A nationwide surge of protest has sent a stunning sign that even after one decade under Xi’ Jinping’s autocratic rule, a small and mostly youthful part of the population dares… Read more »
China’s vast security apparatus has moved swiftly to smother mass protests that swept the country, with police patrolling streets, checking cell phones and even calling some demonstrators to warn them… Read more »
President Xi Jinping used the occasion of his meeting with US President Joe Biden to deny that the “democracy versus authoritarianism” narrative is the defining feature of today’s world, claiming… Read more »
Following October’s daring Sitong bridge protest (above) against Xi Jinping’s autocratic rule, copycat demonstrations have since spread to more than 350 campuses around the world, organized by Chinese students who… Read more »
The democratic world’s inability to cope with the resurgence of “Autocracy, Inc.” arises partly from its own internal weaknesses, some of which have been exacerbated, deliberately, by autocratic actors, says… Read more »
To prevail in the unfolding ideological war with China that now stretches before them will require a radical reembrace of liberal-democratic principles by the West’s leaders, says a leading commentator. … Read more »
As a lead member of a band of legal activists, Ding Jiaxi, formerly a successful corporate attorney, was practicing a perilous vocation: human rights law in China. Waging a longshot… Read more »
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is adopting more covert and aggressive tactics in a multibillion-dollar drive to shape global opinion and consolidate its domestic power in China and its priority… Read more »
Before leaving #Taiwan, Mrs. #Pelosi was expected to meet human-rights activists incl Tiananmen protest leader Wu’er Kaixi, fmr Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee & Lee Ming-che, a Taiwanese activist who… Read more »
Americans overwhelmingly view China as a “competitor” or an “enemy” to the United States, rather than a “partner.” And it appears that most U.S. adults do not think that their country is… Read more »