When one film breaks a record in China, the previous champion often celebrates with a playful and creative congratulatory poster. It’s a uniquely Chinese mix of solidarity, box-office success, and internet culture.... Read more »

A former aide to a member of parliament for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party has been sentenced to almost five years in prison for spying on behalf of China. Jian Guo... Read more »

As Zhang Yadi toured remote villages in the Chinese province of Sichuan last year, she updated her friends with messages and photos of lush forest landscapes, colourful streets and locals wearing traditional... Read more »

The New Reality of Manufacturing in China Twelve months ago, a U.S. company wired $800,000 to a trusted Chinese supplier it had worked with for years. The factory never shipped a single... Read more »

A woman has been convicted for her role in a multibillion-pound bitcoin fraud after what is thought to have been the world’s largest cryptocurrency seizure. Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang,... Read more »

China is transforming parts of its east coast into a platform for potential missile strikes against Taiwan and the nearby seas. The buildup is a vital part of the Chinese leader Xi... Read more »

Citizen journalist and COVID-whistleblower Zhang Zhan, who spent four years in prison for her in-depth reporting from Wuhan in the early days of the pandemic, was sentenced to another four years in... Read more »

Persecuted activists Peng Lifa, human rights lawyer Xie Yang, journalist Zhang Zhan & Tibetan singer Asang Civic space in China is still rated as ‘closed’ by the CIVICUS Monitor. China’s authoritarian state,... Read more »

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: a restrictive and repressive foreign country edited and censored an LGBTQ scene from a movie and now the American distributor is upset. We can... Read more »