Michael Zhuang

The small-business owner says weak demand, business closures, and job shortages are fueling uncertainty about the future.

Ming Chu-cheng of National Taiwan University drew parallels between current challenges in China and conditions that preceded the fall of Soviet-era regimes.

Cases cited in a widely shared post suggest that the CCP is targeting not only online content but also how users access the internet.

On June 4, users say platforms flagged indirect references, restricted accounts, and filtered routine content tied to the 1989 clampdown.

Victims, lawyers, and analysts say fraudulent matchmaking schemes are exploiting demographic pressures and China’s increasingly difficult marriage market.

Witnesses reported roadblocks and surveillance, as discussion of the 1989 massacre vanished from social media.

Xi Jinping’s unexplained absence and the missing May Politburo report have fueled speculation about developments in Beijing.

Wuzhu Electronic’s closure adds to signs of stress in China’s private sector as manufacturers grapple with shrinking demand and regulatory pressures.

A China-based expert told The Epoch Times that he believes China’s ’reform and opening up' era has effectively reversed under Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

New restrictions on investment, data, and information signal Beijing’s growing focus on security over economic development.