• Kerry, confront China on human rights
    Apr 13, 2013
    This weekend, Kerry will have arguably his best opportunity to demonstrate that commitment to rights in an environment in which tough, effective and audible American diplomacy is needed: China.
  • The Sun Rises on Human Rights
    Apr 12, 2013
    As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making waves.
  • What Are the BRICS Building?
    Mar 30, 2013
    The Chinese call it jin zhuan, or golden brick. The Russians have suggested calling it briuki, an acronym meaning trousers in Russian. And what about the ambiguous S? It originally was just a plural for the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, places where a Goldman Sachs analyst was urging greater investment. Now it stands for South Africa, which joined in 2010 despite having an economy roughly on the order of China’s sixth-largest province.
  • China's failing policy in Tibet is 'self-defeating'
    Mar 25, 2013
    How badly does the Chinese government really want to stop Tibetan self-immolations? A campaigner suggests that the rhetoric from Beijing does not match the reality of draconian policy programmes.
  • Time for Brics to stop sitting on the fence over Syria atrocities
    Mar 22, 2013
    Brics should call for the Syrian government to permit the delivery of humanitarian aid across its borders, including from Turkey
  • China: Re-education Revisited
    Jan 30, 2013
    How much of a reformer is China’s new leader, Xi Jinping?
  • Rights group: China may not be ready for labor camp reforms
    Jan 16, 2013
    Did the Chinese government announce earlier this week that it would end its notorious detention system known as Re-Education Through Labor (RTL)?