China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

中国人口：政府推多项措施“促生”，生育主力军是否买账（China's population: Gov’t pushes measures to promote birth, but does the main childbearing force want to?）
BBC News, August 24, 2022

二十大前 网信办查办五百万账号 微博处罚两千万条信息（In lead up to 20th CPC Congress, Cyberspace Administration of China investigated 5 million accounts, and Weibo meted out punishments relating to 20 million information items）
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2022

Nationalistic blogger Sima Nan banned from Chinese social media
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2022

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

北京维权人士马新立被警方刑事拘留（Beijing human rights activist Ma Xinli detained by police）
Weiquanwang, August 24, 2022

Prosecution may reveal redacted material in national security case against Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activist
Hong Kong Free Press, August 23, 2022

Hong Kong protests: woman charged with perverting course of justice over group’s attempt to flee to Taiwan in 2020
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

国务院办公厅关于同意建立国务院优化生育政策工作部际联席会议制度的函（Letter of the General Office of the State Council on Approving the Establishment of the Inter-ministerial Joint Meeting System for State Council's Optimizing Birth Policy Work）
State Council of the People’s Republic of China, August 19, 2022

《台湾问题与新时代中国统一事业》白皮书（全文）
Full Text: The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era
The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China, August 10, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China’s cyber crime problem is growing
SupChina, August 23, 2022

Hong Kong’s John Lee stresses role of tertiary institutions in patriotic education at visit to PolyU, site of one of the most violent episodes in 2019 protests
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

从中俄两国的贸易顺差看独裁统治的麻烦
Of Dictators and Trade Surpluses
The New York Times, August 24, 2022

Poor communication over Taiwan, press freedom and 2019 protests costing Hong Kong government public trust
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China and California: The Anatomy of a PRC Subnational Lobbying Campaign
The Diplomat, August 23, 2022

Chinese censors alter ending of Minions: The Rise of Gru film
The Guardian, August 22, 2022

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

山西临汾圣约家园教会韩晓栋传道被临汾市公安局以涉嫌“诈骗罪”为由指定居所监视居住 (Preacher Han Xiaodong of the Covenant Home Church in Linfen, Shanxi placed under RSDL on suspicion of "fraud")
Weiquanwang, August 23, 2022

著名人权捍卫者、“长沙富能”创办人程渊于赤山监狱被禁止与家人通讯 (Chishan Prison authorities deny right of Cheng Yuan, prominent human rights defender and founder of "Changsha Funeng," to communicate with his family)
Weiquanwang, August 23, 2022

Hong Kong national security law: 6 ex-Apple Daily staff to admit collusion, Jimmy Lai to stand trial without jury after pleading not guilty
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2022

Man cleared of playing ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ on erhu without permit as court rules insufficient proof from prosecutors
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2022

Hong Kong protests: 11 found guilty of rioting near government headquarters in 2019
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

两部门修改《建筑工人实名制管理办法（试行）》保障建筑工人合法权益 (Two departments revise "Administrative Measures for the Real-Name System for Construction Workers (Trial)" to protect the lawful rights and interests of construction workers)
People, August 17, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China cuts mortgage rate as property crisis deepens
BBC News, August 22, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

蘇州和服事件：「尋釁滋事」的警察，和中國後績效合法性時代的保守怪圈（Suzhou incident: Woman wearing kimono is accused of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble"—the politicization of personal life）
Initium Media, August 19, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

中國免除非洲23筆債務 網民紛紛吐糟(China forgives 23 African debts, sparking outrage among netizens)
Deutsche Welle, August 20, 2022

TikTok Browser Can Track Users’ Keystrokes, According to New Research
新研究：TikTok内置浏览器可追踪用户键盘操作
The New York Times, August 22, 2022

Fears over China’s access to genetic data of UK citizens
The Guardian, August 20, 2022

The Social Media Spectacle of China’s Taiwan Military Exercises
What's on Weibo, August 20, 2022

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

遭羁押近1年的重庆维权人士唐云淑的寻衅滋事案将于2022年8月25日开庭(Nearly a year in detention, Chongqing rights defender Tang Yunshu to be tried on August 25 for picking quarrels and provoking trouble)
Weiquanwang, August 22, 2022

批“大撒币” 孙文广被人间蒸发4年 知情者称已离世而当局仍封锁消息(Disappeared for 4 years, rights activist Sun Wenguang is believed dead as authorities continue blocking information)
Radio France Internationale, August 21, 2022

Ex-leader of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil group Albert Ho granted bail in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2022

Hong Kong national security law: first minors convicted under legislation among defendants from pro-independence group admitting call for ‘armed revolution’
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Trouble in Paradise: Chinese Tourists Left Stranded During Lockdowns
中国清零政策下的国内旅行：滞留与隔离成为常态
The New York Times, August 22, 2022

The Face of China: A Globetrotting Diplomat Armed With U.S. Admonitions
The New York Times, August 21, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

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

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

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

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

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

Current Topics (热门话题)

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

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

How will national education be implemented in Hong Kong? Teacher training, student learning need more reflection
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

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

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

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

Related:
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