New Documentary Highlights the Hidden Price of Making an iPhone

Irene Luo  |  Epoch Times NEW YORK—Like millions of young men and women in rural China, Yi Yeting journeyed to the coastal cities for better job prospects. In Shenzhen, a southeastern metropolis bordering Hong Kong, Yi found employment with a large state-owned manufacturing company. Two years into his job, doctors told Yi, then only 24, […]

In a Sensitive Period, China’s Security Vice Minister is Dismissed

Irene Luo  |  Epoch Times A top Chinese domestic security official and crony of a political faction that seeks to sabotage the current Chinese leadership was abruptly removed from office in a sensitive period for the Chinese regime. At the start of June, Chen Zhimin was a vice minister in the Chinese regime’s Ministry of […]

Chinese Firms Help Government Monitor Citizens with Big Data

Saibal Dasgupta  |  Voice of America BEIJING — A Chinese city is using big data provided by a phone company to track the movement of its migrant worker population, expanding the many ways China is using big data to not just enhance performance but also track the daily lives of its citizens. “When you buy a […]

US Urges China to Release Jailed Taiwanese NGO Worker

Nike Ching  |  Voice of America STATE DEPARTMENT — After the Chinese government detained her husband on March 19, Ching-yu Lee, wife of Taiwanese nongovernmental organization worker Ming-che Lee, dedicated herself to a rescue mission that raises international awareness and seeks his release. Ching-yu Lee received a warm reception from senior U.S. officials and congressional members […]

Missing Taiwan NGO Worker’s Wife Travels to Beijing to Rescue Him

Oiwan Lam  |  Global Voices Taiwanese NGO worker and human rights activist Lee Ming-cheh disappeared on March 19 after entering China from Macau. Now, his wife has decided to travel to Beijing in order to retrieve him. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Ma Xiaoguang said Lee was being investigated on “suspicion of endangering national security”, […]

Missing Taiwan Political Activist With NGO Links Detained in Mainland China

Ng Yik-tung and Sing Man  |  Radio Free Asia Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) worker and human rights activist Lee Ming-cheh is being held by Chinese police at an undisclosed location, his wife said on Tuesday. “I received indirect evidence from a government department late last night that Lee Ming-cheh has been detained by a […]

Taiwan Community College Manager With NGO Links Incommunicado in China

Ng Yik-tung and Sing Man  |  Radio Free Asia A Taiwan community college manager and lifelong member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is incommunicado after arriving in mainland China to seek medical treatment for a sick relative. Friends and relatives of Lee Ming-cheh, who works as a manager at a community college in […]

The Anti-Torture Work of Lawyer Li Heping That Irked the Chinese Authorities

China Change This article was first published in ChinaChange web site on January 25 Lawyer Li Heping (李和平) is one of China’s earliest human rights lawyers and no stranger to torture. In an interview with the artist Ai Weiwei in 2010, he recounted how he was abducted one day in 2007 by Chinese domestic security […]