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Canadian’s Appeal of Drug Charges to See Public Hearing
Chinese state media reported Thursday that a Chinese court will this weekend hear a Canadian citizen’s appeal for drug smuggling charges in China. A public appeal hearing will be held on Saturday in Dalian, Liaoning amid already strained relations between the two countries after Canadian authorities in Vancouver arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition request earlier this month. Chun Han Wong at The Wall Street Journal reports: The high court
CDT Editors’ Picks: The Best of 2018
Editors at CDT have provided their personal recommendations of readings about China – from CDT and elsewhere on the web – from 2018. Happy New Year! Dong Ge, Executive...
PKU Marxist Society Students Clash With Security
Following the detention of the president of a campus Marxist group at Peking University (PKU) and amid a state crackdown on student and labor activism, a group of PKU students gathered...
Minitrue: No Reporting on Mao Commemorative Events
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect...
Former Top Security Official Sentenced to Life in Prison...
Ma Jian, China’s former vice minister of state security, has been sentenced to life in prison for corruption charges by a court in Dalian, Liaoning. Ma, who has ties to exiled...
Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Tried in Closed Hearing
Rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was put on trial in Tianjin on subversion charges Wednesday, after being held in incommunicado detention for almost three and a half years. No verdict...
PKU Marxist Detained on Way to Mao Birthday Memorial...
Qiu Zhanxuan, a leading Marxist student activist at Peking University (PKU), has reportedly been detained while en route to a celebration of the 125th birth anniversary of Mao Zedong....
Politics
Michael Kovrig Denied Access to Lawyers
Bloomberg is reporting that Canadian Michael Kovrig, who was detained in Beijing
Economy
Minitrue: Do Not Report on Arrest of Huawei CFO
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities,
Culture & the Arts
Minitrue: No Critique of Film Industry Tax Policy
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities,
Sci-Tech
Forced Labor Revealed at Xinjiang Camps
Beijing’s approach to its network of “re-education” camps in Xinjiang—which
Environment
Journalist Harassed While Covering Chemical Spill
In a rare account of police harassment of Chinese reporters, Caixin’s environmental
Human Rights
CPJ: Xinjiang Key Focus for Journalist Detentions
An annual census of detentions by the Committee to Project Journalists has identified
Information Revolution
Beijing’s Evolving Global Media Influence
In a lengthy investigative piece for The Guardian, Louisa Lim and Julia Bergin
The Great Divide
Minitrue: Unified Line on Veteran Protest Charges
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities,
Hong Kong
Guo Wengui, Steve Bannon Launch Investigation Fund
Billionaire fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui and President Donald Trump’s former
Taiwan
Taiwan’s DPP Electoral Losses a Win for Beijing
In what observers see as a win for China, Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen resigned
Translation
Minitrue: No Reports on Chengdu Church Crackdown
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities,
China & the World
Evaluating China’s Influence in the U.S.
A 200-page report published by the Hoover Institute at Stanford University,
