A large contingent of security forces accompanied Monday’s hearing of 47 pro-democracy politicians and activists in a court in Hong Kong. Hundreds of people had gathered outside the building in West Kowloon on the mainland in the morning, chanting and holding banners in solidarity with the defendants and hoping to gain access to the hearing.Scores […]
The Chairwoman of the Human Rights Committee in the German Bundestag, Gyde Jensen (FDP), calls China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority in the autonomous province of Xinjiang a “genocide.” Jensen said to China.Table, “The facts point to a systematic limitation of births as well as the eradication of culture and customs, thus aiming at the […]
The air for pro-democracy forces in Hong Kong is getting thinner and thinner. The trend in recent years towards more authoritarian structures in the city, which provisionally culminated in the introduction of the National Security Law in 2020, is likely to accelerate further at the National People’s Congress in Beijing in early March. This is […]
Influence and threats by Chinese informers to critics of the regime abroad are of great concern to US policymakers. In a two-page letter last week, a handful of senators and congressmen warned Secretary of State Anthony Blinken against repressive governments that were “increasingly brazen” in using methods of repression beyond their own national borders to […]
China’s role in Myanmar is the subject of intense local debate on social media. While the Chinese government has rhetorically sought neutrality in its neighboring country since the military coup in early February, five planeloads from the People’s Republic raised questions last week. Photos circulating online show a handful of men unloading bulky, light green […]
The Chinese Global Television Network (CGTN) could also disappear from German TV screens following its license revocation in the UK. According to information from China.Table, the state media authorities have called on German network operators to review their contractual relationships with CGTN. To remain receivable in Germany, the broadcaster must now prove to its contractual […]
Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai will remain in custody until the start of his trial in April for allegedly violating the National Security Act. On Tuesday, the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), the high court in Hong Kong, ruled that the 73-year-old should not be released on bail. The panel, headed by new Chief Justice […]
Australian TV journalist Cheng Lei has been officially arrested in China on suspicion of espionage. This was confirmed on Monday by the Australian Foreign Ministry. The 45-year-old, who worked as a presenter for the English-language China Global Television Network (CGTN), allegedly passed state secrets abroad. Details of her offense are not yet publicly known.Cheng had […]
No sooner had Hong Kong’s new chief justice, Andrew Cheung, 59, been enthroned than the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) under his leadership became the focus of public interest. The court had convened on Monday to decide whether or not to release currently jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai on bail. The ruling is seen […]
Hong Kong has dropped several places in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2020 Democracy Index. In the updated list released on Wednesday, the former British crown colony fell from 75th to 87th place. The index status was also changed: Hong Kong was previously classified as a “flawed democracy”. Now, the city, which was returned to […]