"World leaders should use this moment to challenge #China’s enforced silence surrounding #Tibet" #TibetanUprisingDay @mayawang.bsky.social #HumanRightsWatch www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
On March 10, anniversary of 1959 Lhasa Uprising, Chinese govt would be on high alert, but few Tibetans would dare to mark the occasion as the cost is too high. "World leaders should use this moment to challenge China’s enforced silence surrounding Tibet": www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
... argues that govts, instead of continuing to sideline rights, should weave them into trade and other policies to deny China from continuing to turn repression into competitive advantages www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
The rush to China trade "–meant to survive Trump’s chaos–may instead hasten the arrival of the China Century, one in which Beijing dominates not only geopolitics but its repressive approach to domestic governance becomes the global norm." My op-ed: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
. @mayawang.bsky.social of @hrw.org in the @theglobeandmail.com : “Mr. Carney is right that middle powers need to co-operate. But a more honest “pragmatism” begins with recognizing that widespread human rights violations by a trading partner generate economic, security and governance risks.”
Blade defects at Three Gorges wind farm expose quality risks in China’s turbine boom – Caixin Global: ‘adding to concerns that China’s past installation rush and price wars are now surfacing as costly quality failures.’
Framing Hong Kong’s repression as “stability” risks legitimising authoritarian governance as an economic good, and words from democratic leaders matter far beyond Hong Kong and set precedents elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Chinese govt communique mentions Hong Kong, quoting Starmer as saying that the city's a "unique [UK-China] bridge". So on an issue the UK presumably cares about, it has ceded rhetorical grounds to Beijing. www.fmprc.gov.cn/zyxw/202601/... There's still time, and we're watching.
The UK’s 1st press release on Starmer's visit is all about business (no Hong Kong, no human rights): www.gov.uk/government/n.... Formality matters in diplomacy, esp when it comes to China.
When pressed by journalists, British PM Keir Starmer said he *mentioned* Jimmy Lai to Xi. He didn't seem to have called for Lai's release: www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Chinese govt has detained the leader + key members of underground Protestant church, the Early Rain Covenant Church. There's been a string of arrests of members of prominent “house churches” in China in past year. They should be freed, faith isn't a crime: www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
China’s government has long sought to silence dissent abroad, but recently there’s been a disturbing escalation: harassment through sexually explicit letters targeting activists outside the country www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
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...
At a summit dominated by two leaders who have demonstrated such utter hostility to the international system, human rights & democratic principles, how should democratic countries respond?
With courage and conviction.
By me & John Sifton: thediplomat.com/2025/10/trum...
Extensive research shows while autocracies eg China "sometimes achieve rapid gains, they also produce volatility, repression, & data manipulation", on balance democracies "offers the strongest odds for healthier, more stable, and prosperous societies" www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/wha...
Among the strongest words we've heard from Zelenskyy on China since the war began
EV investment in the US tumbled by a third in the last quarter, the Clean Investment Monitor from Rhodium Group & MIT shows. Under Trump, the US is unilaterally surrendering the global EV market to China (and others). It risks turning the US into the Galapagos Islands of cars.
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What a striking vignette about gender relations in China today: A feminist opened three women-only spaces three years ago-- as emergency shelter, reading group, and gathering place--and men came in and destroyed two of them. They may all have to close: chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/7221...
中國政府剛剛主辦了「全球婦女峰會」。
在一個監禁女權運動者、把女性身體當作控制人口方式的地方舉行「婦女峰會」，不僅諷刺更令人感到冒犯。
這場峰會把女性權利當作營銷工具，並對女性觀點進行嚴密審查，而當前最迫切的議題，諸如基於性別的暴力（包括性騷擾和家庭暴力）以及生育自主權，大都遭到忽視或幾乎未見改進。
- 人權觀察 @mayawang.bsky.social
“Gao Zhen is facing years in prison for holding up a mirror to China’s past," @hrw.org's @elainepearson.bsky.social
said. “The Chinese government should break away from its abusive past practices, drop the charges against Gao, and immediately release him.”
Gao's father died in custody during the Cultural Revolution. As fellow Chinese artists noted in a public letter: "[The [police] has labeled Gao Zhen’s artistic creations as evidence of a crime, repeating the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.”
After Gao fainted, doctor at the detention center said he may have arteriosclerosis, a hardening of the arteries, and that it could be “a precursor to a stroke.” Gao also suffers from a chronic back problem. He's held in a crowded cell with 14 others. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Gao's prosecuted for the crime of “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs”--introduced in 2021--for the well-known sculptures he made over a decade ago, before the crime existed. Under Xi, the Chinese government has tightened ideological control.
❗️Detained Chinese artist Gao Zhen (高兟) is in poor health and had fainted in late Sept. Chinese govt should drop charges against the 69-year-old, allow him + his family to return to the United States. The Gaos are US green card holders & citizen. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
The Chinese govt's proposed draft "Ethnic Unity" Law would justify, intensify existing:
▶️ ideological controls
▶️ the targeting of ethnic and religious minorities, including by erasing minority language rights +
▶️foster control beyond China’s borders.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
“ .. #Tibetans, #Uyghurs, and others who speak out for minority populations can expect even greater government repression.” @mayawang.bsky.social (HRW)
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
#張雅笛 被捕是「一件 #跨國鎮壓 案例。中國留學生的抗爭行動恐怕已遭嚴密監控。它的影響是使每個人都對自己的一言一行感到十分擔心，包括在中國國外。」- 人權觀察 @mayawang.bsky.social 對《自由亞洲電台》表示：
www.rfa.org/english/chin...
Our latest case of #transnationalrepression: a young Chinese woman studying in France has disappeared some seven weeks ago while on a trip to visit her family in Hunan province.
She is an editor for the digital platform “Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet” (CYST)
www.tibetanreview.net/chinese-intl...
‼️ A Chinese student has been missing during her visit home due to her activism for Tibetan rights while studying in France.
Lawyer Jiang Tianyong, who represents her, has been taken into custody during a meeting with her parents.
French govt should press for their freedom.
