Category: China Human Rights

Florida Gov. DeSantis Blames Disney for Kowtowing to China Despite ‘Atrocities’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out again at Disney for profiting off of China while ignoring its long-existing human rights abuses. “Disney has done a lot to partner with the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] and really has made a fortune over there without raising a peep about any of their atrocities,” DeSantis said on May…


DeSantis Calls out Disney for Partnering With China, Making a ‘Fortune’ There While Staying Silent on ‘Atrocities’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out again at Disney for profiting off of China while ignoring its long-existing human rights abuses. “Disney has done a lot to partner with the Chinese Communist Party and really has made a fortune over there without raising a peep about any of their atrocities,” DeSantis said on May 2…


Grassroots Movement Seeks to Help Chinese People Break Out From the Bondage of Communism: Advocate

Nearly 400 million Chinese have renounced their affiliation to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as part of what might be China’s largest and longest grassroots movement, according to Sen Nieh, vice president of the non profit Global Service Center to Quit the CCP. The movement, called “quit the CCP” or “tui dang” in Chinese, is…


Grassroots Movement Seeks to Help Chinese People Break From the Bondage of Communism: Advocate

Nearly 400 million Chinese have renounced their affiliation to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as part of what might be China’s largest and longest grassroots movement, according to Sen Nieh, vice president of the non profit Global Service Center to Quit the CCP. The movement, called “quit the CCP” or “tui dang” in Chinese, is…


US Religious Freedom Ambassador Meets With Representatives of Religious Group Falun Gong

U.S. State Department officials met six representatives of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong on April 25 for an update on the decades-long ongoing persecution in China. The day marks the 23rd anniversary of a peaceful appeal dated back to 1999, when an estimated 10,000 adherents of Falun Gong, a meditation practice that was first introduced…


US Religious Freedom Ambassador Meets With Representatives of Falun Gong Amid Ongoing CCP Persecution

U.S. State Department officials met six representatives of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong on April 25 for an update on the decades-long ongoing persecution in China. The day marks the 23rd anniversary of a peaceful appeal dated back to 1999, when an estimated 10,000 adherents of Falun Gong, a meditation practice that was first introduced…


Locked-Down Residents Complain About Spoiled Food Distributed By Authorities in Shanghai

Shanghai, the megacity of 26 million people, has been under lockdown for more than a month. Recently, many Shanghai residents have complained online that some of the food distributed by the local authorities has deteriorated and is not edible at all, and have questioned the legitimacy of the authorities’ food supply process. On Chinese social…


Attack on Senior US Official’s Brother May Have China Link

News Analysis Nury Turkel, one of the world’s most prominent Uyghurs, is under pressure from Beijing. The Washington-based American lawyer was instrumental in legislative and executive actions by the U.S. government to support Uyghur human rights in China. In the context of rising transnational repression by Beijing, including violent attacks linked to the Chinese Communist…


China’s State-Controlled Religious Organizations Forced to Advocate Communism: US Report

China’s state-sanctioned religious bodies have had to speak for communist policies as the regime has become “increasingly hostile” to snuff out any religious beliefs, said a bipartisan U.S. federal government commission. “In 2021, religious freedom conditions in China deteriorated,” the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said in its 2022 annual report (pdf) released…


Religious Groups in China Forced to Advocate Communism: US Commission

China’s state-sanctioned religious bodies have had to speak for communist policies as the regime has become “increasingly hostile” to snuff out any religious beliefs, said a bipartisan U.S. federal government commission. “In 2021, religious freedom conditions in China deteriorated,” the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said in its 2022 annual report (pdf) released…