A Long March-2C rocket, carrying the Einstein Probe satellite, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, in southwestern Sichuan Province, China, on Jan. 9, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty ImagesBeijing’s expanding surveillance satellite network is designed to serve military conflicts, posing a...

China analysts warn that Beijing could exploit a new law, passed at the regime’s recent Two Sessions annual political meeting, to assimilate ethnic minorities, intimidate Taiwan, and escalate transnational repression against exiled dissidents.China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), a ceremonial rubber-stamp legislature, passed a law...