The Diplomat | Author
Sarah Cook
Sarah Cook is an independent researcher and author of the UnderReported China newsletter.
She previously served as the China research director at Freedom House, where she directed the China Media Bulletin, a monthly digest in English and Chinese providing news and analysis on media freedom developments related to China.
Cook is also the author of several Asian country reports for Freedom House’s annual publications, as well as four special reports about China: Beijing’s Global Megaphone (2020), The Battle for China’s Spirit (2017), The Politburo’s Predicament (2015), and The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship (2013). Her comments and writings have appeared on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
Follow her on X (formerly Twitter) @Sarah_G_Cook.
April 13, 2020
Beijing Covered up COVID-19 Once. It Could Happen Again.
By Sarah Cook
March 09, 2020
The World Sees a Public Health Crisis. Beijing Sees a Political Threat.
By Sarah Cook
January 21, 2020
The Globalization of China’s Media Controls: Key Trends from 2019
By Sarah Cook
November 19, 2019
China’s Internet Freedom Hit a New Low in 2019, and the World Could Follow
By Sarah Cook and Mai Truong
September 25, 2019
China Central Television: A Long-standing Weapon in Beijing’s Arsenal of Repression
By Sarah Cook
July 19, 2019
‘In July 1999, the CCP Created Exactly What It Had Feared’
By Sarah Cook
June 24, 2019
China’s Long, Hot Summer of Censorship
By Sarah Cook
May 23, 2019
The Remarkable Survival of Free Thought and Activism in China
By Sarah Cook
April 26, 2019
The Chinese Communist Party’s Latest Propaganda Target: Young Minds
By Sarah Cook
March 26, 2019
Worried About Huawei? Take a Closer Look at Tencent
By Sarah Cook
January 26, 2019
Old-Fashioned Thuggery Reinforces China’s High-Tech Censorship
By Sarah Cook
