China censors zero-COVID debate after WHO criticises policy
Agence France-Presse, May 11, 2022
Beijing bans preschool learning apps as crackdown on private tutoring continues
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2022
Chinese border police 'clipping' passports of citizens as they arrive back home
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2022
“以民治民”控制社会 “法理民兵”应运而生 ("Governing the people by the people" to control the society--the birth of the "fali [jurisprudence struggle] militia")
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2022
Cardinal Joseph Zen arrested by Hong Kong’s national security police, Vatican expresses concern
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2022
Ex-scholar tied to fund for protesters ‘arrested at Hong Kong airport by national security police’
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2022
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消息：「612基金」至少4人被捕 包括許寶強、吳靄儀、陳日君及何韻詩(At least 4 "612 Humanitarian Fund" trustees arrested, including Hui Po-keung, Margaret Ng, Joseph Zen, Denise Ho)
Ming Pao, May 11, 2022
Hong Kong Tiananmen activist jailed for 3 months for refusing national security data demand
Hong Kong Free Press, May 11, 2022
19歲學生拋雜物入路軌 危及乘客安全襲警等3罪成 判入更生中心 (19-year-old student sentenced to correctional center after conviction of 3 crimes: throwing objects into railway tracks, endangering passengers' safety, assaulting police officer)
inmediahk.net, May 11, 2022
「黎明行動」兩年半後遭控非法集結及刑毁 3人准保釋候審 (2.5 years after incident, 3 are charged with illegal assembly and criminal damage over "Operation Dawn"; released on bail pending trial)
Ming Pao, May 11, 2022
APM「和你sing」兩男女事隔兩年被控非法集結 准保釋候訊 (2 are charged with illegal assembly over "sing with you" action after 2 years; released on bail pending trial)
inmediahk.net, May 11, 2022
19歲學生涉大前年8.31藏刀 事隔3年被起訴 (19-year-old student charged with hiding knife in the 2019 protests)
inmediahk.net, May 11, 2022
李明哲揭赤山監獄強迫勞動 同囚政治犯家屬擔憂（Li Mingzhe exposes forced labor in Chishan Prison; family members of political prisoners are worried）
Central News Agency, May 11, 2022
Hong Kong laws can limit false Covid info, says security chief, but research into ‘fake news’ legislation underway
Hong Kong Free Press, May 11, 2022
China’s zero-Covid policy is not sustainable, WHO director general says
The Guardian, May 10, 2022
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SHANGHAI TIGHTENS LOCKDOWN AFTER POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE WARNING
China Digital Times, May 11, 2022China’s COVID crisis and the dilemma facing its leaders, by experts who have monitored it since the Wuhan outbreak
The Conversation, May 10, 2022
公營直資教師流失4,050人 流失率創五年新高(HK public and direct subsidized schools lose 4,050 teachers; attrition rate hits 5-year high)
inmediahk.net, May 11, 2022
违规收治发热病人，四川南充一医院院长、副院长双双获刑 (President, vice president of a hospital in Nanchong, Sichuan are jailed for treating fever patients)
Sohu, May 10, 2022
滬上老外：封城後我開始思考，「怎樣逃離曾經深愛的上海」 (Foreigners in Shanghai: In lockdown, I began to think, "How to escape from the Shanghai I once loved")
Initium Media, May 10, 2022
China’s pro-Russia propaganda exposed by online activists
The Guardian, May 10, 2022
中国的跨国镇压让流亡维吾尔人担忧 (China's transnational repression worries exiled Uyghurs)
Voice of America, May 10, 2022
中国边检加强盘查出入境国人 有留学生被剪护照 (China steps up border inspection, with immigration officials tearing up passports of some returning overseas students)
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2022
Freed Taiwan activist recounts 'fascist circus' of Chinese court
Agence France-Presse, May 10, 2022
「營救理大」 5人被控暴動 一人開審前改為認罪即時還柙(5 accused of rioting in "Rescue PolyU" action; one pleading guilty right before trial is remanded in custody)
inmediahk.net, May 10, 2022
曾邀多名民主派人士加入 香港電台：「節目顧問團」4月底任期結束後已停止運作(Once joined by pro-democracy figures, RTHK "Program Advisory Group" ceased operation in late April)
Ming Pao, May 10, 2022
程渊妻子施明磊就赤山监狱违法剥夺家属会见权致湖南省省长毛伟明的公开信（Cheng Yuan's wife posts an open letter to Hunan governor on Chishan Prison's illegal deprivation of family members' visiting rights）
Weiquanwang, May 10, 2022
NPC Standing Committee Releases 2022 Legislative Plan
NPC Observer, May 6, 2022
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全国人大常委会2022年度立法工作计划 (2022 Legislative Work Plan of NPC Standing Committee)
National People's Congress of P.R.C., May 6, 2022
UN rights boss to arrive in China for historic visit by month-end
Reuters, May 10, 2022
中国权威学者批强送方舱擅闯民宅违宪 个人微博遭清零 (Chinese expert criticizes forcible transfers to isolation facilities and illegal entry into private residences; contents of his Weibo account are emptied out)
Voice of America, May 10, 2022
Police sent to Beijing university campus amid growing public anger over zero-COVID
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2022
G7, EU voice ‘grave concern’ over ‘undemocratic’ new Hong Kong leader selection process
Agence France-Presse, May 9, 2022
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Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong hits back at EU, G7 for criticising city’s chief executive election
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2022
美国会呼吁审查对初创企业资助，防止中国资金渗透(U.S. Congress calls for review of funding for start-ups to prevent infiltration of funds from China)
The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2022
U.S. Presses Taiwan to Buy Weapons More Suited to Win Against China
美国敦促台湾订购更有助于击退中国入侵的武器
The New York Times, May 9, 2022
中国科技巨头悄然停止与俄罗斯的业务往来(China’s tech giants quietly retreat from doing business with Russia)
The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2022
中国说不能同意台湾参加今年世卫大会(China says it can't agree to Taiwan's participation in this year's WHA)
Radio France Internationale, May 9, 2022
美国民主基金会根据基本法在港活动 被中国外交部指控为 “培植反政府势力”(NED's activities in HK under Basic Law is accused by Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs of "cultivating anti-government forces")
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2022
社民連抗議特首選舉遭截停 陳寶瑩：開新篇就係禁制和平請願(Protest activity against Chief Executive election is halted; chairperson of League of Social Democrats: “Opening a new chapter” means banning peaceful petitions)
InMediaHK, May 8, 2022
Explainer: Small Chinese-language media outlets spring up as Hong Kong’s big names disappear
Hong Kong Free Press, May 9, 2022
Chinese journalist sentenced in Hainan for smearing reputation of CCP heroes
Radio Free Asia, May 7, 2022
深圳90后基督徒颜志鸿因言获罪遭警方抓捕(Shenzhen post-90s Christian Yan Zhihong is detained for adding Chinese subtitles to an English-language video criticizing China’s lockdown policy)
Weiquanwang, May 8, 2022
不满防疫政策 中国网民创意对抗审查(Dissatisfied with epidemic prevention policy, Chinese netizens creatively confront censorship)
Deutsche Welle, May 7, 2022
李家超：新一屆特區政府將堅決貫徹「一國兩制」方針(John Lee: New Hong Kong SAR administration will resolutely implement the "one country, two systems" policy)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 9, 2022
Beijing’s Man in Hong Kong Inherits a Tamed City
李家超正式当选：北京代理人与被驯服的香港
The New York Times, May 9, 2022
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EU voices concerns as former Hong Kong security chief made new leader
The Guardian, May 8, 2022Related:
欧盟指责香港特首选举进一步侵蚀一国两制 北京反驳(EU accuses HK’s Chief Executive election further erodes “one country, two systems” policy; Beijing rebuts)
Voice of America, May 9, 2022‘Democracy with Hong Kong characteristics’: Reactions pour in after John Lee selected as city’s next leader
Hong Kong Free Press, May 8, 2022What will a Hong Kong civil service under John Lee look like? Sector braces for shake-up with leadership hopeful’s vow of reform
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2022Downtown Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers capital
Radio France Internationale, May 9, 2022上海收紧防疫 北京核酸筛查成常态(Shanghai tightens epidemic prevention; PCR screening becomes normal in Beijing)
Deutsche Welle, May 8, 2022
The law’s delay: how Hong Kong’s sluggish prosecutors lag behind their overseas counterparts
Hong Kong Free Press, May 9, 2022
新選舉新特首誕生，而弱勢的倡議在消音(New chief executive is born in new election, while initiatives for the underprivileged are muted)
Theinitium, May 8, 2022
上海疫情線上紀念館：人們因什麼而逝去？(Online memorial on Shanghai epidemic: What causes people to die?)
Initium Media, May 6, 2022
China unveils its vision of a global security order
The Economist, May 5, 2022
Xinjiang cotton found in Adidas, Puma and Hugo Boss tops, researchers say
The Guardian, May 5, 2022
Drone Giant DJI’s Russia Halt Pressures Other China Big-Techs
大疆暂停俄乌业务 中国科技企业面临两难
Financial Times, May 6, 2022
China’s Covid Policies Have European Companies Wary of Investing
调查称中国新冠政策令欧洲公司投资意愿大幅降低
The New York Times, May 6, 2022
无力摆脱对西方金融系统依赖或是中国的一重大战略软肋(Inability to break free from reliance on Western financial system may be a major strategic weakness of China)
Voice of America, May 6, 2022
Chinese social media groups reveal nationalist influencers blogging from abroad
Financial Times, May 6, 2022
NETIZENS DECRY THE DISPLAY OF THEIR IP ADDRESSES
Digital Times, May 5, 2022
Jimmy Lai: Prosecutors could amass more evidence against jailed media tycoon after liquidators drop bid for return of 2.8 million files seized by police
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2022
Prosecution reaches plea deal with Hong Kong radio host ‘Giggs’ after year-long detention
Hong Kong Free Press, May 6, 2022
阮民安2月被捕還押至今 太太攜子離港︰這一程飛機沒退路(Detained since February, pro-democracy singer Tommy Yuen is charged with sedition; wife and sons leave HK: This is a one-way flight)
Ming Pao, May 6, 2022
社民連曾健成出獄 手持鄒幸彤畫像勉「手足」撐住(League of Social Democrats' Bull Tsang released from jail, holds Chow Hang-tung's portrait to encourage "comrades" to hang in there)
inmediahk.net, May 6, 2022
Hong Kong man arrested over ‘weird’ notifications sent by TVB News app
Hong Kong Free Press, May 6, 2022
江西维权人士朱玉芳“被寻衅滋事”案今日开庭(Trial of Jiangxi rights activist Zhu Yufang charged with "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" opens today)
Weiquanwang, May 6, 2022
上海封城乱象丛生 人权律师组法律顾问团协助索赔(Shanghai's lockdown is full of chaos; legal advisory team of the Human Rights Lawyers Group assists in claims)
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2022
The crackdown on China’s ‘moderate’ rights voices: how tweets are now landing people in prison
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2022
习近平：“防控方针由党的性质和宗旨决定”( Xi Jinping: "The policy of prevention and control is determined by the nature and purpose of CPC")
Deutsche Welle, May 6, 2022
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抓紧抓实疫情防控重点工作 习近平主持会议作出最新部署(Pay close attention to the key work of epidemic prevention and control; Xi Jinping hosts meeting, issues latest orders)
People, May 6, 2022
聯國人權專員中國之行只到廣州新疆不訪港 稱將提及包括香港在內人權議題(UN Human Rights Commissioner's China trip to only include Guangzhou, Xinjiang, not Hong Kong; says will mention human rights issue including HK)
Ming Pao, May 6, 2022
Xi Jinping attacks ‘doubters’ as he doubles down on China’s zero-Covid policy
The Guardian, May 6, 2022
Has Shanghai Been Xinjianged?
上海正在新疆化吗？
The New York Times, May 6, 2022
‘I’m Very Anxious’: China’s Lockdowns Leave Millions Out of Work
城市停摆后，失去工作的数百万中国人
The New York Times, May 6, 2022
李家超出席造勢大會 強調團結社會與民同為港開新篇(John Lee attends campaign rally, emphasizes uniting society and opening a new chapter for HK with the people)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 6, 2022
How China is stepping up harassment of foreign correspondents
Committee to Protect Journalists, May 6, 2022
中国正在为自己的谎言买单(China is paying for its own lies)
Radio France Internationale, May 6, 2022
Urgent Life-Threatening Conditions in Lockdown Shanghai Demand Prompt Investigation
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 5, 2022