At Geneva next week, the Chinese government will try to convince a U.N. committee that it is a paragon of economic, social, and cultural rights. By William Nee February 11, 2023 In recent days, the China watching community has been consumed with talk of a surveillance balloon that crossed over the continental United States before being shot down off the country’s coast. Beijing has insisted that the balloon was “civilian” and “meteorological” in nature – and just happened to

Author Leta Hong Fincher describes diverse factors driving young women to the front lines of protests in China. By Paul Eckert for RFA November 29, 2022 Women protesters hold up blank papers and chant slogans as they march in protest in Beijing, Nov. 27, 2022. Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China's powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations Sunday that represent a

Sophia Huang has been in incommunicado detention for a year amid repeated delays to her 'subversion' trial. By Chen Zifei for RFA Mandarin September 20, 2022 Sophia Huang, a journalist and #MeToo activist, is shown in an undated photo. One year after her incommunicado detention for "subversion," #MeToo activist and feminist journalist Sophia Huang has dismissed her defense attorney, suggesting she is under huge pressure to plead guilty and 'confess' to the charges against her

Rights groups say Sophia Huang and Wang Jianbing will likely stand trial for 'incitement to subvert state power.' By Raymond Chung 04.04.2022 Sophia Huang in an undated photo. Authorities in the southern province of Guangdong have moved to prosecute feminist activist and journalist Sophia Huang and fellow activist Wang Jianbing, rights groups reported. Police issued a notification that they had transferred the cases of Huang and Huang to the Guangzhou municipal prosecution se

Authorities Target ‘Unpatriotic’ Speech, Basic Freedoms in Hong Kong By Human Rights Watch January 13, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping seen on a screen at a booth promoting winter sports ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at a trade fair in Beijing, China, September 5, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan (New York) – The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2021, amid crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and the devastation of civil liberties in H

As Beijing prepares to host another Olympics in February, doubts remain about the safety of Peng Shuai. By Yasa Guo 12.01.2022 Chinese women's tennis star Peng Shuai is shown in a file photo. Concerns remain about the safety and liberty of Chinese women's tennis star Peng Shuai, as the country gears up to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February. The Olympics follows a decision late last year by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which has repeatedly called for