Social Control

Researchers say entertainment posts, fake news sites, and automated accounts may support Beijing's influence operations ahead of Taiwan elections.

A geologist and two professors say political evaluations tied to funding and promotions encourage widespread fraud in science ...

Guo Zhijun said uncensored history and meetings with Falun Gong practitioners dismantled beliefs formed under Beijing’s demonizing information ...

A new law in China targets Taiwanese identity and claims legal reach overseas, prompting proposals for travel warnings ...

Witnesses estimate more than 100 people may have been trapped after a landslide buried residential buildings in southwest ...

An internal directive in Shandong Province orders employees to report use of Anthropic's coding assistant as Beijing expands ...

Self-organized volunteers have played a major role in disaster relief despite a lack of support from the Chinese ...

While Beijing promotes declining crime statistics, provincial records show ongoing investments in detention facilities.

The group said that in China, restrictions on reporting are no longer isolated incidents but a routine feature ...

Hundreds mourned economist Gao Shanwen, while deleted tributes and official criticism highlighted tensions over his views on China's ...

Insiders say authorities are tightening censorship and pursuing people who share videos of floods, labor disputes, and other ...

Students at a Hubei provincial model school rallied against a shortened vacation, raising broader questions about school management ...

Experts warn of a new variant and viral coinfection in China.

Residents say entire villages were destroyed and the true death toll may be far higher than Beijing's official ...

Chinese Catholics said the latest directives reflect a broader effort to replace religious autonomy with political loyalty to ...

A former chief economist said an official singled out Gao Shanwen in 2018, months after controversial accounts of ...

Authorities did not set a numeric target for new urban jobs created in the Chinese regime's latest five-year ...

Medical professionals and families say authorities discouraged scrutiny of suspected vaccine injuries as Beijing maintains its vaccines are ...

A new rule on clans, hometown associations infringes upon basic human rights and is another tool for the ...

Beijing disclosed an alleged research data breach but withheld key details, prompting cybersecurity experts to question how the ...

Critics warn the law could target overseas activists and ethnic minorities, drawing condemnation from lawmakers and rights groups.

Publicized compliance cases and official remarks suggest expanding scrutiny of foreign assets, as experts warn of tougher enforcement ...

Scholars say China’s new ethnic unity law institutionalizes assimilation policies and opens the door to pursuing critics overseas.

Authorities named a 66-year-old man surnamed Liu, citing diary entries about ‘ending life,’ but gave few details on ...

Human rights lawyer David Matas and China policy expert Piero Tozzi say the Parliament's vote should be followed ...

Chinese dissident Yuan Hongbing says the Beijing tower crash reflects deeper elite tensions within the Chinese Communist Party ...

Rights experts say the law codifies tighter control over minorities, religion, and language while widening overseas repression.