中共当局的新一批藏区禁歌、禁书和违禁广播节目名单(New list of songs, books, radio programs banned in Tibetan areas by CPC authorities)
Weiquanwang, January 20, 2022
中宣部下令官媒宣传美好生活 营造中共二十大舆论氛围(CPC’s Central Propaganda Department orders state media to promote aspects of a better life to create favorable atmosphere for the 20th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2022
European Parliament debates resolution over ‘deterioration’ of media freedoms in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2022
Education University of Hong Kong latest to cut ties with its student union, says ‘overhaul’ necessary
Hong Kong Free Press, January 20, 2022
荃葵青遊行手持磚頭被捕 中大生認非法集結囚8個月(CUHK student jailed for 8 months for participating in unauthorized assembly in the 2019 protests)
inmediahk.net, January 20, 2022
大陆媒体人、前调查记者宋阳标因言获罪遭成都警方刑事拘留 疑与发文揭露成都别墅违建有关(Mainland media personality and former investigative journalist Song Yangbiao is detained, following his exposé of illegal construction of villas in Chengdu)
Weiquanwang, January 20, 2022
Can China contain omicron with QR codes, cute robots and surveillance tech?
Protocol, January 19, 2022
法国国民议会：谴责中国对维吾尔人的“种族灭绝”(French parliament condemns China's "genocide" of Uyghurs)
Deutsche Welle, January 20, 2022
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French parliament passes motion condemning China 'genocide' against Uyghurs
Reuters, January 20, 2022
Amnesty warns over 'sportswashing' at Beijing Winter Olympics
Agence France-Presse, January 19, 2022
NBC won't send sports announcing teams to 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to COVID-19
USA Today, January 20, 2022
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不能容忍严厉控制，NBC决定不派播报团队前往北京(Citing Strict control as intolerable, NBC decides not to send announce teams to Beijing)
Voice of America, January 20, 2022
China's Rising Menace Hardens Taiwan's Separate Identity
The New York Times, January 19, 2022
知名藏语教育倡导者扎西文色出狱后继续关注母语权利被玉树警方传唤数小时(Tashi Wangchuk, well-known Tibetan-language education advocate who continues to focus on language rights after prison release, is summoned by Yushu police for several hours)
Weiquanwang, January 19, 2022
Chinese activist told he could not visit dying wife is re-arrested
The Guardian, January 18, 2022
Hong Kong independence activist Edward Leung released after serving 4 years in jail
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2022
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong’s sentence for 2020 Tiananmen vigil cut by 4 months following appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2022
Hong Kong protests: fitness trainer becomes first person to be sentenced for violating ban on online material inciting violence
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2022
鄒家成保釋覆核被拒續還押 鄒幸彤第13次申保釋被拒(Owen Chow, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged under National Security Law whose bail appeal is revoked, continues to be detained; Chow Hang tung is denied bail for the 13th time)
Ming Pao, January 19, 2022
Mandatory Beijing Winter Olympics app has ‘devastating’ encryption flaw, cyber security watchdog says
Agence France-Presse, January 19, 2022
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Cross-country Exposure: Analysis of the MY2022 Olympics app
The Citizen Lab, January 18, 2022
China warns foreign Olympic athletes against speaking out on politics at Winter Games
The Washington Post, January 19, 2022
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北京警告冬奥会参赛者：言行违反奥运精神或中国法规将受罚(Beijing warns Winter Olympics participants: Words and deeds that violate the Olympic spirit or Chinese regulations will be punished)
Voice of America, January 20, 2022
Exclusive | China ‘will issue visas’ for US Olympic delegation despite diplomatic boycott
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2022
China curbs nationwide travel surge ahead of Winter Olympics, Lunar New Year
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2022
Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression
Journal of Democracy, January 2022
Excerpt:
“Hong Kong's comprehensive transformation reflects an effort, common to autocratic regimes, ‘to hollow out from within critical institutions safeguarding fundamental freedoms.’ . . . “What we see in Hong Kong has wider implications. . . . Any effort by democracies to push back must articulate both the benefits of democracy and the limitations of the CCP model that the Hong Kong situation is now laying bare.”
#BeijingWinterOlympics: Your Quick Guide to China’s Human Rights Crisis
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 19, 2022
Contra a Billionaire Bro: Why We Should Care About China’s Rights Violations in Xinjiang
The Intercept, January 19, 2022
China-West tensions raise questions about limits of Beijing’s influence at WTO, UN and World Bank
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2022
China's Xi Jinping defends 'common prosperity' crackdowns
BBC News, January 18, 2022
China forced 2,500 ‘fugitives’ back from overseas during pandemic, report finds
The Guardian, January 18, 2022
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INVOLUNTARY RETURNS: China’s covert operation to force ‘fugitives’ overseas back home
Safeguard Defenders, January 2022
‘Picking quarrels’: China critics overseas at increasing risk
Al Jazeera, January 18, 2022
郭飞雄（杨茂东）家属收到中共当局正式逮捕郭飞雄的通知书(Family of Guo Feixiong receives notice from Chinese authorities on his formal arrest)
Weiquanwang, January 17, 2022
被强迫失踪的湖南人权律师谢阳已遭刑事拘留(Xie Yang, forcibly disappeared Hunan rights lawyer, is detained)
Weiquanwang, January 17, 2022
Family fears Australian writer Yang Hengjun held in China for spying could die in jail as health worsens
Bloomberg, January 18, 2022
‘They treat me like dirt and tortured me’: Australian activist on three years in Chinese prisons
The Guardian, January 17, 2022
University of Hong Kong students protest removal of Tiananmen monument with ‘invisible’ flash-mob using AirDrop
Hong Kong Free Press, January 18, 2022
‘Right now, truth is subversive in Hong Kong’: Local media fearful after arrests, newsroom raids
Agence France-Presse, January 15, 2022
梁天琦明出獄，家人：按法律意見，移除FB專頁所有內容 (Prominent localist activist Edward Leung to be released from jail tomorrow; Leung's family says will remove all Facebook page content per legal advice)
The News Lens, January 18, 2022
Hong Kong court jails 7 for up to 40 months for rioting during 2019 PolyU siege
Hong Kong Free Press, January 17, 2022
School clerk, student plead guilty to sedition over leaflet urging Hong Kong independence
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2022
Hong Kong's Chinese University to start patriotic 'national security education'
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2022
Chinese dialects in decline as government enforces Mandarin
The Guardian, January 16, 2022
What’s Behind China’s New National Standardization Outline Document?
The Diplomat, January 14, 2022
China drops plans to sell Olympic tickets as COVID-19 cases rise
Agence France-Presse, January 17, 2022
Netherlands and Denmark won’t send officials to Beijing Olympics
Agence France-Presse, January 15, 2022
NBA dragged into China controversy after Golden State Warriors’ co-owner says ‘nobody cares’ about Uygurs
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2022
China: World must use Winter Olympics to demand human rights improvements
Amnesty International, January 14, 2022
China denies interfering in UK politics after MI5 alert
BBC News, January 14, 2022
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Britain’s Security Agency MI5 Warns Lawmakers of China’s Political Interference
军情五处警告称中国政府代理人正积极干预英国政治
The New York Times, January 14, 2022
Hong Kong police switch to Chinese-style goose-stepping ‘to show patriotism’
Agence France-Presse, January 14, 2022
丹麦指外国谍报威胁加剧 点名中国俄国伊朗(Denmark says foreign espionage threats intensify, names China, Russia, Iran)
Deutsche Welle, January 14, 2022
“保护卫士”公开信：国际刑警组织不要沦为中共的政治工具(Safeguard Defenders: INTERPOL should not become a political tool of the CPC)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2022
《我们同唱一首歌》两岸反响迥异 是艺术还是统战？(“We Sing a Song Together” from China gets different reactions from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Is it art or United Front ploy?)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2022
Chinese rights activists stopped from visiting dying family members
Deutsche Welle, January 13, 2022
Expatriates rally for Hong Kong press freedom across UK, as scuffle ‘severely condemned’ by Chinese embassy
Hong Kong Free Press, January 14, 2022
Who's next? Hong Kong media fearful after arrests, shutdowns
法新社：香港新闻媒体如惊弓之鸟 下一家是谁遭逮捕与关闭？
Radio France Internationale, January 14, 2022
Xi Jinping’s job is safe but China’s leadership is being shaken up
The Economist, January 15, 2022
Omicron Tests China’s ‘Zero-Tolerance’ COVID Approach Weeks Ahead of Beijing Olympics
The Diplomat, January 14, 2022
人权观察：北京利用冬奥"洗白"人权劣迹 呼吁各国加入抵制(Human Rights Watch: Beijing uses Winter Olympics to 'whitewash' human rights abuses, calls on countries to join boycott)
Radio France Internationale, January 13, 2022
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Human rights group urges countries to join diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Hong Kong Free Press, January 13, 2022
The police in China detain a testing lab official on suspicion of helping spread the virus.
河南一新冠检测中心负责人被抓
The New York Times, January 14, 2022
每周时事分析：临近冬奥会的中国疫情(COVID in China on eve of Winter Olympics)
Financial Times, January 14, 2022
Excerpt:
在面临新的病毒变异形势下，中国的疫苗和抗疫方式已经越来越难以适应新局面，中国的抗疫现状会成为今年中国外交的软肋。(Facing new COVID variants, China's vaccines and pandemic control are increasingly struggling to cope. China's current fight against COVID will become the Achilles heel of its diplomacy this year.)
China urges Turkey to respect sovereignty as Beijing’s worries over Xinjiang influence grow
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2022
Is Peng Shuai safe, and do we trust Chinese official media to tell us the truth?
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2022
人权观察年度报告批评中国进一步打压人权(Human Rights Watch annual report criticizes China for further crackdown on human rights)
Deutsche Welle, January 13, 2022
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World Report 2022
Human Rights Watch, January 13, 2022