Uyghur father of two dies after falling ill in Xinjiang re-education camp
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/father-04122018153525.html
Freedom for five men who say they were tortured into confessing
Sixth Tone, April 12, 2018
https://bit.ly/2IOKyl6
Horns honk, and censors in China get a headache
内涵段子被封杀，开车鸣笛也有可能惹麻烦
The New York Times, April 12, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/business/china-bytedance-duanzi-censor.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180413/china-bytedance-duanzi-censor/
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全国扫黄打非办要求网络直播坚持正确导向，直播平台不得出现淫秽色情等不良内容 (National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications meets with 18 live-streaming, short video platforms demanding “content security” and strengthened content review)
Legal Daily, April 12, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/12/content_7519778.htm
网民微信称“习皇”被警拘 人民网“不忘反个人崇拜”文被删 (Netizen detained for calling Xi Jinping “Emperor Xi”. Article warning cult of personality censored on mouthpiece website)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-04122018105731.html
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聂辰席：各级广播电视部门机构要把宪法宣传教育作为重大主题 (SART requires radio and TV organizations to push propaganda of Constitution, “unswervingly safeguard authorities and centralized leadership of Party Central with Xi Jinping as core”)
Chinaxwcb.com, April 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2071945
New target for China’s censors: Content driven by artificial intelligence
中国审查触角伸向AI内容生产
The Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2018
EN: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-target-for-chinas-censors-content-driven-by-artificial-intelligence-1523446234
CH: https://cn.wsj.com/articles/CN-TEC-20180412120513
A six-day strike in Shanghai caused by a $110 pay cut – collective action by sanitation workers in China’s “New Era” of stability maintenance
China Change, April 13, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/04/13/a-six-day-strike-in-shanghai-caused-by-a-110-pay-cut-collective-action-by-sanitation-workers-in-chinas-new-era-of-stability-maintenance/
Workers at Flex in Zhuhai enter third week of strike over ownership change
China Labor Bulletin, April 12, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/workers-flex-zhuhai-enter-third-week-strike-over-ownership-change
安徽省芜湖市经开区万春街道办事处张拐社区村民举报基层腐败 (Villagers in Anhui accuse local party officials of corruption)
Weiquanwang, April 12, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/blog-post_15.html
Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua, missing for 15 months since vanishing in Hong Kong, “could face trial by June”
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2141462/chinese-tycoon-xiao-jianhua-missing-15-months-vanishing-hong-kong
Xi reviews Navy might in contested waters of South China Sea
The Sydney Morning Herald, April 13, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/xi-reviews-navy-might-in-contested-waters-of-south-china-sea-20180413-p4z9f0.html
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Taiwan president attends military drill off east coast
Reuters, April 13, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-military-drills/taiwan-president-attends-military-drill-off-east-coast-idUSKBN1HK0RC
最高50万元！山东发布举报危害国家安全行为线索奖励办法 (Shandong rewards reporting of activity that endangers national security up to RMB 500,000)
Iqilu.com, April 13, 2018
http://news.iqilu.com/shandong/yuanchuang/2018/0413/3885103.shtml
Q&A: Philippine foreign minister on why Duterte and Xi Jinping get along
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2141500/qa-philippine-foreign-minister-why-duterte-and-xi-jinping-get
In unprecedented move, May 7 deadline set for Legco bill committee to scrutinize controversial joint checkpoint plan
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141582/may-7-deadline-set-legco-bill-committee-scrutinise
Agnes Chow election ban: Hong Kong taxpayers foot HK$230k bill for gov’t legal advice
Hong Kong Free Press, April 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/13/agnes-chow-election-ban-hong-kong-taxpayers-foot-hk230k-bill-govt-legal-advice/
Why Beijing came down so hard on pro-democracy academic Benny Tai over Hong Kong independence comments
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141488/why-beijing-came-down-so-hard-pro-democracy-academic-benny
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港千五基督徒联署谴责港府与北京打压戴耀廷 (1,500 Christians in Hong Kong launch signature campaign denouncing SAR government and Beijing for slamming Benny Tai)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-04122018110127.html
You may be prosecuted, Hong Kong police tell injured people they “used as human shield”
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141588/you-may-be-prosecuted-hong-kong-police-tells-injured-people
Sea bridge island’s breakwater blocks offer no protection as they are underwater at high tide, says veteran engineer
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/12/sea-bridge-islands-breakwater-blocks-offer-no-protection-underwater-high-tide-says-veteran-engineer/
普通话如何演变为漩涡中心的语言？香港“推普”的前世今生 (How does Mandarin become the language in the eye of a maelstrom? The history and future of promoting Mandarin in Hong Kong)
The Initium, April 12, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180413-hongkong-mandarin-in-hongkong/
港人必須捍衛自由和法治，否則將一無所有 (Hongkongers much defend freedom and rule of law, otherwise they will have nothing left)
Inmediahk, April 13, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056350
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「港獨派」青年的政治情緒及對未來的看法 (Emotions of Hong Kong pro-independence youths and how they see their future)
Mingpao, April 13, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180413/s00012/1523555443530
China’s moves in Vanuatu: What should Australia do?
The Diplomat, April 12, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/chinas-moves-in-vanuatu-what-should-australia-do/
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton and Richard Rigby on Chinese influence in Australia
The Conversation, April 13, 2018
https://theconversation.com/politics-with-michelle-grattan-clive-hamilton-and-richard-rigby-on-chinese-influence-in-australia-94973
In China, a march to find her husband
Human Rights Watch, April 12, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/12/china-march-find-her-husband
Lois Wheeler Snow, critic of human rights abuses in China, dies at 97
从追随红星到批评中共：被六四“改变”的斯诺夫人
The New York Times, April 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/obituaries/lois-wheeler-snow-dies.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/obits/20180412/lois-wheeler-snow-dies/