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Beijing Crackdown

China cracks down online amid US free speech row

September 24, 2025September 23, 2025 by China Factor Staff

Beijing tightens its censorship grip as Washington goes to war with Europe on freedom of expression

Categories Talking Point Tags Beijing Crackdown, Censorship, China, Free Speech, News, United States Leave a comment

China’s Covid crackdown sparks economic shockwaves

November 24, 2022November 23, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Major cities are struggling to contain outbreaks after more than 250,000 cases were reported in the past three weeks

Categories Risk Factor Tags Beijing Crackdown, China, Covid-19, Economic Hazards, New Outbreaks, News, Shanghai, Zero-Covid Policy Leave a comment

Voices of freedom refuse to be silenced in China

November 7, 2022October 21, 2022 by Yibing Feng

Bridge Man is ‘doing justice for 1.4 billion Chinese people and is a representative of the Chinese soul’

Categories Political Repression Tags Beijing Crackdown, Bridge Man, Communist Party of China, News, President Xi Jinping, Tank Man, The Long Read, VOA, Voices of Freedom Leave a comment

China fails to erase the Indelible City’s ethos of hope

July 5, 2022June 6, 2022 by Kevin Carrico

Hong Kong ‘is a stain on Britain’s legacy and a reminder of the duplicity of the Chinese Communist Party’

Categories Inside Hong Kong Tags Beijing Crackdown, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, Hong Kong, News, The Conversation, The Long Read Leave a comment

Chairman Xi Jinping’s Party is rotten to the core

June 26, 2021June 24, 2021 by Juweihu

Human rights are trampled on while freedom of speech is muzzled as a Red mist decends on Hong Kong

Categories China-Hong Kong Tension Tags Apple Daily, Beijing Crackdown, Communist Party of China, Freedom of Speech, Hong Kong, News, South China Sea, Taiwan Leave a comment

Tencent executive under investigation for alleged ‘corruption’

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 by China Factor Staff
The photo shows a corridor with the Tencent logo bathed in deep blue lighting. China is moving quickly to rein in big tech companies such as Tencent.

The move comes as China cracks down on the sharing of sensitive consumer data

Categories China's Big Tech Tags 'Corruption", Beijing Crackdown, Internet Industry, News, Personal Data, Tencent Leave a comment

China’s crackdown and the road to Hong Kong ‘appeasement’

January 29, 2021January 27, 2021 by Juweihu

UK Foreign Affairs Committee challenges HSBC over its moral and political judgement amid democracy clampdown

Categories Geopolitics Tags Beijing Crackdown, China, Hong Kong, HSBC, News, UK Leave a comment

Beijing faces global backlash amid calls to free the ‘Hong Kong Three’

January 14, 2021December 2, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Leading Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam jailed for standing up for ‘freedom of expression’

Categories Human Rights Tags Agnes Chow, Amnesty International, Beijing Crackdown, China, Hong Kong, Ivan Lam, Joshua Wong, News Leave a comment

How President Xi and China’s Communist Party trampled on Ant’s IPO

January 14, 2021November 10, 2020 by China Factor Staff
Ant’s logo resembles the insect. The Alibaba affiliate has become the leading player in China’s fintech sector.

A record US$37 billion listing was blown up in just weeks after Jack Ma’s fintech vision left regulators seeing red

Categories Finance Tags Alibaba, Ant, Beijing Crackdown, China, IPO, Jack Ma, News Leave a comment

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