China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

EU pressures China over its stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine
Al Jazeera, April 1, 2022

欧盟说严肃告知北京不要支持俄罗斯 并不要帮助规避西方制裁俄罗斯(EU to Beijing: Do not support Russia or help it to circumvent Western sanctions)
Radio France Internationale, April 1, 2022

China-EU Summit Highlights Diverging Paths
The Diplomat, April 1, 2022

台湾NGO揭露 中国与俄联手在华语世界抹黑乌克兰(Taiwan NGO exposes joint efforts by China, Russia to smear Ukraine in Chinese-speaking world)
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2022

Lockdown Protest Videos Censored in China
Bloomberg, April 1, 2022

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

涉去年10.1燒毀國旗 50歲無業男申保釋再被拒 還柙至4.28再訊(Unemployed man, 50, is denied bail again for burning national flag on national day last year; case adjourned until April 28)
inmediahk.net, April 1, 2022

19年國慶黃大仙堵路暴動罪成　3年輕男女判入教導所(3 young men, women are sentenced to correctional centre for rioting and road blocking on national day in 2019)
Ming Pao, March 31, 2022

英国及美国分别发表涉港报告 香港特区政府：强烈反对不实和荒谬指控所(UK, U.S. issue reports on Hong Kong; HK gov't: Strongly oppose to false and absurd allegations)
Reuters, March 31, 2022

Related:
Six-monthly report on Hong Kong: July to December 2021
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, March 31, 2022

2022 Hong Kong Policy Act Report
U.S. BUREAU OF EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS, March 31, 2022

Satisfaction with Hong Kong’s press freedom drops to record low, poll finds
Hong Kong Free Press, April 1, 2022

“Being a journalist is not a crime”: Profile of Huang Xueqin
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 31, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Hong Kong security law arrests, elections slammed in US State Department report
South China Morning Post, April 1, 2022

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美国国会及行政当局中国委员会发布年度报告(U.S. CECC issues 2021 annual report on China’s human rights conditions, rule of law developments)
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2022

Release Of 2021 Annual Report
U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, March 31, 2022

終審法院9名海外非常任法官表示會繼續留任(9 overseas non-permanent Court of Final Appeal judges say they will stay on)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 1, 2022

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李國能對兩英法官辭任感遺憾 料海外法官參與終審有別往日(Former Chief Justice Andrew Li regrets resignations of 2 UK judges and expects overseas judges will participate differently)
inmediahk.net, April 1, 2022

保安局建議全港懲教所增智慧系統 分析電話內容偵測敏感字(Security Bureau proposes installing smart system to analyze phone content and detect sensitive characters in all correctional institutions)
inmediahk.net, April 1, 2022

Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 21
Hong Kong Free Press, April 1, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Shanghai enters second phase of lockdown in west of city – but Covid-19 restrictions remain in other parts
South China Morning Post, April 1, 2022

Shanghai 'insufficiently prepared' for outbreak
Agence France-Presse, April 1, 2022

新冠疫情：奥密克戎重击上海深圳，中国坚持清零的经济成本有多高(Covid-19 epidemic: Omicron hits Shanghai and Shenzhen hard; how high is the economic cost of China's zero-COVID policy?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 1, 2022

In Hong Kong, China’s Covid Aid Gets the Cold Shoulder
为何许多香港居民不欢迎内地医疗援助
The New York Times, April 1, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Covid, Russia and Economy Put the ‘China Model’ to the Test
新冠疫情、俄罗斯与经济考验中国模式
The New York Times, April 1, 2022

Online posts may not reflect Chinese opinion when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Conversation, March 30, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

俄军入侵乌克兰后中俄外长首次会晤，王毅称双方发展关系意愿“更为坚定”(Chinese and Russian foreign ministers meet for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine; Wang Yi cites “firmer” mutual willingness to develop relations)
Voice of America, March 31, 2022

Close ties allow Russian propaganda to spread swiftly through China, report claims
The Guardian, March 31, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forges new unity of EU purpose on China
The Financial Times, March 31, 2022

US calls Beijing’s pressure on Taiwan ‘a threat to all democracies’
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2022

肯尼亚得到与华为相关的中国通信电缆(China’s telecom cables linked to Huawei reach Kenya)
Voice of America, March 31, 2022

又有一中国公民因在美参与“猎狐行动”而受到起诉(One more Chinese citizen is indicted for participating in “Operation Fox Hunt” in U.S.)
Voice of America, March 31, 2022

Chinese government pressures scholars to withdraw from online panels at international conference
SupChina, March 30, 2022

Top Chinese ex-official expelled from Communist party in latest purge
The Guardian, March 31, 2022

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Former Chinese official Fu Zhenghua expelled from Party, public office
Xinhua, March 31, 2022

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

Australian journalist Cheng Lei has day in Chinese court but closed-door trial ends with deferred verdict
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2022

Hong Kong national security police quiz ex-leaders of disbanded pro-democracy union – reports
Hong Kong Free Press, March 31, 2022

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警搜職工盟　4前成員包括黃迺元、鄧建華助查(Police search Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions office, question 4 former members)
Ming Pao, March 31, 2022

黃之鋒六四集結案服刑完畢　轉到赤柱監獄還押　等候初選案審訊(Joshua Wong completes June Fourth unauthorized assembly sentence, is transferred to Stanley Prison to await primary election trial)
HK01, March 29, 2022

西藏流亡政府：青海玉树发生藏人自焚事件(Tibetan government in exile reports Tibetan self-immolation in Yushu, Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

外交部批英國打「法官牌」　圖以政治手段破壞香港司法(China's foreign ministry criticizes UK for playing the "judge card" to undermine Hong Kong's judiciary by political means)
Ming Pao, March 31, 2022

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特首：有合理理由懷疑兩名法官辭任有政治考慮(Chief Executive: There are reasonable grounds to suspect political consideration in resignations of 2 UK judges)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 31, 2022

大律師公會質疑兩終院非常任法官辭任或涉政治壓力　籲公眾對港法治保持信心(Hong Kong Bar Association suspects political pressure in resignations of 2 non-permanent judges, urges public to maintain confidence in HK's rule of law)
Ming Pao, March 31, 2022

Statement of the Hong Kong Bar Association on the Resignation of UK Supreme Court Judges as Non-Permanent Judges of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Hong Kong Bar Association, March 30, 2022

Australian, Canadian judges to stay on Hong Kong top court after 2 UK judges quit citing security law
Hong Kong Free Press, March 31, 2022

China has very few women in power despite a commitment to gender equality
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

In an industrial Chinese province, some workers say they’ve been quarantined in the hospitals they were building.
吉林疫情告急，援建方舱医院农民工境遇引发关注
The New York Times, March 31, 2022

In Hong Kong, China’s Covid Aid Gets the Cold Shoulder
The New York Times, March 31, 2022

Commentary & Analysis, 评论与分析

李承鹏：有些事要写进历史的，有些人，已不像人(Li Chengpeng: Some things need to be written into history; some people no longer seem human)
Yibao, March 28, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Ukraine war: US spells out sanctions on Russia, heaping more pressure on China to comply
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2022

China, Russia 'more determined' to boost ties, Beijing says
Channel News Asia, March 30, 2022

俄乌战争爆发后 中国网攻北约国家数量急剧增加 (After outbreak of Russia-Ukraine war, number of Chinese cyberattacks on NATO countries rose sharply)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2022

所羅門群島總理索加瓦雷稱，無意要求中國在當地興建軍事基地 (Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare says he has no intention of asking China to build a military base there)
The Initium, March 29, 2022

How China May Soon Lead the Bio-Revolution
Bloomberg, March 30, 2022

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

美媒VICE News报道涉“7.21” YouTube香港地区“无法播放”惹关注(U.S. media VICE News report "7.21 incident" on YouTube inaccessible from Kong, raising concerns)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2022

Related:
Hong Kong's Organized Crime Societies
Vice News, March 30, 2022

10.1灣仔 事隔2年半13人被控暴動等罪 獲准保釋待轉介區院訊(13 are charged with rioting and other crimes 2.5 years after incident, released on bail pending transfer to District Court for hearing)
inmediahk.net, March 30, 2022

Related:
Hong Kong court grants bail to 13 men charged over China’s National Day protest in 2019
Hong Kong Free Press, March 30, 2022

Hong Kong migration to Canada soars to levels unseen since 1998, as ‘domino effect’ draws workers, students, returnees
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2022

Hong Kong leader says city's brain drain 'unarguable'
Channel News Asia, March 30, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Two British judges resign from Hong Kong’s top court, citing security law concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, March 30, 2022

Two U.K. Judges Quit Hong Kong Court, Citing Lost Freedoms
The New York Times, March 30, 2022

Related:
張舉能：司法機構維護法治及獨立司法制度承諾不變(Chief Justice Andrew Cheung: Judiciary's commitment to uphold the rule of law and independent judicial system remains unchanged)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 30, 2022

韋彥德和賀知義辭任　律師會：深感遺憾(On resignation of Lord Robert Reed and Lord Patrick Hodge, Law Society: Deeply regret)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 30, 2022

警隊調整入職要求　下月起取消在港居住至少7年要求(Police to remove entry requirement of at least 7-year of residence)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 30, 2022

‘Stick to zero-Covid’: Xinhua puts Xi Jinping’s stamp on China’s coronavirus strategy
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2022

福建新增育儿假：子女三岁前父母每年各十天假，期间待遇不变 (New policy in Fujian: 10 days’ annual leave for parents of children below 3, with no change in benefits)
The Paper, March 30, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Shanghai turns exhibition halls into temporary hospitals, quarantine centres as Covid-19 infections threaten to overwhelm city
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2022

上海封城安排混乱居民怨声载道 方仓医院无法满足隔离者需求 (In chaotic lockdown, Shanghai residents complain: Field hospitals inadequate in meeting needs of quarantined people)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2022

封城令中国GDP每月蒸发460亿美元 (Lockdown wipes out $46 billion a month from China's GDP)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2022

Workers live in factories, food delivery drivers sleep outside, and medical staff die from overwork in Covid-19 wave
China Labour Bulletin, March 30, 2022

China imposes total information controls around China Eastern crash site
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2022

東航墜機後七日，家屬的漫長跋涉 (Families’ long trek 7 days after China Eastern Airlines plane crash)
The Initium, March 30, 2022

賴紅梅宣布參選特首　公布選舉政綱(Former security guard Lai Hung-mui announces chief executive candidacy)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 30, 2022

Related:
Sword-wielding former guard says she wants to be Chief Executive
Hong Kong Standard, March 30, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Hong Kong Rule of Law Monitor welcomes the resignations of Lord Reed and Lord Hodge from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Hong Kong Rule of Law Monitor, March 30, 2022

China’s Threats Target Regime Opponents Worldwide: Legal tools and anonymous threats are used against dissidents
Foreign Policy, March 29, 2022

著名演员孙海英（上）：对人民养猪一样怎么行 (Famous actor Sun Haiying (Part 1): How can gov’t treat people like pigs?)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

中国拟与所罗门群岛秘密签订安全协议，引发多国警惕
China and Solomon Islands Draft Secret Security Pact, Raising Alarm in the Pacific
The New York Times, March 25, 2022

China hammers home its message of US blame for Ukraine war to domestic audience
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2022

官方严控东航空难信息 记者采访受阻惹猜疑 (Authorities strictly control information on China Eastern Airlines disaster; reporters blocked from conducting interviews, raising questions)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2022

International lawyers call for suspension of extradition to Hong Kong amid crackdown
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2002

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

获刑19年的新疆政治犯张海涛近四年未能和家人会见 (Zhang Haitao, Xinjiang political prisoner sentenced to 19 years in prison, has not been able to meet his family for nearly 4 years)
Weiquanwang, March 29, 2022

梁國雄立法會搶文件違特權法藐視罪成　加監14日(Leung Kwok-hung sentenced to 14 days in jail after conviction of contempt under Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

广西边境县夫妻可生“四孩” (Couples in border counties of Guangxi can have "four children")
China News Service, March 24, 2022

对“996”说不！整治超时加班，国家出手了！ (Many places in China are stepping up efforts to rectify over work)
China News Service, March 29, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Shanghai’s Lockdown Tests Covid-Zero Policy, and People’s Limits
The New York Times, March 29, 2022

Omicron in China: Shanghai denies rumours of early snap lockdown for Puxi
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2022

"铁链女"事件：导演王圣强、律师卢廷阁声援遭打压 ("Chained Woman" incident: Director Wang Shengqiang, lawyer Lu Tingge are suppressed for showing support)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2022

Hong Kong’s Completely Avoidable Covid Catastrophe
Bloomberg, March 29, 2022

Covid-19: Traditional Chinese medicine experts arrive to assist Hong Kong in epidemic fight
Hong Kong Free Press, March 29, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

The World Is Splitting in Two
The Atlantic, March 28, 2022

Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic and shows how little Australia understands power in the Pacific
The Conversation, March 24, 2022