The war was sustained by a seductive delusion: that an unwinnable conflict might still be managed into an outcome short of humiliation.

The National Security Law, passed in response to the 2019 pro-democracy protests, is being used for political crises that have nothing to do with the protest movement. Read now.

We, the undersigned civil society and human rights organizations, strongly condemn the Hong Kong government’s escalating repression of activists in exile and their family members in Hong Kong.

Each morning, before the day’s decree, I turned to a slim book, hoping for sense, or solace.

The right way to fight over foreign policy.

Trump’s move to cut foreign aid may have more tangible consequences than he realizes.

Contra Trump 造反有理 Zhang Qianfan (張千帆, 1964-) is a professor of constitutional law at Peking University. Readers of China Heritage first encountered him in The Professor, a University & the Rule of Law...

Decisions on U.S. policy toward China are being made based on diminishing insight into the country’s internal dynamics.

The judge faulted the logic of a blanket freeze on foreign aid spending and found that groups that depend on the aid had made a strong initial showing of “irreparable harm.”

A funding freeze is pushing the National Endowment for Democracy and groups it supports toward shutdown.

Shujun Wang seemed to be a Chinese democracy activist, but an F.B.I. investigation showed just how far China will go to repress citizens abroad.

The Constitutional Court has been effectively sidelined through a legislative gambit – and the biggest losers are the Taiwanese people.

Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.

In this Marshall Paper, Ford Hart argues that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political institutions, the CCP’s behavior, and veneration of Marxism-Leninism in the CCP constitution highlight the Soviet ...

Conventional wisdom sees Trump’s return as trouble for Hong Kong. A lot depends on Beijing’s directives. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The 45 defendants, including Joshua Wong, were at the forefront of the opposition movement crushed by Beijing. Many have already been in jail for years.