Monday, February 05, 2018

Commentary (评论)

專權選舉的自由陰影 (Freedom under the shadow of authoritarian election)
Mingpao, February 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180205/s00022/1517745344954

China’s credit ratings plan: from social media to medium of social control
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2131737/chinas-credit-ratings-plan-social-media-medium-social-control

Related:
China's surveillance state should scare everyone
The Atlantic, February 5, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/china-surveillance/552203/

Our hackable political future
The New York Times, February 4, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/opinion/hacking-politics-future.html

China’s “Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location” – a license to disappear, hold and torture dissenters
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/04/chinas-residential-surveillance-designated-location-licence-disappear-hold-torture-dissenters/

Under neo-totalitarianism, there is no “civil society” in China
China Change, February 4, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/02/04/under-neo-totalitarianism-there-is-no-civil-society-in-china/

Journalism denied: How China views facts, fairness, transparency and objectivity in reporting
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/04/journalism-denied-china-views-facts-fairness-transparency-objectivity-reporting/