China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Why Shanghai’s Covid crisis could have wider political implications
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2022

China’s Economic Trends Hint at Cost of Zero Covid Strategy
The New York Times, April 17, 2022

China’s economy pays a price as lockdowns restrict nearly a third of its population.
近三分之一人口被封控，中国经济为“清零”付出高昂代价
The New York Times, April 15, 2022

Will China’s zero-Covid policy bring the world’s factory grinding to a halt?
The Guardian, April 15, 2022

上海封城：舆论控制与呼唤自由(Shanghai lockdown: Controlling public opinion vs. calling for freedom)
Deutsche Welle, April 17, 2022

中国祭出军演恫吓 美重量级国会议员访团展现对台支持(China stages military exercises in show of force as U.S. heavyweight lawmaker delegation visits Taiwan to show support)
Voice of America, April 16, 2022

China conducts major military drills as US lawmakers visit Taiwan
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2022

美高官本周出访所罗门群岛 力争废止已草签的中所安全协议(Top U.S. officials to visit Solomon Islands this week to try to scrap its draft security pact with China)
Voice of America, April 18, 2022

七成针对中国：去年日本战机紧急升空达一千多次(Last year, Japanese fighter jets scrambled more than a thousand times—70% of them against China’s military aircraft)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2022

China’s ‘Mighty Dragon’ stealth fighter stretches its wings over a wider area
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2022

专访：中国红利让穆斯林国家甘愿迫害维吾尔人(Interview: China's payout makes Muslim countries willing to persecute Uyghurs)/a>
Deutsche Welle, April 15, 2022

How private Chinese companies are winning in Africa
SupChina, April 15, 2022

China says it is on the ‘right side of history,’ following US criticism over Russia-Ukraine war stance
Agence France-Presse, April 14, 2022

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

Shanghai lockdown: How angry netizens test China's 'Great Firewall'
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2022

理大終止承認學生會 要求7.15前遷出校園(HK Polytechnic U. stops recognizing student union, asks it to move out by July 15)
Initium Media, April 15, 2022

Taiwanese activist jailed in mainland China returns home
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2022

被关押1852天的李明哲获释感言：愿中国人权受侵犯者有解脱的一天(Taiwan’s human rights worker Lee Ming-che, detained for 1,852 days, says on his release: May Chinese human rights victims be free one day)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Chinese security official orders risk elimination drive ahead of key Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2022

China doubles down on zero-Covid policy ahead of Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2022

Related:
中国卫健委：反对“病毒共存” 巩固防疫成果迎中共二十大(China’s National Health Commission: Oppose "coexistence with virus," consolidate achievements of epidemic prevention to welcome CPC’s 20th National Congress)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2022

TikTok under US government investigation on child sexual abuse material
TikTok因儿童性侵害内容遭美国政府调查
Financial Times, April 15, 2022

China moves to make reporting of trafficking mandatory under changes to women’s rights law
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2022

鄭若驊：煽動行為同屬危害國安 指國家安全概念好闊(HK Secretary for Justice, Teresa Cheng: Incitement is also endangering national security, as concept of national security is very broad)
Initium Media, April 16, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China tries to cover lockdown strains on Shanghai’s front-line workers
The Washington Post, April 18, 2022

Shanghai records first official Covid deaths since lockdown imposed
The Guardian, April 18, 2022

Covid China: Elderly deaths contradict Shanghai figures
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 16, 2022

China’s Covid death data obscure real impact of Omicron, experts say
The Financial Times, April 16, 2022

上海人的忍耐已经到了极限(Shanghai people's patience has reached the limit)
Radio France Internationale, April 17, 2022

Inside Shanghai quarantine centres with 24-hour lights and no hot showers
Associated Press, April 18, 2022

‘Too smelly to sleep’: Thirteen days in a Shanghai isolation facility.
The New York Times, April 15, 2022

Shanghai’s covid siege: Food shortages, talking robots, starving animals
The Washington Post, April 15, 2022

More Chinese cities tighten controls as Shanghai COVID-19 cases rise
Channel News Asia, April 17, 2022

China's Xi'an imposes temporary, partial lockdown to fight Omicron flare-up
Channel News Asia, April 16, 2022

Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee’s manifesto to ‘centre on housing, civil service reform’ with less focus on national security
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2022

Who is John Lee? 12 quotes from Hong Kong’s unopposed leadership hopeful
Hong Kong Free Press, April 17, 2022

Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: why did Beijing pick John Lee to be the city’s next leader?
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2022

FactWire: John Lee’s sons have business links with Hong Kong chief executive electors, investigation reveals
FactWire, April 14, 2022

Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee calls financial industry double-edged weapon, legal system ‘polluted by politics’
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China’s Costly Exceptionalism
The Atlantic, April 18, 2022

What Exactly Is America’s China Policy?
Foreign Policy, April 14, 2022

Shanghai’s brutal lockdown a defining moment for China’s logistics sector
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2022

Shanghai Lockdown Diary
The Diplomat, April 14, 2022

China’s Transnational Repression Gets Saudi Backing
Foreign Policy, April 15, 2022

Faced With a Changed Europe, China Sticks to an Old Script
俄乌战争影响欧洲对华立场，中国外交政策面临挑战
The New York Times, April 15, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

How China will censor the metaverse
SupChina, April 13, 2022

Weibo Has Still Blocked ‘Shanghai Buy Groceries’ Hashtag
What's on Weibo, April 13, 2022

阻中国扩张太平洋势力 澳高官出访所羅門群岛(To forestall expansion of China's Pacific power, senior Australian official visits Solomon Islands)
Deutsche Welle, April 14, 2022

出于对俄罗斯和中国的担忧，日本加强与意大利的军事合作(Japan steps up military cooperation with Italy amid concerns over Russia, China)
Voice of America, April 14, 2022

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

中国共青团称“极端女权已成网络毒瘤” 引发争议(Communist Youth League of China says "extreme feminism has become an online cancer,” stirs controversy)
Weiquanwang, April 14, 2022

Hong Kong’s largest journalist group to consider disbanding in response to mounting government pressure for more transparency
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022

《立場》發布煽動刊物案 控方稱公司放棄出庭權利 5.3區院訊(Prosecution claims Stand News, charged with publishing seditious materials, gave up right to appear in court; case adjourned until May 3)
inmediahk.net, April 13, 2022

6 Hong Kong teachers disqualified over complaints linked to 2019 protests
Hong Kong Free Press, April 13, 2022

Hong Kong protests: activist jailed for 16 months for organising 2019 illegal march in Yuen Long after mob attack
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022

Hong Kong resident held in southwest China for taking part in protests
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2022

岑敖暉認facebook文章藐視法庭判囚6周　官：應自我監督不容言論縱容暴力(Lester Shum, one of 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion, is sentenced to 6 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to contempt of court over Facebook article)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2022

阮民安涉煽動被捕續還押　控方或加控欺詐相關罪行(Pro-democracy singer Tommy Yuen remains in detention for alleged sedition; prosecution may add fraud charges)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2022

女文員天橋噴「721」「831」認刑毁　判24個月感化令(Female clerk is sentenced to 24-month probation after pleading guilty to criminal damage over spraying "721" and "831" on a bridge)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2022

Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che expected to be released from mainland Chinese jail after five years
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022

Banned Hong Kong statues to find new refuge in democratic Taiwan: rights activists
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Hong Kong urged to regulate crowdfunding to prevent activities ‘endangering’ China’s security
Hong Kong Free Press, April 14, 2022

China’s Internet Crackdown Targets Tencent and ByteDance’s Algorithms
ChinaFilmInsider, April 13, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Shanghai TV channel postpones Covid spin show after backlash
The Guardian, April 14, 2022

Uygur woman held in Riyadh could be deported to China ‘within hours’
Agence France-Presse, April 14, 2022

坚持“动态清零”还是与病毒“共存”？(Insist on "dynamic clearing" of virus or "coexistence"?)
Deutsche Welle, April 14, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China: End Censorship, Prioritize Human Rights over Politicized “Zero-COVID”
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 13, 2022

China’s ‘Zero-Covid’ Mess Proves Autocracy Hurts Everyone
中国“新冠清零”乱局：专制将伤害每一个人
The New York Times, April 14, 2022

Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun.
全球化已经结束，一场全球文化战争正在打响
The New York Times, April 14, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China’s ‘Zero-Covid’ Mess Proves Autocracy Hurts Everyone
The New York Times, April 13, 2022

习近平的关键之年，中国搁置“共同富裕”运动
China Sets Aside Push to Spread Wealth in Pivotal Year for Xi
The New York Times, April 13, 2022

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

Former Xinjiang detainee arrives in US to testify over repeated torture he says he was subjected to
The Guardian, April 13, 2022

Hong Kong activist jailed for 16 months for organising banned ‘Reclaim Yuen Long’ demo in 2019
Hong Kong Free Press, April 13, 2022

Related:
法庭指鍾健平多次記者會煽動字眼　有意違法屬加刑因素(Court says Max Chung’s use of seditious words in several press conferences shows intent to break the law and is factor for additional penalty)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 13, 2022

Hong Kong police are ‘weaponizing’ the law against outspoken media mogul: lawyers
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2022

律师成功会见王建兵，王此前被单独隔离关押长达五个多月（Lawyer successfully met with Wang Jianbing, who was held in solitary confinement for more than 5 months）
Weiquanwang, April 13, 2022

江苏无锡著名人权捍卫者沈爱斌因“涉嫌寻衅滋事“案被转指定监视居住（Shen Aibin, well-known human rights defender in Wuxi, Jiangsu, is transferred to designated residential surveillance on suspicion of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble"）
Weiquanwang, April 12, 2022

李明哲5年刑期将届满 国台办：近期释放返台 (Li Mingzhe nears end of 5-year sentence; Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: He will be returned to Taiwan soon)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2022

王爱忠案开庭前夕 广州法院突然通知庭审押后 (On eve of Wang Aizhong trial, Guangzhou court issues adjournment)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Why is China choosing now to ratify forced labour conventions?
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

US spotlights Hong Kong elections in its criticism of China’s human rights record
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022

Related:
特區政府強烈反對美國國務院年度人權報告中對港評論(HK gov't strongly opposes to comments on Hong Kong in U.S. annual human rights report)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 13, 2022

China activists call for reboot of State Dept. annual human rights report
Politico, April 13, 2022

U.S. Report Describes a Global Retreat on Human Rights and Democracy
The New York Times, April 12, 2022

Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee submits 786 nominations to stand for city’s top job, representing more than half of Election Committee members
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

胡平：读《黎安友论中国》有感 (Hu Ping: Thoughts on Andrew Nathan’s “On China”)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China censors gay storyline from Harry Potter franchise film Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022

In a changing city, a glitzy Hong Kong gallery grapples with censorship
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2022

中国的乌克兰战争宣传：放大并强化俄方虚假信息
China’s Echoes of Russia’s Alternate Reality Intensify Around the World
The New York Times, April 12, 2022

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

刘晓波雕像六四在台巡回展出 未来将落脚台湾 (In traveling exhibit, bronze statue of Liu Xiaobo to go on view on June 4 in Taiwan, its future permanent home)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2022

Veteran Hong Kong journalist Allan Au released on bail following arrest over alleged sedition
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2022

Hong Kong veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu pleads not guilty to seditious bid to protest Beijing Winter Olympic Games
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022

Hong Kong police take away 2 linked to pro-democracy bubble tea shop to assist with investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2022

Hong Kong protests: student faces up to 7 years’ jail for rioting, after serving time in mainland China over trying to flee to Taiwan
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022

Related:
警方圍堵理大案「12港人」郭子麟及IVE生認暴動罪　11人不認罪周四開審(Kok Tsz-lun of Hong Kong 12 case and vocational training student pleads guilty to rioting in the 2019 PolyU siege; 11 others plead not guilty)
Ming Pao, April 12, 2022

涉暴動少年潛逃一年再被捕　今認罪求情稱潛逃浪費青春(After a year on the run, teen accused of rioting re-arrested, pleads guilty and says he wasted his youth in flight)
Ming Pao, April 12, 2022

Hong Kong CityU demands responses from students over alleged offences at union farewell ceremony
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Local security legislation Article 23 ‘a priority,’ says Hong Kong leadership hopeful John Lee
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2022

卫生官员肯定上海封控策略：“躺平”不是中国的选择
‘We cannot let our guard down,’ a top Chinese health official tells Shanghai residents under lockdown.
The New York Times, April 12, 2022

上海封锁进入第二周，民众不满情绪难消
Shanghai residents bristle as a lockdown enters a second week with more testing.
The New York Times, April 11, 2022

Chinese UN representative ‘laments’ deaths in Ukraine missile attack but doesn’t blame Russia
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Ukraine Exposed the True Danger of Chinese Censorship
Foreign Policy, April 11, 2022

Carrie Lam’s Departure Signals a Further Crackdown in Hong Kong
The Diplomat, April 11, 2022

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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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