International human rights lawyer, David Matas, recently presented a timely reminder to all democratic countries of the dangers of "transplant tourism", where people source organ transplants, mainly from China, that they cannot receive in their own countries, where ethical practices are established and adhered to.

This is not the case in...

The hazardous air quality in Beijing has been well publicized in recent years, when levels of fine particulate matter have at times reached 40 times the recommended exposure limit set by the World Health Organization.

The United States Embassy in Beijing has long monitored air pollution in the city, much to the

The Chinese government has drawn ridicule from domestic Internet users for its low-key reaction to U.S. and Japanese aircraft ignoring Beijing's creation of an air defense zone in the East China Sea.

Many Chinese microbloggers posted messages Wednesday mocking the ruling Communist Party or lamenting that it has become, in their view, an international "laughing stock."

China declared an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over disputed

China faced a barrage of complaints from the United States, Japan and South Korea on Monday, following its creation of an air 'defense' zone over disputed waters in the East China Sea.

Beijing reacted angrily, filing its own formal protests over the criticism.

China declared the air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea on Saturday, saying all civilian and military aircraft flying within it must identify themselves and obey all commands from...

A Spanish court on Tuesday ordered that international arrest warrants be issued for ex-Chinese communist regime leader, Jiang Zemin and four other senior leaders in a case alleging crimes of genocide against Tibetans.

Also named were Li Peng, China’s premier during the repression in Tibet in the late 1980’s and early 1990s; Qiao Shi...

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has elected human rights abusers China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Cuba, and Vietnam to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), dealing a severe blow to the credibility and efficacy of a body that was supposed to improve on its discredited predecessor says UN...

Speech at the 6th annual briefing on Human Rights Council Candidates hosted by UN Watch and Human Rights Foundation

November 4, 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

At about 9:00pm, September 24, I was on the phone with Ms. Zhang Jing in China, the wife of the street vendor Xia Junfeng. Four years ago, Xia Junfeng...

Most Chinese people would boast "Taiwan belongs to China", and many Taiwanese also hope to once again be united with the land of their ancestors.

While hundreds Chinese tourists are visiting Taiwan every day, how do they associate with each other?

On Sep.9, 2013, Mr Chen Lilun, a 28 years old Taiwanese took his Chinese...

There are many ways of spying on people and organizations but the Chinese appear to have found a different one.

According to Russian media reports, recently, St Petersburg customs seized a batch of small electrical appliances imported from China. The customs officers opened them up, and found microchips.   These chips were suspected of...

The Australian premiere of the award-winning film FREE CHINA: THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE will be held in Sydney in November.

The fates of a woman living in Beijing and a man living in New York become inextricably linked because of a common conviction. This remarkably moving film exposes the widespread human rights violations

The latest white paper from the Taiwanese military, as reported in the Taipai Times, states that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) may be able to successfully invade the nation by 2020 if current military and security trends continue.

Among those trends is “the steady modernization of the PLA, including its expanding portfolio of anti-access/area denial capabilities” which would make it far more difficult for the United States to come to the island democracy’s...

A Spanish court has agreed to hear a lawsuit alleging that China's former president, Hu Jintao, committed genocide in Tibet.

The suit, filed by the Tibet Support Committee in Madrid, alleges that Hu was responsible for repressive programs when he was the top Chinese official in Tibet from 1988 to 1992. It also says as China's president from 2003 to 2013, he was responsible for additional crimes against Tibetans.

In a ruling released Thursday, an appeals court said the...