China Human Rights

WASHINGTON—The news about human rights in China is not good, according to the just-released annual report by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). The CECC is tasked with monitoring human rights and the development of the rule of law in China, which it does through an annual report, but also through hearings, roundtables, and special […]

A senior archbishop known for his strong opposition to the Communist regime in China has been removed from a key post in the Vatican by Pope Francis. The move is the latest in a series of overtures Pope Francis has made in recent years to seek resumption of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the […]

A Chinese woman has died under mysterious circumstances just 12 days after being detained by police for her spiritual beliefs. Yu Baofang of Anshan City, Liaoning Province is a practitioner of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, a self-improvement practice that involves living according to the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. The practice […]

A woman in Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, in China is now in a coma after suffering months of torture while imprisoned for her spiritual beliefs. She is an adherent of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, an ancient self-improvement that involves meditation and living according to the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. In […]

Oct. 4 is the Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival) in China, a joyful tradition and time for family reunions. Across the nation people are celebrating their good fortune and sharing appreciation for their family members. Some people are also considering the plight of fellow Chinese who cannot find so much to celebrate. In China, every […]

The showing of the award-winning documentary “Harvested Alive” at Texas A&M University on Sept. 28 left audience members wanting to spread the word about atrocities taking place in China.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important traditional holiday for the Chinese, a time of longing to be with loved ones and an occasion to reflect on what one is grateful for. Going by the lunar calendar, Oct. 4 is the day of the celebration this year. For scores of Falun Gong practitioners in China, the […]

Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, has announced that it will hire 1,000 users to work as online censors. The censors will be rewarded monetarily for reporting “harmful” contents posted by other Weibo users, which might include their friends and family. Weibo posted the recruitment poster on Sept. 27, saying that it will hire an initial […]

On March 14, 2016, at the UN’s Palais des Nations in Geneva, I joined a forum to commemorate the second anniversary of the death in custody of human rights defender Cao Shunli. I couldn’t help but vent my anger at what a criminal gang the Chinese Communist Party is. The same day I received the […]

North Koreans who attempt to escape the brutal Kim regime through China are increasingly being apprehended by the Chinese regime and deported back, according to reports. Those who were forcefully returned face certain imprisonment, torture, and even execution. Human Rights Watch estimated that in July and August alone China apprehended 41 North Koreans attempting to […]

NEW YORK—They had just arrived in the United States a little more than a week before, but they were ready to tell the world about what they had endured. Ahead of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, two sisters from China joined a group of about 80 meditating protesters outside U.N. headquarters. Rui and Xing […]

The career of an Olympic doctor—who had blazed a trail to success at an early age—came to a screeching halt when she refused to inject the top Chinese gymnasts with steroids. After almost two decades of mistreatment, she is seeking asylum in Germany and has severed all ties with the Chinese Communist Party. Xue Yinxian, […]

China’s most popular messaging app WeChat now warns users in a privacy statement about how much of their private data the company shares with the Chinese regime. To no one’s surprise, it’s just about everything users type into the app. Developed by the Chinese internet company Tencent, WeChat is China’s equivalent of WhatsApp and is […]

The Chinese regime held a show trial to convict Lee Ming-che, a Taiwanese human rights activist who has been imprisoned in China since March under charges of what the communist regime calls “subversion.” Lee is the first Taiwanese citizen ever to become a political prisoner in China, and his case has attracted considerable international attention. Human […]

BEIJING—A Taiwanese activist on trial in China confessed on Monday to attempting to subvert the Beijing government, according to videos of his hearing released by Chinese authorities, although his wife refused to recognize the court’s authority. Lee Ming-che, a community college teacher known for his pro-democracy and rights activism, went missing on a trip to […]

SAN FRANCISCO—A rally was held outside the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco on the morning of Sept. 8 to protest the Chinese regime’s interference in California’s legislature. The rally was sparked by a letter sent from the Consulate to all members of the California Senate that warned that support of SJR 10—a resolution sponsored by […]

TAIPEI—The wife and mother of detained Taiwanese rights activist Lee Ming-che were due to arrive in China on Sunday to attend his subversion trial on Monday, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement, calling for Lee’s safe return home. Lee, a community college teacher and pro-democracy and human rights activist, went missing during a […]

Renowned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is being held by authorities Beijing, his brother finally learned after a stressful three weeks of not knowing what had happened to his high-profile brother. Gao disappeared from his home in Shaanxi province on Aug. 13, where he’d been living under house arrest. For three weeks, nobody had any contact with […]

Liu Jingming, a procurement officer at the Qiqihar Hospital of Traditional Medicine, was well-liked by his colleagues and considered a “model worker” by his superiors: he was incorruptible and full of cheer, and on one occasion used his own paycheck to fix the hospital’s water faucets. In February 2007, Liu was arrested for his beliefs […]

Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang is one of 10 nominees for the Dutch government’s Human Rights Tulip award this year. Wang has defended spiritual groups persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party, such as Christians and Falun Gong practitioners, and has worked with self-taught paralegals, or “barefoot lawyers,” and human rights activists to defend the […]