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“Ghost in the Shell” is a poem to Hong Kong as it faces the 20th anniversary of its handover to China
Quartz, April 11, 2017
https://qz.com/950919/ghost-in-the-shell-is-a-poem-to-hong-kong-as-it-faces-the-20th-anniversary-of-its-handover-to-china/

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Xiaolu Guo: “There was no private or personal space in China”
The Guardian, January 15, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/15/xiaolu-guo-meet-the-author-once-upon-a-time-in-the-east

雾霾与中国人觉醒的“公民性” (Smog and the awakening of Chinese “citizenship”)
Financial Times, January 16, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070990

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In 2016, a toxic political smog spread over China and Hong Kong
Global Voices, December 30, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/12/30/in-2016-a-toxic-political-smog-spread-over-china-and-hong-kong/

The evolution and implication of China's Overseas NGO Law
NGOs in China, December 30, 2016
http://ngochina.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-evolution-and-implication-of-chinas.html

Related:
China’s new foreign NGO law: A conversation with Sophie Richardson
Center for Strategic & International Studies, January 4, 2017
https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/chinas-new-foreign-ngo-law-a-conversation-with-sophie-richardson

Cashing in on dystopia
SupChina, January 3, 2017
http://supchina.com/2017/01/03/cashing-in-on-dystopia/

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Yan Xin: Opposition and the legitimacy of state power
China Digital Times, December 14, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/yan-xin-%e7%87%95%e8%96%aa-opposition-legitimacy-state-power/

年终报道：习近平来年面临严峻挑战 (Year-end report: Xi Jinping is facing severe challenges next year)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/china-politics-year-ender-20161215/3638128.html

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Time’s up: China must release imprisoned lawyer Wang Quanzhang
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/09/times-china-must-release-imprisoned-lawyer-wang-quanzhang/

請梁振英不連任 為香港做一件好事（文：尹兆堅） (Pray that CY Leung won’t re-elect, for the good of Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, December 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161209/s00022/1481246948571

如何面對不流血的政治謀殺？（文：黎恩灝） (How to handle bloodless political murders?)
Ming Pao, December 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161209/s00022/1481245069844

中国能否成为国际气候治理领袖？ (Can China be international climate leader?)
The Financial Times, December 9, 2016
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070490?full=y

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當梁振英稱呼你為「朋友」（文﹕蔡子強） (When CY Leung calls you “friend”)
Ming Pao, December 8, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161208/s00022/1481163410440

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The road of no return Part 1: Beijing’s ruling on Hong Kong’s Basic Law cannot be justified
Hong Kong Free Press, December 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/06/the-road-of-no-return-part-1-beijings-ruling-on-hong-kongs-basic-law-cannot-be-justified/

Related:
The road of no return Part 2: How the courts could have handled the oaths row
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/07/road-no-return-part-2-courts-handled-oaths-row/

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China: No 1 enemy of Internet freedom or the global champion of online technology?
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2050375/china-no-1-enemy-internet-freedom-or-global-champion-online

热点采访：海外民运人士如何看待彭明的去世？ (Popular topic: How do overseas dissidents see the death of Peng Ming?)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wy-12012016152012.html

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The Guardian view on independence for Hong Kong: made in Beijing
The Guardian, November 25, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/25/the-guardian-view-on-independence-for-hong-kong-made-in-beijing

100 Women 2016: Hong Kong's celebrity democracy rebel
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 25, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38094579

Forget history lessons, in age of Facebook here’s why Hong Kong’s young are turning their backs on Beijing
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2049315/forget-history-lessons-age-facebook-heres-why-hong-kongs-young

Chris Patten is wrong to think Hong Kongers will get full democracy if they just follow Beijing’s script
Hong Kong Free Press, November 27, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/27/chris-patten-is-wrong-to-think-hongkongers-will-get-full-democracy-if-they-just-follow-beijings-script/

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In the history of U.S.-China relations, a pattern of enchantment and despair
200年來，中美怎樣相互吸引又彼此失望
The New York Times, November 24, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/world/asia/china-us-history-john-pomfret.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161125/china-us-history-john-pomfret/zh-hant/

【經濟學神】Facebook絕不能入中國 (Never let Facebook get into China)
Ming Pao, November 25, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161125/s00002/1480075868671

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How Chinese feminists can inspire women to stand up to Trump
The Guardian, November 23, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/23/how-chinese-feminists-can-inspire-women-to-stand-up-to-trump

中国正提升其在国际维和中的角色 (China is strengthening her role in international peacekeeping)
The Financial Times, November 23, 2016
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070266

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Lawyer who helped draft Basic Law says Beijing interpretation has destroyed “one country, two systems”
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2046959/lawyer-who-helped-draft-basic-law-says-beijing

反對派必須勇敢承認分歧（文：葉健民） (Opposition parties must bravely recognize their differences)
Ming Pao, November 18, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161118/s00022/1479432872513

當政治沒有曙光，我們更需要白票 (One should cast a blank vote especially when political situation isn’t hopeful)
InMedia HK, November 18, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045920

What does Xi's “One China" mean for Hong Kong's democracy?
习近平的“一个中国”对香港民主意味着什么？
Voice of America, November 18, 2016
EN: http://www.voanews.com/a/china-hong-kong/3601047.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/a/Xi-HONGKONG-DEMOCRACY/3601531.html

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The future of public interest litigation in China
ChinaFile, November 16, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/environment/future-of-public-interest-litigation-china

香港法律专家谈宣誓案判决的影响 (Hong Kong legal experts comment on impacts of the ruling of oath-taking case)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-11162016103532.html

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China’s great leap backward
The Atlantic, December 2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/12/chinas-great-leap-backward/505817/

Facebook, Microsoft, LinkedIn and others must resist China’s Orwellian vision of the Internet
Hong Kong Free Press, November 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/16/facebook-microsoft-linkedin-and-others-must-resist-chinas-orwellian-vision-of-the-internet/

【梁游敗訴】評法院梁游宣誓案判辭（文：任建峰） (Progressive Lawyers Group Kevin Yam on the Court’s ruling over localist duo’s oath taking)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161116/s00022/1479258162674

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Beijing’s ruling amounts to a purge of dissident voices from Hong Kong’s legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, November 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/14/beijings-ruling-amounts-to-a-purge-of-dissident-voices-from-hong-kongs-legislature/

Interpol appointment highlights abuses
The Guardian, November 14, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/14/interpol-appointment-highlights-abuses

【人大釋法】評釋法風波（一至四）（文：劉進圖） (Former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau on the controversy of NPC’s interpretation of the Basic Law I-IV)
Ming Pao, November 11-15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161111/s00022/1478823611415
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161112/s00022/1478909528893
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161114/s00022/1479085011636
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161115/s00022/1479173732003

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How will Donald Trump’s victory impact China and U.S.-China relations?
ChinaFile, November 11, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/sinica-podcast/how-will-donald-trumps-victory-impact-china-and-us-china-relations

Trump’s America and Hong Kong’s oath taking crisis: How they are linked
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2044871/trumps-america-and-hong-kongs-oath-taking-crisis-how-they-are

Beijing tightens its grip in Hong Kong again
The New York Times, November 13, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/opinion/beijing-tightens-its-grip-in-hong-kong-again.html

历史学家怎样看孙中山？ (How do historians view Sun Yat-sen?)
Deutsche Welle, November 12, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/历史学家怎样看孙中山/a-36372863

Related:
孫中山先生150年冥壽抽水祭 (Sun Yat-sen’s 150th birthday seriously manipulated)
InMedia HK, November 12, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045808

對香港未來的樂觀希望（文：董建華） (Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and former Hong Kong chief Tung Chee-hwa: Optimistic outlook of Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, November 12, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161112/s00022/1478877025940

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Thank you Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-Ching for doing exactly what I voted for you to do
Hong Kong Free Press, November 10, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/10/thank-you-baggio-leung-and-yau-wai-ching-for-doing-exactly-what-i-voted-for-you-to-do/

Hong Kong’s protest leaders demand self-determination
The Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kongs-protest-leaders-demand-self-determination-1478721911

From local identity to the pursuit of independence: The changing face of Hong Kong localism
Hong Kong Free Press, November 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/11/from-local-identity-to-the-pursuit-of-independence-the-changing-face-of-hong-kong-localism/

How Hong Kong’s courts interpret Beijing’s interpretation of the Basic Law may yet surprise
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2044385/how-hong-kongs-courts-interpret-beijings-interpretation

Hong Kong courts should reject Beijing’s Basic Law ruling, says legal heavyweight
Hong Kong Free Press, November 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/11/hong-kong-courts-should-reject-beijings-basic-law-ruling-says-legal-heavyweight/

“An epochal change”: what a Trump presidency means for the Asia Pacific region
The Guardian, November 10, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/10/an-epochal-change-what-a-trump-presidency-means-for-the-asia-pacific-region

拒絕當權者的思維 (Reject the thinking of those in power)
InMedia HK, November 11, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045770

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評論料美國將減少關注香港 惟北京不會放緩干預 (Commentators expect that the U.S. will pay less attention to Hong Kong, while Beijing will not lessen intervention)
Radio France Internationale, November 10, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161110-評論料美國將減少關注香港-惟北京不會放緩干預

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China just won the U.S. election
Foreign Policy, November 9, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/09/china-just-won-the-u-s-election-trump-victory/

Related:
特朗普當選對中國有何影響？ (What are the effects of Trump’s victory to China?)
Radio France Internationale, November 9, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161109-特朗普當選對中國有何影響？

【人大釋法】法治始終要靠政權懂得自制（文：任建峰） (Progressive Lawyers Group Kevin Yam on NPC law interpretation: Rule of law counts of self-discipline of the regime)
Ming Pao, November 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161109/s00022/1478651753323

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Beijing’s heavy hand on Hong Kong
The Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/beijings-heavy-hand-on-hong-kong-1478565392

Reform needed in how Chinese judges think
The Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/11/07/reform-needed-in-how-chinese-judges-think/