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Major Hong Kong democratic party disbands amid China security clampdown — ground.news: 36 media reports — 27 May 2023 (LINK)
67,000 accounts shut, 1.4 million social media posts deleted in China's latest crackdown on free speech — ground.news: 17 media reports — 26 May 2023 (LINK)
China says it will resume group tours for Taiwan residents to mainland — reuters — 19 May 2023 (LINK)
Authorities say 11 people killed in border road accident, highlighting China-Vietnam human smuggling — ground.news: 20 reports — 19 May 2023 (LINK)
China shuts 100,000 fake news social media accounts, ramps up content cleanup — ground.news: 20 reports — 18 May 2023 (LINK)
$China fines comedy troupe $2m for joke about the military — ground.news: 24 reports — 17 May 2023 (LINK)
Hong Kong restricts foreign lawyers from national security cases — ground.news: 20 media reports — 10 May 2023 (LINK)
China makes first ChatGPT arrest after man allegedly generates fake news of train crash — ground.news: 21 media reports — 8 May 2023 (LINK)
Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said — ground.news: 63 media reports — 30 April 2023 (LINK)
Trudeau points to 'slave labor' in China lithium production — ground.news: 11 media reports — 28 April 2023 (LINK)
China approves wide–ranging expansion of counter–espionage law — ground.news: 21 reports — 27 April 2023 (LINK)
Ex-Harvard professor sentenced to 6 months house arrest for lying about China ties — ground.news: 34 reports — 26 April 2023 (LINK)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 3 months over information breach — ground.news: 53 sources — 17 April 2023 (LINK)
Australian charged over reports to suspected Chinese spies — ground.news: 25 sources — 17 April 2023 (LINK)
F.B.I. Arrests Two on Charges Tied to Chinese Police Outpost in NYC — nytimes ● — 17 April 2023 (LINK)
China's economy grew 4.5% in the first quarter, the fastest pace in a year — cnbc — 17 April 2023 (LINK)
China sanctions senior US lawmaker for visiting Taiwan — ground.news: 94 sources — 13 April 2023 (LINK)
China's Xi gains unprecedented third term as president: all present voted in favour — ground.news: 332 sources — 10 March 2023 (LINK)
China accuses Canada of smear over secret police stations — ground.news: 53 sources — 10 March 2023 (LINK)
China says 200 million treated, pandemic 'decisively' beaten — ground.news: 19 sources — 16 February 2023 (LINK)
UNESCO Accused of Complicity in China's Treatment of Uyghur Heritage — source — 16 February 2023 (LINK)
China faces grilling in review of key rights by UN committee — apnews — 15 February 2023 (LINK)
Trial begins for 47 pro-democracy voices in Hong Kong, protests take place outside court — ground.news: 26 sources — 6 February 2023 (LINK)
China: UN experts alarmed by separation of 1 million Tibetan children from families and forced assimilation at residential schools — source — 6 February 2023 (LINK)
China suspends visas for South Koreans in virus retaliation — ground.news: 26 sources — 10 January 2023 (LINK)
China suspends social media accounts of 1,000 COVID-19 policy critics — ground.news: 57 sources — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
Ant Group says Jack Ma to relinquish control of company — ground.news: 74 sources — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
WHO Urges China to Share Data on Origin of COVID-19 Pandemic — voanews — 22 December 2022 (LINK)
BF.7: What to know about China's Omicron COVID variant: — cbsnews — 20 December 2022 (LINK)
— Reports from China indicate BF.7 has the strongest infection ability out of the Omicron subvariants in the country, being quicker to transmit than other variants, having a shorter incubation period, and with greater capacity to infect people who have had a previous COVID infection, or been vaccinated, or both. To put this into context, BF.7 is believed to have an R0, or basic reproduction number, of 10 to 18.6. This means an infected person will transmit the virus to an average of 10 to 18.6 other people. Research has shown Omicron has an average R0 of 5.08. The high transmission rate of BF.7, taken with the risk of hidden spread due to the many asymptomatic carriers, is understood to be causing significant difficulty in controlling the epidemic in China.
