China

Politics

2012
A chat with Aiweiwei
Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng’s Nephew Faces Assault Charges
Chen's Brother Likely Returned to Village, Despite Retaliation Danger
The Other Chens There are other brave prisoners of conscience besides Chen Guangcheng worth fighting for and protecting in China.
Citizen Activism For decades, China watchers played down the rise of a viable opposition to the Communist Party, citing the invincible iron hand of the Party and excessive government controls, which made it impossible for citizens to organize.
2011 - 2010
Silence Of the Dissidents
Darkness at Noon
Chain Of Commands
Where is Gao Zhisheng?
2006 - 2005
Dalai Lama Attacked with New Ferocity Beijing is going after the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader with an intensity that has surprised analysts
China Wages War on Academic Dissent Aided by the Internet and the market economy, intellectuals are speaking outand paying a price
Stain That Remains Sixteen years after an act of vandalism in the 1989 pro-democracy protests, Yu Dongyue is still serving a sentence that has broken him
Africa Beijing's delicate balancing act
2004
Gagging China's Intellectuals Freedom of expression comes under renewed attack
China Faces Unrest Government rocked by nationwide rise in civil disturbances
Freedom of Speech Criticize, but don't touch the party
'Bad Press' Chinese leadership struggles to control freedom of expression
Internet Caught between the urge to repress and to make use of the Internet, Beijing sees its power eroded
China's Big Mama's in a Quandary Online freedom fighters — loose collections of Chinese dissidents and hacktivists outside China — continue to test the ingenuity of Chinese censors
Finding Holes in China's Firewall Things are changing fast in cyberspace
China Comes in from the Cold Beijing may have been embarrassed by revelations of the nation's links to a secret underground nuclear network, but a change in thinking places more value on limiting the proliferation of weapons
2002 - 1998
The Internet The internet was supposed to give people power and influence. But Beijing seems to be winning round one
Party Time -- For Some How the party spruced up for the 50th

Massacre in China How the surprise attack began