China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Blinken Reproves China Counterpart Over Support for Russia
布林肯与王毅在巴厘岛会晤，美方谴责中方支持俄罗斯
The Wall Street Journal, July 9-11, 2022

北京警告東協不要淪為他人「棋子」(China warns ASEAN against becoming a “pawn” used by others)
Deutsche Welle, July 11, 2022

欧洲议会通过决议谴责逮捕陈日君枢机及其他民主人士，北京表示不满(European Parliament passes resolution condemning arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen and other democrats; Beijing expresses dissatisfaction)
Voice of America, July 9, 2022

Booklets containing speech Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered in Hong Kong go on sale at bookstores
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2022

Hong Kong schools to submit plans for mainland study tours as part of overhauled liberal studies course
Hong Kong Free Press, July 8, 2022

Related:
公民科21條內地考察行程 設不同學習目標包括維護國安、認識鄉親思想 (Civic and Social Development Studies mainland tour itineraries designed to teach students about the importance of maintaining national security and close ties with the motherland)
inmediahk.net, July 11, 2022

Nationalists attack Chinese journalist over emotional Shinzo Abe report
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2022

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

广州11·12大抓捕：范一平、胡天峰等5人被控“颠覆”一案已秘密开庭(Guangzhou Nov.12, 2020 arrests: Fan Yiping, Hu Tianfeng, and 3 others accused of "subversion" were secretly tried in April this year)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2022

中国河南村镇银行储户维权行动升级 抗议者遭身份不明人士殴打(Hundreds of village bank depositors in Zhengzhou, Henan protest are confronted by police, beaten by unidentified persons)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 11, 2022

#METOO CASES WEATHER CENSORSHIP, SUPPRESSION, AND VICTIM-BASHING
China Digital Times, July 8, 2022

Olympic protest case: Hong Kong court urged to consider sedition law’s effect on free speech
Hong Kong Free Press, July 11, 2022

Hong Kong’s top court allows gov’t to challenge photographer’s overturned illegal assembly conviction
Hong Kong Free Press, July 11, 2022

Hong Kong rights review marred by crackdown on civil society groups
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2022

理大逃入科學館案 被告稱要水洗面 遭警強行打開口噴椒 (Poly-U Science Museum Case | Defendant claims he wanted to wash his face with water but police forced pepper spray into his mouth)
inmediahk.net, July 11 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

联合国审议香港人权状况 《香港国安法》成焦点(At UN review of Hong Kong’s human rights situation, National Security Law is the focus)
Voice of America, July 9, 2022

中国前司法部长傅政华被起诉(Former Chinese justice minister Fu Zhenghua is indicted)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2022

一唐山教师因批评中国网民庆祝安倍遇刺言论 遭当局调查(Tangshan teacher is under investigation for criticizing Chinese netizens celebrating Abe's assassination)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2022

Hong Kong doesn’t need teachers who are against national education: John Lee
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Three cities in China impose partial lockdowns as new cases are reported.
The New York Times, July 11, 2022

Related:
兰州、海口多地实施7天管控 上海重启方舱医院防变异毒株(Lanzhou, Haikou implement 7-day control; Shanghai restarts field hospitals to prevent spread of COVID variants)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2022

Hong Kong to make COVID-19 app more like mainland China to curb infections
Reuters, July 11, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

America Can’t Allow China to Keep Crushing Our Solar Energy Industry
美国不能允许中国继续主导太阳能产业
The New York Times, July 11, 2022

On top of censorship, Chinese writers now have to contend with attacks from patriotic trolls, and that’s worrying
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2022