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German Legislators Back Falun Gong’s Resistance Against Persecution in China
Three members of Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, have expressed condemnation of Beijing’s 20-year-long campaign against Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual practice. Michael Brand, Spokesperson for the Human Rights Committee of the center-right Christian Democratic Union...
Employee of British Consulate in Hong Kong Detained While in China
Simon Cheng Man-kit, a Hong Kong resident working as a consultant for the UK Consulate, went missing Aug. 8 while attending a business meeting in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese city that borders Hong Kong. Cheng...
Police in China Arrest the ‘Spiritually Japanese’
Several people have been recently jailed by the Chinese authorities for being “spiritually Japanese,” including a young woman who drew more than 300 cartoons deemed to have “humiliated China.” Zhang Dongning, a 22-year-old college student...
First Swine Fever, Now a Plague of Armyworms Threatens China’s Food
The crop-eating fall armyworm has been found in 11 provinces in China as of May 9, now threatening production of staples such as corn, rice, and wheat in about a third of the country since...
Peking University Professor Urges China to Break With Communism
Shortly after the New Year, Peking University's retired Professor Zheng Yefu (鄭也夫) made a direct and daring appeal to the Chinese authorities in his Jan. 4 article titled Causes for the Difficult Birth of Political...
New President of Brazil Vows to Change His Country’s Destiny
Jair Bolsonaro, a Brazilian congressman and former army officer, won the second round of presidential elections on Oct. 28, becoming president-elect of South America’s largest country. Bolsonaro, who ran on a right-wing platform against corruption...