China's Reach & Internal Control (中国：内控与外扩)

Xi and Putin meet and pledge to ‘inject stability’ in the world
Washington Post, September 15, 2022

北京于西藏大规模采集DNA 样本数恐破百万(Mass DNA samples collected by Beijing in Tibet may exceed one million)
Deutsche Welle, September 15, 2022

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Mass DNA Collection in the Tibet Autonomous Region from 2016–2022
The Citizen Lab, September 13, 2022

长臂管辖扩张治外法权，保护卫士:中共海外布网胁迫23万人返国(Safeguard Defenders: CPC’s overseas network coerces 230,000 people to return to China)
Voice of America, September 15, 2022

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230,000 Chinese "persuaded to return" from abroad, China to establish Extraterritoriality
Safeguard Defenders, September 12, 2022

Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam embrace China’s games and films, but stay on guard for a ‘cultural invasion’
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2022

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

Since the start, China's art spaces have been under threat
The China Project, September 14, 2022

A Uyghur Author and Translator Were Detained. Now, Their Novel Speaks For Them.
一名维吾尔作家消失在新疆拘禁营，这部小说替他发声
The New York Times, September 15, 2022

‘A hole in the dam’ of Hong Kong’s rule of law, says pastor accused of sedition
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2022

Hong Kong court denies bail to speedboat fugitive pending his appeal against petrol bomb jail term
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2022

Hong Kong protests: social worker cleared of obstructing police officer to face retrial, High Court rules
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2022

National security case against Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil group and 2 ex-leaders moved to High Court
Hong Kong Free Press, September 14, 2022

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支聯會顛覆案 李卓人、何俊仁擬不認罪 與無答辯意向支聯會同交付高院審訊(In HK Alliance case, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho plan not to plead guilty as group enters a “silent” plea)
Inmediahk, September 15, 2022

黎智英律師團呼籲西方向內地施壓(Jimmy Lai’s lawyers call on the West to put pressure on the mainland)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

美参院外委会通过《台湾政策法》 中国坚决反对(U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes "Taiwan Policy Act"; China firmly opposes)
Deutsche Welle, September 15, 2022

Europe Plans to Ban Goods Made With Forced Labor
欧洲计划禁止使用强迫劳动制造产品，或打击新疆出口
The New York Times, September 15, 2022

China looks to increase penalties under its cybersecurity law
Reuters, September 14, 2022

李家超：正制定教師專業操守指引提醒教師謹言慎行(Chief Executive John Lee: Professional ethics guidelines are being set to remind teachers to be cautious in words and deeds)
Inmediahk, September 15, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party plans to mount comeback bid in next year’s district council election
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China’s Covert Offensive Is Here. Are Democracies Ready?
中国正发动间谍攻势，民主国家准备好了吗？
The New York Times, September 15, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China’s government is mass-collecting DNA from Tibetans
The Economist, September 13, 2022

China remodels major mosque in Beijing to remove Middle Eastern influence
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2022

China-focused group of global lawmakers meet in Washington to discuss united response to Beijing
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2022

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

20大前维稳 湖北宜昌维权人士向祚华被刑事拘留 (Xiang Zuohua, human rights activist in Yichang, Hubei, is detained as part of stability maintenance before the 20th CPC National Congress)
Weiquanwang, September 15, 2022

Hong Kong activist denied bail pending trial in subversion case involving 47 democrats
Hong Kong Free Press, September 14, 2022

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【初選47人案】還柙逾一年半 吳政亨高院申保釋及解除報導限制遭拒 ([HK 47] High Court rejects application by Gordon Ng Ching Hang, more than a year and a half in detention, for bail and lifting reporting restrictions)
Inmediahk, September 14, 2022

【理大圍城】10人否認油麻地暴動 1人染疫將分拆另案 官籲同案被告盡快打針 ([PolyU siege] 10 plead not guilty to rioting in Yau Ma Tei in November 2019 protest to support students in clash with police)
Inmediahk, September 14, 2022

Hong Kong principals appeal to city leader John Lee to plug education brain drain as teachers desert classrooms
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2022

The Hong Kong LGBTQ community’s diminishing visibility
The China Project, September 14, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Is Xi’s Trip Abroad the Beginning of the End for China’s Zero-COVID Policy?
The Diplomat, September 13, 2022

美宗教自由官员：中国互联网宗教信息管理新法规几乎全面禁止网上宗教活动 恐引发寒蝉效应（U.S. religious freedom official: China's new Internet religious information management regulations almost completely ban online religious activities, which may cause a chilling effect）
Voice of America, September 14, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Twitter whistleblower says security holes cause ‘real harm to real people’
Washington Post, September 13, 2022

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Twitter前安全總監到國會作供，指控公司管理層無視中國特工滲透 (Twitter's former security chief testifies before Congress, accusing company management of ignoring Chinese spy infiltration)
Initium Media, September 14, 2022

China: Xinjiang Official Figures Reveal Higher Prisoner Count
Human Rights Watch, September 14, 2022

香港人排隊吊唁英女王 ：「戀殖」與國安法下的「另類政治表態」(Hong Kong people line up to mourn the Queen: "Nostalgia for colonization" is an "alternative political statement" under the National Security Law)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 13, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

不是冷战胜似冷战：美中冲突与斗争加剧
This Might Not Be a Cold War, but It Feels Like One
The New York Times, September 14, 2022

Why lengthy delays don’t encourage trust in Hong Kong’s legal system
Hong Kong Free Press, September 14, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

"大撒币"究竟花了多少钱？中国民众不满贫困无助 (How much has China’s "checkbook diplomacy" cost? People at home are mired in poverty and helplessness)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2022

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中国近年向困境国家提供数百亿美元紧急贷款 (China has provided tens of billions of dollars in emergency loans to troubled countries in recent years)
Financial Times, September 12, 2022

地方财政形势困难，如何自救？（上） (How do Local governments, with finances in dire straits, help themselves? Part 1 )
Financial Times, September 12, 2022

China's Xi heads abroad to promote strategic role
Associated Press, September 13, 2022

MINITRUE: “WIN THIS SMOKELESS WAR” OVER ONLINE DISCOURSE ON XINJIANG LOCKDOWN
China Digital Times, September 12, 2022

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Chinese internet users detained over Xinjiang Covid-19 outbreak ‘rumours’
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2022

中国称劝返23万诈骗嫌犯自首 保护卫士：侵害他国主权与人权（China claims to have “persuaded” 230,000 overseas Chinese fraud suspects to surrender; Safeguard Defenders: China violated sovereignty and human rights of other countries）
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2022

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

Four Years After #MeToo in China: Shrinking Digital Space for Change
The Diplomat, September 9, 2022

西藏自治区对僧尼开展“三个意识”思想教育对抗藏人“非暴力不合作运动” (Tibet Autonomous Region launches "Three Consciousness" ideological education for monks, nuns to fight against the Tibetan "non-violent non-cooperation movement")
Weiquanwang, September 13, 2022

9人涉9.29政總外暴動 15歲男生等6人認罪 3人不認罪 (Among 9 people tried for involvement in the September 29, 2019 protest outside gov’t headquarters, 6, including a 15-year-old boy, plead guilty, 3 others deny guilt)
Inmediahk, September 13, 2022

2019年理大衝突時參與油尖旺示威　護士承認暴動罪 (Nurse pleads guilty to rioting for participating in 2019 Tsim Sha Tsui protest in support of students in clash with police at PolyU)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 13, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

中国式“清零”：一场只为习近平表演的政治运动
China’s Public Puts on a Show of Zero Covid for an Audience of One
The New York Times, September 13, 2022

江西贵溪一女童被村支书强奸 警方称受害人父母未在方舱隔离 (Village party chief raped girl, 12, in Guixi, Jiangxi while her parents were in COVID quarantine; police say they were not)
Caixin, September 13, 2022

Interview: Chinese workers held by armed guard, denied wages, forced into overtime
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China’s zero-Covid-19 policy must end soon after sacrifices made by population to endure lockdowns, other control measures
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2022

Australia: Act on China’s Abuses in Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch, September 13, 2022

Children’s Books Branded Seditious in Hong Kong
The Diplomat, September 12, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Eyes on China and Russia as Human Rights Council meets
Swissinfo, September 12, 2022

北京证实习近平将访中亚 疫情后首次出国(China confirms Xi Jinping’s visit to Central Asia, his first time abroad since onset of pandemic)
Deutsche Welle, September 12, 2022

Xinjiang lockdown: Chinese censors drown out posts about food and medicine shortages
The Guardian, September 12, 2022

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新疆伊宁封城逾40日 民众上网求援(Xinjiang's Yining in lockdown for more than 40 days; people go online to seek help)
Deutsche Welle, September 12, 2022

中央港澳工作領導小組：支持香港精準反制美西方制裁(Central Leading Group for Hong Kong and Macao Work: Will support Hong Kong on precise measures to counter U.S, Western sanctions)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2022

Hong Kong conference hears city’s Chinese-language media has most reports on fake news in regional survey
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2022

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

唐吉田律师关注组通报一：唐吉田律师被强迫秘失踪、秘密羁押已达十个月，身心健康遭到严重摧残（2022年9月9日）(Lawyer Tang Jitian Concern Group: 10 months of enforced disappearance, secret detention have seriously damaged Tang’s physical and mental health)
Weiquanwang, September 12, 2022

解决提出问题的人 新疆伊犁拘留4人散播疫情谣言(Xinjiang Ili police detain 4 for spreading rumors about COVID-19 pandemic)
Radio Free Asia, September 12 2022

Five Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for conspiracy to 'brainwash' children with cartoons
Reuters, September 10, 2022

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香港「羊村繪本案」五人各判囚19個月，被告稱無悔站在羊的一方(Defendant in sheep books case sentenced to 19 months in prison: No regret standing on the side of the sheep)
Initium Media, September 10, 2022

Founder of ‘revolutionary’ Hong Kong protest group Returning Valiant pleads guilty to conspiring to incite subversion
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2022

支聯會涉煽動顛覆案　裁定控方有足夠證據將案交高院 (Magistrates judge in Tiananmen vigil group subversion case rules prosecution's evidence is sufficient for case to go to High Court)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 9, 2022

Hong Kong court to hear if law against inciting others to cast invalid votes is constitutional
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2022

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涉FB轉載許智峯貼文 前中大學生會長否認煽惑投白票 爭議條例合憲性(On sharing former Legco member Ted Hui’s Facebook post urging public to cast blank votes, former leader of CUHK students union pleads not guilty on inciting others to violate election rules, contends the rules’ constitutionality)
Inmediahk, September 9, 2022

9.29政總外衝突 9人判囚3年半 兩學生判入教導所 官寄言勿自棄日後報答親友(9 involved in rioting outside gov’t headquarters on September 29, 2019, are sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, 2 to training centers)
Inmediahk, September 9, 2022

港大研究：去年15歲以下青少年自殺率升至歷史新高(HKU research shows record high suicide rate among youths)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 10, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Chinese city targets domestic violence – but links to drive to discourage divorce spark concerns
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2022

Dangerous ‘one-tone approach’ or a clear and centralised Covid policy? Unpacking why Hong Kong’s health experts have been told to keep mum
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China shuns cooperation with UN rights office over report
Associated Press, September 9, 2022

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北京称不愿与联合国人权高专办合作(China says it will not cooperate with UN human rights office)
Voice of America, September 10, 2022

EU to propose ban on forced labour goods amid pushback over China’s alleged Xinjiang abuses
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2022

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欧盟新法将禁止强迫劳动产品进入供应链(EU introduces bill to ban forced labor products from entering supply chains)
Deutsche Welle, September 12, 2022

“但愿命长久，万里无核酸”(Mid-autumn Festival greeting: "Wishing you long life and no PCR tests within ten thousand miles")
Radio France Internationale, September 11, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Zero COVID Has Outlived Its Usefulness. Here’s Why China Is Still Enforcing It.
The Atlantic, September 9, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

报告称维吾尔强迫劳动与近100万家公司有关(Report links Uyghur forced labor to nearly 1 million companies)
Voice of America, September 9, 2022

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Illuminating the Xinjiang Forced Labor Ecosystem
Altana, August, 2022

WeChat warns users their likes, comments and histories are being sent to China
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2022

Patriotism, national security education should make up a quarter of primary schools’ teaching time, Hong Kong Education Bureau says
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2022