Michael Zhuang

Protesters denounced Beijing’s rule and a new ‘ethnic unity’ law they say expands the Chinese regime’s transnational repression.

Publicized compliance cases and official remarks suggest expanding scrutiny of foreign assets, as experts warn of tougher enforcement and exit controls.

Scholars say China’s new ethnic unity law institutionalizes assimilation policies and opens the door to pursuing critics overseas.

Operation Pathways is timed around periods favorable for an amphibious assault on Taiwan, while allies deepen regional military cooperation.

Human rights lawyer David Matas and China policy expert Piero Tozzi say the Parliament’s vote should be followed by stronger enforcement and prosecutions.

Residents across several provinces face sharply higher premiums after June 30, while insiders say financial pressures are rippling through the health system.

Beijing removed 14 lawmakers but left two investigated generals untouched, fueling questions about Xi Jinping’s political purge.

Chinese dissident Yuan Hongbing says the Beijing tower crash reflects deeper elite tensions within the Chinese Communist Party and bureaucratic paralysis.

A fire near the site where a plane struck Beijing’s tallest skyscraper intensified online discussion as the regime investigates both events.

A light aircraft struck Beijing’s CITIC Tower, prompting a security lockdown, censorship online, and speculation over how it entered restricted airspace.