Commentary / World Dec 1, 2019
China's Uighur crackdown shows fear and insecurity
by Hal Brands
Xi Jinping has a brash foreign policy and a security state because he knows the real threat is from within
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Nov 12, 2018
Labor activists in China go missing after suspected coordinated raids
by Sue-lin Wong
At least 12 Chinese labor activists have gone missing in recent days, in what sources close to them believe was a coordinated effort by authorities to silence the vocal group, most of them university students or recent graduates. Authorities took away at least nine activists ...
Commentary / World Jan 9, 2018
China's embrace of digital Leninism
by Yoichi Funabashi
With "social credit," Beijing is seeking an inescapable political system in which citizens are completely loyal to the state
Commentary / World Sep 26, 2017
'Gaydar' shows just how creepy computer algorithms can get
by Cathy O'Neil
Researchers have demonstrated facial recognition technology that can identify gay people. Imagine how that could be used in a country where homosexuality is a criminal offense.
Editorials Feb 16, 2017
The Putin government's need to silence an opposition leader through trumped-up charges shows its insecurity.
Commentary / World | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Jan 24, 2017
If Donald Trump doesn't care about human rights, why should Beijing?
World Feb 22, 2013
Describing what it called "the most severe crisis of enforced disappearances in Latin America in decades," the U.S. organization Human Rights Watch issued a new report Wednesday with grim implications for the thousands of Mexican civilians who have gone missing in the country's shadowy ...