ARTICLES THAT ILLUMINATE THE LACK OF PERSONAL FREEDOM AND POLITICAL LIBERTY UNDER THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
China’s Biggest Covid Failure Is Not Deploying an mRNA Vaccine
via Bloomberg on April 26, 2022
Hong Kong’s M+ art museum reopens with new works and attractions; Tiananmen satire replaced
by Tom Grundy
via Hong Kong Free Press on April 21, 2022
The Rise of Data Politics: Digital China and the World
by Lizhi Liu
via Studies in Comparative International Development on March 19, 2021
This paper explores various aspects of data politics through the lens of China's digital rise and the country's global engagement, starting with the theoretical premise that data differs from traditional strategic assets in that it is nonrival and partially excludable. These characteristics have generated externality, commitment, and valuation problems, triggering fundamental changes in China's external economic relations.
Czech foreign minister eyes closer ties with ‘bullied’ Taiwan
by Stuart Lau
via Politico on April 13, 2022
Shanghai Lockdown Bolsters a Fringe Independence Movement
by James T. Areddy
via Wall Street Journal on April 23, 2022
Chinese web users told to report ‘historical nihilism’ against party line
by Josephine Ma
via South China Morning Post on April 27, 2022
Chinese Markets Tank as Investors Worry About Covid-19 Lockdowns
by Rebecca Feng and Dave Sebastian
via Wall Street Journal on April 25, 2022
Beijing Orders Citywide Covid-19 Testing as Fears of Lockdown Spark Panic-Buying
by Joyu Wang and Jonathan Cheng
via Wall Street Journal on April 25, 2022
Wall Street’s Shanghai problem
by Tabby Kinder
via Financial Times on April 25, 2022
Most Chinese stocks fall as lockdowns hurt economy amid calls for stimulus
by Zhang Shidong
via South China Morning Post on April 27, 2022
‘A betrayal of China’? Debate over TCM Covid-19 remedy turns political
by Echo Xie
via South China Morning Post on April 22, 2022
Zero-Covid could ‘wipe out international schools’ in China, BritCham warns
by Amanda Lee
via South China Morning Post on April 22, 2022
University of Hong Kong seeks to punish students who bring it into ‘disrepute’
by William Yiu
via South China Morning Post on April 26, 2022
EU approves funds for Lithuanian companies hit by China embargo
by Finbarr Bermingham
via South China Morning Post on April 27, 2022
VIDEO – Shanghai lockdown: This is the video Chinese censors don't want you to see or share
via CNN on April 26, 2022
Political cartoonist Ah To announces departure from Hong Kong citing ‘great mental stress’
by Kelly Ho
via Hong Kong Free Press on April 26, 2022
WTA not returning to China in 2022, wants resolution to Peng case
via Reuters on April 25, 2022
Henan court jails dissident for nearly three years after Jiang Tianyong visit
via Radio Free Asia on April 26, 2022
Pro-China newspaper denounces Hong Kong journalists
via Radio Free Asia on April 25, 2022
Covid Lockdowns Revive the Ghosts of a Planned Economy
by Li Yuan
via New York Times on April 25, 2022
Covid Outbreak in Beijing Prompts Order for Nearly Citywide Testing
by Keith Bradsher and Chris Buckley
via New York Times on April 25, 2022
The prospect of lockdowns in Beijing fuels more concerns about supply chain disruptions.
by Ana Swanson
via New York Times on April 25, 2022
‘Pearl lost its shine’: Shanghai expats eye exit over COVID rules
by Liam Gibson
via Al Jazeera on April 25, 2022
How China’s Response to COVID-19 Set the Stage for a Worldwide Wave of Censorship
by Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney
via New Yorker on April 25, 2022
