The ‘Age of P.C.R. Prosperity’? China’s Covid-Testing Strategy Comes Under Strain
“核酸盛世”？中国常态化核酸背后的代价和隐忧
The New York Times, October 13, 2022
Shandong ‘Rose Boy’: Student’s suicide sparks outrage over LGBTQ discrimination in Chinese schools
The China Project, October 12, 2022
Historian Says Xi Jinping’s Biggest Enemy Is Himself
Voice of America, October 12, 2022
Laos and ‘Xiplomacy’
The Diplomat, October 13, 2022
UN ‘alarmed’ by sentencing of Hong Kong teens to correctional facility over calls to topple authorities by ‘armed revolution’
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2022
UK spy chief warns China's technology is 'urgent problem'
Agence France-Presse, October 12, 2022
国际人权组织致信习近平 要求中国执行《禁止酷刑公约》 (In letter to Xi Jinping, int’l rights groups urge China to implement Convention Against Torture)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2022
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关于要求中国执行《禁止酷刑公约》的公开信 (Open letter requesting China to implement the Convention against Torture)
Uyghur Human Rights Project, October 12, 2022
跟监、被当成间谍 美媒华裔记者的中国历险记 (Stalked and accused of spying—adventures of a Chinese American journalist in China)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2022
FreeLiqiaochu李翘楚：女权、劳工活动人士李翘楚会见律师通报——监禁条件恶劣 (In meeting with Li Qiaochu, lawyers learn of harsh prison conditions)
Weiquanwang, October 12, 2022
Hong Kong police express ‘strong concerns’ over ‘misleading’ Ming Pao cartoon
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2022
Tiananmen vigil activist Chow Hang-tung appeals conviction, 15-month sentence over banned 2021 commemoration
Hong Kong Free Press, October 11, 2022
涉12港人案喬映瑜被加控製造爆炸品罪(Kiu Ying-yu of Hong Kong 12 case faces additional charge of making explosives)
Ming Pao, October 12, 2022
5男女涉Telegram發布憎恨政府及警方言論 遭控串謀蓄意傷人 將轉介區院審理(5 are charged with conspiracy to bodily harm with intent for posting hate comments against gov’t and police on Telegram; case will be transferred to District Court for trial)
Inmediahk, October 11, 2022
17歲女生拆鐵欄囚4個月 上訴冀刑期下調符合條例「洗底」 官改判3個月(Having completed a 4-month sentence for dismantling police iron bars in the 2019 protests, 17-year-old girl gets sentence reduced to 3 months, a condition for clearing criminal record)
Inmediahk, October 11, 2022
Hong Kong education authorities tell schools to handle students who misbehave during national flag-raising ceremonies in ‘fair’ manner
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2022
First Solomon Islands police head to China for training amid deepening security ties
The Guardian, October 12, 2022
The World According to Xi Jinping
Foreign Affairs, November / December, 2022
‘Fortress Beijing’ eliminates threats ahead of Communist party congress
Financial Times, October 12, 2022
中国将建立特殊困难老年人探访关爱服务机制（China to establish a visiting and caring service mechanism for the elderly with special difficulties）
China News, October 12, 2022
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民政部 中央政法委 中央文明办 教育部 财政部 住房城乡建设部 农业农村部 国家卫生健康委 中国残联 全国老龄办关于开展特殊困难老年人探访关爱服务的指导意见 (Guiding Opinions on Carrying out Visiting and Care Services for the Elderly with Special Difficulties)
Ministry of Civil Affairs of China, October 12, 2022
中共党媒明示坚持清零不动摇，20大后放宽防疫已成幻想 (CPC media indicate no change in zero-COVID policy, dashing hope for relaxation after 20th CPC National Congress)
Voice of America, October 12, 2022
China can't win COVID-19 battle by 'lying flat': State newspaper
Reuters, October 12, 2022
China’s 20th Party Congress: A Downside Scenario
The Diplomat, October 12, 2022
Zero-Covid gives China’s Communist Party security but at what price for a weary people?
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2022
One Nation Under Xi: How China’s Leader Is Remaking Its Identity
The New York Times, October 11, 2022
China, no longer a ‘passive onlooker’, plays new role in African conflicts
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2022
‘Watched the whole time’: China’s surveillance state grows under Xi Jinping
Agence France-Presse, October 7, 2022
China steps up social media censorship, 'upgrades' Great Firewall ahead of congress
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2022
“POLITICAL CLIQUE” PURGED FROM STATE SECURITY APPARATUS AHEAD OF PARTY CONGRESS
China Digital Times, October 7, 2022
Taiwan’s president calls for unity against Chinese disinformation before elections
The Guardian, October 10, 2022
NATO’s China Challenge
The Diplomat, October 7, 2022
世界精神卫生日：海外华人抗议中国当局维稳暴行 (World Mental Health Day: Overseas Chinese protest against Chinese authorities' brutality to maintain stability)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2022
二十大维稳极端化 安徽强拆户调解妥协后反被判刑 (China goes extremely in maintaining stability during the 20th CPC National Congress, relocated citizen in Anhui sentenced after mediation with the government)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2022
Hong Kong: five teenagers sentenced in first security case involving minors
Reuters, October 8, 2022
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Hong Kong protests: young people jailed over unrest should be allowed to contribute to society on release, rehabilitation group says
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2022
被控暴動罪男生赴台後未回港受審 法庭充公其母3萬元保釋金(Student charged with rioting did not return to Hong Kong to stand trial after going to Taiwan; court confiscated his mother's HK$30,000 bail)
Ming Pao, October 7, 2022
被指撰文煽惑六四非法集結罪成 鄒幸彤提上訴 指到維園集會非唯一結論(Former HK Alliance vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung convicted of writing an article inciting an illegal assembly on June 4, appeals, pointing out the Victoria Park rally was not the only conclusion)
Ming Pao, October 11, 2022
8人涉理大衝突厚福街暴動罪成(8 found guilty of rioting in Tsim Sha Tsui during PolyU seige in 2019)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2022
理大衝突5被告認非法集結罪 4人判囚1人入更生中心(Among 5 defendants who pleaded not guilty to illegal assembly during PolyU seige in 2019, 4 jailed and 1 sent to rehabilitation center)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 11, 2022
荃灣聖方濟中學有學生升旗禮前作出不尊重行為被停課(Student from St. Francis Xavier's School Tsuen Wan is suspended for disrespectful behaviour at flag raising ceremony)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 10, 2022
China gives clearest sign yet it will stick with zero-Covid strategy
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2022
China’s digital yuan: Beijing vows stronger laws, clear limits on monitoring e-CNY wallets
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2022
Hong Kong’s own security law will be ‘effective,’ John Lee says, after bill removed from 2022 legislature schedule
Hong Kong Free Press, October 11, 2022
China property crisis spoils Communist party’s moment of triumph
Financial Times, October 11, 2022
中国在新疆的罪行必须受到惩罚
Why China’s Crimes in Xinjiang Cannot Go Unpunished
The New York Times, October 10, 2022
Commentary: Xi Jinping has pursued national security and stability over growth – and it shows
Channel News Asia, October 11, 2022
China: Third Term for Xi Threatens Rights
Human Rights Watch, October 10, 2022
China gains when democracies target press freedoms
Al Jazeera, October 7, 2022
二十大前夕：北京的疫情防控与维稳成“重中之重”(On eve of CPC 20th National Congress: Beijing's epidemic control, stability maintenance have become "top priority")
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 7, 2022
China’s internet watchdog vows another crackdown against Covid-19 rumours amid anger over pandemic policies
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2022
China blocks internet anticensorship tools ahead of 20th party congress as the Great Firewall grows in sophistication
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2022
How retired party officials make themselves heard in China
The Economist, October 6, 2022
对东南亚“说好中国故事”- 中共大外宣抢攻中南半岛(CPC's overseas propaganda targets Southeast Asia to “tell China’s story well”)
Voice of America, October 7, 2022
In Global Slowdown, China Holds Sway Over Countries’ Fates
The New York Times, October 6, 2022
Hong Kong schools tread cautiously in push to make students love China
The Washington Post, October 7, 2022
反击北京“军民融合”战略 美国防部禁大疆(U.S. blacklists China’s drone giant DJI to counter Beijing's "military-civilian integration" strategy)
Deutsche Welle, October 7, 2022
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US puts Chinese drone giant DJI on military ties blacklist
Al Jazeera, October 6, 2022
所罗门总理保证不会让中国在南太平洋建军事基地，危害地区安全(Citing harm to regional security, Solomon's PM pledges not to let China build military bases in South Pacific)
Voice of America, October 7, 2022
Legal professionals in England and Wales still concerned over national security law, Hong Kong top lawyers say after trip to London
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2022
Hong Kong protests: internet radio host ‘Giggs’ gets 32 months in jail for inciting revolt against Beijing, local government and laundering more than HK$10 million
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2022
Hong Kong court hands down city’s first conviction for doxxing
Agence France-Presse, October 6, 2022
Hong Kong court jails 2 women for 11 months over 2019 unlawful assembly in Tsuen Wan
Hong Kong Free Press, October 6, 2022
UN vote to ignore human rights abuses in China leaves west in dead end
The Guardian, October 6, 2022
China Turns Back Move for U.N. Debate on Abuse of Uyghurs
The New York Times, October 6, 2022
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人权理事会否决新疆动议 维吾尔人发出质疑(Human Rights Council vetoes Xinjiang motion, Uyghurs raise questions)
Deutsche Welle, October 7, 2022
China: Xinjiang vote failure betrays core mission of UN Human Rights Council
Amnesty International, October 6, 2022
【习近平这十年】之五：失控的外交战狼(“Xi Jinping's Ten Years,” Part 5: Aggressive diplomatic wolves)
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2022
Hong Kong: Giggs sentencing highlights authorities’ expanding armoury in crackdown on critics
Amnesty International, October 7, 2022