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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic Biden’s Military-First Posture in the East Is a Problem
A singular focus on countering the threat of Chinese aggression made America neglect economic ties in the Indo-Pacific.
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Alamy / The Atlantic Why Beijing Wants Jimmy Lai Locked Up
Tightening its grip on Hong Kong, China is determined to make an example of the prodemocracy media tycoon.
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic The Tech Site That Took On China’s Surveillance State
How did a trade publisher in Pennsylvania become a principal source of investigative journalism on the repressive apparatus Beijing uses against the Uyghurs?
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The O’Brien family; Getty; The Atlantic The Lives Changed Forever When Flight MH17 Was Shot Down
As the trial of those accused of destroying a passenger plane over Ukraine in 2014 concludes, the O’Briens are still mourning their son, Jack.
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Getty; The Atlantic Seeking Sanctuary in the Old Empire
Many Hong Kongers are fleeing to Britain as Beijing imposes its own form of colonial rule and imperialist tendencies.
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Lam Yik / Reuters Farewell to Hong Kong and Its Big Lie
Falsehoods, gaslighting, and endless fabrications in the city are equaled only by the cowardice of the people partaking in the insulting ruse that it is still free.
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Kin Cheung / AP The Symbol of a New, Darker Hong Kong
John Lee’s elevation reflects the distrust and paranoia that have flourished in Beijing and among Hong Kong’s political elites.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Volunteer Movement Enraging China
An informal, online network is translating publicly available articles and social-media posts. That has been enough to rile Beijing.
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Adams Carvalho ‘Underneath, Everything Has Changed’
Three prodemocracy activists on the run from Beijing, three wild and bizarre journeys to—and through—America
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Lui Siu Wai / Xinhua / Getty; The … Where the Language of Democracy Is a Cover
To choose its next leader, Hong Kong uses words such as election, campaign, and vote to present the facade of freedom.
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Tang Yan / Sipa / AP Where Foreign Correspondents Capitulated to Autocracy
Hong Kong’s main press club has given up in the face of a new, repressive regime.
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Dale de la Rey / AFP / Getty The Final Blow to Hong Kong
The city deftly connected China and the world for decades. That historic balancing act won’t be revived.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty Why the U.S. Finally Called a Genocide in Myanmar a ‘Genocide’
America used the word human-rights activists have long argued applies to the campaign against Rohingya Muslims.
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters What Happened to Hong Kong?
The city was once lauded for controlling the coronavirus’s spread. But this month, it recorded one of the highest death rates in the world.
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The Atlantic ‘I’m Afraid That I Cannot Be a Journalist Anymore’
Government officials claim that Hong Kong’s media environment is “as vibrant as ever,” another addition to their accrescent portfolio of lies.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty Can China Ever Reopen?
Xi Jinping’s first and only priority is political security, making a quick reopening almost untenable.
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Lisa Marie David / Reuters The Duo Fighting to Preserve Dynastic Rule in the Philippines
Two of the country’s most notorious political families are teaming up for the upcoming presidential election to consolidate and control power.
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Louise Delmotte / Getty Why Authoritarian Regimes Bother With Elections
Beijing rewrote the rules of Hong Kong’s recent elections, and the result among voters was apathy.
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Thet Aung / AFP / Getty The Political Obituary of Aung San Suu Kyi
Suu Kyi may spend the rest of her life in political prison, but the fight for democracy in Myanmar rages on.
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Miguel Candela / Anadolu Agency / Getty Beijing Keeps Trying to Rewrite History
The removal of a monument to the Tiananmen Square massacre is part of a broader effort in Hong Kong to erase the public memory.
