By bringing the military in as a stakeholder as well as advocating a smart lockdown, Khan’s COVID-19 response has consolidated his hold on power.

People-to-people cultural diplomacy fuels the band’s burgeoning global fame and influence.

Beijing’s fixation on national security legislation is an alarming signal for Hong Kong’s future.

Israeli diplomats may have assumed that years of providing China with advanced technology would change Beijing’s stance on Israel. This was a serious miscalculation.

The protests that began in 2019 are actually centered on a date nearly 30 years into the future.

People-to-people cultural diplomacy fuels the band’s burgeoning global fame and influence.

As a new national security law looms, protesters gathered to mark a key moment in 2019’s anti-extradition bill protests.

Lam Wing-kee found refuge in Taiwan. Can the island offer safe harbor to more Hong Kong democracy activists?

As a new national security law looms, protesters gathered to mark a key moment in 2019’s anti-extradition bill protests.

New restrictions on police-recognized press accreditations raise the specter of hand-picked media coverage.

The self-autonomous city’s education system is the latest battleground to resist China’s influence campaign.

Dwindling case counts, coupled with Beijing’s latest moves to consolidate control over the city, have protesters braving in-person demonstrations yet again.

In an op-ed to mark 45 years of EU-China relations, a reference to the coronavirus originating in China was removed at Beijing’s request.

Dwindling case counts, coupled with Beijing’s latest moves to consolidate control over the city, have protesters braving in-person demonstrations yet again.

As a new national security law looms, protesters gathered to mark a key moment in 2019’s anti-extradition bill protests.

From #MilkTeaAlliance to #StopMekongDam, can an internet meme war translate into real-world action?

Building the grassroots economic movement could be the key to breaking the establishment’s economic stranglehold.

The protests that began in 2019 are actually centered on a date nearly 30 years into the future.

Arresting mainstream politicians and a media mogul for peaceful protest marks a sharp escalation in the assault on Hong Kong’s freedoms.

Amid the coronavirus epidemic, suppression of dissent remains a top priority for the CCP, and the stakes are higher than ever.

How will the eventual imposition of a new national security law affect Hong Kong’s place in the world?

The same week, hundreds of NGOs urged the U.S. attorney general to designate the Chinese Communist Party a “transnational criminal organization.”

The fracas, centered on control of the House Committee, pitted pro-democracy and pro-Beijing faction against each other.

Chinese infrastructure-building attempts in Central and Eastern Europe are different in each country. So is the response from host governments.

Baloch women have launched a march toward Pakistan’s capital to protest rights abuses and enforced disappearances in Balochistan.

Luo Huining is the new Liaison Office chief. Does that signal a new approach from Beijing toward the Hong Kong unrest?

A new policy promoting Mandarin-language education has sparked protests in Inner Mongolia and outrage across the border.

Despite the long tradition of valuing deception by Chinese military leaders, few studies on Chinese military power touch on the issue.

Beijing’s putsch in Hong Kong through legislation is executed in a way that maximum shock and awe can be felt in the world.

The new directive is creating fear among ethnic Mongolians in the region that they will lose their mother tongue. 

The implications of the new law for Hong Kongers and the world.

The oppression in Xinjiang is a test as to whether nations actually adhere to the principle of Responsibility to Protect.

A delegation headed by the Senate president and the mayor of Prague won hearts in Taiwan and shrugged off threats from China’s foreign minister.

After recent reports laid out evidence that Uyghurs were being sent to work in factories around China after detention, Australian governments are reviewing some contracts.

Today’s Chinese nationalism is built on CCP loyalty and Han culture and identity – and thus leaves out a large number of China’s people.

Trump signed a law sanctioning Chinese officials responsible for anti-Uyghur policies even as allegations leaked that the U.S. president had encouraged China in the constriction of detention camps.

Qelbinur Sedik reveals the horrors she witnessed in the camps, where she was forced to teach Mandarin in 2017.

Turkey has joined the list of majority Muslim countries that have opted for silence in dealing with the one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time.

Banned candidates. Arrested lawmakers. Cancelled elections. What remains of democracy in Hong Kong?

As a new national security law looms, protesters gathered to mark a key moment in 2019’s anti-extradition bill protests.

Berlin’s announcement of an official Indo-Pacific strategy reflects a wider European turn against China.

The divergent fates of 20-something activists Wong, Agnes Chow, and Nathan Law demonstrate the new reality for Hong Kong’s young democrats.

 U.S. lawmakers are pushing for a ban on imports from Xinjiang because of the widespread use of forced labor in the region.

New revelations bring to light financial abuses of those interned in China’s “training centers” in Xinjiang.

Exports of Chinese AI technology give Beijing a foothold in foreign security systems.

Relations between China and Sweden have taken a nosedive with threats, trade restrictions, and the indictment of an ambassador.

From Belarus to Thailand, activists worldwide are learning from the city’s pro-democracy movement.

If China’s leaders don’t change course, they will face a never-ending fight.

One country, two systems, under Xi Jinping Thought.

Is there a role for international courts in upholding the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong?

The Duterte administration’s COVID-19 response marries incompetence with militarism.

Hong Kong and the Chinese government issued a “severe reprimand” of the move.

Privacy concerns remain largely unaddressed in proposed Chinese facial recognition standards.

International opprobrium has so far failed to deter Beijing from its repressive policies in Xinjiang.

Banning TikTok and other Chinese apps won’t solve a thing if China can simply buy the data it wants from private brokers.

Taiwan issued warnings and condemned the flights as it conducted its own military drills.

Turkey has joined the list of majority Muslim countries that have opted for silence in dealing with the one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time.

Can audit firms actually credibly audit in Xinjiang? Can they actually credibly audit in China at all?

Canberra also promised to extend visas for Hong Kongers and provide a path to permanent residency.

The latest round of arrests, already being decried as politically targeted, includes charges linked to protests last year.

More than a thousand protesters marched to the Chinese embassy in downtown Jakarta.

“Upon arriving in Islamabad with 300 families, we realized that the state was neither ready to listen nor interested in addressing the issue of missing persons.” 

Nearly all of the city’s prominent pro-democracy voices have been arrested or forced into exile.

Xi Jinping is hoping that the world will forget the Tiananmen Massacre just in time to stifle a new generation agitating for democratic reform.

China has long been engaged in a constant multivector campaign of cyber aggression against the U.S. and allies.

Mike Pompeo’s announcement will hit Chinese internet companies at their most vulnerable spots.

Is Beijing building a cross-border social engineering system, one software solution at a time?

Critics warn free discussion in schools is under attack amid new restrictions on teaching topics.

The NSL has altered many long-standing allegiances and feuds within the different political identities in Hong Kong.

Turkey has joined the list of majority Muslim countries that have opted for silence in dealing with the one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time.

Hong Kong is still China’s financial gateway to the world. What happens if the West pulls back?

The crackdown on Apple Daily and Jimmy Lai is the culmination of a decades-long saga that encapsulates the broader struggle for press freedom in Hong Kong.

Amid a rising wave of tensions, Korean entertainment is once again getting caught in the crossfire.

There are new signs of Hong Kong’s internet, legal, and press systems following in Beijing’s footsteps.

The CCP’s sweeping crackdowns on civil society have left the whole world vulnerable.

It prompted a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson to retort with a threat seemingly straight out of the Old Testament.

China has effectively created a Schrödinger’s Chinese Australian, where a person’s nationality is simultaneously Australian and Chinese depending on which serves the CCP’s purposes. 

Managing risks and fortifying national security is critical while doing business with China. 

The Muslim world is quick to denounce Islamophobia in the West, but has been markedly silent of China’s attacks on Islam and Uyghur culture. 

Charles Lieber, a prominent Harvard University nanoscience researcher, was arrested and charged on Tuesday.

The crackdown on Apple Daily and Jimmy Lai is the culmination of a decades-long saga that encapsulates the broader struggle for press freedom in Hong Kong.

The case served as a flashpoint for Hong Kong’s beleaguered pro-democracy movement.

By forcing out pro-democracy legislators, authorities have snuffed out one of the last official channels for voicing dissent and holding the government accountable.

A new poll encompassing 13 European countries finds remarkable consensus on China – mostly negative.

Pushback against politically motivated prosecutions is emerging from lawyers, judges, and the principles of Hong Kong’s common law system itself.

“The state prepared the institutional ecosystem for these riots by aggressively pushing its integrationist and majoritarian agenda.”

With the complaint against China, Australia has a chance at a moral victory a few years from now — and that’s the best case scenario.