Human rights

China’s refusal to tolerate dissent at home has split families apart, creating exiles who continue to fight for free speech from afar. The saga of Bao Tong and his son, Bao Pu, is one of these stories. Bao Tong once served as the right-hand man for China’s leader, Zhao Ziyang. Both were purged when the…

Xinjiang

China claims to be a “big family” of peoples. Xinjiang, in far western China, is a test of that bond. The family is not faring well. Xinjiang has been home to repeated outbreaks of violence, pitting Muslim Uighurs against police and Han Chinese. Reporting from this region is not easy. I was stopped and detained…