HK Activists Held On Mainland After Capture At Sea; Lawyers Denied Access
Early in the evening of August 23, 12 Hong Kong activists boarded a boat in the Hong Kong fishing village Po Toi O and set off for Taiwan, fearing prosecution under Hong Kong’s new national security law. Three days after their...
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, January 15, 2020: K-drama “Psychopath Diary,” Trade Deal, Downed Airliner, Hong Kong Speech
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Read MoreXinjiang Data Project Maps Detention Centers, Religious Sites Across Region
On Wednesday, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute unveiled the Xinjiang Data Project, which maps over 380 suspected detention centers as well as 570 mosques and 396 important cultural sites in the region. ASPI researcher...
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Joshua Wong Arrested Again for Illegal Assembly, Pre-COVID Mask-wearing
Prominent pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong was arrested on Thursday, his third arrest since June of 2019 when he was last released from prison. He was charged with illegal assembly for his alleged participation in an...
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, January 14, 2020: Higher Education, Dutch Chip-makers, WHO & Coronavirus
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Read MoreFacebook Shuts Down Chinese Influence Operation Targeted At Philippines, U.S.
On Tuesday, September 22nd, Facebook announced the removal of 155 accounts, 11 Pages, nine Groups and six Instagram accounts which violated policies against coordinated inauthentic behaviour. The accounts were operated by...
Read MoreU.S. Takes Further Action to Restrict Xinjiang Imports
The House of Representatives passed legislation on Tuesday that would effectively ban all imports from Xinjiang. While existing US laws already ban the import of goods if there is evidence of forced labor during their...
Read MoreHong Kong Police to Stop Recognizing Some Journalists’ Credentials
The Hong Kong Police Force announced amendments to its guidelines on Tuesday to restrict access to press briefings and restricted areas for journalists from news outlets not officially recognized by the government. Only...
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Nothing of Interest in a Small Country? Czech-Chinese Academic Exchange in the Age of Military-Civil Fusion
The following article by Filip Jirouš was originally published by Project Sinopsis. The first systematic survey of Czech academic ties with PRC defense-linked universities, by Sinopsis and Czech Radio, has identified dozens of...
Read MoreRen Zhiqiang, Former Tycoon Who Called Xi a “Clown,” Jailed for 18 Years
Outspoken former property tycoon and longtime Party insider Ren Zhiqiang was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday. Ren had disappeared in March and was reported to be under investigation, shortly after he wrote and shared...
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