The uncertain fate of Xiao Jianhua, a China-born billionaire who was last seen at a luxury Hong Kong hotel a week ago, has raised fresh fears about the city’s autonomy amid media reports he may have been abducted by Chinese agents.
We are troubled by how often lately we experience a strange sort of China-related déjà vu when following events in the U.S.
For many years, the vast majority of foreign NGOs operated quietly in China in a legal grey area. Many are unregistered and work in China through local partners, while others are registered as commercial enterprises. That all changed with the...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he had asked China to help in the fight against Islamic State-linked militants by sending ships to patrol southern waters plagued by raids on commercial vessels.
Since regulators blocked the service in 2009, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hired well-connected executives, developed censorship tools and taken a ‘smog jog’ in Beijing—but the company has made no visible headway.
Customs chief says the enforcement action was based on Hong Kong law and also claims Singapore’s government was never a target for investigation
Fall of 20% in party officials handed to courts marks change of tack in campaign
President inherits law originally aimed at Russia that allows him to sanction any official involved in violations—and China activists have put forward a list
Perched unsteadily on a stack of plastic stools in an isolated room, Xie Yang, a Chinese lawyer, was encircled day and night by interrogators
Last month, as China encountered some of its worst pollution yet, artists in Chengdu did something bold: They put smog-filtering cotton masks over the faces of statues representing ordinary urbanites that dot a centrally located shopping street...
Over the past year, Donald Trump has vowed to “utterly destroy” ISIS, considered lifting sanctions on Russia, promised to cancel the Paris climate agreement and “dismantle” the Iran nuclear deal. But many of his most inflammatory statements are...
In the final galleries of 2016, the publishing juggernaut Tencent again shows its leadership in the documentary photography space, but iFeng’s choice to publish a personal photo gallery by Zhou Xin is also worth a good look, especially since...
Blocking China from islands it has built in contested waters would lead to “devastating confrontation,” Chinese state media have warned.
Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson said that perhaps the United States should deny China access to its artificial islands in the South China Sea.
Amnesty International report says rule of law, freedom of speech, and trust in government all deteriorated in 2016
On New Year’s Eve, Beijing announced it will ban the ivory trade in China, potentially shutting down the world’s biggest ivory market. Why did Beijing decide to curb the ivory trade? Will it put enough muscle behind it to enforce the decision?...
Peter Dahlin spent 23 days in a ‘black prison’ in Beijing, where he says he was deprived of sleep and questioned with a ‘communication enhancement’ machine.
A transgender man has won his case for unfair dismissal at a court in China.
On December 13, President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team announced the selection of ExxonMobil Chief Executive Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. We asked ChinaFile contributors to respond to the choice with a specific focus on how...
After domestic victories in 2016, China’s president must deal with a worsening economy and Trump in the White House
A new law in China is raising concern among thousands of nongovernmental organizations about their ability to continue their work in the new year
Ministry announcement verifies August report that Wang had been arrested on the suspicion of taking bribes
Indictment says the traders bought shares of at least five publicly traded companies before announcements that the firms would be acquired
Thousands are signing online petitions to protest the dropping of a police brutality case, representing a rare display of white-collar outrage with Beijing
Nationwide crackdown includes three-year jail sentence for 15-year-old who robbed his classmates
Law taking effect Jan. 1 is widely seen as targeted at groups working in areas such as human rights and rule of law
The activist’s family are still waiting to hear from him despite officials saying he was released more than two weeks ago
Many NGOs could be made illegal on Jan. 1 amid campaign against unwanted foreign influences
Turn the spotlight on the rulers, not the ruled: Instead of rating citizens, the government should be allowing them to assess the way it rules
China appears to be adding new anti-aircraft weapons to a string of artificial islands in the middle of the disputed South China Sea
With the end of the One-Child Policy, unregistered younger siblings are trying to make up for lost time
"They came and banged on tenants' doors every day until they agreed to move out, and they cut off their power supply for a week"
Preparation is under way in China to bring in a ban on their domestic ivory trade, following a promise made with the US earlier this year
China’s top securities regulator has accused some big insurers of behaving like ‘barbarians’
In 1872, China’s imperial government began sending teenage boys to the United States to study science and technology. After a series of “humiliating” military defeats at the hands of technologically superior foreign powers, China’...
Michael Jordan has pulled out a victory in an arena long known as unfriendly to visitors: the Chinese legal system
A chemistry professor in China has been convicted in a case that has drawn comparisons with the hit TV show "Breaking Bad"
On Friday, Donald Trump shocked the China-watching world when news broke that he had spoken on the phone to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. The call was remarkable not for its content—Tsai’s office said she told Trump she hoped the United States “...
The number of children born in China this year is set to rise by 5.7 percent from 2015 as a result of the introduction of the country’s new two-child policy, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC)...
Case puts spotlight on accusations that judges accept coerced confessions and that police torture is rampant, activists say
Tough talk on corruption is not unheard of from Wang, but his harsh manner and candid rundown of the party’s problems mean the speech was given great importance
Comments offer rare glimpse at tussle between Beijing and U.S. tech companies
After a decade covering Asia for The Wall Street Journal, I devoted three years of my life to researching and writing a book about China’s one-child policy, One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment. This month, I’m giving away the...
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer raises concerns over Chinese conglomerate’s Hollywood takeovers
A new study proposes the births of many of the 'missing' girls were simply not registered
As China grows and matures, and moves to protect brands and ideas, it still struggles with how to get rid of fakes. Enter Mr. Ji.
If the Chinese government is serious about fostering a stable and harmonious society, it must address limits on social mobility before it’s too late
The youngest woman elected to Hong Kong's parliament has been called many things, including: "radical", "goddess", "spy", "pretty" and "cancer cell"
The Kremlin has joined forces with Chinese authorities to bring the internet and its users under greater state control
The social network Facebook has reportedly developed software to suppress posts from users’ feeds in targeted geographic areas, a feature created to help the giant social media network gain access to China, where it is blocked. Facebook Chief...
China is requiring all residents in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to turn in their passports to help the government “maintain social order”
‘Blue helmet’ deployments offer opportunity to burnish international image
China has upset Western countries by sending undercover agents to try and get suspects back, although it says it has changed tactics after complaints
The bank isn't being formally charged, but by agreeing to pay the fines, it brings a three-year investigation by the U.S. government to a close
Third-annual World Internet Conference aimed at proselytizing China’s view to global audience
