China’s online nationalists turn paranoia into clickbait
The Economist, January 8, 2022
议论疫情多名中国网民被捕 涉传播西安谣言一官员遭免职(Netizens are detained for discussing the COVID surge in Xi’an; local official is dismissed for spreading rumors)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2022
China and America prepare for a human-rights showdown at the UN
The Economist, January 8, 2022
China’s propaganda machine is embracing a new slogan to entrench Xi Jinping’s status
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2022
福布斯：中国疫情死亡数据极不靠谱 缺乏研究价值(Forbes: China's COVID death data is extremely unreliable, lacks research value)
Voice of America, January 7, 2022
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Part 1: Beijing Is Intentionally Underreporting China’s Covid Death Rate
Forbes, Jan 2, 2022Part 2: Beijing Is Intentionally Underreporting China’s Covid Death Rate
Forbes, Jan 5, 2022
Japan and U.S. vow more defence cooperation to counter Chinese threat
Reuters, January 7, 2022
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Joint Statement of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee ("2+2")
U.S. Department of Defense, January 6, 2022
China tech crackdown: fresh antitrust fines on Alibaba and Tencent signal continued scrutiny in 2022
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2022
无惧海康威视“霸凌” 美调查机构称将继续曝光其无良作为(No fear of Hikvision’s "bullying," U.S. investigative agency says it will continue to expose its unethical practices)
Voice of America, January 7, 2022
台湾发现小米手机审查政治敏感字汇 恐有回传信息疑虑(Taiwan finds Xiaomi phones censor politically sensitive words, fears information retrieval)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2022
Covid-19: Quarantine for 170 guests at Chinese official’s b’day party, inc. 13 senior Hong Kong officials & 19 lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2022
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高官赴百人慶生宴須隔離 醫學會蔡堅：不准百姓點燈 (Quarantine of senior officials who attended banquet; Dr. Choi Kin of Hong Kong Medical Association: [Officials could do whatever they want while] ordinary people are restricted in their normal activities)
inmedia.hk, January 7, 2022
One year on, Hong Kong activist priest stages rare silent sit-in urging release of detained democrats
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2022
China crushes Hong Kong’s independent news outlets
The Economist, January 8, 2022
港记泪别《立场新闻》《众新闻》：记者身份不死 (Hong Kong reporters’ tearful goodbye to Stand News, Citizen News: Journalists’ status shall live on)
Deutsche Welle, January 7, 2022
Uyghurs in Turkey file legal complaint against Chinese camps
Uyghur Times, January 4, 2022
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新疆：土耳其一律师团在伊斯坦布尔状告习近平等112中国官员 (Xinjiang: Turkish lawyers sue 112 Chinese officials, including Xi Jinping, in Istanbul court)
Radio France Internationale, January 5, 2022
Holiday repression signals dire year for human rights in China in 2022
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 6, 2022
Xi'an authorities ban 'negative' lockdown posts, photos or video on social media
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2022
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LOCKDOWN VOICES: PAIN, HUNGER, AND A JOURNALIST DETERMINED TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IN XI’AN
China Digital Times, January 5, 2022
“绝望至极后希望生” 中国人权律师在暗夜中坚持 (From despair to hope—Chinese human rights lawyers persist in dark times)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2022
西安封城激起的民愤在中国蔓延(Mass outrage aroused by closure of Xi'an is spreading in China)
The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2022
獨立記者的西安版「方方日記」：所有人都低估了封城將帶來的災難 (Independent journalist’s report on Xi’an: Everyone underestimated the disaster that would result from lockdown)
The New Lens, January 6, 2022
Beijing’s New Year's resolutions for tech
Protocol, January 5, 2022
As Beijing Takes Control, Chinese Tech Companies Lose Jobs and Hope
企业裁员、就业市场降温：监管重创中国互联网行业
The New York Times, January 6, 2022
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Answers to Some Big Questions
关于北京冬奥会的重要疑问以及回答
The New York Times, January 6, 2022
人权组织批国际奥委会不愿就新疆强迫劳动问题进行对话(Human rights organization slams IOC for ignoring dialogue request on forced labor in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, January 6, 2022
《立場》案後至少六家網媒停運或終止新聞工作 (After Stand News, at least six online media outlets have suspended operations or terminated news reporting)
inmedia.hk, January 6, 2022
Work as usual, then tears as Hong Kong’s Citizen News bids farewell
Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2022
《明報》觀點版新增編按：絕無意圖煽動憎恨 (Ming Pao adds editor’s note on opinion page: No intention to incite hatred)
inmedia.hk, January 6, 2022
香港學生正蜂擁至加拿大留學 (Hong Kong students are flocking to study in Canada)
inmedia.hk, January 6, 2022
Top Beijing official in Hong Kong lays out 5 expectations for new lawmakers in unprecedented meeting
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2022
Crimes Ordinance Sedition versus Hong Kong’s National Security Law: different legal tools, same outcome?
The China Collection, January 6, 2022
Excerpt:
The use of the sedition provision is also part of a larger strategy by the government to diversify its national security toolkit: the Stand News arrests show that the government wants to move away from using the heavy artillery of the NSL in all cases, and instead wants to use different legal and criminal tools for different circumstances.This diversification of the national security toolkit will be a key part of the government’s strategy in 2022: Chief Executive Carrie Lam has made clear that Basic Law Article 23 national security legislation will be a key priority for the new year. Once that legislation is completed, the government will have an entire new set of national security laws that can be used to threaten, intimidate, or jail its political opponents. It can save the NSL itself for only the most high-priority targets.
Uyghurs in Turkey file criminal complaint against Chinese officials
Reuters, January 5, 2022
转载｜江雪：长安十日(Repost｜Jiang Xue: Ten Days in Chang'an)
NGOCN, January 4, 2022
China rolls out new regulation to rein in algorithms used on apps as Beijing continues to clip wings of Big Tech firms
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2022
Faced With Questions About Forced Labor in China, the I.O.C. Is Tight-Lipped
面对中国人权质疑，一个保持沉默的国际奥委会
New York Times, January 5, 2022
Olympic Committee Becomes Latest Target of Critics of Treatment of Uyghurs
Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2022
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华尔街日报称：国际奥委会成维吾尔族人权组织发难目标 (Wall Street Journal: ICO is target of Uyghur human rights organization)
Radio France Internationale, January 5, 2022
Online platform Mad Dog Daily shuts down, becoming second Hong Kong media outlet to fold after Stand News arrests
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2022
網站公告 (inmedia.hk, online news outlet, disables public submission function)
inmedia.hk, January 4, 2022
《立場》前董事吳靄儀入稟要求警方歸還部分檢取資料 禁查閱取用 (Former board member of defunct Stand News files for return of, access ban to materials seized by police)
inmedia.hk, January 5, 2022
Incumbent president of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council Andrew Leung re-elected unopposed
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2022
第四權 (The fourth estate)
Ming Pao, January 5, 2022
Excerpt:
新聞自由的環境跟過去已大不相同，大家都心裏有數。太多的「不確定性」，令人如履薄冰，如果說新聞界沒有擔憂，相信只是自欺欺人。(The environment for press freedom is very different from the past, and everyone knows it well. Too much "uncertainty" is making people walk on thin ice. To say the press does not have to worry is, I believe, just deceiving ourselves.)
2022年的命運 (Our fate in 2022)
Ming Pao, January 5, 2022
Excerpt:
躺平、沉默都會引來責難，看來這就是香港人在2022年的命運。(Even lying flat and staying silent will invite censure: this is the fate of the Hong Kong people in 2022)
New Xinjiang party chief pledges to follow President Xi Jinping’s policy on the sensitive region
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2021
One Free Press Coalition spotlights rising imprisonment of journalists in China
Deustche Welle, January 3, 2022
CHRISTMAS AS USUAL: CCP DETAINS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
China Digital Times, December 30, 2021
Concerns grow for health of rights lawyer, dissident detained in Xiamen crackdown
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2021