[Listening] Need some help for an Australian documentary

[llyzs]

Hi,

I am subtitling the following Australian documentary and there are two words or phrases I cannot tell what it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eViswN602_k

[0:13:23] Hu ___ writing for an online publication. (Note: the guy's name is Hu)
[0:20:01] Armed guards and cameras keep ___.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Raymott]

[0:13:23] Hu scrapes by writing for an online publication. (He makes a meagre living.)
[0:20:01] Armed guards and cameras keep a watchful eye. Chinese flags claim the rooftops ...

 

[llyzs]

Thank you! Very helpful, as always.:-D