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06.30.20
How Should Democracies Respond to China’s New National Security Law for Hong Kong?
July 1 will mark 23 years since Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty. Each of those years—and many that preceded them—has seen its share of disquiet over the future of the territory’s way of life and about the resilience of “one country, two...
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03.12.18Ending Term Limits for China’s Xi Is a Big Deal. Here’s Why.
New York Times
What is at stake when China ends term limit on Xi’s presidency?
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11.02.16Chaos Again at Hong Kong’s Legislature as Chinese Intervention Said to Loom Large
Time
Two separatist lawmakers attempt to take their oaths of office for a fourth time, as rumors of direct Chinese intervention fly
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10.26.16LegCo Drama Rages On
South China Morning Post
LegCo president Andrew Leung adjourns meeting after B. Leung and Yau force way into chamber; protest organizer estimates 10,000 came to denounce the duo
Environment
01.09.15
China’s Polluters Hit with Biggest-Ever Fines
from chinadialogue
Two days before a new environmental law came into effect, six polluting companies in Jiangsu were ordered by the province’s highest court to pay 160 million yuan ($26 million) in restoration costs for illegally dumping almost 25,000 tons of chemical...
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12.05.14China Mulls Giving Migrant Population More Equal Rights
Xinhua
China's migrant population may get equal access to more public services formerly restricted to the locals, according to a draft document of the government.
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04.25.13China Responds To Gun-Control Failure
New Yorker
To the Chinese who awoke to the news Thursday, it was a confusing object lesson in what they are so often told is a model political system.
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08.15.12Does the News Need Legislating?
Does China need "news legislation?" This is a question frequently asked as journalism develops in the country. It recently resurfaced following a Caixin report on the flourishing IPO extortion industry. The practice,...