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Press Reviews
Press Reviews
From 2007 to 2018, and in 2021, the CEFC Research Assistants produced a regular review of the press covering news in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
The news clippings below were collected from both Chinese and English newspapers and now constitute a useful and original resource for researchers.
5 February 2015
Keywords: anti-corruption, Western values, Hong Kong, Alibaba, Ko Wen-je, ideology, Human RightsCHINA - SOCIETY1. Human Rights Watch published reports detailing deepening repression in China// Under President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government and Communist Party have unleashed the harshest campaign of politically motivated investigations, detentions, and sentencing in the...
READ MORE16 January 2015
Keywords: Taxi driver strikes, CY Leung's policy address, anti-graft campaign, rule of law, Zhao ZiyangCHINA - POLITICS1. Taxi driver strikes erupted across China, shedding lights on worker activismStrikes by taxi drivers began in Nanjing two weeks ago, then in Changchun earlier last week, and later spread to other cities including Chengdu and Nanchang. They were seemingly...
READ MORE5 January 2015
Keywords: Red Christmas, Ling Jihua, Shanghai stampede, Gmail, Veto option for HK 2017 election.CHINA - POLITICS1. A Red Christmas in China?At Xi’an’s Modern College of Northwest University, authorities have banned Christmas, calling it a “kitsch” (争做华夏优秀儿女，反对媚俗西方洋节) foreign celebration unbefitting of the country’s own traditions, and forced students to view propaganda films...
READ MORE19 December 2014
Keywords: anti-corruption, internet censorship,cyber security, Occupy Central, [tabs][tab title="China Politics"] Zhou Yongkang and anti-corruption efforts Zhou is now called a traitor by state media: // The Communist Party's top mouthpiece has likened disgraced security tsar Zhou Yongkang to past party "traitors", all of whom were executed. An article released through...
READ MORE8 December 2014
Keywords: Zhou Yongkang, diplomacy, corruption, KMT, Taiwanese elections.CHINA - POLITICS1. Zhou Yongkang expelled from Party and officially arrestedMore than four months after the official announcement of a disciplinary investigation, // Zhou Yongkang, the once-feared head of China’s domestic security, has been expelled from the Communist Party and arrested, the official...
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