mobile Game, Go to Jail
Why is the CCP so fearful of what is, after all, just a humorous game about the conflict between China and “separatists”?
Hong Kong, Independent Media Targeted by Abusive Tax Audits
Repression through taxes is a time-honored strategy of totalitarian regimes. The Hong Kong Journalists Association protests.
China Tries to Erase the History—of 2022
Keeping filmmaker Chen Pinlin in jail is part of a massive effort to cancel all traces of the victorious fight of students and citizens that compelled the CCP to abandon the “Zero COVID” policy.