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.
Authors:
Wing Yin Lam:
March 2009 – December 2009
Tang Xuemei:
December 2009 – February 2012
Karita Kan:
February 2012 – July 2013
Samson Yuen:
July 2013 – August 2015
Anthony Li:
August 2015 – August 2017
Ting Fai Yu:
September 2017 – April 2018
Lin Zhuyun:
September 2021 –

25 September 2009

Keywords: central leadership, political reform, Xinjiang, organ transplants, SME, U.S.-China relationship, G20, China-Japan relationship, Hong Kong election CHINA - POLITICS Surprises and disappointments of the 4th Plenum Meeting of CCP The 4th Plenum Meeting of the CCP is concluded on September 18, with a mixture of surprises and disappointments. The guiding document, about...

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04 September 2009

Keywords: Xinjiang, activism, anti-corruption, medical reform, SOE, foreign loan, China-Japan relationship, Hong Kong Cheif Executive CHINA - POLITICS Release of Xu Zhiyong Leading legal activist Xu Zhiyong was granted bail on Aug 23, a rare event for human rights campaigners on the mainland. One of Xu's lawyers said the granting of bail could mean that the court was less...

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21 August 2009

Keywords: activism, media censorship, stability preservation, Xinjiang, pollution, DPRK, Xinjiang, Hong Kong political reform CHINA - POLITICS Arrest of Tan Zuoren and Xu Zhiyong Rights activist Tan Zuoren, whose investigation of shoddy school construction in Sichuan and remarks on the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown angered mainland authorities, went on trial on Aug 12 for "inciting...

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31 July 2009

Keywords: Xinjiang, employment, anti-corruption, GDP, credit, central-local relationship, U.S.-China relationship, swine flu, higher education, Hong Kong executive-legislative relationship CHINA - POLITICS After the Xinjiang riots Media coverage on Xinjiang after the riots is widely noted on mainland news and magazines. Most reports focused on the damages resulted from the...

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10 July 2009

Keywords: Xinjiang, media censorship, Kashgar, offshore RMB, cross-strait relationship, climate CHINA - POLITICS Ethnic conflicts in Urumqi The riots in XUAR (hereafter Xinjiang) is reportedly provoked by the Han-Uighur clashes in a Guangdong toy factory in late June. Mainland TV and newspapers reported the riots in Xinjiang but only major state media commented on the...

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