Will Chinese President Xi Jinping be given the formal title of ‘the people’s leader’?
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2022
China: Xi Jinping uses Hong Kong, Xinjiang trips to bolster his power
Deutsche Welle, July 26, 2022
For Hong Kong’s Beijing-Backed Officials, Xi’s All That
The New York Times, July 27, 2022
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Hong Kong held over 60 seminars in a month to promote speech by China’s Xi Jinping
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2022
江苏人权捍卫者徐秦狱中身体境况危急 已瘫痪 (Xu Qin, Jiangsu rights defender charged with "inciting subversion of state power," is paralyzed in detention center while her case is suspended by the court)
Weiquanwang, July 27, 2022
The rise and fall of LGBTQ student groups in China
SupChina, July 27, 2022
海外港人籌備「香港議會」普選 盼選出國際代表為港人發聲 (Overseas Hong Kongers plan to form "Hong Kong parliament" abroad, hope to elect international representatives to give voice to Hong Kong people)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2022
Ex-student leader charged over ‘inciting others to cast blank votes’ in Hong Kong election
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2022
Hong Kong court grants bail to man facing rioting charge over 2019 Yuen Long attacks
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2022
12港人】家屬稱鄧棨然最近3個月音訊全無 向傳媒求助後獄方網上系統突然更新(Family of Hong Kong man imprisoned in China seeks help from media after no communication for 3 months; Chinese prison system website suddenly provides updates on his case)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2022
曾街頭奏《願榮光》 「二胡伯伯」否認東涌無牌演奏 9月審訊(“Uncle Erhu,” known for his street performances of “Glory to Hong Kong,” is charged with playing an instrument without a permit; trial to begin on September 5)
inmediahk.net, July 27, 2022
Hong Kong must repeal national security law: UN watchdog
Agence France-Presse, July 27, 2022
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Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Hong Kong, China
CCPR Human Rights Committee, July 27, 2022
‘A dangerous moment’: China warns of consequences if Pelosi visits Taiwan
The Guardian, July 27, 2022
Beyond China: US’ Xinjiang cotton ban has far-reaching implications, even for Asian alternatives
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2022
TikTok：中国科技之光？还是为官方搜光个资？（TikTok: The shining light of Chinese technology? Or personal data collection for the gov’t?）
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2022
想「潤」的60後：從文革到計劃生育，壓倒他們的最後一根稻草是上海封城 (The post-60s who want to "run": From Cultural Revolution to family planning, the Shanghai lockdown is the last straw)
Initium Media, July 27, 2022
李家超獲頒大紫荊勳章 多名現任及前任官員獲金紫荊星章(John Lee is awarded Hong Kong Grand Bauhinia Medal; numerous current, former officials get Gold Bauhinia Star)
inmediahk.net, July 27, 2022
China’s Pacific Push Is Backfiring
Foreign Policy, July 26, 2022
Can a New U.S. Law Prevent Uyghur Forced Labor?
ChinaFile, July 26, 2022
China Must Free Human Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping: Unfair Trial A Travesty of Justice
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 26, 2022
Free flags and forbidden fishtails: Hong Kong’s new patriots-only era
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2022
China may increase cultural imports as part of 28-point plan to boost its soft power overseas
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2022
中国在非洲开展新一轮外交活动
Where China Is Changing Its Diplomatic Ways (at Least a Little)
The New York Times, July 26, 2022
China exploits US social media to push its own Xinjiang narratives, report finds
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2022
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Assessing the impact of CCP information operations related to Xinjiang
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, July 20, 2022
Open letter to UN High Commissioner for human rights
China Daily, July 26, 2022
Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping in closed-door trial as family barred from county
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2022
人权律师常玮平案开庭日，其妻和孩子前去旁听遭警方恶意路况围堵 (Human rights lawyer Chang Weiping's wife and child blocked by the police from attending his trial)
Weiquanwang, July 26, 2022
The 6th China Human Rights Lawyers Day: Recording and Full Text
China Change, July 25, 2022
关注：著名诗人、知名山东异议人士鲁扬先生被聊城中级人民法院重判6年 (Lu Yang, well-known poet and dissident in Shandong, is sentenced to 6 years for “inciting subversion of state power”)
Weiquanwang, July 26, 2022
Beijing-backed media print full page attacks on last active protest group in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2022
Hong Kong’s leading bookstores decline to stock new book by last governor Chris Patten
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2022
米利将军：中国更具侵略性 对美国及盟友很危险(Top U.S. military official General Mark Milley: An increasingly aggressive China is posing danger to U.S., its allies)
Radio France Internationale, July 24, 2022
A Novelist Says a Movie Fails to Credit Her. The Film World Shrugs.
严歌苓指控张艺谋《一秒钟》未为其署名，电影界沉默以对
The New York Times, July 25, 2022
ZHENGZHOU FLOOD ANNIVERSARY: CENSORED MEMORIALS AND MORE EXTREME WEATHER
China Digital Times, July 22, 2022
University of Hong Kong makes national security law course a mandatory graduation requirement
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2022
代理丁家喜与许志永案四律师遭警告 禁与家属连系(4 lawyers representing Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong are warned not to contact their families)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2022
中国首例“单身女性冻卵案”原告败诉 原告：“总有一天我们将收回我们身体的主权”(Plaintiff on losing China's first single woman egg freezing case: "One day, we will regain sovereignty over our bodies")
Voice of America, July 23, 2022
Hong Kong national security arrests exceed 200; deception cases soar in first half of 2022
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2022
Hong Kong lawmakers accuse education authorities of failure to boost patriotism in schools through more recognition of war memorial days
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2022
Hong Kong police demand removal of ‘sensitive’ items citing security law, pro-democracy café claims
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2022
Crowds still flock to Hong Kong’s book fair but ‘sensitive’ topics are absent
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2022
【初選47人案】4被告提申請 何桂藍捧手寫筆記親自陳詞獲掌聲 官押9.15決定 ([Hong Kong 47] 4 defendants file motions; attendees applaud Gwyneth Ho after her speech; cases adjourned until Sept. 15)
inmediahk.net, July 25, 2022
遭控612非法集結「爆眼教師」楊子俊擬下月認罪 (Teacher whose right eye was injured by police during Hong Kong protests to plead guilty to illegal assembly charges next month)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2022
【香港法庭】涉「營救理大」尖沙咀暴動 中四女生認暴動罪被判入教導所 (High-school girl sentenced to juvenile center for involvement in PolyU riot)
Radio Free asia, July 25, 2022
China plans three-tier data strategy to avoid US delistings
中国拟对在美上市中国公司按数据敏感性分类
Financial Times, July 25, 2022
Revealing evidence of foreign forces undermining Hong Kong’s national security is not needed, just as proof of coronavirus is not shown to require wearing of face masks: CY Leung
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2022
德国宪法保护局：未来中国是头号网络对手(German Constitutional Protection Agency: China will be No.1 online adversary in the future)
Radio France Internationale, July 23, 2022
佩洛西访台沸沸扬扬：前国务卿愿陪同前往，北京威胁升级(Beijing escalates warning to U.S. on possible Pelosi visit to Taiwan)
Voice of America, July 25, 2022
唐山再现女子被打事件 事件立刻登上微博热搜第一名 官方急维稳降热(Authorities rush to suppress mounting Weibo searches on new incidents of women being beaten in Tangshan)
Radio France Internationale, July 23, 2022
中国官员：中国人口将在2025年前萎缩 部分省份出现“断崖式”下跌(Chinese officials: China's population to shrink before 2025, some provinces will see a "precipitous" decline)
Voice of America, July 25, 2022
Where China Is Changing Its Diplomatic Ways (at Least a Little)
The New York Times, July 25, 2022
【新香港】親中團體「青研香港」調查指 8成市民認同習近平訪港和講話 (Survey undertaken by pro-China groups shows 80% of citizens agree with Xi’s visit to and speech on Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2022
British judges have failed to curb Hong Kong’s crackdown on dissent
The Guardian, July 24, 2022
专访慕容雪村(1): 谈新冠疫情给中国人的教训(Interview with Murong Xuecun (1): Lessons of Covid-19 to the Chinese)
Voice of America, July 25, 2022
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专访慕容雪村(2):官僚借助疫情强化控制中国社会(Interview with Murong Xuecun (2): Bureaucrats take advantage of Covid-19 to strengthen control of Chinese society)
Voice of America, July 25, 2022
Staff at HSBC’s China Securities Arm Set Up Communist Unit
汇丰控股中国证券子公司设立党支部
The Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2022
軍情六處負責人：中國現在是我們最關注的問題(MI6 chief: China is our biggest concern now)
Deutsche Welle, July 22, 2022
Japan sounds alarm over Russian and Chinese military co-operation
日本发布《防卫白皮书》，警惕俄中军事合作
Financial Times, July 22, 2022
Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili cracks down on malicious content, banned behaviour spread by virtual live-streamers
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2022
郭飞雄案移送法院起诉 当局意图以创建网站入罪(Case of well-known dissident Guo Feixiong accused of "inciting subversion of state power" is sent to court for trial)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2022
著名人权律师常玮平案将于2022年7月26日在陕西省凤县法院不公开审理(Closed-door trial of well-known human rights lawyer Chang Weiping is scheduled for July 26 at Fengxian Court, Shaanxi Province)
Weiquanwang, July 22, 2022
7.21三周年 13歲童隻身過海到場記念 攜毋忘紙條被截查 (13-year-old commemorating 3rd anniv. of Yuen-Long mob attack is stopped and investigated by police)
inmediahk.net, July 21, 2022
涉將張家朗奪金片段改配《願榮光歸香港》歌曲 男子被控侮辱國歌罪准保釋 (Man who replaced video of Cheung Ka-Long winning Olympic gold medal with the song “Glory to Hong Kong” is charged with insulting the national anthem, granted bail
inmediahk.net, July 22, 2022
涉周梓樂悼念活動後拒捕 25歲男罪成 官指戴口罩手套悼念「有違常理 (25-year-old man is charged with resisting arrest after attending event commemorating the death of Chow Tsz-Lok; judge: Wearing mask and gloves to attend a mourning event “defies common sense”)
inmediahk.net, July 21, 2022
涉奏國歌期間舉「港英旗」 首名國歌法被捕者遭起訴 准保釋候訊 (First person arrested under the national anthem law for holding the colonial Hong Kong-British flag is indicted and granted bail)
inmediahk.net, July 22, 2022
英国颁令阻曼彻斯特大学对中国企业出售视觉传感技术(UK blocks University of Manchester from selling visual sensing technology to China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 22, 2022
China Fines Didi $1.2 Billion as Tech Sector Pressures Persist
滴滴超80亿元罚单背后，中国政府释放何种信号
The New York Times, July 22, 2022
Hong Kong’s New Cybercrime Law Consultation
The Diplomat, July 22, 2022
China’s Poor Global Image Is Undermining Its Strategic Goals
The Diplomat, July 22, 2022
Scholar casts doubt on Hong Kong gov’t plan to ‘standardise’ dissemination of Covid-19 messaging
Hong Kong Free Press, July 22, 2022
警方稱國安法增市民投考意欲 福利令同事「工餘後有個人發展」(Hong Kong police recruitment superintendent: National security law has increased citizen’s willingness to take police entrance exam; force provides adequate benefits and “work-life balance”)
inmediahk.net, July 21, 2022
I Was Wrong About Chinese Censorship
我曾经乐观看待中国的审查制度，我错了
The New York Times, July 22, 2022
China Has a Problem With Data Leaks. One Reason Is Its Surveillance State.
中国数据泄露问题的根源之一在于政府监控
The Wall Street Journal, July 21-22, 2022
China’s focus on gang violence after Tangshan attack does little to protect women
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2022