China forces journalists to take exam to demonstrate loyalty, political correctness
— Read on americanmilitarynews.com/2023/01/china-forces-journalists-to-take-exam-to-demonstrate-loyalty-political-correctness/
申请人必须支持中国共产党的领导，认真学习、宣传和贯彻习近平关于中国特色社会主义新时代的思想，坚决贯彻党的理论、路线、原则和政策，坚持正确的政治方向和舆论指导。”
Such Chinese outposts represent China’s efforts to police its diaspora far beyond its borders which has caused a dispute. the FBI raid is the first known example of the authorities seizing materials from one of the outposts, reported ANI citing the US daily. ‘110 Overseas – China’s Transnational Policing Gone Wild’ was released by Madrid-based Safeguard Defenders in September 2022. This was later followed by case studies of how such stations had been used in persuasion operations in Spain and Serbia.
— Read on m.republicworld.com/world-news/us-news/us-steps-up-fight-against-chinese-overseas-police-service-centers-articleshow.html
据ANI援引美国日报报道，这些中国前哨代表了中国努力监管境外侨民，这引发了争议。据ANI报道，联邦调查局的突袭是当局从其中一个前哨没收材料的第一个已知例子。《110 Overseas – China’s Transnational Policing Gone Wild》于2022年9月由总部位于马德里的Safeguard Defenders发行。随后对西班牙和塞尔维亚的说服行动中如何使用这些站进行了案例研究。
The seemingly perfect lives of social media influencers are often used to pitch products online but there a…
— Read on www.9news.com.au/world/cyber-experts-china-online-propaganda-campaigns-social-media-influencers-youtube/aa7cbb2a-38bb-4d5b-8ce5-11c4accc22c3
Chinese workers on Africa’s infrastructure projects: the link with host political regimes
— Read on theconversation.com/chinese-workers-on-africas-infrastructure-projects-the-link-with-host-political-regimes-195732
为什么这很重要
我们的发现有几个重要的含义。首先，东道国机构很重要。东道国政府有能力确保中国公司在当地招聘。
其次，在当地雇用的项目可能会给东道国带来更多的长期经济利益。这既可以通过他们创造的就业机会，也可以通过向更广泛的经济转让知识和技术转让来实现。因此，我们的分析表明，中国建筑基础设施更广泛的发展效益实际上在民主国家可能比在专制国家更强大。
最后，这对中国的外交政策和外交关系有影响。许多中国公民在专制国家，在那里他们可能会受到le的欢迎
Tightening its grip on Hong Kong, China is determined to make an example of the prodemocracy media tycoon.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/01/jimmy-lai-chee-ying-hong-kong-prodemocracy-movement/672653/
The US keeps offering China its Covid-19 vaccines, but China keeps saying no
— Read on www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/the-us-keeps-offering-china-its-covid-19-vaccines-but-china-keeps-saying-no
在北京与快速蔓延的新冠肺炎浪潮作斗争时，中国拒绝了美国一再提出的分享先进疫苗的提议，这种拒绝导致担心疫情死灰复燃的美国官员越来越沮丧。
据要求在讨论审议时不愿透露姓名的美国官员称，美国担心新变种的兴起及其对中国经济的影响，多次通过私人渠道向习近平主席政府提供mRNA疫苗和其他援助。
The resumption of the Chinese economy by the Communist Party confronts the country with the same obstacles that brought down the USSR at the end of the 1980s, analyze the two economists Di Guo and Chenggang Xu, in an article in
— Read on www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2023/01/05/the-chinese-communist-party-is-on-the-verge-of-turning-today-s-china-into-yesterday-s-soviet-union_6010372_23.html
Jimmy Lai, the billionaire Hong Kong media tycoon, has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for fraud.
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63926374
对于习近平来说，这是2022年罕见的亮点，这是动荡的一年，其顶点是前所未有的街头抗议活动，随后他的零新冠病毒政策突然逆转，冠状病毒感染在世界上人口最多的国家肆虐。
It was a rare highlight for Xi in 2022, a tumultuous year capped by unprecedented street protests followed by the sudden reversal of his zero-COVID policy and coronavirus infections rampaging across the world’s most populous country.
— Read on www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-solidified-grip-power-during-tumultuous-2022-2022-12-29/
Google has refused to change its search results to display China’s national anthem, rather than a protest song, when users search for Hong Kong’s national anthem, the city’s security chief said on Monday, expressing “great regret” at the decision.
— Read on www.reuters.com/technology/google-refused-hong-kong-request-over-protest-anthem-hk-official-2022-12-12/
India says Chinese troops ‘encroached’ into its territory on Friday in the eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh; no immediate comment from China
— Read on www.timesofisrael.com/indian-chinese-troops-clash-on-disputed-border-in-fresh-face-off/
台湾国防部周二表示，中国已经向台湾防空区派遣了创纪录的18架核能力H-6轰炸机，同时中国政府继续加大对台湾自治岛的压力。
据台湾国防部称，这18架轰炸机是中国派往台湾西南防空识别区（通常称为防空识别区的缓冲区）的21架战机的一部分。
China has sent a record 18 nuclear-capable H-6 bomber aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense zone, the island’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, as Beijing continues to step-up pressure on the self-ruled island.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/asia/taiwan-chinese-bombers-incursion-intl-hnk/
Explainer: The decline of Hong Kong’s press freedom under the national security law – Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
— Read on hongkongfp.com/2022/12/10/explainer-the-decline-of-hong-kongs-press-freedom-under-the-national-security-law/
China’s 55 police stations
Earlier this year, Spanish-based NGO Safeguard Defenders said China had set up 54 overseas police stations around the world, which are sometimes used to target critics of the Chinese Communist Party.German lawmaker Joana Cotar, whose request led to the information being disclosed, said it was an “outright scandal” the government only revealed the details when asked and that it “simply accepts” the stations’ existence.
— Read on www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/china-police-stations-uncovered-germany/
中国55个派出所
今年早些时候，总部位于西班牙的非政府组织 Safeguard Defenders 表示，中国在世界各地设立了 54 个海外警察局，这些警察局有时被用来对付批评中国共产党的人。
德国立法者 Joana Cotar 的要求导致信息被披露，她说这是一个“彻头彻尾的丑闻”，政府只在被问到时才透露细节，并且“简单地接受”这些电台的存在。
Indiana attorney general sues TikTok over child safety, data privacy concerns
— Read on www.axios.com/2022/12/08/tiktok-lawsuit-indiana-attorney-general
TikTok is a formidable tool for espionage and mass control, and the Chinese communist dictatorship could do whatever they want with it. These, in brief, are the concerns expressed by FBI director Christopher Wray while attending an event at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
— Read on www.techspot.com/news/96859-fbi-director-tiktok-could-china-best-espionage-tool.html
TikTok 是一种强大的间谍和大规模控制工具，中国共产党独裁政权可以为所欲为。 简而言之，这些是联邦调查局局长克里斯托弗·雷 (Christopher Wray) 在参加密歇根大学杰拉尔德·R·福特公共政策学院的一次活动时表达的担忧。
Several sources told DW that police in large cities like Shanghai have been randomly checking people’s phones on the street or on subways. Police have demanded people provide personal information and immediately remove apps like Telegram, Twitter or Instagram.
Others have said they were called by police and had their phones searched by authorities.
“Police warned me not to use Telegram and asked me to stop sharing information about the pandemic through the software,” said one protester with the surname Lin, who declined to be identified by his full name due to security concerns.
— Read on www.dw.com/en/china-fights-lockdown-protests-by-targeting-smartphones/a-63953000
多位消息人士告诉德国之声，上海等大城市的警察一直在街头或地铁上随机检查人们的手机。 警方要求人们提供个人信息，并立即删除 Telegram、Twitter 或 Instagram 等应用程序。
其他人则表示，他们接到了警方的电话，并被当局搜查了他们的手机。
一名姓林的抗议者说：“警察警告我不要使用 Telegram，并要求我停止通过该软件分享有关大流行的信息。”出于安全考虑，他拒绝透露全名。
https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/china-lockdown-protests-smartphone-hack-8302537/
Xi Versus the Street
The Protests in China Could Herald a Turbulent New Era
— Read on www.foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-versus-street
习对街
中国的抗议活动可能预示着一个动荡的新时代
