Epidemiologists say a rise in cremations in an eastern province was the latest indication that the country’s official death toll from Covid is a vast undercount.

过去几天，中国各地游行抗议的视频不断出现在社交媒体上。专家认为，视频的数量之多可能让政府的监管软件和审查大军力不从心。审查制度的动摇凸显了中共面临的新挑战。

A New York Times video investigation reveals new details about Dr. Li Wenliang’s illness and death from Covid-19 based on medical records and an exclusive interview with a key witness.

After a painting by the Dutch artist sold at auction, a movie producer claimed to be the owner. It later vanished from sight, with a trail leading to Caribbean tax havens and a jailed Chinese...

时报调查发现，用户在Twitter上用中文搜索各地抗议内容时，成千上万的自动程序帐号向他们推送了应召服务和博彩广告等内容。这凸显了Twitter在监管垃圾推文方面的挑战。

A chanting crowd called for China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to step down, a rare act of defiance reflecting growing anger after nearly three years of lockdowns.

The New York Times tracked several oil tankers faking their locations while transporting Russian oil currently under Western sanctions, in an apparent effort to deceive their American insurer.

Chinese protesters shared videos and photos to Twitter. But their posts were swarmed by escort and gambling ads.

The Times is making public for the first time the contents of the apology letter that Dr. Li’s employer made him write.

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For more than two decades, the system helped President Vladimir V. Putin secure his unrivaled authority, ensuring that he personally held the keys to wealth and influence in modern Russia.

华谊王中军曾自称以3.77亿元人民币拍下梵高画作《雏菊与罂粟花》，但时报调查发现，这场交易经掮客之手，现已沦为阶下囚的亿万富翁肖建华牵涉其中。

A New York Times video investigation reveals new details about the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, a national hero who faced censorship after sounding an early alarm on Covid-19.

时报的视觉调查团队审阅了李文亮的医疗记录，独家采访了一位目击了抢救过程的医生，揭示了关于李文亮病情和死亡的重要新细节。

The ambitious Ministry of State Security is deploying A.I. and other advanced technology to go toe-to-toe with the United States, even as the two nations try to pilfer each other’s scientific secrets.

Russians with ties to the Kremlin expressed relief that the mercenary leader’s mutiny did not spark a civil war. But they agreed that Vladimir Putin had come off looking weak in a way that could be...

A new analysis of satellite imagery traces the path of the Chinese balloon from its launch in China to the United States.

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The Visual Investigations team uses forensic analysis, digital sleuthing and advanced open-source reporting techniques to debunk official narratives, expose misconduct and hold the powerful to...

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Five years after being grabbed from a Hong Kong hotel, Xiao Jianhua, who came to symbolize China’s corporate excess, also faces a hefty fine, as does his company.

Rare nationwide protests have broken out in multiple cities in China. Many expressed frustration over stringent Covid lockdowns; others demanded freedom of speech and even the removal of China’s top...

This is a conversation with Muyi Xiao. In a different era for media in China, she wrote features and took photographs for Tencent News. Now she’s a China reporter on the Visual Investigations team at...

Epidemiologists say a rise in cremations in an eastern province was the latest indication that the country’s official death toll from Covid is a vast undercount.

For a Wall Street Journal reporter born in China, the mutual openness that began in the 1990s made it possible to envision a better future.

After a painting by the Dutch artist sold at auction, a movie producer claimed to be the owner. It later vanished from sight, with a trail leading to Caribbean tax havens and a jailed Chinese...

Protests against Covid restrictions have evolved into broader demands. Here’s what videos show about what demonstrators want — and the risks.

Internationally acclaimed Chinese author Liao Yiwu will be conversation with the Council on Foreign Relations’ Ian Johnson, co-hosted by PEN America.

The U.S. investigators are hired under false pretenses by authoritarian governments to do their “dirty work,” the F.B.I. says.

Companies that reaped windfalls helping the government implement strict ‘zero Covid’ controls are now struggling to pay and keep workers.

Xiao Jianhua, the leader of the official student union at Peking University in 1989, sided with the government and found wealth and favor.

时报关于李文亮之死的视觉调查报道唤醒了人们对两年前那个不眠之夜的记忆。两年多来，人们在李文亮的微博评论区留下了超过100万条评论，诉说着在他去世后这1000多个日子里，疫情防控政策重压之下他们生活、生计和生命的改变。

The pitfalls of analyzing emerging events on Twitter.

Even Russia’s closest allies are getting jittery about the state of the tonnage being used to haul oil across the globe. Data analytics firm Vortexa has reported of Chinese ports raising their...