China's Reach & Internal Control (中国：内控与外扩)

北京市府配合二十大加强封控，手机应用成为最佳维稳工具(Beijing municipal gov’t strengthens control during 20th CPC National Congress; mobile phone app has become its best tool for maintaining stability)
Voice of America, October 20, 2022

将战狼外交进行到底 中国外交部高官誓言在习指导下要敢于斗争、善于斗争(Wage "wolf warrior diplomacy" to the end—China's vice foreign minister vows fighting with courage and skill under Xi's guidance)
Voice of America, October 20, 2022

At least 1,400 US-based ethnic Chinese scientists exited American institutions for mainland China, study reveals
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

China relations slide down crisis-hit agenda for EU leaders summit
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2022

UK expands BNO emigration scheme to Hongkongers born after 1997, as Beijing slams move as ‘violation’ of int’l law
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2022

In Britain, Outcry Grows After Protester Is Beaten at Chinese Consulate
The New York Times, October 19, 2022

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法媒： 无赖的中国领事激怒了英国人(French media: Thuggish Chinese consul angers Britons)
Radio France Internationale, October 20, 2022

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

Overseas solidarity with Beijing 'bridge man' protest sparks fears of retaliation
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2022

Tycoon Jimmy Lai loses Court of Appeal bid to block Hong Kong police inspection of his mobile phones over national security charges
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2022

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Hong Kong court allows media tycoon Jimmy Lai to hire UK lawyer for national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2022

8.25荃灣非法集結 3男判囚11個月至11個月4周 官因案延誤減刑(3 men are sentenced to 11 months to 11 months, 4 weeks in jail for illegal assembly in 2019 protests in Tsuen Wan; judge reduces jail term on grounds of delays)
Inmediahk, October 19, 2022

13人涉葵涌「連儂牆」貼文宣罪脫　官指警證供矛盾(13 acquitted of posting promotional materials on "Lennon Wall" in 2019 protests; judge says police evidence is contradictory)
Ming Pao, October 20, 2022

男學生涉示威時藏鐵筆噴漆三年後被捕　判入更生中心(Student is arrested after 3 years and sentenced to correctional center for hiding stylus and spray paint during 2019 protest)
Ming Pao, October 20, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Attacks on national security come in many guises, Hong Kong’s leader says, calling for time in drafting local law to protect state
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

河南汝州女孩之死让人质疑"一切为了人民健康"(14 year-old girl in Ruzhou, Henan dies in Covid-19 prevention site due to lack of medical treatment, raising question about "everything is for people’s health")
Deutsche Welle, October 20 2022

Beijing steps up Covid measures as cases quadruple during key CCP congress meeting
The Guardian, October 20, 2022

Why do so few women hold high office in the ruling Chinese Communist Party?
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2022

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For Women in China’s Communist Party, It’s Lonely at the Top
“清零沙皇”孙春兰：中共高层“孤独”的女性领导人
The New York Times, October 20, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

America and China Don’t Need to Knock Each Other Out to Win
中美两国不需要为了获胜而打击对方
The New York Times, October 20, 2022

Commentary: How will China interact with the world in the next 5 years? Xi’s congress speech holds clues
Channel News Asia, October 20, 2022

China’s 20th Party Congress: Hong Kong’s 2019 ‘chaos’ was curbed by Covid, not by China’s new law
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2022