Dear friends, This month marks the third anniversary of our small but dynamic science reporting team. To celebrate, I’d like to share a story with you. In 2014 – a year after Edward Snowden’s exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post – we published a follow-up. Our science reporter, Stephen Chen, wrote that China…
Over the years, influencer Sima Nan rose to fame waging campaigns against enemies of the state. He began to gather atten in the 1990s, appearing on national television to attack qigong masters including Falun Gong, a spiritual group Beijing later outlawed as an “evil cult”. Along the way, Sima Nan, whose real name was Yu…
The annual “two sessions” in Beijing, a crucial window into China’s policy priorities and economic trajectory, continue to draw significant Western media scrutiny. However, a subtle yet perceptible shift appears to be under way – a tempering of harsh criticism alongside a sustained analytical focus. My colleagues and I conducted a content analysis of major…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has said he opposed Washington’s decision to end Hong Kong’s preferential trade treatment after the national security law was adopted in 2020 as the US’ move would make the city more vulnerable to mainland Chinese “interference”. Lai told his high-profile national security trial on Tuesday that he had hoped…