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Police and Protesters Clash in Hong Kong, U.S. Declares City No Longer...
Following the arrest of nearly 200 people protesting against Beijing’s move to unilaterally impose national security legislation in Hong Kong last weekend, police on Wednesday arrested over 360 who...
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Beijing Finds Propaganda Opportunity in Widespread U.S. Unrest
As protests against police violence and inequality sweep an increasingly divided U.S. [anyone seen a better link for here?] following the police killing of yet another unarmed black American on May 25,...
View ArticleCDT Censorship Digest, May 2020: Say “No” to Totalitarian Absurdity
In 2020, CDT Chinese editors launched the CDT Censorship Digest series. The series will collect and quote from news and online speech that was censored by Chinese authorities during the previous month,...
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Hong Kong’s Economy and National Security Law: Top Gear, or Wrench in Works?
Emerging details of Hong Kong’s impending National Security Law have fueled concern over its unprecedented encroachment on the territory’s political and legal autonomy, despite what NYU’s Jerome Cohen...
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Minitrue: Delete Content on Newsweek Issue
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All...
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Hong Kong Election Delayed After Disqualifications, Arrests, Professor’s Firing
Hong Kong’s government announced on Friday that September’s Legislative Council elections would be postponed for one year, confirming earlier reports and signals from establishment figures. The move...
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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...
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Minitrue Diary, January 15, 2020: K-drama “Psychopath Diary,” Trade Deal,...
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...
View ArticleHK 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...
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Hong Kong Protesters March in Defiance of Police, Demand Activists’ Release
Hong Kongers took to the street in protest on October 1, China’s national day, even though their application to march had been denied. Protesters risked arrest under the new National Security Law to...
View ArticleHong Kong Teacher Fired Over Free Speech Lesson
In late September 2020 a Hong Kong primary school teacher was fired and deregistered for life over his role spreading “pro-independence” information through lessons taught to students in March 2019—the...
View ArticleU.K. Government Releases Details of BN(O) Plan for Hong Kongers
The British government released new details this week of its plan to allow Hong Kong holders of British National (Overseas) passports and their dependents to relocate to Britain. In an unprecedented...
View ArticleHong Kong Activists Denied Asylum After Rush to U.S. Consulate
Four activists were reportedly turned away from the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong following a bid to seek asylum there on Tuesday, in a dramatic incident that followed several national security arrests...
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Minitrue Diary, February 9-10, 2020: Epidemic Controversies, Hong Kong Donations
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...
View ArticleHong Kong Police Arrest Journalist Who Investigated 7.21 Incident
A decorated Hong Kong reporter who produced an investigative documentary on the July 21, 2019 subway mob attack was arrested by police on Tuesday. The journalist, Choy Yuk-ling, who also goes by Bao...
View ArticleCitizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Faces Five Years In Prison
Lawyer-turned-citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who reported on Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak, has been indicted on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” According to China Human Rights...
View ArticleAfter LegCo Disqualifications, Beijing Takes Aim at Hong Kong’s Courts
A week after Beijing disqualified four lawmakers from Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, prompting the resignation of the entire opposition, a senior Chinese official has called for reform of Hong Kong’s...
View ArticleFirings at Hong Kong TV News Network Prompt Mass Resignation
One hundred workers were abruptly laid off from one of Hong Kong’s biggest TV news stations on Tuesday, prompting the resignation of editors and senior editorial staff in protest. Claiming financial...
View ArticleJoshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam Handed Jail Sentences for Illegal Assembly
Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, two of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, have been handed jail terms for illegal assembly. Wong, who has spent time in jail on three previous occasions,...
View ArticleHong Kong Crackdown Rolls On As Jimmy Lai and Activist Denied Bail, Lawmaker...
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was this week denied bail in connection with a fraud charge for improperly subleasing office space. With his...
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