Plenum Shock: Elders Return, Xi to “Yield”?
Beijing’s political skies are turbulent! On the eve of the CCP’s Fourth Plenum, unprecedented “elders returning to court” broke out: Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao,...
Beijing Demands Sales Data From US Chipmakers in Anti-Dumping Probe
Computer motherboard and chip appear in this illustration taken on Aug. 25, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters The Chinese regime has ordered businesses to submit sensitive...
Shocking! China’s Inherited Privilege System: How Top Jobs Spread Through Mother-Baby, Blood,and Sex
In July 2025, Chinese state media promoted a story about a girl from Changchun, Jilin, who received an admission notice from the Air Force...
Chinese Agent Tied to Elected US Official Pleads Guilty
A Chinese man has pleaded guilty in California to being an illegal foreign agent for Beijing. He has extensive connections with an elected city...
Bessent: US Considering Export Controls on Software to China
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Oct. 22 that the United States is weighing export controls on software and aircraft engines to China...
17,000+ Chinese Physical Stores Closed in 2025, Din Tai Fung Speeds Up Exit from China
In the first half of 2025, over 17,000 physical stores closed in China, from supermarkets and clothing stores to restaurants and department stores. The...
The Silent Press and the Facade of Moral Superiority
The recent and unsettling silence of the media surrounding the sudden death of Dr. Hoàng Phương Mai offers a vivid example of what I...
Monk Thích Minh Tuệ and the Boundaries Between Faith and Control
Thích Minh Tuệ, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk born Lê Anh Tú in 1981 in Hà Tĩnh Province, has become a familiar name to the...
Luật Khoa Magazine Shortlisted for the 2025 RSF Press Freedom Award
Luật Khoa Magazine, an independent Vietnamese-language media outlet and sister publication of The Vietnamese Magazine, has been shortlisted for the Impact Prize at the...