Category: English
English-language publications of the Free China Movement.
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Free China Movement calls for evidence-led accountability in dissident custodial deaths
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — October 19, 2026 October 19, 2026 — The Free China Movement called for independent investigations into a series of reported deaths involving dissidents and rights defenders in prisons, detention centers, police custody, or under…
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Unfinished Local Self-Government: Provincial and County Constitutionalism in China, 1909–1947, Zhejiang Fiscal Administration, and a U.S. Highway Comparison | Research Paper v1.0
Research Paper v1.0 | October 19, 2026 Review record: independent Editorial review, October 19, 2026. Verdict: PASS (source gradings and open items are disclosed in the text). Abstract This article examines provincial and county self-government from the local-government…
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Law, Jurisdiction and Capital Punishment in the June 1989 Crackdown
An FCM Legal Opinion on the law governing the 1989 criminal proceedings in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu, on military–civilian jurisdiction, and on the review and approval of death sentences. PART I — Introduction and Questions Presented 1. Introduction…
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The Republic of China (Taiwan) and Participation in a Democratic Transition in the Mainland: A Study of Party, Legislative, and Public-Opinion Scenarios
Abstract If a political transition occurred in mainland China under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), what could the Republic of China (Taiwan) do, whose consent would it first have to obtain, and what things could…
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Democratic Transition on the Mainland and the Restoration of Constitutional Government under the Republic of China — Expansion of the Free Area, National Elections, and the Dual Republic of China Constitutional Crisis
Restoring the Republic of China on the Mainland: Constitutional Continuity, Territorial Reintegration, National Elections, and the Two-ROC Crisis Nature of the study: constitutional law and jurisprudence, democratic transition, state succession, comparative constitutionalism, and institutional scenario simulation Research baseline:…
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From a Taiwan-Independence Platform to Cross-Strait Party Competition: The Evolution of the Democratic Progressive Party’s Political Goals and the Possibility of Organizational Expansion after a Democratic Transition on the Mainland (1986–2026)
Abstract This paper examines the evolution of the political goals of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from its founding in 1986 to 2026, and tests an institutional scenario that has not yet occurred: if the CCP regime on…
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Hong Kong Retiree, 61, Convicted of Sedition Over Flags and Slogans Displayed at Her Own Flat; Court Imposes Three-Month Hospital Order
A Hong Kong court on Friday convicted a 61-year-old retired woman of sedition for displaying flags and slogan sheets at her own Tin Shui Wai flat, and imposed a three-month hospital order requiring her to undergo psychiatric treatment,…
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Chifeng Woman Sentenced to 22 Months for Practicing Falun Gong, Report Says (October 2026)
Sentence reported October 15 A Falun Gong practitioner in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, has been sentenced to one year and ten months in prison and fined 5,000 yuan for practicing Falun Gong, according to a Minghui.org report published…
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Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council Accuses the PRC (Mainland) of a “New Method” of Transnational Repression: Coordinated Impersonation of a Documentary Distributor
A “New Method” of Transnational Repression Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has reported what it calls a “new method” of transnational repression linked to the distribution of a documentary about alleged forced organ harvesting in the PRC (Mainland),…
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Canada’s House of Commons Passes Bill C-219: “Prisoners of Conscience” and Transnational Repression Written Into Sanctions Law
On October 8, 2026, Canada’s House of Commons passed Private Member’s Bill C-219 at third reading — a sanctions-reform bill that would write definitions of “prisoners of conscience” and “transnational repression” into Canadian law. The bill now proceeds…