“Unify minds”: President Xi Jinping makes ideological rallying call to China’s Communist Party propaganda cadres
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2160904/unify-minds-president-xi-jinping-makes-ideological
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China’s Xi says internet must be “clean and righteous”
Reuters, August 22, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinas-xi-says-internet-must-be-clean-and-righteous-idUSKCN1L71CG?China boosts internet propaganda efforts with Xi aide’s appointment
Reuters, August 22, 2018
http://en.rfi.fr/20180822-china-internet-propaganda
Buzzfeed journalist denied new China visa following award-winning coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/22/buzzfeed-journalist-denied-new-china-visa-following-award-winning-coverage-xinjiang-crackdown/
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美国记者因报道新疆不获续签被迫离开中国 (China denies visa for BuzzFeed writer in likely retaliation)
Voice of America, August 22, 2018
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-buzzfeed-reporter-forced-to-leave-china-20180822/4539238.html
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/china-denies-visa-for-buzzfeed-writer-in-likely-retaliation/4539348.html
This is what a 21st-Century police state really looks like
Buzzfeed, October 17, 2017
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/the-police-state-of-the-future-is-already-here
Chinese state TV mocks Trump in sarcastic video
The New York Times, August 22, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/world/asia/china-trump-trade-satire.html
China is now policing cryptocurrency by targeting WeChat accounts
Quartz, August 22, 2018
https://qz.com/1365874/china-cracks-down-on-cryptocurrency-by-shuttering-wechat-accounts
Economics professor expelled for “politically harmful” expressions, including estimate of staggering cost to maintain the Communist Party apparatus
China Change, August 21, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/08/21/economics-professor-expelled-for-politically-harmful-expressions-including-estimate-of-staggering-cost-to-maintain-the-communist-party-apparatus/
