HRIC Daily Brief: 2022/02

Monday, February 28, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Before Ukraine Invasion, Russia and China Cemented Economic Ties
乌克兰局势恶化之际，中俄巩固经济联系
The New York Times, February 27, 2022

U.S. Officials Repeatedly Urged China to Help Avert War in Ukraine
The New York Times, February 25, 2022

Related:
白宫呼吁中国谴责俄罗斯：“这不是旁观的时候”(White House calls on China to condemn Russia: "This is not a time to stand on the sidelines”)
Voice of America, February 28, 2022
White House calls on China to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Reuters, February 27, 2022

俄罗斯否决安理会要求俄撤军决议中国投弃权票(Russia vetoes Security Council resolution calling for Russian troop withdrawal; China abstains)
Voice of America, February 26, 2022

中国将召集阿富汗邻国评估后塔利班局势(China to convene Afghanistan's neighbors to assess post-Taliban situation)
Voice of America, February 26, 2022

Why did a Peking University paper on China’s tech deficiencies get deleted?
SupChina, February 25, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

A year on, Hong Kong court adjourns democrats’ subversion case as some absent over Covid-19 prison outbreak
Hong Kong Free Press, February 28, 2022

Hong Kong protests: student and labourer admit to rioting during siege of PolyU, 8 co-defendants deny charge
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2022

中国人权律师团律师关于江苏丰县铁链女事件的声明(Statement by China Human Rights Lawyers Group on the chained woman in Feng county, Jiangsu Province)
Weiquanwang, February 27, 2022

Swedish Olympic Star Gives Away Gold Medal to Protest Beijing’s Abuses
抗议中国，瑞典运动员将冬奥金牌赠予被囚书商之女
The New York Times, February 28, 2022

Related:
Olympic Athletes Speak Out
Human Rights in China, February 25, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

中共政法系统发布“十个严禁”(CPC's political and legal organs issue “Ten Strict Prohibitions”)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2022

Related:
中央政法委等6部委联合印发《新时代政法干警“十个严禁”》(The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and other 5 units jointly issue “‘Ten Strict Prohibitions’ for Political and Legal Police Officers in the New Era”)
Xinhua News, February 28, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Amid the roar of nationalism, a few antiwar voices in China emerge over Ukraine crisis
The Washington Post, February 28, 2022

Why the Chinese Internet Is Cheering Russia’s Invasion
为何许多中国网民支持普京和他的战争？
The New York Times, February 28, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China: Lawyer Yu Wensheng must be granted true freedom after unjust imprisonment
Amnesty International, February 28, 2022

Friday, February 25, 2022

Thursday, February 24, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

How China Under Xi Jinping Is Turning Away From the World
习近平治下的中国如何与世界走向背离
The New York Times, February 24, 2022

自由之家：全球民主自由连续16年衰退，中共带头扩张威权(Freedom House: Global democracy and freedom have declined for 16 years straight; CPC leads in authoritarian expansion
Voice of America, February 24, 2022

Related:
Freedom in the World in 2022: The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule
Freedom House, February 24, 2022

法国举办印太论坛团结盟友制衡中国(France hosts Indo-Pacific forum to unite allies to counter China)
Voice of America, February 24, 2022

Overseas Chinese Affairs Office harms Canada with espionage, court rules
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2022

China’s censors increasingly play the part of morality police with the conservative values of 1950s America, say experts
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2022

伊斯兰学术遭打压中国学者：民族研究发表不了(China suppresses Islamic academic research; Chinese scholars: articles on ethnic studies cannot be published)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Government body to represent Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil group in coming national security trial
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2022

Committal proceedings for Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai adjourned again
Hong Kong Free Press, February 24, 2022

Hong Kong government calls on court to punish fugitive ex-lawmaker Ted Hui for jumping bail in 4 criminal cases
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2022

張超雄出獄盼港人毋忘在囚手足(Former pro-democracy lawmaker Fernando Cheung is released from prison, hopes Hong Kongers will not forget protestors still in jail)
inmediahk.net, February 24, 2022

Hong Kong national security police arrest co-owners of Taiwanese drinks shop in Mong Kok over anti-vaccination social media posts
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2022

Ronson Chan: the former Hong Kong editor who is now a delivery driver
The Guardian, February 24, 2022

Prominent rights attorney Xie Yang arrested for subversion in China's Hunan
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China Steps Up Activity Along Himalayan Borders as Land Border Law Comes Into Effect
The Diplomat, February 24, 2022

美司法部结束“中国行动计划” 中国威胁仍是打击重点(U.S. Justice Dep’t ends "China Initiative"; China threat remains a focus)
Voice of America, February 24, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China rejects calling Russia move 'invasion', urges citizens in Ukraine to stay home
Channel News Asia, February 24, 2022

China bans online criticism of Russia, blames US for fueling Ukraine 'tensions'
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2022

POST-OLYMPICS, SOME ATHLETES SPEAK UP ABOUT CHINA’S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
China Digital Times, February 23, 2022

江苏官方通报遭网民炮轰公众呼吁允许锁链女发声(Jiangsu provincial official announcement is attacked by netizens; public call for allowing chained woman to speak out)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2022

Over 800 Chinese university alumni petition for transparency about probe into woman filmed chained in shed
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2022

Related:
江苏省调查组关于“徐州铁链女”事件的第五版调查报告引发全民愤慨人大、北大、清华和山东大学八百多名校友们齐呼吁要求公布调查报告形成的相关信息 (National outrage over 5th Jiangsu provincial investigative report on chained woman’s case; 800 alumni of Renmin, Peking, Tsinghua, Shandong Universities urge release of relevant information that shaped the report)
Weiquanwang, February 24, 2022

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China and Russia Want to Rule the Global Internet
The Diplomat, February 22, 2022

驻华使馆职员一度遭拘日本：“绝对无法容忍接受”(China detains Japanese diplomat; Japan: Totally unacceptable)
Deutsche Welle, February 23, 2022

联合国人权专家：中国与俄罗斯向缅甸军政府提供武器杀戮平民(UN human rights expert: China and Russia provide Myanmar junta with weapons to kill civilians)
Voice of America, February 23, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Activists urge UN rights chief to release delayed report on Xinjiang
Reuters, February 22, 2022

民研：10項幸福指標7項不及格「享有政治權利」最低分(Opinion survey shows failing scores for 7 out of 10 social wellbeing indicators, with “enjoyment of political rights” at bottom)
inmediahk.net, February 22, 2022

Related:
HKPORI releases Social Wellbeing Indicators along with GGPI
香港民研發放社會幸福指標以及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, February 22, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

‘Wartime’: Laws cannot ‘stop us from doing what we should do’ to fight Covid-19, says Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, February 23, 2022

Rumors of more regulatory crackdowns sparked a selloff of China’s tech giants
Quartz, February 23, 2022

Beijing’s internet watchdog warns Supreme Court of China for violations: report
Asian News International, February 20, 2022

陳茂波指國安開支屬高度敏感　不會公開如何用及用多久(Financial Secretary Paul Chan: National security spending is highly sensitive; how used and for how long will not be disclosed)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 23, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Olympics suffer record-low ratings amid China’s human rights controversy
Washington Examiner, February 22, 2022

Grumbling grows as Hong Kong sticks with zero-COVID policy
The Washington Post, February 23, 2022

Officials sacked and punished over case of ‘chained woman’ in China
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Letters: Eileen Gu’s Olympic affiliation with China opens country’s human rights abuses up to scrutiny
San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2022

Voices From China: What the CCP Doesn’t Want You to Hear
The Diplomat, February 22, 2022

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls Uygur repression claims ‘lies’
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, February 20, 2022

王毅︰美國新印太戰略發出對華圍堵遏制錯誤信號(Wang Yi: U.S. latest Indo-Pacific strategy sends the wrong signal to encircle and restrain China)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 22, 2022

Militia deployed in China's Jiangsu in crackdown on online posts about chained woman
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2022

For Companies, Winning in China Now Means Losing Somewhere Else
The New York Times, February 18, 20222

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Prominent anti-China activist arrested in Mongolia
Radio France Internationale, February 22, 2022

The shadowy messengers delivering threats to Hong Kong civil society
Agence France-Presse, February 21, 2022

Anti-government protesters told to expect jail terms of up to 9 months for joining illegal rally
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2022

Hong Kong CityU students’ union faces national security probe over farewell ceremony
Hong Kong Free Press, February 21, 2022

城大「民主牆」被拆(CityU's "Democracy Wall" demolished)
Ming Pao, February 19, 2022

黃之鋒六四案上訴得直刑期減至8個月　判辭：原審法官原則上犯錯刑罰過重(Joshua Wong receives sentence reduction; ruling says trial judge erred in excessive sentencing )
Ming Pao, February 21, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China Is About to Regulate AI—and the World Is Watching
Wired, February 22, 2022

CCP GESTURES TOWARDS WOMEN’S RIGHTS TO SWEETEN PRO-NATALIST SHIFT
China Digital Times, February 18, 2022

中国首次根据《反外国制裁法》宣布对美国公司实施制裁(China announces sanctions of U.S. companies in first use of Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2022

Related:
China sanctions Raytheon Technologies, Lockheed Martin over Taiwan deal
Associated Press, February 21, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

With Olympics Closing Ceremony, China Celebrates a Joyless Triumph
The New York Times, February 20, 2022

Bots and Fake Accounts Push China’s Vision of Winter Olympic Wonderland
The New York Times, February 18, 2022

Human Rights? China Won that Winter Olympics Battle. Almost.
Associated Press, February 21, 2022

Olympics wrap-up: IOC helped China mute human rights activism at Beijing Games
The Mainichi, February 21, 2022

How has China used the Winter Olympics to shape its image?
Deutsche Welle, February 21, 2022

China is spinning viewership for the Beijing Winter Olympics as a win
Quartz, February 21, 2022

What’s the IOC – and why doesn’t it do more about human rights issues related to the Olympics?
The Conversation, February 18, 2022

驻华外国记者协会声明：中方阻挠新闻采访违背奥运精神(In statement, Foreign Correspondents' Club of China faults China for obstructing reporting, contrary to Olympic spirit)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2022

Related:
FCCC statement on Olympics reporting
Foreign Correspondents' Club of China, February 21, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China should never have been allowed to hold these Olympics
Star Tribune, February 21, 2022

National security: how stifling political dissent became part of Hong Kong’s rule of law
South China Morning Post, February 20, 2022

Friday, February 18, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

World Bank unit is financing Chinese companies that appear to employ forced laborers, report says
The Washington Post, February 18, 2022

Related:
Financing & genocide: Development finance and the crisis in the Uyghur Region
Atlantic Council, February 16, 2022

中国战略关注：支持俄罗斯共同反对北约扩张但在乌克兰问题上“谨慎行事”(China's strategy: Support Russia to jointly oppose NATO expansion but “proceed with caution” on Ukraine)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 18, 2022

Bots and Fake Accounts Push China’s Vision of Winter Olympic Wonderland
中国如何讲好冬奥故事：机器人、虚假帐户与“水军”
The New York Times, February 18, 2022

中国似乎希望修改二战后的世界秩序标准，并强加自己的标准(China appears to hope to revise standards of the post-WWII world order and impose its own)
Radio France Internationale, February 18, 2022

China censors Swiss embassy’s Weibo post on missing human rights lawyer
Swissinfo, February 18, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

818流水式集會案｜黎智英、梁國雄、李卓人等8民主派提上訴　排期11月審理(Jimmy Lai, Leung Kwok-hung, Lee Cheuk Yan and 5 other pro-democrats appeal against their convictions and sentencing over an unlawful assembly in 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, February 17, 2022

德驻华使馆就许志永被抓两周年发微博(German embassy in China posts tweet on 2nd anniversary of Xu Zhiyong's arrest)
Deutsche Welle, February 18, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

中国规定中小学聘用公检法人员强制进行思想政治洗脑(China to send public prosecutors, law enforcement personnel into primary and secondary schools to enforce ideological and political brainwashing)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2022

Related:
《中小学法治副校长聘任与管理办法》颁布 5月1日起实施("Measures for the Appointment and Management of Vice Principals of the Rule of Law in Primary and Secondary Schools" is promulgated and will be implemented on May 1)
People’s Daily, February 17, 2022

China’s “zero-covid” policy doubles as a loyalty test
The Economist, February 19, 2022

China’s foreign listing regulations that mandate cybersecurity reviews apply to Hong Kong, experts say
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2022

Hong Kong postpones chief executive election to May 8 amid Covid-19 surge
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2022

阿里腾讯百度等多家中国网络平台被美国列入恶名市场(Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and many other Chinese online platforms are added to U.S. "Notorious Markets List")
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 18, 2022

Related:
Alibaba and Tencent sites added to US 'Notorious Markets List'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 18, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

IOC chief Bach chides Beijing Olympics organisers over Taiwan, Xinjiang comments
Agence France-Presse, February 18, 2022

Olympic sponsor Airbnb profits from Xinjiang, Tibet listings
Agence France-Presse, February 18, 2022

Chinese public outcry over chained woman in video spurs provincial-level probe
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China: Censorship Mars Beijing Olympics
Human Rights Watch, February 18, 2022

The UN Shouldn’t Let the Olympics’ Celebration of Uyghur Repression Go Unchallenged
The Diplomat, February 17, 2022

“丰县八孩铁链女”的六个警示(6 Warnings from the Feng County's chained 8-child mother case)
Financial Times, February 18, 2022

作为中国社会镜像的八孩母事件及治理危机(8-child mother incident as a mirror of Chinese society and governance crisis)
Financial Times, February 18, 2022

Thursday, February 17, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

An alleged Chinese interference plot stirs fears — and smears — ahead of Australian elections
The Washington Post, February 17, 2022

中国2022全方位增加太空活动：发射至少140个航天器并完成空间站(China to fully increase space activities in 2022: Launch at least 140 spacecraft and complete space station)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 17, 2022

World Bank accused of ‘funding campaign of repression’ in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2022

Related:
Financing & genocide: Development finance and the crisis in the Uyghur Region
Atlantic Council, February 16, 2022

China's high-tech repression of Uyghurs is more sinister — and lucrative — than it seems, anthropologist says
CBC/Radio-Canada, February 17, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Hong Kong singer Tommy Yuen charged over allegedly seditious social media posts
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2022

民主派初選47人案｜20被告法律爭議完成裁決　押後至2月28日及3月4日(Legal disputes settled in case of 47 pro-democracy figures charged under National Security Law; case adjourned until February 28,March 4)
Ming Pao, February 17, 2022

警方要求職工盟執委及前執委提交組織運作等資料(Police request former committee members of disbanded Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions to submit information regarding its operations)
inmediahk.net, February 17, 2022

‘Resist till the end’: City University of Hong Kong students’ union seeks to operate off campus following eviction
Hong Kong Free Press, February 16, 2022

CECC要求亚马逊公司赔偿因披露其供应商侵犯劳工而入狱的中国维权人士(CECC asks Amazon to compensate Chinese rights activist jailed for revealing labor abuses by its suppliers)
Voice of America, February 17, 2022

公民联署：彻查“徐州铁链女事件”，保障公民免于恐惧的自由的呼吁(Citizens’ joint letter calls for thorough investigation into case of Xuzhou chained woman to protect freedom from fear)
Weiquanwang, February 17, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Xi Jinping urges China to arm itself with stronger laws and better lawyers for ‘international struggle’
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing 2022: Local organizing committee dismisses human rights concerns
Deutsche Welle, February 17, 2022

Related:
The International Olympic Committee and China are using politics to obscure human rights abuses
The Conversation, February 16, 2022

江苏省称要调查丰县铁链母亲事件有望水落石出？(Jiangsu provincial gov’t says it will investigate chained mother case in Feng County; will the truth be told?)
Deutsche Welle, February 17, 2022

中国人还是美国人，这是一个问题(Is she Chinese or American?—that is the question)
Financial Times, February 17, 2022

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

ILO REPORTS “DEEP CONCERNS” ABOUT LABOR COERCION, DISCRIMINATION IN XINJIANG
China Digital Times, February 15, 2022

Related:
Application of International Labour Standards 2022: Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
International Labour Organization, February 10, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

香港民研：林鄭民望逾三成市民評零分「出入境自由」創1997年後新低(Survey: 34% of respondents give Carrie Lam a zero; perception of freedom to enter or leave Hong Kong hits record low since 1997)
inmediahk.net, February 15, 2022

Related:
HKPORI releases CE popularities Social and Freedom Indicators along with GGPI
香港民研發放特首民望數字社會及自由指標以及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, February 15, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Journalists warn of chilling impact of Hong Kong's planned 'fake news' law
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Swedish skater says China's hosting of Olympics 'extremely irresponsible' amid human rights abuses
Taiwan News, February 15, 2022

NBC is nearly mum on China abuses in its wall-to-wall Olympics coverage
Washington Post, February 15, 2022

A record number of out LGBTQ+ Olympians are competing. China doesn’t want to talk about it.
19thnews.org, February 15, 2022

CHINA DEFENDS WINTER OLYMPICS WITH TWITTER TIRADES AND INFLUENCER DEALS
China Digital Times, February 15, 2022

为八孩母"断链"—— 中国艺术家在行动（"Breaking the chain" for mother of 8: Chinese artists in action）
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2022

Commentary & Analysis, 评论与分析

女权角度谈谷爱凌现象：民族主义扩张新阶段的“女性赋权”（"Female empowerment" in the new stage of nationalist expansion—the Eileen Gu phenomenon seen from the feminist perspective）
Matters, February 12, 2022

谷爱凌对比徐州八孩母亲小花梅，女权舆论的左右手互搏 | 兼论精英女权的画地为牢（The cases of Eileen Gu and Xuzhou chained woman reveal the limitation of the elite feminist perspective）
Matters, February 15, 2022

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Fears of online censorship in Hong Kong as rights group website goes down
The Guardian, February 15, 2022

CNN runs questionable pro-Olympics ad with content from China’s state-run media
New York Post, February 14, 2022

Related:
A Winter Sporting Event like No Other (content by Xinhua News Agency)
CNN, undated

Weibo censored a famous novelist who voiced her anger over China’s inhumanity to women
Quartz, February 14, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

美国驻华使领馆呼吁中国停止打压维权律师（U.S. embassy in Beijing calls on China to stop the crackdown on human rights lawyers）
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2022

“广东著名人权捍卫者王爱忠案将于2022年4月12日在广州第31法庭开庭审理（Wang Aizhong, well-known Guangdong rights defender, will stand trial in Guangzhou April 12）
Weiquanwang, February 14, 2022

Hong Kong singer arrested on suspicion of acting with seditious intent and money laundering
Hong Kong Free Press, February 15, 2022

2 plead guilty to inciting others to cast invalid ballots in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council poll
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2022

城大學生會撤出校園會長：時代不再容許學生會存在(CityU Students’ Union leaves campus; chairman: the time no longer allows the existence of student unions)
inmediahk.net, February 15, 2022

Ex-leaders of Hong Kong’s defunct Tiananmen vigil group see transfer of national security case to High Court delayed
Hong Kong Free Press, February 14, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s population crisis could give women greater reproductive rights, but hurdles remain
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Uyghur torch bearer dropped from China’s relay team
SupChina, February 14, 2022

“徐州丰县八孩铁链女”事件引发全民关注北大毕业100名学子今实名联署公开信呼吁中央彻查徐州事件给人民以真相还社会予公正（In open letter, 100 Peking University alumni sign in their real names to urge gov’t to thoroughly investigate incident of chained Xuzhou woman）
Weiquanwang, February 15, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

谷爱凌与小花梅，谁代表着真实的中国?
Who Is the Real China? Eileen Gu or the Chained Woman?
The New York Times, February 15, 2022

Monday, February 14, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Enemies of My Enemy: How Fear of China Is Forging a New World Order
Foreign Affairs, February 14, 2022

Chinese sites accused of censoring LGBT content from Friends
BBC News, February 13, 2022

Related:
“老友记”中国重播再遇审查，同性恋情节遭删改惹众怒(Public uproar over gay contents being censored from "Friends" rebroadcast in China)
Voice of America, February 14, 2022

Beijing sells troubled Xinjiang as a winter sports paradise
Agence France-Presse, February 13, 2022

YouTube’s Olympics Highlights Are Riddled With Propaganda
Wired, February 11, 2022

在西方遭贬，在非洲得宠：华为网络技术(Discredited in the West, favored in Africa: Huawei network technology)
Deutsche Welle, February 13, 2022

媒体：北京夏奥维族火炬手身陷囹圄(Media: Uyghur torchbearer for 2008 Beijing Olympics is serving 14-year sentence for watching “counter-revolutionary videos”)
Deutsche Welle, February 12, 2022

Related:
Uyghur torchbearer for 2008 Beijing Olympics serving 14-year sentence in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2022

西藏民众手机被强迫安装软件以监控与境外联系(Chinese authorities forcibly install surveillance software on Tibetans’ mobile phones to monitor their contact with relatives, friends abroad)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

US committee on China calls for probe into VulgarWiki torture allegations
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2022

Hong Kong anti-graft watchdog charges man over social media calls to cast invalid votes in Legco election
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2022

英考虑放宽BNO签证　彭定康：不该遗忘年轻港人(UK considers loosening BNO visa policy; former governor Chris Patten: Young Hong Kongers should not be forgotten)
Deutsche Welle, February 14, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

A Succession Drama, Chinese Style, Starring Xi Jinping
一场以习近平为主角的中国领导人接班大戏
The New York Times, February 14, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Labour practices in China’s Xinjiang of ‘deep concern’, says UN agency
Reuters, February 12, 2022

After a reply on Instagram, Eileen Gu faces criticism over ‘special treatment.’
谷爱凌称中国人人都可以下载VPN引发争议
The New York Times, February 14, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Why the Beijing Olympics Are So Hard to Watch
为何北京冬奥会缺乏吸引力
The New York Times, February 14, 2022

China: IOC Can’t Ensure Olympic Apparel Is Abuse-Free
Human Rights Watch, February 14, 2022

Friday, February 11, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Eileen Gu defends China’s internet freedom. Her message is censored.
Protocol, February 10, 2022

彭博预测：也许中国永远不会成为全球最大经济体(Bloomberg: China may never become the world's biggest economy)
Radio France Internationale, February 11, 2022

Related:
When Will China Be the World’s Biggest Economy? Maybe Never
Bloomberg, February 11, 2022

研究报告：中国对撒哈拉以南非洲地区的贷款比西方国家加起来的总额还多(Report: China loans more to sub-Saharan Africa than to Western countries combined)
Voice of America, February 11, 2022

Related:
Stuck Near Ten Billion: Public-Private Infrastructure Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Center for Global Development, February 9, 2022

澳情报部门阻止中方透过商人资助选举候选人(Australian intelligence blocks China from sponsoring election candidates through businessmen)
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2022

加拿大支持欧盟WTO诉讼案立陶宛：中国牛肉禁令影响有限(Canada backs EU’s lawsuit at WTO; Lithuania: China’s beef ban has limited impact)
Deutsche Welle, February 11, 2022

加入西方民主阵营索马里兰打抗中友台牌以扩大国际承认(Joining Western democracy camp, Somaliland plays the Taiwan card against China to expand international recognition)
Voice of America, February 11, 2022

America’s Chinese Tech Conundrum
美国的中国技术难题
The New York Times, February 11, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Hong Kong democracy and media freedom has ‘entered endgame’
The Guardian, February 10, 2022

Related:
Lights Out: Is this the End of Press Freedom in Hong Kong?
International Federation of Journalists, February 10, 2022

Hong Kong prosecutors slap 3 Apple Daily-affiliated firms with colonial-era sedition charge
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2022

Hong Kong’s defunct Tiananmen vigil group remains unrepresented in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, February 10, 2022

廉署起訴一男涉網上煽惑他人立法會選舉投無效票(Independent Commission Against Corruption charges man with allegedly inciting others to cast invalid votes in 2021 LegCo election)
Ming Pao, February 11, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s family planning agency says it will ‘intervene’ in abortions for unmarried women, teens
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2022

Foreign Judges Are Enabling Hong Kong’s Legal Crackdown
The Diplomat, February 11, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

As the Olympics heat up, China clamps down on dissent
CNN, February 11, 2022

What the Beijing Olympics Reveal About China
The New Yorker, February 10, 2022

By More Than 3-1, Americans Agree with US Diplomatic Boycott of Winter Olympics; 40% Think US Should Have Pulled Athletes Too
Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, February 10, 2022

The good and the bad of China on Olympic show
The Economist, February 12, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

北京冬奥：习近平式的党国意在彰显专制的效力(Beijing Winter Olympics: Xi Jinping-style party-state aims to demonstrate the efficacy of autocracy)
Radio France Internationale, February 10, 2022

徐州八孩母亲案：背后的法律问题和妇女权益保障隐忧(Xuzhou eight-child mother case: Legal issues and hidden concerns over women's rights protection)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 11, 2022

时事大家谈：中共要谷爱凌“为党争光” 体育政治真能分开吗？(Commentary: CPC wants Eileen Gu to "win glory for the party"—can sports and politics really be separated?)
Voice of America, February 11, 2022

Thursday, February 10, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Will Taiwanese academics be targeted by the Hong Kong National Security Law?
Global Voices, February 10, 2022

‘You’re treated like a spy’: US accused of racial profiling over China Initiative
The Guardian, February 10, 2022

尼泊尔政府报告显示中国侵蚀该国边境地区(Nepalpese gov’t report shows China encroaching on country's borders)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 10, 2022

中国阿根廷联合声明激怒英国阿根廷加入“一带一路”(China-Argentina joint statement angers Britain; Argentina joins China’s Belt and Road Initiative)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 9, 2022

布林肯抵达澳四方会谈聚焦中俄联手势力(Blinken arrives in Australia; four-party talks focus on joint threat of China and Russia)
Deutsche Welle, February 10, 2022

China fell far short of promises it made to purchase American goods.
数据显示中国未履行美中贸易协定承诺
The New York Times, February 9, 2022

经济胁迫进一步升级，中国宣布暂停立陶宛牛肉进口(China announces suspension of Lithuanian beef imports in escalated economic coercion)
Voice of America, February 10, 2022

民主指数榜中国名列第148 EIU分析中国挑战(China ranks 148 in EIU’s 2021 Democracy Index; report analyzes the China challenge)
Deutsche Welle, February 10, 2022

Related:
Democracy Index 2021: less than half the world lives in a democracy
Economist Intelligence, February 10, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

US-funded news service to suspend Cantonese op-eds and programmes over ‘dire situation in Hong Kong’
Hong Kong Free Press, February 10, 2022

Hong Kong says criticism of its media crackdown 'erroneous,' 'opinionated'
Radio Free Asia, February 9, 2022

人权观察要求中共当局立即释放健康恶化的西藏僧人(Human Rights Watch calls on Chinese authorities to immediately release Tibetan monk in deteriorating health)
Voice of America, February 10, 2022

Related:
China: Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril
Human Rights Watch, February 9, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China tech bosses hail Beijing’s guidance after year of regulatory storm
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2022

Tracking function for Hong Kong’s ‘Leave Home Safe’ app would not be illegal, privacy commissioner tells lawmakers
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2022

Pro-establishment lawmaker Junius Ho says gay marriage related to national security issue and needed to be prevented)
inmediahk.net, February 10, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing Winter Olympics becomes microcosm of world’s rivalries and mistrust
The Washington Post, February 10, 2022

Can China use the Beijing Olympics to ‘sportwash’ its abuses against the Uyghurs? Only if the world remains silent
The Conversation, February 10, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Beijing put on a spectacle at the Olympics opening. But is it getting its message across?
Protocol, February 9, 2022

China’s Anti-Graft Show Is Educational, With Unintended Lessons
权力、金钱和性：反腐纪录片《零容忍》揭露中共不堪家丑
The New York Times, February 10, 2022

In the ‘Genocide Olympics,’ Are We All Complicit?
在一场“种族灭绝奥运会”里，我们都是同谋吗？
The New York Times, February 10, 2022

Wednesday, February 09, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Is the deglobalisation writing on the wall? How China is reversing cultural openness with the West
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2022

Chinese microblogging service Weibo deletes over 41,000 posts for ‘creating trouble’ during Beijing Winter Olympics, asks users to keep calm when commenting on the games
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2022

Hong Kong civil servants will need national security training to pass probation or be promoted, official says
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2022

中国防疫措施升级违反防控规定多人被拘留（As China escalates epidemic prevention and control measures, many people are detained in name of violation ）
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2022

大型视频网站审核员过劳猝死引发网络热议（Large video site auditor's sudden death from overwork sparks heated debate on Internet）
Radio Free Asia, February 9, 2022

Related:
B站向猝死员工家属道歉拟年内扩招千名审核员（Bilibili apologizes to families of employees who died suddenly, plans to recruit thousands of content moderators within year）
Caixin, February 9, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

21 nations condemn Hong Kong press freedom crackdown and closure of news outlets
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2022

Related:
Media Freedom Coalition Statement on Closure of Media Outlets in Hong Kong
U.S. Department of State, February 8, 2022

回應媒體自由聯盟　中國駐英使館：國安法下香港新聞自由獲更好保障(Chinese embassy in UK responds to Media Freedom Coalition statement: Hong Kong’s press freedom is better protected under National Security Law)
Ming Pao, February 9, 2022

Security law: Hong Kong court again adjourns hearing on legal disputes in 47 democrats’ subversion case
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2022

Hong Kong protests: former student leader detained ahead of sentencing on charges of resisting arrest, perverting justice
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

The Chinese Legislature’s Hidden Agenda
The Diplomat, February 9, 2022

Excerpt:
“For about a decade, China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), made real improvements to its transparency. . . . In the past two years, however, the legislature has appeared increasingly tempted to embrace the secrecy afforded by the Great Hall of the People. It has been withholding legislative drafts at a greater frequency – five in 2020-2021 alone versus five total during 2015-2019. It has also started to hide certain bills on its legislative agenda from the public until shortly before or, worse, until after their adoption. This practice not only departs from the legislature’s transparency norm, but is also at odds with the party-state’s legal reform agenda and recent official rhetoric on China’s political system.”

Current Topics (热门话题)

Bearing an Olympic Torch, and a Politically Loaded Message
团结象征还是粉饰镇压？争议旋涡中的维吾尔火炬手
The New York Times, February 8, 2022

China’s dismal human rights record casts a shadow over the Winter Olympics

PBS Newshour, February 8, 2022

Beijing sells troubled Xinjiang as a winter sports paradise
Agence France-Presse, February 9, 2022

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's interview leaves unanswered questions
Deustche Welle, February 8, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China: Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril
Human Rights Watch, February 9, 2022

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Australia denied access to dual citizen detained for alleged ‘subversion’ in Hong Kong
The Guardian, February 8, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Chinese free speech advocate takes aim at Tencent over WeChat account shutdown
South China Morning Post, February 7, 2022

Hong Kong CityU students’ union told to vacate university premises after failing to submit audited financial records
Hong Kong Free Press, February 8, 2022

美銀律師襲警罪上訴駁回　即時服刑(Court rejects appeal by American lawyer Samuel Phillip Bickett against his conviction of assaulting a police)
Ming Pao, February 8, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

US adds 33 Chinese companies to red flag list, unseals Hytera indictment
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2022

鄧炳強稱就23條本地立法擬5月到立會開展諮詢(Secretary for Security Chris Tang says Article 23 legislation consultation will commence in LegCo in May)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 8, 2022

42万条意见，妇女权益保障法“大修”掀起讨论风暴 | 深度报道（Women's Rights Protection Law overhaul sets off a storm of discussion with 420,000 comments| In-depth report）
Beijing Youth Daily, February 7, 2022

农妇赵刘枝获无罪后申请复议不服27万元国家赔偿（After acquittal, farmer Zhao Liuzhi appeals RMB 270,000 state compensation）
Caixin, February 8, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing’s mixing of geopolitics and the Olympics comes at a cost
Financial Times, February 8, 2022

Chinese media isn’t covering Peng Shuai’s dinner with the IOC in Beijing
Quartz, February 7, 2022

遠方的哭聲：從八孩母親到被遺忘的農村女性精神障礙患者（Cries from afar: From mother of 8 to forgotten rural women with mental illness）
The Initium, February 8, 2022

Monday, February 07, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

UN’s Guterres says he expects China to let rights chief pay ‘credible’ visit to Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, February 6, 2022

WHO chief discusses collaboration on COVID origins with China
Al Jazeera, February 5, 2022

Wall Street Journal is hit by cyberattack that security expert links to China
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2022

China's Tencent restores Fight Club ending after backlash
BBC News, February 7, 2022

As the U.S. Pulls Back From the Mideast, China Leans In
美国逐渐抽身之际，中国积极介入中东
The New York Times, February 7, 2022

李文亮逝世二周年：调查揭示中国审查系统控制舆论的三大手段(2nd anniversary of death of coronavirus whistleblower Li Wenliang: Survey reveals 3 key ways China's censorship system controls public opinion)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 7, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

75-year-old Hong Kong activist facing sedition charge denied bail after planning Beijing Olympics demo
Hong Kong Free Press, February 7, 2022

Related:
警以國安法要「女長毛」雷玉蓮交出旅遊證件(Lui Yuk-lin, brought in to assist investigation of Koo's sedition case, is asked to hand over travel documents under National Security Law)
Ming Pao, February 6, 2022

Hong Kong’s largest journalist group ‘needs one or two more weeks’ to answer authorities’ request to justify its activities
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2022

Hong Kong judge convicts 4 of unlawful assembly, says memos on detainees’ legal rights show ‘organised nature’ of 2019 protest
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

美国准备推出“印太经济架构”，旨在制衡中国(U.S. to launch New Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to counter China)
The Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2022

Related:
U.S. Readies New Asia-Pacific Economic Strategy to Counter China
The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing 2022: US criticises choice of ethnic Uyghur Olympic torchbearer, as IOC defends move
Agence France-Presse, February 6, 2022

In Beijing, Olympic Spectacle and Global Power Games
在北京，一场奥运盛会和它背后的全球政治变局
The New York Times, February 7, 2022

China accused of ignoring hockey player's human rights as isolation complaints grow
Reuters, February 7, 2022

Beijing 2022: Tibetans protest ‘Games of shame’ at Olympic HQ
Agence France-Presse, February 4, 2022

China’s Peng Shuai says there was ‘misunderstanding’ over her allegations, announces retirement
The Washington Post, February 7, 2022

Related:
Testimony on Peng Shuai Before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China
China Change, February 3, 2022

In Beijing, the Subject on Everybody’s Mind but Not Lips
发声还是沉默？中国人权问题让冬奥会运动员陷入两难
The New York Times, February 7, 2022

国际奥委会主席巴赫与彭帅会面难解除对她被当局控制的忧虑(IOC President Bach meets with Peng Shuai, but it's still hard to allay worries about her being controlled by the authorities)
Voice of America, February 7, 2022

八孩母亲遭铁链锁脖事件发酵民间谴责排山倒海官方不语(Officials remain silent amid growing public condemnation of treatment of chained 8-child mother)
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Xi’s Big Show: What the Olympics Reveal About China
Foreign Affairs, February 6, 2022

In the 2008 Olympics, Beijing Felt Like an Open Door. In 2022, It's Closed
Wired, February 6, 2022

The Rise and Fall of Democracy With Chinese Characteristics
The Diplomat, February 5, 2022

We can’t let China use the Olympics to mask genocide and human rights abuses
The Guardian, February 6, 2022

Japan Calls for Monitoring China’s Human Rights Situations
Human Rights Watch, February 7, 2022

丰县女子生育八个孩子的根源在哪里？(What is the root cause of the treatment of the 8-child Fengxian woman?)
Financial Times, February 7, 2022

Friday, February 04, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

An Olympic Legacy of Media Control
China Media Project, February 4, 2022

For Uyghur 2008 Torchbearer, China’s Olympic Flame Has Gone Dark
The Diplomat, February 4, 2022

习近平会见普京支持彼此维护主权(Xi Jinping meets Putin, in mutual support for maintaining sovereignty)
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2022

Related:
中华人民共和国和俄罗斯联邦关于新时代国际关系和全球可持续发展的联合声明（全文）(Joint Statement of China and Russia on International Relations and Global Sustainable Development in the New Era (full text))
Xinhua News, February 4, 2022

中国从以色列引进国防技术引担忧专家: 以不会转让美国技术(China's introduction of defense technology from Israel raises concerns; Expert: Israel won't transfer U.S. technology)
Voice of America, February 4, 2022

拒绝在冬奥会前公布新疆人权报告，联合国被批与中国“唱双簧”(UN is criticized for singing to China’s tune in refusing to release Xinjiang human rights report before Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, February 4, 2022

国际记者联盟报告：中国使用多种强制手段控制外国驻华记者的报道(IFJ report: China uses a variety of coercive methods to control reporting by foreign journalists’ in China)
Voice of America, February 4, 2022

Related:
Fair Game: The Endangered Media Space for Foreign Correspondents inside China 2022
The International Federation of Journalists, February 2, 2022

ASK “WHY?” ON WEIBO AND YOU’LL ONLY BE SUSPENDED LONGER
China Digital Times, February 3, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

National security law: veteran Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu arrested for allegedly inciting subversion
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2022

Related:
古思堯涉「煽動顛覆國家政權罪」被捕今早原定到中聯辦抗議冬奧 (Activist Koo Sze-yiu, arrested on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power" had planned to protest Winter Olympics at the Liaison Office)
inmediahk.net, February 4, 2022

鄒幸彤第15次申請保釋被拒　官拒安排下次開庭日期 (Chow Hang-tung, former vice chair of Hong Kong Alliance, is denied bail for the 15th time; judge rejects request to set new trial date)
Ming Pao, February 4, 2022

Ahead of Winter Olympics, Beijing Moves to Quash Dissent
压制批评，平息异见：冬奥会前北京加大力度“维稳”
The New York Times, February 4, 2022