| SEVENYEARSINTIBET | Hit 1997 film condemned by the Chinese government |
| TIBETTIBET | The Chinese government canceled several shows by Western artists after Icelandic star Bjork shouted this after a 2008 concert in Beijing |
| DAILY | Hong Kong newspaper founded by Jimmy Lai and closed under pressure from the Chinese government in 2021 (5,5) |
| APPLE | Hong Kong newspaper founded by Jimmy Lai and closed under pressure from the Chinese government in 2021 (5,5) |
| THEFIFTHELEMENT | Bruce Willis film hit: 1997 |
| LIAR | When repeated, a hit 1997 movie |
| SPARKLEANDSHINE | Tune by #7-Down on their hit 1997 album 'The Devil You Know': 3 wds. |
| CATHAR | Tea brought round at one was condemned by the orthodox |
| GALILEO | Astronomer condemned by the Inquisition |
| CARLOPONTI | Who was condemned by the Vatican when he married Sophia Loren, 22 years his junior? (5,5) |
| STOPCOPCITY | Georgia protest movement from which dozens of activists were charged with racketeering, in a move condemned by the A.C.L.U. (September, 2023) |
| AGO | A game invented by the Chinese in the past (3) |
| TAMING | Subjugation of army by Chinese government |
| MOMBASA | Kenyan city, lying on the Indian Ocean, that may have been visited by the Chinese navigator, Zheng H |
| AMNESTYINTERNATIONAL | Its founder was inspired by the Chinese proverb "Better to light a candle than curse the darkness" |
| ROCKETS | Pyrotechnic devices first recorded as being used by the Chinese in the 13th Century (7) |
| THREE | "The ___-Body Problem" (Hugo Award-winning novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin) |
| GOBI | Region called Yintai Shamo by the Chinese |
| HAWTHORN | Mayflower converts worth imprisoning by the Chinese (8) |
| PEKINGESE | Dog breed once kept by the Chinese Imperial Palace (9) |
