Social Issues

By Mary Hong Shandong women’s soccer player Lu Yatong revealed her home was violently demolished on Feb. 12, injuring Lu and several family members in the process. Lu recorded the incident and…

By Dorothy Li and Sophia Lam Protests erupted in Shanghai and on university campuses across the country over the weekend, with crowds calling for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its top leader…

By Sophia Lam A large group of students gathered at a college campus in China’s Wuhan city on Sept. 19 to protest against the school administration’s handling of a power outage. Moreover, the campus has been…

By Dorothy Li A southwest Chinese province has extended industrial power cuts as a record-breaking heat wave and drought deplete water levels of the Yangtze River and dwindle hydropower output, hurting…

By Sophia Lam China’s top health body issued joint policy guidelines on its official website on Aug. 16 to encourage more births as part of the ruling communist party’s efforts to…

By Sophia Lam China’s senior population official acknowledged in an annual population meeting that China’s population growth slowed down and was expected to record a decline before 2025. Yang Wenzhuang, director of population…

By Mary Hong The Great Translation Movement (Movement), a Twitter account that translates the propaganda that’s publicized inside China and makes it available to the outside world, was suspended on July 28. Experts believe…

By Jennifer Bateman In recent years, cloning of deceased pets has become a booming business in China, a market that is rapidly growing despite its high price tag, immature technology, and…

By Hannah Cai In recent years, more and more Chinese people and China-based companies have filed lawsuits in the civil courts of New York, hoping to get help enforcing the judgments…