所罗门群岛从中国获得6600万美元的贷款 为华为造161座电信塔(Solomon Islands gets $66 million loan from China to build 161 telecom towers for Huawei)
Radio France Internationale, August 19, 2022
China’s Digital Inroads in the Global South
The Diplomat, August 19, 2022
HKU national security course: 10 hours of video viewing and a multiple-choice test to pass, and to graduate
Hong Kong Free Press, August 19, 2022
宁夏石嘴山市惠农区磐石教会传道人耿则军被中共当局判刑1年3个月 (Preacher Geng Zejun in Shizuishan City, Ningxia, sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison by authorities)
Weiquanwang, August 19, 2022
Hong Kong centrist party calls for 47 democrats’ national security case to be tried by jury
Hong Kong Free Press, August 19, 2022
8.11 尖沙咀｜9 人暴動罪成 判囚 40 至 52 月、入教導所 官指同日另案判刑沒約束力 (9 protestors found guilty of rioting outside Tsim Sha Tsui police station; 8 jailed for up to 52 months each, 1 sent to correctional training)
The Witness, August 19, 2022
中大撒粉案｜區倬僖等 3 人不認罪 一人認罪還押 9.2 判刑 (Owen Au and 2 others plead not guilty in unlawful assembly case; 1 other CUHK student pleads guilty and awaits sentencing in September)
Hong Kong Free Press, August 19, 2022
LATEST TARGETS OF HONG KONG CENSORSHIP INCLUDE FILMS, PUBLISHERS, AND PRO-TRANSPARENCY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES
China Digital Times, August 18, 2022
‘Focus on the anxiety, fear and uncertainty’: portraits without facial features are artist’s response to Hong Kong protests, their aftermath and pandemic
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2022
China’s internet watchdog extends support for nation’s tech firms to raise funds abroad, signalling shift from hardline stance
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2022
China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years in prison
The Washington Post, August 19, 2022
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肖建华案：上海法院判监13年 明天控股罚款550亿元人民币 中国否定其加拿大国籍 (Billionaire Xiao Jianhua with Canadian citizenship is sentenced to 13 years in prison by Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Court)
British Broadcasting Corporation News, August 19, 2022
穿和服被拘 北京青年报采访受害者文遭下架(Article on interview with woman taken away by police for wearing Japanese kimono is removed)
Radio France Internationale, August 19, 2022
UK blocks Hong Kong-based firm’s takeover of British company, citing Chinese security risk
Agence France-Presse, August 19, 2022
How will national education be implemented in Hong Kong? Teacher training, student learning need more reflection
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2022
After US House Speaker Pelosi’s visit, fake news flooded Taiwan's social media
GlobalVoices, August 18, 2022
Mao-loving websites are in a grey zone between propaganda and dissent
The Economist, August 18, 2022
Beijing’s Diplomacy Suffers in Europe
Foreign Policy, August 17, 2022
狀告中國新疆罪刑 維族代表律師親赴阿根廷申訴 (Lawyers representing two Uyghur organizations file criminal complaint in Argentinian court)
Deutsche Welle, August 18, 2022
The creative ways Chinese activists protest pollution
The Economist, August 18, 2022
National security law: 29 of 47 Hong Kong opposition figures set to plead guilty to subversion charges over unofficial primary election
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2022
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Hong Kong court lifts reporting ban on national security case for 47 pro-democracy campaigners
Reuters, August 18, 2022【初選47人案】記一次長四天的答辯 有人說笑、有人致歉 ([HK47] Remembering a four-day long defense hearing: some joked, some apologised)
inmediahk.net, August 18, 2022
社民連晚宴突遭酒樓取消 陳寶瑩：香港容不下政團聯歡 (League of Social Democrats banquet cancelled by restaurant; Chairman Chan Po-Ying: Hong Kong cannot tolerate any political group gatherings)
inmediahk.net, August 18, 2022
City in China orders fish swabbed for Covid
The Guardian, August 18, 2022
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中国坚持清零 鱼虾也须核酸检测(China adheres to "zero" policy to Covid-19, fish and shrimps are also tested)
Radio France Internationale, August 18, 2022
China to Join Russia Military Exercises as U.S. Rivals Deepen Ties
中国将派兵参加俄罗斯领导的军演
The Wall Street Journal, August 17-18, 2022
一带一路成东南亚有组织犯罪温床 大陆金主 台湾猪仔 (China’s One Belt One Road has become hotbed of organized crime in Southeast Asia)
Radio France Internationale, August 17, 2022
China’s ambassador is pushing Beijing’s alternative facts
The Washington Post, August 17, 2022
‘I just love informing’: China’s after-school tutoring ‘snitch’ claims he is not safe after public backlash from parents and teachers
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2022
Hong Kong gov’t vows ‘more resolute’ action against civil servant misconduct
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2022
人权组织报告称，中国政府将异见人士关押于精神病院，受害者遭到身心虐待（Human rights organization report: Chinese government detains dissidents in mental hospitals; victims suffer physical and psychological abuse）
NGOCN, August 17, 2022
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精神折磨：中国将异见人士关押在精神病院
DRUGGED AND DETAINED: CHINA’S PSYCHIATRIC PRISONS
Safeguard Defenders, August 16, 2022
UN独立人权专家认定新疆强迫劳动指称可信，或构成现代奴役（UN independent human rights expert establishes that Xinjiang forced labor claims are credible and may constitute modern slavery）
Voice of America, August 17, 2022
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, August 16, 2022
National security law: group of 47 opposition activists to face Hong Kong subversion trial without a jury
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2022
National security trial for Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to proceed without jury – reports
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2022
Initial inquiry in national security case against Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-tung to be heard in open court
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2022
• 兩暴動案脫罪 律政司就13人提上訴 9人已離港 (Two riot cases acquitted; the DoJ appeals against 13 people, 9 of whom have already left Hong Kong)
inmediahk.net, August 17, 2022
What’s going on in Hong Kong’s courts?
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 13, 2022
China set to discourage abortion amid concern over birthrates
The Washington Post, August 16, 2022
China slaps sanctions on 7 'diehard separatist' Taiwan officials
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2022
Chinese Woman Taken Away by Suzhou Police for Wearing Japanese Kimono
What's on Weibo, August 15, 2022
Hong Kong’s Crackdown on Dissent Hits Facebook Pages
The Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2022
Hong Kong police to deploy technology to combat misinformation, new PR chief says
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2022
【案件更新】黄雪琴代表律师被迫更换，王建兵案件被退回二次侦查（[Case update] Huang Xueqin's lawyer replaced and Wang Jianbing's case re-investigated）
Free Xueqin and Jianbing, August 12, 2022
Former Hong Kong girls’ schoolteacher turned activist jailed for 9 months for unlawful assembly during June 2019 social unrest
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2022
Hong Kong pro-democracy retail chain Chickeeduck to close all shops
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2022
17部门联合发文 进一步完善和落实积极生育支持措施（Guideline on reproductive and birth control measures jointly issued by 17 government departments）
Xinhuanet, August 16, 2022
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关于进一步完善和落实积极生育支持措施的指导意见（Guiding Opinion on Further Improving and Implementing Active Reproductive Support Measures）
National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, August 16, 2022
How Frustration Over TikTok Has Mounted in Washington
华盛顿的TikTok难题：拜登政府将如何权衡？
The New York Times, August 15, 2022
Beijing’s military drills around Taiwan accompanied by wave of misinformation
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2022
教育局向全港學校 派習近平七一重要講話單行本 稱有重大意義 (Education bureau to send copies of Xi Jinping's July 1 speech to all Hong Kong schools, claiming it is of huge importance)
inmediahk.net, August 15, 2022
No more ‘secrets’ in Hong Kong? Facebook pages for anonymous rants, comments shut following national security law arrests
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2022
Police in China's Chengdu raid Sunday meeting of banned church members, detain one
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2022
江西萍乡维权人士朱玉芳被当局以“寻衅滋事罪”判刑4年 (Jiangxi rights activist Zhu Yufang sentenced to 4 years in prison for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’)
Weiquanwang, August 14, 2022
因在网上发布唐山打人事件信息遭刑事拘留的河北衡水自媒体人毛惠斌家人今收到刑拘通知书 (Media personnel Mao Huibin criminally detained after online discussion about Tangshan beating incident)
Weiquanwang, August 15, 2022
北京遭强拆受害者、维权人士叶国柱、叶国强兄弟被刑事拘留 (Brothers and victims of forced demolition in Beijing Ye Guozhu and Ye Guoqiang criminally detained again)
Weiquanwang, August 14, 2022
Ex-leader of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil group makes second bail application in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2022
2 Hong Kong students plead not guilty to rioting over Uyghur solidarity assembly in 2019
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2022
China’s internet watchdog receives app algorithm information from Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2022
鄧炳強談「公務員secrets」：批評政府無問題 有人藉平台煽動 (Hong Kong Secretary of Security, Chris Tang: criticizing the government is fine, but provoking hatred among people is not)
Mingpao News, August 15, 2022
Five U.S. Lawmakers Arrive in Taiwan Amid Tensions With China
佩洛西之后，五名美国国会议员再访台湾
The New York Times, August 15, 2022