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Latest news, features and opinion on human rights in China, covering free speech, religious freedoms, the right to a fair trial, minority rights in the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang and criticisms of China’s human rights record.
A senior official in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region says he will fight external pressure on the textile industry, including from US sanctions, and boost legal support for affected companies. Photo: AFP
Two Sessions 2026

Xinjiang official says region’s textile industry is growing despite US sanctions

Amid China’s annual ‘two sessions’, Wang Kuiran says region will boost legal support for businesses affected by US restrictions.

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Diplomacy

China versus the West? Wang Yi tells UN no country is ‘human rights teacher’

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Health in China

China probes mental hospitals over reports patients are being locked up in scam

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Censorship in China

Chinese journalist Liu Hu detained after report scrutinising local officials

Liu and his assistant reportedly in custody for ‘illegal business operations’ and ‘false accusations’.

Liu Hu is an investigative reporter who has covered disputes between private enterprises and local government bodies in China. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

Chinese national Guan Heng, who filmed Xinjiang facilities, granted US asylum

The Department of Homeland Security initially sought to deport Guan to Uganda, but dropped the plan after his plight raised public concerns.

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China’s Communist Party

Chen Weijun joins list of senior Xinjiang officials investigated for corruption

Party journal Qiushi republishes speech by President Xi Jinping in which he urged greater effort in the push for ‘self-revolution’.

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Women and gender

China’s LGBTQ community loses key lifeline as Blued, Finka apps vanish

Purge of popular same-sex dating sites from app stores fuels fears about shrinking digital spaces for the country’s LGBTQ community.

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Apps such as Blued have played a crucial role in the lives of Chinese LGBTQ people, supporting identity development, social relationships and community networks, according to analysts. Photo: Facebook/ Blued
Crime in China

China quietly curbs abuse of detention procedure linked to suspect deaths

New guidelines on supervision, approval and execution of ‘residential surveillance at a designated location’ leaked online.

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Human rights

Why a police DNA collection drive in China has sparked privacy worries

Initiative by Inner Mongolia law enforcement to collect male blood samples exposes gaps in legal safeguards.

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China’s Communist Party

Religion must align with law for ethnic and social harmony in China, Xi says

During a Politburo study session, Xi Jinping says Beijing must ‘implement strict law enforcement’ regarding religion.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, who recently visited Tibet and Xinjiang, has called for China’s religious leaders to be better “guided” to embody Chinese characteristics in religious doctrines, rules, management systems, rituals and customs. Photo: Xinhua
China’s Communist Party

Xi on Xinjiang visit urges ‘every effort’ to achieve social stability

Chinese leader’s remarks promoting cultural integration come as autonomous region marks 70th anniversary and amid Beijing’s push for unity.

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits a cultural centre in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

Legendary China scholar, Jerome Cohen, dies at 95

US expert on the Chinese legal system was an early advocate of engagement with China, and one of the few who also dared to point out its shortfalls.

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Xinjiang

Xi Jinping is first Chinese president to attend Xinjiang anniversary celebration

Accompanying Xi are Wang Huning, China’s No 4 official and top ethnic affairs adviser, and Cai Qi, his chief of staff and No 5 official.

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US-China relations

After years of US sanctions, how is Xinjiang’s economy doing?

Chinese scholars say the measures have led to job losses and shrinking profits for some firms, but the region shows resilience.

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US-China relations

US names 5 more Chinese industries for enforcement under Uygur labour law

Beijing has repeatedly denied allegations of forced labour in Xinjiang region.

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the White House, April 9. Photo: TNS
US-China relations

US’ annual China human rights review shorter, remains sharply critical

At 42 pages, assessment is less than half the length of recent years, as State Department seeks more ‘readable’ and ‘objective’ reports.

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Mainland China

Video | Police deployed in China to stop teen bullying case protest

Swat officers called to Jiangyou city in Sichuan as crowd gathered to demand tougher penalties for alleged perpetrators.

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Crime in China

Police deployed in China to quell teen bullying case protest

Swat officers called to the Sichuan city of Jiangyou as crowd gathers to demand tougher penalties for alleged perpetrators.

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Jiangyou in Sichuan province was the scene of conflict and confrontation on Monday and Tuesday after residents expressed anger over a bullying case involving a 14-year-old victim. Photo: Handout
Women and gender

Chinese officials accuse online stand-up shows of stirring ‘gender antagonism’

Zhejiang officials hope ‘rising stand-up comedy scene can become more rational and profound, with less division and more understanding’.

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Tibet

Beijing says Dalai Lama’s succession plan breaks tradition, tensions set to rise

Beijing’s foreign ministry responds to the exiled spiritual leader who says his office has sole authority to recognise next Dalai Lama.

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China’s Communist Party

China warns against separatism ahead of Dalai Lama’s expected succession decree

During inspection tour, Chen Wenqing says political and legal bodies must fully understand Qinghai’s unique geopolitical position.

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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has sparked concerns in China of social instability with the statement that his successor may be born outside China. Photo: AP
Hong Kong courts

Opinion | Hong Kong an example in balancing national security and people’s rights

Five years on from introduction of security law, the city is showing how the two issues, rather than being in conflict, are interconnected and reinforce each other.

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China-EU relations

In human rights talks, EU warns of ‘deterioration’ of basic freedoms in China

Brussels cites ‘interference’ in Dalai Lama succession plan and jailed Uygur and Tibetan activists as examples of erosion of freedoms.

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US-China relations

As tariff truce begins, China warns of Western push to undermine its stability

Asia-Pacific region described as scene of ‘power play’ by Western entities seeking to ‘curtail, suppress and contain China’.

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US-China relations

Opinion | US tariffs a wake-up call for China to improve labour standards

If China’s export competitiveness remains reliant on lowering its labour standards, the US and others will continue their trade-restrictive policies.

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Workers produce pyjamas for export at a clothing factory in Lianyungang, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, on April 21. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

Deal or no deal? EU engages US, China on high-wire bargaining act

Europe must navigate between the two powers, knowing that cutting an economic deal with one could make it impossible to do so with the other.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Beijing in April 2023. The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) has been frozen at the ratification stage by the European Parliament. Photo: Xinhua
China-EU relations

EU stays the course on Xinjiang sanctions as China eases up on bloc’s lawmakers

European Union’s diplomatic arm says no plans to reciprocate Beijing’s overture as it has not observed improvements in far western region.

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United States

Letters | Trump vs Harvard is a battle over future of US college education

Readers discuss the politicisation of higher education in the US, a British MP barred from entering Hong Kong, the demolition of a Swire hotel in Beijing, and the human-made tragedy of war.

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