Interview: Veteran Journalist Stephen Vines on Hong Kong’s Struggle for Democracy Against the World’s Largest Dictatorship
Vines’ new book traces Hong Kong’s history from its British colonial roots as an enclave for mainland Chinese refugees, through the handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997 and the 2019 unrest, right up to the eve of Beijing’s implementation of the national security law.
The Dawn of the Little Red Smartphone and China’s Digital Dictatorship
David Bandurski | Hong Kong Free Press On January 25, all seven members of China’s elite Politburo Standing Committee, including President Xi Jinping, gathered at the headquarters of the flagship People’s Daily newspaper to underline the importance of “convergence media” and digital media development as a means of strengthening the Party’s dominance of ideas and information. Xi […]
End Dictatorship, March Towards Freedom — A 2019 New Year’s Statement From the China Citizens Movement
Xi Jinping has imposed his will on the entire Chinese population. In order to hold onto power, he has to strip the Chinese of their rights and dignity and enslave them.
Xi Jinping is building a new model of totalitarianism that directly threatens freedom of movement and property rights. Each person lives in fear.
‘If I Don’t Oppose Dictatorship, Am I Still a Man?’: Chinese Activist Gets Eight Years in Prison
Oiwan Lam | Global Voices “For those living under a dictatorship, being given the honorable label of one who ‘subverts state power’ is the highest form of affirmation for a citizen.” Chinese human rights activist Wu Gan made this statement to a Tianjin court after receiving an eight-year prison sentence on December 26, 2017. In […]
Future of Hollywood–China Relationship in Question
Sarah Le | Epoch Times Censorship, capital restrictions, and ‘socialist core values’ mar US–China film deals LOS ANGELES—With the recent lackluster performance of the biggest U.S.–China film coproduction in history and the collapse of two major deals, Hollywood’s relationship with China is facing uncertainty. The fantasy epic “The Great Wall,” coproduced by studios including Universal Pictures […]
Xi Jinping: Is China on The Road to Total Dictatorship?
Wei Pu | Radio Free Asia The ruling Chinese Communist Party has seen two major political events so far this year. The first was the establishment of President Xi Jinping as “the core of the party leadership,” and the second was the publication of some of Xi’s speeches, originally made only to a limited audience […]
Communist China Unveils Most Orwellian Scheme Ever
<![CDATA[ Alex Newman | The New American In what may be one of the most Orwellian schemes ever concocted by the dictatorship, all 1.3 billion victims of Communist China’s mass-murdering regime will soon be given a “score” apparently measuring, among other attributes, their level of loyalty to the nation’s brutal overlords. The score will also […]
Son of Chinese Revolutionary Tells Xi Jinping to End Communist Party’s Dictatorship
<!–[CDATA[ Juliet Song and Larry Ong | Epoch Times The son of a founding revolutionary of the Chinese Communist Party has penned an open letter, published in a Hong Kong newspaper, telling Chinese leader Xi Jinping to end one-Party dictatorship and transform China into a democracy. “If you really want to eliminate corruption,” writes Luo Yu, […]