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China’s Smart Authoritarianism

How the CCP balances control and innovation.

In China, consumerism trumps nationalism despite tensions with the U.S. and Japan

Chinese consumers are prioritizing quality and value over patriotism, regardless of how testy relations become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States

Hong Kong: Publisher Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years

Click to expand Image A correctional services department vehicle believed to be carrying Hong Kong publisher and activist Jimmy Lai leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts following Lai's sentencing, Hong Kong, February 9, 2026. © 2026 Chan Long Hei/AP...

Why Uyghurs Remembered February 5, 1997, 29 Years On

The day that Chinese troops opened fire on peaceful protestors is still seared in the memory of a whole people. The post Why Uyghurs Remembered February 5, 1997, 29 Years On first appeared on Bitter Winter.

The Epstein Files and China’s Information War Against the Dalai Lama

China’s disinformation machinery kicked into high gear to launch its latest attack against the Tibetan spiritual leader.

Chinese technology underpins Iran’s internet control, report finds

The technologies include facial recognition tools used on Uyghurs in western China, say expertsIran’s architecture of internet control is built on technologies from China, according to an analysis published by a British human rights organisation.The report by Article 19...

Dalai Lama denies meeting paedophile Jeffrey Epstein after name appears in files

The release of millions of new files has shone a light on Jeffrey Epstein’s vast networks and efforts to meet the rich and powerful

Dalai Lama never met Epstein, Tibetan spiritual leader’s office says

The office of the Dalai Lama said on Sunday that he had never met convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after Chinese media reported the Tibetan Buddhist leader’s name was mentioned in a cache of files released by the US...

A Chinese Christian’s Charitable Endeavor and Spiritual Dilemma

All around the world, Christians donate to local needs and to help with world tragedies. In China, however, this is prohibited. The post A Chinese Christian’s Charitable Endeavor and Spiritual Dilemma first appeared on Bitter Winter.

China’s claim to Indian territory

In a stark reminder of China’s persistent territorial overreach, Pema Wangjom Thongdok, a woman from Arunachal Pradesh holding an Indian passport, was detained for 18 hours at Shanghai Pudong Airport ...

Powers that believe in democracy should rally to the cause of Jimmy Lai

Editorial: Western states have individually called for the campaigner to be freed, but China needs to see that these countries can stand together as one

Japanese cycle team to circle Taiwan

A group of Japanese cyclists is to cycle around the nation next month to thank Taiwan for its support for Japan in the aftermath of Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011.The magnitude 8.4 ea...

UN Expert Warns China’s Tibet Policies May Constitute Genocide

The post UN Expert Warns China’s Tibet Policies May Constitute Genocide appeared first on Tibet Action Institute.

China, Three-Self Church Ready to Enforce the New Propaganda Regulations

The government-controlled church rushes to embrace the Party’s new ideological rulebook, proving once again that its deepest creed is political obedience. The post China, Three-Self Church Ready to Enforce the New Propaganda Regulations first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Cycling for tibet

A group from the Taiwanese Designers in Australia association yesterday represented Taiwan at the Midsumma Pride March in Melbourne. The march, held in the St. Kilda suburb, is the city’s largest LGBTQIA+ parade and the flagship event of the annual Midsumma Festival.

Global system of human rights in ‘peril’, warns HRW in its annual report

The NGO warns that the rules-based order is being crushed under relentless pressure from the US, China and Russia.

'Cycling for a Free Tibet' campaign kicks off in Taipei

Taipei, Feb. 4 (CNA) The annual "2026 Cycling for a Free Tibet" campaign was launched in Taipei on Wednesday to mark the 1959 Tibetan Uprising.

Tibet’s exploitable green power could meet China’s energy needs: official survey

Tibet’s exploitable solar, wind and hydropower resources alone could theoretically meet all of China’s energy needs, government survey data suggests. According to researchers from the China Society for Hydropower Engineering and the state-owned Power Construction Corporation of China, the...

China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift

Wind and solar combined are projected to account for about half of China’s total installed power capacity

China: Repression Deepens, Extends Abroad

Click to expand Image Jimmy Lai is transported by prisoner transport vehicles outside the court in Hong Kong, December 15, 2025.  © 2025 Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images (Bangkok) – The Chinese government intensified its repression across the country in...

Senior Diplomat Says Ottawa Clashes With Beijing Over Its Pursuit of Dissidents in Canada

Canada’s number two diplomat says Ottawa is confronting Beijing over its policy clamping down on dissidents in foreign countries. Testifying at a Feb. 3 House of Commons committee meeting reviewing foreign interference in the last election, Deputy Minister of...

Mongolian: The Language Beijing Wants to Bury Alive

A sweeping investigation reveals how Mongolian words, songs, and memories are being erased, from the digital world to the classroom door. The post Mongolian: The Language Beijing Wants to Bury Alive first appeared on Bitter Winter.

‘Loneliest’: meet China remote town’s only delivery rider who completes 200 orders daily

The only full-time delivery rider in a remote county in the Tibet region of southwestern China delivers up to 200 orders a day while juggling multiple roles. Huang Kaihong, 24, who is known as “China’s loneliest rider”, works in...

Beijing condemns Dalai Lama’s Grammy win as ‘anti-China political manipulation’

Buddhist spiritual leader wins best audiobook and says he sees win ‘as a recognition of our shared universal responsibility’Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar win big in Grammys ceremony filled with anti-ICE sentimentThe Dalai Lama has taken home his first...