China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Xi’s “Global Security Initiative” looks to counter Quad
The Hindu, April 28, 2022

The Politics of Interruption
China Media Project, April 29, 2022

China’s aggressive efforts to bring back fugitives grow more brazen
The Washington Post, April 29, 2022

CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS LAUNCH NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST “HISTORICAL NIHILISM”
Chinese Digital Times, April 28, 2022

Son of Dalian Wanda billionaire banned from Weibo after criticism of COVID-19 policy
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2022

Musk’s Ties to China Could Create Headaches for Twitter
Twitter易主中国获益？马斯克与北京的关系引发担忧
The New York Times, April 29, 2022

随着中国在亚洲海域实力增强，日本进行反制(Japan counters as China's strength in Asian waters increases)
Voice of America, April 29, 2022

澳大利亚拒绝与中国军警合作 或不向所罗门派遣维和部队(Australia may not send peacekeepers to Solomon Islands if China sends troops there)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2022

北京数十人涉封城言论被拘 新浪微博公开网民IP惹争议(Dozens of people in Beijing are detained for remarks on lockdown; Sina Weibo's disclosure of netizens' IPs triggers controversy)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2022

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

Security law: Hong Kong student gets 5 years jail for incitement of secession, as judge walks back sentence discount
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2022

Families of foreign prisoners in China worry about their health, safety amid Shanghai’s devastating COVID-19 lockdown
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 28, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Grim tales test China’s claim to be governed by the people
The Economist, April 30, 2022

China Sets Economic Stimulus Plan to Offset Covid Lockdowns
中国采取刺激措施，防止经济进一步放缓
The New York Times, April 29, 2022

Exclusive | China to end regulatory storm over Big Tech and give sector bigger role in boosting slowing economy, sources say
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China digs in on zero-Covid strategy despite public’s frustrations
Agence France-Presse, April 29, 2022

Related:
Why some Chinese are angry about covid
The Economist, April 30, 2022

Hong Kong leadership hopeful John Lee vows local security law, more housing, but admits manifesto ‘limited’
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2022

Related:
李家超提四个政纲 将推动《基本法》第23条立法(John Lee issues 4-pronged policy platform, will promote Article 23 legislation under Basic Law)
Deutsche Welle, April 29, 2022

上海敲锅抗议被指“境外势力” 北京五一就地过节(Banging pots to protest in Shanghai is branded agitation by "foreign forces"; govt asks people to stay in Beijing on May 1 holiday)
Deutsche Welle, April 29, 2022

北京疫情升温多学校关闭 上海推常态化筛检(Beijing schools close in Covid-19 surge; Shanghai promotes normalized screening)
Deutsche Welle, April 29, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Escape from Shanghai: my harrowing flight from the world’s strictest lockdown
Coda, April 28, 2022

Backlog of Hong Kong cases must be cleared so justice is not delayed or denied
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2022

封控运动中的上海，是 2500 万人民的变异版"集中营"（Shanghai in the lockdown movement is a mutated version of a "concentration camp" for 25 million people）
Matters, April 28, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Solomons PM could use Chinese police to stay in power, key provincial adviser fears
The Guardian, April 28, 2022

China using diplomatic leverage to target Uyghurs abroad
ANI News, April 28, 2022

拜登5月将访问韩国和日本 共议中国和朝鲜(Biden to visit South Korea, Japan in May to discuss China, North Korea issues)
Deutsche Welle, April 28, 2022

英外长：北约应确保台湾免于中国侵犯(British foreign minister: NATO should ensure Taiwan is free from China’s aggression)
Deutsche Welle, April 28, 2022

伊朗寻求加强与中国的军事关系(Iran seeks to strengthen military ties with China)
Voice of America, April 28, 2022

德国政府以安全为由阻止中国公司购买德国呼吸机制造商(German gov’t blocks China’s firm from buying German ventilator maker on security grounds)
Radio France Internationale, April 27, 2022

Liberal Chinese social media site Douban tightens verification of overseas users as censorship intensifies
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2022

China's Weibo shows user locations to combat 'bad behaviour'
Reuters, April 28, 2022

官媒批“大翻译运动” 反促“反华类”媒体流量大增(China’s official media criticize Great Translation Movement, triggering large jump in traffic to "anti-China" media websites)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2022

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

47 democrats’ subversion case adjourned to June
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2022

Related:
Denial of bail is silencing Hong Kong's democrats
BBC News, April 28, 2022

民主派初選案今第五次提訊日　其中三人未有到庭(3 absent from the 5th unofficial primary case)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 28, 2022

Prosecution of the Hong Kong 47: Rule of Law on Trial
香港47人案：對法治的審判
Human Rights in China, April 22, 28, 2022

Ex-head of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil group convicted over ‘release political prisoners’ balloon
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2022

2 men arrested for allegedly calling on others to attack Hong Kong leader in online posts, source says
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2022

Hong Kong court upholds non-guilty verdict on Swiss photographer accused of aiding protest assault
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2022

【光城者案】7人被控串謀煽動顛覆國家政權 再多一人擬認罪(One more of 7 "Returning Valiant" members charged with conspiring to incite subversion to plead guilty)
inmediahk.net, April 28, 2022

吳敏兒初選案被拒保釋　官判辭稱言論挑起對政府怨恨　具國際影響力易聯合他人反政府(Judge denies bail to Carol Ng, one of the 47 pro-democrats charged with subversion, deems her speech provokes anti-gov’t resentment, has international influence to easily unite others to oppose gov't)
Ming Pao, April 28, 2022

新冠律师团公告：为上海封城死难及受害家庭提供法律援助 协助个案维权及集体申请国家赔偿（COVID-19 Claims Legal Advisory Group: Provide legal aid to families of victims in Shanghai, assist individual cases to protect their rights to collectively seek state compensations）
Matters, April 27, 2022

报告：2021年中国非法逮捕168名藏人(NGO report: China illegally arrests 168 Tibetans in 2021)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s big new infrastructure plan prioritises national security in face of ‘extreme conditions’ at home, abroad
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2022

China Continues to Fall Short of Promises to Protect Intellectual Property, U.S. Says
美国批评中国未履行保护知识产权承诺
The New York Times, April 28, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China claims Beijing is the true test of its pandemic policy
The Economist, April 30, 2022

Who Profits From China’s Zero-COVID Strategy?
Foreign Policy, April 27, 2022

New Covid cases slow in Shanghai, but increase in Beijing.
在中国，强制性核酸检测已成很多人生活日常
The New York Times, April 28, 2022

China’s Covid Lockdown Outrage Tests Limits of Triumphant Propaganda
封城引发愤怒和焦虑，中国宣传机器面临罕见挑战
The New York Times, April 28, 2022

皮尤：九成美国人对中俄关系表示担忧(Pew: 90% of Americans are concerned about Sino-Russian relations)
Deutsche Welle, April 28, 2022

Related:
China’s Partnership With Russia Seen as Serious Problem for the U.S.
Pew Research Center, April 28, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

上海“志愿者”是恶政土壤里生长出来的“罂粟”（Shanghai "volunteers" are "poppies" growing out of soil of bad governance）
Matters, April 22, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China’s Covid Lockdown Outrage Tests Limits of Triumphant Propaganda
The New York Times, April 27, 2022

Web users in China told to report posts guilty of ‘historical nihilism’ against Communist Party line
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2022

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

UN人权高专访华前夕，记者无国界促北京释放百余在押记者（Reporters Without Borders urges Beijing to release more than 100 detained journalists on eve of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ visit to China）
Voice of America, April 28, 2022

获刑15年的藏族作家贡却才培已提前两年获释（Tibetan writer Kunchok Tsephel, jailed for 15 years, is released 2 years early for saving another Tibetan in prison）
Weiquanwang, April 27, 2022

湖南株洲民主人士何家维（本名何峻辉）因欲围观王爱忠案遭警方监视居住（He Jiawei, democracy activist in Hunan, is placed under residential surveillance for trying to monitor Wang Aizhong's case）
Weiquanwang, April 26, 2022

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai slapped with extra count of fraud ahead of trial over use of Apple Daily’s office space
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2022

Hong Kong journalists win Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan press freedom prize
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2022

Related:
「香港記者」獲日本外國記協頒新聞獎 陳朗昇致辭：香港記者仍在崗位(Ronson Chan, accepting Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan press freedom award on behalf of Hong Kong journalists: Hong Kong journalists are still on duty)
inmediahk.net, April 26, 2022

National security law: 11 Hong Kong opposition figures intend to plead guilty to subversion charges, court judgment reveals
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2022

University of Hong Kong proposes disciplining students for ‘bringing disrepute’ to institution, fuelling concerns over freedom of speech
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2022

涉上載煽動片段及旁聽期間拍手鼓勵 自稱牧師男子第三度申保釋遭拒(Self-claimed pastor accused of uploading seditious clips and clapping hands at hearing is denied bail for the 3rd time)
inmediahk.net, April 27, 2022

前區議員何惠彬稱要「打國安」認藐視法庭判緩刑　官批遲逾年檢控不能接受(Former district councilor Ben Ho gets suspended sentence after pleading guilty to contempt of court for claiming to "fight national security"; judge criticizes prosecution for delay in bringing charge)
Ming Pao, April 27, 2022

Telegram發「獨立」帖文售胡椒彈氣槍　23歲理大生認煽動分裂國家還押候判(23-year-old PolyU student pleads guilty to inciting secession for Telegram post advocating "independence" & selling pepper bombs, is remanded in custody)
Ming Pao, April 27, 2022

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog arrests man for alleged doxxing under tightened law
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2022

112人被控危害國安 78人還柙候審佔75% 已審8人全定罪(Of 112 people charged with endangering national security, 78—or 75%—are still awaiting trial; 8 have been tried and convicted)
inmediahk.net, April 27, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

人身损害赔偿标准5月1日起城乡统一（Personal injury compensation standards will be unified in urban, rural areas from May 1）
China Court, April 27, 2022

Related:
最高法发布《关于修改〈最高人民法院关于审理人身损害赔偿案件适用法律若干问题的解释〉的决定》（Supreme People's Court issues "Decision on Amending the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Personal Injury Compensation Cases"）
The Supreme People's Court of P.R.C., April 27, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China in South Asia: Bombs in Pakistan and debt bombs in Sri Lanka
SupChina, April 26, 2022

封控下的上海“中产精英”（Shanghai's "middle-class elite" under lockdown）
Voice of America, April 28, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

When Journalists Capitulated to Autocracy in Hong Kong
The Atlantic, April 27, 2022

Persecuted Human Rights Defenders Languish in Police Custody
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 26, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Jeff Bezos questions China’s influence over Elon Musk’s Twitter
The Guardian, April 26, 2022

The censorship of Shanghai citizens in lockdown sparks an uproar on Chinese social media
GlobalVoices, April 26, 2022

Related:
WeChat uses pop-up alert to contest rumours about blocking Shanghai lockdown posts as censors increase pressure on platforms
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2022

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

年度世界宗教自由报告出炉 美议员专门提及中国 (Annual World Religious Freedom Report released, U.S. lawmakers specifically mention China)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2022

Hong Kong’s human rights press awards scrapped over security law fears
The Guardian, April 25, 2022

林鄭月娥拒評停辦人權新聞獎　重申新聞自由受保障但行使時須守法(Carrie Lam refuses to comment on Human Rights Press Awards suspension, reiterates that freedom of the press is guaranteed but must be exercised lawfully)
Ming Pao, April 26, 2022

National security: Transfer of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organisers’ case to High Court adjourned again
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2022

【初選47人案】范國威被拒保釋 判詞關注案件進度延誤 最快明年中開審(Court denies bail to Gary Fan, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion; concerns grow about delayed case progress as trial is expected to start mid-2023 at earliest)
inmediahk.net, April 26, 2022

18歲男認暴動潛逃　判入教導所(18-year-old man sentenced to correctional center after pleading guilty to rioting and absconding)
Ming Pao, April 26, 2022

Political cartoonist Ah To announces departure from Hong Kong citing ‘great mental stress’
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2022

China is ‘arbitrarily detaining’ activist Zhang Baocheng, UN experts say
Agence France-Presse, April 26, 2022

Pro-China newspaper denounces Hong Kong journalists' union as 'anti-China'
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2022

鍾劍華離港後首露面 認曾被國安約談 日後以另一身份支援民研(Former HKPORI vice-executive officer Chung Kim-wah makes first appearance after leaving Hong Kong: Was interviewed by national security department, will support HKPORI in another capacity in the future)
inmediahk.net, April 26, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China shifts Covid-19 focus to Beijing outbreak as Shanghai cases fall to 21-day low while fatalities increase
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2022

UN team in China to prepare for likely Xinjiang visit by human rights chief Michelle Bachelet
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

抗議上海封城的《四月之聲》，拳頭落在棉花上（"Voice of April": Protesting Shanghai's lockdown）
The Initium, April 26, 2022

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