Former President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) was welcomed with flowers on her arrival Sunday in Berlin, where she is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech on Monday at the Berlin Freedom Conference.

Beijing’s delegation defends Russia and questions Nato as EU warns ties hinge on China’s stance over Ukraine.

Defending press freedom for the next generation

Eight days, eight articles, eight assurances that China's economy is thriving and everything is fine. When did confidence require this much convincing?

Beijing’s rare earth crackdown lays bare the fusion of economic rivalry and national security risk.

Despite recent speculation about challenges to his authority, China’s leader continues to dominate official party messaging with commanding leads over other top leaders.

Nature’s prestigious index says yes

News, analysis, and commentary on Chinese-language media from the PRC and beyond. Click to read Lingua Sinica, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Despite speculation about the waning media presence of China's top leader, our study of headlines in the People's Daily suggests his dominance remains largely intact.

News, analysis, and commentary on Chinese-language media from the PRC and beyond.

Anyone might wonder how often they are caught on police cameras that operate 24/7. I spent a day driving, and over a month trying to get the answer.

A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.

Lai Ching-te, the president of Taiwan, may be betting that China’s appetite for retaliation will be limited by Beijing’s interest in containing tensions with the Trump administration.

"Women's Fist-ism" (女拳) is a derogatory Chinese internet term that weaponizes wordplay—replacing "rights" (权) with "fist" (拳) in "feminism"—to portray women's rights advocates as aggressive man-haters...

A rundown of issues, analysis, and must-read stories about marginalized communities in the Sinophone landscape.

Shohret Hoshur, a journalist who fled the Chinese authorities in Xinjiang, has continued to chronicle violence there for Radio Free Asia, based in Washington.

With DeepSeek-R1 making waves around the world, tech companies are rushing to deploy the model. Some are struggling to remove pro-CCP biases, while others aren’t even bothering.

In proposed new oversight measures, the top cyberspace authorities place political as well as professional constraints on the multi-channel networks that manage social media influencers.