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"10 Don’ts" for Chinese young people
Over the past year or so, young Chinese "refuseniks" have been swearing off marriage, children and mortgages – rejecting traditional milestones on the path to adulthood – amid apparent despair over their futures, the economic outlook and politics. But recent social media posts show that they’ve added several more “don’ts” to the list.
Chinese arrests jump nearly 50% amid clampdown on ‘hostile foreign forces’
Chinese authorities arrested 726,000 people last year, a jump of 47.1% from the previous year, the country’s chief prosecutor told the National People’s Congress that ended Monday amid a crackdown on crimes linked to “hostile foreign forces.” Authorities also formally prosecuted 1.688 million people last year, up 17.3%, Chief Prosecutor Ying Yong said.
Taiwan finds banned Sudan Red dye in chili powder from China
Authorities in democratic Taiwan are scrambling to test food products containing chili powder from China for the banned food coloring Sudan Red, after recalling and sealing more than 20,000 kilograms of foodstuffs, including those sold in the popular Haidilao chain of hotpot stores, officials said.
US-based dissident conference seeks plan for a democratic China
As China gears up to focus on stability at its National People's Congress, overseas activists will be holding a conference in Washington to plan for the country's future transition to democracy, they told Radio Free Asia.
Locking down dissidents ahead of China’s parliamentary sessions
Police across China are placing prominent dissidents under house arrest or taking them out of town on enforced "vacations" ahead of next week’s annual National People's Congress in Beijing, activists said in interviews and via social media. "With the parliamentary sessions approaching, Beijing is really unbearable," veteran political journalist Gao Yu said via her X account.
Police haul in China-based X followers of citizen journalist Mr Li
China's state security police are putting pressure on people living in China to unfollow a prominent citizen journalist on X, according to a recent post from the account.
Yunnan mosque gets pagodas and party slogans in Chinese makeover
A mosque in a mostly-Muslim town in southwestern China whose dome and minarets were demolished last year has been refitted with Chinese-style pagodas and billboards praising the Communist Party, according to a local resident and an overseas Muslim with connections to the area. Last May, dozens of residents were detained in the town of Nagu in Yunnan province after clashes with police, when a government demolition team toppled the minarets and dome roof of the historic Najiaying Mosque.
State sector employees tighten belts ahead of Lunar New Year
China's state employees say they are tightening their belts ahead of once-lavish Lunar New Year celebrations, amid backlogs of unpaid salaries and slashed bonuses at cash-strapped local governments and state sector companies. The struggling economy has increasingly left governments and the public sector unable to pay bonuses and wages. It has also forced organizations to impose salary cuts where they might once have enjoyed generous perks and payouts. A Feb.
Freezing weather brings travel chaos to China’s Lunar New Year rush
Freezing wintry weather across central and eastern China is putting a damper on the mass Lunar New Year travel rush, as hundreds of millions of people take to the roads, railways and air to make it home in time to welcome the Year of the Dragon on Feb. 9. Highway traffic in the central provinces of Hunan and Hubei slowed to a crawl as freezing rain, snow and ice lashed the region, with hundreds of trains canceled and flights delayed, state media reported.
Aus writer given suspended death sentence spied for Taiwan: verdict
The Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun given a suspended death sentence in China for espionage on Monday had spied for Taiwan, according to the verdict.
Why is Xi Jinping so worried about food security?
China’s State Council has ordered local governments and rural communities to ensure grain production never dips below minimum levels, to “safeguard food security and ensure there is no large-scale relapse into poverty.” To achieve this, national grain output must remain above 1.3 trillion jin (650 million tons) in 2024, the annual agricultural and rural policy document, known as “Document No. 1,” says. The Feb.
Taiwan sends 3 Chinese nationals back to Malaysia
Three Chinese nationals who fled to Thailand in November and sought political asylum in Taiwan have been sent back to Malaysia, Radio Free Asia has learned. Tian Yongde, Wei Yani and Huang Xingxing all hold temporary refugee cards issued by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, or UNHCR, in Bangkok. They arrived in Taiwan on a flight from Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 30 and declined to board an onward booking to Beijing.
Evergrande collapse casts long shadow on China’s troubled property market
After seven postponements, the Hong Kong High Court has finally issued a liquidation order against Chinese property giant Evergrande Group this week as China, the world’s second-largest economy, struggles to fix its worst real estate crisis amid shrinking growth. Some analysts believe the liquidation marks the bursting of China’s real estate bubble and the end to any government rescue for indebted property developers.
Four years on, Wuhan remembers the first COVID-19 lockdown
For many people in 2020, the news that the central Chinese city of Wuhan had been placed under lockdown was the first indication that something was profoundly amiss, and that the emerging pandemic could have a global impact. On Jan.
China’s state security ministry issues lurid ‘honey trap’ warning
China’s feared Ministry of State Security has won the attention of readers on social media with a lurid cautionary tale of a state company employee caught in a honey trap set by foreign spies while on an overseas business trip.
China launches New Year crackdown on 'online rumors'
Police across China have launched a New Year crackdown on online “rumors," a term often used by the ruling Communist Party to ban any information and complaints circulating online that hasn't received the blessing of its approved media outlets.
China's ruling party takes direct control of country's universities
The Chinese Communist Party is taking a direct role in the running of universities across the country amid ongoing mergers of embedded party committees with presidents' offices, Radio Free Asia has learned. While the ruling party already has branches and committees embedded in universities and other academic institutions, commentators said it has never actually merged itself with administrative structures before, not even during the political turmoil of the Cultural Revolution.
Xi Jinpingas pradėjo valymus kariuomenėje: išvešėjusi korupcija kelia abejonių gebėjimu kariauti
Pasak buvusio Liaudies išlaisvinimo armijos karinio jūrų laivyno pulkininko leitenanto, kuris pasakojo, kad jam tarnaujant oro pajėgose, kariškiai naudojo kietą raketų kurą tradiciniams kinų virtuvės patiekalams gaminti, dėl išsikerojusios korupcijos ir nepakankamo finansavimo Liaudies išlaisvinimo armijai (LIA) sunkiai sekasi aprūpinti savo pajėgas. Ši publikacija yra LRT.lt portalo partnerio „Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty“ (RFE / RL) padalinio „Radio Free Asia“ (RFA) originalus kūrinys.
Graphic torture described as ‘standard practice' in China
This report contains graphic content that may be disturbing to readers. Discretion is advised. A deleted article detailing the torture and death of a young man in police custody in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang offered a picture of the methods typically used by police during interrogations, a former police officer and a rights lawyer told Radio Free Asia in recent interviews.
Chinese social media users glued to 'interesting' Taiwan election
Social media users and commentators in China were watching Taiwan's elections closely on Saturday, with some expressing indirect support for Taiwan's democracy, and others sticking closely to Beijing's official line. While state media appeared to be steering clear of the topic of the Taiwan elections, pro-China commercial media like Phoenix TV and Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao newspaper offered visible coverage of the poll on the social media platform Weibo.
China's air force 'burned missile fuel to make hotpot': ex-officer
Rampant corruption and funding shortfalls are eating away at the People's Liberation Army's ability to equip its own forces, according to a former People's Liberation Navy Lieutenant Colonel, who described air force personnel taking away chunks of solid missile fuel to use as fuel for meals of traditional Chinese hotpot during his time as a serving officer. PLA Navy Lt. Col.
Wuhan sculpture spawns two more kids, sparking ridicule
A riverside sculpture in the central Chinese city of Wuhan of a mother, father and single child has spooked local residents by appearing to have given birth to two extra offspring as the ruling Communist Party tries to encourage people to have more kids to boost flagging birth rates. The sculpture in Wuhan's Jiangtan Park, titled "A Better Future,” was created by Guo Xue in 2017 to show the "beauty and happiness” of family life, according to media reports.
China starts detaining petitioners ahead of regional congresses
Authorities around China are tightening security measures around people who complain about the government, dispatching "interceptors" to stop anyone with a grievance from lodging petitions ahead of regional People's Congresses later this month, petitioners and local residents said on Thursday.
Named and shamed for ‘lying flat’
Eight local government officials in the southern province of Guangdong have been named and shamed for "lying flat," a buzzword describing people who have decided it's no longer in their interest to try hard in life. The Nanshan township government issued a list of eight people targeted for "lying flat" in a document dated Dec. 23, following a meeting earlier in the month.
Wuhan residents can't view documentary about COVID-19 lockdown trauma
Wuhan was Ground Zero in the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first city in the world to undergo a total lockdown in early 2020. Yet like citizens across China, residents of the city have been unable to see a new documentary about their experiences during that crisis without risking punishment to circumvent the Great Firewall of government censorship.
China deletes leaked stats showing plunging birth rate for 2023
Chinese censors deleted an article on Wednesday that reportedly leaked full-year population figures for 2023, revealing a plummeting birth rate despite ongoing efforts by the ruling party to encourage people to have families. While official figures won't be confirmed until Jan. 17, the Mother and Infant Daily news service said 7.88 million babies were born across China 2023, 1.68 million fewer than in 2022.
China’s Xi Jinping to pay homage at Mao mausoleum amid fears of new personality cult
As authorities in Beijing announced the temporary closure of the Mao Zedong mausoleum on Tiananmen Square, reportedly to allow Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping to pay homage on Mao’s 130th birth anniversary, state media moved to elevate Xi's revolutionary father's role in the past four decades of economic reform, eclipsing their key architect Deng Xiaoping.
Western China rocked by magnitude 6.2 earthquake
Rescuers on Tuesday scrambled to find people trapped under collapsed buildings following a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in western China that left more than 100 dead and hundreds injured, a toll that is likely to rise. The shallow quake rocked Gansu and Qinghai provinces late on Monday, bringing down buildings across Jishishan county and Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, as well as parts of neighboring Qinghai, state media reported.
China to limit access to court judgment searches to internal use
China has announced plans to take its court records offline, creating a limited-access database that excludes members of the public, according to official documents. Acting on "requirements" from the ruling Communist Party leadership group within the country's Supreme People's Court, the court will launch a nationwide database of court judgment documents "to optimize the management" of the records, according to a Nov.
China steps up positive propaganda in bid to boost economic growth
The ruling Chinese Communist Party vowed on Tuesday to step up propaganda to mobilize consumers to kickstart China's economic recovery, as analysts warned that an ideological approach to the economy would yield little of substance. "[We must] step up economic propaganda and public opinion guidance, spreading the idea that there is a bright future for the Chinese economy," the Party's Central Economic Work Conference said in a communiqué issued as it concluded on Tuesday in Beijing.
Whistleblowing AIDS doctor, rights campaigner Gao Yaojie dies in New York
Gao Yaojie, a retired gynecologist and medical professor who fled China in August 2009 after blowing the whistle on the impact of tainted blood-selling schemes on rural communities devastated by AIDS, has died in New York. She was 95. Columbia University professor Andrew J. Nathan, who had Gao’s legal power of attorney and managed some of her affairs, confirmed her death on Dec. 10 to the Associated Press.
China wants end to 'confrontation' but EU in no mood for compromise
The ruling Chinese Communist Party dialed up its bid to shore up economic ties with the European Union during the China-EU summit in Beijing on Thursday, though analysts said the bloc was in no mood for concessions over Beijing's support for Russia and a growing trade deficit.
China restarts COVID-19 testing in hospitals, airports
Authorities in China have started testing people for COVID-19 again in hospitals and transportation hubs as a wave of respiratory disease tears through the country, according to local residents and government directives.
Chinese censors delete news report probing return of COVID tracking
Chinese censors have deleted a news report investigating claims that local governments had brought back a hated disease-tracking app that was used during the “zero-COVID” era to confine people to their homes, amid an ongoing wave of respiratory infections across the country, according to local media reports and residents. The Dec.
China's workers face layoffs, unpaid wages ahead of Lunar New Year
At a time when China's hundreds of millions of migrant workers might normally be hoping to earn some extra cash ahead of the Lunar New Year festivities, the struggling economy has left employers unable to pay wages, or forced companies to shut down facilities and lay off staff, according to residents and news reports.
Prominent Chinese rights attorney incommunicado, believed detained
Rights lawyer Tang Jitian is incommunicado, believed detained in a hotel in the northeastern province of Jilin following his release from two years of incommunicado detention in January, people familiar with his case told Radio Free Asia. "He sent a message on WeChat Moments around Nov. 4 that his daughter's grandmother had passed away," U.S.-based rights activist Xiang Li told RFA Mandarin.
Nanjing dissident journalist Sun Lin dies after police raid on home
Nanjing dissident journalist Sun Lin, who used the pen name Jie Mu, has died following a raid by state security police on his home last week, Radio Free Asia has learned. "On Nov. 17, police reportedly entered his home, and neighbors later heard loud noises," the overseas-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders network said via its X account.
Shanghai police detain young people over Halloween cosplay photos
Police in Shanghai have detained a number of young people for walking the streets on Halloween in costumes carrying a political message, as the authorities start warning people not to engage in any form of cosplay, Radio Free Asia has learned.
Chinese police put Tiananmen artist, film director under travel ban
Film director and dissident artist Guo Zhenming, known for his work commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, has been placed under a travel ban after being invited to a screening of his latest film in Singapore. Authorities in the southwestern province of Yunnan, where Guo is currently based, cut the corner from his passport in May, and refused to accept an application for a new passport from him, he told Radio Free Asia in a recent interview.
China moves ahead with 'mass policing' plan for local communities
China is moving ahead with plans to shift local law enforcement from police stations to neighborhood "grids," where local volunteers and teams of vigilantes will enforce the law and residents will be encouraged to inform on each other. The shift was heralded by a Public Security Ministry directive in March, calling for active integration of police stations into "grassroots social governance," through partnerships with local "vigilante" groups and local ruling Chinese Communist Party officials.
China moves ahead with ‘mass policing’ plan for local communities
China is moving ahead with plans to shift local law enforcement from police stations to neighborhood "grids," where local volunteers and teams of vigilantes will enforce the law and residents will be encouraged to inform on each other. The shift was heralded by a Public Security Ministry directive in March, calling for active integration of police stations into "grassroots social governance," through partnerships with local "vigilante" groups and local ruling Chinese Communist Party officials.
Veteran dissident Guo Min arrives in US to rejoin family
Veteran dissident and democracy activist Guo Min has arrived in the United States after fleeing China via Southeast Asia, after years of being targeted by the authorities for commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre and engaging in other forms of peaceful activism. Guo, 62, a former cop-turned-political activist from the central province of Hunan, fled the country from the southwestern region of Guangxi on Aug.
Former Chinese state company executive gets 6 years for 'spying'
A Chinese court on Tuesday handed down a six-year jail term to a former state-owned enterprise employee for handing "corporate intelligence" to foreign intelligence agencies.
Hui Muslim poet beaten by unknown attacker near his Shandong home
Hui Muslim poet Cui Haoxin, formerly a vocal critic of Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs and Hui Muslims, has been severely beaten by an unidentified man after lying low for nearly three years, according to an associate and an account of the attack posted to his personal blog.
Chinese censors clamp down on public mourning for former premier
"The people's premier." "Rest in peace." "A good premier whose political career shouldn't have ended the way it did." Chinese people took to social media with candle emojis and condolences to mourn the death of former premier Li Keqiang on Friday – until censors stepped in to ensure that only uniform and formulaic condolences remained for the 68-year-old technocrat, who died of a heart attack in the early hours of Friday morning in Shanghai.
China drops Lunar New Year's Eve as public holiday, sparking outcry
The Chinese government has dropped Lunar New Year's Eve – the night on which families traditionally gather to cook and eat together – as a statutory public holiday, sparking an online outcry and reigniting speculation that the day is considered politically sensitive by Communist Party leader Xi Jinping because it sounds like a call to remove him from office. An Oct. 25 notice from the General Office of the State Council designated Feb. 10-17 as national holiday, but not Feb.
China passes 'patriotic education' law to reinforce party line
China's legislature nodded through a law on 'patriotic education' on Wednesday, in a move aimed at strengthening patriotic feeling among the country's youth, state media reported. According to Xinhua news agency, some people "are at a loss about what is patriotism," and may give in to "historical nihilism," a political buzzword used under President Xi Jinping to describe any view that departs from the official Communist Party line on history. The law, which will take effect on Jan.
China recruits thousands to monitor its citizens' words and deeds
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is stepping up its monitoring of citizens across the board, from door-to-door monitoring of residential neighborhoods to new rules requiring online celebrities to use their real names. Local governments across the country have been recruiting thousands of people in recent months as "grid workers" supplying information about residents to the local authorities, according to official websites.
People's Daily call to quit whining sparks social media backlash
Quit whining, the People’s Daily chided readers last week. "Don't say things like 'I'm bored to death, or 'dead tired' or ... complain about how poor you are," the Communist Party mouthpiece said. "You should say instead, that it's not so bad, that you can handle it, and that everything will be fine," it said.
China bans Mongolian-medium classes, cuts language hours in schools
Chinese authorities in the northern region of Inner Mongolia have cut the number of weekly Mongolian language classes from schools across the region, Radio Free Asia has learned. The move comes as schools complete the phasing out of Mongolian in favor of Mandarin as a medium of instruction for non-language classes including history, math and science — a policy that sparked mass protests by parents and students followed by a regionwide crackdown when it was first announced in September 2020.
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