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Netizen Voices: University Warns Against “Universal Values,” “Civil Society,” and “The West’s Idea of Journalism”
Posted by Alexander Boyd | Aug 9, 2022
A screenshot of a university lecture warning of “seven false tides of thought” within higher education demonstrates the Chinese Communist Party’s continued fear that students do not ascribe to its ideology. The screenshot seems...
Read MoreFarewell Letters: A Tribute to the Civil Society Groups, Bloggers, and Media Outlets We Lost in 2021
Posted by Cindy Carter | Jan 10, 2022
CDT Editor’s Note: As we enter 2022, CDT has compiled a special series of features for our readers, offering a look back at the people, events, controversies, memes and sensitive words that defined the past year. Some of this...
Read MoreMore Hong Kong Civil Society Groups Disband Under Pressure of National Security Law
Posted by Arthur Kaufman | Sep 10, 2021
Civil society groups in Hong Kong continue to crumble under the weight of the National Security Law. The latest set of victims come from the spheres of media, civil rights, politics, and education, further proving President Xi’s...
Read MoreApple Daily to Shut Down Within Days, As HK Civil Society Further Collapses
Posted by John Chan | Jun 21, 2021
Last Friday, Hong Kong police arrested five Apple Daily executives on national security charges and froze the company’s bank accounts. On Saturday, a Hong Kong magistrate–the same one who presided over hearings for the 47...
Read MoreChina’s Wolf Warriors Demand Australia Curtail Civil Society
Posted by Alexander Boyd | Nov 18, 2020
Amid steadily escalating tensions between Canberra and Beijing, a searing document charging Australia with “spearheading the crusade against China” has been intentionally leaked by Chinese authorities. The document, which...
Read MoreCivil Society Decries Deteriorating Rights in HK
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Apr 10, 2018
A group of 45 civil society organizations has submitted over 100 suggestions to the United Nations...
Read MoreNavigating China’s New Era of Civil Society Regulation
Posted by Samuel Wade | Jun 15, 2016
This year has already seen the passage of new laws governing domestic charities and foreign NGOs....
Read MoreLabor Activists Detained Amid Civil Society Crackdown
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 8, 2015
China Labour Bulletin reports that several workers’ rights leaders have recently been...
Read MoreCivil Society’s Diminishing “Space to Negotiate”
Posted by Sophie Beach | May 22, 2015
Amid ongoing arrests of civil society activists and proposed legislation that would limit the...
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