She was a Communist Party insider in China. Then she denounced Xi.
Cai Xia is among a cluster of Chinese dissenters who have recently decried Xi’s policies, including his handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
China names new head of national security office in Hong Kong
China has appointed an official who became prominent during a 2011 clampdown on protesters in China as director of its new national security office in Hong Kong, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Zheng Yanxiong, 57, most recently served as the secretary general ...
Two years ago, Zhou Xiaoxuan publicly accused one of China's most recognizable people of groping and forcibly kissing her, setting off a firestorm in a country that did not specify sexual harassment as a legal offense. Last week Zhou and dozens of other women who ...
The number of convictions related to corruption in China nearly doubled last year, according to a report by Beijing's top prosecutor, as President Xi Jinping ramped up his crackdown on graft. According to the annual report from the Supreme People's Procuratorate submitted to the national ...
China will increase its military budget by a slower 6.6 percent this year, the government announced Friday at the opening session of its annual National People's Congress. The budget will be set at 1.268 trillion yuan ($178 billion) for the year — the second-biggest in ...
What to watch as China’s virus-delayed legislature finally convenes
Some events surrounding it will be held virtually, though, as the country recovers from the outbreak.
COVID-19 and the advent of a 'contactless economic system'
The surveillance technology that helps suppress the spread of coronavirus is a double-edged sword.
Xi’s annual political pageant to start in late May after virus-caused delay
China’s plan to resume annual parliamentary sessions delayed by the coronavirus outbreak next month could be seen as a statement of the country’s commitment to get back to normal. The actual gathering may end up showing how much has changed. The National People’s Congress will ...
Why China’s propaganda efforts so often backfire
An obsession with finding enemies and uniting the front makes it difficult to "tell China’s story well.”
China's information warfare is failing again
Beijing may have failed in its international effort to pin the COVID-19 outbreak on the U.S., but don't underestimate its ability to control information domestically.
COVID-19 crisis reveals the CCP's true colors
When the Chinese Communist Party feels threatened, the world should not expect to see anything other than Beijing utilizing any means possible to reduce that threat.
China postpones most important annual political assembly amid coronavirus outbreak
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's parliamentary body, formally decided Monday to postpone the annual meeting of the country's national parliament — its most important annual political assembly — scheduled for early March, as the country grapples with the outbreak of ...
