China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Is the deglobalisation writing on the wall? How China is reversing cultural openness with the West
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2022

Chinese microblogging service Weibo deletes over 41,000 posts for ‘creating trouble’ during Beijing Winter Olympics, asks users to keep calm when commenting on the games
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2022

Hong Kong civil servants will need national security training to pass probation or be promoted, official says
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2022

中国防疫措施升级 违反防控规定多人被拘留（As China escalates epidemic prevention and control measures, many people are detained in name of violation ）
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2022

大型视频网站审核员过劳猝死引发网络热议（Large video site auditor's sudden death from overwork sparks heated debate on Internet）
Radio Free Asia, February 9, 2022

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B站向猝死员工家属道歉 拟年内扩招千名审核员（Bilibili apologizes to families of employees who died suddenly, plans to recruit thousands of content moderators within year）
Caixin, February 9, 2022

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

21 nations condemn Hong Kong press freedom crackdown and closure of news outlets
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2022

Related:
Media Freedom Coalition Statement on Closure of Media Outlets in Hong Kong
U.S. Department of State, February 8, 2022

回應媒體自由聯盟　中國駐英使館：國安法下香港新聞自由獲更好保障(Chinese embassy in UK responds to Media Freedom Coalition statement: Hong Kong’s press freedom is better protected under National Security Law)
Ming Pao, February 9, 2022

Security law: Hong Kong court again adjourns hearing on legal disputes in 47 democrats’ subversion case
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2022

Hong Kong protests: former student leader detained ahead of sentencing on charges of resisting arrest, perverting justice
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

The Chinese Legislature’s Hidden Agenda
The Diplomat, February 9, 2022

Excerpt:
“For about a decade, China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), made real improvements to its transparency. . . . In the past two years, however, the legislature has appeared increasingly tempted to embrace the secrecy afforded by the Great Hall of the People. It has been withholding legislative drafts at a greater frequency – five in 2020-2021 alone versus five total during 2015-2019. It has also started to hide certain bills on its legislative agenda from the public until shortly before or, worse, until after their adoption. This practice not only departs from the legislature’s transparency norm, but is also at odds with the party-state’s legal reform agenda and recent official rhetoric on China’s political system.”

Current Topics (热门话题)

Bearing an Olympic Torch, and a Politically Loaded Message
团结象征还是粉饰镇压？争议旋涡中的维吾尔火炬手
The New York Times, February 8, 2022

China’s dismal human rights record casts a shadow over the Winter Olympics

PBS Newshour, February 8, 2022

Beijing sells troubled Xinjiang as a winter sports paradise
Agence France-Presse, February 9, 2022

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's interview leaves unanswered questions
Deustche Welle, February 8, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China: Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril
Human Rights Watch, February 9, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Australia denied access to dual citizen detained for alleged ‘subversion’ in Hong Kong
The Guardian, February 8, 2022

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

Chinese free speech advocate takes aim at Tencent over WeChat account shutdown
South China Morning Post, February 7, 2022

Hong Kong CityU students’ union told to vacate university premises after failing to submit audited financial records
Hong Kong Free Press, February 8, 2022

美銀律師襲警罪上訴駁回　即時服刑(Court rejects appeal by American lawyer Samuel Phillip Bickett against his conviction of assaulting a police)
Ming Pao, February 8, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

US adds 33 Chinese companies to red flag list, unseals Hytera indictment
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2022

鄧炳強稱就23條本地立法擬5月到立會開展諮詢(Secretary for Security Chris Tang says Article 23 legislation consultation will commence in LegCo in May)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 8, 2022

42万条意见，妇女权益保障法“大修”掀起讨论风暴 | 深度报道（Women's Rights Protection Law overhaul sets off a storm of discussion with 420,000 comments| In-depth report）
Beijing Youth Daily, February 7, 2022

农妇赵刘枝获无罪后申请复议 不服27万元国家赔偿（After acquittal, farmer Zhao Liuzhi appeals RMB 270,000 state compensation）
Caixin, February 8, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing’s mixing of geopolitics and the Olympics comes at a cost
Financial Times, February 8, 2022

Chinese media isn’t covering Peng Shuai’s dinner with the IOC in Beijing
Quartz, February 7, 2022

遠方的哭聲：從八孩母親到被遺忘的農村女性精神障礙患者（Cries from afar: From mother of 8 to forgotten rural women with mental illness）
The Initium, February 8, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

UN’s Guterres says he expects China to let rights chief pay ‘credible’ visit to Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, February 6, 2022

WHO chief discusses collaboration on COVID origins with China
Al Jazeera, February 5, 2022

Wall Street Journal is hit by cyberattack that security expert links to China
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2022

China's Tencent restores Fight Club ending after backlash
BBC News, February 7, 2022

As the U.S. Pulls Back From the Mideast, China Leans In
美国逐渐抽身之际，中国积极介入中东
The New York Times, February 7, 2022

李文亮逝世二周年：调查揭示中国审查系统控制舆论的三大手段(2nd anniversary of death of coronavirus whistleblower Li Wenliang: Survey reveals 3 key ways China's censorship system controls public opinion)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 7, 2022

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

75-year-old Hong Kong activist facing sedition charge denied bail after planning Beijing Olympics demo
Hong Kong Free Press, February 7, 2022

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警以國安法 要「女長毛」雷玉蓮交出旅遊證件(Lui Yuk-lin, brought in to assist investigation of Koo's sedition case, is asked to hand over travel documents under National Security Law)
Ming Pao, February 6, 2022

Hong Kong’s largest journalist group ‘needs one or two more weeks’ to answer authorities’ request to justify its activities
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2022

Hong Kong judge convicts 4 of unlawful assembly, says memos on detainees’ legal rights show ‘organised nature’ of 2019 protest
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

美国准备推出“印太经济架构”，旨在制衡中国(U.S. to launch New Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to counter China)
The Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2022

Related:
U.S. Readies New Asia-Pacific Economic Strategy to Counter China
The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing 2022: US criticises choice of ethnic Uyghur Olympic torchbearer, as IOC defends move
Agence France-Presse, February 6, 2022

In Beijing, Olympic Spectacle and Global Power Games
在北京，一场奥运盛会和它背后的全球政治变局
The New York Times, February 7, 2022

China accused of ignoring hockey player's human rights as isolation complaints grow
Reuters, February 7, 2022

Beijing 2022: Tibetans protest ‘Games of shame’ at Olympic HQ
Agence France-Presse, February 4, 2022

China’s Peng Shuai says there was ‘misunderstanding’ over her allegations, announces retirement
The Washington Post, February 7, 2022

Related:
Testimony on Peng Shuai Before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China
China Change, February 3, 2022

In Beijing, the Subject on Everybody’s Mind but Not Lips
发声还是沉默？中国人权问题让冬奥会运动员陷入两难
The New York Times, February 7, 2022

国际奥委会主席巴赫与彭帅会面 难解除对她被当局控制的忧虑(IOC President Bach meets with Peng Shuai, but it's still hard to allay worries about her being controlled by the authorities)
Voice of America, February 7, 2022

八孩母亲遭铁链锁脖事件发酵 民间谴责排山倒海 官方不语(Officials remain silent amid growing public condemnation of treatment of chained 8-child mother)
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Xi’s Big Show: What the Olympics Reveal About China
Foreign Affairs, February 6, 2022

In the 2008 Olympics, Beijing Felt Like an Open Door. In 2022, It's Closed
Wired, February 6, 2022

The Rise and Fall of Democracy With Chinese Characteristics
The Diplomat, February 5, 2022

We can’t let China use the Olympics to mask genocide and human rights abuses
The Guardian, February 6, 2022

Japan Calls for Monitoring China’s Human Rights Situations
Human Rights Watch, February 7, 2022

丰县女子生育八个孩子的根源在哪里？(What is the root cause of the treatment of the 8-child Fengxian woman?)
Financial Times, February 7, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

An Olympic Legacy of Media Control
China Media Project, February 4, 2022

For Uyghur 2008 Torchbearer, China’s Olympic Flame Has Gone Dark
The Diplomat, February 4, 2022

习近平会见普京 支持彼此维护主权(Xi Jinping meets Putin, in mutual support for maintaining sovereignty)
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2022

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中华人民共和国和俄罗斯联邦关于新时代国际关系和全球可持续发展的联合声明（全文）(Joint Statement of China and Russia on International Relations and Global Sustainable Development in the New Era (full text))
Xinhua News, February 4, 2022

中国从以色列引进国防技术引担忧 专家: 以不会转让美国技术(China's introduction of defense technology from Israel raises concerns; Expert: Israel won't transfer U.S. technology)
Voice of America, February 4, 2022

拒绝在冬奥会前公布新疆人权报告，联合国被批与中国“唱双簧”(UN is criticized for singing to China’s tune in refusing to release Xinjiang human rights report before Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, February 4, 2022

国际记者联盟报告：中国使用多种强制手段控制外国驻华记者的报道(IFJ report: China uses a variety of coercive methods to control reporting by foreign journalists’ in China)
Voice of America, February 4, 2022

Related:
Fair Game: The Endangered Media Space for Foreign Correspondents inside China 2022
The International Federation of Journalists, February 2, 2022

ASK “WHY?” ON WEIBO AND YOU’LL ONLY BE SUSPENDED LONGER
China Digital Times, February 3, 2022

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

National security law: veteran Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu arrested for allegedly inciting subversion
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2022

Related:
古思堯涉「煽動顛覆國家政權罪」被捕 今早原定到中聯辦抗議冬奧 (Activist Koo Sze-yiu, arrested on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power" had planned to protest Winter Olympics at the Liaison Office)
inmediahk.net, February 4, 2022

鄒幸彤第15次申請保釋被拒　官拒安排下次開庭日期 (Chow Hang-tung, former vice chair of Hong Kong Alliance, is denied bail for the 15th time; judge rejects request to set new trial date)
Ming Pao, February 4, 2022

Ahead of Winter Olympics, Beijing Moves to Quash Dissent
压制批评，平息异见：冬奥会前北京加大力度“维稳”
The New York Times, February 4, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Who Makes Foreign Policy in China?
The Diplomat, February 4, 2022

Building a metaverse with Chinese characteristics
The Economist, February 3, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing Olympics: Winter Games start amid Covid and boycotts
BBC News, February 4, 2022

Once Again the Olympic Games Will Begin, Despite Everything
在疫情和人权问题争议声中，北京冬奥会将继续推进
The New York Times, February 4, 2022

Xi Jinping brushes off furore dogging Beijing’s ‘Genocide Olympics’
Financial Times, February 4, 2022

Pelosi Warns U.S. Olympic Athletes Not to Anger China With Protests
The New York Times, February 4, 2022

India’s diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics isn’t about China’s human rights violations
Quartz, February 4, 2022

北京冬奥：外国运动员发声批评不应将奥运授权人权糟糕的北京举办(Foreign athlete speaks out: With bad human rights record, Beijing should not host the Olympics)
Radio France Internationale, February 4, 2022

国际学者呼吁遵守奥运宪章维护人类尊严查明病毒来源(International scholars urge COVID-19 origin probe to safeguard human dignity, in keeping with Olympic Charter principle)
Radio France Internationale, February 3, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Video of Mentally Ill Woman Chained in Shack Stirs Anger in China
徐州八孩母亲视频引发愤怒，中国女性权益保障再受质疑
The New York Times, February 4, 2022

评论 | 胡平：中共强制一胎化政策是拐卖妇女现象恶性泛滥的根源—从徐州八孩母亲视频说起(Hu Ping on video of Xuzhou mother of 8: CPC's enforced one-child policy is the root cause of the rampant abduction and trafficking of women)
Radio Free Asia, February 3, 2022

Migrant Worker’s Tale of Inequality Grips China, Then Is Erased
“流调中最辛苦的中国人”与一个政府难以面对的真相
The New York Times, February 4, 2022

网络文摘：客观评价习近平(Comment: Objective evaluation of Xi Jinping)
Radio France Internationale, February 4, 2022

法媒：北京夸张的隔离措施与拒绝病毒源头调查合作成反差(French media: Beijing's exaggerated quarantine measures in stark contrast with refusal to cooperate in virus origin investigation)
Radio France Internationale, February 4, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China pours money into Iraq as US retreats from Middle East
中国强势转向中东 中资涌入伊拉克
Financial Times, February 2, 2022

China announces further restrictions on Buddhism on the internet
Central Tibetan Administration, February 3, 2022

Chinese police arrest three Tibetan pilgrims for state secrets
Radio Free Asia, February 2, 2022

Tibetan monk being watched by Chinese police despite years after his release from prison: Report
Asian News International, February 2, 2022

白宫透露：拜登计划春季首访亚洲，携手盟友遏制中国扩张(White House: Biden plans first visit to Asia in spring, working with allies to contain China's expansion)
Voice of America, February 3, 2022

EU to outline tech standards plan to counter China influence
欧盟拟在技术标准制定方面对抗中国影响力
Financial Times, February 2, 2022

Xinjiang Genocide: UK House of Lords Urges Government to Act
Bitter Wind, February 3, 2022

Japan should press China more on human rights, Kishida adviser says
Bloomberg, February 3, 2022

北大研究报告揭示：中美科技脱钩后中国损失比美国大，科技发展或陷入瓶颈 (Peking University research report: China loses more than the U.S. in Sino-U.S. technology decoupling; tech development may enter bottleneck)
Voice of America, February 3, 2022