‘The CCP’s transnational repression pursues innocent people around the world,’ the House Select Committee on China says.
The group said that in China, restrictions on reporting are no longer isolated incidents but a routine feature of the reporting landscape.
The assessment cited Chinese-linked cyber operations, an alleged plot against a Xi critic in California, and violence during the 2023 APEC summit.
Insiders say authorities are tightening censorship and pursuing people who share videos of floods, labor disputes, and other sensitive incidents.
‘With transnational repression on the rise, it is critical that we take strong action to investigate and prosecute bad actors,’ Sen. Adam Schiff said.
Students at a Hubei provincial model school rallied against a shortened vacation, raising broader questions about school management and student grievances.
Experts warn of a new variant and viral coinfection in China.
Residents say entire villages were destroyed and the true death toll may be far higher than Beijing’s official count.
The U.S. has raised the case directly with Chinese officials and called for the researcher’s release, the State Department said.
Kyinzom Dhongdue warns the new law could have a chilling effect on Tibetans in Australia.
The storm made two Zhejiang landfalls as its vast circulation carried tropical moisture toward Beijing, Hebei, and northeastern China.
Chinese Catholics said the latest directives reflect a broader effort to replace religious autonomy with political loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party.
A former chief economist said an official singled out Gao Shanwen in 2018, months after controversial accounts of his U.S.–China speech circulated online.
The State Department supports Tibetans’ human rights and urges precondition-free dialogue with China after the death of Lobga Rangzen near U.N. headquarters.
Many of those buried were local villagers hired for temporary tree work, earning $18 a day.
Residents questioned reservoir releases during high tide, while a separate breach sent floodwaters and hundreds of farmed snakes into downstream villages.
A new rule on clans, hometown associations infringes upon basic human rights and is another tool for the CCP’s transnational repression, experts say.
Complainants say the July 1 measure forces them to get provincial paperwork before challenging local officials at central petition offices.
Critics warn the law could target overseas activists and ethnic minorities, drawing condemnation from lawmakers and rights groups.