Jane Lin

For no apparent reason individuals have been lurking around the tour buses of Shen Yun Performing Arts in Costa Mesa, California. A history of attempts to vandalize Shen Yun tour buses has the show’s presenters on guard.

The week before a major political meeting in Beijing, the Central Propaganda Department doubled down on a campaign to silence and intimidate intellectuals in China who speak out for constitutionalism, the rule of law, and human rights. This latest effort is a continuation of a campaign set in motion by Xi Jinping with a speech he gave in August warning how “reactionary intellectuals” could threaten the Party’s hold on power.

The Chinese authorities have labeled the car crash in Tiananmen Square on Oct. 28 a premeditated terrorist attack, but the claim has so far not found an entirely receptive ear.

Those in China with money are, in increasing numbers, emigrating and buying property abroad.

Hu Shuli, a Chinese media executive, is said to know personally top leaders of the Communist Party, and the exposés of corruption in her pages line up well with current politics.

While Chinese tourists were shut out of famous sites in the United States, many were amazed at how U.S. society remained calm and orderly.

A 11-year-old Chinese girl in southern China has admitted to killing a 7-year-old playmate, saying that saying that they had constant run-ins while playing together.

China’s real estate market is displaying two opposite extremes: the property bubble swells in major cities, but elsewhere, “ghost cities” abound.

A renowned Chinese university professor accused a state media’s editor of spreading rumor, saying that he reserves the right to sue him for libel.

The Bo Xilai family is just one of a multiple of officials with assets and family members abroad, including in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States.