A commentary by Bao Tong

This notion of socialism with Chinese characteristics (ChiSoc for short) is an important one.

Any Chinese citizen who doesn't comply with the rules of ChiSoc can end up without a household registration in life, and without a burial site in death.

Foreigners who haven't been initiated into its mysteries will keep blindly running into walls if they want to have dealings with Chinese people.

ChiSoc used to be...

The United States Department of State released its 2018 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom on the afternoon of June 21, 2019. As in previous years, the report lists China as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom.

Secretary of State Mike R. Pompeo said at the press release, “I’m proud to be here today to speak...

After nearly 10 months of campaigning, Tibetans and Tibet campaigners are

buoyed by the news that Google has publicly confirmed, at its

shareholders’ meeting, that there are “no plans to offer a search engine in

China.”

This confirmation came after Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, stated at

the weekend that a ‘censorship free internet’ would be an important

condition for them to operate in China.

Tibetans...

Badiucao, a dissident Chinese-Australian cartoonist was born in Shanghai and studied law in China before moving to Australia, where he has lived in exile for the last 10 years.

Wearing masks and cross-dressing during public appearances, he has gone to extreme lengths to conceal his identity, fearing reprisals from...

(The Statue of Liberty on Tiananmen Square prior to massacre. Photo courtesy 64memo.com)

June 4th 2019 is the 30th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square Massacre where an estimated 10,000 unarmed students and democracy activists were slaughtered by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on the orders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Since that time...

On April 25, 2019 the Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC) held a conference on “The CCP’s Unrestricted Economic Warfare Against America” in New York City .

Stephen Bannon, former White House strategist and a founding member of the CPDC said: “The Committee on the Present Danger, everything we’re talking about today is not about the Chinese people,” said Bannon. “It is to help free the Chinese people. The enemy is very clear, it’s the enemy of the Chinese...

One warm morning in April 1999, a scene unfolded that not only took China by surprise, but also captured headlines around the world--a group of people quietly gathered around Beijing's Office of Appeals, which happens to be located on the west side of Zhongnanhai, China's political headquarters.

Those that gathered were from different geographic regions and walks of life. Some were entire families, some came individually or with friends. They arrived on foot and by bicycle, taxi...

The Chinese government is forcing Tibetan’s living in poverty to memorise and recite the names of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders and the Chinese national anthem in return for financial aid from the state, Tibet Watch has reported.

The test that citizens must pass for the aid requires knowledge of Xi Jinping, Mao Zedong and other influential CCP leaders. It also asks those being examined to recite a set of Chinese values called ‘the four emphasis and the four loves’

Influential figures in Washington are calling for the establishment of a bilateral free-trade agreement with Taiwan, even as U.S. and Chinese officials move toward a resolution of their long-running trade dispute.

"We have a lot of issues with Beijing, and a lot of opportunities with Taiwan," said Edwin J. Feulner in an interview with VOA. Feulner is the founder and former president of the Heritage Foundation, an influential think tank in Washington known for its...

While we may not all have jet packs or live in a Blade Runner’s world, China’s Communist regime has already taken us closer and closer to “1984,” George Orwell’s dystopian nightmare.

Constant and pervasive surveillance is now the new normal in China. Just consider the following developments:

Unmanned drones patrol over cities.

Satellites track cars and trucks on the roads.

Cameras on lamp posts with artificial intelligence (AI) read...