2026-11-12
After being detained in a detention center for 544 days, Pastor Gao Quanfu of the Zion Light Church went on trial in an open court on November 12 on charges of "fraud." Friends and family have called on believers to attend the hearing.
2026-11-10
Procurement documents for AI classroom patrol systems at Anhui Vocational College of Commerce and Trade and Zhengzhou Normal University in 2025 have recently sparked concern: the systems monitor student attendance rates, head-up rates, and desk-leaning rates, analyze the political leanings and sensitive words in teachers' classroom speech, and automatically trigger screenshots for evidence collection and inclusion in priority monitoring lists when thresholds are met.
2026-11-10
Yin Xu'an, a petitioner from Hubei who has been missing for over a year, has reportedly been detained by authorities in a black psychiatric hospital. His need for medical treatment for hypertension has been replaced by indefinite detention, forcing him to handwrite a plea for help to survive. Outsiders are calling on the Huangshi municipal government to immediately cease restrictions on his personal freedom and medical access.
[Follow-up · November 12, 2026] X user Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher posted a message calling on the public to pay attention to Yin Xu'an, though the post did not disclose his specific situation or the reasons for his detention.
2026-11-09
Following the Fifth Plenary Session, Xi Jinping dispatched central lecturing groups to various parts of the country to promote violent governance under the guise of lecturing, and to arrest dissidents and officials within the Party.
2026-11-07
Nanjing University has been exposed for spending over 31 million yuan to install surveillance equipment in 103 classrooms. Officials claim the move aims to increase student engagement, sparking public criticism over the waste of public funds and the oversight of public power.
2026-11-07
On November 7, the Hong Kong government issued a statement rebutting the joint criticism from ten countries regarding the sentencing of Joshua Wong, claiming it distorts facts and interferes with Hong Kong's judiciary.
2026-11-06
Radio Free Asia reported on November 6 that Uyghur woman Reyila Wumaer was sent to a re-education camp at the age of 14 in 2017, sentenced to 12 years in prison at 18 in 2021, and died in a Xinjiang prison at 23. Local police and judicial authorities confirmed her death; one officer claimed she died of a heart attack but did not specify the condition or the circumstances of her death.
2026-11-06
On November 6, the Macau Court of First Instance sentenced 69-year-old former pro-democracy legislator and long-time organizer of June 4th memorial activities, Au Kam-san, to 12 years and 6 months in prison on charges of subversion of state power, colluding with foreign organizations to endanger national security, and violating confidentiality. This is the first national security criminal case since Macau's sovereignty handover. Au was arrested in July 2025 and tried behind closed doors in September this year. His family questioned the restrictions on his choice of legal counsel, and Human Rights Watch criticized the case for violating due process.
2026-11-06
Au Kam-san, a 69-year-old former pro-democracy legislator in Macau, has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison in the city's first national security case, facing long-term incarceration.
2026-11-06
Because Au Kam-san holds Portuguese citizenship, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made representations to the Chinese side on the day of the sentencing, sparking widespread attention and support from the international community.
2026-11-06
On November 6, plainclothes officers were on duty outside the former residence of Li Keqiang in Hefei. A long-term surveillance post was set up behind a shop opposite the residence. Anyone caught taking photos was forced to delete them, and some were even taken to the police station for questioning.
2026-11-05
The Supreme People's Procuratorate has formally initiated a public prosecution against Ma Xingrui for suspected duty-related crimes.
2026-11-05
On November 5, the Hong Kong High Court sentenced Joshua Wong to an additional 10 years in prison for "conspiracy to collude with foreign forces" for his 2020 calls for foreign sanctions against the Chinese and Hong Kong governments. The remaining two months of his original sentence can be counted, and he must serve until November 2036.
2026-11-05
On November 5, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Coming just one day after the case of Au Kam-san in Macau on the following day, prominent pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong and Macau have been sentenced to heavy prison terms for two consecutive days.
2026-11-05
On November 5, a Hong Kong court sentenced Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison under the National Security Law, and the Hong Kong government subsequently announced that it would confiscate assets related to his crimes in accordance with the law.
2026-11-05
On November 5, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council issued a statement regarding the 10-year prison sentence handed down to Joshua Wong, condemning the Hong Kong government for harming human rights and freedom of speech in the name of national security. It noted that Wong has been detained for over 2,000 days since late 2020 and called for an end to political abuse of the legal system and the release of detained individuals.
2026-11-05
On November 5, the European External Action Service (EEAS) issued a statement criticizing the 10-year prison sentence handed down to Joshua Wong for "conspiracy to collude with foreign forces," calling the verdict politically motivated and demanding his immediate release.
2026-11-05
On November 5, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force arrested a 34-year-old man, alleging that he imported seditious books from Taiwan and sold them in Hong Kong. Hong Kong media reported that the arrested individual is a director of "Migratory Birds," an organization supporting prisoners. "Migratory Birds" previously stated that customs had seized 60 books ordered by the organization from Taiwan under the National Security Law.
2026-11-05
Following the sentencing of Joshua Wong, Freedom House and 40 other organizations issued a joint statement calling for his immediate and unconditional release, and demanded that the U.S. side raise this case during talks between Trump and Xi Jinping, specifically naming the November APEC summit in Shenzhen and the December G20 summit in Florida.
2026-11-05
According to a netizen's report, the Foshan Women and Children's Hospital has implemented a blanket exit-entry restriction on ordinary staff who are not involved in classified work or middle management. Employees were disciplined for applying for travel documents without approval, and a corresponding penalty system was established. This is alleged to be in violation of the Passport Law and the Exit and Entry Administration Law.
2026-11-05
According to netizen reports, the official website of Zhaobang Technology shows that it has developed a mass emotion detection system. By combining technologies from neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, mathematics, and sociology to analyze public sentiment, it is being criticized as a tool for monitoring the public.
2026-11-03
Cheng Wanjun, former editor-in-chief of the magazine "Law and Life," was sentenced to six years in prison for commenting on Xi Jinping. After his release, he fled to Thailand and flew to Taiwan on November 3 to seek help, but was deported back to Thailand due to a lack of valid documents.
2026-11-03
On November 3, Cheng Wanjun, former editor-in-chief of "Law and Life" magazine, flew from Thailand to Taiwan Taoyuan Airport to seek short-term humanitarian protection and transit to a third country. He is currently restricted to the airport holding lounge. He stated that although the UNHCR in Thailand classified him as a high-risk case, his personal safety could not be guaranteed.
2026-11
Following the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee, the push for comprehensive strict party governance and the purging of officials has led to mass arrests of officials in government compounds across the country, triggering panic within official circles and a trend of officials preparing for their aftermath in advance.
2026-11-01
After legal scholar Xu Zhangrun was punished for his speech and forced to leave academic research, he turned to writing poetry. His latest collection of poems from the past four years, "Fallen in Battle: The War Between Heaven and Earth," has been evaluated by Ding Dong regarding his experiences.
2026-11
Recently, several railway photography enthusiasts were taken away by local personnel while filming train operations near the perimeter fence of Yuding Station in Jiangsu. They were accused of espionage, their mobile phones were confiscated for data extraction, and they were ordered to delete their photos. They were released after being detained for over 48 hours, during which no written documentation was provided, and their phones were not returned.
2026-11-01
On November 1, Yibao published the full text of Cheng Wanjun's 'The Endless Soul of Freedom: A Confession of a Chinese Political Prisoner.' He openly opposes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and stated he fears being harmed by 'long-arm jurisdiction.'
2026-10-31
When influencer Feng Ge appeared in Hangzhou to celebrate Halloween, he was taken away by local police as soon as he showed up.
2026-10-31
Influencer Feng Ge, who recently sparked widespread discussion by releasing videos filming the lives of the underclass in Majuqiao, was taken away by police at a Halloween event in Hangzhou on October 31, and later reappeared participating in a half marathon on November 1.
2026-10-31
On October 31, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council announced that from January 1, 2024, to October 30, 2026, a total of 466 Taiwan residents have gone missing, been detained for questioning, or are suspected of having their personal freedom restricted while visiting China. Among them, 177 are missing, 43 were detained for questioning, and 246 were imprisoned, with five new cases added in just the past eight days.
2026-10-31
On October 31, netizens reported that a Halloween coser was taken away by police near the Jufuchang Party-Mass Service Station on West Nanjing Road, Shanghai.
2026-10-29
The human rights organization Safeguard Defenders has released a new edition of the book 'The People's Republic of the Disappeared.' It includes first-hand accounts of secret detention under the 'Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location' (RSDL) system from Chinese rights lawyers, journalists, NGO workers, as well as Michael Kovrig, Cheng Lei, and Lee Ming-che, and offers a free PDF download.
2026-10-28
A video by influencer Fengge on Bilibili showing Beijing's Majuqiao bottom-tier day laborers and their harsh living conditions quickly surpassed 3 million views, after which he was reportedly taken away by police during a livestream.
2026-10-28
A large number of police and plainclothes officers have appeared around Li Keqiang's former residence and Hongxing Road in Hefei, Anhui, monitoring passersby.
2026-10-28
Hong Youcheng, 32, worked in research and development at Nanjing Wandes Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. He says that after a dispute with the company over work injuries and overtime, his computer, phone and identification documents were taken away, and that in 2024 and 2026 he was twice sent to a psychiatric hospital, staying a total of about eleven months. Over the years, he repeatedly reported the matter to the police and filed lawsuits, but none were accepted.
2026-10-23
Minsheng Observation Studio published Issue No. 171 of the "China Stability Maintenance and Human Rights Dynamics" (September 2026). According to incomplete statistics, a total of 160 stability maintenance cases that month were compiled, and at least 562 individuals were subjected to varying degrees of stability maintenance and suppression.
2026-10-21
On October 21, Xu Xiaodong posted a video on Twitter revealing that over the past three or four days he had been followed in Beijing by a suspicious person wearing Arc'teryx clothing, whom he eventually caught and forced to the police station.
2026-10-21
On October 21, surveillance footage of the incident in which Taiwanese crosstalk actor Huang Yihao, who had publicly mocked Xi Jinping, was struck by a vehicle was released: a black sedan tailgated his parked scooter and suddenly rammed it. The video also shows photos from the scene, heavily armed police arriving at his door to arrest him, and footage of him being escorted away. All 5 defendants in the case have been indicted.
2026-10-21
On October 21, Zhang Wenbin, a volunteer who has long been engaged in environmental supervision and runs the WeChat public account "Zero-Distance Pollution Task Force," was taken away by police from Wanzai County, Yichun, Jiangxi, in Urumqi. Online reports say he is suspected of extortion; colleagues suspect it is related to his exposure of environmental violations by Wanzai enterprises in 2023. No official announcement has been made yet.
2026-10-20
Rights defense activist Xing Wangli (55) from Xixian County, Henan, is serving a sentence at Sanmenxia Prison. After visiting him on October 20, his wife Xu Jincui reported that he had visibly lost weight, that the skin on both hands was worn through and bleeding, and that he could barely endure the long hours of labor. His family is worried about the disability in his right hand and an old head injury, and is calling for a reduction in the intensity of his labor and attention to his health.
2026-10-19
According to a report by China Digital Times, the detention of labor rights activist Feng Rui has drawn outside attention while highlighting official pressure and censorship surrounding labor issues. Related commentary noted that if recording injustice requires walking on thin ice, society will ultimately become empty and silent.
2026-10-17
Zhou Junyi, a senior member of the Chinese Democracy Party, successfully left Thailand on October 17, 2026 after being held by the immigration bureau there for more than a year, boarding a flight to Canada. According to reports, while stranded in Thailand Zhou Junyi faced dangerous situations on multiple occasions, including pressure from personnel at the Chinese Embassy in Thailand who demanded that he sign a consent form for repatriation, attempting to have him deported back to China. Zhou Junyi has now successfully escaped the control of the CCP's transnational repression apparatus and is about to arrive in Canada.
2026-10-17
According to a tip-off from X user @LeiYang8964, a mainland Chinese netizen was sentenced by the authorities to three years and six months in prison for the crime of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" after posting remarks on an overseas social platform that defamed and attacked the country's leaders and the national system. This incident reflects the Chinese government's severe control over and punishment of domestic netizens' speech on overseas platforms.
2026-10-16
According to Twitter user @LeiYang8964, netizen "Ayu" was previously detained for nearly a year after calling the police to have himself arrested, and has now been released. The post says Ayu was held over his own actions and has now completed his sentence and regained his freedom. The incident has drawn attention on social media, and the relevant details as well as the specific reason for calling the police remain to be further verified.
2026-10-16
According to Radio France Internationale (RFI), a woman suffering from schizophrenia posted slogans bearing phrases such as "expel the CCP" outside the door of her residence, and was found guilty of incitement by a Hong Kong court, sentenced to 3 months of treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
2026-10-15
According to Twitter account @__Inty__, on October 15, 2026, Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei was subjected to a door-to-door inspection by local police at a guesthouse in Xiamen, Fujian. His specific situation and the reason for the inspection remain to be further followed.
2026-10-15
According to information from X user QuanLujun, Uyghur children are being forced to be placed in Chinese families because their parents are being held by the Chinese authorities in compulsory detention camps.
2026-10-15
According to X user QuanLujun, Uyghur children in Chinese forced internment facilities are being subjected to forced brainwashing and assimilation in full-boarding schools. The schools force children to prove they are Chinese and praise Xi Jinping, with students being compelled by teachers to chant in unison, "Taiwan and Xinjiang are Chinese territory, long live Xi Jinping."
2026-10-14
On October 14, Beijing rights defender Zhao Yonghong and her parents, both in their eighties, were confined in their home for two days by the Enjizhuang Police Station without food. In the middle of the night they opened a window to call for help and called the police, but were stopped by the officers.
2026-10-14
According to a post by X user @LeiYang8964, Li Qing is suspected to have been rushed to Pennsylvania overnight on October 14, 2026. The information currently comes from a single source, and the specific background and subsequent developments remain unclear.
2026-10-14
In the Zhejiang Financial Center incident, the grandmother of Zhu Yidan, a detained rights defender and doctoral student, spoke out in a group chat, issuing 'Ten Questions of Blood and Tears.' She stated that her granddaughter has been detained for 9 months and denied bail, accused of 'conspiracy' merely for forwarding rights-defense information, and questioned where the social danger lies.
2026-10-13
According to a post by netizen @QuanLujun, Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested and detained by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for 2150 days for fighting for freedom, on charges of "collusion with foreign forces," and is still awaiting sentencing. The poster expects the CCP to continue to detain him and extend his sentence under various pretexts and charges. Joshua Wong is about to celebrate his 30th birthday in prison. This information is from a single source and has not yet been independently verified.
2026-10-13
Ren Zhiqiang, now 75, was arrested in 2020 for publicly criticizing Xi Jinping and sentenced to 18 years in prison the same year. He has lost his freedom for more than 6 years, and reports recently emerged that his health has deteriorated in prison, which has been verified as true.
2026-10-12
On October 12, Gao Yu tweeted that guards had been posted outside her door right after the long holiday ended, watching her day and night in the open air, drawing outside attention to an escalation of stability maintenance ahead of the Fifth Plenum.
2026-10-12
On October 12, a Taiwanese nurse posted that while traveling in Tibet she was questioned by state security personnel for about an hour, being asked about her work, family, military service experience and political stance; among the 8 Taiwanese in the same tour group, 3 were questioned separately, including two nurses and an aircraft maintenance technician.
2026-10-10
The Intermediate People's Court of Shangqiu City, Henan Province, sentenced Zhou Xianwang of Hubei to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes, finding that the total amount of bribes accepted amounted to more than 60.5 million yuan.
2026-10-10
On October 10, a traveler flying from Shanghai Pudong to Fukuoka with a child was told by border inspection staff that Japan was a “red alert area” and was advised to give up the trip; after the traveler said they were determined to go, the staff stamped the passport and let them through. Another traveler said that even using the self-service channel for Japan requires manual verification and a reading of the risk warning, while no such dissuasion applies when traveling to the United States. In fact, China’s Consular Service website lists most of Japan as a low-risk area.
2026-10-08
The Zion Church announced that, as the trial approaches, justice administration departments in multiple regions have been pressuring defense lawyers and their firms, and 4 of the original 16 defense lawyers have formally withdrawn under the pressure.
2026-10-08
Zhang Yi, a dissident from Wuhan, was arrested by Chinese Communist Party authorities on suspicion of "inciting secession" after showing a photo of the Dalai Lama to a Tibetan woman at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet. His family learned on October 8, 2026 that the Lhasa Public Security Bureau had transferred the case to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. Zhang Yi remains detained at the Lhasa Detention Center, and his lawyer has not yet been granted access to the case files.
2026-10-06
Taiwan Presidential Office spokesperson Kuo Ya-hui on Monday thanked the United States for protecting Taiwanese citizens and condemned the Chinese Communist Party's transnational repression, while the Mainland Affairs Council said the number of people subjected to transnational repression targeting Taiwan has reached at least 126.
2026-10-06
On October 6, Caixin revealed that science popularization blogger Hong Guangyu was criminally detained by Dalian police. He had helped cherry growers draft and revise complaint materials and spoken out online. Sources said the detention was related to his involvement in fruit farmers' rights defense.
2026-10-05
On October 5, former Hong Kong Alliance vice chair Chow Hang-tung formally appealed her conviction for incitement to subvert state power and her sentence of 7 years and 3 months; the case has not yet been scheduled for a hearing. The Hong Kong Alliance case involved four defendants: Lee Cheuk-yan was sentenced to 7 years, Albert Ho to 5 years and 2 months, and the Alliance was fined HK$1.5 million.
2026-10-03
According to a Bloomberg report cited by the program, Beijing has further tightened restrictions on AI talent leaving the country, extending the scope of controls to the spouses and children of core research and development personnel.
2026-10-02
On October 2, Hong Kong’s “Courtline” and “Independent Media” reported that Tang Ho-wing, founder of the online media outlet “Explosion Head,” and dentist Lee Ying-chi were granted bail. Tang walked out of the Yau Ma Tei Police Station in the early hours of that day and left after thanking reporters. The two were arrested on September 30 in connection with an activity outside Prince Edward Station on August 31 and related reporting; the police investigation on suspicion of incitement is still ongoing, and bail does not mean the case has been dropped.
2026-10-01
On October 1, the International Service for Human Rights announced that during the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Hong Kong activists Carmen Lau and Anna Kwok spoke to the Human Rights Council about the transnational repression they experienced and retaliatory actions in which their family members were implicated.
2026-09-30
On September 30, Tang Ho-wing, founder of the Hong Kong independent online media "Boom News - Afro," was arrested by the Hong Kong police on suspicion of "publishing false information to incite" on August 31, when he was reporting on a rally commemorating the anniversary of the 2019 crackdown on protests. The Hong Kong Journalists Association said he is the first journalist arrested on suspicion of incitement since the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance took effect, and Reporters Without Borders condemned the weaponization of national security procedures.
2026-09-30
On September 30, a netizen posted that "Xiao Wu" (Feng Rui, who runs the WeChat public account "Chiapas East Wind TV"), an independent media figure who has long focused on labor rights, was suspected of having gone missing. His social media accounts have stopped updating since September 14, and his 100,000-character long article "2025 Labor Rights Incidents" was deleted.
2026-09-30
On September 30, the British human rights organization "Tibet Watch" published a 75-page report analyzing documents such as Chinese government procurement notices from 2017 to 2026, claiming that the authorities have deployed police drones, automated drone nests, and anti-drone equipment in Tibet, building an aerial control system and strengthening control over civilian drones.
2026-09-30
On September 30, Tang Ho-wing, founder of the Hong Kong internet media outlet “Explosion Head,” and dentist Lee Ying-chi were arrested in connection with an activity and reporting outside Prince Edward Station on August 31, with police launching an investigation on suspicion of incitement.
2026-09-29
An X account named “所谓伊人在水一方” uploaded a video of a female teacher talking about student safety, in which she reminds high school students to guard against strangers, vehicles, and the risk of losing contact.
2026-09-29
A Chinese human rights report quoted Students for a Free Tibet and others as saying that police told them at least one person involved in the assault was not detained because he had diplomatic immunity; lawyer Samuel Bickett said police indicated that this person was part of the diplomatic delegation for Xi Jinping's visit.
2026-09-29
According to reports, a North Korean hacker in China was captured by Chinese authorities while traveling from Inner Mongolia to Mongolia. After being interrogated for about six months, he was handed over to the North Korean Consulate General in Shenyang and then transferred to the embassy in Beijing, where he was held underground for about a year. In 2023, he was wrapped in a full-body plaster cast disguised as a patient and put on a flight to Pyongyang, and he is reportedly dead in North Korea.
2026-09-29
Investigative reporter Liu Hu wrote on September 29 that Wang Yufeng, the whistleblower in the case of Huawel Microelectronics' illegal and non-compliant information disclosure, was taken away by Jilin police from Shanghai in November 2022 and has been detained for nearly four years. The case has entered the CSRC's proposed whistleblower reward list; as of September 23, the trial had lasted a cumulative 107 days, and several of Wang Yufeng's sealed companies have become substantively bankrupt.
2026-09-28
Beijing has further extended exit controls on artificial intelligence experts and core chip R&D personnel to cover their spouses, minor children, and other immediate family members.
2026-09-28
Bloomberg reported on September 28, citing people with knowledge of the matter, that China has expanded exit restrictions on top AI talent at private companies to include some family members: spouses and children of executives at AI and chip firms must obtain official approval in advance even for short trips abroad, in an effort to prevent key technologies and information from flowing to the United States. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology did not respond to a request for comment.
2026-09-27
On September 27, a netizen posted that when leaving Shanghai, they were questioned by border inspection about their destination, purpose of travel, and the number of people traveling with them; flight tickets and accommodation were checked day by day, and other visas in their passport were also examined; the man ahead of them was repeatedly questioned by several people about his business and purpose of leaving the country.
2026-09-25
The video claims that after protesters were attacked and fought back, US police arrested some protesters at the scene.
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2026-08-26
In Ningcun, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, hundreds of police officers tried to stop villagers from holding a parade celebrating the 700th anniversary of Tang He's birth; the two sides faced off and a clash broke out.
2026-09-24
Independent media outlet Aquarius Era reported on September 26 that police have been standing guard 24 hours a day outside the home of Sun Meihua's brother-in-law Liu Anjun since September 24. Liu Anjun had previously repeatedly asked police to investigate Sun Meihua's disappearance and suspected trafficking.
2026-09-23
The US Congress and Administrative Authorities China Committee (CECC) issued a statement noting that Ilham Tuheti has been serving a life sentence for the crime of "splitting the state" for 12 years. In reality, he has been dedicated to Uyghur-Han dialogue to bridge differences, and called for Trump and Xi Jinping to pay attention to his case during their meeting.
[Follow-up · September 23, 2026] On September 23, the US Congress and Administrative Authorities China Committee (CECC) stated that as the US President and Xi Jinping are about to hold a dialogue, the Ilham Tuheti case should be placed on the agenda, and his unconditional release should become an urgent priority.
2026-09-22
The wife of ethnic Chinese American seismologist Chen Youlin, who has been detained in China for nearly two years, stated that the White House has assured her Trump will demand her husband's release during his meeting with Xi Jinping this week.
2026-09-22
An article reported that Bian Yuye, former chairman of Jiangsu Dafeng Rural Commercial Bank, was handcuffed behind her back and forced to slap herself over 800 times during her 168-day detention, losing over 30 kilograms. Her infant daughter, who was breastfeeding, was also detained. The article was subsequently deleted.
2026-09-22
At 5 PM on September 22, Shi Tingfu was officially informed of his death from "myocardial infarction" at Shahe Prison in the First Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. His son received a call from the prison at 10:30 PM that night. The family claims he was in good condition during a recent visit. Chinese human rights defenders' network demands medical records and an independent investigation.
2026-09-22
On September 22, UK Prime Minister Burnham met with Trump in New York, demanding the immediate release of Jimmy Lai and asking if Trump could raise the case during his talks with Xi Jinping.
2026-09-22
On September 22, the UK representative at the UN Human Rights Council called for the repeal of Hong Kong's National Security Law and the release of British citizen Jimmy Lai, who has been sentenced.
2026-09-22
On September 22, 2026, according to China Digital Times (CDT), Chinese independent journalist and #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin was released after serving five years in prison. Huang Xueqin had previously been sentenced by the authorities on the charge of "inciting subversion of state power" for her participation in advancing China's #MeToo movement and her attention to social issues. The news of her release drew overseas public attention to the space for civil society in China and to the fighters for women's rights.
2026-09-21
On September 21, official announcements stated that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and the military due to serious violations of discipline and law.
2026-09-21
U.S. Congress bipartisan lawmakers introduce a resolution, urging the Trump administration to prioritize the immediate unconditional release of Uyghur doctor Guli Xian Abbas, who has been forcibly disappeared by the Chinese government for eight years.
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2026-09-21
On September 21, the CCP Politburo meeting reviewed and approved disciplinary decisions for Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, both of whom were expelled from the Party and the military, and their suspected criminal matters were transferred to the military procuratorial organ for investigation and prosecution.
2026-09-21
When an adult netizen in Zhejiang was applying for a Hong Kong and Macau pass, staff members required them to call their parents for confirmation and fill out an "explanatory statement" containing terms such as bearing all consequences of traveling abroad.
2026-09-18
On September 18, at a shopping mall square in Qiantang District, Hangzhou, multiple disabled individuals performing street art came into conflict with security guards and local police. Chaos and chasing broke out on the scene, with someone scattering white powder, drawing a large crowd of onlookers.
2026-09-20
Shandong petitioner Zhao Xigao was sentenced and imprisoned for demanding enforcement funds from a won lawsuit. His family accused that his legs and feet severely ulcerated and blackened in prison, and he eventually died behind bars.
2026-09-21
On September 21, the Georgetown University Center for Asian Law and Boyden House in New York will host the English-language book launch and symposium for Xu Zhiyong's 'Beautiful China' in Washington. As the founder of the New Citizen Movement, Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to 14 years in prison in April 2023 for promoting educational equality and the public disclosure of officials' assets, and he is currently still serving his sentence.
2026-09-17
On September 17, employees of public institutions reported encountering pop-up alerts when applying for entry and exit documents, being required to provide a consent letter from their unit's human resources department. Even when opting for off-site processing, the system still indicated that record-filing was required, triggering concerns and panic among labor dispatch and grassroots employees regarding restricted freedom of travel.
2026-09-17
Min Zin, director of a Myanmar think tank, was arrested in June while attending an academic conference in Kunming, charged with espionage and endangering state security. His wife, Sylvia, testified before the U.S. Congress on September 17, calling on Trump to secure her husband's release during his meeting with Xi Jinping next week.
2026-09-19
American seismologist Chen Youlin, detained in China, has been designated by the U.S. as "wrongfully detained." The White House stated that resolving cases of detained U.S. citizens has always been a top priority for the president.
2026-09-19
On September 19, Hong Guangyu, a former reporter for the Beijing Science and Technology Report and a popular science author on food safety, was taken away across provinces in Xiamen by the Zhongshan Branch of the Dalian Public Security Bureau. He was criminally detained on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble and is currently being held at the Dalian Detention Center. Netizens exposed the incident on September 24, and his family confirmed it.
2026-09-17
On September 17, volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi exposed that a disabled man in Huguan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, had been illegally held by a foreman and forced to perform hard labor at a cattle farm for over 30 years. The man claims to be from Henan, and his wages were withheld by the foreman, who claimed the man was "picked up." After Shangguan Zhengyi reported the case to the police, local authorities failed to respond within 25 minutes. The man's identity and the details of his confinement are still under investigation.
2026-09-17
According to a summary by blogger Qiqi Baba, passport application policies in Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan and many other regions have been tightened, and the procedures for going abroad have become more cumbersome than before.
2026-09-17
According to blogger Qiqi Baba, many people were contacted by relevant departments in their hometowns after returning to China with their passports and were asked to cancel them.
2026-09-17
Blogger Qiqi Baba was separately interrogated by border inspection while departing at Ningbo Airport on September 17. He was asked about his experience transiting in Egypt last year, and said that departure management at Ningbo Airport is strict, with each accompanying person required to undergo inspection one by one.
2026-09-17
Blogger Qiqi Baba said that after new rules took effect on September 15, one of his followers was stopped and questioned at the airport, asked to provide a hotel booking, itinerary and return ticket, and warned that those holding tourist visas should delete content on their phones related to overseas work and Macau to avoid being checked.
2026-09-17
A netizen said that due to employer restrictions they could not travel abroad freely, but the employer's rules stipulated they could not voluntarily resign within 5 years and could only leave by being fired. After 15 days of absenteeism, the employer initiated the procedure, and it took about 3 months to get the passport back.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province delivered a first-instance verdict, sentencing Bi Jingquan to 14 years in prison and a fine of 5 million yuan for accepting bribes totaling over 57.42 million yuan between 1995 and 2025 by abusing his official positions. Bi Jingquan previously served as Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council and Director of the State Food and Drug Administration.
2026-09-16
The Party Committee of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges held a meeting, openly calling for the resolute eradication of Bi Jingquan's pernicious influence.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the day the new entry and exit regulations came into effect, some netizens reported that a certain unit required all its employees, both permanent and contract, to hand over their passports and Hong Kong/Macau travel permits to the HR department for registration. Netizens in the comment section reported similar confiscation of documents by units in many places, and that entry and exit records would be checked irregularly.
2026-09-16
On September 16, Dalian fruit grower Yu Kewei, who participated in the rights-defense campaign over the death of cherry trees, was approved for arrest on suspicion of the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble; the charges are related to his online speech. Ji Xiaowei and several other fruit growers engaged in rights defense had previously been arrested as well.
2026-09-15
The new regulations, dubbed the '19 Articles of Xi Jinping's New Era of Isolationism,' have officially taken effect, with border checkpoints implementing strict interception and vetting of public officials, employees of state-owned enterprises, and even their extended family members.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the first day of the implementation of the State Council's new exit-entry regulations, widespread public discussion and concern were sparked regarding who is being intercepted and the border inspection interrogations.
2026-09-15
Xie Weiyaxing, wife of US scholar Mingen who is illegally detained by China, revealed that US consular officials visited Mingen for the fourth time on September 15. He was in good spirits and earnestly requested President Trump to raise this case at the summit.
2026-09-15
U.S. consular officials have conducted a fourth visit to the detained scholar Min Xin. It is reported that he is in good spirits and is striving to maintain his health.
2026-09-15
China's customs authorities have introduced new regulations concerning entry-exit management, which are being pointed to as primarily targeting wealthy individuals and high-profile entrepreneurs for border control to prevent the flight of capital and personnel.
2026-09-15
Bi Jingquan, former chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, was sentenced to 14 years in the first instance trial, found guilty of accepting bribes and having voluntarily confessed to most of the facts.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the counselor conducted the fourth home visit for Min Xin. Min Xin was in good mental condition but was very worried about family members and worked hard to exercise and stay healthy.
2026-09-15
On September 15, China’s new entry‑exit management regulations officially took effect, empowering authorities to inspect electronic devices, deny exit to persons involved in security matters, and not disclose related decisions. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Chairperson Shen Youzhong and the Straits Exchange Foundation Deputy Secretary‑General Li Baowen promptly reminded the public to pay attention to information security and risk assessment when traveling to the mainland.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the day the new entry-exit regulations took effect, netizens shared that they were asked in detail about the reasons for leaving the country and their travel plans when departing. Earlier, another netizen on September 12 in Guangzhou, with all proper documents and boarding a flight to Vietnam, was refused exit and sent back by customs despite no clear violation.
2026-09-15
According to the Hu Liren program, China has tightened exit restrictions starting September 15, 2026, with customs able to intercept people with legitimate business from leaving the country at any time, in what is known as "large-scale border control."
2026-09-15
China began enforcing the 19-article Regulations on Exit and Entry Administration promulgated on July 31 starting September 15, expanding the scope of those barred from leaving the country from specific groups to all departing passengers at every port of exit, particularly affecting AI researchers and entrepreneurs, drawing widespread attention and concern at home and abroad. On September 10, officials issued a clarification saying the new rules mainly target cross-border gambling, telecom fraud, and the illicit transfer of technology. On the same day, the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders released a report noting an explosive growth in China's exit bans, with nearly 200,000 mentions of exit restrictions in Supreme People's Court rulings in 2025.
2026-09-15
China's new exit-entry regulations took effect on September 15, which outside observers interpreted as a tightening of outbound travel; officials subsequently denied this.
2026-09-09
On September 9, 2026, a netizen was told by their employer that during their employment (within 5 years) they may not voluntarily resign and that travel abroad was restricted. To obtain a passport, she negotiated with the leader and began striking off work on the same day. After 15 days of absence, the employer initiated dismissal procedures, and about three months later completed all formalities, returning the passport to her. No other personnel intervened or publicly protested during the period.
2026-09-14
Liu Kai, a 20-year-old college student in Beijing, used circumvention software to follow anti-CCP influencers on YouTube and downloaded videos to share with classmates. He was criminally detained by the Haidian Branch of the Beijing Public Security Bureau on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, the Hong Kong High Court sentenced leaders of the Alliance for Patriotic Democratic Movements of Hong Kong (ADPL), Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung, and Albert Ho Chun-yan, to five, six, and seven years in prison respectively for subversion of state power. The Hong Kong SAR government and the Legislative Council subsequently issued statements firmly supporting the verdict and accusing the US, the West, and overseas organizations of slander and smearing. Police Commissioner Raymond Siu warned that there are still hidden criminals. The EU issued a statement saying the trial was politically motivated and warned of damage to Hong Kong's rule of law reputation; the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called for the abolition of the penalty and demanded that the National Security Law comply with international human rights standards.
2026-09-13
On September 13, Anthropic released its September threat intelligence report, stating that operators linked to local Chinese police and state security agencies had used Claude to assist in monitoring petitioners, rights defenders, and overseas dissidents, with the "Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher" account being one of the monitoring targets.
2026-08-06
Yin Jiangen, a self-media person from Zhuzhou, was arrested across provinces in August 2025 for posting criticisms of officials, including Liu Ying, the Party Secretary of Liyang Town, Hexian County, Anhui Province. On August 6, 2026, the Hexian Court sentenced him to two years and three months in prison in the first instance for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Yin Jiangen disagreed and filed an appeal.
2026-09-10
On September 10, 2026, the Jinjiang Branch of the Chengdu Municipal Public Security Bureau lifted the bail for Liu Hu due to changes in the case. Lawyer Zhou Ze posted the decision, announcing the end of the criminal prosecution initiated in February of this year, and Liu Hu will not need to stand trial.
2026-09-12
Chinese authorities blocked Meta's acquisition of AI company Manus for about $2 billion and imposed exit bans on two of Manus's founders, seen as a case of China's extraterritorial regulations being enforced in practice.
2026-09-12
On September 12, a netizen purchased a flight ticket from Guangzhou to Vietnam. With all procedures complete and no clear violation of laws or regulations, they were turned back by customs and denied exit.
2026-09-12
Around September 12, 2026, Tietou and his team members shouted "We are innocent" in court. Supporters believe their actions challenged the authorities rather than constituting extortion, while some self-media outlets accused them of extortion.
2026-09-12
On September 12, 2026, a netizen purchased a flight ticket from Guangzhou to Vietnam. With the ticket, passport and all other documents in order, they were still turned back at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport and denied permission to leave the country.
2026-09-11
On September 11, the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong delivered its verdict in the case of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (the Alliance) inciting subversion of state power: former vice-chair Chow Hang-tung was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison, former chair Lee Cheuk-yan was sentenced to 7 years, and former vice-chair Albert Ho was sentenced to 5 years and 2 months. The disbanded Alliance was fined 1.5 million HKD (approximately 190,000 USD).
2026-09-10
On September 10, the Chinese Communist Party's Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Public Security, and National Immigration Administration issued a joint response, saying that the claims circulating online that "exit will be comprehensively tightened" and "it will become harder for ordinary people to leave the country" are a misreading, and that the new rules only target online fraud, high-risk destinations, and travelers with abnormal travel patterns, with normal exit unaffected.
2026-09-10
According to a program on the Luther Society, the King of Tibet issued a public announcement claiming that netizens were distorting China’s rescue work in Nepal and one-sidedly applying other countries’ cases to make “malicious comparisons,” and that such netizens would be punished. Several netizens have been detained.
2026-09-09
On September 9, 2026, the Scholars at Risk Network released an email addressed to Xi Jinping, urging the Chinese government to immediately and unconditionally release the Burmese-American scholar Min Htin, who was detained at Kunming Airport on June 3 and later accused of suspected espionage. The email was also copied to several officials on both the Chinese and American sides. This is the second time in two weeks that the organization has spoken out for Min Htin.
2026-09-04
A narration about new entry-exit rules claims that the relevant measures will affect outbound travel after September 15, including strengthened review of visa documents, turning back travelers at ports on risk grounds, and approval for specific individuals; the video did not provide the specific issuing authority.
2026-09-04
A Chinese national who has lived abroad for a long time said that police, on the pretext of a verification check, demanded their passport, visa, living and work details, WeChat records, as well as a video call and real-time location sharing.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, Radio Free Asia reported that Chinese ports of entry and exit will implement new exit-entry management rules, adopting a system in which whoever approves bears the responsibility, further tightening restrictions on exits by people inside the system, scientific researchers, and university students.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, the Associated Press reported that Wang Xiahong, a partner at Beijing's Kaimen Law Firm, fled to Taiwan under the pressure of official orders to dissolve the firm after taking on the Zion Church case, and is seeking resettlement assistance.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, the US Embassy in China publicly issued a statement, accusing the Chinese side of conducting a closed-door trial and sentencing Gao Shen to three years in prison under retroactive law, and demanding that the Chinese government immediately release him.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, Zhejiang police issued a report stating that a 16-year-old had applied alone in another locality for a passport with the intention of going abroad; border entry-exit officers contacted the parents to intervene on the grounds of fraud-related controls and dissuaded the issuance of the passport.
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang ·
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2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, Joshua Wong, former secretary-general of Demosisto in Hong Kong, who is currently serving a sentence, pleaded guilty in the Hong Kong High Court to one count of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, and Judge Tam Yiu-ho announced that the sentencing would be adjourned.
2026-09-02
On September 2, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty at the Hong Kong High Court to conspiracy to collude with foreign or external forces to endanger national security. The prosecution accused him and others, including Nathan Law who is in exile in the UK, of seeking foreign sanctions, blockades, and other measures against Hong Kong and China between July and November 2020.
2026-09
The influencer "Tietou" (Dong Guangming) was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Binjiang Court in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, for organizing a team to expose social darkness, including scams involving elderly health products and shortchanging at seafood markets. His team members were also sentenced. The official reason given was "extortion," but the video argues this is a fabricated charge aimed at suppressing those who reveal the truth.
2026-09
The CCP Central Committee announced that Zhang Youxia has been formally expelled from military rank and explicitly stated that he will be referred to a military court for trial, with the charges adjusted from violating Xi Jinping's personal will to betraying the entire party.
2026-09
Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, who were arrested, were announced to be expelled from the Party and the military, and transferred to a military court; this news was released nine months after their arrest.
2026-09
YouTube blogger "Jiujiang" revealed that Li Dongxun's application to return to Taiwan on family reunion grounds had been rejected; Li Dongxun subsequently borrowed 20,000 RMB from a friend to pay for medication, follow-up check-up fees and rent.
2026-09
Jie Lijian, a high-profile anti-communist overseas, was found slumped in a deep coma and vomiting blood in his residence in Flushing, New York, nearly two days after he went missing. The door was broken open by his landlord and friends, and poisoning is initially suspected; he was subsequently rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.
2026-09
Insiders within the system say that, around the time new rules take effect, government agencies, financial institutions, state-owned enterprises, hospitals and universities are expanding the scope of passport screenings. Some units have issued an "Internal Special Investigation Form" requiring employees to declare whether they and their family members hold foreign passports, dual nationality or foreign green cards. Passports of staff in classified positions and officials at deputy division level or above are to be kept by their employers.
2026-09
According to Hu Liren's video, U.S. President Trump raised the cases of Li Zhiying and Pastor Kim Myeong-il directly with Xi Jinping. Xi Jinping said the release of Pastor Kim could be considered, and Pastor Kim was subsequently rescued and released from prison.
2026-09
According to prosecutors' confirmation to the family members, the Shaoyang County Procuratorate issued a Notice to Correct Illegalities to the court twice in 2026 regarding Zheng Shuai's prolonged detention; the family members have not yet received the notice, and the court replied that it is still "under internal study."
2026-09
Sources in Beijing's financial circles revealed that some finance and state-owned enterprise executives, unable to resign normally, have asked acquaintances among doctors to issue critical illness certificates stating "late-stage cancer," while others deliberately drove drunk and asked traffic police to pull them over, preferring administrative detention, in order to force their employers to dismiss them and thereby recover the passports held in centralized custody.
2026-09
In Shenzhen, a father whose baby suffered permanent injuries from toxic milk powder produced in Guangdong hired a lawyer, who calculated compensation of over 2 million yuan. The company involved filed a police report claiming extortion, and the local Guangdong government arrested the father and sentenced him to several years in prison.
2026-09
According to reports, several men dressed in dark clothing, wearing masks and sunglasses, observed and filmed crowds near the National Archives. It remains unconfirmed whether they were related to the Chinese police.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, a former teacher in Guangdong posted a complaint stating that their identification documents were confiscated while employed, and the school blocked them from traveling to Hong Kong to visit a sick relative under the pretext of 'non-essential travel,' preventing them from seeing their relative until after they had passed away.
2026-09
After Bian Yuye was held in custody for more than three months, his daughter Bian Jin, who was still breastfeeding, was notified to cooperate with questioning and was detained. Father and daughter were held in the same compound but could not meet for 35 days. Defense lawyers said that before the daughter was detained, Bian Yuye consistently denied having profited, but afterward his confession reversed and he ultimately pleaded guilty.
2026-09
Bian Yuye recalled that while he was held in detention he was handcuffed behind his back, subjected to freezing punishment in low temperatures, deprived of sleep and subjected to other restrictions, and was also ordered to slap himself hard in the face, with a single instance reaching more than 800 slaps. His defense lawyer questioned the way evidence was obtained during the trial and requested the complete interrogation footage.
2026-08-31
On August 31, some Hong Kong residents held bouquets and chanted slogans outside Prince Edward Station to commemorate the 2019 crackdown on protests. Hong Kong police arrested them on suspicion of violating Article 24 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, "doing an act with seditious intent." As of now, eight people have been arrested in total.
2026-08-31
On August 31, 2026, Hunan home church pastor Cao Sanqiang disclosed in an exclusive interview that, two and a half years after being released from a 7-year prison sentence, he is still on the list of those barred from leaving the country. Cao Sanqiang, who suffers from late-stage prostate cancer, urged the authorities to permit him to travel to the United States to reunite with his family.
2026-08-27
On August 27, a netizen in Leiyang, Hunan, posted on social media that after traveling to Southeast Asia, they were flagged by the local anti-fraud center as a person at risk of involvement in fraud and were restricted from leaving the country, despite having no criminal record and receiving no written notification.
2026-08-27
The Scholars at Risk Network released an open letter co-signed by scholars, calling attention to the detention in China of Burmese-American scholar Min Hsin after he traveled to Yunnan to take part in an academic activity, and urging that efforts be made to secure his release.
2026-08-27
The U.S. State Department listed Chen Youlin and Min Zin as wrongfully detained Americans; Chen Youlin was detained in China in November 2024, Min Zin was detained on June 3, 2026, and the latter was added to the list on August 27.
2026-08-27
On August 27, 2026, a citizen registered in Leiyang, Hunan, reported that after merely taking a normal trip to Southeast Asia, they were labeled as fraud-risk by the local anti-fraud center and barred from leaving the country without any case being filed; appealing requires submitting a large amount of overseas documents.
2026-08-26
On August 26, 2026, a spokesperson for the US State Department issued a statement expressing serious concern over a Chinese court's three-year prison sentence for US-based artist Gao Shen on the charge of infringing upon the reputation of heroes and martyrs, and reiterated support for freedom of speech and artistic expression.
Location: Washington, United States ·
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Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-08-25
Chinese avant-garde artist Gao Sen was arrested in August 2024 while returning to China to visit family, and on August 25, 2026 was sentenced to three years in prison on charges involving harm to the reputation and honor of the hero and martyr Mao Larou.
2026-08-25
Chinese artist Gao Shen, who lives in New York, was sentenced to three years in prison by a court in Sanhe, Hebei Province, on the charge of infringing on the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs, drawing major concern from the U.S. State Department.
2026-08-25
After Mr. Liu, a netizen from Liaoning, bought a flight ticket from Beijing to Los Angeles, he received a call from his local police station, which asked him about his purpose of traveling to the U.S., his flight, and information about his relatives' housing.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, a court in Sanhe, Hebei, China, sentenced 70-year-old US-based artist Gao Min to three years in prison in a first-instance ruling on the charge of infringing the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs. The charge stemmed from a satirical sculpture involving Mao Zedong that he created more than ten years ago.
2026-08-23
A technical head at a Chinese company was stopped by customs officers at Shanghai Pudong Airport and barred from leaving the country because a VPN was installed on his phone.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, a human rights body disclosed that the case of the 70-year-old contemporary artist Gao Xian, who was accused years ago of the crime of "infringing the reputation of heroes and martyrs" over his sculptures, will be pronounced at a court in Sanhe, Hebei, on August 25.
2026-08-22
On the evening of August 22, 2026, members of a civil group projected a large photo of Niu Tengyu and slogans onto the outer wall of the Chinese Embassy in Germany in Berlin, protesting his wrongful imprisonment and torture and demanding that the Chinese government release him immediately.
2026-08-21
Hong Kong's High Court has ruled that the Alliance and its leaders are guilty of "inciting subversion of state power," with the charges relating to the slogan "end one-party rule" in the Alliance's platform.
2026-08-21
Evergrande Group founder Xu Jiayin has been sentenced to life imprisonment, sparking widespread discussion about the fate of private entrepreneurs in China and the attitude of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) toward private capital.
2026-08-21
It is rumored that former Anta CEO Xu Yang sent a message after the flight to Los Angeles took off, celebrating that he finally fled China and reunited with his family.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, the High Court of Hong Kong ruled that the disbanded Hong Kong Alliance and its former chairman Lee Cheuk-yan and former vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung were guilty of the crime of incitement to subvert state power.
2026-08-21
On August 21, the High Court of Hong Kong ruled that the disbanded Alliance and its former chairman Lee Cheuk-yan and former vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung were guilty of incitement to subvert state power; another former vice-chairman, Albert Ho, had earlier pleaded guilty. The three will attend a mitigation hearing on the 28th, and under the Hong Kong National Security Law the maximum penalty is ten years' imprisonment.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, the German and French embassies and consulates in China issued a joint statement expressing deep regret over the Hong Kong court's ruling that convicted Andy Lau and other Alliance leaders of incitement to subversion, and calling on the Hong Kong government to immediately release Chow Hang-tung.
2026-08-20
A Chinese man attempted to exit China through Shanghai Pudong Airport with his 8-year-old son. Because the son holds a US passport, the airline stopped them on the grounds that he "wouldn't be allowed into the US," claiming the son had no right to leave China.
2026-08-20
On August 20, the High Court of Hong Kong ruled that Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung are guilty of inciting subversion of state power.
2026-08-20
The U.S. Department of State formally determined on August 20 that Burmese-American citizen Min Htin is wrongfully detained in China and called for his immediate release.
2026-08-20
The U.S. Department of State has officially determined that Min Zin, a Burmese-American citizen and founder of the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar, is being illegally detained in Yunnan, China, and has called on the Chinese side to release him immediately.
2026-08-19
A large number of young people gathered below the Times Fengjun building and sang the national anthem loudly; plainclothes officers and police entered, seized flags and carried out mass arrests, triggering a standoff at the scene.
2026-08-18
A Chinese netizen at Pudong Airport was asked to fill out an exit-entry registration form containing personal information, outbound itinerary, family members, overseas contacts, online activities, assets and finances, and several people had their phones confiscated for inspection.
2026-08-16
The X account "Luo Xiang" posted a netizen's tip claiming that after one student at a certain university remained in Spain, all of the school's more than 60,000 students were banned from leaving the country.
2026-08-15
A Chinese woman was taken into a room by customs officers at Nanning Airport in Guangxi for checks on her phone, luggage, and financial records; her passport was subsequently revoked, and she was told that students at her school were banned from leaving the country because some students had overstayed in Spain.
2026-08-15
A reporter went to Zhu Rongji's ancestral home in Hunan and found dozens of plainclothes police officers and local officials watching over the site, though members of the public still came to lay flowers in tribute.
2026-08-12
U.S. consular officials visited detained scholar Min Xin on August 12 and had a brief conversation lasting about 15 minutes.
2026-08-12
In its second-instance ruling, the Guangdong High People's Court rejected the appeals of Zhao Bing and others, upheld the original judgment, and for the first time explicitly described Hui Jian in the ruling as an anti-fraud figure.
Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong ·
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Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, Radio Free Asia reported that the scope of China's requirement to hand in private passports has expanded from public officials to universities, hospitals, key private enterprises, and even ordinary residents in some communities, as exit restrictions are being tightened at every level.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, netizens in multiple places reported on social media platforms that recently applying for ordinary passports has encountered unusually strict scrutiny, being questioned in detail by the entry-exit departments about deposits, bank statements, and travel itineraries; some netizens' online applications directly showed as not approved.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, the international organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders issued a statement pointing out that it had been a full year since Hubei rights defender Yin Xu'an, who is seriously ill, was intercepted while being taken to Beijing for medical treatment and forcibly disappeared, and urged the Chinese authorities to immediately disclose his whereabouts and health condition and release him unconditionally.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, the New Taipei District Court in Taiwan issued a first-instance verdict, finding that Xu Chunying, a former mainland Chinese national who had served as a Taiwan People's Party cadre, colluded with Chinese Communist Party officials to interfere in Taiwan's elections and was involved in underground currency exchange, and sentenced her to 7 years in prison under the Anti-Infiltration Act and other laws.
Location: New Taipei, Taiwan ·
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2026-08-10
On August 10, 2026, the Yuanjiang County Court in Yunnan dismissed an administrative lawsuit filed by a man named Gao Guanghua. Gao had previously been wrongly detained for four days after questioning officials on WeChat Moments; after the police withdrew the penalty and offered compensation and an apology, the court ruled that the results of the police officers' accountability were an internal matter and, according to law, would not be made public.
2026-08-09
A Taiwan prosecutor has indicted Huang Boywei, seeking or requesting a 13-year prison sentence; the case involves allegations of purchasing the household registration and personal data of Taiwanese citizens.
2026-08-09
Shanghai residents received calls from community police officers asking if they have plans to travel to Japan, and were informed that there is a recent list regarding travel to Japan that requires caution.
2026-08-08
A passenger traveling from Cairo to Taiwan via a transfer in Shanghai was detained for about an hour while processing an international transfer at Shanghai Pudong Airport. Customs informed the passenger that they were required to hold a Mainland Travel Permit, and the passenger was ultimately unable to continue their journey to Taiwan.
2026-08-06
A grassroots medical worker posted online that after booking flights and a hotel, they received a notice from their workplace stating that the hospital prohibits all active staff from traveling abroad, affecting both personnel with and without formal staffing status.
2026-08-06
On August 6, police in Hengzhou, Guangxi, announced that as of that day they had investigated 25 online rumor cases related to the floods and administratively detained 24 people; a man who commented in a comment section that he had heard the flood killed tens of thousands was detained for 3 days.
2026-08-05
Ailuming's lawyer released news on August 5, 2026, stating that Ailuming has been criminally detained.
2026-08-05
A netizen posted that when leaving the country and undergoing customs inspection, they were questioned about their travel purpose and traveling alone, and staff also doubted the authenticity of their UK visa.
2026-08-05
A netizen from Guilin claimed that when preparing to travel to Japan via Hong Kong, they were unable to process their visa and were told their information was under internal control, requiring them to bring their documents to the anti-fraud center the next day for processing.
2026-08-05
A netizen in Tianjin claimed that when their family member applied for a passport, they were required to provide their WeChat ID, confirm whether their family was aware of the application, and list phone numbers for multiple relatives. Staff stated that the result would be known in about two weeks, with a 50% approval rate.
2026-08-05
On August 5, Shi Jianjian, a depositor who was given a suspended sentence for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble after legally traveling to Henan to demand her deposits, received a certificate terminating her community correction, and stated that she would file an appeal in accordance with the law and apply for state compensation.
2026-08-05
On August 5, a Guilin resident went to the exit-entry administration office to apply for an endorsement for Japan but was intercepted by the system; staff informed them that they had been placed on the police's information control list and could not obtain exit documents.
2026-08-05
On August 5, a netizen posted that they were strictly interrogated by customs at the airport upon exiting the country as to why they were traveling alone, and that on-site staff made groundless doubts about the authenticity of their legitimate UK visa.
2026-08-05
On August 5, a netizen in Tianjin reported that when family members applied for passports, they were required to register their WeChat names and phone numbers of multiple relatives, and were told by staff that the approval rate for applications was only 50%.
2026-08-04
The scale of the search and arrest operation has further expanded, with dozens of buses forming a convoy to transport personnel, and large numbers of police and civilians carrying sticks conducting inspections along the roads.
2026-08-03
Chinese customs officials have been instructed to tighten entry and exit management and intercept suspicious individuals, seen as a sign of the country shutting itself off from the world.
2026-08-03
On August 3, 2026, Li Ru, a resident of Loudi, Hunan, was taken away by officers from the Lianpengshan Police Station while sightseeing in Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao. He was later handed over to stability maintenance personnel from his household registration location, and subsequently lost contact; his personal safety remains unknown.
2026-08-02
On August 2, 2026, Chinese dissident Sun Yuanping, who had long been placed under exit control and surveillance by Shijiazhuang police over his online political speech, disclosed in Australia that, with the assistance of others, he successfully broke through the exit restrictions, arrived in Australia, and applied for political asylum.
Location: Melbourne own page, Australia ·
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2026-08
According to people familiar with the matter, land border crossings in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Ruili in Yunnan, among others, have required some travelers to explain their purpose of exit, itineraries, and related circumstances.
2026-08
According to online reports cited by Radio Free Asia, personnel in at least 13 categories of jobs in China — including research institutions, civil servants, state-owned enterprises, finance, universities and hospitals — have been required to hand over their passports.
2026-08
It is alleged that China Customs has begun intercepting and repatriating some individuals preparing to go abroad, without informing the relevant personnel of the specific reasons.
2026-08
China has announced that new entry and exit management regulations will be implemented starting September 15.
2026-08
Evergrande Group founder Xu Jiayin was recently sentenced to life imprisonment, sparking widespread public attention. Commentators view this as marking the beginning of an era where private Chinese billionaires generally face severe legal reckoning and life imprisonment.
2026-08
A netizen in Gansu reported that some subdistrict residents' committees require ordinary residents to hand over their passports to grid workers for safekeeping; another netizen said that even the passports of temporary hospital staff were confiscated.
2026-08
Mr. Shi, a native of Liaoning living in Japan, said that local police visited and harassed his parents three times within two months, demanding that he return to China to talk, and claiming that his name was in the police computer system.
2026-08
According to reports, Chinese citizens applying for passports are being asked more questions, and may face additional screening or be denied exit when leaving the country.
2026-08
Private jets in China have been banned from flying, with related restrictions reportedly aimed at preventing wealthy individuals from leaving the country by air.
2026-08
After Xi Jinping came to power, Wu Zhengping, the nephew-in-law of Zhu Rongji, was required to hand back tens of billions of yuan in assets, step down from all his posts, and his personal spending was restricted.
2026-08
The Beihai Procuratorate in Guangxi has officially indicted Pastor Jin Mingri and eight other pastors and co-workers from the Xi'an church on charges of fraud and illegal business operations, marking a continued crackdown on religious faith groups by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
2026-08
Sun Yuanping was interviewed in Melbourne, recounting his experience of choosing to "break out" due to long-term surveillance and exit bans, and disclosing that after his escape, several relatives and friends back home were criminally detained or harassed by police summons.
Location: Melbourne own page, Australia ·
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Verification: Verified ·
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2026-08
Reports online claim that two Chinese college students were detained by customs when planning to travel abroad, on the grounds that it is unsafe for college students to leave the country.
2026-08
Ms. Chen of China, who gave birth in the United States, applied for a visa renewal in order to send her child to the US for junior high school. Her first 8 applications were rejected, and her 9th application was approved.
2026-08-01
A blogger posted a video saying that multiple followers reported that when they applied for ordinary passports online, the system showed their applications as not approved.
2026-08
Mainland travel agency sources stated that applying for or renewing a passport requires proof of ties such as bank statements, vehicles, housing, and funds.
2026-08
A mainland netizen stated that when applying for a passport renewal through a mobile app upon expiration, they received a prompt requiring them to bring a consent letter issued by their work unit.
2026-08
Officials deny that the new rules will return China to self-isolation, saying the regulations are intended to guard against transnational crime, telecom fraud, illegal immigration, and technology security risks.
2026-08
A Chinese national who had previously worked abroad and was preparing to travel overseas again said that police asked them to go to a police station for verification, where officers checked the contents of their phone and collected their information for about two hours.
2026-08-01
On August 1, 2026, Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng disclosed that when his family of three planned to travel to Hong Kong at a Shenzhen checkpoint, they were stopped and placed under exit controls by border inspection on the grounds that leaving the country might endanger national security, and they received no written notice.
2026-08
In August 2026, a special service recruitment posting circulated on social platforms showing that a resort renovation project in the Shisanling mountain area of Changping, Beijing, was contracted out to a property management company, with requirements to carry out high-intensity duties such as guarding political prisoners and rotating between standing and sitting shifts.
2026-07-31
On July 31, the Chinese Communist Party introduced new regulations and tightened policies regarding going abroad, leading to higher thresholds and more restrictions on leaving the country in the future.
2026-07-31
A blogger stated that followers reported being denied passport applications; she also mentioned that personnel in certain regions or departments require approval, guarantees, and sureties for travel.
2026-07-31
On July 31, 2026, China's State Council promulgated the State Council Regulations on Exit and Entry Administration, signed by Li Qiang, which incorporate harm to industrial security and technological security into the circumstances for restricting citizens' exit, granting administrative departments greater discretion in exit border controls.
2026-07-30
On July 30, Xi Jinping unveiled a tightening policy restricting all citizens from traveling abroad, officially set to take effect on September 15, with customs set to intercept large numbers of outbound travelers.
2026-07-28
Zhang Yi, a Wuhan dissident who had previously been sentenced for taking part in the 1989 pro-democracy movement, was taken away by police while traveling in Lhasa, Tibet in July 2026, and was formally approved for arrest on July 28 on the charge of inciting secession.
Location: Lhasa own content archive., Tibet ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-07-25
According to a post by X account Luo Xiang, the contributor who reported on the Three Gorges Dam collapse has gone missing. The whistleblower's final submission included an 'internal use' employee information registration form, which detailed personal political affiliation, family background, overseas connections, contact methods, internet usage habits, assets, and requirements for fingerprint and voiceprint collection.
2026-07-23
In late July 2026, Zhu Yidan, a victim of the Zhejin Center collapse, was designated a ringleader by Hangzhou police and detained for an extended period for reposting rights-defense information online; her family publicly issued an accusation letter questioning whether judicial organs were engaging in retaliation.
2026-07-21
Screenshots circulating on Weibo show that the CCP is requiring personnel in the system to surrender their passports, with some units even demanding the "voluntary cancellation" of passports and conducting audits of overseas travel records from the past five years.
2026-07-17
Zhang Xinyan applied for release to travel to Canada to attend a hearing. Thai judges said the Chinese embassy opposed the release, arguing that freeing her could harm Thai-Chinese relations, and therefore rejected the application.
2026-07-17
On July 17, 2026, Mandy, manager of the independent bookshop Liu Xia Bookshop, who had earlier been taken away in handcuffs during a search operation by the Hong Kong Police's National Security Department, along with two other arrested employees, were granted bail pending investigation and left the police station.
2026-07-16
Liang Wenjie, Deputy Chairperson and spokesperson of the Mainland Affairs Council, said at a press conference that in July there were reports of 10 Taiwanese missing in the mainland, including a group of four traveling together that is currently being detained for unknown reasons.
2026-07-16
On July 16, 2026, the human rights organization "Safeguard Defenders" released the investigative report "Behind Iron Bars," which, based on a survey of 59 former detainees, accuses China's prison system of routinely carrying out severe torture and abuse against both Chinese and foreign prisoners.
2026-07-16
On July 16, 2026, the Chinese government formally submitted an extradition request to Thailand, seeking the repatriation of former investigative journalist Bai Zhaodong, who fled abroad amid an investigation into corruption and is being detained in Bangkok. International human rights groups have urged Thailand to reject the extradition to prevent him from being subjected to torture.
2026-07-15
Lawyer Hou Zhiyuan, while attending the trial of lawyer Wang Qing for alleged fraud, intervened in a dispute between a family member and the police, and was taken by the police to the detention room's steel cage for 20 minutes, during which he experienced discomfort.
2026-07-15
The U.S. State Department said the United States has raised the case of Chen Youlin directly with Chinese officials and called on China to immediately release the seismology scholar, who has been detained for more than 600 days and faces charges of espionage.
2026-07-15
On July 15, 2026, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force searched the independent bookstores "Lau Ha Shuk Se" and "Tin Yuen Shuk Uk", arrested five staff members and persons in charge on suspicion of committing the sedition offense under Article 23 of the Basic Law, and seized multiple boxes of books.
2026-07-14
Reuters disclosed that Youlin Chen, a Chinese-American seismologist studying North Korea's nuclear tests, has been secretly detained by China for nearly two years and charged with espionage.
2026-07-11
The mother of Ningbo's Little Luoxi was blocked by staff while traveling to disaster-stricken areas in Guangxi to donate money and supplies, and her accompanying personnel received inquiry calls from the Bureau of Justice.
2026-07-10
Zhang Xinyan was originally scheduled to fly from Thailand to Vancouver, having already been granted refugee status by the UNHCR; the video says she was detained at the airport and may be sent back to China.
2026-07-08
Ai Luming was reportedly arrested on July 8, 2026, and no related news has been publicly released for a month since then.
2026-07-08
On July 8, 2026, the public interest organization Asia Lawyers Network released a report disclosing that the crackdown on lawyers in China has extended to the civil and commercial sectors, with lawyers frequently facing criminal prosecution by authorities using criminal charges to replace civil litigation when handling civil and commercial disputes.
2026-07-08
On July 8, 2026, police in Qinzhou, Guangxi reported that a man was found by public security authorities to have fabricated rumors after posting disaster-related claims online, including the collapse of the Liulan Reservoir and the canal flooding the urban area, and was given an administrative penalty.
Location: Qinzhou, Guangxi ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-07-07
Gao Shanwen was diagnosed with lymphoma in January 2025 and passed away on July 7, 2027, sparking various speculations from the outside world regarding his cause of death.
2026-07-06
Japanese journalist Akio Yaita was attacked after a speech in Taichung, Taiwan. The Taiwanese government stated that this case is the first instance of transnational repression since the implementation of the Chinese Patriotic Education Law.
2026-07-04
Pastor Kim Min-chul was released on Independence Day, less than two months after the summit between Trump and Xi Jinping in May.
2026-07-04
In July 2026, Kim Myeong-il, a pastor of Beijing Zion Church, was released and arrived in the United States after high-level China-US negotiations, but eight other pastors and believers from the church, including Wang Lin, remain criminally detained on charges of illegally using information networks and face judicial prosecution.
2026-07-03
Pastor Kim Myeong-il of Beijing Xi'an Church was released on July 3 after being detained by the Chinese government for nearly ten months, and subsequently traveled to the United States to reunite with his family.
2026-07
The Japanese entrepreneur said that after cooperating with a televised confession, stating that he was restoring his Chinese nationality and cutting off Japanese consular protection, he was told he was banned from leaving the country before 2036.
2026-07
Chinese-American seismologist Chen Youlin has been detained by China for more than 600 days over his research on North Korean nuclear tests, has yet to face a formal trial, and faces espionage charges.
2026-07
The US State Department said it has raised the Chen Youlin case with the Chinese side and called on China to immediately release the Chinese-American seismologist.
2026-07
A person claiming to be a staff member of the Three Gorges Corporation revealed that the Three Gorges Dam is leaking severely and that managers have already relocated their families; the video claims that the individual was subsequently arrested by local police.
2026-07
Jin Mingri, a Beijing house church figure and founder of Zion Church, has been released after years of detention and flown to the United States by a chartered flight from Beijing.
2026-07-01
Zhang Naixian, an independent film director in Beijing, was taken away from his home by multiple police (Public Security) officers on the evening of July 1 for posting satirical comments about the authorities on the X platform. His family later received a criminal detention notice for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble issued by the Haidian Branch.
2026-07
Pastor Jin Mingri has been released by the CCP. Host Hu Liren believes this is a signal of Xi Jinping 'kneeling and begging' to the United States, and predicts that Jimmy Lai will also be released soon.
2026-07
After Akio Yaita's speech, he was attacked at a hotel. The suspect changed clothes, headed to the airport and purchased a ticket to Busan, and was subsequently arrested by police; another associate was involved in the case.
2026-07
Akio Yaita was attacked and injured while walking on the street after leaving a venue in Taichung; whether the attacker had ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) remains disputed.
2026-07
A Myanmar anti-government figure was arrested by the Chinese Communist Party while attending a meeting in Kunming, and was subsequently handed over to Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing as a diplomatic gift.
2026-07
It is reported that since July 31, multiple individuals in China have been intercepted by customs when attempting to leave the country, with customs failing to provide specific reasons to the individuals involved.
2026-07
Four people from a Taiwanese tour group traveling to China have gone missing under unclear circumstances, raising concerns about personal safety within China.
2026-07
Taiwanese scholar and journalist Akio Yaita was attacked, and the program discussed the incident in connection with the CCP's cross-border repression issue.
2026-07
A port authority worker said that floating corpses have appeared on multiple rivers in inland China, with the claims referring to the phenomenon of civilian body recovery along the Yangtze River.
2026-07
A Chinese-American US citizen working in nuclear explosion monitoring was placed under surveillance after returning to China; when preparing to leave the country, he was told he had been subjected to an exit ban and was taken away. The US government reportedly demanded that China release him.
2026-07
After returning to China, Tan Song was taken away at the airport and questioned for about seven or eight hours. After being released and returning home, he was placed under an exit ban and was unable to leave China.
2026-07
Kim Myeong-il said that in July, Autumn Rain Church, Wuhan Cedar Tree Church and Hunan Rock Church were raided, and personnel may have been summoned by the relevant authorities.
2026-07
A member of the Hong Kong University Student Union who had been arrested during the anti-extradition bill protests was released after being held for more than three years.
2026-07
The Japanese entrepreneur said the family members were interrogated separately and detained for 7 days, and were asked to sign a "Certificate of Restoration of Chinese Nationality," after which they recorded a televised confession.
2026-07
A netizen who claims to be of Chinese descent in Japan posted that on July 2 he took his family of five back to China to visit relatives, and when returning to Japan in late July he was prevented from boarding just 5 minutes before departure; this is a personal account and has not been officially confirmed.
2026-07-01
On July 1, 2026, Zhang Yi, a leader of the 1989 student movement, was taken away by police while sightseeing at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, after showing a Tibetan woman a photo of the Dalai Lama on his phone. On July 28, the Lhasa Municipal Procuratorate approved his arrest on suspicion of inciting secession.
Location: Lhasa own content archive., Tibet ·
Importance IV ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-07
Pastor Kim Min-il was detained by the Chinese government for 266 days and was released on the eve of U.S. Independence Day in 2026. At a religious group event in Washington, he expressed his hope that the Trump-Xi meeting would facilitate the release of eight colleagues still in prison, as well as house church leaders such as Pastor Gao Quanpu and Pastor Wang Yin.
2026-06-30
On June 30, a former vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial CPPCC was prosecuted for privately listening to audio materials involving serious political issues.
2026-06-29
In June 2026, a railway enthusiast uploader was called a "spy" by company employees while filming narrow-gauge trains in an industrial and mining area and reported to the police; after the officers arrived, they took him to the police station and detained him for several hours of investigation, releasing him only after a full search of his photography and electronic equipment.
2026-06-28
On June 28, 2026, a college student posted that after casually saying in a WeChat group chat with friends that they wanted to jump off a building, they were soon precisely located by several police officers, taken away from their dormitory for investigation, and their parents were also warned not to speak out of turn.
2026-06-26
On June 26, 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress announced the termination of the qualifications of 14 deputies to the 14th National People's Congress, including Ma Xingrui, Xu Xueqiang, Li Fengbiao and Guo Puxiao; Li Fengbiao, Xu Xueqiang and Guo Puxiao are generals of the People's Liberation Army, and Xu Xueqiang is a member of the Central Committee.
2026-06-25
In the late night of June 26, 2026, Kazakh police searched the home of and took away Batikhan, sister of Atajurt founder Serikjan, ruling that she be held in custody for 10 days on suspicion of fraud; lawyers and human rights groups accused the move of being carried out under political pressure from the Chinese side to suppress overseas voices.
2026-06-24
On June 24, 2026, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police searched the independent bookstore "Hunter Bookstore" in Sham Shui Po on suspicion of offences under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, including incitement, and money laundering, and arrested its person in charge, former district councillor Wong Man-huen, and others.
2026-06-19
The prominent underground Early Rain Church was raided by police, with two pastors criminally detained and dozens of others questioned, drawing outside attention to religious persecution.
2026-06-17
The Yuanmingyuan campus of Beijing 101 Middle School has installed three cameras directly above the principal's complaint box to conduct comprehensive surveillance on those who submit complaints.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, the international human rights organization Safeguard Defenders released a report based on a survey of 84 former detainees, disclosing that China's detention centers are routinely plagued by obstruction of meetings with lawyers, bullying by inmate bosses, and violent abuse.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, human rights activist Zhou Fengsuo publicly disclosed that Wang Yiyan, a PhD student at the University of Colorado in the US who researches internet freedom, had been secretly arrested by the Chinese Communist Party and forcibly disappeared for two years after returning to China.
2026-06-16
In April 2026, the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders released the research report "Behind Iron Bars," based on interview records of nearly 100 detainees, systematically exposing human rights violations commonly found in Chinese detention centers, including the merging of investigation and detention, extraction of confessions through torture, extreme overcrowding, and a severe lack of medical care.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, the second-instance verdict was handed down in the case of the murder of Wang Ziya at the AVIC City residential compound in Chengdu, Sichuan. The court sentenced the defendant, who is suspected of carrying out a knife attack, to death with a two-year reprieve in accordance with the law.
2026-06-15
Wang Yiyan, a Chinese scholar based in the United States who has long studied China's internet firewall and anti-censorship tools, went missing for nearly two years after returning to China in the summer of 2024; on June 15, 2026, "Chinese Human Rights" issued a statement calling on the Chinese government to disclose his legal status and guarantee his personal safety.
2026-06-14
On June 14, 2026, when Chengdu Autumn Rain Covenant Church held a Sunday gathering at the Jiangyou City auditorium, it was raided by a large number of police; 33 church members at the scene were taken away and detained, and several elders were not released.
2026-06-12
In the early hours of June 12, 2026, most volunteers at the protest site over a man's abuse of a dog in Chongqing had been dispersed, while a large number of law enforcement officers remained lined up in formation for standby patrols.
2026-06-10
On June 10, 2026, Chinese independent feminist and human rights activist Li Qiaochu sent an inquiry letter, legally filing an administrative reconsideration against the Shandong Provincial Prison Administration for its inaction on the marriage application of Xu Zhiyong, who is incarcerated.
2026-06-08
An 18-year-old boy in Kaizhou District, Chongqing, jumped into the river after being chased by fishery administration personnel while fishing downstream of a regulating dam. Law enforcement officers failed to rescue him, triggering protests from onlookers and family members on the shore, which were suppressed by the police.
Location: Kaizhou District, Chongqing ·
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Verification: Reported ·
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2026-06-03
Min Zin, a US-Myanmar political scholar, suddenly disappeared at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan. It was later confirmed by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that he has been criminally detained on suspicion of endangering state security.
2026-06-03
Kim Myeong-il said that after the prosecutor's office began questioning him, he wrote a letter and announced a hunger strike lasting two days because lawyer Lee Gwi-saeng was unable to meet with him.
2026-06-03
Scholar Minsin went missing after arriving in China. Family members later confirmed that he was detained in China, and the U.S. Consulate issued a formal notification on June 5.
2026-06-03
According to information released by the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party on October 10, 2026, CCP authorities illegally detained U.S. citizen Min Zin on June 3, 2026. During his detention, the authorities denied him access to a lawyer and cut off his direct contact with his family. The committee stated that it will remain committed to working for the release of Min Zin and other Americans held by the CCP.
2026-06-02
Li Xiaohong, former private secretary of Wang Qishan and former secretary of the CCP's China Securities Regulatory Commission Discipline Committee, has been placed under investigation by the CCP.
2026-06
A capture incident occurred at Beijing Pinggu Airport, after which commercial flights were prohibited within a 300‑kilometre radius of Beijing Tiananmen, and the parachuting base was dissolved.
2026-06
A video claims that 25-year-old Li Ming from Hunan was telephoned by police in his hometown while traveling in Malaysia and ordered to return home by a deadline, otherwise he would be treated as a "fraud" suspect and his household registration might be canceled; this claim has not been confirmed by any public reports.
2026-06
The owner of a barbecue shop in Heze, Shandong reported to the authorities that a Yuan blue-and-white porcelain cup in the local museum was possibly missing and submitted evidence. Afterwards, the owner was repeatedly retaliated against and disciplined by multiple local government departments, ultimately forcing the barbecue shop to cease operations.
2026-06-01
On June 1, 2026, the Beijing Public Security Bureau formally notified the June Fourth victims' family group, the Tiananmen Mothers, that they are strictly forbidden from visiting Wan'an Cemetery on June 4 to mourn their killed relatives, changing a convention of many years and marking the first time in over 30 years that the victims' families have been completely banned from holding a public memorial.
2026-06
In June 2026, overseas political blogger "Toronto Fang Lian" publicly stated on social media that the CCP's state security department had sent a message through his family in China, offering to exchange his family's personal freedom for the deletion of his criticisms of Xi Jinping.
2026-05-26
Bloomberg reported on May 26 that some of the top AI talent at private companies such as Alibaba and DeepSeek must obtain official approval before leaving the country, with the list selected based on an individual's strategic importance to the country rather than solely on rank or employer.
2026-05-26
According to a Bloomberg report cited by the program, government departments require senior AI researchers and executives at companies such as Alibaba and DeepSeek to obtain prior approval before leaving the country.
2026-05-26
On May 26, 2026, private entrepreneur Liu Shuhong of Xiangyang, Hubei, publicly accused the Nanzhang County government online of having unlawfully detained him and his wife for 666 days under the pretext of a restructuring, forcibly seizing enterprise assets worth over 100 million yuan registered under his name, and saddling him with enormous debts.
2026-05-25
In late May 2026, on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth incident, public security departments in Beijing, Guizhou, Zhejiang and other places placed large numbers of dissidents, independent scholars and rights lawyers — including Gao Yu, Pu Zhiqiang, Hu Jia and Chen Xi — under assigned surveillance or took them away on forced travel.
2026-05-25
On May 25, 2026, human rights activist Dong Guangping, who had been repeatedly sentenced and imprisoned by Chinese authorities, fled China by rubber boat and arrived in South Korea seeking humanitarian protection and asylum, in order to avoid being deported again or facing political persecution.
2026-05-25
On May 25, 2026, Wu Qiang, a citizen of Lianyungang, Jiangsu, posted a video accusing the authorities of sentencing him to one year in prison for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' after he monitored water pollution. Following his release, the Lianyungang Intermediate Court placed him under residential surveillance for another six months. He also disclosed that he was subjected to torture and abuse while in custody.
2026-05-18
On May 19, 2026, the High Court of Hong Kong concluded the closing arguments proceedings in the case of former Hong Kong Alliance leaders Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan, who were charged with incitement to subvert state power, and the judge announced that the ruling on the facts of the case was expected to be formally announced in mid-to-late July of the same year.
2026-05-10
On May 10, 2026, on the occasion of artist Gao Shen's 70th birthday in prison, dozens of human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Chinese Human Rights Defenders, issued a joint statement calling on the Chinese authorities to immediately release Gao Shen, who has been detained over his artistic work, and to lift the exit bans imposed on his family members.
2026-05-07
China's two former defense ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, were sentenced to death with a reprieve in first-instance trials. A military newspaper published an article emphasizing the determination to fight corruption, and outside analysts believe this may be paving the way for the trial of Zhang Youxia.
2026-05-02
Yuan Keqin, a Chinese national and former professor at Hokkaido University of Education who was detained on suspicion of espionage while returning to China and sentenced to six years in prison by the Changchun Intermediate People's Court, has now been released and is living in Changchun, Jilin Province.
2026-05
Li Yanhui, nicknamed "Review", was released in May of that year, but is still restricted from leaving the country.
2026-05
In 2026, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued a finding ruling that the Chinese government's detention of Niu Tengyu, the party involved in the Ewsu Wiki case, constituted arbitrary detention, violating his personal liberty and his right to a fair trial, and demanded his immediate release and compensation.
2026-05
In an interview published in May, Tahir Imin said he had been separated from his daughter for nine years, and that about 30 relatives had been detained by Chinese authorities because of his journalism.
2026-05
Jiangxi Normal University requires students to submit an application for all private international travel. This policy has been in effect for half a year, and specific implementation details have not been made public.
2026-04-28
On April 28, 2026, Li Yunze was announced as removed from his posts of Party Secretary and Director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration; the next day his information was deleted from the leadership section of the official website, and he was later stripped of his status as a deputy to the National People's Congress.
2026-04-17
A netizen submission on April 17 reported that Jiangxi Normal University requires all students traveling abroad (or to Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan), whether for official business or tourism, to fill out an application form and undergo multi-level school approval. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary action. Several sections of the application form are alleged to severely infringe upon student privacy.
2026-03-19
Since March 19, 2026, Jeyens Reskhan, a Kazakh children's literature writer from Xinjiang and former chairman of the Hami Prefecture Writers Association, was taken away by police on suspicion of extremist thought and has since gone missing. His family has received no official notice and does not know his whereabouts.
2026-03-17
On March 17, 2026, Wang Sanyuan, a 73-year-old pastor of Changchunli Christian Church in Jinan, Shandong, was taken away by the police. The authorities issued no notice of any kind, and his family has nowhere to turn to file a complaint. Observers outside China point out that this may be a settling of scores over his earlier involvement in the struggle to protect church property.
2026-03-15
In March 2026, 21-year-old female college student Suling in Beijing was deceived by her family because of her relationship and escorted to a correction facility in Sanmenxia, Henan, where her personal freedom was restricted for 11 days. She was later freed after her boyfriend searched for her across provinces, and the police declined to file a case on the grounds that no crime had occurred.
2026-03
According to a report by the UK's Financial Times, after AI company Manus was acquired by Meta, CEO Xiao Hong and chief scientist Ji Yichao returned to Beijing to be questioned and were subsequently told they were not permitted to leave the country.
2026-03
In March 2026, the CCP deceived two minus executives into returning to China and subsequently banned them from leaving the country.
2026-03
Wang Ning traveled from Nanjing to Beijing to attend the Two Sessions, during which he was arrested and detained.
2026-02-02
On February 2, 2026, the Jinjiang Branch of the Chengdu Public Security Bureau announced that former investigative journalist Liu Hu and self-media person Wu Yingjiao were subject to criminal coercive measures on suspicion of fabricating accusations to frame others and illegal business operations. The two had previously published reports alleging that Pu Fayou, the Party Secretary of Pujang County, was suspected of illegally seizing corporate assets. The incident sparked condemnation from journalist organizations and public opinion both at home and abroad. On February 14, the police, citing the application of the two individuals, changed the coercive measures to release on bail pending trial in accordance with Article 67 of the Criminal Procedure Law. On September 10, 2026, defense lawyer Zhou Ze released the decision of the Jinjiang Branch to lift the bail pending trial, citing 'changes in the case circumstances,' and Liu Hu would not need to stand trial. Liu Hu had previously filed real-name reports against several high-ranking officials between 2012 and 2013, leading to multiple detentions.
2026-02
The 69-year-old father of pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok, who is wanted by Hong Kong police on national security charges, was sentenced to 8 months in prison this February for attempting to handle his daughter's insurance policy funds.
2026-01-20
According to sources outside the Great Firewall, Zhang Youxia, the first vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Liu Zhenli, the Chief of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, were both in trouble and arrested on January 20.
2026-01
Ten days after Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Li Xi had assigned the year's full purge tasks, Zhang Youxia's incident occurred. Li Xi had received no prior wind of it and felt shocked and terrified.
2025-12
Zhang Youxia was secretly placed under control and arrested in December, and the news was made public the following January.
2025-10-28
Chongqing police announced that they have opened a case against Shen Bayang on suspicion of the crime of splitting the country, and stated in the notice that a Taiwan civil defense organization is an organization that splits the country.
2025-10-14
Zhang Wanying appeared in court for the third time for a bail review. During the hearing, prosecutors publicly disclosed state security background and the flight-support chain involving Miao Fatai and others. Federal District Judge Murillo refused to overturn the detention order.
2025-10-10
Police in Beihai, Guangxi, took away Pastor Kim Myeong-il on suspicion of the crime of illegally using the information network. Kim Myeong-il said that a total of 18 people were taken away, some of whom were released on bail pending trial, while 8 remain detained.
2025-10
According to accounts coming out of Beijing, Ma Xingrui was taken into custody around October 2025, after which he was dealt with and stripped of his Party membership and administrative posts.
2025-10
Pastor Jin Mingri (formerly a U.S. citizen) was arrested by the CCP in China last October (calculated as October 2025 based on the video release date), along with dozens of members of the Xi'an church. Pastor Jin had lived in the U.S. and later became a U.S. citizen, but chose to return to China to shepherd the church.
2025-08
Reuters cited insiders as saying that Liu Jianchao's residence was searched in early August 2025.
2025-04-25
On April 25, 2025, a Chinese netizen was criminally detained by police on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, for circumventing the Great Firewall to fill in real working conditions such as evening overtime at a former employer on an overseas job-seeking website, prompting questions about the abuse of pocket offenses and the conviction of online speech.
2025-04
In April 2025, Shi Tingfu told his son during a phone call that he felt weak all over every day. His health problems were previously on record.
2025
According to a Wall Street Journal report cited by the program, in early 2025 officials privately suggested that top AI entrepreneurs and researchers not travel to the United States in the near term.
2025
In the second half of 2025, the Chinese Communist Party began large-scale measures to lock people in, including requiring personnel inside the system and grassroots public institution employees to hand over their passports; even students at universities, primary and middle schools need school approval to leave the country.
2024-12-22
On December 22, 2024, the Nanchang police in Jiangxi and the subdistrict office issued a statement saying that, in response to an online dispute, they had lawfully sent Li Yixue, a party who had repeatedly pursued rights defense, to a hospital for psychiatric treatment, once again sparking controversy over being "diagnosed as mentally ill" against one's will.
2024-12-06
A woman surnamed Bu from Jinzhong, Shanxi, who suffered from schizophrenia, went missing for 13 years and was found with a son and a daughter. Police reported that she was taken in by a resident named Zhang in Qingcheng Town after she went missing. Media reports described Zhang as an honest man, sparking outrage among netizens who pointed out that this was actually rape and illegal detention.
2024-12-03
In a speech at the end of 2024, Gao Shanwen expressed sensitive views on the cyclical bubbles, consumption structure, actual growth rate, and future low growth of the Chinese economy. The speech was subsequently banned, marking his final public address.
2024-12
In December 2024, Xinhua News Agency revoked the retirement benefits of Gu Wanming, former head of its Guangdong branch. Prior to this, he had been criminally detained for issuing an open letter over the death of Li Keqiang, and was sentenced by a court to one year in prison on the charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble.
2024-11-13
Rights campaigner Xu Zhiyong has been on a hunger strike for 40 days in protest against Lunan Prison depriving him of his right to communicate with his fiancée Li Qiaochu. Currently, Xu Zhiyong cannot meet with his lawyers, making it difficult for the outside world to know his specific physical condition.
2024-11-10
Hui Jian was hijacked and taken away in Daya Bay, Huizhou by Cao Dong, Zhao Bing and others impersonating police officers; his phone was handed over to others, and he was forced to delete a WeChat official account article.
2024-11-05
On November 5, 2024, US-based seismologist Chen Youlin was arrested by state security at the Beijing airport as he prepared to return to the United States after visiting family and lecturing. His wife stated that he has already faced over 100 interrogations and is facing trial on fabricated espionage charges.
2024-11
In November 2024, the Minhang District Court in Shanghai sentenced Gu Wanming, former head of the Xinhua News Agency's Guangdong branch, to one year in prison on the charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. He was criminally detained after issuing an open letter in October 2023 raising five demands over the death of Li Keqiang.
2024-10
During Halloween 2024, Shanghai police strictly prohibited citizens from wearing Halloween costumes or cosplaying in areas such as Yuyuan Road. Many citizens who went out in costume were forcibly taken to the Public Security Bureau for questioning or arrested.
2024-10
Ren Xinyi wrote an open letter stating that her father, Ren Zhiqiang, is suffering from a severe prostate condition and is in great pain in prison, and requested that he be granted medical parole.
2024-09-20
A Hong Kong man produced a video using the Cultural Revolution slogan "Revolution is not a crime, rebellion is justified" and uploaded it to social media to promote it. He was charged under Article 23 of the Basic Law with "knowingly publishing seditious publications" and was sentenced to 14 months in prison by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court on September 20.
2024-07-30
On July 30, 2024, 22-year-old Fang Yirong from Loudi, Hunan, imitated the Sitong Bridge protest by hanging anti-Xi banners and playing a broadcast on a pedestrian bridge in Xinhua County. He subsequently recorded a video declaring his opposition to authoritarian rule and was arrested by the authorities shortly thereafter.
2024-07-16
After Enxu lost contact, Wang Yuhang posted missing-person information on social media and reported to the police that Enxu was missing; more than ten days later, the police said that Enxu had not been unlawfully deprived of personal freedom.
2024-07-13
Enxu said that three instructors, while he was heading to the countryside to sweep his grandmother's tomb, falsely claimed that his personal information was involved in fraud, forcibly put him in a vehicle, and sent him to Shengbo School 8 hours later.
2024-07
A relevant report documents 34 incidents of harassment and assault during the welcoming event in San Francisco and identifies 19 leaders of United Front overseas Chinese organizations, 12 of whom directly participated in the physical attacks, resulting in at least 3 people being hospitalized.
2024-07
Gaukas Wang (Wang Yiyan), a US-based Great Firewall and anti-censorship researcher, lost contact with the outside world after returning to China in the summer of 2024 and has been missing since July 2024. Chinese Human Rights issued a statement in June 2026 expressing concern.
2024-04-03
After not being arrested due to insufficient evidence and being transferred to designated residence for residential surveillance, Xing Yanjun died in the relevant surveillance room.
2024-01-08
Zheng Shuai, boss of Shanghai Maisi Technology, was taken away by officers from the Shaoyang County Public Security Bureau of Hunan at Hongqiao Airport. The investigators stated plainly that County Head Yin had set a target of 100 million yuan, demanding a transfer to offset local government finances.
2024
Hokkaido University professor Yuan Keqin was sentenced to six years in prison for violating the anti-espionage law.
2024
In 2024, Nanjing rights defender Shi Tingfu was arrested across provinces for helping Xinjiang fruit farmers defend their rights, and was subsequently sentenced to three years for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Radio Free Asia reported that his health deteriorated during detention.
2024
Jing Shuren, a migrant worker and self-media creator in Gansu, was criminally detained by Lanzhou police in 2024 for repeatedly reposting posts by his friend Zhou Lubao that exposed companies' unpaid wages.
2024
In 2024, blogger Hui Jian publicly reported Liu Ren, president of the Cambodia Anhui Chamber of Commerce, for telecom fraud; afterwards the article was deleted and he lost contact. Acquaintances told Jiemian News that Liu Ren's side had proposed paying for post deletion before calling the police, and Hui Jian was criminally detained on extortion charges; reporters contacted multiple parties but received no response.
2023-10-30
On October 30, 2023, Gu Wanming, former head of the Guangdong branch of the Xinhua News Agency, issued an open letter in his capacity as a veteran Party member, making five demands regarding the death of Li Keqiang: suspending the cremation, setting up an investigation team, holding those responsible accountable, conducting an autopsy, and holding the funeral according to protocol. He was subsequently placed under criminal detention.
2023-08
Duan Weihong, who had been detained by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection system for six years, successively made public appearances in Nanjing and Fujian, gaining limited freedom.
2023-07
Rocket Force commander Li Yuchao was purged after a US military report exposed the Rocket Force's deployment, leading to another round of purges throughout the Rocket Force.
2023-05-31
Qiao Xinxin, the initiator of the Demolish the Wall Movement, was cross-border arrested in Laos by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police and brought back to China. He was later secretly sentenced to 5 years in prison and subjected to torture in prison.
2023-04-10
Chinese constitutional scholar and New Citizens' Movement founder Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a court on charges of subversion of state power, marking his second imprisonment.
2023
Ms. Ma Yongtian's son and husband were again summoned to a police station by the Changchun Municipal Public Security Bureau in 2023 and were granted conditional release on bail, meaning they are still considered criminal suspects.
2022-11-03
An Yankui traveled to Malaysia with a passport and visa to attend a religious conference. In 2022, the Fenyang City Court sentenced him to one year in prison and a fine of 5000 yuan for the crime of "illegally crossing the national border." The court found that he had obtained a visa in the name of tourism while actually attending a religious conference, which constituted "fabricating the purpose of exit and entry."
2022-10-22
At the closing ceremony of the 20th CCP National Congress, former General Secretary Hu Jintao was escorted out of the venue by staff, and subsequently, Hu Chunhua was not included in the new Politburo list.
2022-10-22
At the closing ceremony of a major CCP meeting, former General Secretary Hu Jintao was escorted out of the venue by security guards in full view of the public, marking the complete bankruptcy of political norms such as inter-generational succession designation.
2022-01
Former CCP Central Committee Inspection Team Deputy Leader Dong Hong sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.
2022-01
Mi Chunlei was taken away by the local public security economic investigation department between the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022, and subsequently failed to perform his duties for a long period.
2022
Jiemian News and 36Kr (Times Finance) reported that Zhang Jun, the actual controller of the Fude group, made a low-profile return at the end of 2022 after being absent for several years and reshuffled the senior executives of Fude Group. No public explanation has been given as to the reasons for this or whether he faced any judicial action, and neither of these two sites can be reached from the United States either.
2021-09
Desmond Shum received the first phone call from Duan Weihong four years after her disappearance, just on the eve of the book's publication, followed by the official release of 'Red Roulette'.
2020-09-22
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ren Zhiqiang to 18 years in prison and fined him 4.2 million yuan on charges of embezzlement, bribery, misappropriation of public funds, and abuse of power by personnel of state-owned companies.
2020-09-22
Ren Zhiqiang, who was once active in Alashan SEE and published articles criticizing the supreme leader, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in September 2020 on charges including corruption and bribery.
2020-09-22
Ren Zhiqiang was sentenced to 18 years in prison for remarks criticizing epidemic prevention policies and other statements, sending shockwaves through China's entrepreneurial community.
2020-09
After Pan Shiyi arrived in New York in September 2020, a friend who interacted closely with him on Weibo was arrested for mailing a letter containing sensitive information to eleven people, leaving Pan Shiyi unable to return to China to this day.
2020-08-10
Hong Kong police conducted their first large-scale raid on the headquarters of Next Digital, paving the way for the subsequent closure of Apple Daily.
2020-08
While working at CCTV, Cheng Lei was secretly taken away by Chinese state security authorities for disclosing some economic figures from the government work report to foreign media, and was detained on suspicion of illegally providing state secrets to parties outside China.
2020-07-23
Ren Zhiqiang's expulsion from the Chinese Communist Party was announced.
2020-07-23
The Chinese Communist Party issued a notice on disciplinary action against Ren Zhiqiang, listing as a problem his publication of articles publicly opposing the Four Cardinal Principles.
2020-04-28
As a virologist who experienced the 2019 turmoil in Hong Kong, Dr. Yan chose to flee to the U.S. and acted as a whistleblower to expose to the world the truth that the coronavirus originated from a Wuhan laboratory.
2020-04-28
In April 2020, Dr. Yan was forced to flee due to certain statements she made, and she once went to the White House to report what she knew as a virologist.
2020-03-12
Ren Zhiqiang was taken away by special personnel from the Beijing municipal discipline inspection commission; his eldest son and long-time secretary were arrested the same day.
2020-03-12
Ren Zhiqiang disappeared from public view after an article criticizing Xi Jinping.
2020-03-12
After Ren Zhiqiang's article circulated, he lost contact for a time; Pan Shiyi later said that 10 other recipients besides himself were all arrested.
2020-02-23
During the Wuhan pandemic, Ren Zhiqiang wrote a long article criticizing epidemic prevention and control as well as the personality cult, which caused a huge反响 and he subsequently went missing.
2020-01-03
The video says that after Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang warned about the spread of the virus and conditions in the hospital, he was ordered to receive an admonition, write and sign a confession statement; the incident subsequently drew international attention.
2020
Nicknamed “Review”, Li Yanheng was arrested by Shanghai state security on charges of endangering national security when he returned to Shanghai to handle the cancellation of his Chinese nationality.
2019-12
Rights lawyers and civic activists such as Xu Zhiyong, Ding Jiaxi, and Wu Shaoping gathered in Xiamen, Fujian to discuss current affairs and the development of civil society in China, prompting a nationwide crackdown by the Chinese authorities.
2019-11-07
In the early morning of November 7, 2019, while waiting for a flight at Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport, Cheng Wanjun was suddenly surrounded and captured by over a dozen SWAT police officers. He was handcuffed behind his back, hooded, shoved into a police car, and taken to an undisclosed location, beginning a long-term detention.
2019
Hokkaido University professor Yuan Keqin was arrested by state security during a trip back to China for a funeral.
2019
Sun Yuanping was taken by several police officers to a police station, searched, and forced to close his Twitter account after retweeting a cartoon depicting dictators, including Xi Jinping, playing cards. He was subsequently placed under administrative detention for seven days.
2019
In 2019, Cheng Wanjun was reported for commenting on Xi Jinping at his workplace, subsequently sentenced to six years in prison. After completing his sentence in 2025, he left the country and arrived in Thailand.
2018-12-10
Days after Meng Wanzhou's arrest, Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were taken away in Beijing and Dandong, respectively, by state security (MSS) on charges of endangering national security.
2018-11
Sun Yuchen appeared in the United States in late November 2018, and Caixin reported that how he circumvented or temporarily lifted the exit ban remains a mystery.
2018-11
Public records show that Justin Sun was already in the United States in late November 2018; how he bypassed exit controls to leave the country remains a mystery.
2018-09-11
Uyghur retired doctor Abbas was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese government in Xinjiang and subsequently sentenced to 20 years in prison after a secret trial.
2018-07
Sun Yuchen was denied and blocked when attempting to leave an Asian country; afterwards, according to a former employee and his ex-girlfriend, he entered Vietnam via the Guangxi border.
2018-06
Caixin reported that Sun Yuchen has been on the border control list restricting exit from China since June 2018.
2018-01-10
In January 2018, Guangzhou doctor Tan Qindong was arrested across provincial lines by police in Liangcheng County, Inner Mongolia, and detained for nearly 100 days after writing a popular science article questioning the false advertising and medication risks of Hongmao Medicinal Liquor. The case was ultimately dropped due to insufficient evidence and concluded with a settlement.
2018
After being placed under an exit ban, Justin Sun left the country through unconventional means and has since remained abroad for an extended period.
2018
Wuhan citizens Huang Jingyi and Geng Caiwen were seized by local police and detained for a month for recording a 10-second "reversing" video.
2018-01
A graduate doctor working at a hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Guangzhou published a post pointing out that Hongmao medicinal liquor contains a variety of toxic Chinese herbs. After the article was widely shared online, Inner Mongolia police, without any coordination with local public security, secretly arrested him across provincial lines and detained him for months. When he was released from prison, he was physically and psychologically traumatized and covered with illnesses.
2017-11
Cai Qi, then Beijing Party Secretary, stressed at a meeting that bayonets must draw blood, and directed the large-scale expulsion of Beijing's low-end population, which left large numbers of people sleeping on the streets in the bitter winter and drew worldwide condemnation.
2017-09-05
Duan Weihong went missing from her Beijing office a few weeks after Sun Zhengcai was brought down, with her executives and assistants disappearing simultaneously, and was subsequently detained by the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
2017-03-19
Liu Xiyong was taken to Yanbian, Jilin for interrogation in a different jurisdiction. During his time in Yanbian, he was subjected to torture by the special investigation team, resulting in seven fractures to his sternum and ribs, and died of asphyxiation.
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2017-01-27
Tomorrow Holding boss Xiao Jianhua was cross-border taken back to the mainland from the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong by state security (MSS) personnel, and his massive network of proxy-held and money-laundering assets began to be investigated.
2017
After Ms. Ma Yongtian's son and husband completed their immigration procedures to the United States in 2017, they were stopped from leaving the country by the Changchun Public Security Bureau. Their passports and related documents were confiscated, and they were designated as suspects of "illegal emigration," released on bail pending trial.
2016-11-15
On the morning of November 15, 2016, the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court carried out the death penalty on Jia Jinglong in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court; he had shot and killed village Party secretary He Jianhua after his own marital home was forcibly demolished.
2016-11
Two female independent candidates in Beijing running for grassroots People's Congress deputy were surrounded and obstructed by a large number of men in black, and their qualifications were ultimately revoked.
2016-10
Deng Guangying, a Chongqing petitioner who had spoken about the disappearances in Chongqing and the organ harvesting scandal, was arrested and repatriated after being interviewed in Beijing, and has been held at the Sanmiao Psychiatric Hospital in Hechuan District ever since.
2016-02-19
Ren Zhiqiang publicly questioned on Weibo that “party media are partisan”, prompting a concentrated criticism by official media, and was labeled “anti-party” etc.
2016
In 2016, Ling Jihua, former director of the CCP General Office, was sentenced to life imprisonment and is still serving his sentence.
2015-11-24
On November 24, 2015, the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court sentenced Jia Jinglong to death for intentional homicide in a first-instance ruling and deprived him of political rights for life; Jia Jinglong subsequently appealed.
2015-10-17
Gui Minhai, a shareholder of Causeway Bay Books, went missing from his apartment in Pattaya, Thailand, which subsequently triggered the disappearances of multiple booksellers and a banned-books archive scandal.
2015-07-09
From July 9, 2015, Chinese police (Public Security) carried out large-scale arrests, summons and detentions of over a hundred rights lawyers, rights defenders and their relatives across 23 provinces, an event known as the 709 crackdown.
2014
The Ghanaian couple, the Jia Cheng couple, who run a café in Dandong, a border city between China and North Korea, were arrested by Chinese state security on suspicion of espionage and endangering national security; the timeline is basically the same as that of the arrest and release of the Ghanaian-Chinese businessman Su Bin.
2014
Investigative journalist Luo Changping said Tang Can was tried and served a sentence in Hubei in early 2014, and was later secretly taken to Beijing to assist in the investigation of a major military case; the authorities did not announce it, and in 2012 there were online rumors that she had been sentenced to 15 years.
2013-09-22
Bo Xilai was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2013. The video claims he later met with Baozi (Xi Jinping) in Qincheng Prison.
2013-09-13
On September 13, 2013, Beijing police criminally detained venture capitalist Wang Gongquan on suspicion of assembling a crowd to disrupt order in public places. He is a major supporter of the New Citizens' Movement, and his Weibo account had previously been deactivated.
2013-08-23
On the evening of August 23, 2013, 13 days after attending the Social Responsibility Forum for Internet Celebrities, Xue Manzi, who had 12 million followers on Weibo, was arrested in a residential compound in Anhuibeili, Chaoyang District, Beijing on suspicion of soliciting prostitution, and was subsequently forced to make a televised confession of about 10 minutes, stating that he had spread false information.
2013-08-19
On August 19, 2013, internet promoter Qin Zhihui (online alias Qin Huohuo) was criminally detained by Beijing police on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble and illegal business operations, becoming the landmark case of that year's special campaign against online rumors.
2013
Well-known public intellectual Xue Manzi was arrested on charges of prostitution and had his account banned, signaling a crackdown on public opinion.
2012
The film When Night Falls, directed by Shanghai-based director Ying Liang, tells from the perspective of Yang Jia's mother, Wang Jingmei, her experience of being illegally confined in a psychiatric hospital after her son's arrest and her subsequent efforts on his behalf. The film was screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival and the Locarno Film Festival in 2012, where Ying Liang won the Best Director award at Locarno, after which he left Shanghai following threats of arrest.
2011-07-23
After hiding in Canada for twelve years, Lai Changxing was deported back to China in 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
2011
In 2011, the Jasmine Revolution broke out in China, and the Hu Jintao administration suppressed it with iron-fisted means.
2010-11-26
November 26, 2010 marked the second anniversary of Yang Jia’s execution. His mother, Wang Jingmei, traveled to Beijing’s Futian Cemetery to pay her respects, and the authorities deployed police to monitor her. Radio Free Asia reported that Yang Jia is regarded by many as a victim of China’s judicial system.
2010-06-12
On June 12, 2010, Li Tucun, the former president and chairman of the board of the former Hunan Taizunai Group, who once pioneered the golden age of Chinese lactic acid bacteria beverages and twice won the CCTV 'Advertising King' title, was formally placed under criminal detention by the Zhuzhou Public Security Bureau of Hunan Province for suspected illegal absorption of public deposits. On July 20 of the same year, his arrest was approved by the Zhuzhou prosecutorial owns. Previously, the Taizunai Group had experienced a broken capital chain due to the Hunan financial storm of 2008 and the gambling agreement crisis with investment banks during its rapid expansion. To save itself, the group had raised funds from employees and distributors as payment reserves. In 2009, the Zhuzhou municipal government led the establishment of Gaoke Dairy Industry to implement trusteeship. During this period, Li Tucun and the trusteeship group and local officials had a heated conflict over corporate control and restructuring plans. After being detained for approximately 15 months, the Tianyuan District People's Procuratorate of Zhuzhou City issued a 'Non-Prosecution Decision' on January 20, 2012, ruling that his borrowing was of the nature of private lending and corporate financing, and did not constitute a crime. Li Tucun was eventually releaseds without charge.
2010-04-05
On April 5, 2010, Qingming Festival, Wang Jingmei went to Beijing Futian Cemetery to pay respects to her son. Large numbers of police and plainclothes officers surrounded the cemetery, several people filmed the mourners with video cameras, and more than a dozen police cars were parked nearby. The police told Wang Jingmei that Yang Jia's grave would receive "special attention."
2008-11-26
On the morning of November 26, 2008, Yang Jia was executed by lethal injection in Shanghai at the age of 28. This was only five days after the Supreme People's Court issued its approval ruling, and less than a day after his mother received the ruling.
2008-11-23
Three days before Yang Jia was executed, Wang Jingmei, who had been held for four months, was brought by police from a psychiatric hospital in Beijing to a detention center in Shanghai to visit her son. It was the first time mother and son had met since the incident, and also the last.
2008-11-21
On November 21, 2008, the Supreme People's Court issued a criminal ruling approving the death sentence of Yang Jia. It was only after 7 p.m. on November 25 that Wang Jingmei received this ruling, with only one night left before the execution.
2008-11-09
On November 9, 2008, Yang Jia's aunt, Wang Jingrong, went to a psychiatric hospital under the arrangement of Beijing police to see her younger sister Wang Jingmei, who was being held there. This was the first time the family had seen Wang Jingmei since she disappeared four months earlier. She had been confined at the Compulsory Treatment Management Division of the Beijing Public Security Bureau, known externally as Ankang Hospital.
2008-10-20
On October 20, 2008, the Shanghai High People's Court issued Criminal Ruling (2008) Hu Gao Xing Zhong Zi No. 131, rejecting Yang Jia's appeal, upholding the first-instance death sentence, and reporting it to the Supreme People's Court for review and approval. When the ruling was issued, Yang Jia's mother, Wang Jingmei, was still confined in a psychiatric hospital.
2008-10-13
At 9:30 a.m. on October 13, 2008, the Shanghai High People's Court opened the second-instance trial of the Yang Jia case in a closed hearing. The defense lawyer requested a new psychiatric evaluation, but the court rejected it on the spot, ruling that the grounds were insufficient. During the hearing, the prosecution and the defense debated the appearance of witnesses, the qualifications of the appraisal institution, and whether Yang Jia had been beaten at the police station.
2008-10-13
On the day of the second trial, a man who had come to observe the proceedings was dragged, beaten and taken away by a group of police officers on the road in front of the Shanghai High People's Court, and has been missing ever since. His pregnant wife publicly asked Hu Jintao to return her husband. Petitioners estimate that between 9 a.m. and noon that day, five vans full of people were taken away, more than 100 in total.
2008-08-26
On the afternoon of August 26, 2008, the Yang Jia case was heard in first instance at the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court; the hearing was postponed to this day because of the Beijing Olympics. The court gave all the gallery seats to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, more than 20 domestic and foreign media outlets and citizens who came to observe were turned away, and the hearing notice was only displayed on the electronic screen in front of the court. No verdict was announced that day.
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2008-08-17
On August 17, 2008, two elderly people, Wu Dianyuan and Wang Xiuying, who had applied to petition in the Beijing Olympics protest zone because their homes were forcibly demolished, were decided to be subjected to one year of re-education through labor on the grounds of disturbing public order; on August 29, that decision was rescinded under pressure from international public opinion.
2008-07-05
On the afternoon of July 5, 2008, the Shanghai Justice Bureau received a commission from the police, and experts from the Institute of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice arrived at the detention center that same day to complete the psychiatric evaluation of Yang Jia, concluding that he had no mental illness and possessed full criminal responsibility. An evaluation that normally takes 30 days was completed in a single day. Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan pointed out that the evaluation procedure was seriously unlawful, and the body that conducted the evaluation was also accused of lacking forensic evaluation qualifications. During the second trial, the lawyer again applied for a re-evaluation, which was rejected by the court.
2008-07-02
The night after the Yang Jia case occurred, his mother Wang Jingmei was first taken to the Datun Police Station in Chaoyang District, and was then sent by Shanghai and Beijing police to the Ankang Psychiatric Hospital of the Beijing Public Security Bureau in Shunyi District and forcibly detained. Her family only learned of her whereabouts four months later, and legal professionals pointed out that there was no regulatory basis whatsoever for sending her to a psychiatric hospital.
2008-06-25
Liu Shaokun, a teacher in Deyang, Sichuan, photographed school buildings that collapsed during the earthquake and questioned the construction quality. He was taken away by police on June 25, 2008, and was later sentenced to one year of re-education through labor.
2005-12-06
In December 2005, a large-scale clash between police and civilians broke out in Dongzhou Village, Shanwei, Guangdong, leaving 14 dead and 50 injured; the first three pages of Yahoo China's search results contained no content related to the crackdown, while the international version of Yahoo returned 370,000 related results.
2004-07-19
After being released on July 19, 2004, Jiang Yanyong remained under long-term surveillance and in a state of house arrest; on March 22, 2005 he regained freedom of movement, but was told he was barred from accepting interviews and given other restrictions, and approval to go abroad was not granted.
2004-06-01
On June 1, 2004, Jiang Yanyong and his wife Hua Zhongwei were taken away by the authorities while on their way to the hospital; Hua Zhongwei was released two weeks later, Jiang Yanyong was released on July 19, and the authorities denied the incident.
2004-03-19
On March 19, 2004, Guangdong courts sentenced Southern Metropolis Daily general manager Yu Huafeng to 12 years and Li Minying to 11 years in first instance for embezzlement, bribery and other crimes; editor-in-chief Cheng Yizhong was arrested the same day and released without charge about 4 months later, and the sentences of Yu and Li were later substantially reduced.
2003-03-20
Hubei youth Sun Zhigang was sent to a custody station in Guangzhou for not carrying a temporary residence permit and was beaten to death. The incident spread rapidly across the internet and eventually led the State Council to abolish the custody and repatriation system.
2002-04-27
Liu Xiaoqing and her boyfriend flew from Beijing to Shenzhen and attempted to take a boat to France via Hong Kong, but they were intercepted by border control officers at the Shenzhen airport ferry terminal who had been notified in advance, causing their escape plan to fail.
2002-03
In 2002, workers at the Liaoyang Ferroalloy Plant launched weeks of protests over long-term unpaid wages and losing everything after being laid off; worker representatives were subsequently arrested and sentenced on charges of illegal assembly, inciting subversion of state power, and others, on Zhu Rongji's signal.
2000
Hu Liren said that during a dinner with leaders of Shanghai Qingpu Prison, he asked whether a large number of Falun Gong practitioners had been arrested and had their organs harvested while in prison, and the other party retorted, "How do you know?" before admitting that this had happened.
2000
A male Falun Gong practitioner from Shanghai whom Hu Liren met in Flushing, New York, said that he was sentenced and imprisoned in a Shanghai prison for practicing Falun Gong. While in prison, he was pinned to the ground with a chair pressed against him, and prison guards repeatedly shocked his head with multiple electric batons until he lost consciousness, leaving a large swelling on his head.
1999-01-20
Shanghai software engineer Lin Hai was sentenced to two years in prison for providing 30,000 collected Chinese email addresses to the overseas anti-communist digital journal "VIP Reference," becoming the first person in China to be imprisoned for internet-related activities.
1999
Hu Liren said that Shanghai Bell Alcatel engineer Zhao Jun and his wife Xu Meiqi, director of the laboratory department of Shanghai Huaihai Hospital, were arrested together with their children in 1999 for practicing Falun Gong, and the whole family went missing afterward; their parents waited for more than 20 years without seeing them return. He said that the then-director of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau and head of the Falun Gong task force was Wu Zhiming.
1998-12
In 1998, Xu Wenli, Wang Youcai, and Qin Yongmin, founders of the China Democracy Party, were sentenced for their party-building activities, marking the establishment of political parties as a taboo in China.
1996
Zhou Beifang, suspected of illegally mobilizing massive funds from Shougang to help Deng Zhifang pay off gambling debts, was sentenced by the court to death with a reprieve, while Deng Zhifang escaped legal prosecution and safely retreated behind the scenes.
1996
Hsu Chia-ching said that she was blacklisted by the CCP in 1996, after which she could not travel to mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau, but could still visit democratic countries such as Japan and the United States.
1989-06-23
During the 1989 protests, because he advocated resolving issues within the framework of democracy and the legal system, Zhao Ziyang was stripped of all his posts by Deng Xiaoping and subsequently placed under house arrest in Fuqiang Alley, Beijing, for fifteen years until his death from illness.
1989-06-21
On June 21, 1989, Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong, who had been sentenced to death in the Guangxin Road crossing incident in Shanghai, were executed. They had been sentenced to death in the first instance on June 15, and the West German ambassador to China had called for the three not to be put to death.
1989-06-20
In June 1989, the Shanghai High People's Court rejected the appeals of Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong, upholding the death sentences; the three were executed on June 21. The specific date of the second instance was reported to be around June 20.
1989-06-16
On June 16, 1989, after three people in Shanghai were sentenced to death, the West German ambassador to China expressed hope that the authorities would not carry out the executions, but the three were still executed on June 21.
1989-06-15
On June 15, 1989, the Shanghai Intermediate People's Court sentenced Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong to death in the first instance, to be executed immediately, with political rights stripped for life; only 9 days elapsed from the case on June 6 to the verdict.
1989-06-14
The Shanghai Intermediate Court heard the Guangxin Road level crossing case, which was broadcast live on television. The defendant, Yan Xuerong, is reportedly intellectually disabled from birth, and her unusual behavior in court sparked discussion; the trial date could not be verified, and she was sentenced to death at first instance on June 15.
1989-06-09
After the Guangxin Road crossing incident, Shanghai police arrested those involved, including Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong. English-language materials say 11 people were arrested at the scene; the claim of dozens of arrests and nighttime raids from June 7 to 9 could not be verified.
1989-06-06
At 20:43 on the evening of June 6, 1989, Train No. 161 traveling from Beijing to Shanghai entered the Guangxin Road railway crossing in Putuo District and plowed into a crowd gathered to mourn the victims of June Fourth and protest the massacre, killing 6 people and seriously injuring 6 others. The tragedy enraged the people at the scene; tens of thousands gathered in protest, train carriages were set on fire, and Beijing–Shanghai railway traffic was cut off. The incident is known as the "Guangxin Road Crossing Incident" or the "Shanghai June 6 Incident."
1989-06
On June 15, 1989, Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong were sentenced to death in the first instance by the Shanghai Intermediate People's Court for June Fourth, and were executed by firing squad on June 20, faster than in Beijing.
1989-03-06
Beginning on March 6, 1989, large numbers of armed police forces in Lhasa fired without warning at Tibetans gathered at the Jokhang Temple. Tibetans on retreat routes were ambushed, and Tibetans who had not taken part in the gathering were also strafed, provoking open opposition from the regional Party committee, people's congress, CPPCC, and public security department.
Location: Lhasa own content archive., Tibet ·
Importance V ·
Verification: Reported ·
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1987-01-16
Following the ongoing spread of the 1986 student protests, Deng Xiaoping criticized the central leadership for being weak on the ideological and theoretical front, and Hu Yaobang subsequently resigned from his position as General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee.
1986-02-21
Larry Wu-Tai Chin died in a federal prison in Virginia. While prison officials concluded it was suicide, his cause of death has sparked skepticism from the public and prosecutors.
Location: Virginia, United States ·
Importance IV ·
Verification: Disputed ·
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1985
Ren Zhiqiu was locked up in a detention center over economic issues and was detained for 14 months in total; after his release, the ruling issued by the procuratorate stated that it "need not be deemed a crime."
1978-01
Han Xiu, a Chinese-language writer holding U.S. citizenship who had remained in China for about 30 years, returned to the United States in January 1978; she claimed to be the first among U.S. citizens who had remained in mainland China after 1949 to return to the United States, and she received assistance from the State Department.
1970
In 1970, Zhu Rongji was assigned to a May 7 Cadre School with extremely poor conditions to work full-time raising pigs, from the age of 42 to 47, a period of five years.
1969-11-12
After enduring prolonged and brutal persecution and detention in Kaifeng, Henan, Liu Shaoqi passed away from illness in the early morning of November 12, 1969, and was cremated immediately.
1968-05
Zhang Langlang was arrested in Hangzhou on charges including viciously attacking central leaders. At the time, Yu Qiangsheng served as the head of the special investigation team.
1968
Wen Jiabao, who graduated with a graduate degree in 1968, was labeled a rightist and sent to a farm in Jiuquan, Gansu for a year of reform-through-labor after speaking out against physical violence at a struggle session.
1967-09-18
In 1968, Jiang Qing announced Liu Shaoqi as a major special agent and traitor when receiving the Peking Opera Troupe. During the Cultural Revolution, numerous political figures and intellectuals suffered brutal persecution.
1967
After the Cultural Revolution began in 1967, Jiang Zemin was subjected to two years of reform through labor due to his family background and inappropriate remarks.
1966
Deng Xiaoping was labeled the second-numbered capitalist road faction within the Party, was sent to labor reform in Jiangxi, and his son Deng Pufang was tortured by Red Guards, resulting in disability.
1964
Han Xiu said that with the launch of the Socialist Education Movement in 1964, class backgrounds were upgraded: in rural areas, middle peasants could be labeled as rich peasants and rich peasants as landlords, and many young people were consequently affected in their school advancement.
1963
Because the 10th Panchen Lama cooperated with the CCP in negotiations to seek benefits for Tibetans, he was placed under house arrest and denounced in struggle sessions from 1963 to 1977. After the Cultural Revolution ended, he was rehabilitated, and from then on always served as a buffering force between the central authorities and the Tibetan region.
1958-01
During the 1957 rectification campaign, he was labeled a Rightist for offering opinions, expelled from the Party, removed from his posts, sent down to do manual labor, and went through the Cultural Revolution.
1957-06
In the Anti-Rightist Campaign, the Chinese Communist Party labeled some individuals as rightists because intellectuals had voiced their opinions, and the people involved and their families subsequently suffered long-term political and social consequences.
1957
As General Secretary of the Secretariat of the CCP Central Committee, Deng Xiaoping was the frontline commander of the Anti-Rightist Campaign. He drafted documents and issued rigid quotas for the arrest of "rightists," leading to 550,000 intellectuals being labeled as such.
1952-05-05
Zhao Hanqi, a former Kuomintang military general who resisted Soviet invasions in the defense battles of Yining and Aksu in Xinjiang and later participated in the Xinjiang Peaceful Liberation, was publicly executed by the Chinese Communist Party during the Suppression of Counterrevolutionaries campaign at the age of 39.
1952-01-25
In 1952, affected by campaigns such as the Three-Anti and Five-Anti movements, a large number of capitalists and merchants in Shanghai chose to commit suicide by jumping from buildings, unable to bear the persecution.
1951
By the end of 1951, the CCP's campaign to suppress counter-revolutionaries had led to the abnormal deaths of about 2 million people.
1950-10-10
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) carries out a crackdown on counter-revolutionary movements, aiming to eliminate various personnel that threaten the regime, resulting in about 2,000,000 deaths.
1950
The program states that Chen Yi was executed after being held in custody for a period, in order to answer to the local people of Taiwan.
1933
In Ruijin, Jiangxi, Deng Xiaoping was labeled a Maoist for supporting Mao Zedong's line, subjected to struggle sessions and removed from his post. His wife, Jin Weiying, not only denounced him but also remarried Li Weihan, who had denounced him.
1930-12-12
The CCP launched the Fujian Incident in the Jiangxi Soviet Area, using the excuse of the "AB Tuan" to brutally purge the Jiangxi local faction and the 20th Red Army, resulting in the execution of two to three thousand people.