The University of Massachusetts Boston has officially severed its ties with Confucius Institutes! This victory is a testament to the power of grassroots. Just over one year ago, Boston community members, students, faculty, and activists started organizing against the CI at UMass Boston. They...

THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON has severed its ties with the Confucius Institute, an on-campus academic center funded by the Chinese government that has stirred controversy on campus and among some Massachusetts politicians. Katherine Newman, the interim chancellor at UMass Boston, declined to...

We are hearing the news that Google has decided to hold off Project Dragonfly due to mounting pressure on the company. Over the last few months, there has been intense internal resistance and global outrage against Google’s controversial plans to build a censored search platform...

NEW YORK - Tibetans and supporters around the world today celebrated the passage of historic legislation in the U.S. Congress as the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act (H.R. 1872) was unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate, after already unanimously passing the U.S....

Google CEO Sundar Pichai came under fire from lawmakers on Tuesday over the company’s secretive plan to launch a censored search engine in China. During a hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee, Pichai faced sustained questions over the China plan, known...

Yesterday, the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act. The bill now goes to the Senate floor, which is the last step before it is sent to the President to sign. The progress of this...