Why did Kyrgyz stage a protest outside the Chinese embassy?
The Diplomat, December 29, 2018
几十名 “寒冬”网刊供稿人在中国被逮捕或失踪 (Over 40 Bitter Winter contributors arrested, disappeared in China for Xinjiang coverage)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2018
“Now we don’t talk anymore”: Inside the “cleansing” of Xinjiang
ChinaFile, December 28, 2018
Chinese Muslim poet Cui Haoxin fears his people will suffer as history repeats itself in wave of religious repression
Associated Press, December 28, 2018
China's disappeared: A look at who went missing in 2018
Associated Press, December 30, 2018
王炳章预感自己有生命危险 (Imprisoned activist Wang Bingzhang expresses fear for personal safety)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2018
廣東維權人士甄江華 被判囚兩年 (Guangdong activist Zhen Jianghua sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for inciting subversion of state power)
The Stand News, December 29, 2018
China releases Canadian teacher but others still held in Huawei row
The Guardian, December 29, 2018
Canadian drug smuggler to face retrial after China says 15 years too lenient
Agence France-Presse, December 29, 2018
In Pictures: Security personnel block wife of detained China lawyer Wang Quanzhang from submitting court petition
Agence France-Presse, December 28, 2018
German rights commissioner slams trial of Chinese lawyer
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, December 27, 2018
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Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on the trial of Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang
Federal Foreign Office of Germany, December 29, 2018
China thwarts U.S. effort to promote American culture on campuses
The New York Times, December 30, 2018
China’s cyber watchdog shuts down 3,500 apps over “pornographic” content
TechNode, December 29, 2018
权健帝国与疫苗之王：“新闻游侠”能否成为中国媒体管制下的曙光 (Are “news rangers” a ray of hope for journalism despite China’s media control?)
BBC News, December 28, 2018
Chinese government departments ordered to sharpen up on social media
Reuters, December 28, 2018
Three years on from Causeway Bay booksellers’ disappearances, mainland Chinese traders of banned books say the business is like selling “cocaine at the price of cabbage”
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2018
北大马克思主义学会学生和警卫发生冲突
Chinese students clash with guards over Marxist society crackdown
Financial Times, December 29, 2018
Students defiant as Chinese university cracks down on young Communists
The New York Times, December 28, 2018
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China university students protest Marxist group shakeup
Agence France-Presse, December 29, 2018
Two temporary activities removed from Ministry of Public Security database
China NGO Project, December 28, 2018
历史关头 中国百余公共知识分子为改革奋身呐喊 (100 intellectuals speak out on 40th anniversary of Reform and Opening)
Radio France Internationale, December 30, 2018
Xi: Upholding Socialism in the new era is a “great social revolution”
The Diplomat, December 29, 2018
Chinese police officers given exemption from prosecution
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2018
Teacher sentenced in Beijing kindergarten abuse scandal
Sixth Tone, December 28, 2018
Beijing’s new man in Macau is a former vice-minister of commerce, with the aim of bolstering ties with Portuguese-speaking countries
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2018
Beijing turns to facial recognition to combat public housing abuses
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2018
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš hits back at Chinese diplomats’ Huawei and ZTE claims
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2018
Give the job of finding land to a dedicated body to solve Hong Kong’s land shortage crisis, says advisory task force
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2018
News outlet HK01 hits back after press freedom watchdog questions its Taiwan independence “disclaimer”
Hong Kong Free Press, December 29, 2018
Deputy director of Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office steps down, a year late
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2018
Hongkongers gloomy about 2019 – just 30 per cent expect life to improve as US-China trade war and Brexit weigh on economy
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2018
After Tiananmen crackdown, Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew said 200,000 influential Hongkongers should “band together” and bargain if Beijing interfered in city’s affairs
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2018
中國「土地整理」拆老家，是肥了政府還是貧了農民？(China’s “land reorganization”: Profit for the government while exploiting the poor?)
The News Lens, December 31, 2018
Canada, China’s Schellenberg’s retrial and Beijing’s calculating maneuvers
Jerome Cohen, December 31, 2018
Justice chief Teresa Cheng doesn’t think she owes Hong Kong any explanation about the CY Leung case. She’s clueless
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2018
Something to hide? This Christmas, it was not a rights lawyer on trial, but the Chinese legal system itself
Hong Kong Free Press, December 30, 2018
How Hong Kong’s public political discourse was mainlandized in 2018
Hong Kong Free Press, December 29, 2018
巨龍與陰影：五年之後的「一帶一路」(The dragon and the shadow: Five years into Belt and Road)
The Initium, December 29, 2018
We must finally see China for what it truly is
The Globe and Mail, December 27, 2018
Dozens of Bitter Winter reporters arrested
Bitter Winter, December 27, 2018
New details of secret transfer of Uyghurs
Bitter Winter, December 27, 2018
Muslims forced out of jobs, in Xinjiang and beyond
Bitter Winter, December 26, 2018
李文足今遞函高院 促查王全璋辦案期限 (Li Wenzu submits letter to court, demands correction of gross delay in handling Wang Quanzhang’s case)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2018
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李文足請願遇混亂 有在場人士阻記者採訪 (Security attempts to block Li Wenzu from submitting letter to court, journalists also obstructed)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 28, 2018
China jails Nanjing blogger for subversion over retweets, slogan
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2018
Canadian could face death penalty in China over drug smuggling charges
Agence France-Presse, December 27, 2018
Minitrue: No reporting on Mao commemorative events
China Digital Times, December 27, 2018
Taiwan: Thousands of “yellow vest” protesters call for tax reform
Al Jazeera, December 27, 2018
Top Chinese officials forced to carry out self-criticisms as Xi Jinping enforces party loyalty
Agence France-Presse, December 28, 2018
One of China’s former top spy chiefs gets life sentence for taking US$15.8 million in bribes, insider trading
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2018
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前国安高官马建被判无期，与郭文贵关系密切
Chinese official tied to billionaire fugitive is sentenced to life in prison
The New York Times, December 28, 2018
China's answer to U.S. GPS extends coverage beyond Asia Pacific
Bloomberg, December 27, 2018
Chinese home sharing site Xiaozhu to roll out facial recognition-enabled smart locks in Chengdu pilot scheme
South China Morning Post, December 26, 2018
立法會公聽會：抗議保安局收緊難民審批程序 (Socialist Action protests at LegCo against security bureau’s tightening of refugee screening process)
Inmediahk.net, December 28, 2018
Elderly homeless man jailed for blocking Umbrella Movement camp clearance free to go after winning sentence appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, December 27, 2018
Biggest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong calls again for curbs on mainland Chinese tourists to city
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2018
平機會黑箱選主席 社協批不符國際原則 (NGO criticizes appointment of Equal Opportunities Commission chief, calls process “black box operation” for govt appointment of selection committee members)
Inmediahk.net, December 27, 2018
A great shift unseen over the last 40 years
China Change, December 28, 2018
China doesn’t have to keep playing the victim
Foreign Policy, December 27, 2018
Grinch China: Three decades of China’s problem with Christianity
The Diplomat, December 27, 2018
China’s bumbling police state: The only thing protecting human rights from the bureaucracy? Inefficiency.
Wall Street Journal, December 26, 2018
Anti-Muslim repression expands outside Xinjiang
Bitter Winter, December 25, 2018
China applies Xinjiang’s policing lessons to other Muslim areas
Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2018
律师王全璋接受不公开庭审，被秘密关押三年
China holds secret trial for rights lawyer after 3 years in detention
The New York Times, December 26, 2018
【王全璋案】多名聲援者被帶走 外交官無法旁聽 法院：將擇期宣判 (Wang Quanzhang trial: Wife, journalists, diplomats barred from attendance, supporters arrested)
The Stand News, December 26, 2018
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王全璋案涉国家秘密不公开审理 择日宣判 (Wang Quanzhang’s case involves state secrets, trial will not be public)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2018Travesty of justice: Free rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang now
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 26, 2018
律师刘正清面临吊销执业证 (Liu Zhengqing, lawyer who represented Huang Qi and Qin Yongmin, has license revoked for endangering national security)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2018
Leading Chinese Marxist student taken away by police on Mao’s birthday
Reuters, December 26, 2018
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毛泽东诞辰日 北大左派学生被警察带走 (Peking University Marxist society student kidnapped by police on Mao’s birthday)
Deutsche Welle, December 26, 2018
Thai court acquits Chinese dissident of immigration-related charges
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2018
Jailed Taiwan rights activist “treated inhumanely” in Chinese prison: Wife
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2018
秦永敏狱中传遭迫害 妻子赵素利称其性命垂危
Chinese rights group fears for health of veteran democracy activist
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2018
For China’s web platforms, the future is sanitized
Sixth Tone, December 26, 2018
British publisher pulls academic journals from China after government complaint
Reuters, December 24, 2018
Tibetan passport restrictions limit attendance at Dalai Lama prayer gathering
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2018
“我们不会抛弃信仰”：政府严打下的中国地下教会
As China cracks down on churches, Christians declare, “We will not forfeit our faith”
The New York Times, December 25, 2018
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圣诞在中国：多地再颁圣诞禁令 “洋节”争议显官方对宗教忧虑 (Christmas in China: Multiple provinces issue “Christmas ban,” full police surveillance on public spaces, schools encourage boycott against festival)
BBC News, December 25, 2018Protestant “house churches” raided in China on Christmas Eve
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2018
Hong Kong activists send more than 1,000 cards to political prisoners
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2018