Category: China News Updates
Selected and verified China-related news passing the P5 filter.
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As Huang Xueqin Nears the End of a Five-Year Sentence, the World Should Be Watching
Huang Xueqin is approaching the expected end of a five-year sentence on September 18. The world should watch closely to ensure that release means genuine freedom.
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Rapid Response: The World Must Watch Wang Xizhe’s Safety in Hong Kong
September 9, 2026 — Washington, D.C. The Free China Movement calls for immediate international scrutiny of veteran democracy advocate Wang Xizhe’s reported journey toward Hong Kong and his declared intention to present himself to authorities as a protest…
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Wang Xizhe Heads Toward Hong Kong in a Deliberate Challenge to Political Repression
September 9, 2026 — Washington, D.C. Veteran Chinese democracy advocate Wang Xizhe has publicly declared that he is traveling toward Hong Kong in a deliberate challenge to political prosecution. Wang says he intends to present himself to Hong…
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Fifty Years After Mao Zedong’s Death, China Still Has Not Reckoned With the Catastrophes of His Rule
On the 50th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s death, Free China reviews the mass famine, political persecution and Cultural Revolution and reports FCM’s call for a national historical reckoning.
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Editorial: Fifty Years After Mao — China Needs Truth, Accountability and a Memorial to the Victims
Open records, survivor testimony and evidence-based debate are essential to examining the Cultural Revolution’s legacy.
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Press Release: Wang Xizhe’s Hong Kong Journey Puts His Safety and Hong Kong’s Freedoms Under Global Scrutiny
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — September 9, 2026 — Washington, D.C. Veteran Chinese democracy advocate Wang Xizhe, a founding-era leader of the Free China Movement, has publicly declared his intention to travel to Hong Kong and present himself to…
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Chinese Records Reportedly List Former U.S. Cabinet Secretary Elaine Chao in United Front-Linked Roles; Chao Denies Holding Foreign Government Positions
A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation says Chinese government and state-media records reportedly listed Elaine Chao in several United Front-linked and local-government roles. Chao’s spokesman denies she held a foreign-government position or acted on behalf of one.
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Press Release: FCM Calls for Transparent Safeguards After U.S. Agencies Warn of Industrial-Scale AI Model Distillation
After a joint NSA/FBI/CISA advisory on industrial-scale model distillation, FCM calls for transparent technical attribution, cross-provider abuse detection and allied safeguards without treating legitimate AI research as misconduct.
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Free China Movement Calls for Zhang Yi’s Release and Honors His Lifelong Commitment to a Free China
On Zhang Yi’s birthday, the Free China Movement honors his decades-long commitment to democracy, tells him he is not alone, and calls for his immediate and unconditional release.
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Free China Movement Urges Mainland Chinese Authorities to Let Pastor John Cao Reunite With His Family as He Faces Late-Stage Cancer
FCM urges mainland Chinese authorities to provide Pastor John Cao a written, reviewable basis for his travel restriction and allow the seriously ill pastor to reunite with his family and seek medical care in the United States.