Star scholar disappears as crackdown engulfs western China
The New York Times, August 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rahile-dawut.html
Tens of thousands of Xinjiang’s Kuchar county residents held in political "re-education camps"
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kuchar-08092018124248.html
How Xi Jinping is shaping China’s universities
The Diplomat, August 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/how-xi-jinping-is-shaping-chinas-universities/
重庆官员因“购买私存反动杂志”落马 (Chongqing city official dismissed, expelled from party for possessing reactionary magazines)
Voice of America, August 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-chongqing-official-expelled-for-buying-reactionary-magazines-20180809/4520573.html
Japanese porn star Sora Aoi wears Young Pioneers’ red scarf at charity event sparking anger in China
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2159090/chinese-firm-apologies-letting-japanese-porn-star-sora-aoi-wear
Thousands of Muslims protest demolition of Chinese mosque in rare moment of defiance
Associated Press, August 10, 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/10/thousands-muslims-protest-demolition-chinese-mosque-rare-moment/
Chinese Maoists join students in fight for workers’ rights at Jasic Technology
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158991/chinese-maoists-join-students-fight-workers-rights
Police swoop on activists as China's leaders gather at Beidaihe resort
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-swoop-on-activists-as-chinas-leaders-gather-at-beidaihe-resort-08102018113107.html
Police in China's Guangdong shut down factory of Liu Xiaobo supporter
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/factory-08102018111407.html
As #MeToo grows, a Chinese tech giant is accused of being an “imperial harem”
Quartz, August 10, 2018
https://qz.com/1353081/mobike-accused-of-harassment-as-metoo-hits-chinas-tech-industry/
Signs show “core leader” Xi facing rare domestic reproach
China Digital Times, August 9, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/signs-show-core-leader-xi-facing-rare-domestic-reproach/
中国性侵受害者不再隐忍 不惧封锁网上集结 (Victims of sexual assault in China rally online despite censorship)
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08092018104248.html
四川籍民主维权人士卫小兵（孤家寡哥）衣服工厂遭广东惠州当局查封 (Textile factory owned by Sichuan rights defender sealed by local government)
China Human Rights Defenders, August 9, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/blog-post_81.html
China Uighurs: One million held in political camps, UN told
BBC, August 10, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45147972
Related:
A parallel NGO report by World Uyghur Congress
World Uyghur Congress, July 2018
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/CHN/INT_CERD_NGO_CHN_31745_E.pdf
Chinese corruption inquiry finds US$39 million in cash at homes of ex-boss of Huarong Asset Management
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159221/chinese-corruption-inquiry-finds-us39-million-cash
China says Pacific aid has no political strings
Channel NewsAsia, August 10, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-says-pacific-aid-has-no-political-strings-10607070
信访举报增幅明显 正风反腐不可松劲 (Number of letters and calls relating to corruption rises significantly as anti-corruption campaign continues)
People's Daily, August 10, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0810/c1001-30220685.html
Tech “wolf” Huawei on the prowl
The Standard, August 10, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198927&sid=5&sid=5
Familiar feeling: A malware campaign targeting the Tibetan diaspora resurfaces
Citizen Lab, August 8, 2018
https://citizenlab.ca/2018/08/familiar-feeling-a-malware-campaign-targeting-the-tibetan-diaspora-resurfaces/
Hong Kong denies entry to Japanese city councilor months after Beijing attacked him for supporting democrat
Hong Kong Free Press, August 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/10/hong-kong-denies-entry-japanese-city-councillor-months-beijing-attacked-supporting-democrat/
Related:
聲明：嚴厲譴責港府拒絕和田健一郎入境 (Statement by Demosistō regarding Mr. Kenichiro Wada's refused entry into Hong Kong)
Inmediahk.net, August 10, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058851
Journalists Assoc. expresses “extreme regret” over RTHK’s ban on live-streaming pro-independence activist’s talk
Hong Kong Free Press, August 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/10/journalists-assoc-expresses-extreme-regret-rthks-ban-live-streaming-pro-independence-activists-talk/
Related:
香港記者協會關注外交部駐港特派員公署向外國記者協會施壓
HKJA expresses concern over attempt by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to put pressure on FCC
CH: https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1656&lang=zh-TW
EN: https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1656&lang=en-US
申禁制令暫緩聆訊前執行一地兩檢 梁頌恆：今天是控制損失的最後機會 (Judicial review applicants ask for interim injunction to suspend co-location agreement as rail-link scheduled to open next month)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180810/s00001/1533871598499
More than 100 complaints but no compensation from MTR Corp for residents affected by sinking building site
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2159098/more-100-complaints-no-compensation-mtr-corp
深水埗居民填表入會換米 事後疑「被登記」做選民 (Sham Shui Po residents suspect personal information used by pro-Beijing union for registration as voters without permission)
Ming Pao, August 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180809/s00001/1533827288002
A call for a UN investigation, and U.S. Sanctions, on the human rights disaster unfolding in Xinjiang
China Change, August 10, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/08/10/a-call-for-a-un-investigation-and-us-sanctions-on-the-human-rights-disaster-unfolding-in-xinjiang/
Domestic criticism may signal shrunken Belt and Road ambitions
Jamestown Foundation, August 10, 2018
https://jamestown.org/program/domestic-criticism-may-signal-china-scaling-back-its-bri-ambitions/?mc_cid=456d673538&mc_eid=a762503c8c
For now, there’s no shame in Hong Kong being a "city of public housing "
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2159008/now-theres-no-shame-hong-kong-being-city-public