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

人权组织: 中国“警侨服务站”在海外跨境执法(Safeguard Defenders: China's "overseas police service centers" conduct cross-border law enforcement operations)
Deutsche Welle, September 30, 2022

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110 OVERSEAS: Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild
Safeguard Defenders, September 12, 2022

中国扩大外交「亮剑」范围 涉台港人权议题坚决斗争(China expands scope of diplomatic "sword flashing" to mount resolute struggle against human rights issues related to Taiwan, Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, September 30, 2022

NEW REPORTS DETAIL CHINESE INFLUENCE OPERATIONS IN FOREIGN MEDIA
China Digital Times, September 29, 2022

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Taking down coordinated inauthentic behavior from Russia and China
Meta, September, 2022

Chinese poet's account deleted after satirical poem ahead of party congress
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2022

譚耀宗稱教育工作者有責任讓青少年認識及了解國旗國徽 (Tam Yiu-chung, Hong Kong member of NPCSC: Educators must educate young people to know and understand the national flag and national emblem)
Radio Television Hong Kong News, September 30, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

美国会议员要求调查美外交官及家属在华遭强制隔离检疫(U.S. lawmakers demand investigation into mandatory quarantine of U.S. diplomats and their families in China)
Deutsche Welle, September 30, 2022

Countering China, the U.S. Signs a Broad Deal to Aid Pacific Nations
The New York Times, September 30, 2022

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担忧中国影响力 美推出太平洋战略(U.S. launches Pacific strategy to curb Chinese influence)
Deutsche Welle, September 30, 2022

US House of Representatives introduces its own Taiwan bill
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2022

US Senate weighing limits on US investments in Chinese hi-tech businesses
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2022

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

China’s ‘Absurd’ Covid Propaganda Stirs Rebellion
中国防疫宣传口号和“造词运动”引发混乱和不满
The New York Times, September 30, 2022

余文生谈狱中艰苦 忧维权律师遭北京“清零”(Lawyer Yu Wensheng on hardships in prison, fears rights lawyers being "zeroed" by authorities)
Deutsche Welle, September 30, 2022

黎智英欲聘英國御用大律師為國安案抗辯　律政司長及大律師公會反對 (Jimmy Lai wants to hire Queen's Counsel to defend him in national security case; Secretary for Justice, Hong Kong Bar Association object
Ming Pao, September 30, 2022

2 Hong Kong speech therapists apply to challenge conviction over ‘seditious’ children’s books
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

How China’s covid policy is like Prohibition in America
The Economist, September 29, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

The Tech Site That Took On China’s Surveillance State
The Atlantic, September 29, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Why China’s Crimes in Xinjiang Cannot Go Unpunished
The New York Times, September 30, 2022

Elections? No Thank You. Performance Reviews? Maybe.
ChinaFile, September 29, 2022

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

Meta Removes Chinese Effort to Influence U.S. Elections
The New York Times, September 27, 2022

Return to Dust, Chinese hit film about rural hardships, disappears from streaming platforms
The Guardian, September 28, 2022

Chinese regulator pushes for broadcast delay of all online concerts and shows, tightening censorship of live-streamed content
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2022

跨国镇压数字化 自由之家忧中俄借国际组织强化長臂管轄 (Digitalization of transnational repression: Freedom House worries that China and Russia use international organizations to strengthen long-arm jurisdiction)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

Exclusive | TikTok’s owner ByteDance to add four directors to expand its board to nine amid growing US scrutiny over the app’s Beijing link
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2022

Apple shifts some iPhone 14 production from China to India
The Guardian, September 27, 2022

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

深圳沙尾村多次封控引爆抗议 警民街头冲突（Multiple lockdowns of Shenzhen Shawei Village have led to protests and street clashes between police and civilians）
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2022

西藏封控 逾七百人被控造谣挨罚重演“李文亮悲剧”（More than 700 people are punished in Tibet for “spreading rumors about the pandemic” in a replay of the "Li Wenliang tragedy"）
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2022

Hong Kong activist Benny Tai ‘neutral’ on sentencing timeline in subversion case as 16 co-defendants sit in on hearing
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2022

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai appeals against failed bid to block police from searching his phones
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2022

Cardinal Joseph Zen, 5 others have case to answer over protest fund, Hong Kong magistrate rules
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2022

National security police arrest 2 Hong Kong men for allegedly publishing seditious social media posts
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China replicates Beijing Olympic 'bubble' for rare sports event
Agence France-Presse, September 28, 2022

China president Xi Jinping reappears on state TV amid rumours over absence
Associated Press, September 27, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Does UN Resolution 2758 support ‘one China’?
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2022

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

The cost of China’s information vacuum
Financial Times, September 27, 2022

国家信访局史无前例被围封 访民二十大期间恐上访无门（State Bureau of Letters and Calls is sealed off for first time in history; petitioners may have no way to petition during the 20th CPC National Congress）
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2022

How Chinese celebrities are amplifying official policy on Taiwan, pushing ‘One China’ messages to millions of fans online
The Conversation, September 26, 2022

No Hashtags for Mahsa Amini on Chinese Social Media
What's on Weibo, September 26, 2022

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

‘709’ crackdown: Chinese human rights lawyer Zhou Shifeng released after 7 years in prison for subversion
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2022

陕西城固县维权人士陈艳群被判免予刑事处罚（Chen Yanqun, human rights activist in Chenggu County, Shaanxi Province, is convicted of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" but spared from criminal punishment）
Weiquanwang, September 27, 2022

上海著名人权捍卫者季孝龙被上海当局正式逮捕（Well-known Shanghai human rights defender Ji Xiaolong is formally arrested for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble"）
Weiquanwang, September 27, 2022

云南怒江州福贡县基督教归正教会事工人员王顺平于2022年9月24日被正式逮捕（Wang Shunping, a worker at the Reformed Christian Church in Fugong County, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is formally arrested for "organizing and financing illegal gatherings"）
Weiquanwang, September 27, 2022

Hong Kong churchgoers filmed by police after attending service honouring Queen Elizabeth II
Hong Kong Free Press, September 27, 2022

Hong Kong court issues order allowing police to seize HK$70 million raised by group for anti-government protesters
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2022

兩女事隔近3年被控 認11.11旺角非法集結 求情稱延誤不合理毀更生之路(Two women plead guilty to illegal assembly in Mong Kok on Nov. 11, 2019 after nearly 3 years in detention and plea that the delay is unreasonable as it destroys the path to rehabilitation)
Inmediahk, September 26, 2022

副學士生涉藏煙霧餅及籲友人助刪帳戶資料罪成囚10個月　友人妨礙司法公正囚4個月(Associate degree student is sentenced to 10 months in jail for hiding smoke cakes and seeking friend’s help to delete account information; friend is sentenced to 4 months in jail for obstruction of justice)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

“两高两部”联合发布新的取保候审规定（Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate, Ministry of Public Security, and Ministry of State Security jointly issued new regulations on release on bail pending trial）
The Supreme People's Court of The People's Republic of China, September 21, 2022

Will Beijing follow Hong Kong and loosen COVID-zero?
The China Project, September 26, 2022

TRANSLATION: “WHY IS IT SO HARD TO CRAFT A HUMANE PANDEMIC POLICY?”
China Digital Times, September 26, 2022

Hong Kong Policy Address: Enact fake news law and give subsidies to mainland graduates, says centrist party
Hong Kong Free Press, September 27, 2022

鄧炳強：勿借特別日子宣揚港獨台獨 警告切勿心存僥倖(Secretary for Security Chris Tang: Don't use special holidays to promote Hong Kong independence and Taiwan independence or take any chances)
Inmediahk, September 26, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

二十大前夕 公安高官傅政华孙力军被判终身监禁意味着什么（The significance of life imprisonment of senior public security official Fu Zhenghua and Sun Lijun on eve of 20th CPC National Congress）
BBC News, September 27, 2022

Rare protest in China tech hub over Covid lockdown
Agence France-Presse, September 27, 2022

China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Move Railway Plans Forward With Agreement at SCO
The Diplomat, September 26, 2022

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

Cancellation of Taiwan Pride event shows China’s influence extends far beyond its borders
The Conversation, September 25, 2022

China at UN vows to combat Taiwan independence 'activities'
Deustche Welle, September 24, 2022

Chinese lab accused of concealing positive Covid test results
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2022

Beijing bus drivers have been told to wear wristbands to monitor their emotions
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2022

Weibo chairman backs Chinese censors’ crackdown and promises ‘ecologically sound’ cyberspace
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

China rights report prompts Western-led call for UN debate
Reuters, September 26, 2022

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美国呼吁联合国讨论中国人权与新疆问题(U.S. calls on UN to discuss issues on human rights in China and Xinjiang)
Radio France Internationale, September 26, 2022

How is Xinjiang still shipping millions of goods to US after ‘forced labour’ law came into effect?
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2022

UN FACES INTERNAL TENSIONS OVER ABUSES IN XINJIANG, ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINESE INITIATIVES
China Digital Times, September 23, 2022

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

湖南株州民主人士陈思明因向外界披露“泼墨女”董瑶琼父亲董建彪惨死狱中而遭被行政拘留15天(Father of Dong Yaoqiong, girl who splashed ink on Xi Jinping's portrait, dies in prison; Hunan democracy activist Chen Siming gets 15 days of administrative detention for disclosing the news)
Weiquanwang, September 26, 2022

“12.13厦门聚会案”当事人张忠顺再次被以“颠覆国家政权”罪名监视居住(Zhang Zhongshun, of the "12.26” citizen case, is again placed under residential surveillance on the charge of "subversion of state power")
Weiquanwang, September 24, 2022

民生观察呼吁国际社会全力营救郭飞雄(Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch urges international community to spare no effort in rescuing Guo Feixiong)
Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, September 24, 2022

709案核心人物周世锋刑满出狱 声言要为自己翻案(Zhou Shifeng, core figure in “709” case, is released from prison after sentence completion, vows to pursue reversal of the verdict)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2022

Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen goes on trial over fund defending protesters
Agence France-Presse, September 26, 2022

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612基金案開審6被告不認罪　控方指基金帶政治目的(6 defendants of 612 Humanitarian Fund case plead not guilty; prosecution accuses the fund of having political purpose)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 26, 2022

Credibility of mitigation from ex-leader of Hong Kong activist group Student Politicism questioned in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2022

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已解散「賢學思政」四人認串謀煽動顛覆　案件下月再訊(4 former members of disbanded Student Politicism plead guilty to conspiracy to incite subversion; case will be heard again next month)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 24, 2022

‘Shrinking news industry’: Hong Kong press freedom index sinks to new low as media outlets disappear
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2022

「星火同盟」涉洗黑錢案兩被捕人潛逃　警申充公7000萬元組織資產獲批(2 Spark Alliance arrestees accused of money laundering flee; court approves confiscation of the group’s HK$70million assets)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2022

工程師認於Telegram教自製武器襲警　官批鼓吹無底線襲警判囚42個月(Engineer is sentenced to 42 months in prison after pleading guilty to teaching others to make weapons to attack police on Telegram, criticized by judge for advocating “bottomless” assault on police)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

抖音或因对儿童数据保护不足 英国拟制裁(TikTok may be fined by UK for not protecting children's data)
Radio France Internationale, September 26, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

中共二十大代表名单公布 习近平被软禁传言上推特热搜(CPC announces list of deputies to 20th CPC National Congress; rumors of Xi Jinping being under house arrest are trending on Twitter)
Deutsche Welle, September 25, 2022

China becomes ‘hothouse’ of intrigue ahead of crucial Communist party congress
The Guardian, September 26, 2022

Xi Jinping 'warns his opponents' with suspended death sentences to former top cops
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2022

Chinese anthem booed at Hong Kong football match, as police film fans
Agence France-Presse, September 25, 2022