Whitewashing Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang with Winter Tourism

Human rights activists are worried that the CCP has been depicting Xinjiang as an attractive tourist destination to cover up their crackdown on human rights in the region. They strip local residents of their identity and voice by changing Xinjiang to a “Disney Land” and make visitors leave with the experience the country has planned elaborately. 

Chinese Investments in Nigeria Flourish on a Silk Road of Corruption

Multiple reports have revealed that these Chinese firms engage in corruption to carry out their business.  
In April 2020, the African Development Bank (ADB) blacklisted China Zhonghao Nigeria Limited, a civil engineering company registered in Nigeria, from conducting business with the bank for eighteen months. The Chinese company and their local associates had engaged in “fraudulent practices” while bidding for an ADB financed project in Nigeria. 

Ho Sought Help From Chinese Government With Bribery Case

Hermann Rohr  |  Vision Times Former Hong Kong Home Affairs Minister Patrick Ho is being detained in New York City on charges of allegedly bribing officials in Africa. The former HK official was apparently receiving financial support for his legal fees from an unnamed Shanghai-based energy firm. Ho was arrested last November in New York […]

China in Nationwide Security Crackdown During New Silk Road Forum

Qiao Long, Gao Shan and Wong Si-lam  |  Radio Free Asia China has ordered businesses to close and carried out mass detentions of petitioners and rights activists in a nationwide security operation during its “New Silk Road” forum in Beijing. As nearly 30 heads of state gathered in Beijing for President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and […]

China Cracks Down on Quake Parents on Anniversary, Ahead of Silk Road Forum

Xin Lin and Gao Shan, Wong Siu-san, Wong Lok-to and Goh Fung   |  Radio Free Asia Dozens of parents who lost children in the devastating Sichuan earthquake of 2008 staged a rally on the ninth anniversary of the disaster on Friday over unpaid compensation, while others remained under close surveillance or house arrest. Bereaved […]

Close Relations Around Asia Help China Repel Maritime Criticism

Ralph Jennings  |  Voice of America TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China’s increasingly close relations with rivals in Southeast Asia put it in a position to disregard a harsh statement from a powerful group of foreign ministers this month, as well as other rebukes over its expansions in the South China Sea. Beijing, which has expanded quickly into […]

China Enters Ramadan With Round-The-Clock Surveillance of Mosques, Uyghurs

Qiao Long  |  Radio Free Asia Authorities in northwestern China’s troubled Xinjiang region have detained 17 people for encouraging the region’s mostly Muslim Uyghurs to fast during the holy month of Ramadan, overseas rights groups said on Monday. Five Uyghurs were taken away by plainclothes police in Qaghiliq county (in Chinese, Yecheng county) near the […]

China Makes Big Forays in Europe Amid Doubts

Saibal Dasgupta  |  Voice of America China’s economic footprint is spreading across Europe at an intense pace, sparking concerns about Beijing’s reach on the continent. In recent months, Chinese companies have inked deals for building a nuclear plant in the United Kingdom, buying majority shares in a Greek port, and joining the European Bank for […]