Activist Zhu Yufu Arrested For Trying to Leave China

Because the Guangxi police seized Zhu’s cell phone and has not yet returned it to him, it has caused significant distress to his life. He is not able to pay for the utilities for which he has received bills, and the resulting late fees or disconnection of water and electricity can put a seventy-something-year-old man,  deprived of his pension benefits, in a difficult situation.

Police Focus on 'Political Stability' as Wuhan Nurses Appeal For International Help

<!–[CDATA[ Qiao Long, Wong Siu-san and Sing Man | Radio Free Asia Two nurses working at the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic — the central Chinese city of Wuhan — have made a global appeal for assistance on the website of the medical journal, The Lancet. Zeng Yingchun and Zhen Yan, who hail from the southern province of Guangdong, were […]

China Jails Guangxi Publisher For Corruption After Books Banned

Prior to his arrest, He Linxia was a celebrated figure in China’s publishing industry and had been nominated as one of its Top 10 People of the Year. In his last book, It showed how Mao Zedong, who had always been a kind of godlike figure in the party-state, won power within the party. You could say that it smashed a lot of the myths that the party has always promoted to the people.”

Outspoken Human Rights Lawyer Detained, Office Sealed in China’s Guangxi

Gao Feng | Radio Free Asia Authorities in the southwestern Chinese region of Guangxi have detained outspoken rights attorney Tan Yongpei, whose license to practice was revoked last year. Tan was detained on Thursday by officers of the Nanning municipal police department during a raid on his Baijuying legal consultancy company. An employee at a company occupying the same floor told […]

China’s Rebel Village Still Under Close Surveillance, Cut Off From World

Wong Lok-to  |  Radio Free Asia More than a year after a police raid ended months of daily demonstrations, the rebel Chinese village of Wukan is under a security cordon six or seven levels deep, with residents under constant surveillance from security cameras, an activist told RFA on Thursday. The village in southern China’s Guangdong […]