‘Darkness Before Dawn’ – China’s rights activists
A prominent Uighur scholar who is serving a life sentence for separatism in a Chinese prison was named on Wednesday as a finalist for a prestigious human rights award… Read more »
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Amid signs of discontent, new law hits China’s rights groups’ funding
China’s new law regulating charities is a further blow to its rights activists, and could restrict any non-government group from raising funds to help some of the country’s most vulnerable people, an overseas-based… Read more »
China steps up crackdown on civil society, rights advocates
Chinese authorities have formally arrested China‘s most prominent woman human rights lawyer, Wang Yu, accusing her of subversion, as part of a crackdown on activists who have helped people fight… Read more »
What explains China’s ‘durable authoritarianism’?
As a lead member of a band of legal activists, Ding Jiaxi, formerly a successful corporate attorney, was practicing a perilous vocation: human rights law in China. Waging a longshot… Read more »
Celebrating democracy’s resilient trailblazers
The fortitude, vibrancy, and diversity of global democratic activism were showcased on November 14, 2023, as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) honored champions of freedom with a special 40th anniversary… Read more »
Sparks: The samizdat movement challenging China’s Communist Party
A “growing number of Chinese see the Party’s monopoly of the past as the root of their country’s current authoritarian malaise,” according to a new book by Ian Johnson, a… Read more »
A ‘hard break’ from China’s distorted narratives?
China has reportedly reached an agreement with Cuba to host an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island nation, which is roughly 100 miles from the coast of Florida, in what… Read more »
How to pursue strategic goal of a democratic China
The lack of a long-term vision keeps Washington’s China policies confused, according to Liza Tobin, a senior director for economy at the Special Competitive Studies Project, and Michael Auslin, a fellow… Read more »
‘The greatest challenge of our age’? Authoritarian China
As the G7 leaders sent a strong message to Russia by inviting Volodymyr Zelensky to Hiroshima, another rival was also on their minds – China, the BBC reports: British Prime… Read more »
Spamouflage: China Model diminished despite ‘sharp power’ projection
A coordinated foreign influence campaign linked to the Chinese government is using social media to undermine confidence in Australia’s democratic system, according to researchers at Canberra defence thinktank. The network… Read more »