The multiple references to #US bombing of #Laos are understandable. The total lack of references to #China govt #laborrights violations #forcedlabor in #greenenergy production are not. What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/m...

"I dreaded seeing the blackened outline of what used to be a quotidian landmark." Novelist Gigi Leung writes on visiting Hong Kong in the wake of the fire at Wang Fuk Court.

Thanks @dgap.org for having me be apart of this important conversation looking back on the #ChinaInitiative, and continued research security concerns in the US and Europe.

Required reading on #China #climate—facts to displace fictions, propaganda, “greenwashing”—from @wang-seaver.bsky.social @tednordhaus.bsky.social @vijramachandran. thebreakthrough.org/issues/energ...

The govt of #China can keep trying to defend the indefensible. But the fact remains that #Sweden citizen #GuiMinhai is in #arbitrarydetention; kudos to @specialprocedures for detailed analysis. PM Kristersson shld regularly and publicly demand Gui's release. hongkongfp.com/2025/12/14/c...

The second is a deep dive into the numbers - and lives - behind China's renewable energy surge by @wang-seaver.bsky.social and @tednordhaus.bsky.social. --> www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/greenwashi...

Two great pieces just dropped that lift the veil on the story of China as a "green" saviour. Worth the read! First one by @sophiedrich.bsky.social @climaterights.bsky.social on what China showed - and obfuscated - at the most recent COP. climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/china-cop3...

Thanks, BBC Chinese for this in-depth report featuring the reflections of two former Apple Daily journalists. 2 things that resonated: we really did have the privilege of working in HK journalism during its 'golden age' HK journalists carry on. #journalismisnotacrime www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q69...

New: EU slams verdict in Jimmy Lai trial as "politically motivated and emblematic of the erosion of democracy and fundamental freedoms in HK since the imposition of NSL in 2020" "A free & independent media is vital for resilient societies and ensuring government accountability"

#CHRD condemns the verdict against #HK pro-democracy activist #JimmyLai. "When there's no chance of a verdict other than guilty, it's not a credible trial. #HK courts should have quashed the charges. Instead they proved complicity with 🇨🇳's anti-#RuleOfLaw regime,"said @sophiedrich.bsky.social.

Less a landmark conviction of Jimmy Lai on those charges—more a confirmation of Xi Jinping’s and John Lee’s landmark insecurity. @chrdnet.bsky.social

Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai will hear the verdict in his closely watched national security case on Monday morning. In full: buff.ly/wZIrUZh

Here in Hong Kong, we're outside the court as we await the verdict in the National Security trial of former media mogul Jimmy Lai, one of the highest-profile critics of Beijing. Security is tight. Scores have turned out to bear witness to this moment, with some lining up overnight.

Ahead of #HongKong court’s baseless verdict against #JimmyLai following grossly unfair trial, reupping @chrdnet.bsky.social #arbitrarydetention data 2019-2024: More individuals in Hong Kong were convicted of “subversion,” “inciting subversion” than in mainland #China. www.nchrd.org/wp-content/u...

Ahead of Monday’s verdict, remember #JimmyLai has spent yrs in prison for no crime. As @sophiedrich.bsky.social said: “If #HongKong courts have any remaining integrity, they will immediately drop the fabricated charges, free him & remove all barriers to medical care.” 👉 www.nchrd.org/2025/08/hong...

Activist #XuLin suffers from malnutrition in prison due to poor food and hygiene, now weighing under 50kg with multiple health problems. The Nansha Detention Center (Guangzhou), where he was previously detained, denied him medical care and communication rights. wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/12/39_1...

‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia

I welcome and echo these calls by @chrdnet.bsky.social for the Chinese government to release all those serving long term prison sentences as a result of exercising their internationally recognised right to defend human rights.

Imagine spending more than a decade in jail—when you haven’t even broken a law. On this International #HumanRightsDay @chrdnet.bsky.social remembers—and calls for the immediate release of—these and all #humanrights defenders wrongfully imprisoned by #China govt. www.nchrd.org/2025/12/chin...

Why bother to participate in this #XiJinping #JohnLee political sham? It is by no stretch an election.

Why keep referring to this as an “election”? It isn’t one, and #HongKong authorities shouldn’t be afforded any legitimacy for robbing people of their #politicalrights. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/w...

🔔 Three yrs after the #BlankPaper protests, 🇨🇳 continues to repress rights, obstruct #UN access, and undermine human rights mechanisms— all while sitting on the Human Rights Council. We must show #Beijing it has not succeeded in erasing #FreeExpression entirely. By @sophiedrich.bsky.social 👇

@sophiedrich.bsky.social: Xi’s crimes against humanity and other state-sponsored measures of terror designed to erase dissent deepen and spread daily, yet efforts to halt – let alone reverse – such violations have faltered badly. thediplomat.com/2025/11/chin... @chrdnet.bsky.social

#HongKong authorities are afraid of a Spanish class. hongkongfp.com/2025/11/20/h...

Activist #Yinxuan disappeared for 3 months. 🇨🇳 govt intercepted him in #Beijing on Aug. 11 while seeking medical care, then forcibly returned him to Hubei. Multiple authorities won't tell family/lawyer his location. Lawyers filed petition demanding answers. 👉 wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/11/3_12...

The lesson of China’s broadening interference in the education systems of democratic countries is that if we want academic freedom, we will have to pay for it. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

For decades, Tibetans built a capital in exile in Dharamshala, India, and sent their kids to a school founded by the Dalai Lama. That's now changing.

Think #China #XiJinping’s claims to being a leader on #womensrights ring true? Read @chrdnet.bsky.social co-ED @reneexia.bsky.social’s reflections and see who you find more credible. www.nchrd.org/2025/10/the-...

A hidden reason why there's no #ClimateAction at scale: Less than 3% of int'l aid to slash carbon emissions is supporting a “just transition” for workers & communities away from GHG polluting industries. Many forced to choose btw a secure job & a safe planet www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#China govt targets journalists for speaking truth to power. To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, #Beijing must free #HuangXueqin, #LiYuanfeng, #ZhangZhan, #ChenJieren & all detained press freedom defenders. 👉 www.un.org/en/observanc...

China was seeking to halt research by Laura Murphy, professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at Sheffield Hallam, into allegations Uyghur Muslims in the north-western region of Xinjiang were subject to forced labour. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Enough crocodile tears. Each year at the UN General Assembly, States ask me the same questions. My answer hasn’t changed: protect human rights defenders, enact & enforce policies, prosecute attackers. Determination is what’s lacking. States must start showing it. #UNGA80

Is this really the problem—that #China govt fines for environmental harms are too high?

The IBAHRI and partners express grave concern for Chinese #HumanRights #lawyer Lu Siwei, who is facing an arbitrary travel ban preventing him from being reunited with his family in the #US and receiving urgent medical care for lung cancer. Read statement: tinyurl.com/mspebkav

Police broke into Christian #SunXue 's home after 1am on Oct 13, handcuffed & took him without a warrant. When his mother asked for a detention notice, police shouted & threatened her—showing #China govt's disregard for due process. 👉 wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/10/9.html

This week's @minjianarchives.bsky.social newsletter is by one of China's foremost public intellectuals, Ai Xiaoming, on an investigation she wrote on the myth that China's natural scientists were insulated from Mao-era political campaigns. EN/ZH. chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/19571967

Translations: “How Can a Country That Blocks the Nobel Website Hope to Win a Nobel Prize?” "To sum up: if the winner was backed by the Chinese government, it’s the correct decision; if not, it’s using the Nobel Prize to fan anti-China sentiment."

#China: Today, on the 10-year anniversary of the kidnapping of poet, bookseller and PEN member, Gui Minhai, 65 PEN Centres around the world renew our demand for his immediate and unconditional release. Read our joint statement ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/china-p... #FreeGuiMinhai

If #Sweden 🇸🇪 FM @mariastenergard.bsky.social plans to bring #GuiMinhai home from this landmark visit to #China--super. If not, this is a profoundly perverse way of marking the tenth anniversary of his disappearance. @swedishpm.bsky.social @chrdnet.bsky.social www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...

New events! 📆17th & 24th Oct 🕥10:30am Thailand Time ANFREL - Asian Network for Free Elections hold 2 webinars on political rights and movements in ASEAN "Election Updates and Regional Democratic Trends. Live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/@AsianNetwor...

🚨 CHRD warns #China govt's proposed revisions to the Prison Law falls short of intl standards. Key concerns: ❌ No independent oversight mechanism ❌ Limited family/lawyer access ❌ Expanded solitary confinement ❌ Unchecked prison labor ❌ Vague national security provisions www.nchrd.org/2025/10/revi...

Sympathy for foreign firms having trouble with #China govt? Few external actors have done more to undermine progress on #humanrights there--all the while claiming they were part of the solution, turning profits, and disdaining human rights #duediligence. wsjchina.cmail19.com/t/d-e-gehljy...

人权律师 #卢思位 近日接受法广采访表示，8月刑满出狱后，检查发现肺结节问题恶化，医生说已属肺癌的初步。 www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD... 因医保被断，卢思位选择观察半年后再决定；他多次向政保要求自由出入境，惟当局不肯放行； #妻子张春晓 呼吁当局让卢思位保外就医，在家人陪同和照顾下接受治疗。

I started to read this piece on #Tibet #YarlungTsangpo Dam expecting to learn more about #China govt approach to hydro, but there is a great deal more here on #politics #power #security, too. madeinchinajournal.com/2025/09/04/t...

From @Stanford @SCCEI summation of a book I'm keen to read: "The [#China] #Gaokao, in effect, is not just an academic test — it is a gate into an entirely different social contract." www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Chinese newsletters: Xi Jinping wants a spot in your inbox – The Economist: ‘The Economist has identified over a dozen writers on Substack who are employed by China’s state media.’

Who gets to decide what art you can see outside China? In some cases, as in #Thailand of late, apparently #China #XiJinping govt calls the shots. Curator Flees Bangkok After China Deems His Art Show Too Provocative www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...