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 –

27 September 2016

Keywords: Election fraud in Liaoning’s legislature, Rights lawyer Xia Lin, overheat property market in China, Hukou system reform in Beijing, land development controversy in Hong Kong. CHINA - POLITICS 1. The election result of National People’s Congress was called void after fraud among the delegates from Liaoning Province on 13 September On 13 September, the National...

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13 September 2016

Keywords: Crackdown on protest in Wukan Village, Lin Zuluan, personnel re-shuffle in Tianjin, Huang Xingguo, Li Hongzhong, Legislative Council Election in Hong Kong, the rise of localists. CHINA - POLITICS 1. Wukan Village leader Lin Zuluan convicted of bribes and villagers protest Lin Zuluan (林祖恋／林祖銮) who was publicly elected as the head of the Wukan village party committee...

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02 September 2016

Keywords: Healthcare in China, social organization management, military reform, G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Legislative Council Election in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Independence. CHINA - SOCIETY Healthcare reform in China a. National Hygiene and Health Conference in Beijing Xi Jinping and other Politburo members attended the “National Hygiene and Health Conference” (全国卫生与健康大会) from 19...

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19 August 2016

Keywords: Protest against nuclear waste plant, Beidaihe, Xi Jinping, Sino-Japan tension, G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Olympics Games, Fu Yuanhui, independence of Hong Kong, judicial reform in Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen. CHINA - POLITICS 1. Protest against the construction of a nuclear waste treatment plant in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province //Several thousand residents of Lianyungang,...

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05 August 2016

Keywords: Youth League of CCP, CCP discipline, Yanhuang Chunqiu, media censorship, internet regulation, Hong Kong’s Legislature election, political censorship, political party’s asset audit law in Taiwan. CHINA - POLITICS 1. The Sixth Plenum of CCP’s Central Committee to be held in October //The sixth plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee...

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