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Quote of the Day: “Why Is Food Safety Oversight So Lax, but Film Censorship So Strict?”

Posted by Cindy Carter | Jul 16, 2024

A massive food-safety scandal over the “open industry secret” of using fuel tanker-trucks to transport cooking oil and other edible products—without the tankers being washed or sanitized in between—is still generating a flood of...

RFA Leaves Hong Kong, Citing Safety Concerns for Staff Amid Article 23

Posted by Arthur Kaufman | Apr 1, 2024

The atmosphere for media freedom in Hong Kong has become increasingly inhospitable since the 2020 National Security Law (NSL) and the Article 23 legislation that passed last week. The latest example occurred on Friday, when...

Minitrue: Cyberspace Administration Targets Broad Range of Content to Avoid “Gloomy Sentiments” During Spring Festival

Posted by Alexander Boyd | Jan 20, 2023

The following censorship instructions have been distributed online. In order to create a festive and harmonious atmosphere for online discourse during Spring Festival, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has...

Security Law Brings New Risks to Education in Hong Kong and Abroad

Posted by Josh Rudolph | Aug 27, 2020

Hong Kong’s academic freedom and university autonomy have been steady targets for the CCP since at least the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests, when several prominent Hong Kong professors were jailed for participating. In recent...

New Rules Establish Broad Police Powers Under Hong Kong National Security Law

Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 7, 2020

Following the passage and immediate enactment of Hong Kong’s controversial new national security law, the Hong Kong government issued implementation rules for Article 43 of the law. That article allows Hong Kong police to...

The Costs of the Belt and Road Initiative

Posted by Josh Rudolph | Jan 10, 2020

Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative, a trillion dollar-plus global trade and development program that was unveiled in 2013 and enshrined into the Party constitution in 2017, has attracted both international excitement and...