Michael Zhuang

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Chinese State Firms Expand Political Vetting to Ordinary Employees, Requiring Extensive Personal Disclosures

Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have expanded internal political and personnel investigations beyond managers to include ordinary employees, requiring workers to…

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Flood Survivors in Southern China Describe Days of Hunger as Volunteers Struggle to Deliver Aid

Residents trapped by catastrophic flooding in southern China’s Guangxi region survived for days on rainwater and tree leaves after reservoir…

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Beijing Expands Political Campaigns Inside Catholic Churches

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is intensifying efforts to bring the country’s state-sanctioned Catholic Church further under its control, according…

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China Removes 6 Military Deputies as Xi’s PLA Purge Continues

Deputies from the Chinese Military walk together as they arrive at the second plenary session of the National Peoples Congress…

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Study Finds Chinese State Media Content Is Embedded in AI Training Data

A pro-democracy protester using a laptop computer as he sits on an occupied road in the Admiralty district of Hong…

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China Tightens CCP Membership Rules, Expands Vetting to Online Speech and Social Ties

A Chinese policeman stands guard outside Zhongnanhai, the central headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party and living quarters for the…

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Decades-Long Crime Cases in China Raise Questions Over Possible Local Official Ties

A trial continues as fentanyl drug traffickers are sentenced in court in Xingtai in north China's Hebei Province on Nov.…

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