Jessie Lau

At the end of last summer, Mei* received a message from her friend telling her she was running away from home.

Trans and queer people and their supporters suffer ‘systemic persecution’ as country pushes increasingly conservative values

· 3-min read Hundreds of thousands of Uyghur female religious leaders are estimated to have been arrested and imprisoned in Xinjiang

Hundreds of women sentenced for practices such as studying the Qur’an, dating back as far back as 60s and 70s, analysis of Chinese police files shows

China ‘threatens relatives in Tibet’ to exert control over activists in exile, with greater transnational repression at Tibetan new year

Chinese students tell the Guardian they are scared to return home and worry for their families after being followed and harassed

In November 2022, thousands of people took to the streets across China to protest against the government's strict Covid-19 controls in an unprecedented wave of civil disobedience.

Silencing of a film-maker documenting the widespread 2022 demonstrations against Covid controls is part of rising suppression of press freedom

A recently arrived voting bloc could decide seats in London.