HONG KONG -- China is growing less tolerant of basic human rights under the reign of President Xi Jinping. The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, or CHRD, warned that a crackdown on human rights activists is intensifying, with the government increasingly treating them like political dissidents.
In a report released Thursday, the nongovernmental organization said China has "moved further away from political openness and rule of law reform in 2016" as Xi tightened his grip on power.
