China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

The moon, Mars and the return of strongman rule: How China has changed since the 2008 Olympics
The Washington Post, January 27, 2022

Hong Kong’s Contested Academic Freedom
The Diplomat, January 27, 2022

Decision on whether to axe minister over Omicron ‘partygate’ set to reveal how Beijing will enforce accountability among Hong Kong’s new ‘patriotic’ political elite
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2022

以行动声援立陶宛，欧盟在世贸组织起诉中国“歧视性”贸易行为(EU sues China for 'discriminatory' trade practices at WTO in solidarity with Lithuania)
Voice of America, January 27, 2022

中国黑客组织“熊猫使者”遭德国指控：目标瞄准德国制药和科技(Chinese hacker group Panda Messenger is accused by Germany of targeting German pharmaceuticals and technology)
Radio France Internationale, January 27, 2022

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

RTHK under scrutiny for 'censoring' singers
The Standard, January 27, 2022

Hongkonger who displayed posters insulting judges overseeing first national security law trial pleads guilty to sedition
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2022

为保北京冬奥会“完美无缺”中共抓人封嘴限言关号不遗余力(To ensure a "perfect" Beijing Winter Olympics, CPC spares no effort in detaining people, banning speech, shutting down social media accounts)
Voice of America, January 27, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

What could the world learn from China’s AI regulation?
Protocol, January 26, 2022

整體罪案升1.9%　國安法生效至今逾160人被捕(Hong Kong overall crime rate rises by 1.9%; more than 160 arrested since National Security Law came into effect)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 27, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing seals up its Winter Olympics 'bubble' amid growing calls for boycott
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2022

Related:
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Confronting the True Face of the CPC
2022年北京冬奥会：直面中国共产党的真实面目
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2022

中国要求冬奥会参加者必须使用的应用让人害怕中国会在冬奥期间跟踪敏感数据(Required app raises fear among Olympic attendees that their data will be tracked during Games)
Voice of America, January 27, 2022

China’s Xi Jinping meets IOC chief Bach ahead of Winter Olympics
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2022

IOC to meet tennis star Peng Shuai at Beijing Winter Olympics following sexual assault allegations
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2022

The Spotlight Shifted Away From Peng Shuai. Some Players and Fans Want It Back.
澳网再现“彭帅在哪里”：球员和观赛者拒绝遗忘、为其发声
The New York Times, January 27, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Why Pakistan’s Army Wants the U.S. Back in the Region
“巴铁”军方为什么想与中国保持距离？
The New York Times, January 27, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Lawmakers from UK, EU and other countries call for blacklists over Uygur treatment in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2022

Citing Xinjiang, EU commits to ban forced labour goods but is divided on how to do it
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2022

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

民营企业家、湖北襄大集团董事长张德武一审被判13年，起因组织职工上访(Entrepreneur Zhang Dewu sentenced to 13 years for organizing employees to petition)
Weiquanwang, January 26, 2022

Hong Kong CityU students’ union told to hand over 16 years of audit reports within 2 weeks, or face action
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2022

Ex-lawmaker jailed for 4 months for disclosing identity of Hong Kong police officer under investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Hong Kong plans to introduce long-shelved Article 23 anti-subversion bill to legislature in second half of 2022, security chief reveals
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2022

鄧炳強：將「完善」《官方機密條例》加強反間諜能力(Secretary for Security Chris Tang says Official Secrets Ordinance will be “optimized” to strengthen anti-espionage capability)
inmediahk.net, January 26, 2022

China’s data legislation matures
SupChina, January 26, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Information Controls at the Beijing Olympics: What to Watch For
The Diplomat, January 26, 2022

China restricts activists' social media ahead of Olympics
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

台湾人权团体疾呼: 冬奥不能洗白中国人权迫害(Taiwan human rights groups: Winter Olympics cannot whitewash China's human rights persecution)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Uphold China’s unity and socialist society, Xinjiang Communist Party chief tells minority and religious leaders
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2022

China gives 'Fight Club' new ending where authorities win
Agence France-Presse, January 25, 2022

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

湖南民主人士欧彪峰案将于2022年1月27日在湖南株洲看守所开庭，不公开审理(Case of Hunan democracy activist Ou Biaofeng to be heard in Zhuzhou Detention Center on January 27, not open to public)
Weiquanwang, January 24, 2022

被羁押的广东民主人士王爱忠案已到法院 等待开庭(Detained Guangdong democracy activist Wang Aizhong awaits trial)
Weiquanwang, January 24, 2022

A Hong Kong journalist's 'survivor's guilt' amid media clampdown
Deustche Welle, January 25, 2022

港區國安法｜鄒家成涉串謀顛覆政權、鄒幸彤涉煽動顛覆　再申保釋均被拒(Owen Chow, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with inciting subversion and Chow Hang-tung, charged with subversion, are denied bail again)
Ming Pao, January 25, 2022

城大稱擔心學生會財務 要求兩週內交16年賬目報告 否則割席及收回會址(CityU to students' union: Submit 16 years of financial reports or lose our support and office space)
inmediahk.net, January 25, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China launches internet ‘purification’ campaign for lunar new year
Financial Times, January 25, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

'Shameless,' former NBC host says of the Olympics returning to Beijing
CNN, January 24, 2022

Taiwan says no officials will go to Beijing Winter Games
Reuters, January 25, 2022

‘A genocide against our people’: Australian Uyghur leader calls for athlete boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
The Guardian, January 24, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

5 animation series on protesting #Beijing2022
Baduicao with Human Rights Watch, January 2022

Related:
A Gold Medal for Censorship in China
Human Rights Watch, January 24, 2022

评论 | 滕彪：奥运洗白与运动员的自由（上）(Teng Biao, Olympic Whitewashing and Athletes' Freedom, Part 1)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2022

维权评论：北京冬奥会，人权劣迹无法擦亮“政治形象”( Beijing Winter Olympics: Human rights abuses cannot burnish "political image")
Weiquanwang, January 25, 2022

Tribute to an ‘Ordinary Chinese Activist’
ChinaFile, January 24, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Is China Putting ‘Wolf Warriors’ on a Leash?
The Diplomat, January 22, 2022

‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ T-shirts banned from Australian Open for ‘political’ messages
Agence France-Presse, January 24, 2022

China’s Games: How Xi Jinping Is Staging the Olympics on His Terms
不再取悦世界：一届展现习近平全面愿景的冬奥会
The New York Times, January 24, 2022

‘Miserable and Dangerous’: A Failed Chinese Promise in Serbia
“这里就像人间地狱”：中资轮胎厂在塞尔维亚引发愤怒
The New York Times, January 24, 2022

中国撒币数千亿，换取在中亚国家影响力(China spends hundreds of billions of yuan in central Asian countries to win influence)
Voice of America, January 22, 2022

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

3 accused of inciting others to harm police barred from leaving city
Hong Kong Free Press, January 22, 2022

【羊村繪本案】控方申請《國安法》指定法官審理獲批 郭偉健安排自己審案(Court approves prosecution's request for national security judge to handle case of speech therapists union members charged with sedition; Judge Kwok Wai-kin assigns himself to the case)
inmedia.hk, January 24, 2022

大陆人权捍卫者征集遭受政府“维稳”司法迫害访民名单：目前已达300余人，其中约40人被迫害致死(Human rights defenders in China collect names of petitioners subjected to judicial persecution in name of "stability maintenance"; 40 of the more than 300 have been persecuted to death)
Weiquanwang, January 23, 2022

国际人权日失踪的唐吉田律师已被秘密羁押45天(Lawyer Tang Jitian, who was disappeared on International Human Rights Day, has been in secret detention for 45 days)
Radio France Internationale, January 23, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Impartiality of hand-picked national security judges ‘not to be questioned,’ says Hong Kong chief justice
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2022

鄭若驊：香港首要任務為《基本法》23條本地立法(Secretary of Justice Teresa Cheng says Article 23 legislation is Hong Kong's top priority)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 24, 2022

China vows greater support for start-ups, small firms as Big Tech firms continue to reel from year-long crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing authorities conduct mass Covid testing as cases rise before Olympics
Reuters, January 23, 2022

China’s Espionage Plans for the 2022 Winter Olympics: What Athletes Should Expect
The Diplomat, January 23, 2022

China hires western TikTokers to polish its image during 2022 Winter Olympics
The Guardian, January 22, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Hong Kong’s claims to foster press freedom are wearing a bit thin
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2022

未来30年，中国如何想象自己(How China imagines itself in the next 30 years)
Financial Times, January 24, 2022

邓小平南巡30年：“谁不改革谁就下台”还算数吗？(30 years after Deng Xiaoping's southern tour: "Whoever does not reform will step down" still counts?)
Voice of America, January 24, 2022

Albert Ho Chun-yan — The first imprisoned human rights lawyer in Hong Kong
Medium, January 24, 2022