November 11, 2023 This year, a phenomenal Halloween party occurred in the streets of Shanghai, of all places. It interests us because it offers a unique window to observe the young people in China. The themes are eclectic, some political and social. The fact that such a crowd was able to amass is extraordinary, given the Chinese authorities’ perennial fear of unscripted, spontaneous assembly. China Change has edited this 9-minute montage with comment. Related: Young and Furiously Laughing in China, Yaxue Cao, May 28, 2023. Shanghai Spring, a record of the Shanghai lockdown, May 11, 2022. 1. Food / 食物 1:09 – 8:12 2. Resist Incessant Testing / 抵制核酸检测 8:12 – 9:45 3. Oppose Hard Lockup / 反对硬隔离 9:45 – 15:27 4. The Collapse of Residential Committees / 居委会面临崩溃 15:27 – 33:09 5. Mass Quarantine / 方舱 33:09 – 49:32 […]

Lin studied Taiwan-PRC relations, focusing on the CCP’s United Front Work in Taiwan. He worked as an aide to Democratic Progressive Party council members in Taipei and New Taipei City prior to running office. He served in the Special Forces of Taiwan’s army before as part of the country’s compulsory active duty military service for men. We spoke about China, both its influence operations and the threat of conflicts, as well as the challenges facing Taiwan’s defense.

“The Taiwan Interview Series” is a result of a China Change team going around Taiwan for 30 days in Nov. and Dec, 2022. The time frame for the trip was deliberately chosen to observe the local elections against the backdrop of China’s military threat, and to take measure of Taiwanese attitudes towards totalitarian China as they enjoy their robust democracy.

On June 1, 2, and 3, 2021, Stand News in Hong Kong ran a three-part feature story titled The Battle of the ‘Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China’: 1989-2021. This 17-minute short, subtitled by China Change, is a documentary accompanying the feature story in which you see and hear some key members of the Alliance speaking before their arrests.

Shanghai Spring is a sequel to “LOCKDOWN Shanghai 2022” that was posted on China Change YouTube channel on April 9. The sequel is a compilation of 200 select video clips and stills from Shanghai, taken between April 10 and May 10. In ten segments, it offers a comprehensive view of the Shanghai lockdown, an event that is bound to have political, economic, and social repercussions in China far beyond Covid control. 101 minutes.

“Rights defense lawyers” emerged at the beginning of the 21st century. From their appearance, to the notorious 709 mass arrests in 2015, to today, the Chinese Communist government has subjected them to intimidation, disappearance, torture, imprisonment, and disbarment, ignoring the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers. This 68-minute documentary film reviews the twenty-year journey of human rights lawyers in China.

Chair Merkley, Co-Chair McGovern, Members of the Commission, thank you for holding this hearing and for asking me to share my thoughts on the case of the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Indeed, Peng Shuai has become a special kind of political prisoner. Meanwhile, the Women’s Tennis Association’s decision to suspend all tournaments in China has raised a moral question for all of us. I will address these two aspects of the Peng Shuai incident.  

This mini-documentary, filmed and edited by Ai Xiaoming and re-edited and subtitled by China Change, depicts Zhang Qing’s first visit to her husband Guo Feixiong in Meizhou Prison. It is also a snapshot of the life of Zhang Qing and her two children in 2007 and 2008 in Guangzhou. Zhang Qing died on January 10, 2022, in Germantown, Maryland.

Opening remarks by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC at the 5th China Human Rights Lawyers Day on July 9, 2021. “I wanted to encourage everyone who’s a lawyer in other parts of the world to recognize the importance of standing alongside our colleagues in the law, who takes such brave positions in China.”