How China Threatens to Splinter the Metaverse
Wired, July 19, 2022
A North Dakota City Attracted a Corn Mill. Then Came Questions About Its Chinese Owners.
在美国小城，一座中资玉米加工厂引发的问题与忧虑
The New York Times, July 19, 2022
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
中国版“N号房事件” 举报猥亵女童上万案疑遭控评(Chinese version of "Nth Room": Victims number nearly 50,000; online platforms suppress reports, discussions. searches)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2022
8 Hong Kong democrats file appeal against Covid-related conviction and sentence at 2020 Labour Day demo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2022
涉庭內拍手被控煽動 「旁聽師」第四度高院申保釋被拒 (Man accused of inciting violence after clapping hands in court is refused bail for the 4th time)
inmediahk.net, July 19, 2022
涉WhatsApp群組籲殺警 3男事隔兩年半被控煽惑傷人 擬不認罪9月開審 (3 men involved in a WhatsApp group calling for the killing of the police are charged with inciting violence 2.5 years after the fact; trial to begin in September)
inmediahk.net, July 19, 2022
Law & Policy (法律与政策)
U.S. aid chief criticizes China’s ‘absence’ in a food crisis stoked by Russia’s invasion.
美国官员谴责中国在全球粮食危机援助行动中“缺席”
The New York Times, July 19, 2022
应对中国军事活动加剧 美下令全面审查中方不安全不专业行为(As China's military activities intensify, U.S. orders comprehensive review of China's unsafe, unprofessional behavior)
Voice of America, July 19, 2022
葉劉：勾結外國勢力是大忌 民主黨重返議會須符愛國者治港「金標準」(Regina Ip: Collusion with foreign forces is taboo; the Democratic Party’s return to parliament must meet the “gold standard” of patriots governing Hong Kong)
inmediahk.net, July 19, 2022
Current Topics (热门话题)
北京邀歐四國領導人11月來華會習近平？中外交部：假消息(Beijing invites leaders of 4 European countries to China to meet Xi Jinping in November? Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Fake news)
Deutsche Welle, July 19, 2022
‘My Worldview Has Been Destroyed’: Chinese Banking Scandal Tests Faith in the System
The New York Times, July 19, 2022
China says it will take ‘forceful measures’ if Pelosi visits Taiwan
The Washington Post, July 19, 2022
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媒體稱佩洛西計劃8月訪台 中方要求「不得安排」(Media report Pelosi plans to visit Taiwan in August; China demands “no planning”)
Deutsche Welle, July 19, 2022
Outbreaks in China prompt lockdowns and fears of more economic woes.
The New York Times, July 19, 2022
Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)
习近平培育了一种丑陋的中国式民族主义（中）(Xi Jinping has nurtured an ugly form of Chinese nationalism, part 2)
Radio France Internationale, July 19, 2022
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经济学人:习近平培育了一种丑陋的中国式民族主义（上）(Xi Jinping has nurtured an ugly form of Chinese nationalism, part 1)
Radio France Internationale, July 18, 2022Xi Jinping has nurtured an ugly form of Chinese nationalism
The Economist, Jul 13th 2022
Monday, July 18, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
China’s Leader Visits Xinjiang for the First Time Since Imposing Crackdown
实施镇压以来首次考察新疆，习近平意图彰显团结稳定
The New York Times, July 18, 2022
警方“百日行动” 头15日已拘7.3万人 寻衅滋事案3200余件(Police have detained 73,000 people on first 15 days of Hundred-Day Operation, with more than 3,200 cases of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2022
Putin and Xi’s Bet on the Global South
普京与习近平寻求沿南北轴线重塑国际格局
The Wall Street Journal, July 15-18, 2022
中国举行太平洋岛国政党对话会，与美争夺地区影响力(China holds Pacific Island political parties dialogue to compete with U.S. for regional influence)
Voice of America, July 16, 2022
海峡论坛成促统大会 习近平加码拉拢台湾青年(Straits Forum becomes platform for promoting unification; Xi Jinping steps up efforts to win over Taiwan’s youth)
Voice of America, July 17, 2022
Military drills a sign of Beijing’s increasingly aggressive stance towards Taiwan, analysts say
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2022
A Chinese office platform confirms that users’ files on its cloud server are subject to censorship
GlobalVoices, July 18, 2022
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
紧急关注：著名人权律师王宇成都医院看病 遭医院保安暴力 报警去派出所笔录竟被控涉嫌扰乱公共场所秩序(Well-known human rights lawyer Wang Yu is charged with disturbing order in a public place after she called police over attack by Chengdu hospital security)
Weiquanwang, July 18, 2022
原贵州大学教授杨绍政涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权案将于2022年7月29号在贵阳市中级人民法院开庭开庭(Trial of Yang Shaozheng, former professor of Guizhou University, on inciting subversion of state power to be held on July 29, 2022)
Weiquanwang, July 17, 2022
Concerns remain over the health of journalists, writers jailed in China: RSF
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2022
打油詩被指影射習近平 中國記者微博遭禁言(Chinese reporter is banned from Weibo for limericks accused of targeting Xi Jinping)
Deutsche Welle, July 18, 2022
Hong Kong orders first person convicted under security law to pay HK$1.38 million for failed legal bids
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2022
Sedition is ‘like treason,’ prosecutor tells Hong Kong court at speech therapists’ trial over books about sheep
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2022
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist says group was forced to delete online posts allegedly violating security law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2022
Hong Kong leader John Lee says he and journalists are ‘in the same boat,’ hopes they join him in promoting positive narrative of city
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2022
Current Topics (热门话题)
China banks told to bail out property developers as mortgage boycotts threaten economy
The Guardian, July 18, 2022
Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)
No longer the most populous, but still China wants to be world number one
The Guardian, July 17, 2022
Hong Kong phrase ‘add oil’ is older than you think – and we need it now more than ever
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2022
Friday, July 15, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
Pacific Nations Reproach China for Its Push to Extend Regional Sway
太平洋岛国指责中国以强势姿态扩大地区影响力
The Wall Street Journal, July 14-15, 2022
Chinese drone maker lobbies to defeat US national security ban
大疆在美国游说，意在阻止无人机法案
Financial Times, July 15, 2022
Chinese Firms Are Selling Russia Goods Its Military Needs to Keep Fighting in Ukraine
中国企业继续卖货给俄罗斯，部分产品可助俄军在乌克兰一臂之力
The Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2022
Chinese Feminists Caught Between a Rock and the Party
The Diplomat, July 15, 2022
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
中国烂尾楼拒付贷卷风暴 陕西首酿上千苦主包围银保监局(A thousand owners of units in unfinished buildings surround Banking Regulatory Commission in Shaanxi to defend their rights)
Radio France Internationale, July 15, 2022
China’s Surveillance State Hits Rare Resistance From Its Own Subjects
在“监控之国”，中国民众正变得愈发警惕
The New York Times, July 15, 2022
【初選47人案】伍健偉被拒保釋 官指庭內多名支持者叫喊 (Hong Kong 47 | Ng Kin-wai is denied bail; judge: Supporters shouting in court signals he may not stop endangering national security)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2022
7 Hong Kong protesters jailed for 7 to 10 months over speedboat escape bid
Hong Kong Free Press, July 15, 2022
12.28「和你shop」 二人非法集結上訴遭駁回 官：向警叫囂「報仇」屬煽惑暴力 (Judge dismisses appeal against illegal assembly convictions, says shouting "revenge" at the police incites violence)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2022
Hong Kong protests: top court acquits first person jailed for carrying zip ties, rules items ‘not instruments fit for unlawful purposes’
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2022
醫生和你sing刑期上訴得直改判囚14個月 官稱原審裁「核心滋事分子」過於武斷 (Court of Final Appeal reduces sentence for doctor convicted of illegal assembly, calls lower court ruling that defendant was a “core troublemaker” based only on his clothing “too arbitrary”)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2022
Elderly Catholic priest begins three-day hunger protest outside Hong Kong prison
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2022
Law & Policy (法律与政策)
美通過國防授權法 撐台參與環太平洋軍演(U.S. passes National Defense Authorization Act to support Taiwan's participation in 2024 Rim of the Pacific exercise)
Deutsche Welle, July 15, 2022
Related:
US House passes act supporting Taiwan's participation in 2024 RIMPAC
Taiwan News, July 15, 2022
蔡若蓮稱移民家長未必不滿香港教育：「觀感大於實際」(HK education chief: Emigrating parents may not be dissatisfied with Hong Kong’s education—“perception is greater than reality”)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2022
Current Topics (热门话题)
Alibaba Executives Called In by China Authorities as It Investigates Historic Data Heist
消息人士称阿里巴巴高管因警方数据库泄露事件被上海当局约见
The Wall Street Journal, July 14-15, 2022
China's Xi Jinping makes rare visit to once restive Xinjiang
The Guardian, July 15, 2022
Chinese bank scandal customers struggle to register for scheme to pay back money
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2022
Thursday, July 14, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
China’s Surveillance State Hits Rare Resistance From Its Own Subjects
The New York Times, July 14, 2022
Beijing Communities Asking People to Wear Electronic Monitoring Wristband during Home Quarantine
What's on Weibo, July 14, 2022
Xi Jinping has nurtured an ugly form of Chinese nationalism
The Economist, July 13, 2022
China’s ban of LGBTQ content in movies didn’t begin with ‘Lightyear’
SupChina, July 13, 2022
Chinese word processor WPS accused of censorship after author says she was locked out of 1.3 million-character document
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2022
US employs ‘tuna politics’ to resist China’s Pacific push
Financial Times, July 13, 2022
南太岛国峰会： 美副总统宣布投巨资 中方人员未受邀潜入被驱离(South Pacific Island Summit: U.S. vice president announces huge investment; uninvited Chinese military attaché disguised as reporter enters venue and is expelled)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2022
达赖喇嘛出访中印有争议边境地区，时机敏感引发中国不满(Dalai Lama visits disputed border area between China and India on eve of bilateral commander-level military talks, sparking China’s dissatisfaction)
Voice of America, July 14, 2022
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
「長沙富能」政治犯致函家屬 披露赤山監獄艱困狀況(In letter to family, NGO Changsha Funeng member discloses harsh conditions in Chishan Prison)
Deutsche Welle, July 14, 2022
China activists left to mark Liu Xiaobo's death in private amid heavy censorship
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2022
Legality of national security data probe can be challenged, argues ex-Tiananmen group leader
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2022
Grandma Wong, fixture of Hong Kong protests, jailed for 8 months
Al Jazeera, July 14, 2022
Four Hong Kong men arrested while trying to flee to Taiwan
Al Jazeera, July 14, 2022
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港媒：反送中示威者13日拟逃往台湾时被捕(Hong Kong media: Anti-extradition protesters were arrested on July 13 as they planned flight to Taiwan)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2022
Ex-Hong Kong district councillor released on bail after being arrested for allegedly inciting blank votes
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2022
"香港人书展"突遭喊停 主办方质疑与政治因素有关(Organizers of Hong Kongers’ Book Fair suspect termination of venue lease is politically-motivated )
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2022
Law & Policy (法律与政策)
Taking China's Global Cyber Body To Task
China Media Project, July 14, 2022
China’s big tech problem: even in a state-managed economy, digital companies grow too powerful
The Conversation, July 13, 2022
No. of investigations carried out by Hong Kong gov’t watchdog falls to 15-year low
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2022
提防“被消失” 台NGO团体吁建立赴中人身安全保障联系机制(Taiwan NGOs urge establishment of contact mechanism for personal safety protection in China to prevent being "disappeared")
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2022
Current Topics (热门话题)
In Shanghai, a surge in cases raises fears of another lockdown.
上海新冠感染病例激增，引发再次封锁担忧
The New York Times, July 14, 2022
微博禁谐音传播不良信息 网民批如“文字狱”(Weibo bans homophones to stop spread of bad information; netizens call ban "word prison")
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2022
Nato chief, challenged on the need to confront China, cites its military build-up and rights record
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2022
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
地方政府深陷财政泥潭，中国各地危机四起 (Local gov’ts in deep financial quagmire as crises spread across China)
Voice of America,, July 13, 2022
中国烂尾楼业主集体停缴房贷 中产被卷入房地产风暴威胁金融社会稳定 (Owners of unfinished buildings in China collectively suspend loan payments, pulling middle class into a real estate storm, threatening financial and social stability)
Voice of America,, July 14, 2022
抖音承认澳洲用户数据可在中国获取 引发数据渗透恐慌 (TikTok admits Australian user data are available in China, sparking data intrusion panic)
Voice of America,, July 14, 2022
How China Wants to Replace the U.S. Order
The Atlantic, July 13, 2022
China’s World Internet Conference goes ‘international’ as Beijing seeks to promote its own vision of global cyberspace
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2022
Weibo Vows to Crack Down on Homophones and ‘Misspelled’ Words to “Stop Spread of Harmful Information”
What's on Weibo, July 13, 2022
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
美国国会及行政当局中国委员会共同主席发表声明 纪念刘晓波逝世五周年 (Statement by co-chairs of U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China commemorating Liu Xiaobo on 5th anniv. of his death)
Voice of America,, July 14, 2022
诺贝尔和平奖得主刘晓波死于狱中五周年,无国界记者呼吁国际社会对中国当局施加更大压力 (Reporters Without Borders urges int’l community to put more pressure on Chinese authorities on 5th anniv. of Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo's death in custody)
Voice of America, July 13, 2022
刘晓波逝世五周年 中国离宪政有多远？ (On 5th anniv. of Liu Xiaobo's death, how far is China from constitutionalism?)
Radio Free Asia,, July 12, 2022
河北栾城一天主教地下教会堂遭强拆 当地主教披露详情 (Underground Catholic church in Luancheng, Hebei forcibly demolished; local bishop reveals details)
Radio Free Asia,, July 12, 2022
Hong Kong court asked to rule if ex-Tiananmen group leaders can challenge legality of national security data probe
Hong Kong Free Press, July 13, 2022
【逆權律師】美籍律師Bickett國會聽證 斥港警隻手遮天凌駕法治 (Samuel Bickett accuses Hong Kong police of “covering the sky, overriding rule of law” in US congressional hearing)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2022
香港公民社会人士美国会作证 吁扩大制裁至习近平及中层港警 (Hong Kong civil society members testify at U.S. Congress, urging expanding sanctions to include Xi Jinping and mid-level Hong Kong police)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2022
Hong Kong's 'Grandma Wong' jailed over 2019 protests
BBC News, July 13, 2022
涉煽惑七一集結陳榮泰囚15個月 官指區議員身份發言屬「推波助瀾」(Lancelot Chan sentenced to 15 months in prison for inciting July 1 assembly; judge states that Chan, speaking as district councilor, was “fanning the flames”)
inmediahk.net, July 12, 2022
9.29政府總部外集結 4男女認暴動還柙 14歲男生等3人不認罪 (4 defendants plead guilty to rioting outside gov’t headquarters on Sept. 29, 2019; 3, including 14-year-old boy, plead not guilty)
inmediahk.net, July 13, 2022
Independent ‘Hongkongers book fair’ axed after organisers allegedly accused of lease violation
Hong Kong Free Press, July 13, 2022
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