The national security trial of three Hong Kong activists who organised annual Tiananmen vigils began Thursday, with the trio ...

A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has ...

For the first time since consolidating absolute authority, Xi Jinping appears politically isolated—presiding over a powerful ...

Looming over everything, though, is the Damocles sword of Donald Trump. A naval taskforce as big as the one he assembled ...

A Hong Kong court heard recordings of defiant anti-Beijing speeches, some dating back nearly three decades, as prosecutors ...

Foundation for Defense of Democracies Journalist-in-Residence Claudia Rosett gives her firsthand account of the Chinese Communist Party’s June 4, 1989 massacre. Photo credit: Associated Press.

The historian Adam Tooze discusses Davos, China and the fading of an old world order. This is an edited transcript of “The ...

“Drawing on lived experience from Tiananmen, I have come to believe that 4 concrete conditions determine whether an autocracy like China or Iran has a genuine chance of meaningful democratic change.” ...

A powerful image showing a lone Iranian protester defiantly sitting in front of armed security forces has drawn striking comparisons to the iconic “Tank Man” photo near Tiananmen Square — as fierce ...

As this article goes to press, security officials in Iran are carefully weighing their options on how to dole out violence to preserve an authoritarian system. It is an existential moment for any ...

Marion Nestle doesn’t like to be asked what she eats in a day, but it’s easy to see why people are fascinated. At 89, she’s been a leading nutrition expert for decades, exploring food’s impact on ...

A powerful image from Tehran is gaining global attention, showing a lone Iranian protester sitting silently in front of a line of armed security forces, a moment that many have likened to the famous ...