China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Shanghai cyber watchdog warns against internet rumours as extended lockdown frays nerves
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2022

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Weibo removes hashtag about food shortages in Shanghai as locked-down residents go hungry
SupChina, April 8, 2022

美媒：中国军机飞越北约盟国送武器(China’s military planes fly over NATO allies to send weapons to Serbia)
Deutsche Welle, April 11, 2022

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China makes semi-secret delivery of missiles to Serbia
AP, April 10, 2022

可疑的渔业生意：报告详述中国船队在西非的非法活动(Suspicious fishing business: Report details illegal activities of China’s fleets in West Africa)
Voice of America, April 9, 2022

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GLOBAL IMPACT OF ILLEGAL FISHING AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN CHINA’S VAST DISTANT WATER FLEET REVEALED
Environmental Justice Foundation, April 5, 2022

中国曾利用美国的电视和TikTok明星进行奥运宣传(China used U.S. TV, TikTok stars for Olympic propaganda)
Voice of America, April 9, 2022

专访：台湾向欧盟展现“中国专制”外的替代方案(Interview: Taiwan presents EU with alternatives to “China’s autocracy”)
Deutsche Welle, April 11, 2022

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

Prominent Hong Kong journalist Allan Au reportedly held on sedition charge
Agence France-Presse, April 11, 2022

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記協憂區家麟被捕事件損新聞自由(Hong Kong Journalists Association: Allan Au's arrest harms press freedom)
Ming Pao, April 11, 2022

Hong Kong protests: activist behind 2019 illegal march in Yuen Long after mob attack faces 5 years in jail
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2022

‘Hong Kong has become an authoritarian society’: Democrat Yeung Sum released after serving Nat’l Day protest jail term
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2022

許智峯：高院引港區國安法　向他及妻母發財產限制令 (High Court cites national security law to issue property restraining order on Ted Hui's wife and mother)
Ming Pao, April 9, 2022

59歲男被告涉營運「牧師和你顛」YouTube被控發表煽動文字　申保釋被拒 (59-year-old man arrested last week for publishing seditious text is denied bail)
Ming Pao, April 11, 2022

黎智英律師：中共以法律作武器令黎沉默　促聯合國調查(Jimmy Lai lawyer says CPC uses law as weapon to silence Lai, urges UN to investigate)
Ming Pao, April 8, 2022

Henan rights activist in secret 'defamation' trial after visit to rights lawyer
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Women harmed by China's draconian family planning policies still seek redress
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2022

Supply Chains Widely Tainted by Forced Labor in China, Panel Is Told
美国多方人士敦促拜登政府全力执行新疆产品禁令
The New York Times, April 11, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

LOCKDOWN Shanghai 2022
ChinaChange, April 9, 2022

HRIC note: An eye-opening compilation of videos taken by Shanghai residents showing what is happening on the ground and the reality of the “zero COVID” policy. Includes scenes of eerie, empty streets; public security officers in white PPE chasing and beating up a resident; a truck driver being blocked from delivering a truckload of food into the city; a resident showing a quarantine facility with a filthy floor, no masks for anyone, and not even water for handwashing after bathroom visits that he was forced to enter; and more.

Lockdowns in China Block Truck Shipments and Close Factories
卡车司机短缺、工厂停工：中国疫情封锁进一步破坏供应链
The New York Times, April 11, 2022

上海老年护理中心爆发疫情 多名老人死亡(Numerous elderly die in outbreak in Shanghai’s elderly care center)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2022

Beijing’s handpicked candidate for Hong Kong signals tighter control
The Washington Post, April 8, 2022

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China’s Choice for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Reveals Its Own Insecurity
The Diplomat, April 9, 2022

香港晚報：李家超選特首，已取足夠提名(John Lee has received enough nominations to stand for Chief Executive election)
The News Lens, April 11, 2022

Xi Jinping puts Communist Party on podium as he hails Beijing Winter Olympics
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

联大通过暂停俄人权理事会资格 中国投票反对(UN General Assembly approves suspension of Russia from Human Rights Council with China opposing)
Deutsche Welle, April 8, 2022

面对中国在区域日益咄咄逼人的军事行动 日本和菲律宾加强安全合作(Japan, Philippines step up security cooperation in face of China's increasingly aggressive military operations in the region)
Voice of America, April 8, 2022

Chinese national sentenced to US prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets
Reuters, April 8, 2022

Shanghai residents warned about online posts over Covid lockdown
Financial Times, April 8, 2022

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

广东著名人权捍卫者王爱忠案原定2022年4月12日在广州不公开审理被取消 法院无任何理由和解释(Court cancels trial of well-known human rights defender Wang Aizhong for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” providing no explanation)
Weiquanwang, April 8, 2022

河南省信阳维权人士邢望力涉嫌“诽谤罪”一案庭审纪实(Trial record of Xing Wangli, human rights activist in Xinyang, Henan Province, accused of "defamation")
Weiquanwang, April 8, 2022

2 face sedition charges after allegedly ‘causing nuisance’ in Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong Free Press, April 8, 2022

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6人涉法院旁聽期間滋擾　案件押後(Case of 6 people accused of causing nuisance during court hearing adjourned)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 8, 2022

Artist says University of Hong Kong may allow retrieval of removed Tiananmen statue, though shunned by crane firms
Hong Kong Free Press, April 8, 2022

反修例共1,158人被定罪 刑罰最重者囚12年 另有952人仍進行司法程序(1,158 people are convicted in anti-ELAB protest-related cases with 12-yr prison term the lengthiest; another 952 going through judicial process)
inmediahk.net, April 7, 2022

律政司專責組已處理98%由警方提交涉反修例案件(DoJ's task force finishes processing 98% of anti-ELAB protest-related cases submitted by police)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 8, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China targets algorithms from the likes of Tencent, ByteDance as crackdown persists
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2022

China’s draft financial stability law takes aim at ‘scattered’ rules governing systemic risks
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Public anger grows in China over 'Cultural Revolution-style' disease prevention
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2022

Shanghai Seethes in Covid Lockdown, Posing Test to China’s Leadership
上海封控次生灾害频发惹民怨，中国领导层面临政治考验
The New York Times, April 8, 2022

美国众议院议长佩洛西新冠检测呈阳性，取消下周的亚洲之行(House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tests Positive for Covid-19, Cancels Asia Trip)
The Wall Street Journal, April 8, 2022

Beijing warns of ‘forceful measures’ if Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2022

John Lee, a tough former policeman, looks set to lead Hong Kong
The Economist, April 9, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Will Putin Kill the Global Economy?
俄罗斯和中国会毁掉全球经济吗？
The New York Times, April 8, 2022

China Has Ditched Its Own Principles to Back Russia
Foreign Policy, April 7, 2022

How the Ukraine crisis is hurting China’s soft power ambitions
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

北约外长会议讨论新战略概念，应对俄中带来的挑战，日韩等亚太伙伴国首次与会(NATO foreign ministers meet to discuss new strategic concepts to address challenges posed by Russia and China)
Voice of America, April 7, 2022

俄乌资讯战：中俄如何联手主导中国网络舆论？(Information war of Russia-Ukraine war: How do China, Russia work together to dominate China's public opinion online?)
Deutsche Welle, April 7, 2022

警告中国勿援俄 美要北京“吸取教训”莫犯台(U.S. warns China not to aid Russia, and "learn a lesson" not to invade Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, April 7, 2022

中国违反国际对俄制裁，用人民币购买的俄国能源将运往中国(China violates international sanctions against Russia: Russian energy purchased with RMB will be shipped to China)
Voice of America, April 7, 2022

Meta restricts access to over 400 Facebook and Instagram posts, pages in Hong Kong due to health dep’t requests
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2022

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

专访季孝龙：为上海请命 停止运动式防疫(Shanghai resident Ji Xiaolong appeals on behalf of the people: Stop the movement-style epidemic control)
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2022

徐州锁链女事件追踪：人权律师向国务院举报(Xuzhou chained-woman incident: Human rights lawyer raises case to the State Council)
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2022

广东著名人权捍卫者王爱忠案将于2022年4月12日在广州不公开审理(“Picking quarrels and provoking trouble” case of well-known human rights defender Wang Aizhong to be tried for behind closed doors on April 12)
Weiquanwang, April 7, 2022

Hong Kong activists fade from view as national security case drags
Agence France-Presse, April 7, 2022

Former Hong Kong student leader jailed for 9 months for resisting police and perverting course of justice
Hong Kong Free Press, April 7, 2022

Related:
方仲賢擬入讀倫敦大學亞非學院　冀緩刑如期9月開學　官判囚信校方允延遲入學(Judge denies student leader Keith Fong’s request for suspended sentence so that he can start fall semester at SOAS University of London)
Ming Pao, April 7, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

National security law: UK jurist rejects claims he resigned from Hong Kong’s top court under political pressure
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2022

Hong Kong gov’t refuses to say which library books are banned under national security law
Hong Kong Free Press, April 7, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

EXPLAINER: Can war massacres sway China's support for Russia
The Associated Press, April 7, 2022

25年首次：现任美众院议长据信周日访问台湾(Current U.S. House Speaker reportedly plans Taiwan visit on Sunday in first such trip in 25 years)
Voice of America, April 7, 2022

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China warns U.S. against House Speaker Pelosi visiting Taiwan
Reuters, April 7, 2022

Outbreak at Shanghai Hospital Exposes Covid’s Risks to China’s Seniors
上海老年护理医院疫情凸显医疗危机和防疫挑战
The New York Times, April 7, 2022

Shanghai Seethes in Covid Lockdown, Posing Test to China’s Leadership
The New York Times, April 7, 2022

Related:
Coronavirus: time to ‘lie flat’? Divides emerge on Chinese internet about country’s path out of Covid-19
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

The Final Blow to Hong Kong
The Atlantic, April 7, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

中国引导民间舆论支持俄罗斯，放大对西方敌对情绪
Bristling Against the West, China Rallies Domestic Sympathy for Russia
The New York Times, April 6, 2022

Chinese state media are using H-1B visas to bypass US journalist visa restrictions
Quartz, April 6, 2022

Tagged on Twitter
China Media Project, April 4, 2022

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

Hong Kong court jails 13 for up to 4 years for rioting at 2019 demo
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2022

Hong Kong national security police arrest 6 accused of acting with seditious intent by disrupting court hearings
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2022

Related:
國安處拘6人涉煽動意圖引起對港司法憎恨　消息指包括職工盟前副主席鄧建華(National Security Department arrests 6, including former Confederation of Trade Unions vice-chair Leo Tang, for inciting hatred against HK Judiciary)
Ming Pao, April 6, 2022

Co-founder of defunct Hong Kong media outlet DB Channel denied bail over calls for int’l sanctions, judgement reveals
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2022

Student expelled from Chinese university over placard protest at campus lockdown
Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2022

社民連中聯辦請願聲援內地維權人士　籲釋放政治犯(League of Social Democrats petitions in solidarity with mainland human rights activists outside China’s Liaison Office, calling for the release of political prisoners)
Ming Pao, April 5, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Hard-liner Who Led Crackdown on Protests Is Favorite to Run Hong Kong
The New York Times, April 6, 2022

Related:
消息：中聯辦領導見選委提及李家超為唯一特首參選人(China’s Liaison Office mentions in meeting with election committee members that John Lee is the sole candidate for Chief Executive election candidate)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 6, 2022

坚持清零 中国多地现“文革式”暴力防疫 (Adhering to the zero-COVID policy, many places in China are experiencing "Cultural Revolution-style" violent epidemic prevention)
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2022

在封锁中的上海，我们活得越来越像一座孤岛
Shanghai Avoided Covid Disaster for Two Years. Now We’re Locked Down.
The New York Times, April 6, 2022

海归清华才女命丧上海医院 民众称"吃饭就象数米一样" (Tsinghua-Silicon Valley talent dies in Shanghai hospital; residents, "We’re counting grains of rice every meal")
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Arrest Data Show National Security Law Has Dealt a Hard Blow to Free Expression in Hong Kong
ChinaFile, April 5, 2022

Hong Kong: ‘Sedition’ arrests after clapping in court a new low for human rights
Amnesty International, April 6, 2022

China: Treatment for Non-Covid Illnesses Denied
Human Rights Watch, April 6, 2022

How China’s Authorities Aim to Control Tibetan Reincarnation
Human Rights Watch, April 6, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Beijing anxious for Hong Kong’s chief executive race to produce loyal leader to unite city, quash infighting, stay focused on Covid fight: analysts
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2022

Hong Kong chief executive race 2022: Beijing’s liaison office calls together political elites to discuss candidates, seeks choice ‘within days’
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2022

林郑月娥不争取连任香港特首后 香港将进入"武官治港"新时代？(Will Hong Kong enter a new era of "military officer ruling Hong Kong" after Carrie Lam declines to run for 2nd term?)
Radio of Asia, April 4, 2022

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

山东研究生举牌反对校园防疫政策遭开除 (Shandong graduate student expelled for holding placards opposing campus epidemic prevention policy)
Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2022

"大翻译运动"遭中国批斗 为何从未停止？ (Why has the "Great Translation Movement" been criticized by China but never stopped?)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2022