Two people, who were detained by Shanghai State Security Police in October 2021 for developing software that circumvents the Great Firewall, received six- and five-year prison sentences on June 12, 2023. He Binggang and his fiancée Zhang Yibo, along with several others, were arrested on Oct. 9, 2021, for developing and maintaining software that helps people living…
Software Engineer, Fiancee Sentenced to Prison for Developing Application to Break China’s Internet Censorship
June 25, 2023
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Beijing Enters Systemic and Opaque ‘Involution’
China’s unemployment rate in May reached a record high of 20.8 percent for youth aged 16–24. Combined with the record-breaking 11.58 million graduates this year, the pressure on the job market is unprecedented. Many college students chose to delay graduation, hoping higher education would help to guarantee a better opportunity in the job market, according…
The ‘Unlucky No. 4’ in the First Dragon Boat Festival Post Pandemic
June 25, 2023
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The Dragon Boat Festival returned triumphantly to Hong Kong on June 22 after a few years of absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven districts in Hong Kong, including Stanley, Aberdeen, and Tai O, organized large-scale dragon boat races this year. Additionally, unaffiliated with the Government Tourism Bureau, various local villages held smaller yet culturally…
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Chased out of 13 Homes in 2 Months as Pressure Rises on Legal Advocates
TAIPEI, Taiwan—A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been forced to move 13 times in two months as part of a pattern of harassment against him and three other prominent rights advocates in Beijing that is further squeezing the country’s battered civil rights community. Wang Quanzhang said he is now living in a borrowed apartment…
Explosion at Chinese Steel Mill Kills at Least 4 and Injures 5
BEIJING—An explosion at a steel mill in China’s northeast killed at least four people and left five hospitalized with injuries, the city government said Friday. A blast furnace exploded Thursday morning at the Yingkou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Yingkou, east of Beijing in Liaoning Province, the city’s Emergency Management Bureau said in a…
US Combat Ship to Make Rare Port Call in Vietnam Amid South China Sea Tensions
June 24, 2023
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HANOI—The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan will stop at Central Vietnam’s port city of Danang on Sunday in a rare visit for a U.S. warship to the southeast Asian nation, as tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea remain high. The ship will arrive on Sunday afternoon and stay at Danang until June…
Taiwan Says Chinese Air Force Approached Close to Island’s Coast
TAIPEI—Eight Chinese war planes crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line and approached close to the island’s contiguous zone that is 24 nautical miles (28 miles) off its coast on Saturday, the Taiwanese defense ministry said, in a further rise in tensions. China’s air force over the past three years has routinely flown into the air…
HRMI Report: Hong Kong Scores Only 3.2 in Empowerment
The New Zealand-based non-governmental organization Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) recently released its latest report on the human rights performance of various countries. Hong Kong scored “very bad” in several human rights categories, while China scored very bad in nine out of ten human rights and civil liberties categories. According to HRMI’s latest data for…
[PREMIERING NOW] Gordon Chang: Why Appeasing the CCP Is Making War More Likely [ATL:NOW]
June 24, 2023
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In this episode of “ATL:NOW,” I sit down with China expert Gordon Chang to discuss Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China, growing fears of a Taiwan invasion, rumors of Americans being evacuated, and growing reports of large numbers of Chinese nationals—mostly male and unaccompanied by family members—coming through the U.S. southern border. …
[ATL:NOW] Gordon Chang: Why Appeasing the CCP Is Making War More Likely
June 24, 2023
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In this episode of “ATL:NOW,” I sit down with China expert Gordon Chang to discuss Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China, growing fears of a Taiwan invasion, rumors of Americans being evacuated, and growing reports of large numbers of Chinese nationals—mostly male and unaccompanied by family members—coming through the U.S. southern border. …
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