US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said two Canadian citizens being kept in custody by China are unlawfully detained and they should be returned. Pompeo made the accusation on Friday during a joint press conference after the US-Canada 2+2 ministerial meeting. Canadian foreign minister Chrystia Freeland also defended...more

China's anti-corruption campaign has won sweeping victories and efforts have to be made to develop new systems and groundbreaking innovations in regular and long-term supervision, a meeting of the top decision-making body of the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced on Thursday, highlighting the effectiveness of China's anti-graft...more

More than 1,400 commercial buildings in Shanghai have set up branches of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to better serve the companies and unite CPC members and the masses. Shanghai has been extending Party branches in every company in commercial buildings, and 90 percent of its 1,410...more

The People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) condemns the attempted murder of Agnes Kharshiing and her two companions last Thursday, 8 November 2018 in East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya state, northeast of India. Kharshiing, president of the Civil Society Women’s Organization, is a prominent women’s and land rights...more

A global network of various grassroots groups of small food producers and food sovereignty advocates urged United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation on human rights in Cambodia Rhona Smith to look into the recent spate of alleged cases of state-perpetrated harassment of peasants and indigenous peoples...more

Lu Qun is regarded by many on China's social media as an "anti-corruption hero." In his verified Sina Weibo account, China's equivalent of Twitter, Lu, as an anti-graft official, dared to accuse the country's top-level officials of bribe-taking and he exposed corruption to the public. His outspoken manner...more

When He Wei was attentively digging debris with a shovel to save people buried by a devastating earthquake, a building next to him started to fall due to aftershocks. He had to temporarily leave the site. But several minutes later, observing the building didn't completely fall, he returned,...more

At least 20 million people have been killed in 150 (one hundred and fifty) armed conflicts since 1945. Casualties: ‘First world war 5% civilian was killed. In the second world war, 50% of civilians were killed and in the Lebanon war, 90% of the deaths were woman and children.’1...more

China will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening-up this month. Its neighbour Vietnam has a similar political system and is implementing its own version of economic reform (Doi moi, in Vietnamese). For Vietnamese Ambassador to China H. E. Mr Dang Minh Khoi, reform and opening-up...more

Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Your Royal Highness, Your Excellencies Heads of International Organizations, Your Excellencies Heads of Delegations, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends, In May 2017, I announced China’s decision to hold the China International Import Expo (CIIE) starting from 2018. Today, after more...more

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho will visit China from Thursday to Sunday to enhance China-North Korea communication on the Korean Peninsula issue, China's Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday. Ri will meet with Chinese...more

China has released a trial regulation requiring workplaces and farmers' organizations to establish branches of the Communist Party of China (CPC) as part of efforts to consolidate the organizational foundation of the Party's long-term governance. The regulation was reviewed by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee...more

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday kicked off his visit to Spain, the first state visit to the country by a Chinese president in 13 years. The visit is expected to further promote the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) and consolidate ties with the continent. According to Chinese...more

"It's Official: China's E-Commerce King Is a Communist," claimed The Wall Street Journal Tuesday, as if it unveiled a startling discovery. Earlier the same day, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) published a list of 100 individuals who made outstanding contributions to China's reform...more

The UN declaration on the rights of Peasants and Other people working in rural areas (UNDRP) is towards its final approval and the moment of celebration of peasants is very near. The third committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the UN General Assembly in New York on 19th...more