China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China is hunting Uyghurs around the world, with help from some surprising countries
NBC News, April 25, 2022

Related:
Great Wall of Steel: China’s Global Campaign to Suppress the Uyghurs
Wilson Center, March 2022

Chinese political interference has Western spooks worried
The Economist, April 23, 2022

Shanghai: video maker urges people to stop sharing film critical of Covid lockdown
The Guardian, April 23, 2022

New Zealand Deal May Put Japan Closer to ‘Five Eyes’ Intelligence Alliance
日本与新西兰讨论“无缝”共享情报协议，对抗中国影响力
The New York Times, April 25, 2022

美欧联合警告中国：支持俄罗斯需承担后果(U.S., EU warn China of consequences for supporting Russia)
Radio France Internationale, April 23, 2022

2021年度全球军事支出出炉 美中领先互争霸(U.S., China rank top in 2021 gov’t military spending)
Deutsche Welle, April 25, 2022

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

Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club suspends top Asian human rights awards
Reuters, April 25, 2022

Former Hong Kong academic and Occupy founder Benny Tai pleads guilty to illegally incurring election expenses over ads for tactical voting scheme
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2022

Ex-leaders of Hong Kong’s defunct Tiananmen vigil group in court for first time since Covid-19 prison lockdown
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2022

Hong Kong social scientist from pollster group Pori flees city, citing threats from ‘powerful bodies’, fear of ‘moving red lines’
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2022

Hong Kong’s largest journalist group holds meeting to discuss possibility of disbandment, says it will still operate for ‘foreseeable future’
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2022

Hong Kong's Chinese University evicts student media as PolyU cuts ties with union
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2022

10.1黃大仙暴動案 8男女判監36至39月 官指急救員與全副武裝者罪責相同(8 sentenced to 36 to 39 months in prison for rioting on National Day in the 2019 protests)
inmediahk.net, April 22, 2022

曾被警帶走助查黃店皇茶結業 引《WARRIOR》歌詞：「大不了死亦不會避」(Pro-democracy Taiwan tea shop Royaltea whose owners were taken by police for investigation shuts down)
inmediahk.net, April 25, 2022

美籍律师Bickett已向香港终院提交上诉 (American lawyer Bickett appeals his case in Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2022

【羊村繪本案】郭偉健批准由國安法官主審 稱控罪若實行勢令中央成「受害者」(Judge Kwok Wai-kin approves prosecution’s request to have national security judge handle case of speech therapists union charged with publishing seditious children’s books)
inmediahk.net, April 22, 2022

Student poetry contest in China becomes unexpected outlet for dissent
The Washington Post, April 24, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Amid Low Birth Rate Worries, China Increases Pressure on Women
The Diplomat, April 23, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

联合国人权事务高级专员将到访中国(UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit China)
Radio France Internationale, April 25, 2022

Covid Lockdowns Revive the Ghosts of a Planned Economy
The New York Times, April 25, 2022

Covid Outbreak in Beijing Prompts Panic Buying and Fears of a Lockdown
北京新冠确诊病例激增，居民担忧封城恐慌性囤粮
The New York Times, April 25, 2022

中国逾20城市处于封控状态 “因地制宜”谈何容易(More than 20 cities in China under lockdown; "adjusting to local conditions" is not easy)
Voice of America, April 25, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Hong Kong explores new ways to keep court observers from getting too political
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2022

‘Hong Kong is strange to me now’: how five refugees are finding their new lives in Britain
The Guardian, April 25, 2022

How Chinese state media paints an alternative picture of the Ukraine war
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2022

极端清零防疫正在唤醒公民权利意识(Extreme zero-COVID policy, epidemic prevention are rousing awareness of civil rights)
Radio France Internationale, April 24, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Sceptics of China’s TCM Covid-19 remedy Lianhua Qingwen face online attacks
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2022

HONG KONG OPENS YOUTH “DERADICALIZATION” PROGRAMS AND CLOSES STUDENT UNIONS
China Digital Times, April 21, 2022

抗衡中俄？英国印度签署印太地区防务协议(To counter China, Russia? UK, India sign Indo-Pacific defense agreement)
Deutsche Welle, April 22, 2022

中俄威胁加剧 新西兰与日本拟深化军事合作(New Zealand, Japan plan to deepen military cooperation as Sino-Russian threat intensifies)
Deutsche Welle, April 22, 2022

德国外长: 中国应停止对立陶宛的胁迫手段(German foreign minister: China should stop coercive tactics against Lithuania)
Deutsche Welle, April 22, 2022

亚洲人对美国的看法急剧上升，而对中国的看法有所下滑(Asians' approval of U.S. leadership in the world has risen sharply, while support for that of China declines)
Voice of America, April 22, 2022

Related:
Germany, U.S. Lead Approval Ratings in Asia
Gallup, April 22, 2022

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

Chinese national living in the Netherlands forced to shut down Twitter account
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2022

‘Prisoners of conscience’: Jimmy Lai, Joshua Wong among Hong Kong activists nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Hong Kong Free Press, April 21, 2022

圍理大11人涉油麻地暴動不認罪　消防員憶「人踩人」逾30人堆高1.7米(11 plead not guilty to rioting in Yau Ma Tei riots during 2019 PolyU siege)
Ming Pao, April 22, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

CCP Regulations and Xi Jinping’s Bid for a Third Term
The Diplomat, April 22, 2022

美CECC敦促联合国禁止酷刑委员会不要因中国未提交有关报告而推迟对其人权进行审议(U.S. CECC urges UN Committee against Torture not to delay review of China's human rights for its failure to submit relevant reports)
Voice of America, April 22, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

新冠疫情：“封控”带来次生灾害 如何影响上海(Covid-19: How “lockdown” affects Shanghai with secondary disasters)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 22, 2022

上海封控引发物流乱象：卡车司机被隔离，集装箱堆积如山(Shanghai's lockdown and control cause logistics chaos: Truck drivers are isolated, containers are piled up)
The Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China reinforces tight control over plane crash mystery
Radio France Internationale, April 21, 2022

Chinese police order residents to hand over passports 'until after the pandemic'
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2022

中国与所罗门群岛证实签署安全协议 美澳新表达担忧(China, Solomon Islands confirm signing of security agreement; U.S., Australia, New Zealand express concern)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 20, 2022

美驻联合国大使会晤被中国关押的维吾尔人的家属并谴责中共在新疆暴行(U.S. ambassador to UN meets families of Uyghurs detained in China, condemns CPC atrocities in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, April 21, 2022

获英国资助的在英华人组织或被中共渗透 让在英港人忧虑(Hong Kongers in UK fear British-funded Chinese organizations there may be infiltrated by CPC)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2022

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

Hong Kong law firm Vidler & Co, which handled protest-related cases, to close after 19 years
Hong Kong Free Press, April 21, 2022

Related:
英籍香港著名人权律师 计划于今年6月停止执业(Prominent British human rights lawyer in Hong Kong plans to stop practicing in June this year)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2022

Hong Kong journalist trades his camera for a taxi amid media crackdown
The Washington Post, April 20, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China ratifies forced labour conventions ahead of visit by UN rights chief
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2022

Related:
中国批准《废除强迫劳动公约》(China ratifies Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour)
Deutsche Welle, April 21, 2022

US firms say China’s ‘ambiguous’ data laws are creating a ‘uniquely restrictive’ environment
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: Beijing lashes out at Google for taking down YouTube channel of candidate John Lee
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2022

Hong Kong politicians accused of benefiting from ‘protections and freedoms’ in West over property portfolios
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2022

Covid forces China to face mental health crisis a long time in the making
The Guardian, April 21, 2022

上海疫情：防疫手段再加码，当局要求居民区整体搬迁到附近省份(COVID-19 in Shanghai: In stepped-up prevention measures, authorities force relocation of entire neighborhood to nearby provinces)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 21, 2022

Shanghai’s Low Covid Death Toll Revives Questions About China’s Numbers
上海官方新冠死亡人数引发质疑
The New York Times, April 21, 2022

China doubles down on coal
关于中国未来的经济和能源选择，你应该知道的几个要点
The New York Times, April 21, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Why a Chinese Security Deal in the Pacific Could Ripple Through the World
为何中国与所罗门群岛的安全协议会影响全世界？
The New York Times, April 21, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China internet censors scramble as lockdown frustration sparks ‘creative’ wave of dissent
The Guardian, April 20, 2022

Shanghai police warn bereaved families of elderly COVID-19 patients not to speak out
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2022

上海危机敲响警钟？中国多地提前严格封控
China’s Covid shutdowns go far beyond Shanghai.
The New York Times, April 20, 2022

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

Hong Kong opposition activist Tam Tak-chi jailed for 40 months after being found guilty on 11 charges under colonial-era sedition law
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2022

Owner of Hong Kong Telegram channel popular during 2019 protests found guilty of inciting others to commit crimes
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2022

2 handed suspended 2-month sentences for inciting others to cast invalid votes in Hong Kong’s ‘patriots only’ election
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2022

黎智英、鄒幸彤、李卓人、黃之鋒、何桂藍　獲15學者聯署提名諾貝爾和平獎 (Jimmy Lai, Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan, Joshua Wong, Gwyneth Ho nominated by 15 scholars for Nobel Peace Prize)
Ming Pao, April 20, 2022

Related:
Nominations for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize: Letter by 15 Scholars to the Peace Prize Selection Committee of the Norwegian Nobel Institute
January 28, 2022

【初選47人案】余慧明遭撤銷擔保 再上高院申保釋遭拒 (Winnie Yu, one of the 47 democrats charged with subversion, is denied bail again)
inmediahk.net, April 20, 2022

茶店負責人社交帖文涉煽動意圖　高院申保釋被拒 (High Court denies bail to 2 Taiwanese drinks shop co-owners charged with sedition)
Ming Pao, April 20, 2022

光城者7人加控串謀導致爆炸交替控罪　保釋被拒6月再訊待交付高院 (Prosecution adds conspiracy to cause explosion as alternative charge for 7 “Returning Valiant” members; all are denied bail)
Ming Pao, April 20, 2022

男生拋垃圾入路軌 危及乘客安全等3罪成 官：放棄考試參與示威感痛心 (Student convicted of 3 crimes including throwing garbage into railway tracks, endangering passengers safety in the 2019 protests)
inmediahk.net, April 20, 2022

数十个人权组织吁联合国人权高专中国行应达到最低标准“可信度” (Dozens of human rights groups urge UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to meet minimum standards of "credibility" of her China trip)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China ratifies forced labour conventions ahead of visit by UN rights chief
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2022

港懲教軟硬兼施「去激化」反修例囚犯 (Correctional Services Department uses various approaches to "de-radicalize" anti-ELAB prisoners)
Ming Pao, April 20, 2022

妇女权益保障法大修，如何让“防拐条款”长出“牙齿”？ (Overhaul of the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests: How to make the "anti-trafficking clause" grow "teeth"?)
China News, April 20, 2022

最高检：严厉打击养老诈骗犯罪 加大追诉力度 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate: Severely crack down on, step up prosecution of pension fraud)
China News, April 20, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Shanghai’s Low Covid Death Toll Revives Questions About China’s Numbers
The New York Times, April 20, 2022

Veteran mainland Chinese diplomat installed as deputy director of Beijing’s top office overseeing Hong Kong affairs
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2022

Hong Kong says voters only have one option in 'elections' for city's next leader
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2022

特首選舉｜競選辦頻道被YouTube引美制裁令停用　李家超：美制裁是無理霸凌行為、刻意施壓 (YouTube cites U.S. sanctions to shut John Lee’s election campaign channel; Lee: U.S. sanctions are unreasonable bullying and deliberate pressure)
Ming Pao, April 20, 2022

Related:
特首選舉｜Meta：李家超可續用facebook、Instagram　惟禁涉收費服務 (Meta: John Lee can continue to use Facebook, Instagram, but prohibited from paid services)
Ming Pao, April 20, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China: Credibility of UN Human Rights Chief’s Visit at Risk
Human Rights Watch, April 19, 2022

The crackdown on trade unions in Hong Kong: what response from responsible investors?
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 19, 2022

Opinion: Why Hong Kong’s prisoners of conscience deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
The Washington Post, April 19, 2022

俄罗斯和中国都暴露了威权政权的弱点
China and Russia Are Giving Authoritarianism a Bad Name
The New York Times, April 19, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China and Solomon Islands sign security deal, Chinese foreign ministry says
The Guardian, April 19, 2022

Chinese censors, police go after list of Shanghai dead, zero-COVID critics
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2022

大陸疫情「抽乾」診療資源，誰在為動態清零付出代價？(When the pandemic drains diagnosis and treatment resources on the mainland, who is paying the price for zero-covid policy?)
The Intitium, April 18, 2022

Chinese censors struggle to keep up with Megan Thee Stallion at Coachella
SupChina, April 19, 2022