China and Solomon Islands sign security deal, Chinese foreign ministry says
The Guardian, April 19, 2022
Chinese censors, police go after list of Shanghai dead, zero-COVID critics
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2022
大陸疫情「抽乾」診療資源，誰在為動態清零付出代價？(When the pandemic drains diagnosis and treatment resources on the mainland, who is paying the price for zero-covid policy?)
The Intitium, April 18, 2022
Chinese censors struggle to keep up with Megan Thee Stallion at Coachella
SupChina, April 19, 2022
藏区扫黑除恶内幕：藏人因向海外寺院汇款被判处非法经营罪 (Tibetans are convicted of illegal business operations for remittances to overseas monasteries)
Weiquanwang, April 19, 2022
PolyU becomes fifth Hong Kong university to fully cut ties with students’ union
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2022
Hong Kong man jailed for 14.5 years for biting off ex-District Councillor’s ear, knife attack
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2022
民主派初選案 范國威申請保釋被拒 (Gary Fan, one of the 47 democrats charged with subversion, is denied bail again)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 19, 2022
前《蘋果日報》主筆馮偉光涉違國安法被拒保釋 官批馮無權控制出版說法不合邏輯 (Judge denies bail to former Apple Daily chief editor Fung Wai-kong, finds argument in bail application that Fung has no authority to control published contents is illogical)
Ming Pao, April 19, 2022
前支聯會常委梁錦威刑滿出獄：唔好放棄相信嘅嘢 (Former standing committee member of HK Alliance Simon Leung released from prison after serving his sentence, says: Don't give up what you believe in)
Ming Pao, April 19, 2022
1.4 million Hong Kong SIM cards linked to real names in first month since compulsory registration enforced
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2022
Coronavirus: China’s top expert writes of eventual return to normal, but article deleted at home
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2022
三个月的“魔幻”隔离：一名华人律师的回国探亲之旅
From the U.S. to China: A 3-Month Quarantine Horror Story
The New York Times, April 13, 2022
Voter participation is key to robust elections in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2022
Assessing the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Soft Power, Politics, and the Future of the Games
The Diplomat, April 18, 2022
Why Shanghai’s Covid crisis could have wider political implications
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2022
China’s Economic Trends Hint at Cost of Zero Covid Strategy
The New York Times, April 17, 2022
China’s economy pays a price as lockdowns restrict nearly a third of its population.
近三分之一人口被封控，中国经济为“清零”付出高昂代价
The New York Times, April 15, 2022
Will China’s zero-Covid policy bring the world’s factory grinding to a halt?
The Guardian, April 15, 2022
上海封城：舆论控制与呼唤自由(Shanghai lockdown: Controlling public opinion vs. calling for freedom)
Deutsche Welle, April 17, 2022
中国祭出军演恫吓 美重量级国会议员访团展现对台支持(China stages military exercises in show of force as U.S. heavyweight lawmaker delegation visits Taiwan to show support)
Voice of America, April 16, 2022
China conducts major military drills as US lawmakers visit Taiwan
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2022
美高官本周出访所罗门群岛 力争废止已草签的中所安全协议(Top U.S. officials to visit Solomon Islands this week to try to scrap its draft security pact with China)
Voice of America, April 18, 2022
七成针对中国：去年日本战机紧急升空达一千多次(Last year, Japanese fighter jets scrambled more than a thousand times—70% of them against China’s military aircraft)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2022
China’s ‘Mighty Dragon’ stealth fighter stretches its wings over a wider area
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2022
How private Chinese companies are winning in Africa
SupChina, April 15, 2022
China says it is on the ‘right side of history,’ following US criticism over Russia-Ukraine war stance
Agence France-Presse, April 14, 2022
Shanghai lockdown: How angry netizens test China's 'Great Firewall'
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2022
理大終止承認學生會 要求7.15前遷出校園(HK Polytechnic U. stops recognizing student union, asks it to move out by July 15)
Initium Media, April 15, 2022
Taiwanese activist jailed in mainland China returns home
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2022
被关押1852天的李明哲获释感言：愿中国人权受侵犯者有解脱的一天(Taiwan’s human rights worker Lee Ming-che, detained for 1,852 days, says on his release: May Chinese human rights victims be free one day)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2022
Chinese security official orders risk elimination drive ahead of key Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2022
China doubles down on zero-Covid policy ahead of Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2022
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中国卫健委：反对“病毒共存” 巩固防疫成果迎中共二十大(China’s National Health Commission: Oppose "coexistence with virus," consolidate achievements of epidemic prevention to welcome CPC’s 20th National Congress)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2022
TikTok under US government investigation on child sexual abuse material
TikTok因儿童性侵害内容遭美国政府调查
Financial Times, April 15, 2022
China moves to make reporting of trafficking mandatory under changes to women’s rights law
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2022
鄭若驊：煽動行為同屬危害國安 指國家安全概念好闊(HK Secretary for Justice, Teresa Cheng: Incitement is also endangering national security, as concept of national security is very broad)
Initium Media, April 16, 2022
China tries to cover lockdown strains on Shanghai’s front-line workers
The Washington Post, April 18, 2022
Shanghai records first official Covid deaths since lockdown imposed
The Guardian, April 18, 2022
Covid China: Elderly deaths contradict Shanghai figures
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 16, 2022
China’s Covid death data obscure real impact of Omicron, experts say
The Financial Times, April 16, 2022
上海人的忍耐已经到了极限(Shanghai people's patience has reached the limit)
Radio France Internationale, April 17, 2022
Inside Shanghai quarantine centres with 24-hour lights and no hot showers
Associated Press, April 18, 2022
‘Too smelly to sleep’: Thirteen days in a Shanghai isolation facility.
The New York Times, April 15, 2022
Shanghai’s covid siege: Food shortages, talking robots, starving animals
The Washington Post, April 15, 2022
More Chinese cities tighten controls as Shanghai COVID-19 cases rise
Channel News Asia, April 17, 2022
China's Xi'an imposes temporary, partial lockdown to fight Omicron flare-up
Channel News Asia, April 16, 2022
Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee’s manifesto to ‘centre on housing, civil service reform’ with less focus on national security
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2022
Who is John Lee? 12 quotes from Hong Kong’s unopposed leadership hopeful
Hong Kong Free Press, April 17, 2022
Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: why did Beijing pick John Lee to be the city’s next leader?
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2022
FactWire: John Lee’s sons have business links with Hong Kong chief executive electors, investigation reveals
FactWire, April 14, 2022
Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee calls financial industry double-edged weapon, legal system ‘polluted by politics’
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2022
China’s Costly Exceptionalism
The Atlantic, April 18, 2022
What Exactly Is America’s China Policy?
Foreign Policy, April 14, 2022
Shanghai’s brutal lockdown a defining moment for China’s logistics sector
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2022
Shanghai Lockdown Diary
The Diplomat, April 14, 2022
China’s Transnational Repression Gets Saudi Backing
Foreign Policy, April 15, 2022
Faced With a Changed Europe, China Sticks to an Old Script
俄乌战争影响欧洲对华立场，中国外交政策面临挑战
The New York Times, April 15, 2022
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