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Sarah Cook
Sarah Cook is a senior advisor for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan at Freedom House.
She directs 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 Twitter @Sarah_G_Cook.
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March 09, 2020
The World Sees a Public Health Crisis. Beijing Sees a Political Threat.
By Sarah Cook
Amid the coronavirus epidemic, suppression of dissent remains a top priority for the CCP, and the stakes are higher than ever.
January 21, 2020
The Globalization of China’s Media Controls: Key Trends from 2019
By Sarah Cook
The Chinese Communist Party’s international media influence campaign is expanding rapidly—and so is the world’s response.
November 19, 2019
China’s Internet Freedom Hit a New Low in 2019, and the World Could Follow
By Sarah Cook and Mai Truong
No user or platform is safe from the leadership’s insatiable appetite for ideological conformity.
September 25, 2019
China Central Television: A Long-standing Weapon in Beijing’s Arsenal of Repression
By Sarah Cook
Part of the station’s mission is to attack designated enemies of the Communist Party.
July 19, 2019
‘In July 1999, the CCP Created Exactly What It Had Feared’
By Sarah Cook
Recollections of the launch of Beijing’s assault on Falun Gong and its impact 20 years later.
June 24, 2019
China’s Long, Hot Summer of Censorship
By Sarah Cook
June has been a terrible month for internet freedom in China. July may be even worse.
May 23, 2019
The Remarkable Survival of Free Thought and Activism in China
By Sarah Cook
The regime’s repressive efforts are increasing, but they are also failing in important ways.
April 26, 2019
The Chinese Communist Party’s Latest Propaganda Target: Young Minds
By Sarah Cook
Indoctrination, censorship, and surveillance are robbing a generation of their right to free thought.
March 26, 2019
Worried About Huawei? Take a Closer Look at Tencent
By Sarah Cook
The Chinese social media giant is a growing global force, and it does the bidding of the Communist Party.
January 26, 2019
Old-Fashioned Thuggery Reinforces China’s High-Tech Censorship
By Sarah Cook
In addition to technological tools, China’s government is using more old-fashioned methods to keep activists silent.
December 15, 2018
The Globalization of China’s Media Controls: Key Trends From 2018
By Sarah Cook
Five key trends in the Chinese Communist Party’s global media campaign.
October 24, 2018
Amid US-China Tension, Beijing’s Propaganda Machine Kicks Into Overdrive
By Sarah Cook
The regime’s recent media interventions may have unintended consequences.