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New Delhi, 12 September 2026 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in New Delhi on Saturday during the BRICS leaders' summit, with both sides placing border stability, the trade imbalance, restored travel and wider co-operation near the centre of their accounts. Their official summaries nevertheless differ on a point directly touching Tibet, Taiwan and political expression outside China. China's Foreign Ministry said Modi stated that India's

Hong Kong, 5 November 2026 Hong Kong’s High Court sentenced democracy activist Joshua Wong to ten years in prison on 5 November for conspiracy to collude with foreign or external forces to endanger national security. He pleaded guilty in September. The new term overlaps with approximately two months remaining on a separate national security sentence, extending his expected imprisonment from January 2027 to around late 2036. China supported the ruling, while the European Union

Bangkok, 4 November 2026 China has issued arrest warrants for five Uyghur men held in Thailand, the head of Thailand’s National Security Council said in Bangkok on 4 November. Thai officials said any extradition would have to proceed under a bilateral treaty and could be contested in a Thai court. Two of the men, recently transferred from prison to immigration detention, have said they do not want to return to China. No Thai court order authorising extradition had been made p

NEW YORK | 3 November 2026 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in New York on 3 November that Dong Yuyu, a former Guangming Daily editor imprisoned in China, had been ordered back to garment work on 12 October after lung surgery in August. His family told CPJ he was working about 40 hours a week and that his health had since deteriorated. The organisation called on the Chinese authorities to stop requiring him to work and to release him immediately on humanitarian

BEIJING | 2 November 2026 China’s national legislature began a first reading of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law in Beijing on 2 November. Under the proposal as described by Xinhua, police would no longer be able to place a suspect or defendant under surveillance at a location of their choosing solely because the person lacks a fixed residence. They would have to use another measure permitted by law. At stake are where a person may be held and how lawyers and relative

BEIJING | 1 November 2026 China’s Communist Party published a Central Committee resolution on 1 November calling for a stronger Party presence in digital platforms and innovative technology firms, and closer ties with workers such as delivery riders and ride-hailing drivers. It places political guidance alongside services, management and the protection of workers’ rights. For someone earning a living through an app, the distinction matters: the resolution sets out where the P

BANGKOK | 31 October 2026Sources checked to 20:00 UTC on 31 October 2026 Three Thai civil society networks called on the government on 31 October to prevent the forced return of two Uyghur men to China. They said the men had told lawyers they did not consent to return but had been unable to meet legal representatives since entering immigration detention. The new statement renewed attention to their situation. No publicly verifiable deportation decision or removal date was fou

HONG KONG, 30 October 2026 Hong Kong’s government on 30 October detailed building-maintenance reforms following the Wang Fuk Court fire inquiry, proposing to criminalise bid-rigging and other serious anti-competitive conduct in renovation tenders, with a maximum prison term of ten years. It also set out regulatory restructuring and a paid support service for owners. The announcements turn the previous day’s broad commitments into legislative proposals, organisational arrangem

HONG KONG, 29 October 2026 | Sources checked to 19.59 UTC Hong Kong’s government on 29 October released the independent report into the Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po, acknowledging failings in four regulatory bodies. Chief Executive John Lee and senior officials bowed in apology, and Lee announced that Housing Secretary Winnie Ho had tendered her resignation to take political responsibility. The fire, which killed 168 people last year, has now prompted a published inquiry, of

WASHINGTON, 28 October 2026 | Sources checked to 20.04 UTC The US Department of Homeland Security on 28 October announced import restrictions targeting three Chinese genomics companies, alleging that their genetic-testing activities or technological support were connected to Xinjiang government arrangements involving forced labour. BGI Genomics, MGI Tech and Shenzhen BGI Technology were added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List. MGI and BGI Group rejected th

HEFEI / GENEVA, 27 October 2026 — Compiled from public sources As German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier began his programme in China on 27 October, the World Uyghur Congress issued a statement urging him to raise Xinjiang human rights concerns directly with Xi Jinping, including alleged forced labour and transnational repression. The appeal is confirmed; the material reviewed does not establish that Germany has adopted its demands or raised them in bilateral talks. [1] [4]

Religious-freedom and custody-transparency concerns grow TAIPEI / 19 October 2026 | Compiled from public sources Taiwan’s semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation says four Taiwanese followers of I-Kuan Tao who had lived or worked in mainland China for years were detained separately between April and July and that none has been released. Two English-language reports published on 19 October brought a disclosure made three days earlier into the latest news cycle and described

Calls grow for a probe into possible transnational repression PRETORIA / 18 October 2026 | Compiled from public sources South African police are investigating a petrol-bomb attack on the combined home and office of Dhundup Gyalpo, the Dalai Lama’s representative in South Africa. The attack took place at about 11.15pm on 14 October in Lyttelton Manor, Centurion, south of Pretoria. Police confirmed an arson investigation and said detectives and crime-scene specialists attended;

Investigators focus on commissions and money flows TAIPEI / 17 October 2026 | Compiled from public sources Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau said on 16 October that it would continue pursuing local intermediaries suspected of carrying out unlawful surveillance, intimidation and violence for outside forces, tracing commissions, payments and those directing the activity. Private investigators, organised crime groups and other paid intermediaries were among those identified

London, 13 October 2026 A British university-student app combining messaging, payments, communities and location features is facing questions about its data infrastructure and privacy disclosures. The Guardian reported on 13 October that ZyMix's launch privacy policy had identified “Tencent (Frankfurt)” as a provider storing user-generated content and messages. After the newspaper asked the company about the arrangement, the policy was rewritten and no longer named Tencent. Z

Beijing Asunción and Belmopan 12 October 2026 China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday imposed countermeasures on Gustavo Emigdio Villate Samaniego, Paraguay’s Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, and Francis Fonseca, Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Education, Culture, Science and Technology. Beijing said the two men had supported their countries’ formal diplomatic relationships with Taiwan and engaged in conduct that harmed China’s core inte

Taipei, 11 October 2026 Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said in his 10 October National Day address that Taiwan cherished peace but would not relinquish its freedom, that stronger defences were intended to deter rather than provoke war, and that the Taiwanese people's right to exist and determine their future must be respected. China's Taiwan Affairs Office responded by accusing him of distorting facts and exaggerating the threat from the mainland, insisting that Taiwan's fu

MANILA, 4 October 2026 The Philippine Coast Guard said on Sunday that Chinese coastguard vessels blocked an inter-agency law-enforcement team near Philippine-held Thitu Island, preventing it from inspecting a foreign fishing vessel suspected of blast fishing, while a People’s Liberation Army Navy helicopter circled overhead. China’s embassy in the Philippines later said the fishing vessel was not Chinese, that the China Coast Guard was acting lawfully in waters over which Bei

LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, 3 October 2026 United States federal prosecutors have charged and arrested a California technology business owner over an alleged scheme to route more than $300 million in export-controlled artificial-intelligence servers to China through Malaysia and Singapore. A 22-page indictment filed on 29 September charges Greg Lui, also known as Yiu Kong Lui, with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act and Export Administration Regulations, outbound

SEATTLE/URUMQI, 2 October 2026 Starbucks has opened its first two coffeehouses in Xinjiang, prompting the chairman of the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party to demand their immediate closure and intensifying scrutiny of how a global consumer brand applies its human-rights commitments in a region associated with grave abuses against Uyghurs. The outlets are at Ürümqi’s International Grand Bazaar and airport. Reuters reported the call by Representative Joh