How China will censor the metaverse
SupChina, April 13, 2022
Weibo Has Still Blocked ‘Shanghai Buy Groceries’ Hashtag
What's on Weibo, April 13, 2022
阻中国扩张太平洋势力 澳高官出访所羅門群岛(To forestall expansion of China's Pacific power, senior Australian official visits Solomon Islands)
Deutsche Welle, April 14, 2022
出于对俄罗斯和中国的担忧，日本加强与意大利的军事合作(Japan steps up military cooperation with Italy amid concerns over Russia, China)
Voice of America, April 14, 2022
中国共青团称“极端女权已成网络毒瘤” 引发争议(Communist Youth League of China says "extreme feminism has become an online cancer,” stirs controversy)
Weiquanwang, April 14, 2022
Hong Kong’s largest journalist group to consider disbanding in response to mounting government pressure for more transparency
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022
《立場》發布煽動刊物案 控方稱公司放棄出庭權利 5.3區院訊(Prosecution claims Stand News, charged with publishing seditious materials, gave up right to appear in court; case adjourned until May 3)
inmediahk.net, April 13, 2022
6 Hong Kong teachers disqualified over complaints linked to 2019 protests
Hong Kong Free Press, April 13, 2022
Hong Kong protests: activist jailed for 16 months for organising 2019 illegal march in Yuen Long after mob attack
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022
Hong Kong resident held in southwest China for taking part in protests
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2022
岑敖暉認facebook文章藐視法庭判囚6周 官：應自我監督不容言論縱容暴力(Lester Shum, one of 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion, is sentenced to 6 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to contempt of court over Facebook article)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2022
阮民安涉煽動被捕續還押 控方或加控欺詐相關罪行(Pro-democracy singer Tommy Yuen remains in detention for alleged sedition; prosecution may add fraud charges)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2022
女文員天橋噴「721」「831」認刑毁 判24個月感化令(Female clerk is sentenced to 24-month probation after pleading guilty to criminal damage over spraying "721" and "831" on a bridge)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2022
Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che expected to be released from mainland Chinese jail after five years
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022
Banned Hong Kong statues to find new refuge in democratic Taiwan: rights activists
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2022
Hong Kong urged to regulate crowdfunding to prevent activities ‘endangering’ China’s security
Hong Kong Free Press, April 14, 2022
China’s Internet Crackdown Targets Tencent and ByteDance’s Algorithms
ChinaFilmInsider, April 13, 2022
Shanghai TV channel postpones Covid spin show after backlash
The Guardian, April 14, 2022
Uygur woman held in Riyadh could be deported to China ‘within hours’
Agence France-Presse, April 14, 2022
坚持“动态清零”还是与病毒“共存”？(Insist on "dynamic clearing" of virus or "coexistence"?)
Deutsche Welle, April 14, 2022
China: End Censorship, Prioritize Human Rights over Politicized “Zero-COVID”
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 13, 2022
China’s ‘Zero-Covid’ Mess Proves Autocracy Hurts Everyone
中国“新冠清零”乱局：专制将伤害每一个人
The New York Times, April 14, 2022
Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun.
全球化已经结束，一场全球文化战争正在打响
The New York Times, April 14, 2022
China’s ‘Zero-Covid’ Mess Proves Autocracy Hurts Everyone
The New York Times, April 13, 2022
习近平的关键之年，中国搁置“共同富裕”运动
China Sets Aside Push to Spread Wealth in Pivotal Year for Xi
The New York Times, April 13, 2022
Former Xinjiang detainee arrives in US to testify over repeated torture he says he was subjected to
The Guardian, April 13, 2022
Hong Kong activist jailed for 16 months for organising banned ‘Reclaim Yuen Long’ demo in 2019
Hong Kong Free Press, April 13, 2022
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法庭指鍾健平多次記者會煽動字眼 有意違法屬加刑因素(Court says Max Chung’s use of seditious words in several press conferences shows intent to break the law and is factor for additional penalty)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 13, 2022
Hong Kong police are ‘weaponizing’ the law against outspoken media mogul: lawyers
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2022
律师成功会见王建兵，王此前被单独隔离关押长达五个多月（Lawyer successfully met with Wang Jianbing, who was held in solitary confinement for more than 5 months）
Weiquanwang, April 13, 2022
江苏无锡著名人权捍卫者沈爱斌因“涉嫌寻衅滋事“案被转指定监视居住（Shen Aibin, well-known human rights defender in Wuxi, Jiangsu, is transferred to designated residential surveillance on suspicion of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble"）
Weiquanwang, April 12, 2022
李明哲5年刑期将届满 国台办：近期释放返台 (Li Mingzhe nears end of 5-year sentence; Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: He will be returned to Taiwan soon)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2022
王爱忠案开庭前夕 广州法院突然通知庭审押后 (On eve of Wang Aizhong trial, Guangzhou court issues adjournment)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2022
Why is China choosing now to ratify forced labour conventions?
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022
US spotlights Hong Kong elections in its criticism of China’s human rights record
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022
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特區政府強烈反對美國國務院年度人權報告中對港評論(HK gov't strongly opposes to comments on Hong Kong in U.S. annual human rights report)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 13, 2022China activists call for reboot of State Dept. annual human rights report
Politico, April 13, 2022U.S. Report Describes a Global Retreat on Human Rights and Democracy
The New York Times, April 12, 2022
Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee submits 786 nominations to stand for city’s top job, representing more than half of Election Committee members
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022
胡平：读《黎安友论中国》有感 (Hu Ping: Thoughts on Andrew Nathan’s “On China”)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2022
China censors gay storyline from Harry Potter franchise film Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022
In a changing city, a glitzy Hong Kong gallery grapples with censorship
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2022
中国的乌克兰战争宣传：放大并强化俄方虚假信息
China’s Echoes of Russia’s Alternate Reality Intensify Around the World
The New York Times, April 12, 2022
刘晓波雕像六四在台巡回展出 未来将落脚台湾 (In traveling exhibit, bronze statue of Liu Xiaobo to go on view on June 4 in Taiwan, its future permanent home)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2022
Veteran Hong Kong journalist Allan Au released on bail following arrest over alleged sedition
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2022
Hong Kong veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu pleads not guilty to seditious bid to protest Beijing Winter Olympic Games
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022
Hong Kong police take away 2 linked to pro-democracy bubble tea shop to assist with investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2022
Hong Kong protests: student faces up to 7 years’ jail for rioting, after serving time in mainland China over trying to flee to Taiwan
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022
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警方圍堵理大案「12港人」郭子麟及IVE生認暴動罪 11人不認罪周四開審(Kok Tsz-lun of Hong Kong 12 case and vocational training student pleads guilty to rioting in the 2019 PolyU siege; 11 others plead not guilty)
Ming Pao, April 12, 2022
涉暴動少年潛逃一年再被捕 今認罪求情稱潛逃浪費青春(After a year on the run, teen accused of rioting re-arrested, pleads guilty and says he wasted his youth in flight)
Ming Pao, April 12, 2022
Hong Kong CityU demands responses from students over alleged offences at union farewell ceremony
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2022
Local security legislation Article 23 ‘a priority,’ says Hong Kong leadership hopeful John Lee
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2022
卫生官员肯定上海封控策略：“躺平”不是中国的选择
‘We cannot let our guard down,’ a top Chinese health official tells Shanghai residents under lockdown.
The New York Times, April 12, 2022
上海封锁进入第二周，民众不满情绪难消
Shanghai residents bristle as a lockdown enters a second week with more testing.
The New York Times, April 11, 2022
Chinese UN representative ‘laments’ deaths in Ukraine missile attack but doesn’t blame Russia
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022
Ukraine Exposed the True Danger of Chinese Censorship
Foreign Policy, April 11, 2022
Carrie Lam’s Departure Signals a Further Crackdown in Hong Kong
The Diplomat, April 11, 2022
Shanghai cyber watchdog warns against internet rumours as extended lockdown frays nerves
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2022
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Weibo removes hashtag about food shortages in Shanghai as locked-down residents go hungry
SupChina, April 8, 2022
美媒：中国军机飞越北约盟国送武器(China’s military planes fly over NATO allies to send weapons to Serbia)
Deutsche Welle, April 11, 2022
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China makes semi-secret delivery of missiles to Serbia
AP, April 10, 2022
可疑的渔业生意：报告详述中国船队在西非的非法活动(Suspicious fishing business: Report details illegal activities of China’s fleets in West Africa)
Voice of America, April 9, 2022
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GLOBAL IMPACT OF ILLEGAL FISHING AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN CHINA’S VAST DISTANT WATER FLEET REVEALED
Environmental Justice Foundation, April 5, 2022
中国曾利用美国的电视和TikTok明星进行奥运宣传(China used U.S. TV, TikTok stars for Olympic propaganda)
Voice of America, April 9, 2022
专访：台湾向欧盟展现“中国专制”外的替代方案(Interview: Taiwan presents EU with alternatives to “China’s autocracy”)
Deutsche Welle, April 11, 2022
Prominent Hong Kong journalist Allan Au reportedly held on sedition charge
Agence France-Presse, April 11, 2022
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記協憂區家麟被捕事件損新聞自由(Hong Kong Journalists Association: Allan Au's arrest harms press freedom)
Ming Pao, April 11, 2022
Hong Kong protests: activist behind 2019 illegal march in Yuen Long after mob attack faces 5 years in jail
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2022
‘Hong Kong has become an authoritarian society’: Democrat Yeung Sum released after serving Nat’l Day protest jail term
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2022
許智峯：高院引港區國安法 向他及妻母發財產限制令 (High Court cites national security law to issue property restraining order on Ted Hui's wife and mother)
Ming Pao, April 9, 2022
59歲男被告涉營運「牧師和你顛」YouTube被控發表煽動文字 申保釋被拒 (59-year-old man arrested last week for publishing seditious text is denied bail)
Ming Pao, April 11, 2022
黎智英律師：中共以法律作武器令黎沉默 促聯合國調查(Jimmy Lai lawyer says CPC uses law as weapon to silence Lai, urges UN to investigate)
Ming Pao, April 8, 2022
Henan rights activist in secret 'defamation' trial after visit to rights lawyer
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2022
Women harmed by China's draconian family planning policies still seek redress
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2022
Supply Chains Widely Tainted by Forced Labor in China, Panel Is Told
美国多方人士敦促拜登政府全力执行新疆产品禁令
The New York Times, April 11, 2022
LOCKDOWN Shanghai 2022
ChinaChange, April 9, 2022
HRIC note: An eye-opening compilation of videos taken by Shanghai residents showing what is happening on the ground and the reality of the “zero COVID” policy. Includes scenes of eerie, empty streets; public security officers in white PPE chasing and beating up a resident; a truck driver being blocked from delivering a truckload of food into the city; a resident showing a quarantine facility with a filthy floor, no masks for anyone, and not even water for handwashing after bathroom visits that he was forced to enter; and more.
Lockdowns in China Block Truck Shipments and Close Factories
卡车司机短缺、工厂停工：中国疫情封锁进一步破坏供应链
The New York Times, April 11, 2022
上海老年护理中心爆发疫情 多名老人死亡(Numerous elderly die in outbreak in Shanghai’s elderly care center)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2022
Beijing’s handpicked candidate for Hong Kong signals tighter control
The Washington Post, April 8, 2022
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China’s Choice for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Reveals Its Own Insecurity
The Diplomat, April 9, 2022香港晚報：李家超選特首，已取足夠提名(John Lee has received enough nominations to stand for Chief Executive election)
The News Lens, April 11, 2022
Xi Jinping puts Communist Party on podium as he hails Beijing Winter Olympics
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2022
联大通过暂停俄人权理事会资格 中国投票反对(UN General Assembly approves suspension of Russia from Human Rights Council with China opposing)
Deutsche Welle, April 8, 2022
面对中国在区域日益咄咄逼人的军事行动 日本和菲律宾加强安全合作(Japan, Philippines step up security cooperation in face of China's increasingly aggressive military operations in the region)
Voice of America, April 8, 2022
Chinese national sentenced to US prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets
Reuters, April 8, 2022
Shanghai residents warned about online posts over Covid lockdown
Financial Times, April 8, 2022
广东著名人权捍卫者王爱忠案原定2022年4月12日在广州不公开审理被取消 法院无任何理由和解释(Court cancels trial of well-known human rights defender Wang Aizhong for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” providing no explanation)
Weiquanwang, April 8, 2022
河南省信阳维权人士邢望力涉嫌“诽谤罪”一案庭审纪实(Trial record of Xing Wangli, human rights activist in Xinyang, Henan Province, accused of "defamation")
Weiquanwang, April 8, 2022
2 face sedition charges after allegedly ‘causing nuisance’ in Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong Free Press, April 8, 2022
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6人涉法院旁聽期間滋擾 案件押後(Case of 6 people accused of causing nuisance during court hearing adjourned)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 8, 2022
Artist says University of Hong Kong may allow retrieval of removed Tiananmen statue, though shunned by crane firms
Hong Kong Free Press, April 8, 2022
反修例共1,158人被定罪 刑罰最重者囚12年 另有952人仍進行司法程序(1,158 people are convicted in anti-ELAB protest-related cases with 12-yr prison term the lengthiest; another 952 going through judicial process)
inmediahk.net, April 7, 2022
律政司專責組已處理98%由警方提交涉反修例案件(DoJ's task force finishes processing 98% of anti-ELAB protest-related cases submitted by police)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 8, 2022