China & Xinjiang

By CIVICUS Aug 5 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS speaks about China’s recently implemented Ethnic Unity Law with Gulchehra Hoja, a correspondent for Reporters Without Borders and a Uyghur activist and journalist known for her reporting on human rights abuses against Uyghur people in...

The caravan is plagued by thievery, and Darius discovers Arslan’s dark secret. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part...

Updated July 27, 2026 at 12:45 ET It’s called the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress—China’s newest law under President Xi Jinping, passed on March 12, 2026, and in effect since July 1, 2026. The law contains 65 articles, many of...

Today’s top items: 1. Wang Huning tours Tibet - Wang Huning, Politburo Standing Committee member and CPPCC Chairman, inspected Tibet from July 19 to 22, Xinhua reports. Beyond Lhasa he went to Ngari Prefecture in the far west, with stops including...

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, elected in 2024 with nearly 60 percent of the vote, has continued many of her predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policies while placing emphasis on clean energy, public-private investment, and aggressive mass digitalization. Her flagship...

Ma: fallen tiger Since Chinese President Xi Jinping launched his anti-corruption campaign in late 2012, millions of Chinese officials have been taken down, including “flies” (minor officials) and “tigers” (senior officials). Recently, complications have emerged in Xi’s crusade, involving a tiger...

Read RFA coverage of this story in Uyghur Chinese authorities in Xinjiang’s regional capital Urumqi on July 4 arrested two Uyghur sisters and their mother for sending goods to their eldest sister in Turkey, and a third sister was arrested a...

An activist wanted by Hong Kong’s national security police has reportedly been blocked by Thai authorities from flying to Canada for resettlement, according to local media. Zhang Xinyan. Screenshot: Hong Kong Parliament, via YouTube. Zhang Xinyan, who has been detained in Thailand...

This monthly report is prepared for Sinocism by the excellent Sinification , an invaluable resource for understanding how domestic and international affairs are debated within the Chinese establishment. — Bill --- As ever, the US constitutes the main focus of China’s foreign-policy...

A new ethnic unity law came into effect Wednesday in China despite warnings from Taiwan, the United Nations and rights groups that it could threaten freedoms, especially for minorities. This picture taken on July 18, 2023, shows women walking past...

By Nina Larson Tibetan and Uyghur representatives urged countries at a United Nations meeting last week to pressure China to repeal a new law they say is aimed at erasing minority communities. The United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: Wikicommons....

Polish President Karol Nawrocki made headlines recently for stripping his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, of Poland’s highest honor over Kyiv’s decision to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (known by the acronym UPA), a partisan formation responsible...

Polish President Karol Nawrocki made headlines recently for stripping his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky of Poland’s highest honor over Kyiv’s decision to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a partisan formation responsible for massacres during World...

By Montira Rungjirajittranon Two Chinese Uyghur men were sentenced to death Thursday for carrying out a 2015 attack on a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people, a long-awaited verdict in Thailand’s deadliest bombing case. Bilal Mohammed (centre) and Yusufu Mieraili...

As Darius embraces the dangerous freedom of caravan life, success and adventure cannot erase the ache of the home and family he left behind. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |...

Climate goals for officials + Textile sector + Alcohol industry c.groth Tue, 05/12/2026 - 15:54 picture alliance / CFOTO Download (pdf - 576.54 KB) MERICS Briefs MERICS China Industries May 13, 2026 15 min read Climate goals for officials +...

Since Beijing imposed a national security law in Hong Kong in 2020, the city has seen the closure of independent media outlets, journalists jailed, newsrooms raided and government tax audits that appear to disproportionately target the media sector. Journalists in...

China's AI development strategy serves as a case study on balancing the state, the machine, and people’s power Originally published on Global Voices Advox Image by Ibrahim Kizza for APC. Used with permission. This article is part of the...

China is "securitizing" its economy c.groth Thu, 04/23/2026 - 13:18 picture alliance / CFOTO Download (pdf - 1.09 MB) MERICS Briefs MERICS China Essentials Apr 23, 2026 8 min read China is "securitizing" its economy Beijing expands security-first economic policy...

Bend or ban them: Independent religious groups defy China’s Communist Party despite growing crackdown c.groth Wed, 04/22/2026 - 18:25 picture alliance / Godong | Pascal Deloche Comment Apr 23, 2026 4 min read Bend or ban them: Independent religious groups...

China’s new national air quality standards set in March by the environment ministry require annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) limits to fall from 35 to 30 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m³) by 2030, and further to 25 μg/m3...

Pro-Beijing lawmaker Dominic Lee enjoyed a viral moment over the past week as he attacked US and Israeli military adventurism, defended Hong Kong’s security law, and accused Britain and NATO countries of lacking moral authority. Lee delivered his...

China’s new Government Work Report , presented by Premier Li Qiang on 5 March, includes a “green development” aim for the year ahead: “Guided by our goals of achieving peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, we will make coordinated...

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By CIVICUS Mar 18 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses China’s tech-enabled repression with Fergus Ryan, a Senior Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), where he specialises in how the Chinese Communist Party shapes global information environments through censorship, propaganda and...

Around the world, Muslims rejoice with anticipation and excitement for the blessed month. They get to wake up before dawn with lights on for suhoor, set “Ramadan goals,” deepen their relationship with the Qur’an, stand shoulder-to-shoulder in taraweeh prayers, retreat...

Beijing accused the United States on Wednesday of “interfering in China’s internal affairs”, after Washington announced an envoy to promote Tibetans’ rights. US Secretary of State Marco. File Photo: ASEAN. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday that...

The United States is ready to carry out low-yield nuclear tests to match alleged secret explosions by China and Russia, ending a decades-old moratorium, a senior official said Tuesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and US President Donald Trump. File...

Fifteen years ago, Beijing’s Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings. Pedestrians walk along an overpass as traffic snarls in Beijing on February 11,...

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh - - - - Reuters photo The recent wave of coordinated attacks by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) across more than 10 cities in the troubled province of Balochistan, which takes up 44 percent of the...

File photo: StudioIncendo. September 2023 The Court of Appeal heard the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and the RTHK Staff Union’s joint appeal against the city’s communications regulator’s decision to issue a warning over RTHK’s satirical programme Headliner. August 2023 US photojournalist Matthew Connors, who...