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Past Issues: China Media Bulletin

News and analysis of censorship, surveillance, social media restrictions, media freedom, and propaganda in China and Hong Kong.

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“Two Sessions” Takeaways, Tibet clampdown, TikTok debates (March 2023)

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March 21, 2023

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Beijing’s impact on AI-generated content, COVID-19 deaths, Alibaba “golden shares” (February 2023)

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February 22, 2023

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China’s Protesters Need the Global Internet, Pandemic Censorship (January 2023)

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January 17, 2023

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Grassroots Protests, Xi’s Power Affirmed, US Midterms Disinformation (November 2022)

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November 17, 2022

The emperor’s new clothes

Global Propaganda on Uyghurs, 20th Congress Censorship, Brazen Transnational Repression (October 2022)

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October 20, 2022

Surveillance Scale Exposed

Countering CCP Transnational Repression, Virus App Misuse, Hong Kong Press Barred (July 2022)

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Hong Kong Unrecognizable, UN Rights Chief Visit, Search Engines Manipulated Globally (June 2022)

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COVID-19 Lockdowns Censored, Xi Jinping Propaganda, Netizens IP Locations Revealed (May 2022)

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May 17, 2022

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Information manipulation on Ukraine, Shanghai Outbreak, Transnational Repression in the US (April 2022)

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April 19, 2022

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Jailings Distort China’s Voice, Olympic Information Controls, Cyberattacks on Foreign Media (February 2022)

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February 22, 2022

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Beijing Olympics, 2021 In Review, CCP Global Public Opinion Manipulation Strategies (January 2022)

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January 26, 2022

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Beijing’s Global Content Manipulation, Plenum Propaganda, Sports Activism (November 2021)

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November 15, 2021

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China vs. Taiwan Internet Freedom, Hong Kong Doxing Law, India Media Hacked (October 2021)

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October 11, 2021

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Hong Kong Digital Rights, Taliban Takeover, US Firms Censoring for CCP (September 2021)

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September 9, 2021

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CCP’s Insecure Centennial, Apple Daily Erased, Globalizing Censorship (June 2021)

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Gutting Hong Kong Broadcaster, Apple Concessions, Propaganda Setbacks in Europe (May 2021)

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Retooling censorship, Xinjiang cotton, Hong Kong press freedom (April 2021)

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Disinformation Matures, Signal Blocked, Global Anti-Poverty Propaganda Push (March 2021)

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China's information isolation, new censorship rules, transnational repression (February 2021)

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Legal Pushback in Hong Kong, Reaction to US Unrest, Xinjiang Surveillance (January 2021)

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2021 Censorship Predictions, Facial Recognition Pushback, Hong Kong Media Arrests (December 2020)

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US Elections, wins for Beijing’s influence, surveillance revelations (November 2020)

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Xi legitimacy crisis, 100 days of Hong Kong law (October 2020)

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Beijing’s extraterritorial reach, Hong Kong National Security Law, more “subversion” charges in China

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Hong Kong warning signs, US protest coverage, citizen defiance (June 2020)

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New disinformation tactics, coronavirus censorship, activist arrests (May 2020)

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Coronavirus cover-ups, disinformation, netizen pushback (April 2020)

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China Media Bulletin: Coronavirus-era repression, propaganda, censorship, surveillance and more (March 2020)

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China Media Bulletin: Top 2019 Trends - Global media influence, ideology push, artistic limits, surveillance leaks (January 2020)

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China Media Bulletin: 2019 internet freedom trends, Shutterstock censorship, Huawei “safe cities” (November 2019)

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China Media Bulletin:“Key individual” police databases, Tiktok censorship, NBA backlash (October 2019)

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China Media Bulletin: CCTV spreads disinformation, Hong Kong journalists attacked, activists die in custody (September 2019)

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China Media Bulletin: Worsening summer censorship, Hong Kong protests, Huawei spying in Serbia (June 2019)

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China Media Bulletin: The survival of dissent, WeChat monitoring, smuggled videos (May 2019)

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China Media Bulletin: Student indoctrination, surveillance innovation, GitHub mobilization (No. 135)

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China Media Bulletin: Tencent complicity, surveillance upgrades, Reddit manipulation (No. 134)

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China Media Bulletin: Social credit incentives, elite jailings, #MeTooUyghur (No. 133)

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China Media Bulletin: Predictions for the Year of the Pig, new censorship rules, Twitter arrests (No. 132)

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China Media Bulletin: 2018 key trends, Beijing’s global influence, tech firm backlash (No. 131)

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China Media Bulletin: U.S.-China Tensions, upgraded police surveillance, Africa influence (No. 130)

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China Media Bulletin: China’s growing cyber power, entertainment crackdown, South Africa censorship (No. 129)

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China Media Bulletin: Expanding surveillance, app crackdown, Confucius Institute closures (Issue No. 128)

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China Media Bulletin: Risks of Xi’s power grab, NPC censorship, Xinjiang reprisals (Issue No. 127)

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China Media Bulletin: Resisting Beijing’s influence, New Year Gala, #MeToo in China (Issue No. 126)

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China Media Bulletin: 2017 YEAR IN REVIEW (Issue No. 125)

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China Media Bulletin: Holiday crackdown, Beijing netizen outcries, Skype app removal (Issue No. 124)

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China Media Bulletin: Party Congress media vision, surveillance updates, Africa impact (Issue No. 123)

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China Media Bulletin: Beijing's foreign meddling, censorship innovation, HK campus tensions (Issue No. 122)

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China Media Bulletin: Party Congress censorship, VPN crackdown, surveillance upgrades (No. 121)

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China Media Bulletin: Sensitive anniversaries, Xi in Hong Kong, Australia meddling (No. 120)

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China Media Bulletin: Next internet crackdown, anticorruption TV show, Netflix in China (No. 119)

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