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Congressional-Executive Commission on China – Hong Kong’s Civil Society: From an Open City to a City of Fear

Posted by Cindy Carter | Oct 7, 2022

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...

Farewell 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...

More 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...

Apple 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...

China’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...