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Hong Kong Prepares for Xi Jinping’s Handover Anniversary Visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Hong Kong on Thursday for the first time since becoming president to mark the 20th anniversary of the former British colony’s handover to Chinese rule. The occasion will also coincide with the swearing in of Carrie Lam as the city’s new chief executive. Tony Cheung and Jeffie Lam at South China Morning Post report: Xi’s packed itinerary includes overseeing the swearing-in of the new chief executive, Carrie
Liang Jing: Political Logic of the Fu Zhenghua Case...
Billionaire Guo Wengui, a real estate magnate with ties to the Ministry of State Security, has launched an offensive against Beijing by lobbing a series of explosive, yet so far largely...
Nobel Laureate Hospitalized with Late-stage Cancer
Chris Buckley and Austin Ramzy report on the hospitalization of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo. Liu helped broker many protesters’ escape from Tiananmen...
Minitrue: Quiet on Top Players’ Ping Pong Protest...
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...
The ‘Perfect Police State’ is Emerging in Xinjiang...
Tom Phillips at The Guardian reports that Xinjiang is experiencing an unprecedented security surge following the appointment of Chen Quanguo as the Party Secretary of the Uyghur...
Did Law Rule in Yu Huan’s Sentence Reduction?...
In February, Yu Huan from Liaocheng in Shandong received a life sentence for stabbing several loan sharks—one fatally—who were harassing his mother. The case prompted a popular...
The U.S., China, and the ‘Thucydides Trap’...
In his book “Destined for War: Can American and China Escape the Thucydides’s Trap,” released earlier this year, Harvard Kennedy School professor and political...
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Cybersecurity Law: Reactions and Recent Enforcement
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Culture & the Arts
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Sci-Tech
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Environment
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Human Rights
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Information Revolution
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The Great Divide
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Hong Kong
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Taiwan
Panama Severs Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan
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China Bans Synthetic Opioids Amid North American Crisis
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