Friday, July 07, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

醫院深夜再出聲明 指免疫治療欠足夠臨牀證據不宜用 (Hospital: immunotherapy cannot be used to treat Liu Xiaobo because of lack of clinical evidence)
Mingpao, July 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170707/s00004/1499385532333

Related:
China is frantically trying to make sure Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo doesn’t die during the G20
Quartz, July 7, 2017
https://qz.com/1022428/china-is-frantically-trying-to-make-sure-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-doesnt-die-during-the-g20/

Friends of ailing Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo ask to see him one last time
The Guardian, July 7, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/07/liu-xiaobo-friends-chinese-dissident-ask-see-him-one-last-time

刘晓波肝功能恶化家属接病危通知 (Liu Xiaobo’s liver function worsens, family receives critical illness notice)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07062017085919.html

Liu Xiaobo, China's most famous political prisoner, “close to death”
The Guardian, July 6, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/06/liu-xiaobo-china-political-prisoner-close-to-death-friends-say

Liu Xiaobo vigil: doctors tell Chinese Nobel laureate’s family to prepare for his death
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101588/liu-xiaobo-vigil-doctors-tell-chinese-nobel-laureates

欧洲议会通过决议 呼吁中国大陆释放刘晓波和李明哲 (European Parliament passes resolution urging China to release Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx2-07062017120742.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人权组织呼吁中国停止迫害维权律师 (Human rights organization calls China to stop persecuting rights lawyers)
Voice of America, July 7, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-human-rights-group-calling-china-to-end-2-year-crackdown-20170706/3931074.html

A human rights lawyer’s notes on the “709 Incident,” two years on
China Change, July 7, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/07/a-human-rights-lawyers-notes-on-the-709-incident-two-years-on/

Veteran labor activist Liu Shaoming sentenced to four and a half years for his activism
Hong Kong Free Press, July 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/06/speculation-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobos-condition-xi-jinping-heads-g20-summit/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

International NGOs' China operations hit by registration delays under new law
Reuters, July 6, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-ngo-analysis-idUSKBN19S00V

中国百律师和公民联署《看守所法》公民意见书 (Over 100 lawyers and citizens in China sign letter expressing opinions on Law on Detention Centers)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07062017105459.html

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Egyptian police said to detain Chinese Uighurs in wide sweep
Associated Press, July 6, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/egyptian-police-said-to-detain-chinese-uighurs-in-wide-sweep/3930651.html

Related:
埃及警方拘捕一批新疆维吾尔留学生 (Egyptian police detain dozens of Uyghur students)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-07062017111124.html

Hong Kong (香港)

劉兆佳:不急於一兩年內推23條立法 (Liu Zhaojia: there is no hurry to enact Article 23 in the next one year or two)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 7, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340662-20170707.htm

林鄭月娥:23條立法一定要做 惟看幾時及如何去做 (Carrie Lam: Article 23 must be enacted, it’s only a matter of when and how)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 6, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340498-20170706.htm

香港民阵批评警黑联手打压示威集会 (Civil Human Rights Front criticizes police and triads for joining forces and suppressing demonstration)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-07062017110726.html

There is a gulf between Hong Kongers and the Communist Party
The Economist, July 6, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21724824-xi-jinpings-trip-territory-showed-it-getting-wider-there-gulf-between-hong-kongers

Commentary (评论)

林鄭月娥的懷柔詭計 (Carrie Lam’s conciliation trick)
Inmediahk, July 7, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1050541

不能讓歪理說得理直氣壯 (False reasoning can’t be allowed to laid out in a righteous way. Beijing should not ask Hong Kong to respect or be fearful of China)
Mingpao, July 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170707/s00022/1499389586000

加害者譴責受害者 (The perpetrator criticizes the victim. Criticism of Great Britain and Chris Patten)
Mingpao, July 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170707/s00022/1499389654110