China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China more ‘brazen and damaging’ than ever, says FBI director
The Guardian, Feb 1, 2022

Illegal overfishing by Chinese trawlers leaves Sierra Leone locals ‘starving’
The Guardian, February 1, 2022

China: Media freedom declining at 'breakneck speed' – report
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 31, 2022

FCCC: 外国记者在中国从业已成为一种痛苦（FCCC: Working in China has become a kind of suffering for foreign journalists）
Radio France Internationale, February 2, 2022

Related:
Media Freedoms Report 2021: ‘Locked Down or Kicked Out’
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club in China, January 31, 2022

A Vast Network of ‘New Era Civilization Practice Centers’ Is Beijing’s Latest Bid to Reclaim Hearts and Minds
ChinaFile, January 31, 2022

A Uyghur gets death sentence, as China bans once OK’d books
Associated Press, February 1, 2022

解放軍駐港部隊在中區軍用碼頭首次舉行升國旗儀式 (PLA garrison in Hong Kong holds first national flag raising ceremony at Central Military Dock)
inmediahk.net, January 30, 2022

Former US security officials join forces on ‘critical’ China contest bill
Reuters, February 2, 2022

Japan parliament passes resolution on human rights in China, expressing concern over Xinjiang, Hong Kong days before Beijing Winter Olympics
Reuters, February 1, 2022

Hong Kong ‘transformed from chaos to governance’ in the last year, Xi Jinping says
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2022

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

Chinese activist who supported Apple Daily in secret trial for 'subversion': wife
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2022

‘This is not justice’: Chinese activists held for two years await trial
The Guardian, February 1, 2022

‘A bed of nails’: China’s #MeToo accusers crushed by burden of proof and counterclaims
South China Morning Post, February 2, 2022

Hong Kong man jailed for 8 months in first sedition sentencing since 1967 leftist riots
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2022

Members of student publication resign en masse citing pressure from Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2022

University of Hong Kong covers up 33-year-old Tiananmen tribute painted on bridge, weeks after removing statue
Hong Kong Free Press, January 29, 2022

Hong Kong's laid-off journalists see a dark, uncertain road ahead
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2022

2022北京冬奥会，流亡藏人抗议再出发(2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Tibetans in exile protest again)
Radio France Internationale, February 2, 2022

US human rights professor denied visa by Hong Kong immigration authorities for university teaching position
South China Morning Post, February 2, 2022

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美国一位研究LGBTQ法律学者或因与人权观察关系而遭香港拒签(U.S. legal scholar who studies LGBTQ law may be denied visa to Hong Kong for ties to Human Rights Watch)
Radio France Internationale, February 2, 2022

Survey finds majority of Hongkongers holding BN(O) visas in UK are university educated, married, don’t plan on coming back
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Verdicts from China’s Courts Used to Be Accessible Online. Now They’re Disappearing.
ChinaFile, February 1, 2022

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam delays filling post, raising questions about judiciary's independence
Reuters, January 30, 2022

Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 19
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

U.N. Chief Rebuffs U.S. Request to Skip Beijing Olympics
Foreign Policy, February 1, 2022

北京加紧镇压异议 警告冬奥会运动员为人权发声会有惩处 (Beijing steps up crackdown on dissent, warns Olympic athletes of punishment for speaking out on human rights)
Voice of America, February 1, 2022

Ahead of Winter Olympics, Beijing Moves to Quash Dissent
The New York Times, January 31, 2022

相隔14年 北京奥运背后的中国人权悲剧(The Chinese human rights tragedies behind two Beijing Olympics 14 years apart)
Voice of America, February 2, 2022

Related:
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Confronting the True Face of the CPC
2022年北京冬奥会：直面中国共产党的真实面目
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2022

Inside Beijing’s Olympic Bubble: Robots, Swabs and a Big Gamble
The New York Times, February 2, 2022

These Beijing Olympics Send a Much Darker Message
The Atlantic, February 2, 2022

Xuzhou mother: Video of chained woman in hut outrages China internet
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 31, 2022

Related:
生了八個孩子的女人，人們說她瘋了：豐縣事件和一場對拐賣婦女的輿論清算（People say chained mother of eight children is mentally ill: The Fengxian incident and a public reckoning with trafficking of women）
The Initium, February 1, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Remembering Zhang Qing: From Her Daughter, Her Son, and Her Friend
China Change, January 30, 2022

China Can’t Silence Olympic Athletes
Foreign Policy, January 31, 2022

Beijing 2022 Is the Death Knell of the Olympic Charter
The Diplomat, February 2, 2022

China isn’t just ‘authoritarian’ any more. It’s scarier.
The Washington Post, January 31, 2022

评论 | 滕彪：奥运洗白与运动员的自由（下）(Teng Biao, Olympic Whitewashing and Athletes' Freedom, Part 2)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2022

Does Hong Kong still have judicial independence?
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Exclusive | China says UN human rights chief can visit Xinjiang ‘after Olympics’
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2022

China’s plans for Xinjiang, and what it means for the region’s persecuted Uyghurs – podcast
The Conversation, January 27, 2022

Xi Jinping’s iron grip on power brings new form of corruption, China experts tell US congressional advisory panel
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2022

National security law: ‘press freedom is not absolute,’ Hong Kong police chief Raymond Siu says
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2022

The End of ‘Fight Club’ Was Cut in China. The Pattern Goes Back Decades.
搏击俱乐部》结局遭篡改，中国审查制度再掀争议
The New York Times, January 3, 2022

澳总理微信账号被易名 引发对中共渗透的担忧(Australian PM's WeChat account has been renamed, sparking fears of CPC infiltration)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

中国“一带一路”冒险进入叙利亚可能收获巨大的回报(China's One Belt, One Road venture into Syria may reap huge rewards)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

中国触角伸向非洲各个角落，甚至为所欲为(China reaches tentacles into all corners of Africa, doing whatever it wants in places)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

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

23 Hong Kong democrats facing national security charges return to court for marathon 12-hour session
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2022

More than 100 charged under Hong Kong's national security law amid ongoing crackdown
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2022

4人因非法集結罪成　判囚5個月一星期至6個月(4 sentenced to five to six months in jail for participating in illegal assembly in the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 28, 2022

国际记者联合会要求中国当局立即释放被任意指控的郭飞雄(International Federation of Journalists calls for immediate release of arbitrarily-charged Guo Feixiong)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

Related:
China: Writer Yang Maodong arrested over subversion
International Federation of Journalists, January 28, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

忧危害国安 美FCC撤销中国联通营运授权(FCC revokes China Unicom's license to operate over national security concerns)
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2022

Related:
FCC revokes China Unicom's authorization to operate in U.S.
Reuters, January 27, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing Olympics: Rights groups call for diplomatic boycott
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2022

全球243个非政府组织敦促各国政府共同外交抵制北京冬奥会(243 NGOs around the world urge governments to join a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

Related:

Beijing Olympics Begin Amid Atrocity Crimes
暴行未止，北京冬奥开幕
Human Rights Watch, January 27, 2022

For Olympic Sponsors, 'China is an Exception'
The New York Times, January 28, 2022

Winter Olympics: China, having learned the game as 2008 host, now plays by its own rules
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Tennis star Peng Shuai and Professor Gulnar Obul: From captives to actors
GlobalVoices, January 27, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

The moon, Mars and the return of strongman rule: How China has changed since the 2008 Olympics
The Washington Post, January 27, 2022

Hong Kong’s Contested Academic Freedom
The Diplomat, January 27, 2022

Decision on whether to axe minister over Omicron ‘partygate’ set to reveal how Beijing will enforce accountability among Hong Kong’s new ‘patriotic’ political elite
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2022

以行动声援立陶宛，欧盟在世贸组织起诉中国“歧视性”贸易行为(EU sues China for 'discriminatory' trade practices at WTO in solidarity with Lithuania)
Voice of America, January 27, 2022

中国黑客组织“熊猫使者”遭德国指控：目标瞄准德国制药和科技(Chinese hacker group Panda Messenger is accused by Germany of targeting German pharmaceuticals and technology)
Radio France Internationale, January 27, 2022

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

RTHK under scrutiny for 'censoring' singers
The Standard, January 27, 2022

Hongkonger who displayed posters insulting judges overseeing first national security law trial pleads guilty to sedition
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2022

为保北京冬奥会“完美无缺”中共抓人封嘴限言关号不遗余力(To ensure a "perfect" Beijing Winter Olympics, CPC spares no effort in detaining people, banning speech, shutting down social media accounts)
Voice of America, January 27, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

What could the world learn from China’s AI regulation?
Protocol, January 26, 2022

整體罪案升1.9%　國安法生效至今逾160人被捕(Hong Kong overall crime rate rises by 1.9%; more than 160 arrested since National Security Law came into effect)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 27, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing seals up its Winter Olympics 'bubble' amid growing calls for boycott
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2022

Related:
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Confronting the True Face of the CPC
2022年北京冬奥会：直面中国共产党的真实面目
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2022

中国要求冬奥会参加者必须使用的应用让人害怕中国会在冬奥期间跟踪敏感数据(Required app raises fear among Olympic attendees that their data will be tracked during Games)
Voice of America, January 27, 2022

China’s Xi Jinping meets IOC chief Bach ahead of Winter Olympics
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2022

IOC to meet tennis star Peng Shuai at Beijing Winter Olympics following sexual assault allegations
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2022

The Spotlight Shifted Away From Peng Shuai. Some Players and Fans Want It Back.
澳网再现“彭帅在哪里”：球员和观赛者拒绝遗忘、为其发声
The New York Times, January 27, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Why Pakistan’s Army Wants the U.S. Back in the Region
“巴铁”军方为什么想与中国保持距离？
The New York Times, January 27, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Lawmakers from UK, EU and other countries call for blacklists over Uygur treatment in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2022

Citing Xinjiang, EU commits to ban forced labour goods but is divided on how to do it
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2022

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

民营企业家、湖北襄大集团董事长张德武一审被判13年，起因组织职工上访(Entrepreneur Zhang Dewu sentenced to 13 years for organizing employees to petition)
Weiquanwang, January 26, 2022

Hong Kong CityU students’ union told to hand over 16 years of audit reports within 2 weeks, or face action
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2022

Ex-lawmaker jailed for 4 months for disclosing identity of Hong Kong police officer under investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Hong Kong plans to introduce long-shelved Article 23 anti-subversion bill to legislature in second half of 2022, security chief reveals
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2022

鄧炳強：將「完善」《官方機密條例》加強反間諜能力(Secretary for Security Chris Tang says Official Secrets Ordinance will be “optimized” to strengthen anti-espionage capability)
inmediahk.net, January 26, 2022

China’s data legislation matures
SupChina, January 26, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Information Controls at the Beijing Olympics: What to Watch For
The Diplomat, January 26, 2022

China restricts activists' social media ahead of Olympics
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

台湾人权团体疾呼: 冬奥不能洗白中国人权迫害(Taiwan human rights groups: Winter Olympics cannot whitewash China's human rights persecution)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2022