Tag: human rights activist

Coming Out of the Two Sessions, the CCP Only Cares for One Thing—Itself

Commentary In early March, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “Two Sessions” began, during which time top officials of the CCP met to discuss policy. This year, as expected, Xi Jinping was anointed for a third term as Party chief. Concurrent with this self-aggrandizing pomp are the “sensitive days,” during which the regime’s stability maintenance agency…


An Activist’s Arrest in London Shows Changing Nature of Chinese Persecution Abroad

Commentary Australian human rights activist Drew Pavlou was arrested in dramatic fashion outside the Chinese embassy in London late last week. A media storm is now brewing. On July 21, Drew, an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), most often in his home country of Australia, arrived outside the Chinese embassy in London….