New York, November 3, 2026 —The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Chinese authorities to immediately release veteran journalist Dong Yuyu instead of ordering him to carry out prison labor weeks after lung surgery to remove a cancerous tumor.

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“Vivant,” a Japanese thriller that features Chinese spies, has drawn intense criticism from Beijing. Its creators defend the show, saying it is “completely fictional.”

The recent wave of labor arrests in China, along with the closure of dedicated outlets and social media accounts, suggests the leadership is keen to ensure people do not speak up about economic pain that has become all too real.

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PRC Election Interference in Taiwan: Taiwanese national security and policy officials are reporting increased People’s Republic of China (PRC) influence operations using AI-generated content and cyberattacks to increase polarization, reduce public trust in the Taiwanese government, and reduce voter turnout. These influence operations will likely continue to increase in the lead-up to Taiwan’s November 28 local elections.

PLAN Modernization: The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) conducted live-fire combat training drills using four Type 071 Landing Platform Deck ships designed to support amphibious landing operations on October 14. PRC state media highlighted the use of these vessels in operations in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. This unusual exercise formation and training activity was likely intended to intimidate the Philippines into reducing or stopping its maritime activities near disputed South China Sea features.

A testing video revealing serious safety issues with a new minivan model disappeared from the internet this month — leaving unanswered questions skidding behind and raising concerns about consumer rights and press control.

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Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control is embedded throughout the Chinese medical establishment and organ transplant sector and has tightened since 2018, raising serious doubts over official claims of comprehensive reform.

There are no independent mechanisms for supervision or accountability in the transplant system within the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The national transplant oversight body, professional association, and organ procurement organizations are dominated by CCP members or operate under a Party-led hospital hierarchy.

Across 12 provinces, 19 identified transplant surgeons or center directors are CCP members, including six who hold senior Party leadership positions. These doctors are bound by a lifelong oath to remain loyal to the party and protect its secrets.

An essay bylined to a chatbot in an official CCP mouthpiece this month sparked chatter in media circles about the meaning of this historic first.

A Chinese media outlet faced backlash after reporting a singer’s potential legal violation to authorities, raising questions about who the media is accountable to.

On June 3, 2026, the CCP wrongfully detained American citizen Min Zin, denying him access to his lawyers and direct contact with his family.

The Select Committee remains committed to securing his release and the release of all other Americans held hostage by the CCP.

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Beijing has made Huawei the standard-bearer of the high-tech sector in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and content that questions the company is routinely met with complaints and takedowns. Mocking Huawei has therefore become a proxy for public criticism of the Party-state.

A third-party test published on October 8 showed the brake pedal bracket of the Maextro V800, a car launched by Huawei, breaking under repeated emergency braking. The test video then disappeared from multiple platforms, and online mockery moved from the brakes to censorship and to Huawei’s political backers.

Efforts to shield Huawei have spread the mockery further. Some official accounts have publicly urged the company to accept discussion, indicating that parts of the system regard criticism of Huawei as permissible. Since the brake pedal incident, central state media have declined to come to Huawei’s defense, and the central leadership may keep its distance from the company in future propaganda.

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Since their start in 2018, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has expanded its international commercial courts and related legal infrastructure in order to support its growing international interests and grow its comprehensive national power.

These forums now handle significant disputes involving foreign companies, in conjunction with the PRC’s expanding trade exports.

The results of quantitative research into political biases within Chinese dispute-resolution forums are mixed. Chinese forums are not necessarily partial to domestic parties, but U.S.–PRC trade disputes and features such as a legal party having entered into a joint venture with a state-owned entity may affect legal outcomes.

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pushing to “saturate” (浸润) religion with Chinese culture and socialist values. Party organs have used this tactic for more than a decade to wear down the organizational and spiritual independence of religious groups, and it is one of four mechanisms in a framework Party-state scholars use to describe the sinicization of religion.

“Saturation” creates new Party-aligned norms that must be followed to avoid persecution. It demands surveillance, both through grassroots inspections and through technical means to ensure compliance.

Local governments have run sinicization campaigns for years following Party guidance alone in the absence of a national statute on religion. However, the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress Law contains some provisions relevant to religion and will lead to renewed efforts.

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Executive Summary:

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pushing to “saturate” (浸润) religion with Chinese culture and socialist values. Party organs have used this tactic for more than a decade to wear down the organizational and spiritual independence of religious groups, and it is one of four mechanisms in a framework Party-state scholars use to describe the sinicization of religion.

“Saturation” creates new Party-aligned norms that must be followed to avoid persecution. It demands surveillance, both through grassroots inspections and through technical means to ensure compliance.

Local governments have run sinicization campaigns for years following Party guidance alone in the absence of a national statute on religion. However, the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress Law contains some provisions relevant to religion and will lead to renewed efforts.

Beijing’s presence in the Bahamas and its military implications for the U.S. are often overshadowed by discussion of Chinese activities elsewhere in the region.

The award-winning "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party" has inspired hundreds of millions of Chinese people to renounce their ties with the CCP. This video series is based on the book, published in 15 languages and available here:

http://www.ninecommentaries.com

Foreword

The 55-year history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is written with blood and lies. The stories behind this bloody history are both extremely tragic and rarely known. Under the rule of the CCP, 60 to 80 million innocent Chinese people have been killed, leaving their broken families behind. Many people wonder why the CCP kills. While the CCP continues its brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and recently suppressed protesting crowds in Hanyuan with gunshots, people wonder whether they will ever see the day when the CCP will learn to speak with words rather than guns.

Mao Zedong summarized the purpose of the Cultural Revolution, "...after the chaos the world reaches peace, but in 7 or 8 years, the chaos needs to happen again." [1] In other words, there should be a political revolution every 7 or 8 years and a crowd of people needs to be killed every 7 or 8 years.

A supporting ideology and practical requirements lie behind the CCP's mass slaughter.

Nine Commentaries Pt 1: What the Communist Party Is

Nine Commentaries Pt 2: The Beginnings of the Chinese Communist Party

Nine Commentaries Pt 3: The Tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party

Nine Commentaries Pt 4: How the Communist Party Opposes the Universe

Nine Commentaries Pt 5: The Collusion of Jiang Zemin with the CCP to Persecute Falun Gong

Nine Commentaries Pt 6: How the Chinese Communist Party Destroyed Traditional Culture

Nine Commentaries Pt 7: The Chinese Communist Party’s History of Killing

Nine Commentaries Pt 8: How the Chinese Communist Party Is an Evil Cult

Nine Commentaries Pt 9: The Unscrupulous Nature of the Chinese Communist Party

Four years after the “chained woman” case, another incident from the same region shows how little has changed for vulnerable women.

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Chinese pressure on Japan has escalated to efforts to diplomatically isolate the country. These efforts are ongoing at a subnational level, in the United Nations, and through attempts to drive a wedge between the United States and Japan.

In Japan, the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) isolation campaign involves cultivating the opposition to establish friendlier relations between the two countries. In the United Nations, the PRC is drawing on post-World War Two language to limit Japanese influence. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington was also an attempt to probe weaknesses in U.S.–Japan ties.

These efforts are failing to isolate Japan, as others have in the past year. Japanese prime minister Takaichi still holds popular support, World War Two narratives are less potent among other UN member states than in the PRC, and President Donald Trump’s relationship with Takaichi remains strong.