美官员警告: 2027年习近平可能攻台 建立政治遗产 (Former U.S. official warns: Xi Jinping may attack Taiwan in 2027 to build a political legacy)
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2022
People’s Republic of China Efforts to Amplify the Kremlin’s Voice on Ukraine
中华人民共和国宣扬克里姆林宫有关乌克兰说辞的种种做法
U.S. Department of State, May 2, 2022
US moves towards imposing sanctions on Chinese tech group Hikvision
Financial Times, May 3, 2022
US Secretary of State calls China the biggest violator of press freedoms, citing detention data
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2022
Hong Kong’s press freedom plunged from satisfactory to a ‘difficult situation’ in a matter of years
Global Voices, May 4, 2022
Former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker and social welfare veteran Fernando Cheung migrates to Canada, saying ‘basic freedoms’ protected there
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2022
毋忘初心遊行 30歲測量助理非法集結罪成囚4個月 官批無悔意(30-year-old assistant surveyor sentenced to 4 months in prison over an unauthorized assembly in the 2019 protests)
inmediahk.net, May 4, 2022
嶺大收回學生會場地使用權 民主牆、虎地書室或消失(Lingnan U. takes back student union's right to use venues)
inmediahk.net, May 4, 2022
57歲男煽惑不投票罪成判緩刑(57-year-old man gets suspended sentence after conviction of inciting others not to vote)
Ming Pao, May 4, 2022
NO END IN SIGHT TO CHINA’S PROLONGED, OPAQUE, EXTRALEGAL DETENTIONS
China Digital Times, May 3, 2022
Shanghai-based Ji Xiaolong joins ranks of COVID-19 dissidents in China
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2022
NFTs preserve Shanghai’s Covid-19 lockdown record from China censorship
Reuters, May 4, 2022
Shanghai Is Rewriting Chinese Censorship Amid Lockdown
Wired, May 4, 2022
港府设旅客筛选系统 2024年起禁可能危国安或香港治安者入境(HK gov't to set up passenger screening system starting from 2024 to bar entry of visitors who may endanger national security or HK's security)
Radio France Internationale, May 4, 2022
《傳真社》揭發安心出行藏人臉識別功能 資科辦：從來未採用、已要求刪除(FactWire exposes facial recognition function in LeaveHomeSafe app; gov’t information office: It was never adopted; removal request has been made)
inmediahk.net, May 4, 2022
Beijing reopens mass isolation centre in fight against Covid
The Guardian, May 4, 2022
中国疫情下印度平价药无法送达 重症患者恐难以续命 (Affordable medicines from India cannot be delivered to China under strict COVID policies; severely-ill patients are in peril)
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2022
郑州“半封城”居民疯狂抢菜 上海坠楼及死亡案不断 (Residents of "semi-closed" Zhengzhou panic buy food; incidents of suicide by leaping from buildings and other deaths in Shanghai continue)
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2022
Hong Kong plunges to 148th in world press freedom rankings
Al Jazeera, May 3, 2022
2022全球新闻自由度 中国倒数第六 香港巨幅滑落至第148名 (2022 World Press Freedom Index: China 6th from last, Hong Kong drops to 148th)
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2022
Related:
Country Fact-file: Hong Kong
Reporters Without Borders, May 3, 2022
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai illegally ran consultancy firm at Apple Daily’s offices for more than 20 years, prosecutors say
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2022
Hong Kong activist Andy Li’s national security case adjourned, but judge says delays ‘not right’
Hong Kong Free Press, May 3, 2022
理大外暴動罪成 25歲設計師囚35月、兩學生入教導所 官：須對暴動「迎頭棒喝」(For rioting outside PolyU in 2019: 25-year-old designer is sentenced to 35 months in prison; 2 students to correctional center)
Ming Pao, May 3, 2022
《立場》發布煽動刊物案 林紹桐擬不認罪、鍾沛權因確診未能出庭 6.23再訊(Stand News case: Patrick Lam pleads not guilty to publishing seditious materials; Chung Pui-kuen absent from hearing due to COVID-19 infection)
inmediahk.net, May 3, 2022
Chinese economists censored, removed from social media after critical takes on zero-Covid policy
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2022
China clamps down on dissident writer who criticized cult of personality around Xi
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2022
上海维权人士季孝龙取保候审 誓言继续发声 (Shanghai human rights activist Ji Xiaolong released on bail, vows to continue speaking out)
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2022
俄预计与中国贸易2024年达2000亿美元 中俄关系升温令美国担忧(Russia expects trade with China to reach $200 billion in 2024; warming Sino-Russian ties worries U.S.)
Voice of America, May 2, 2022
欧盟要求中国就欧盟驻京使团中国雇员被抓做出合理回应(EU asks China to make reasonable response to arrest of Chinese employee of EU embassy in Beijing)
Voice of America, May 1, 2022
金融时报：中国紧急开会讨论海外资产如何免受美主导的国际制裁(FT: China holds urgent meeting with banks to discuss protecting assets from U.S.-led international sanctions)
Voice of America, May 1, 2022
Related:
China meets banks to discuss protecting assets from US sanctions
Financial Times, April 30, 2022
CHINA’S GLOBAL INFLUENCE: NEW REPORTS DETAIL INFLUENCE, DEPENDENCIES, AND FLUCTUATING INVESTMENTS
China Digital Times, April 29, 2022
Related:
China Index: Measuring PRC Influence Around the Globe.
Doublethink Lab, April 25, 2022
“在伊萨卡都能感受北京的监控和限制” 美高校师生呼吁校方从中国撤资("Beijing's surveillance and restrictions can be felt in Ithaca"; Cornell University teachers, students urge withdrawal of funds from China)
Voice of America, April 30, 2022
China, India dissidents fear censorship after Musk’s Twitter deal
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 29, 2022
Xi Jinping Suffers From the Putin Effect
The Diplomat, April 29, 2022
Close ally of Xi Jinping named new head of influential Chinese think tank
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2022
Beijing centralises power in the provinces ahead of Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2022
China’s military: new PLA rule seen to cement troop loyalty to President Xi Jinping
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2022
从武汉、西安到上海，疫情笼罩下的媒体环境(From Wuhan, Xi'an to Shanghai, media environment in China under epidemic is worsening)
Voice of America, May 2, 2022
世界新闻自由日29周年 香港记者国安法红线下坚持继续报道(On 29th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day: HK journalists continue to report under red line of National Security Law)
Voice of America, May 2, 2022
吳文遠昨出獄今請願 穿比卡超上衣高呼垃圾(Avery Ng Man-yuen, former chairman of League of Social Democrats, joins petition day after release from prison)
Initium Media, May 2, 2022
Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 22
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2022
Hong Kong student gets five-years for Telegram 'secession' messages
Radio France Internationale, April 29, 2022
中共党员实名举报党内“个人崇拜”反遭打压(CPC member is detained for real-name reporting on a party official's "personality cult")
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2022
China Covid-19 response team chief stands firm on long lockdown and strict measures in Shanghai
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2022
中国颁新法称拐卖罪犯自首可免罚(China enacts new law to exempt traffickers who surrender from punishment)
Radio France Internationale, April 30, 2022
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敦促拐卖妇女儿童 犯罪嫌疑人投案(Urging suspects of trafficking in women and children to surrender)
People, May 1, 2022
大学生认罪不获减刑 港国安法最低刑期冲击普通法制度(College student pleads guilty without getting sentence reduction: Hong Kong's national security law minimum sentences conflict with common law system)
Radio France Internationale, May 2, 2022
Shanghai COVID outbreak shows signs of waning as cases fall
Associated Press, May 2, 2022
China: Beijing ramps up mass testing as Shanghai residents allowed outside
Deutsche Welle, May 1, 2022
Beijing Escalates Restrictions, but Still Stops Short of Lockdown
The New York Times, May 1, 2022
China Covid outbreak: Beijing residents must test negative to enter public spaces
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 30, 2022
Beijing closes its schools as it tries to contain a coronavirus outbreak.
The New York Times, April 29, 2022
EXPLAINER: How China is using metal barriers to fight COVID
Associated Press, April 29, 2022
Shanghai lockdown: The hard life of a homeless deliveryman
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 2, 2022
China’s zero-Covid policies leave students and workers abroad feeling cut off
Reuters, April 29, 2022
Under Lockdown in China
The New York Times, April 29, 2022
Hong Kong chief executive candidate John Lee to ‘take aim at civil service work culture, adopt new system of reward and punishment’
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2022
Hong Kong chief executive hopeful John Lee puts political reforms on back-burner and economic, social issues front and centre
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2022
Explainer: 7 charts showing voter demographics in Hong Kong’s first ‘patriots-only’ legislative election
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2022
China’s Ukraine Conundrum
Foreign Affairs, May 2, 2022
Xi Jinping Is Fighting a War for China’s History
Foreign Policy, May 1, 2022
China’s Covid-19 lockdown dramas show Beijing must learn to trust its people
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2022
Shanghai’s Lockdown
ChinaFile, April 29, 2022
专访普林斯顿教授范亚伦：西方低估了中共的无情和统治决心(Interview with Princeton professor Aaron Friedberg: The West underestimates CPC's ruthlessness and determination to rule)
Voice of America, April 30, 2022
專訪《搗破法蘭克》編導蔡康凝——眾籌拍戲，講香港年輕人的憤怒與反抗(Trevor Choi, director of " Smashing Frank" on crowdfunding for films, the anger and resistance of young people in Hong Kong)
Initium Media, April 30, 2022
Xi’s “Global Security Initiative” looks to counter Quad
The Hindu, April 28, 2022
The Politics of Interruption
China Media Project, April 29, 2022
China’s aggressive efforts to bring back fugitives grow more brazen
The Washington Post, April 29, 2022
CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS LAUNCH NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST “HISTORICAL NIHILISM”
Chinese Digital Times, April 28, 2022
Son of Dalian Wanda billionaire banned from Weibo after criticism of COVID-19 policy
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2022
Musk’s Ties to China Could Create Headaches for Twitter
Twitter易主中国获益？马斯克与北京的关系引发担忧
The New York Times, April 29, 2022
随着中国在亚洲海域实力增强，日本进行反制(Japan counters as China's strength in Asian waters increases)
Voice of America, April 29, 2022
澳大利亚拒绝与中国军警合作 或不向所罗门派遣维和部队(Australia may not send peacekeepers to Solomon Islands if China sends troops there)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2022
北京数十人涉封城言论被拘 新浪微博公开网民IP惹争议(Dozens of people in Beijing are detained for remarks on lockdown; Sina Weibo's disclosure of netizens' IPs triggers controversy)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2022
Security law: Hong Kong student gets 5 years jail for incitement of secession, as judge walks back sentence discount
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2022
Families of foreign prisoners in China worry about their health, safety amid Shanghai’s devastating COVID-19 lockdown
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 28, 2022
Grim tales test China’s claim to be governed by the people
The Economist, April 30, 2022
China Sets Economic Stimulus Plan to Offset Covid Lockdowns
中国采取刺激措施，防止经济进一步放缓
The New York Times, April 29, 2022
Exclusive | China to end regulatory storm over Big Tech and give sector bigger role in boosting slowing economy, sources say
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2022
China digs in on zero-Covid strategy despite public’s frustrations
Agence France-Presse, April 29, 2022
Related:
Why some Chinese are angry about covid
The Economist, April 30, 2022
Hong Kong leadership hopeful John Lee vows local security law, more housing, but admits manifesto ‘limited’
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2022
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李家超提四个政纲 将推动《基本法》第23条立法(John Lee issues 4-pronged policy platform, will promote Article 23 legislation under Basic Law)
Deutsche Welle, April 29, 2022
上海敲锅抗议被指“境外势力” 北京五一就地过节(Banging pots to protest in Shanghai is branded agitation by "foreign forces"; govt asks people to stay in Beijing on May 1 holiday)
Deutsche Welle, April 29, 2022
北京疫情升温多学校关闭 上海推常态化筛检(Beijing schools close in Covid-19 surge; Shanghai promotes normalized screening)
Deutsche Welle, April 29, 2022
Escape from Shanghai: my harrowing flight from the world’s strictest lockdown
Coda, April 28, 2022
Backlog of Hong Kong cases must be cleared so justice is not delayed or denied
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2022
封控运动中的上海，是 2500 万人民的变异版"集中营"（Shanghai in the lockdown movement is a mutated version of a "concentration camp" for 25 million people）
Matters, April 28, 2022
Solomons PM could use Chinese police to stay in power, key provincial adviser fears
The Guardian, April 28, 2022
China using diplomatic leverage to target Uyghurs abroad
ANI News, April 28, 2022
拜登5月将访问韩国和日本 共议中国和朝鲜(Biden to visit South Korea, Japan in May to discuss China, North Korea issues)
Deutsche Welle, April 28, 2022
英外长：北约应确保台湾免于中国侵犯(British foreign minister: NATO should ensure Taiwan is free from China’s aggression)
Deutsche Welle, April 28, 2022
伊朗寻求加强与中国的军事关系(Iran seeks to strengthen military ties with China)
Voice of America, April 28, 2022
德国政府以安全为由阻止中国公司购买德国呼吸机制造商(German gov’t blocks China’s firm from buying German ventilator maker on security grounds)
Radio France Internationale, April 27, 2022
Liberal Chinese social media site Douban tightens verification of overseas users as censorship intensifies
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2022
China's Weibo shows user locations to combat 'bad behaviour'
Reuters, April 28, 2022
官媒批“大翻译运动” 反促“反华类”媒体流量大增(China’s official media criticize Great Translation Movement, triggering large jump in traffic to "anti-China" media websites)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2022
47 democrats’ subversion case adjourned to June
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2022
Related:
Denial of bail is silencing Hong Kong's democrats
BBC News, April 28, 2022民主派初選案今第五次提訊日 其中三人未有到庭(3 absent from the 5th unofficial primary case)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 28, 2022Prosecution of the Hong Kong 47: Rule of Law on Trial
香港47人案：對法治的審判
Human Rights in China, April 22, 28, 2022
Ex-head of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil group convicted over ‘release political prisoners’ balloon
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2022
2 men arrested for allegedly calling on others to attack Hong Kong leader in online posts, source says
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2022
Hong Kong court upholds non-guilty verdict on Swiss photographer accused of aiding protest assault
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2022
【光城者案】7人被控串謀煽動顛覆國家政權 再多一人擬認罪(One more of 7 "Returning Valiant" members charged with conspiring to incite subversion to plead guilty)
inmediahk.net, April 28, 2022
报告：2021年中国非法逮捕168名藏人(NGO report: China illegally arrests 168 Tibetans in 2021)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2022