'Zhen', China's character of year, gets side-eye from netizens

Dec 31, 2023

China conducts an annual survey to select characters and words reflecting the public's sentiments or significant developments of the outgoing year. While the government...

China faces rights backlash over jailing of artist Gao Zhen

Aug 26, 2026

China has sentenced artist Gao Zhen to three years in prison for allegedly "slandering China's heroes and martyrs", prompting Amnesty International to accuse Chinese...

Arrest of artists and intellectuals latest wave of China's crackdown on dissent

Sep 05, 2024

The arrest of artist Gao Zhen and journalist Zhang Zhan by the Chinese government as per the human rights advocates is the latest tactic...

Consul General in Shanghai Pratik Mathur wishes Shanghai Mayor on 77th anniversary of PRC founding

Sep 30, 2026

Zhu Zhongming is among the first leaders born in the 1970s to hold the post of Shanghai Mayor, after which many have risen to...

China's economic meltdown exposes cracks in CCP rule as fourth plenum opens in secrecy

Oct 22, 2025

According to The Epoch Times, while the state-run Xinhua News Agency boasted of "remarkable progress" under the ongoing 14th Five-Year Plan, analysts and economists...