Hong Kong: A World Leader in Freedom, but for How Long?

James Burke  |  Visiontimes Hong Kong is the freest jurisdiction in the world, says a Canadian think-tank, which has cautioned that this is under threat if Beijing continues to interfere with the autonomous territory’s affairs. Based on 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedoms, the Toronto-based Fraser Institute’s survey said Hong Kong ranks as number […]

China’s Cybersecurity Law Could be Used to Target Peaceful Activists

Jing Xuan, Lin Ping, and Xi Wang  |  Radio Free Asia China’s draconian new cybersecurity law, passed by the country’s rubber-stamp parliament this week, has sparked concerns that it will be used to further stifle individual freedoms after a crackdown on dissent. The National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted the controversial legislation on Monday, with the […]

Press Freedom Prize: Prize Awarded to Syrian and Chinese journalists, Website

Reporters Without Borders The 2016 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) – TV5 Monde Press Freedom Prize will be awarded to Syrian reporter Hadi Abdullah, the Chinese news website 64Tianwang, and Chinese citizen journalists Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu at a ceremony in Strasbourg tomorrow evening (8 November). The ceremony will be held as part of the […]

Steps Away From Freedom, American Family Loses Bid to Rescue Father From China

Leo Timm  |  Epoch Times NEWARK, New Jersey—When Danielle Wang and her husband arrived in Beijing late in July to meet her father, what should have been a joyful reunion was tainted with palpable anxiety and concern.  Wang Zhiwen is one of China’s most heavily persecuted political prisoners. In 1999, he was put through a show […]

Is China Moving to Restrict Religious Freedom for the Hui Muslims?

Wai Ling Yeung  |  China Change This article was first published on ChinaChange.org web site on May 13, 2016 Recently a video of a 5-year-old Hui Muslim kindergarten pupil from Gansu province reciting verses from the Qur’an went viral on China’s social media, attracting almost unanimous condemnation from presumably Han Chinese netizens. At a discussion […]

Suit Defending Freedom of Belief in New York Goes to Trial

Matthew Robertson  | Epoch Times Falun Gong practitioners allege a campaign of hate orchestrated from Beijing carried out on Flushing’s streets NEW YORK—In 2008, Alex Zhang was being held in solitary confinement in a small concrete cell at Wuling Prison in Hunan Province because the faith he practiced had been targeted for elimination by the Chinese […]

In China, Professors Don’t Have Freedom to Travel Abroad

Frank Fang  |  Epoch Times Professors at universities are used to traveling freely around the world to deliver their research findings or collaborate on projects. But Chinese academicians seem to barely have access to their passports. A professor at the Southwest University For Nationalities in China’s western province of Sichuan recently posted on the Chinese messaging […]

It is Healthier to Quit the CCP

Lori Harel | Tuidang Center In a Beijing park in China, Mrs. Ying sat next to a serious mannered man and they struck up a conversation. Turns out he was a retired army general and her talk about the corruption in the CCP could easily have her arrested. Mrs. Ying often traveled to different locations […]

Good use of Freedom to Learn the Truth

Lori Harel  |  Tuidang Center When a man in his 40s came out of a tour bus with a small group of tourists, young Ms. Li walked towards him with a pamphlet in hand. Li volunteers at the  site where she helps Chinese tourists quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He glanced at the pamphlet […]