CHINA
Nanjing activist Shi Tingfu, known as the first person in China’s street protests to publicly give speeches urging people to “Never Forget June 4,” is 67 years old. A human rights defender, Shi actively supported the 1989 student movement and later became a practitioner of street activism during his rights-defense
China Revises Gas Consumption Forecasts Down, But Actual Usage Keeps Growing
China’s consumption of fossil fuels has risen over the past decades as its economy grew bigger. The country...
China Struck Again as New COVID-19 Hotspot Emerges in City of Jingmen
China is once again hit with another wave of positive cases of Covid-19 as about 2,200 people who have...
China Found Building Third Missile Silo Field, Indicating ‘Explosive’ Nuclear Expansion
Construction of a third nuclear missile silo array — purportedly being built to house more than 100 intercontinental...
State-Backed Chinese Media Quote Non-Existent Swiss Scientist to Draw Attention Away From COVID-19 Origins
A Swiss biologist, Wilson Edwards, has been widely quoted by China’s state-run media as criticizing the...
Canadian Michael Spavor Sentenced to 11 Years in China for Espionage
Canadian citizen, Michael Spavor, after years of detention in one of China’s many “residential surveillance...
Hong Kong’s Largest Union Halts Operations Following State-Backed Media Attacks
Hong Kong’s largest union, The Professional Teachers’ Union (PTU), founded in 1973, seized operations...
Canandian, Robert Llyod Schellenberg Loses Appeal; Sentenced to Death in China For Drug Smuggling
Robert Llyod Schellenberg, a Canadian citizen who was convicted in 2018 of drug smuggling in China, has...
Typhoon Lupit Makes Landfall Twice in China, Skips Taiwan, Forces Evacuation of Over 300,000 in Japan
Typhoon Lupit, which was active in the Pacific region from August 2 to August 9, made landfall twice...
Americans and Britons Sign Petitions to End Communist Rule in China, Bringing ‘Light to the Darkness’
According to surveys conducted over the past year, many of the world’s people view Beijing with an increasingly...