Xi Jinping warns he is ready to “fight bloody battles” against China's enemies
The Guardian, March 20, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/20/xi-jinping-warns-fight-bloody-battles-chinas-enemies
The Taiwan travel act in context
The Diplomat, March 19, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/the-taiwan-travel-act-in-context/
Hongkongers may be barred from elections over “end one-party dictatorship” slogans, says top Beijing delegate
Hong Kong Free Press, March 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/20/hongkongers-may-barred-elections-end-one-party-dictatorship-slogan-says-top-beijing-delegate/
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Hong Kong election disqualification for those who lobby against one-party rule a “betrayal” to city values
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137916/hong-kong-election-disqualification-those-who-lobby-against
Hong Kong’s Chinese national anthem law “shouldn’t include rule for schools”, legal scholar says
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137863/schools-clause-national-anthem-bill-will-undermine-law-warns
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Insult China’s national anthem at your peril
Human Rights Watch, March 19, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/19/insult-chinas-national-anthem-your-peril
年輕大狀陳偉彥：大律師本應無畏無懼 (Young Barrister Joe Chan says “Barrister should be fearless”)
Standnews, March 19, 2018
https://goo.gl/6sFjNA
Two Hong Kong activists admit roles in anti-Beijing protest, where crowds thronged liaison office and charged at officers
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2137923/two-hong-kong-activists-admit-roles-anti-beijing-protest
The voters speak, and surprise: Democrats no longer do “better than expected”
Hong Kong Free Press, March 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/20/voters-speak-surprise-democrats-no-longer-better-expected/
習近平會做「終身領導人」嗎? (Will Xi rule for life?)
The New York Times, March 20, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180320/deng-yuwen-forever-xi-jinping/zh-hant/
Xi reforms will tighten his control over China
中國通過機構改革加強行政管控
Financial Times, March 19, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/bf2a315a-2b6b-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381
CH: http://big5.ftchinese.com/story/001076807
When China’s top lawmakers don’t go by the Communist Party’s playbook
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137742/when-chinas-top-lawmakers-dont-go-communist-partys
中國即將通過國家監察法 紀委「雙規」將合法化 (China to pass Supervision Law, legalizing detention of party members during investigation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 19, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-43451802
China anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan named Xi Jinping's deputy
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 17, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43440877
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Surprise choice for China’s new anti-graft watchdog signals Communist Party’s authority over the state
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137735/yang-xiaodu-surprise-choice-head-chinas-new-powerful
Detained Chinese rights group spokeswoman denied visit from defense lawyer
人权斗士徐秦被监视居住 律师会见遭拒
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/spokeswoman-isolation-03162018164533.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-03162018103211.html
中國網絡安全法：外企為何抱有疑慮? (Why foreign enterprises worry about the China's Cybersecurity Law?)
Financial Times, March 16, 2018
http://big5.ftchinese.com/story/001076746
多部门：适当限制特定严重失信人乘坐民航火车，5月起实施 (Multiple departments issue opinions on restricting “seriously untrustworthy people” from travelling on trains and planes)
Chinanews.com, March 16, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2031193
China steps up pressure on dissidents who oppose changes to constitution
广东维权人士接受外媒采访被警方警告
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pressure-03162018151240.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-03162018103356.html
China propaganda kicks into overdrive as “helmsman” Xi re-anointed president
Reuters, March 18, 2018
https://goo.gl/4d4AM3
Digital protectionism and national security
Financial Times, March 17, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/112e233c-2912-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0
How a viral eye roll broke the silence on China's heavily censored web
Global Voices, March 16, 2018
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2018/03/17/how-a-viral-eye-roll-broke-the-silence-on-chinas-heavily-censored-web/
最高法网络公开审判流程信息新规解读：杜绝“选择性公开” (Supreme People’s Court issues regulations to prohibit “selective” disclosure of judicial process information online)
China Court, March 16, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2031366
2017年四季度9省份名义GDP负增长 (9 provinces record negative nominal GDP growth in Q4 2017, likely resulting from correction of false data)
Nikkei, March 16, 2018
http://cn.nikkei.com/china/ceconomy/29646-2018-03-16-08-58-45.html
Made-in-China halal: Online discussions on “Halalification”
What’s on Weibo, March 17, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/made-in-china-halal-online-discussions-on-halalification/
Young China: How the restless generation will change their country and the world
China File, March 16, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/books/young-china
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異鄉人——竺晶瑩：從「盛世」中出走，那些與我同行的中國年輕人 (The Stranger: Story of young Chinese and I who exit from a “Golden Age” China)
The Initium, March 16, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180316-strangers-sandi/
Why ghost marriages live on in rural China
Sixth Tone, March 19, 2018
http://bit.ly/2ppmdLi
China widens Xi's corruption crackdown
Agence France-Presse, March 18, 2018
https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/china-widens-xis-corruption-crackdown-doc-12m7op1
China has new three-year plan to clean up environment, minister says
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137666/china-has-new-three-year-plan-clean-environment
China’s new frontiers in dystopian tech
The Atlantic, March 18, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/big-in-china-machines-that-scan-your-face/554075/
Deleted, suspended, demoted: Censorship, Silicon Valley-style
Al Jazeera, March 18, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2018/03/deleted-suspended-demoted-censorship-silicon-valley-style-180317111051502.html
工业和信息化部关于做好电信业务经营不良名单和失信名单管理工作的通知 (MIIT: New credit system for telecommunications industry will blacklist/expose harmful, dishonest companies)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, March 16, 2018
http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146285/n1146352/n3054355/n3057709/n3057714/c6088105/content.html
China urges US to “correct mistake” on Taiwan
Agence France-Presse, March 18, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/18/china-urges-us-to-correct-mistake-on-taiwan
Prague opened the door to Chinese influence. Now it may need to change course.
Foreign Policy, March 16, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/16/prague-to-czech-chinese-influence-cefc-energy-communist-party/
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“We Are Chinese”: How China is influencing Sierra Leone’s presidential election
The Diplomat, March 16, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/we-are-chinese-how-china-is-influencing-sierra-leones-presidential-election/
Hong Kong’s proposed national anthem law deviates from common law norms, says legal scholar
Hong Kong Free Press, March 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/19/hong-kongs-proposed-national-anthem-law-deviates-common-law-norms-says-legal-scholar/
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No need for formal consultation over law against national anthem abuse, says Hong Kong leader
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137650/no-need-formal-consultation-over-law-against-national-anthem
專訪余英時 拒絕變順民 寄語港人：不要放棄 (Renowned Sinologist Yu Ying-shin encourages HongKongers to never give up and become docile people)
Apple Daily, March 18, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/wonder/realtime/article/20180318/57946191
最年長被告 周樹榮：公民抗命就係無畏無懼 (Oldest defender in anti-NPC interpretation protest says civil disobedience means being fearless)
Inmediahk, March 18, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055839
Hongkongers who lobby for end to “one-party dictatorship” run risk of election disqualification, top Beijing delegate warns
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137638/hongkongers-who-urge-end-one-party-dictatorship-run-risk
Never mind the partisan labels: the real loser of Hong Kong’s by-elections was our political system
Hong Kong Free Press, March 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/19/never-mind-partisan-labels-real-loser-hong-kongs-elections-political-system/
Youth commissions? Hong Kong should stop prosecuting and disqualifying young people to regain their trust
Hong Kong Free Press, March 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/18/youth-commissions-hong-kong-stop-prosecuting-disqualifying-young-people-regain-trust/
Xi’s indefinite grasp on power has finally captured the West’s attention – now what?
The Conversation, March 16, 2018
https://theconversation.com/xis-indefinite-grasp-on-power-has-finally-captured-the-wests-attention-now-what-92721
Human rights are not enough
The Nation, March 16, 2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/human-rights-are-not-enough/
Policy analysis on China’s civil society organizations
China-Europe Association for Civil Rights, March 15, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/analysis/policy-analysis-chinas-civil-society-organizations
When Xi speaks, Chinese officials jump. Maybe too high.
The New York Times, March 16, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-power.html
New China “crime” crackdown targets threats to party rule
Associated Press, March 15, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/new-china-crime-crackdown-targets-threats-to-party-rule/4301254.html
709案代理律师李昱函被起诉 (Rights lawyer and 709 Crackdown legal counsel Li Yuhan officially charged)
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-03152018114321.html
哥哥拘押中死亡 广东张唯楚找工作受阻 (Guangdong police warns local company not to hire woman who demands justice for bother died under detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-03152018114044.html
代表热议贯彻落实全面依法治国基本方略, 党的领导是深化依法治国实践主心骨 (NPC deputies stress Party leadership as pillar of “intensifying governing the country by law”)
Legal Daily, March 15, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/15/content_7497575.htm
全国政协十三届一次会议共收到提案5360件, 发展社会主义民主政治方面建议反映比较集中 (CPPCC concludes with 5,360 proposals received, most focus on developing “socialist democracy” and “enhancing comprehensive Party leadership”)
Legal Daily, March 15, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/15/content_7497572.htm
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China Focus: China's top political advisory body concludes annual session, stressing CPC leadership
Xinhua News Agency, March 15, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/15/c_137041743.htm
China says political education for students now back on track
Reuters, March 16, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-education/china-says-political-education-for-students-now-back-on-track-idUSKCN1GS0DI
In Pictures: An eye-roll goes viral in China, as censors put a lid on it
Agence France-Presse, March 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/15/pictures-eye-roll-goes-viral-china-censors-put-lid/
A bar street falls quiet as Beijing puts a limit on foreigners
北京加強管控，酒吧被要求限制外國顧客人數
The New York Times, March 15, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/world/asia/china-beijing-foreigners.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180316/china-beijing-foreigners/zh-hant/
Guns for hire: China’s social media militia engage on command
Sixthtone, March 12, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001904/guns-for-hire-chinas-social-media-militia-engage-on-command
Ethnic Uyghurs protest Chinese security crackdown
Associated Press, March 16, 2018
https://apnews.com/7817b44ef57641d8a36cd1fe17a1e379
Chinese protest removal of presidential term limits outside China
北加州华人集会抗议习近平修宪终身执政
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/removal-03152018144934.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ck-03152018094024.html/
Will Wang Qishan’s new job become a problem for the Communist Party?
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137398/will-wang-qishans-new-job-become-problem-communist
聚焦监察法草案：留置调查措施不是刑事强制措施 (China Discipline Inspection Daily: “Retention in custody” (liuzhi) not a criminal coercive measure, investigation will abide by constitution and “utilize” Party rules)
China Discipline Inspection Daily, March 15, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2029456
China’s peasants left for the cities to seek their fortune, and it made them miserable
The Washington Post, March 15, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/15/chinas-peasants-left-for-the-cities-to-seek-their-fortune-and-it-made-them-miserable/
以法为鉴 浙江首个互联网+失信联动惩戒平台上线 (Zhejiang launches first online credit information sharing and punishing platform)
Chinanews.com, March 16, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0316/c1001-29871491.html
Chinese hackers accused of targeting US defense firms linked to South China Sea
Bloomberg, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2137496/chinese-hackers-accused-targeting-us-defence-firms
Petition campaign sparked by Chinese reporter’s dramatic eye roll demands probe of US broadcaster’s Communist Party ties
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2137428/petition-campaign-sparked-chinese-reporters-dramatic-eye-roll
Chinese students blacklisted for refusing to carry out compulsory military training
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2137469/chinese-students-blacklisted-refusing-carry-out-compulsory
港府提建議 侮辱國歌最高監禁3年 (SAR gov suggests up to 3 years imprisonment for insulting Chinese national anthem)
Central News Agency, March 16, 2018
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/201803160203-1.aspx
No interim ban against Hong Kong by-election winner being sworn in
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2137432/no-interim-ban-against-hong-kong-election-winner-being
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Defeated by-election candidate Edward Yiu says he may run in 2019 District Council elections
Hong Kong Free Press, March 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/16/defeated-election-candidate-edward-yiu-says-may-run-2019-district-council-elections/
UK warns of increasing Beijing pressure on Hong Kong after activist jailings and ousting of lawmakers
Agence France-Presse, March 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/16/uk-warns-increasing-beijing-pressure-hong-kong-activist-jailings-ousting-lawmakers/
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外交部駐港特派員公署促英方 停止對香港事務說三道四 (Office of the Commissioner of MFA urges UK to stop making random and irresponsible remarks on HK issues)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 15, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1386095-20180315.htm
Hong Kong gov’t ignored 723 hectares of brownfield land that could be used for 84,000 flats, say researchers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/16/hong-kong-govt-ignored-723-hectares-brownfield-land-used-84000-flats-say-researchers/
City of sadness? Hong Kong drops five spots to 76th in UN World Happiness Report
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/15/city-sadness-hong-kong-drops-five-spots-76th-un-world-happiness-report/
香港保守主義的反挫與部落政治的宿命 (The counterblow of Hong Kong conservatism and the loop of tribal politics)
The Initium, March 16, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180316-opinion-anderson-311/
Hong Kong must stop clinging to the fiction of racial superiority and treat foreign domestic helpers with respect
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2137310/hong-kong-must-stop-clinging-fiction-racial-superiority-and
Xi Jinping and China's return to one-man rule
The Diplomat, March 15, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/xi-jinping-and-chinas-return-to-one-man-rule/
Campaign of forced evictions in Beijing contravenes international human rights standards
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, March 14, 2018
https://www.cecc.gov/publications/commission-analysis/campaign-of-forced-evictions-in-beijing-contravenes-international
Chinese crackdown separates Pakistani husbands from Uyghur wives
The Guardian, March 15, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/chinese-crackdown-separates-pakistani-husbands-from-uighur-wives
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Uyghur teenager dies in custody at political re-education camp
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/teenager-03142018154926.html/
国务院办公厅关于印发国务院2018年立法工作计划的通知 (Draft legislations to be forwarded by State Council to NPC Standing Committee for review in 2018: Regulations of Internet Protection of Minors, draft Encryption Law, Regulations on Registration and Administration of Social Organizations, revised Regulations on Open Government Information)
Central People’s Government, March 14, 2018
http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2018-03/14/content_5274006.htm
文艺界政协委员探讨影视剧如何讲好中国故事 (CPPCC member from field of art and literature: ”Our films, TV dramas should go to Europe and America” to spread “socialist core values”)
China Youth Daily, March 14, 2018
http://news.cyol.com/content/2018-03/14/content_17021134.htm
被控传播非法信息 新疆8名维族哈族网民被刑拘 (Xinjiang cirminally detains 8 Uyghurs and Kazakhs for allegedly spreading “illegal information”)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-03142018103102.html
Guangdong workers show once again how collective bargaining should be done
China Labor Bulletin, March 14, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/guangdong-workers-show-once-again-how-collective-bargaining-should-be-done
中国曹顺利人权团队部分人权捍卫者上街举牌纪念曹顺利被迫害致死4周年 要求联合国彻查曹顺利死亡真相 (Human rights defenders hold placards to commemorate Cao Shunli, demand UN investigation)
Weiquanwang, March 14, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/03/4.html
How a new health commission could help reduce smoking in China
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2137208/how-new-health-commission-could-help-reduce-smoking-china
As the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders turns 20, China wages a multi-pronged attack on rights defenders
China Change, March 14, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/03/14/as-the-un-declaration-on-human-rights-defenders-turns-20-china-wages-a-multi-pronged-attack-on-rights-defenders/
China tells Vatican it's fighting illegal organ transplants
Associated Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/03/14/world/europe/ap-eu-rel-vatican-china-organs.html
Wang Yang: the “down-to-earth liberal” taking on China’s top advisory job
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137217/wang-yang-down-earth-liberal-taking-chinas-top-advisory
Alibaba says future of e-commerce to be more personalized
Xinhua News Agency, March 15, 2018
http://english.sina.com/buz/b/2018-03-15/detail-ifyshrst9571946.shtml
WeChat joins list of Chinese technology banned by overseas militaries on security worries
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2137232/wechat-joins-list-chinese-technology-banned-overseas-militaries
Is Beijing planning to take Taiwan back ... by force?
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137259/beijing-planning-take-taiwan-back-force
指中國無聲侵略 新書出版曾受阻 澳教授：澳洲人是時候發聲 (Clive Hamilton calls Australian to speak out against Chinese influence at book launch)
Stand News, March 14, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DsQOMm
China’s domestic security spending: An analysis of available data
The Jamestown Foundation, March 12, 2018
https://jamestown.org/program/chinas-domestic-security-spending-analysis-available-data/
Hong Kong's judges voice fears over China influence in judiciary
Reuters, March 15, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-law/hong-kongs-judges-voice-fears-over-china-influence-in-judiciary-idUSKCN1GR0LD
「投2號」可拿民建聯福袋？ 民協區議員獲錄音 指或違選舉舞弊條例 (“Those who vote for No.2 can get a DAB gift pack”, pro-Beijing party accused of by-election fraud)
Stand News, March 15, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Gtmoww
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Hong Kong voters are rational and by-election result was expected, says Beijing’s former top man in city Wang Guangya
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137151/hong-kong-voters-are-rational-and-election-result-was
Ex-Hong Kong leaders Tung Chee-hwa and CY Leung chosen as vice-chairs of China’s top advisory body again
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/15/ex-hong-kong-leaders-tung-chee-hwa-cy-leung-chosen-vice-chairs-chinas-top-advisory-body/
Activist Agnes Chow indicates she may challenge decision to bar her from by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/activist-agnes-chow-indicates-may-challenge-decision-bar-election/
“She didn’t even let me enter”: 1 in 4 kindergartens unfriendly towards ethnic minority students, survey finds
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/didnt-even-let-enter-1-4-kindergartens-unfriendly-towards-ethnic-minority-students-survey-finds/
I find Xi Jinping “more and more charismatic and admirable”, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/i-find-xi-jinping-charismatic-admirable-says-hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam/
取消國家主席任期限制的論述偏向 (Deviated angle in reporting Xi removing term limits)
Mingpao, March 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180315/s00012/1521050282593
Liberals had high hopes for the Chinese constitution – then came the ultimate insult
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/15/liberals-high-hopes-chinese-constitution-came-ultimate-insult/
Were the by-election results a “stunning defeat” for Hong Kong’s democrats? Not quite
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/election-results-stunning-defeat-democrats-not-quite/
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Hong Kong’s pan-democrats might find their missing by-election voters among indifferent young people
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2137123/hong-kongs-pan-democrats-might-find-their-missing-election
What is it like to be Black in China?
Inkstone, March 14, 2018
https://www.inkstonenews.com/opinion/black-panther-what-it-be-black-china/article/2136990
Congressional-Executive Commission on China 2017 Annual Report
2017 年年度报告执行摘要中文译文
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, March 14, 2018
EN: https://www.cecc.gov/publications/annual-reports/2017-annual-report
CH: https://www.cecc.gov/publications/annual-reports/2017-annual-report-executive-summary-chinese-translation-2017
China unveils superagencies to fight pollution and other threats to party rule
习近平宣布建立超级机构，应对三大潜在威胁
The New York Times, March 13, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-congress-pollution-corruption.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180314/china-xi-jinping-congress-pollution-corruption/
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关于《中华人民共和国监察法(草案)》的说明 (Statement of the Supervision Law of PRC (Draft))
Xinhua News Agency, March 13, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2018-03-13/doc-ifysfrty0686350.shtml
司法部官员指称吊照律师“害群之马” 遭谴责 (Ministry of Justice slammed for calling rights lawyers “black sheep”)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-03132018120134.html
Tibetan monk released after serving 10-year prison term, two others detained
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-03132018162710.html
China dragoons viewers to make pro-Xi film a blockbuster
Agence France-Presse, March 14, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/lifestyle/china-dragoons-viewers-to-make-pro-xi-film-a-blockbuster-10041904
习近平欲为文革翻案？解读新版历史教科书争议 (Is Xi trying to reverse the verdict of Cultural Revolution? Interpreting the new history textbook controversy)
The New York Times, March 14, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180314/song-yongyi-china-textbook/
A reporter rolled her eyes, and China’s Internet broke
史诗级白眼：两会记者夸张表情引爆中国互联网
The New York Times, March 13, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/world/asia/china-eye-roll-liang-xiangyi.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180314/china-eye-roll-liang-xiangyi/
Chen Jianfang & Li Xiaoling named 2018 recipients of Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 14, 2018
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/03/chen-jianfang-li-xiaoling-named-2018-csl-award/
山西大学出现抗习海报 成境内首间与海外留学生连线高校 (Anti-Xi posters appear in Shanxi University amid global #NotMyPresident campaign)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xi-03132018085728.html
关于国务院机构改革方案的说明 (State Council sets up new Ministry of Culture and Tourism and State Administration of Radio and TV, both tasked with “implementing party propaganda policies”)
Xinhua News Agency, March 14, 2018
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-03/14/content_5273856.htm
China puts an end to its notorious one-child policy enforcer
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137094/china-puts-end-its-notorious-one-child-policy-enforcer
China plans new competition, food watchdog in government revamp
Reuters, March 13, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-competition/china-plans-new-competition-food-watchdog-in-government-revamp-idUSKCN1GP1JC
New immigration bureau set up to handle growing number of foreigners in China
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137058/new-immigration-bureau-set-handle-growing-number
王士岭代表：建议全民开展国际公德教育，建立个人信用档案 (15 NPC deputies propose nationwide international social ethics education to raise international laws awareness, build performance-based individual credit files)
The Paper, March 13, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2027703
China delaying reports of software loopholes so intelligence agency can exploit them, researchers find
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/13/china-delaying-reports-software-loopholes-intelligence-agency-can-exploit-researchers-find/
Xinjiang official vows to continue “intense” campaign against separatists
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137061/xinjiang-official-vows-continue-intense-campaign
Fear of China scuttles deal that didn't involve China
Wired, March 13, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/fear-of-china-scuttles-deal-that-didnt-involve-china/
China launches mega aid agency in big shift from recipient to donor
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2137036/china-launches-mega-aid-agency-big-shift-recipient
Why China spends huge amounts on internal security
Inkstone, March 13, 2018
https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/how-much-china-spends-internal-security/article/2136970
“Innocent victim”: Activist Howard Lam pleads not guilty to making false police report over abduction allegations
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/innocent-victim-activist-howard-lam-pleads-not-guilty-making-false-police-report-abduction-allegations/
王光亞：立會補選結果不錯 搞政治活動對香港發展不利 (Former head of HK and Macau Affairs Office claims by-election results “not bad”, “political activity harms development of HK”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 14, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1385708-20180314.htm
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“Dirty election”: Lawmaker-elect Au Nok-hin calls pro-Beijing camp “sore loser" for filing legal challenge against him
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/dirty-election-lawmaker-elect-au-nok-hin-calls-pro-beijing-camp-sore-loser-filing-legal-challenge/
Joint checkpoint deal has no constitutional foundation; legislature has no authority to enact it, says Bar Assoc.
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/joint-checkpoint-deal-no-constitutional-foundation-legislature-no-authority-enact-says-bar-assoc/
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Submission of the Hong Kong Bar Association: In respect of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Bill
Hong Kong Bar Association, March 13, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Fz8mMK
Apologetic Hong Kong by-election loser Edward Yiu says pan-dems must explain confrontational Legco antics to voters
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137053/apologetic-hong-kong-election-loser-edward-yiu-says-pan-dems
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鏗鏘集：意料之外 (An unexpected failure)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 12, 2018
https://youtu.be/6UgWdTnzDpk
Businessman files challenge to disqualify incoming lawmaker Au Nok-hin over burning of Basic Law “prop”
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/13/businessman-files-challenge-disqualify-incoming-lawmaker-au-nok-hin-burning-basic-law-prop/
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市民提覆核區諾軒資格 梁家傑:與選民為敵 (Alan Leong calls citizen’s attempt to disqualify Au Nok-hin “making enemy with the people”)
HKEJ, March 13, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DqEtIq
What the Xi Jinping era will mean for China and the world
Livemint, March 14, 2018
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/ZZk5DnIo0Ko48l1BPPfq2O/What-the-Xi-Jinping-era-will-mean-for-China-and-the-world.html
Can the quad counter China's Belt and Road Initiative?
The Diplomat, March 14, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/can-the-quad-counter-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative/
政治局勢急變 我的幾點思考 (Nathan Law: My thoughts on the changing political tides)
Inmediahk, March 14, 2018
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055745
Forbidden Feeds: Government controls on social media in China
PEN America, March 13, 2018
https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PENAmerica_Forbidden-Feeds-3.13-3.pdf
國家《監察法》草案指可將被調查人「留置」特定場所 (NPC reviews draft of Supervision Law, suspects could be held at designated location for up to 6 months without trial)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1385576-20180313.htm
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Far-reaching powers of China’s new super anti-corruption agency revealed
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136949/far-reaching-powers-chinas-new-super-anti-corruption
太陽花學運佔領立法院案二審 高院維持原判22人無罪 (Taiwan High Court upholds ruling, acquits 22 Sunflower Student Movement activists)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1385560-20180313.htm
四川女子网上发布虚假信息诽谤警方不作为，被行政拘留5日 (Sichuan woman detained for 5 days for allegedly spreading false information online of being extorted by thugs at police station)
Chinanews.com, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/03-12/8466033.shtml
Xi's rise crushes political reform predictions
Agence France-Presse, March 12, 2018
https://www.afp.com/en/news/824/xis-rise-crushes-political-reform-predictions-doc-12d47y1
Beijing police order limit on foreigners in university district pizza bars and cafes
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136879/beijing-police-order-limit-foreigners-university
Chinese culture ministry merger in the works in renewed overseas soft power push
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136901/chinese-culture-ministry-merger-works-renewed-overseas
“Shameless naysayers”: Chinese media hits back at questions over Xi Jinping's power grab
The Guardian, March 12, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/chinese-media-hits-back-questions-xi-jinpings-power-grab
中国司法部禁止律师接受外媒采访 (Ministry of Justice bans lawyers from talking to foreign media)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/QL2-03122018122012.html
微信调整公众号留言功能开放规则：取消新注册账号留言功能 (WeChat disables comment function for newly registered public accounts)
The Paper, March 12, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2025601
The future lasts forever
来日方长
Medium, March 12, 2018
EN: https://medium.com/@xisnotmypresident/the-future-lasts-forever-566b2cd7dfb7
CH: http://bit.ly/2FIKjub
Turning the rubble of China’s mass evictions into protest art
北京“大驱逐”后，来自艺术界的反抗之声
The New York Times, March 10, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/world/asia/china-migrants-protest-art.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180312/china-migrants-protest-art/
China slashes ministries in sweeping changes to reduce bureaucracy, end turf wars
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2136939/china-unveils-sweeping-governmental-changes-cut-bureaucracy-and
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China’s Communist Party centralizes power over finance, pollution control
The New York Times, March 12, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/business/china-consolidates-power-financial-industry.html
国务院组建退役军人事务部，加强服务保障体系建设 (State Council to set up veteran’s affair department to provide better care)
The Beijing News, March 13, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/03/13/478793.html
China proposes abolition of work safety body
China Labor Bulletin, March 13, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china-proposes-abolition-work-safety-body
China's attendance at Vatican organ conference hailed as boon to ties, peace
Reuters, March 12, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-vatican/chinas-attendance-at-vatican-organ-conference-hailed-as-boon-to-ties-peace-idUSKCN1GO0N4
Four years after declaring war on pollution, China is winning
治理空气污染迅速见效，中国是怎么做到的？
The New York Times, March 12, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/upshot/china-pollution-environment-longer-lives.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180313/china-pollution-environment-longer-lives/
A Chinese mayor-to-be tells his story
China File, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/excerpts/chinese-mayor-be-tells-his-story
China’s Xi Jinping calls for military loyalty to new constitution
Agence France-Presse, March 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/13/chinas-xi-jinping-calls-military-loyalty-new-constitution/
China’s arms sales rise as it vies with US for influence on the world stage
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2136877/chinas-arms-sales-rise-it-vies-us-influence-world-stage
Edward Yiu on failed by-election bid: I should have done more traditional street campaigning
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/13/edward-yiu-failed-election-bid-i-done-traditional-street-campaigning/
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Choices of the rich, poor and middle-class: how Hong Kong Island residents voted in Sunday’s by-election
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136864/choices-rich-poor-and-middle-class-how-hong-kong-island
Did localists abandon the pan-democrats in Hong Kong by-election?
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136899/did-localists-abandon-pan-democrats-hong-kong-election
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By-election victor Gary Fan secures support from democratic camp, but failed to win over localists
Hong Kong Free Press, March 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/12/election-victor-gary-fan-secures-support-democratic-camp-failed-win-localists/
As China and the Vatican make peace, will a reconciliation between official and underground churches follow?
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2136841/china-and-vatican-make-peace-will-reconciliation-between
補選結果芻議：還姚松炎一個公道 (Results of by-election: Justice needs to be served for Edward Yiu)
Mingpao, March 13, 2018
https://m.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180313/
s00012/1520879184488
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馬嶽：姚松炎敗選 揭露比失落議席更嚴重的真相 (Political scientist Ma Ngok says Edward Yiu losing LegCo seat reveals HK citizens are tired, don’t care about disqualifications as much as the pan-dems thought)
Stand News, March 12, 2018
http://bit.ly/2FBynXF
「完美的獨裁者」：是什麼限制了中國政治研究者的想像力？ (The perfect dictator: What constrains Chinese political researchers from imaging?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 12, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/indepth-43368160
Chinese history isn’t over
China File, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/chinese-history-isnt-over
China sets up new super agency to fight corruption
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136757/china-sets-new-super-agency-fight-corruption
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监察法生效后会否与人民检察院组织法冲突？王胜明回应 (Will the Supervision Law contradict to the Organic Law of the People’s Procuatorates? Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee says the later and Criminal Law will be amended for consistency)
Chinanews.com, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/03-12/8465533.shtml
Xi Jinping’s rise from graft-fighting governor to president for life
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/11/xi-jinpings-rise-graft-fighting-governor-president-life/
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“This could destroy China”: Parliament sets Xi Jinping up to rule for life
The Guardian, March 11, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/11/this-could-destroy-china-parliament-sets-xi-jinping-up-to-rule-for-life/
维权“女侠”吴菊芳被刑拘，南京公安制造冤假错案打脸最高法院 (Rights defender Wu Jufang, previously kidnapped in secret, confirmed of under detention of Nanjing police)
Weiquanwang, March 11, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/03/blog-post_22.html
修宪提案几乎全票通过 两张反对票是遮羞布？ (Constitution amendments passed almost unanimously, are the only two nays just cover-up?)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/hc-03112018141352.html
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胡佳：这个时候要站在最前沿抗争 (Chinese dissent Hu Jia says it is time to fight on the front line)
Voice of America, March 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/hujia-interview-20180310/4291511.html
十三届全国人大一次会议举行第二次全体会议 (Heads of Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate report to NPC, propose “thoroughly studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought” as 2018 work priority)
National People’s Congress, March 9, 2018
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/dbdhhy/13_1/2018-03/09/content_2044925.htm
Chinese state media defends removing presidential term limits
Reuters, March 12, 2018
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-state-media-defends-removing-presidential-term-limits
Why has Cantonese fallen out of favor with Guangzhou youngsters?
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2136237/why-has-cantonese-fallen-out-favour-guangzhou-youngsters
Prominent Chinese feminist social media account censored on International Women’s Day
Hong Kong Free Press, March 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/09/prominent-chinese-feminist-social-media-account-censored-international-womens-day/
Civil society groups maligned as Western conspiracy in Asia
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 11, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/civil-society-groups-maligned-as-western-conspiracy-in-asia-20180311-p4z3t3.html
Taiwanese protesters rally for “nuclear-free” island
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136732/taiwanese-protesters-rally-nuclear-free-island
违宪损害法治 公民吁罢免司法部长张军 (Citizens and lawyers launch petition and call head of Ministry of Justice to resign, claiming new regulations on legal practitioners violate the Constitution)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-03092018093225.html
Far from home and censors, some Chinese students protest Xi’s power move
“不是我的国家主席”：在美中国留学生抗议修宪
The New York Times, March 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/us/xi-student-protest-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180312/xi-student-protest-china/
中国生态保护红线年内划定 为绿水青山设制度“屏障” (Ministry of Environmental Protection claims to draw “bio-protection redline” before year end)
Chinanews.com, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/03-12/8465598.shtml
部分地方行政干预司法情况严重 人大法工委回应 (NPC Law Committee says serious executive interference in judiciary persists in some part of the country)
Chinanews.com, March 12, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2018-03-12/doc-ifyseuks3012332.shtml
【聚焦监察法草案】②监察委员会是政治机关 (China Discipline Inspection Daily: National Supervision Commission is a political organ — not an administrative or judicial organ — whose fundamental purpose is to bolster CPC leadership in anti-corruption work)
China Discipline Inspection Commission, March 8, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201803/t20180308_165743.html
China to restructure foreign affairs team in push for greater role on world stage, source says
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2136651/china-restructure-foreign-affairs-team-push-greater
Hong Kong democrats win 2 of 4 seats in legislative by-election, as ousted lawmaker Edward Yiu fails to regain seat
Hong Kong Free Press, March 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/12/breaking-hong-kong-democrats-win-2-4-seats-legislative-election/
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Campaigning failures and inexperience cost me the election, says defeated Hong Kong democrat Edward Yiu
Hong Kong Free Press, March 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/12/campaigning-failures-inexperience-cost-election-says-defeated-hong-kong-democrat-edward-yiu/
九西票站分析 建制區議員樁腳效應勁 公屋區得票大勝 (Statistics from polling stations show pro-establishment successfully mobilize their own constituencies, huge victory in public housing districts)
Inmediahk, March 12, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055700
What happened to the disqualifications backlash? Five takeaways from Hong Kong’s Legco by-election
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136794/what-happened-disqualifications-backlash-5-takeaways-hong
President of legislature says he is not worried about repeat of oath-taking row
Hong Kong Free Press, March 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/12/president-legislature-says-not-worried-repeat-oath-taking-row/
”Constitutional order” in Hong Kong maintained, leader of China’s legislature says
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136752/constitutional-order-hong-kong-maintained-leader-chinas
西方对中国崛起的神助攻 (How the West assist rise of China)
Financial Times, March 12, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001076655
“President for life” Xi risks repeat of China’s Mao-era mistakes
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2136255/president-life-xi-risks-repeat-chinas-mao-era-mistakes
”Every place you go, you are being watched”: Reporting from Xi's China
The Guardian, March 10, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/10/chill-looks-set-linger-reporting-from-xis-china
YouTube, the great radicalizer
The New York Times, March 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-politics-radical.html
End of an era
China File, March 9, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/books/end-of-era
最高法：认真落实习近平主席特赦令，特赦罪犯31527人 (Supreme People’s Court perfects legal protection of human rights and pardons 31,527 criminals following Xi’s order)
The Paper, March 9, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2023538
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周强：赞成宪法修正案草案 坚决遵守维护宪法 (Supreme People’s Court chief Zhou Qiang: “Sincerely supports constitutional amendments” that “meet the needs of the era” and “fulfils people’s expectations”)
Supreme People’s Court, March 7, 2018
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-83992.html
Sweden criticizes China's “unacceptable” behavior in detaining bookseller
The Guardian, March 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/09/sweden-china-unacceptable-behaviour-detaining-bookseller
黄琦拒绝认罪 检察院提刑期最高15年 (Huang Qi, founder of pro-democracy website, refuses to confess and faces 15 yrs in jail)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-03082018103047.html
西藏流亡官方悼念拉萨起义死难者 (Exiled Tibetan gov mourns victims in 1989 Lhasa uprising)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-03082018114724.html
Interview: “I wanted her to be safe”
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/sister-03082018164727.html
China on track for “return to Mao Era" of ideological controls: analysts
习近平高调赞同修宪 评论指友好西方国家会重新评价
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xijinping-control-03082018125136.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xi-03082018084642.html
Xi Jinping's latest tag: living Buddhist deity, Chinese official says
Reuters, March 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-xi-boddhisatva/xi-jinpings-latest-tag-living-buddhist-deity-chinese-official-says-idUSKCN1GK0V6
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Xi Jinping is using his growing authority to amass even more
The Economist, March 8, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21738333-hopes-bold-economic-reforms-look-forlorn-xi-jinping-using-his-growing-authority-amass
38位文艺界委员联合提案：制定保护国格与民族尊严专门法 (38 CPPCC members propose legislation to protect national dignity and severely punish Chinese citizens promoting Japanese militarism, insulting national heroes and martyrs)
China Youth Daily, March 8, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2022747
Weibo whack-a-mole
China File, March 8, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/media/weibo-whack-mole
"Feminist Five" activist on #MeToo's impact in China
Cable News Network, March 8, 2018
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/03/08/newsstream-metoo-china-stout-wei.cnn
番禺手袋厂数百工人连续四天罢工 (Hundreds of handbag factory workers in Guangdong strike for 4 days)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-03082018103113.html
中国大学生“妇女节”前挂“删掉”、“期限”内容横幅 (Chinese university students put up banners with innuendo about Constitution amendments in protest)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yl-03082018102737.html
媽媽站起來 (Mum, stand up)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 6, 2018
http://bit.ly/2tsCrI9
We followed a Chinese couple on their annual 1,000-mile journey to see their kids
Vice News, March 9, 2018
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/xw59g3/what-chinese-new-year-largest-migration-on-earth-is-like
批中梵協議荒謬 陳日君：送更多人進入鳥籠 (Joseph Zen slams Vatican-China deal, calling it ridiculous and will send more people into “birdcage”)
Inmediahk, March 9, 2018
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055627a/
樓繼偉警告社保制度已經入不敷支 (Former head of Ministry of Finance warns social security runs behind expenses)
i-Cable News, March 8, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Ib2Rl0
贵州检察院检察长：大数据让司法公正看得见摸得着 (Guizhou procuratorate chief: Big Data serves justice, makes it more accessible)
The Beijing News, March 9, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/wevideo/2018/03/09/478375.html
China’s answer to Silicon Valley: too much talk and not enough action, official complains
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136428/greater-bay-area-project-needs-state-leader-helm-or-itll-be
The uncomfortable marriage between China and its tech giants
The Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-godfathers-of-chinese-tech-get-an-offer-they-cant-refuse-1520510404
China not trying to “replace America,” foreign minister says
Agence France-Presse, March 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/09/china-not-trying-replace-america-foreign-minister-says/
”No back-room deals, everything is transparent”: China defends belt and road investments
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2136438/no-back-room-deals-everything-transparent-china-defends
Edward Yiu needs high turnout rate, pan-dem and localists’ votes to win Kowloon West
Hong Kong Free Press, March 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/09/edward-yiu-needs-high-turnout-rate-pan-dem-localists-votes-win-kowloon-west/
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Hong Kong votes in “de facto referendum” on Beijing intervention
Financial Times, March 9, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/6bec6cd8-2341-11e8-ae48-60d3531b7d11
駱應淦：應修例澄清自決準則 DQ前諮詢提名顧問會 (Lawrence Lok S.C says HK government should clarify definition of self-determination, consult with Nomination Advisory Committees before disqualifying candidates)
Citizen News, March 9, 2018
https://goo.gl/qHEDCU
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Cancel Hong Kong’s by-election and reinstate disqualified lawmakers, UK-based watchdog urges
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/08/cancel-hong-kongs-election-reinstate-disqualified-lawmakers-uk-based-watchdog-urges/
高齡海嘯來襲香港，「虐老院」就是我們的未來居所嗎？ (Hong Kong faces “ageing tsunami”: Is living in “elderly torture houses” our future?)
The Initium, March 9, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180309-hongkong-who-care-for-elderly-04/
工人權益 日日退步 (Retreating labor rights)
Mingpao, March 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180309/s00022/1520515649651
逆權事業 全民有責 (Everyone has a responsibility to defend rights)
Mingpao, March 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180309/s00012/1520531844815
Reversing reform
China File, March 8, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/excerpts/reversing-reform
China: Allow UN rights experts into Tibet
Human Rights Watch, March 8, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/08/china-allow-un-rights-experts-tibet
Macau move to curtail foreign judges sparks concerns over China's growing control
Reuters, March 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-macau-law/macau-move-to-curtail-foreign-judges-sparks-concerns-over-chinas-growing-control-idUSKCN1GK08U
习近平等分别参加全国人大会议一些代表团审议 (Xi Jinping: Constitution amendments “reflect the common will of the Party and the people”, “democracy is fully exercised”)
Xinhua News Agency, March 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018lh/2018-03/07/c_1122503168.htm
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How Xi Jinping made his power grab: With stealth, speed and guile
The New York Times, March 7, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-party-term-limit.html
四川阿坝发生2018年首起藏人自焚事件 (Tibetan man self-immolates in Sichuan. First death in 2018)
Voice of America, March 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/first-tibet-immolation-in-2018-20180307/4285436.html
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西藏黨委書記批評美聯社報道西藏自焚事件非實事求是 (Tibet party secretary slams AP for reporting self-immolation not based on facts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 8, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1384630-20180308.htm
Exiled Uyghur leader says “red notice” demonstrates China’s harassment of critics abroad
Radio Free Asia, March 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/notice-03072018173643.html
India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New Delhi
Reuters, March 7, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-china-tibet/india-with-eye-on-china-ties-bans-tibetans-rally-in-new-delhi-idUSKCN1GJ1HP
思想话语权事关国家安全 (People’s Daily: Authority of thought concerns national security)
People’s Daily, March 8, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-03/08/nw.D110000renmrb_20180308_2-07.htm
两会新疆微信“九不准” 违者最高囚八年 (Xinjiang tightens censorship on WeChat during Two Sessions, warning offenders of 8 years behind bars)
Radio Free Asia, March 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql3-03072018105849.html
Shantou University was a model for China’s reform. Now, why is it toeing the line?
The Christian Science Monitor, March 5, 2018
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/0305/Shantou-University-was-a-model-for-China-s-reform.-Now-why-is-it-toeing-the-line
China faces shortage of express delivery workers in the New Year
China Labor Bulletin, March 8, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china-faces-shortage-express-delivery-workers-new-year
After #MeToo success, Chinese rights activists urge lawmakers to join the fight against sexual harassment
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136199/after-metoo-success-chinese-rights-activists-urge
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#MeToo movement meets China's firewall
Deutsche Welle, March 7, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/metoo-movement-meets-chinas-firewall/a-42871881
Chinese students in America say “Not My President”
Foreign Policy, March 7, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/07/chinese-students-in-america-say-not-my-president-xi-jinping-china/
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China’s long arm reaches into American campuses
Foreign Policy, March 7, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/07/chinas-long-arm-reaches-into-american-campuses-chinese-students-scholars-association-university-communist-party/
公民联署促人大代表罢免司法部长张军 (Citizens launch signature campaign calling for removal of Ministry of Justice chief Zhang Jun)
Radio Free Asia, March 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/singature-03072018085044.html
湖南省纪委：常宁市法院原书记员酒后殴打纪委书记 已被刑拘 (Drunk Hunan court clerk beats up local Commission for Discipline Inspection party chief. He is now criminally detained)
The Beijing News, March 8, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/03/08/478219.html
How Chinese women “hold up half the sky” but earn far less than men
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2136228/job-convenience-cited-factor-why-women-earn-less-china
Weibo user claims data theft, extortion by iCloud support
China Digital Times, March 8, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/03/weibo-user-claims-data-theft-extortion-icloud-tech-support/
China’s Huawei is at center of fight over 5G’s future
The New York Times, March 7, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/technology/china-huawei-5g-standards.html
Taiwan's allies ditching Taipei an “irresistible trend”, China says
Reuters, March 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-taiwan/taiwans-allies-ditching-taipei-an-irresistible-trend-china-says-idUSKCN1GK0KR
China pushing to be more active in region, global diplomacy
Associated Press, March 8, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-pushing-to-be-more-active-in-region-global-diplomacy/2018/03/08/b531c068-228e-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html
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How does China formulate its foreign policy?
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2136248/how-does-china-formulate-its-foreign-policy
Eight countries in danger of falling into China’s “debt trap”
Quartz, March 7, 2018
https://qz.com/1223768/china-debt-trap-these-eight-countries-are-in-danger-of-debt-overloads-from-chinas-belt-and-road-plans/
國歌法列明規範場合 擬納入中小學教育指引條文 補選後啟動本地程序 (LegCo to kick off local legislation of National Anthem Law and including it in guidelines for middle and primary schools)
Mingpao, March 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180308/s00001/1520445855924
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Can Beijing achieve its next big goal for Hong Kong – making people feel more Chinese?
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136180/can-beijing-achieve-its-next-big-goal-hong-kong-making
Elderly activist convicted of contempt for wearing “Reclaim Hong Kong” scarf during Mong Kok unrest trial
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/08/elderly-activist-convicted-contempt-wearing-reclaim-hong-kong-scarf-mong-kok-unrest-trial/
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Another man accused of taking photos in courtroom during Mong Kok trial
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/08/another-man-accused-taking-photos-courtroom-mong-kok-trial/
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam should delegate more and stick around for two terms, aide urges
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136192/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-should-delegate-more-and-stick
收集逾50宗個案 她誓要揭露香港基督教性暴力真象 (NGO worker collects cases and vows to disclose truth of sexual violence at Christian Churches in Hong Kong)
Stand News, March 7, 2018
http://bit.ly/2oTMXUh
明報記者投訴遭警打 監警：無法完全證屬實 (Police Complaints Council finds alleged beating of Mingpao reporter “totally unable to prove to be true”)
Mingpao, March 7, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180307/s00002/1520360345852
Rebels and rebellion in classic Chinese literature
Global Voices, March 8, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/03/08/rebels-and-rebellion-in-classic-chinese-literature/
Xi Jinping amends China’s Constitution
Lawfare, March 7, 2018
https://www.lawfareblog.com/xi-jinping-amends-chinas-constitution
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Xi Jinping and China’s “good emperor, bad emperor” problem
Financial Times, March 8, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/eaa0c39a-2200-11e8-9a70-08f715791301
China’s military spending
China File, March 6, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/chinas-military-spending
China moves to shutter law firm at center of crackdown on rights lawyers
709大抓捕：北京锋锐律所执业证拟被吊销
Radio Free Asia, March 6, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/firm-03062018144558.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-03062018104608.html
Stop treating all Tibetans like separatists, army soprano tells political meeting
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136007/stop-treating-all-tibetans-separatists-army-soprano