China and California: The Anatomy of a PRC Subnational Lobbying Campaign
The Diplomat, August 23, 2022
Chinese censors alter ending of Minions: The Rise of Gru film
The Guardian, August 22, 2022
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
山西临汾圣约家园教会韩晓栋传道被临汾市公安局以涉嫌“诈骗罪”为由指定居所监视居住 (Preacher Han Xiaodong of the Covenant Home Church in Linfen, Shanxi placed under RSDL on suspicion of "fraud")
Weiquanwang, August 23, 2022
著名人权捍卫者、“长沙富能”创办人程渊于赤山监狱被禁止与家人通讯 (Chishan Prison authorities deny right of Cheng Yuan, prominent human rights defender and founder of "Changsha Funeng," to communicate with his family)
Weiquanwang, August 23, 2022
Hong Kong national security law: 6 ex-Apple Daily staff to admit collusion, Jimmy Lai to stand trial without jury after pleading not guilty
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2022
Man cleared of playing ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ on erhu without permit as court rules insufficient proof from prosecutors
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2022
Hong Kong protests: 11 found guilty of rioting near government headquarters in 2019
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2022
Monday, August 22, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
中國免除非洲23筆債務 網民紛紛吐糟(China forgives 23 African debts, sparking outrage among netizens)
Deutsche Welle, August 20, 2022
TikTok Browser Can Track Users’ Keystrokes, According to New Research
新研究：TikTok内置浏览器可追踪用户键盘操作
The New York Times, August 22, 2022
Fears over China’s access to genetic data of UK citizens
The Guardian, August 20, 2022
The Social Media Spectacle of China’s Taiwan Military Exercises
What's on Weibo, August 20, 2022
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
遭羁押近1年的重庆维权人士唐云淑的寻衅滋事案将于2022年8月25日开庭(Nearly a year in detention, Chongqing rights defender Tang Yunshu to be tried on August 25 for picking quarrels and provoking trouble)
Weiquanwang, August 22, 2022
批“大撒币” 孙文广被人间蒸发4年 知情者称已离世而当局仍封锁消息(Disappeared for 4 years, rights activist Sun Wenguang is believed dead as authorities continue blocking information)
Radio France Internationale, August 21, 2022
Ex-leader of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil group Albert Ho granted bail in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2022
Hong Kong national security law: first minors convicted under legislation among defendants from pro-independence group admitting call for ‘armed revolution’
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2022
Current Topics (热门话题)
Trouble in Paradise: Chinese Tourists Left Stranded During Lockdowns
中国清零政策下的国内旅行：滞留与隔离成为常态
The New York Times, August 22, 2022
The Face of China: A Globetrotting Diplomat Armed With U.S. Admonitions
The New York Times, August 21, 2022
Friday, August 19, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
所罗门群岛从中国获得6600万美元的贷款 为华为造161座电信塔(Solomon Islands gets $66 million loan from China to build 161 telecom towers for Huawei)
Radio France Internationale, August 19, 2022
China’s Digital Inroads in the Global South
The Diplomat, August 19, 2022
HKU national security course: 10 hours of video viewing and a multiple-choice test to pass, and to graduate
Hong Kong Free Press, August 19, 2022
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
宁夏石嘴山市惠农区磐石教会传道人耿则军被中共当局判刑1年3个月 (Preacher Geng Zejun in Shizuishan City, Ningxia, sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison by authorities)
Weiquanwang, August 19, 2022
Hong Kong centrist party calls for 47 democrats’ national security case to be tried by jury
Hong Kong Free Press, August 19, 2022
8.11 尖沙咀｜9 人暴動罪成 判囚 40 至 52 月、入教導所 官指同日另案判刑沒約束力 (9 protestors found guilty of rioting outside Tsim Sha Tsui police station; 8 jailed for up to 52 months each, 1 sent to correctional training)
The Witness, August 19, 2022
中大撒粉案｜區倬僖等 3 人不認罪 一人認罪還押 9.2 判刑 (Owen Au and 2 others plead not guilty in unlawful assembly case; 1 other CUHK student pleads guilty and awaits sentencing in September)
Hong Kong Free Press, August 19, 2022
LATEST TARGETS OF HONG KONG CENSORSHIP INCLUDE FILMS, PUBLISHERS, AND PRO-TRANSPARENCY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES
China Digital Times, August 18, 2022
‘Focus on the anxiety, fear and uncertainty’: portraits without facial features are artist’s response to Hong Kong protests, their aftermath and pandemic
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2022
Law & Policy (法律与政策)
China’s internet watchdog extends support for nation’s tech firms to raise funds abroad, signalling shift from hardline stance
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2022
Current Topics (热门话题)
China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years in prison
The Washington Post, August 19, 2022
Related:
肖建华案：上海法院判监13年 明天控股罚款550亿元人民币 中国否定其加拿大国籍 (Billionaire Xiao Jianhua with Canadian citizenship is sentenced to 13 years in prison by Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Court)
British Broadcasting Corporation News, August 19, 2022
穿和服被拘 北京青年报采访受害者文遭下架(Article on interview with woman taken away by police for wearing Japanese kimono is removed)
Radio France Internationale, August 19, 2022
UK blocks Hong Kong-based firm’s takeover of British company, citing Chinese security risk
Agence France-Presse, August 19, 2022
Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)
How will national education be implemented in Hong Kong? Teacher training, student learning need more reflection
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2022
Thursday, August 18, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
After US House Speaker Pelosi’s visit, fake news flooded Taiwan's social media
GlobalVoices, August 18, 2022
Mao-loving websites are in a grey zone between propaganda and dissent
The Economist, August 18, 2022
Beijing’s Diplomacy Suffers in Europe
Foreign Policy, August 17, 2022
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
狀告中國新疆罪刑 維族代表律師親赴阿根廷申訴 (Lawyers representing two Uyghur organizations file criminal complaint in Argentinian court)
Deutsche Welle, August 18, 2022
The creative ways Chinese activists protest pollution
The Economist, August 18, 2022
National security law: 29 of 47 Hong Kong opposition figures set to plead guilty to subversion charges over unofficial primary election
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2022
Related:
Hong Kong court lifts reporting ban on national security case for 47 pro-democracy campaigners
Reuters, August 18, 2022【初選47人案】記一次長四天的答辯 有人說笑、有人致歉 ([HK47] Remembering a four-day long defense hearing: some joked, some apologised)
inmediahk.net, August 18, 2022
社民連晚宴突遭酒樓取消 陳寶瑩：香港容不下政團聯歡 (League of Social Democrats banquet cancelled by restaurant; Chairman Chan Po-Ying: Hong Kong cannot tolerate any political group gatherings)
inmediahk.net, August 18, 2022
Current Topics (热门话题)
City in China orders fish swabbed for Covid
The Guardian, August 18, 2022
Related:
中国坚持清零 鱼虾也须核酸检测(China adheres to "zero" policy to Covid-19, fish and shrimps are also tested)
Radio France Internationale, August 18, 2022
China to Join Russia Military Exercises as U.S. Rivals Deepen Ties
中国将派兵参加俄罗斯领导的军演
The Wall Street Journal, August 17-18, 2022
一带一路成东南亚有组织犯罪温床 大陆金主 台湾猪仔 (China’s One Belt One Road has become hotbed of organized crime in Southeast Asia)
Radio France Internationale, August 17, 2022
Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)
China’s ambassador is pushing Beijing’s alternative facts
The Washington Post, August 17, 2022
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)
‘I just love informing’: China’s after-school tutoring ‘snitch’ claims he is not safe after public backlash from parents and teachers
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2022
Hong Kong gov’t vows ‘more resolute’ action against civil servant misconduct
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2022
Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)
人权组织报告称，中国政府将异见人士关押于精神病院，受害者遭到身心虐待（Human rights organization report: Chinese government detains dissidents in mental hospitals; victims suffer physical and psychological abuse）
NGOCN, August 17, 2022
Related:
精神折磨：中国将异见人士关押在精神病院
DRUGGED AND DETAINED: CHINA’S PSYCHIATRIC PRISONS
Safeguard Defenders, August 16, 2022
UN独立人权专家认定新疆强迫劳动指称可信，或构成现代奴役（UN independent human rights expert establishes that Xinjiang forced labor claims are credible and may constitute modern slavery）
Voice of America, August 17, 2022
Related:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, August 16, 2022
National security law: group of 47 opposition activists to face Hong Kong subversion trial without a jury
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2022
National security trial for Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to proceed without jury – reports
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2022
Initial inquiry in national security case against Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-tung to be heard in open court
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2022
• 兩暴動案脫罪 律政司就13人提上訴 9人已離港 (Two riot cases acquitted; the DoJ appeals against 13 people, 9 of whom have already left Hong Kong)
inmediahk.net, August 17, 2022
Law & Policy (法律与政策)
What’s going on in Hong Kong’s courts?
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 13, 2022
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