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Shanghai's Lockdowns Result in Starvation and Quarantine Enforcers Being Attacked

More than 25 million people remain locked down in Shanghai, with Guangzhou—a city of 18 million—looking primed to follow.

Reason · Apr 11, 2022

Under COVID Lockdown, Shanghai's People Are Running Out of Food and Meds While Pets Get Killed in the Streets

As officials forcibly separate parents from their COVID-positive children, criticism of the CCP mounts.

Reason · Apr 8, 2022

Ukraine War: How Russian Propaganda Dominates Chinese Social Media

In China’s cyberspace, Russian propaganda continues to influence the discourse over the war in Ukraine. Experts say the efforts could be Beijing’s attempt to trigger anti-Western sentiments.

The News Lens · Apr 7, 2022

Tibet's armed resistance to Chinese invasion

Part 3: Eastern Tibet is liberated 1956-57

Reason · Mar 14, 2022

Dear Olympics Media: Please Spare Us Your Fawning Over China's Digital Surveillance

Regarding the authoritarian country's central bank digital currency, you do not, under any circumstances, “gotta hand it to them.”

Reason · Feb 8, 2022

Commentary: Time to call out China’s Olympian invasions of privacy and other abuses

Former NBC sportscaster Bob Costas called it perfectly. The International Olympics Committee’s decision to award China the 2022 Winter Olympics deserves nothing but “disdain and disgust.”

Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2022

Ire and ice for Beijing's Winter Olympics

Two events dominate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calendar for 2022 - the Winter Olympics and the 20th Party Congress later this year.

Dynamite News · Feb 2, 2022

Why the Winter Olympics are so vital to the Chinese Communist Party's legitimacy

Aside from fake snow and COVID-19, the Beijing Winter Games are controversial for many reasons.

The Conversation · Feb 1, 2022

When the CCP Threatens International Students' Academic Freedom

Pandemic-era technologies like Zoom hold great promise, but also create unexpected problems for international students sent back to their home countries.

Reason · Jan 25, 2022

From sanctioning a refugee team to letting China host: Does the International Olympic Committee support human rights?

The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) position on refugees is contradictory and confusing.

The Conversation · Jan 25, 2022