China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

中国加大对台军事威吓 福建龙田军用机场疑扩建完工 (China intensifies its military threat against Taiwan; expansion of Fujian Longtian military airport appears complete)
Voice of America, August 3, 2022

Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan as China puts military on high alert
The Guardian, August 2, 2022

Related:
China imposes sanctions on Taiwan over Pelosi trip: What are they
The Straits Times, August 3, 2022

Top Hong Kong officials, politicians slam US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ‘extremely selfish’ visit to Taiwan, say it tramples on one-China policy
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2022

Russia backs China on Taiwan as sanctions, incursions expected during Pelosi visit
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2022

澳洲反外国干预法第一案：华裔男子被控意图影响对华政策
A Test Case for Australia’s Broad New Law Against Foreign Meddling
The New York Times, July 29, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

佩洛西见人权活动者 吁认识中共专制保卫自由民主 (Pelosi meets with human rights activists, urges rights workers to educate Taiwanese about China's autocracy and defend Taiwan's democracy)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2022

长期从事“台独”分裂活动，杨智渊被国家安全机关刑事拘传审查 (Yang Zhiyuan is criminally detained for his long-term "Taiwan independence" separatist activities)
The Paper, August 3, 2022

Security officials condemn proposal by overseas opposition figures to set up "Hong Kong Parliament"
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2022

Hong Kong protests: former food delivery worker known for Captain America look wins appeal against secession jail term, sentence cut by 9 months
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2022

Exiled Hong Kong bookseller to ask Pelosi for help
The Standard, August 3, 2022

11.11旺角以雜物堵路兼損壞交通燈 23歲青年判監8個月 (23-year-old sentenced to 8 months in prison for blocking road with debris and damaging traffic lights in Mong Kok protest)
inmediahk.net, August 3, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

单身女性冻卵案”一审原告败诉 开放非医疗冻卵争议大 （Plaintiff’s loss in the first "single women's egg freezing case" unleashes non-medical egg freezing controversy）
Caixin, August 3, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China shocked after man allegedly drives over girlfriend repeatedly and kills her, reigniting gender-based violence debate
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2022

Hong Kong’s John Lee is joint-least popular leader immediately after taking office, survey finds
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Live Updates: Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan, Drawing China’s Condemnation
The New York Times, August 2, 2022

U.S. Warns China Not to Turn Pelosi’s Expected Trip to Taiwan Into a "Crisis"
The New York Times, August 2, 2022

Live Updates: Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan, Drawing China’s Condemnation
The New York Times, August 2, 2022

Related:
Nancy Pelosi to meet Taiwan’s president on Wednesday
Financial Times, August 1, 2022

China suspends imports of Taiwanese sweets, biscuits, pastries ahead of Nancy Pelosi’s likely visit, 
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2022

Chinese Internet Company Sina Abruptly Shuts Down ‘Sina Taiwan’ Platform
What's on Weibo, August 1, 2022

British MPs plan visit to Taiwan as tension with China simmers
The Guardian, August 1, 2022

Chinese broadcaster CCTV says it dares to fight Western media monopoly on public opinion"
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

China’s Heavy-Handed Push to Prevent a UN Report on Xinjiang
The Diplomat, August 1, 2022

太原郇城归正教会安彦魁传道“偷越国边境”案将于2022年8月5日上午九点开庭（Taiyuan Huancheng Reformed Church preacher An Yankui, accused of "secretly crossing the national border or frontier," to stand trial on August 5, 2022）
Weiquanwang, August 1, 2022

Hong Kong activist detained for inciting subversion of state wins judicial review to lift reporting restrictions on case
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2022

Hong Kong national security police arrest two over "seditious" online posts
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2022

No need to prove subject of national security data probe is foreign agent, Hong Kong court rules
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s state-run semiconductor fund engulfed in scandal as Beijing probes three senior executives for alleged corruption
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2022

Hong Kong was ruled by Britain during occupation but was never its colony, education authorities say
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2022

Related:
教育局編中小學「國教年曆」 建議討論共產黨發展、年看三套愛國抗日電影 (Through “National Education Calendar” for primary and secondary schools, Hong Kong Education Bureau recommends discussion of CPC development and screening 3 patriotic, anti-Japanese films per year)
inmediahk.net, August 2, 2022<

Current Topics (热门话题)

产业巨头接连落马 中国芯片掀烂尾潮？（Is the fall of top Chinese chipmakers’ leaders triggering an industry’s downward spiral?）
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2022

選民總數10年首跌 新登記10年新低 18至20歲選民跌四成 滿71歲增7.8%最多 (Total number of voters in Hong Kong falls for first time in 10 years: New registrants at 10-year low with a 40% drop among the 18–20 age group, but a 7.8% increase among those 71 and older)
Mingpao News, August 2, 2022

John Lee to lead delegation to APEC summit, unafraid of sanctions
The Standard, August 2, 2022

INTERVIEW: Hong Kong Chronicles is CCP's bid to rewrite city's history
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Nancy Pelosi: Why I’m leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan
Washington Post, August 2, 2022

A day in the life of Xu Zhangrun
SupChina, August 1, 2022

Why Hong Kong should heed UN condemnation of its failure to protect basic rights
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

中国宣布在台湾对岸举行实弹军演(China announces live-fire military exercises on other side of Taiwan)
Voice of America, July 31, 2022

彭博社：中国政府机构要求设立TikTok隐形账户加强对西方的宣传(Bloomberg: Chinese gov’t asks TikTok to set up invisible accounts to boost propaganda in the West)
Voice of America, July 30, 2022

Related:
Chinese Government Asked TikTok for Stealth Propaganda Account
Bloomberg, July 29, 2022

二十大前夕 中国加强清网重点整治直播领域(On eve of 20th CPC National Congress, China strengthens clean-up of Internet with focus on “rectifying” livestreaming)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

佩洛西有望周二访台 见民运团体与人权工作者(Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan on Tuesday to meet pro-democracy groups, human rights workers)
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2022

湖南异议人士谭兵林因“寻衅滋事”遭刑事拘留(Hunan dissident Tan Binglin is under criminal detention for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble")
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2022

“单身女冻卵案”当事人将提上诉(Plaintiff of "single woman's egg freezing case" to appeal after losing in first instance court)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2022

Hong Kong barrister cites UN report on ‘overly broad’ interpretation of sedition law in case against speech therapists
Hong Kong Free Press, August 1, 2022

Student walks free from unlawful assembly allegation
The Standard, August 1, 2022

【理大圍城】4人尖沙咀暴動罪成 穿白衣、無裝備被告躲藏大廈梯間 官指無合理辯解 ([Poly-U Siege] Judge convicts 4 in Tsim Sha Tsui riot: Defendants had no reasonable excuse for wearing white and hiding in building despite absence of protest paraphernalia)
inmediahk.net, July 30, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Xi Jinping urges Chinese Communist Party to step up efforts to ‘win hearts and minds’ in Hong Kong and Taiwan
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2022

China’s cyberspace watchdog reports ‘significant results’ in online platform regulation
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China’s Xi Promotes Team of Allies to Influential Posts, Fortifying His Power
习近平提拔亲信担任重要职位，进一步巩固权力
The Wall Street Journal, July 29-August 1, 2022

感动全中国的“二舅”被指多处造假(Popular online short video “Second Uncle” in China is said to contain many fabrications)
Radio France Internationale, August 1, 2022

NETIZEN VOICES: ONLINE ANTI-JAPANESE SENTIMENT LEADS TO WOMAN’S ARREST, FESTIVALS’ CANCELLATIONS"
China Digital Times, July 30, 2022

People’s Liberation Army’s Hong Kong garrison holds first flag-raising ceremony at Central designated zone marking military anniversary
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2022

Hong Kong protests: Oscar-winning director Malcolm Clarke releases documentary series offering different take on 2019 unrest, says he is not "working for the Chinese government"
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Why Pelosi’s Proposed Taiwan Visit Is Raising U.S.-China Tensions
“政治雷区”：为何佩洛西拟议中的访台行程如此敏感
The New York Times, August 1, 2022

How foreign money is still fuelling abuses in Xinjiang
Financial Times, August 1, 2022

Why the US using a Cold War ‘containment’ strategy against China would be a colossal error
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2022

LITTLE SPACE FOR UNMARRIED WOMEN IN CCP DEMOGRAPHIC POLICIES
China Digital Times, July 29, 2022

Chinese artist Badiucao: Drawing truth to power
60 Minutes, CBS News, July 31, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

CHINESE DIPLOMACY AND SOFT POWER IN AN ERA OF “GREAT-POWER COMPETITION”
China Digital Times, July 28, 2022

Report on TikTok's 'excessive' harvesting of user data sparks security concerns
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2022

Number of people resigning from Hong Kong government jobs doubles from previous year
Hong Kong Free Press, July 29, 2022

肯尼亚总统大选临近，中国成为选战焦点话题(As Kenya's presidential election approaches, China has become the focus)
Voice of America, July 29, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

原贵州大学教授杨绍政涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权案于今天在贵阳市中级法院不公开审理(Former Guizhou University professor Yang Shaozheng, accused of “inciting subversion of state power,” goes on trial today behind closed doors in Guiyang Intermediate Court)
Weiquanwang, July 29, 2022

Jailed Chinese dissident sends wife 'suspect' letter from Xinjiang prison cell
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2022

Prominent Chinese rights activist 'paralyzed' while awaiting trial in Jiangsu
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2022

4 ex-leaders of defunct Hong Kong activist group Student Politicism plead guilty to conspiring to incite subversion
Hong Kong Free Press, July 29, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

习近平在政治局会议为 “动态清零”定调 ”坚持动态清零就是胜利”(Xi Jinping set tone for "dynamic zero" at Politburo meeting: " Insistence on dynamic zero is victory" )
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2022

美通过芯片法案抗衡中国(U.S. passes CHIPs Act to counter China)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2022

欧盟呼吁废除中国在香港实施的《国家安全法》(EU calls on China to repeal National Security Law in Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, July 28, 2022

‘Abandon arrogance, face fact that national security law has restored stability in Hong Kong’: Beijing to UN Human Rights Committee on report proposing repeal of legislation
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2022

A Test Case for Australia’s Broad New Law Against Foreign Meddling
澳洲反外国干预法第一案：华裔男子被控意图影响对华政策
The New York Times, July 29, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Xi Jinping tells Joe Biden not to ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan in two-hour call
The Guardian, July 28, 2022

Related:
Biden and Xi Conduct Marathon Call During Time of Rising Tensions
拜登与习近平通话逾两小时，台湾问题成焦点
The New York Times, July 29, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

UN Human Rights Committee Criticizes Rulings of Hong Kong’s Top Court
The Diplomat, July 29, 2022

A Shrinking China Can’t Overtake America
Foreign Policy, July 29, 2022

As Congress Debated Landmark China Bill, Beijing Surged Ahead
中国成功制造7纳米芯片，这意味着什么
The New York Times, July 29, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

北京办“人权论坛” 评论：找债权国背书掩盖中国恶行(China holds 2022 Beijing Human Rights Forum; critique: Using endorsement of creditor nations to cover up China's bad actions)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2022

报告：新疆生产建设兵团在新疆镇压维吾尔人上发挥核心作用(Report: Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps plays central role in Xinjiang crackdown on Uyghurs)
Voice of America, July 28, 2022

Related:
Until Nothing is Left: China's Settler Corporation and its Human Rights Violations in the Uyghur Region
Sheffield Hallam University, July 26, 2022

For Hong Kong’s Beijing-Backed Officials, Xi’s All That
赞扬讲话、表达忠诚，香港官场掀起“学习习近平”热
The New York Times, July 28, 2022

China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Is Fading
The Diplomat, July 27, 2022

HOW XIAOHONGSHU CENSORS “SUDDEN INCIDENTS”
China Digital Times, July 27, 2022