China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Ukraine war: US spells out sanctions on Russia, heaping more pressure on China to comply
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2022

China, Russia 'more determined' to boost ties, Beijing says
Channel News Asia, March 30, 2022

俄乌战争爆发后 中国网攻北约国家数量急剧增加 (After outbreak of Russia-Ukraine war, number of Chinese cyberattacks on NATO countries rose sharply)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2022

所羅門群島總理索加瓦雷稱，無意要求中國在當地興建軍事基地 (Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare says he has no intention of asking China to build a military base there)
The Initium, March 29, 2022

How China May Soon Lead the Bio-Revolution
Bloomberg, March 30, 2022

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

美媒VICE News报道涉“7.21” YouTube香港地区“无法播放”惹关注(U.S. media VICE News report "7.21 incident" on YouTube inaccessible from Kong, raising concerns)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2022

Related:
Hong Kong's Organized Crime Societies
Vice News, March 30, 2022

10.1灣仔 事隔2年半13人被控暴動等罪 獲准保釋待轉介區院訊(13 are charged with rioting and other crimes 2.5 years after incident, released on bail pending transfer to District Court for hearing)
inmediahk.net, March 30, 2022

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Hong Kong court grants bail to 13 men charged over China’s National Day protest in 2019
Hong Kong Free Press, March 30, 2022

Hong Kong migration to Canada soars to levels unseen since 1998, as ‘domino effect’ draws workers, students, returnees
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2022

Hong Kong leader says city's brain drain 'unarguable'
Channel News Asia, March 30, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Two British judges resign from Hong Kong’s top court, citing security law concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, March 30, 2022

Two U.K. Judges Quit Hong Kong Court, Citing Lost Freedoms
The New York Times, March 30, 2022

Related:
張舉能：司法機構維護法治及獨立司法制度承諾不變(Chief Justice Andrew Cheung: Judiciary's commitment to uphold the rule of law and independent judicial system remains unchanged)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 30, 2022

韋彥德和賀知義辭任　律師會：深感遺憾(On resignation of Lord Robert Reed and Lord Patrick Hodge, Law Society: Deeply regret)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 30, 2022

警隊調整入職要求　下月起取消在港居住至少7年要求(Police to remove entry requirement of at least 7-year of residence)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 30, 2022

‘Stick to zero-Covid’: Xinhua puts Xi Jinping’s stamp on China’s coronavirus strategy
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2022

福建新增育儿假：子女三岁前父母每年各十天假，期间待遇不变 (New policy in Fujian: 10 days’ annual leave for parents of children below 3, with no change in benefits)
The Paper, March 30, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Shanghai turns exhibition halls into temporary hospitals, quarantine centres as Covid-19 infections threaten to overwhelm city
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2022

上海封城安排混乱居民怨声载道 方仓医院无法满足隔离者需求 (In chaotic lockdown, Shanghai residents complain: Field hospitals inadequate in meeting needs of quarantined people)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2022

封城令中国GDP每月蒸发460亿美元 (Lockdown wipes out $46 billion a month from China's GDP)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2022

Workers live in factories, food delivery drivers sleep outside, and medical staff die from overwork in Covid-19 wave
China Labour Bulletin, March 30, 2022

China imposes total information controls around China Eastern crash site
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2022

東航墜機後七日，家屬的漫長跋涉 (Families’ long trek 7 days after China Eastern Airlines plane crash)
The Initium, March 30, 2022

賴紅梅宣布參選特首　公布選舉政綱(Former security guard Lai Hung-mui announces chief executive candidacy)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 30, 2022

Related:
Sword-wielding former guard says she wants to be Chief Executive
Hong Kong Standard, March 30, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Hong Kong Rule of Law Monitor welcomes the resignations of Lord Reed and Lord Hodge from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Hong Kong Rule of Law Monitor, March 30, 2022

China’s Threats Target Regime Opponents Worldwide: Legal tools and anonymous threats are used against dissidents
Foreign Policy, March 29, 2022

著名演员孙海英（上）：对人民养猪一样怎么行 (Famous actor Sun Haiying (Part 1): How can gov’t treat people like pigs?)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

中国拟与所罗门群岛秘密签订安全协议，引发多国警惕
China and Solomon Islands Draft Secret Security Pact, Raising Alarm in the Pacific
The New York Times, March 25, 2022

China hammers home its message of US blame for Ukraine war to domestic audience
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2022

官方严控东航空难信息 记者采访受阻惹猜疑 (Authorities strictly control information on China Eastern Airlines disaster; reporters blocked from conducting interviews, raising questions)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2022

International lawyers call for suspension of extradition to Hong Kong amid crackdown
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2002

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

获刑19年的新疆政治犯张海涛近四年未能和家人会见 (Zhang Haitao, Xinjiang political prisoner sentenced to 19 years in prison, has not been able to meet his family for nearly 4 years)
Weiquanwang, March 29, 2022

梁國雄立法會搶文件違特權法藐視罪成　加監14日(Leung Kwok-hung sentenced to 14 days in jail after conviction of contempt under Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

广西边境县夫妻可生“四孩” (Couples in border counties of Guangxi can have "four children")
China News Service, March 24, 2022

对“996”说不！整治超时加班，国家出手了！ (Many places in China are stepping up efforts to rectify over work)
China News Service, March 29, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Shanghai’s Lockdown Tests Covid-Zero Policy, and People’s Limits
The New York Times, March 29, 2022

Omicron in China: Shanghai denies rumours of early snap lockdown for Puxi
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2022

"铁链女"事件：导演王圣强、律师卢廷阁声援遭打压 ("Chained Woman" incident: Director Wang Shengqiang, lawyer Lu Tingge are suppressed for showing support)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2022

Hong Kong’s Completely Avoidable Covid Catastrophe
Bloomberg, March 29, 2022

Covid-19: Traditional Chinese medicine experts arrive to assist Hong Kong in epidemic fight
Hong Kong Free Press, March 29, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

The World Is Splitting in Two
The Atlantic, March 28, 2022

Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic and shows how little Australia understands power in the Pacific
The Conversation, March 24, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

US watchdog adds China telecoms firms, Russia’s Kaspersky to national security threat list
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2022

 

美国FCC将中国电信和中国移动列入国安威胁清单(FCC adds China Telecom,China Mobile to national security threat list)
Deutsche Welle, March 26, 2022

US and Australia boost space and cyber co-operation to counter China
美澳促进太空及网络合作以对抗中国
Financial Times, March 28, 2022

China Looks to Salvage Relationship With Europe
中美龃龉日深之际，中国希望缓和与欧洲的关系
The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2022

中国海警船在争议海域限制菲律宾船航行(China’s coast guard blocks Philippine ships from sailing in disputed waters)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2022

大翻译运动向全球展现中国网民言论 指中国官媒“说谎”(The Great Translation Movement shows the world what Chinese netizens are saying, accuses Chinese state media of "lying")
Radio France Internationale, March 28, 2022

中国引导学生“正确”认识俄乌战争 课程以亲俄仇美为主(China guides students to "correctly" understand the Russia-Ukraine war; courses are mainly pro-Russia, anti-U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2022

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

民研調查指四分一人想移民 林鄭：無興趣評論(Survey shows 1/4 of Hong Kongers want to emigrate; Carrie Lam: Not interest in commenting)
inmediahk.net, March 26, 2022

Related:
HKPORI holds a press conference on “Hong Kong Immigration Wave”
香港民研舉行「港人移民潮」調查新聞發佈會
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, March 25, 2022

游蕙禎久違拍片 籲港人勿移民：一齊留喺呢度，醫返好呢個地方(In rare appearance, former Youngspiration lawmaker Regine Yau makes video urging Hong Kongers not to migrate: "Let's stay and cure this place")
inmediahk.net, March 26, 2022

联署追查江苏毛黎惠在宾馆烧死真相 请帮助转发扩散(In joint open letter, petitioners urge investigation into cause of death of Jiangsu petitioner Mao Lihui in black jail that authorities claim to be “self-immolation”)
Weiquanwang, March 28, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

How Covid helped China tighten its hold on Hong Kong
The Guardian, March 27, 2022

Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb Covid-19 outbreak
Hong Kong Free Press, March 28, 2022

中国疫情：上海“封控”措施引发对全球供应链的担忧（Epidemic in China: Shanghai 'lockdown' raises concerns over global supply chain）
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 28, 2022

Coronavirus: how raging fifth wave exposed Hong Kong government’s ‘poor leadership’ and ‘inability to deliver’
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2022

Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam fuels talk she may not seek re-election after comments on leaving pandemic probe to next administration
South China Morning Post, March 27, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

访黎安友（1）：谈普京和习近平的比较(Interview with Andrew Nathan (1): On the comparison between Putin and Xi Jinping)
Voice of America, March 27, 2022

Related:
专访黎安友（2）：谈中国共产党政权合法性问题(Interview with Andrew Nathan (2): On the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist regime)
Voice of America, March 28, 2022

专访黎安友（3）：谈中国研究的今昔与未来(Interview with Andrew Nathan (3): On the past, present, and future of China studies)
Voice of America, March 28, 2022

Removing foreign judges would amount to abandoning Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2022

Commentary: Will Xi Jinping's 'common prosperity' survive Vladimir Putin's war?
Channel News Asia, March 28, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China’s Push to Isolate Taiwan Demands U.S. Action, Report Says
新报告：美国应抵制中国在国际上孤立台湾的做法
The New York Times, March 25, 2022

卫星图像显示船厂规模扩大 中共海军加大造舰能力(Satellite images show shipyard's expansion; China’s navy to increase shipbuilding capacity)
Voice of America, March 24, 2022

China deepens economic ties with Russia as Western sanctions bite
SupChina, March 24, 2022

In a crucial year politically, Xi Jinping wants stability
The Economist, March 26, 2022

Australian journalist Cheng Lei to be tried in Beijing on March 31
Reuters, March 25, 2022

Keanu Reeves films removed from Chinese video sites after Tibet concert
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2022

TikTok被指在德国审查“彭帅”、LGBTQ和纳粹词汇(TikTok is accused of censoring terms such as Peng Shuai, LGBTQ and Nazi in Germany)
Deutsche Welle, March 25, 2022

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

37歲男「和你SHOP」遊蕩罪成　上訴獲減刑3個月(37-year-old man convicted of loitering in 2019 "Shop with you" gets 3 months jail reduction after appeal)
Ming Pao, March 25, 2022

頭版曾報導打科興死亡率 林鄭不點名批《明報》阻政府工作(Carrie Lam criticizes Ming Pao for hindering gov't work without naming it after its headline reported death rate of taking Sinovac vaccines)
inmediahk.net, March 25, 2022

‘No longer any illusion’ of a functioning legal system in Hong Kong: Freed US lawyer
Radio Free Asia, March 24, 2022

遭关押的女权人士李翘楚外提就医被要求摄入不明药物 翘楚母亲致信法官，寻求司法公正(Imprisoned feminist activist Li Qiaochu is asked to take unknown drugs during medical treatment outside of prison; her mother seeks justice in letter to judge)
Weiquanwang, March 25, 2022

“疫苗宝宝之家”维权团体发起人何方美遭强迫失踪已达1年5个多月(He Fangmei, founder of Home for Vaccinated Child Victims rights advocacy group, has been forcibly disappeared for 1 year and 5 months)
Weiquanwang, March 25, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Hong Kong election authority confirms May 8 as date for chief executive race
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2022

Related:
特首選舉提名期刊憲　下月3日提名5月8日選舉(Gov't gazettes Chief Executive Election nomination period to be on April 3, election day on May 8)
Ming Pao, March 25, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Ukraine war: China does not support UN vote blaming Russia for humanitarian crisis
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2022

China says UN Charter is the ‘bottom line’ in relationship with Russia
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2022

China Envoy Says Xi-Putin Friendship Does Have a Limit
Bloomberg, March 24, 2022

乌俄战争：拜登再警告北京 中国驳斥默许入侵(Ukraine-Russia war: Biden warns China again, China denies acquiescence to invasion)
Deutsche Welle, March 25, 2022

路透社：北京担心国际制裁 “中国石化”暂停俄罗斯项目(Reuters: China fears international sanctions, Sinopec suspends Russian projects)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2022

Related:
EXCLUSIVE China's Sinopec pauses Russia projects, Beijing wary of sanctions
Reuters, March 25, 2022

China Crash Mystery Grows as Evidence Signals Midair Breakup
Bloomberg, March 24, 2022

Covid-19: Hong Kong opens sixth quarantine centre built with mainland help, hospitals seek blood donations
Hong Kong Free Press, March 25, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China recruits, trains monitors for online religious content
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2022

China’s Wolf Warriors Aren’t the Majority of the Pack
The Diplomat, March 23, 2022

中国在南海扩建岛礁“完成军事部署向海外延申战力”(China's expansion of islands, reefs in South China Sea "completes military deployment to extend combat power overseas")
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 23, 2022

“战略意外”的前奏？所罗门群岛据信与中国拟订范围广泛的安全合作协议(Prelude to "strategic accident"? Solomon Islands believed to plan wide-ranging security cooperation agreement with China)
Voice of America, March 24, 2022

考虑把俄罗斯逐出G20 欧美踢中国铁板(Europe, U.S. consider expelling Russia from the G20)
Deutsche Welle, March 24, 2022

澳大利亚成立太空司令部应对北京威胁(Australia sets up Space Command to deal with China’s threats)
Radio Free Asia, March 24, 2022

Related:
Australia announces new 'Space Command' defence agency
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 22, 2022

美防中俄联手躲制裁 北约谴责北京说谎(U.S. prevents China, Russia from joining forces to dodge sanctions; NATO accuses China of lying)
Deutsche Welle, March 24, 2022

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

Hong Kong architect convicted for carrying petrol, nails amid national anthem, security law protests
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2022

American lawyer released from prison, says ‘banned’ from Hong Kong after multi-year legal saga
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2022

Related:
美籍律師出獄即被遣返美國兼沒收護照 發文稱「一直視香港為家」(American lawyer is deported to U.S., passport confiscated after prison release, says "Hong Kong has long been my home")
inmediahk.net, March 24, 2022

涉發佈煽動言論 阮民安申保釋再遭拒 還柙至4.14再訊(Pro-democracy singer Tommy Yuen charged with sedition is denied bail again; case adjourned until April 14)
inmediahk.net, March 24, 2022