Category: Grassroots Resistance

Chinese Muslims Clash With Police Over Partial Demolition of Mosque in Yunnan

Chinese Muslims in Yunnan Province clashed with armed police in an attempt to stop the communist regime’s forced partial demolition of a local mosque. Several viral videos on social media showed that many protesters gathered at the entrance of Najiaying Mosque in Nagu Town of Yuxi City in China’s southwestern province Yunnan on May 27….


Land-Use Protester Escapes China for Fear of Being ‘Disappeared’

A Chinese agriculturalist escaped his motherland after realizing local authorities could make him “disappear” at any moment after depriving him of his right to reclaim land—and using hired thugs to put him heavily in debt. “There’s no law in China,” he told the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times on May 4. He Yu, a…


Chinese Police Order Parents to ‘Immediately’ Delete Encrypted Apps From Their Children’s Smartphones

Police in at least seven cities around China have issued notices since last week, demanding parents “immediately” uninstall encrypted messaging apps from their children’s mobile phones. This is one of the most recent attempts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to censor information and control the Chinese people, according to Chinese dissidents. The apps banned…


Chinese Regime Fines Talk Show Firm $2 Million for Mocking Chinese Military

China’s communist regime fined a mainland Chinese talk show company around $2 million and suspended its performances indefinitely this week after a comedian was reported by audience members for mocking China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the regime’s military slogan. Observers pointed out that it’s becoming harder for talk show hosts and comedians to survive…


Chinese Netizens Say Curator’s Savage Beating by Communist Official Highlights Lawlessness of Ruling Regime

A museum in China’s western Shanxi Province notified the public this week that it would be forced to close temporarily—as the museum’s curator had been severely assaulted and left in a coma by a Chinese Communist Party district chief. The incident has sparked heated discussions on Chinese social media about the abject state of China’s…


Mass Movements Frighten the CCP, Activist Says

Ou Ronggui, one of the initiators and participants of the Guangzhou democratic movement—the Southern Street Movement (Movement), is living in exile in New Zealand after years of multiple imprisonments for his aspirations in democratic activities in China. Ou recently gave his account of the Movement to the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times. The…


China Ranks 2nd Worst in Latest World Press Freedom Index

China joined other communist states—Vietnam and North Korea—at the very bottom of the latest Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) World Press Freedom Index released on May 3, which was World Press Freedom Day. China ranked in 179th place on this year’s index of 180 countries and regions, one spot above North Korea and one place lower than…


Beijing Human Rights Lawyers Experience Repeated Eviction

It’s been eight years since the Chinese Communist Party carried out a massive wave of arrests on July 9, 2015, incarcerating hundreds of human rights lawyers and activists in what became known as the 709 Crackdown. Today, victims of the Crackdown still face oppression by the regime—even after they have been released from jail. Recently,…


Chinese Entrepreneur Flees China, Sees No Hope for Chinese Economic Recovery

A Chinese businessman has told The Epoch Times that he lost $43-million-worth of business over the three years of lockdowns and Zero-COVID policies during the pandemic in China. Meng Jun also rejected claims made by the Chinese Communist Party that the country’s economy had recovered due to the Chinese regime’s focus on “reform and opening…


Chinese Citizen Journalist Who Reported on COVID-19 Released After 3 Years, Homeless

Chinese citizen journalist Fang Bin was released on Sunday after being secretly sentenced to three years in prison by the Chinese communist regime for exposing the true situation of the COVID-19 outbreak in the central Chinese city Wuhan. On Monday, Fang was reportedly homeless owing to the regime’s pressure on his family. A Wuhan resident…