Northeastern China's Jilin city is emerging as the centre of a severe regional outbreak, logging over 2,200 cases since Saturday as officials admitted control measures were "not robust enough". A commercial district in Shenzhen was also locked down today.
sg.news.yahoo.com/china-records-… "It's the worst since 2020," a Shenzhen resident told AFP about targeted neighbourhood lockdowns across the city. "The closures are too sudden, my friend woke up in the morning to find her building was sealed overnight without warning. Her boss had to mail her laptop to her."

V heavy security presence outside Shanghai Pudong court as Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan #张展 was just sentenced to 4 years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” her lawyers said. After the verdict was announced, Zhang’s mother sobbed loudly in court. Diplomats from countries including the U.K. were barred from attending the hearing, and two foreign journalists were detained by police (one was released earlier). This man from Nippon TV was dragged away for simply trying to film police vans leaving the court

Just over a week after Inner Mongolia saw its largest uprising in decades against unpopular Mandarin-language curriculum reforms, a swift and brutal crackdown has eliminated all outward signs of dissent. Ethnic Mongolians now live under a climate of fear. channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/inne… Last week, we found a heavy police presence at schools in Tongliao, where nearly half the population are Mongolian. We interviewed a brave father, who spoke up at immense personal risk, in this video shot by @LeoRamirezAFP

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SO many disturbing things in the Hong Kong national security law: xhpfmapi.zhongguowangshi.com/vh512/share/92…
- Article 38: the law applies to non-residents that commit offences under the law, even if they are not on HK soil(!)
- Article 54: strengthened management of foreign NGOs and news agencies Article 43: police can wiretap and spy on suspects, and ask platforms and service providers to "remove information" and assist in investigations(!)

Article 46: some cases involving the protection of state secrets, jurors or their families may be tried in secret without a jury