On Dec. 9, Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull responded to claims by the Chinese regime and opposition politicians that he had made “China-phobic” remarks and was catering “to irresponsible reports.” The backlash comes after Turnbull raised concern about widespread and high-placed infiltration of Australia’s government and society by agents serving the Chinese Communist Party. “Foreign […]

Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has denied any wrong doing in receiving donations from the same wealthy Chinese businessman linked to opposition senator Sam Dastyari who resigned on Tuesday over his links to Beijing. Disclosure documents discovered by the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) reveal that Mathias Cormann received a AU$20,000 (US$15,330) donation from property developer […]

Even when compared with other important state visits, U.S. President Donald Trump is getting the super VIP treatment in China. China is the third stop on Trump’s Asia tour, and he will spend two days there. The president and First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Beijing around 2:40 p.m. on Nov. 8, after which he […]

With just days left until the 19th National Congress convenes in Beijing to unveil the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s next generation of ruling elite, the city is on high-security alert. Before the congress on Oct. 18, all 300-plus members of the Central Committee, which is comprised of the Party’s top officials, are required to attend […]

Kim Jong-un (Kim 3) recently celebrated the 105th anniversary of the birth of his grandfather Kim Il-sung, founder of North Korea’s ongoing Maoist monarchy. A parade showcasing his regime’s military hardware was followed the next day by a missile test, which inexplicably failed. The Trump administration, with its announced policy of “maximum pressure and engagement,” appears […]

HONG KONG—Xiao Jianhua, the Chinese billionaire who recently went missing from his luxury apartment in Hong Kong, is currently assisting the top Chinese leadership with corruption investigations in Beijing, according a source familiar with the matter. A source in Zhongnanhai, the Beijing headquarters of the Chinese leadership, with authoritative information on high-level discussions, told Epoch […]

Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, 32, recently celebrated the 68th birthday of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—in reality, a Maoist/Stalinist monarchy of three generations—by a fifth underground nuclear test. This followed his firing of three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. The raising of the nuclear threat to an even more dangerous level resulted […]

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Canada, which will take place this week, has spurred efforts by pro-Beijing groups to ensure the high ranking Communist Party official gets a boisterous welcome in Ottawa and Montreal. If the welcome follows the pattern established in previous visits, Chinese groups will be mobilized and financially supported by the […]

A Hong Kong politician who dropped out from the elections for the city’s legislature claims that his actions were the result of intimidation by Beijing. Ken Chow Wing-kan from Hong Kong’s Liberal Party called for a press conference on Sept. 7 and revealed details of the coercion that led him to abandon his election campaign […]

A 55-hour-long rainstorm pelted Beijing over July 19 and 20—a continuation of floods that have claimed nearly 600 lives and displaced tens of thousands since heavy rains swept the country. Citizens of the historically dry inland capital have been “viewing the sea” from their windows and “walking in seawater upon getting off work.” Yet the […]

The fight for Hong Kong’s next term of chief executive, due November 2016, has become the most concerned social issue. The fact that current Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has not indicated whether he would seek re-election in the so-called “election” is a sign that Beijing remains undecided. Looking at past practice of mainland China politics, […]

Residents of Beijing have to deal with heavy smog, toxic rivers, sinkholes, and heaps of trash—and now, a sinking city.

HONG KONG— A Hong Kong bookseller's revelation of months spent in harrowing detention by mainland Chinese authorities is inflaming tense relations between the semiautonomous city and Beijing, with pro-democracy activists staging protests Friday.Lam W...

News Analysis San Francisco political operator Rose Pak, recently returned to the city from an extended stay in China, has frequently been accused of hidden ties to the Chinese government. These charges have have been prompted by incidents such as her refusal to allow Falun Gong practitioners to participate in the annual Chinese New Year […]

Urban planners in the Chinese capital have designed a gigantic outside ventilation system to clear up the air

If Xi Jinping wished to lecture the world leaders at an international climate conference on greenhouse gas emissions, he need only mention China's capital.

In 2001, Chinese people erupted in euphoric cheers and feverish celebration across the country when the International Olympic Committee announced Beijing had won the bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics. In contrast, Beijing’s victory over Almaty, Kazakhstan, last Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics has received only a tepid reaction in the mainland. It’s not […]

Beijing is one of the most air-polluted cities on the planet, so much so that researchers from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences declared it to be almost "uninhabitable for human beings" in a recent study.

While International Human Rights Day is celebrated around the world, in Beijing the day was marked by security rounding up and detaining those who dared to complain about violations of their rights.

As the Hong Kong government continues to clear democracy protesters from the streets, drawing the world’s attention to the Umbrella Movement, Beijing faces the problem of how to handle the anger in Hong Kong over the denial of universal suffrage.

As the Hong Kong student democracy protest continues, many compare the situation to the 1989 Beijing student movement. How will Beijing handle the situation?

On Dec. 10, tens of thousands of Chinese from 15 provinces commemorated this year’s World Human Rights Day by going to Beijing to petition the regime, and thousands of them were arrested.

On Nov. 11, tens of thousands of petitioners swarmed in to register complaints at the three main petitioning bureaus in Beijing in hopes of getting noticed during the Third Plenary Meeting in Beijing.

The enterprise a Beijing couple showed in providing for their family inflamed the envy of local police, which led to the imprisonment, torture, and death of the head of the family, says his widow.

Downtown Beijing landlords squeezed 25 college students into a cramped, fetid apartment, charging each person $130 (800 yuan) for a bunk bed, Chinese state-run media found on Monday.

Former Beijing mayor Chen Xitong, who was mayor during the Tiananmen Square student protests in 1989 and widely believed to be one of the perpetrators of the subsequent massacre, passed away on June 2 at the age of 84, the semi-official Hong Kong China News Agency (HKCNA) reported on Tuesday.

Police detained the fiancé of a young migrant worker who died under suspicious circumstances in Beijing, after he tried to learn more about her death.

Retired military officers protested lack of pensions and veteran's employment on May 20 in Beijing.

The suspicious death of a young Anhui woman in Beijing triggered a large demonstration, and a clamp down by local authorities.

A variety show staged by China Central Television not surprisingly has a good helping of propaganda in the mix of performances. This year, a Western singer recruited by his local Confucius Institute helped deliver the regime's message, giving the propaganda an extra bit of credibility, according to experts.