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‘Out of Control’: Wuhan Health Care Worker Sheds New Light on How COVID’s Early Days Really Unfolded in China
As cases mounted, health care workers were ordered to stay quiet, says the first worker from Wuhan Central Hospital to speak to international journalists about what was happening in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak.
February 2, 2021
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China's COVID Secrets
The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded.
February 2, 2021
In Public, the World Health Organization Praised China’s Early COVID Response. In Private, They Had Concerns.
The Associated Press obtained leaked recordings of WHO internal meetings and shared them with FRONTLINE and the BBC; they are heard in the new documentary “China’s COVID Secrets.”
January 26, 2021
As Agnes Chow Is Sentenced to Prison, Revisit What the Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Told FRONTLINE
Chow was featured in the February 2020 documentary “Battle for Hong Kong,” on last year’s mass pro-democracy protest movement.
December 3, 2020
A Minutes-Long Call After Two and a Half Years of Silence: Update from a Uyghur Family Featured in 'China Undercover'
Several families whose loved ones went missing in Xinjiang shared their stories in FRONTLINE's documentary "China Undercover." Since the original broadcast, we've had updates about two sisters in the film.
November 10, 2020
How the U.S. Has Reacted to China’s Treatment of Uyghurs
As reports of deteriorating conditions for Uyghurs and Muslim minorities in the region of Xinjiang accumulate, U.S. lawmakers have responded this year with growing criticism, legislation and sanctions targeting China.
November 10, 2020
U.S. Enacts New Law Condemning China's Treatment of Uyghur and Other Muslims
Learn about the Chinese government's detention and surveillance of Uyghur and other Muslims in FRONTLINE's "China Undercover."
June 18, 2020
Remembering the Tiananmen Square Crackdown, and the “Tank Man”
On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops opened fire on civilians in Beijing's Tiananmen Square — part of a bloody government crackdown on dissent that killed unknown numbers of unarmed pro-democracy protesters and bystanders throughout the city.
June 4, 2020
China Considers New National Security Law for Hong Kong
The Chinese government took another step towards curbing autonomy in Hong Kong this week, as its parliament announced that it would consider a bill to “safeguard national security” in the global financial center.
May 21, 2020
The Story of Chinese Muslims Is A "Story That has Global Implications": Q&A With Filmmakers
The filmmakers of "China Undercover" describe what’s unfolding in Xinjiang as a new model of governance — “digital authoritarianism” — that is now being exported from China to other countries and will have serious implications for human rights and democracy around the world.
April 7, 2020
How the U.S. Has Responded to Allegations of China’s Human Rights Abuses
More recently, new and troubling reports began to emerge: some detainees were also being forced to work in factories, producing products for export.
April 7, 2020
Muslims Held in China’s Detention Camps Speak Out
“If you exceeded two minutes in the toilet, they hit our heads with an electric prod,” a woman who was detained for 17 months tells FRONTLINE.
April 7, 2020