Department of State Religious Freedom Report: China Is Guilty of “Crimes against Humanity”

Secretary Blinken introduced the report on May 12 by singling out China as a country that “criminalizes religious expression” in general. Blinken did not avoid two politically significant definitions: “crimes against humanity” for how China treats religion, and “genocide” for what is being done to “Uyghurs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.”

Confucius Institute at Tufts University Set to Close Amid Protests

“I want to be clear, this is not a question of opportunities to study Chinese culture or language, we know that Tufts can find any other Chinese exchange program that isn’t directly sponsored by the authoritarian state,” Massachusetts State Representative Erika Uyterhoeven (Democrat) said at the rally.

Merry Christmas from Bitter Winter—and a Prayer for Those in Jail

After a few months, Liu developed a severe case of nephritis, due to overwork and malnutrition. She reported to the camp’s medical personnel but was told she was not sick enough to stop working, and toy horses needed to be produced. When she was released in 2009, her nephritis had become chronic, and she finally died at the First People’s Hospital in Linqing, Shandong on August 20, 2012.

The US Could Bar Entry to Chinese Officials Involved in Persecution of Falun Gong

CATHY HE and JANITA KAN | EPOCH TIMES The U.S. State Department is looking to increase the enforcement of immigration controls against human rights violators, in a move that could see Chinese officials involved in the persecution of Falun Gong being barred from the United States, according to a statement from a U.S. website that acts as a clearinghouse on […]

China: Interpol Issued ‘Red Notice’ for Prominent Communist Party Critic

VOA News, more The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Interpol issued a “red notice” Wednesday for the arrest of billionaire and Communist Party critic Guo Wengui, but gave no details of his alleged crimes. “What we understand is that Interpol has already issued a ‘red notice’ for criminal suspect Guo Wengui,” foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang […]