In part one of China Law & Policy’s three part series on China’s crackdown on foreign journalists, Elizabeth Lynch discusses the way in which the Communist Party has
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Six lawyers defending the first participants in the New Citizens Movement put on trial this year for 'inciting subversion of the state' were prevented from finishing their arguments at trial on Tuesday.
According to official statistics, arrests for “endangering state security” increased by 19% in 2012 as compared to
Despite President Xi Jinping’s stern rhetoric on the seriousness of his anti-corruption campaign, recently released official data shows that the Communist Party
The Supreme Peoples' Court, the highest court in China, urged lower courts to prohibit admissions of guilt obtained from torture. The directive reinforces existing laws prohibiting the admission of such evidence in court.
Liu Xiaobo's attorney, Mo Shaoping, announced plans to appeal Liu's 11-year prison sentence for "inciting subversion of the state." Liu's 2009 arrest and conviction stemmed from his tireless work advocating for constitutionalism and rule-of-law reforms, including his participation in Charter 08, a document that called on the Chinese government to permit the existence of independent political pa
As outlined by the New York Times, economic reforms have been the focus of China’s Central Committee conferences this past week. However, significant strides were made in social policy as well. In addition to changes of the country’s One Child Policy, China has also promised reform of its re-education through labor system.
Writing in The Telegraph, Malcolm Moore argues that the recently held Third Plenum enabled Chinese President Xi Jinping to further cement his grip on power a year after being appointed General Secretary of the Communist Part
According to the Beijing District Joint Platform Against Rumors, more than 103,673 users of Sina Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, have been penalized since the implementation of new censorship guidelines issued in August 2013. Penalties range from temporary account suspension to the permanent deletion of accounts.
In an article on Yahoo Finance, journalist Gillian Wong reports on the growing number of Chinese entrepreneurs who openly criticize Communist Party authoritarianism and abuses of power. One woman profiled in the article, Wang Ying, resigned from her position as head of a private equity fund to become a leader in the nascent movement.