The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

刘飞跃母亲:当局背弃承诺
Mother of jailed Chinese activist says court “broke promise” to family
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019

Canada-based pop star Wanting Qu pleads for mother in Harbin death-penalty corruption case – but China’s netizens are unimpressed
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019

各地逾30团体促华无罪释放王全璋和刘飞跃 美称王全璋案令人不安 (30 some organizations worldwide urge release of jailed activists Wang Quanzhang and Liu Feiyue)
Radio France Internationale, January 30, 2019

Related:
加拿大駐華大使館關注王全璋及劉飛躍因顛覆罪被判囚 (Sentencing of Wang Quanzhang and Liu Feiyue concerns Canadian embassy, raises doubts on China’s promises on rule of law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 31, 2019

Jailing of Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang sparks public outcry
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

全国首部网络直播标准出台 (CAC issues first-ever guidelines for online live-streaming and hosts)
Legal Daily, January 31, 2019

Related:
China bans live-stream hosts from wearing “sexy underwear or see-through clothes”
Independent, January 31, 2019

Tibetan monasteries in Nangchen banned from teaching language to young Tibetans
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019

政府不放心 中国将取缔校外补习班 (Student tuition centers shut down due to government distrust of education bodies outside party control)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

US lawmakers nominate jailed Uygur Ilham Tohti for Nobel Peace Prize, seeking global pressure on China
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019

Related:
美國會提名在囚維族學者伊力哈木 角逐諾貝爾和平獎 (U.S. senators nominate jailed scholar Ilham Tohti for Nobel Peace Prize)
Ming Pao, January 31, 2019

加拿大夫妇凯文·加勒特讲述被中国扣留经过 (Canadian couple reveals custody experience in China in 2014)
BBC News, January 31, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

「霧霾又回來了!」 環保和GDP之間,到底該如何選擇?(The smog is back: How does China choose between pollution and GDP?)
The Initium, January 31, 2019

全国人大常委会组成人员分组审议外商投资法草案, 建议进一步研究外商投资企业投诉工作机制 (NPC Standing Committee reviews draft Foreign Investment Law, considers system for national security review)
Legal Daily, January 31, 2019

Related:
China fast tracks new foreign investment law as US talks loom
Channel NewsAsia, January 30, 2019

Xi’s tough talk on Taiwan backfires, as Tsai support surges
Associated Press, January 30, 2019

中央宣传部、中央文明办部署开展2019年传统节日文化活动 (Central Propaganda Department, Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Guiding Committee issue directive on “turning traditional festivals into patriotic festivals”
Xinhua, January 29, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Exclusive: EU considers proposals to exclude Chinese firms from 5G networks
Reuters, January 31, 2019

China unveils guideline on science and technology innovation board
Xinhua, January 31, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

”Very high chance” lost papers on Hong Kong’s scandal-hit Sha Tin-Central Link destroyed on purpose, says legislator Tanya Chan
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019

Lawmakers and NGOs call for longer consultation on archives law and access to information regime
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2019

支聯會年宵籌募經費 盼四月重開六四紀念館 (Hong Kong Alliance raises funds in hopes of reopening June Fourth memorial museum)
Inmediahk.net, January 30, 2019

Commentary (评论)

A China-controlled internet? Why tech giant Huawei roils Western fears.
The Christian Science Monitor, January 30, 2019

Detained blogger revealed true picture of Chinese information warfare
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 26, 2019

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Groups decry Lee Ming-che’s isolation
Taipei Times, January 30, 2019

司法部举行“全面深化司法行政改革”新闻发布会 (Ministry of Justice publishes Outline for the Comprehensively Deepening Reforms of Judicial Administration (2018-2022), which includes “continuing to strengthen the construction of political organs”)
Legal Daily, January 29, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Over half of foreign correspondents say reporting conditions in China deteriorated in 2018 – report
Hong Kong Free Press, January 29, 2019

Related:
Chinese authorities “cut off foreign reporter’s phone call with young son”, amid growing crackdown on journalists
Independent, January 29, 2019

中國「宮鬥劇」被停播、官媒列5大罪狀,連《爸爸去哪兒》也無限延期 (Popular historical dramas disappear from TV as state media names “five sins” of negative influence)
The News Lens, January 29, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

人权团体呼吁中国释放民生观察网创办人刘飞跃 (Human rights organizations call on China to release jailed activist Liu Feiyue
Voice of America, January 30, 2019

團體遊行要求釋放國內政治犯 何俊仁:王全璋無罪,一日監都唔應該坐 (Hong Kong groups rally to demand release of political prisoners in China as Wang Quanzhang receives 4.5-year sentence)
Inmediahk.net, January 29, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“We just can’t pay”: Mahathir soothes China’s ego over Malaysia’s cancelled East Coast Rail Link
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019

Mandatory “poverty alleviation” worse than being poor (VIDEO)
Bitter Winter, January 29, 2019

New temple-shutdown tactic: Suspend permits
Bitter Winter, January 29, 2019

对权益受损党员干部建立救济机制 (Discipline inspection and supervision organs explore establishing clarification and relief mechanisms for government officials “falsely reported”)
Legal Daily, January 29, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

How China acquired mastery of vital microchip technology
Financial Times, January 29, 2019

Australia's TPG Telecom dumps Huawei-supplied mobile network citing government ban
Reuters, January 29, 2019

北京市教委:全面排查中小学APP 群里不得刷屏点赞发红包 (Beijing Education Commission issues regulations to prohibit using Internet groups to criticize, praise students)
Xinhua, January 29, 2019

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

Changes in China’s coast guard
The Diplomat, January 30, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

年宵布袋印眾志標誌兩度被拒 香港眾志:製作公司稱收政府批文禁印 (Factories say they received “government notice” not to print Demosisto’s name and logo)
The Stand News, January 29, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong pro-democracy group Demosisto has Lunar New Year bags “censored” after mainland Chinese firm refuses to print logo
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019

Beijing says no to Hong Kong leader’s plan to strengthen city’s anti-corruption laws to encompass gifts to chief executive
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2019

Commentary (评论)

China’s new Maximalism in three slogans
The Diplomat, January 30, 2019

Dreaming of Taiwan’s return: Chinese President Xi and the story of Hong Kong’s “great success”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 27, 2019

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

EU team visits China’s Xinjiang region to gather evidence on re-education camps
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019

再教育营学员遭虐待致残 (Nurse sent to camp rendered paraplegic)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist Liu Feiyue given five years' jail for “inciting subversion”
The Guardian, January 29, 2019

Related:
China jailing of rights website founder aimed at grassroots activism: group
Reuters, January 29, 2019

China: Release Liu Feiyue and decriminalize human rights activism
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 29, 2019

中國指李明哲妻「言論與事實不符」禁探監3月 立法委員:言論限制伸到家屬身上 (China says Li Mingzhe’s wife made “untrue statements,” bars her from visiting Li for 3 months)
Citizen News, January 29, 2019

王全璋遭重判四年半 妻子:王全璋無罪 公檢法有罪 (Li Wenzu, wife of jailed Wang Quanzhang: Wang is innocent; the guilty ones are the public security orgrans, procuratorates, and courts)
Citizen News, January 28, 2019

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王全璋妻子李文足憂丈夫健康要求探監 (Li Wenzu worried about Wang Quanzhang’s health, asks for prison visit)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 28, 2019

Tibetan language advocate marks third year behind bars
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Foreign media reporting conditions in China worsen, group says
Reuters, January 29, 2019

Minireview: 2018 in Censorship (Jan-Oct)
China Digital Times, January 28, 2019

Bilibili appears to have started censoring gay content featuring kissing scenes
SupChina, January 25, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists urge UK regulator to punish Chinese state TV over airing of detained bookseller “confessions”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2019

王全璋遭判刑 港台人权团体谴责 (Civil society organizations from Taiwan and Hong Kong slam Wang Quanzhang’s sentencing)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019

Related:
Free Wang Quanzhang: Prison sentence a gross injustice & blatant political persecution of a human rights lawyer
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 28, 2019

要求無罪釋放王全璋律師之聲明 (Joint statement demanding unconditional release of lawyer Wang Quanzhang)
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, January 28, 2019

China: Disgraceful 4 and a half years prison term for human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang
Amnesty International, January 28, 2019

Detained writer Yang Hengjun left letter calling for a more democratic China
The Guardian, January 28, 2019

Chinese police detain, question Tibetan anti-poaching activists at Qinghai lake
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

毒疫苗受害儿童家长呼吁国家设立救助基金 (Vaccine scandal parents urge government to set up aid foundation)
Voice of America, January 28, 2019

中央政法委书记郭声琨:增强政治自觉,强化责任担当 (Guo Shengkun, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Commission: “CPC Political and Legal Work Regulations” are a milestone, legal and political organs at all levels must strictly comply with)
Xinhua, January 26, 2019

Related:
中共中央印发《中国共产党政法工作条例》(Full Text: “CPC Political and Legal Work Regulations”)
Xinhua, January 18, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

美國以23項罪名起訴華為和孟晚舟,最晚30日要求引渡 (Huawei and Meng Wanzhou face 23 charges from US judicial department)
The News Lens, January 29, 2019

Related:
US indictment against Huawei shows FBI interviewed founder in 2007, reviewed text from Meng Wanzhou’s electronic device
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019

Huawei denies committing violations cited by US Justice Dept
Associated Press, January 29, 2019

中国微信平台引起澳洲网络安全专家的担忧 (Australia’s Internet security experts concerned about China’s WeChat)
BBC News, January 28, 2019

Related:
Warning WeChat could spread Chinese propaganda during federal election
Sydney Morning Herald, January 28, 2019

Taiwan at risk of paralysing cyberattacks from mainland China, security think tank warns
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2019

国家互联网信息办公室:区块链信息服务备案管理系统上线 (CAC blockchain information service filing management system goes online)
The Paper, January 28, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

港特首称人大释法不损害及限制香港司法独立 (As ranking for Hong Kong’s “judicial effectiveness” plummets, Carrie Lam maintains NPCSC interpretation of Basic Law does not harm city’s judicial independence,)
Voice of America, January 28, 2019

Commentary (评论)

We’re living in a Hong Kong shaped by a landmark 1999 ruling
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019

Venezuela-China, explained: How will Venezuela’s political crisis affect China?
SupChina, January 28, 2019

Monday, January 28, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Video: Uyghur children indoctrinated in camps
Bitter Winter, January 26, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang jailed for 4 years and 6 months for “subversion”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2019

Related:
709律师王全璋案宣判:中国人权律师“颠覆国家政权”被判囚四年半 (The last 709: Human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang sentenced to 4.5 years imprisonment for “subversion of state power”
BBC News, January 28, 2019

Minitrue: Do Not Report on Wang Quanzhang Sentence
China Digital Times, January 27, 2019

“草根维权者”刘飞跃“煽颠罪”宣判在即 (“Grassroots rights defender” Liu Feiyue to receive sentencing for “subversion” on January 29)
Voice of America, January 26, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: Syndication ban on The Paper
China Digital Times, January 27, 2019

The ban on bibles and religious texts intensifies
Bitter Winter, January 27, 2019

习近平:推动媒体融合向纵深发展 巩固全党全国人民共同思想基础 (Xi Jinping urges strengthening of “common ideological basis of the people nationwide” through media convergence, and “promoting entry of Party’s voice directly into all kinds of user terminals”)
Xinhua, January 25, 2019, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

被禁出境 学者陈小雅致信习近平要求出具证据 (Author under travel ban issues open letter to Xi Jinping demanding evidence that exit will endanger national security)
Radio France Internationale, January 28, 2019

Spy novels, “daigou” and democracy: the many lives of Australian writer held in China
Reuters, January 27, 2019

China to arrest 19 over military veteran protests: State media
Channel NewsAsia, January 26, 2019

Seven Maoist students detained in Beijing after talking to foreign media
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

失信黑名单人已履行义务仍不能买机票?找法官,找上级法院 (Debtors blacklisted on social credit may be “masked” from list after discharge, not deleted)
The Paper, January 27, 2019

馬來西亞東鐵:「中國製造」為何蓋了又停?(Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link: why is “made in China” being stopped mid-way?)
The Initium, January 28, 2019

Related:
As questions are raised about ‘belt and road’, projects slow in Southeast Asia
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2019

Registration of Christians continues, scaring off believers
Bitter Winter, January 27, 2019

An “Ethical Tariff” on China to defeat silence and tepidity
Bitter Winter, January 25, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese digital ecosystems go global: Myanmar and the diffusion of Chinese smartphones
Hong Kong Free Press, January 27, 2019

WeChat blocks Douyin registration as social media app spat escalates
China Film Insider, January 27, 2019

Huawei's problems deepen as western suspicions mount
The Guardian, January 27, 2019

四部门专项治理App违法违规收集使用个人信息 (CAC, MIIT, MPS, SAIC launch national campaign to crack down on applications that illegally collect and use personal information)
Xinhua, January 25, 2019

Related:
China’s cyber police launches new campaign targeting apps that obtain personal information illegally
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Central database on Hong Kong’s under-18s under consideration, minister announces
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2019

【區旗區徽禁區】戰衣印洋紫荊圖案 三項鐵人女將指警收匿名投訴 (Hong Kong triathlete receives police inquiry for using regional emblem on vest)
The Stand News, January 26, 2019

劉小麗提選舉呈請:選舉主任DQ前沒給予機會解釋 (Ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai files election petition to challenge disqualification from by-election in 2018)
Citizen News, January 26, 2019

Make yourself available for work, or have allocations docked, Hong Kong government tells CSSA recipients turning 60
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2019

”Inmates are people”: Activist Joshua Wong interrogated in jail while naked and squatting, court hears
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2019

Commentary (评论)

洛德:在「被豢養」的互聯網世界,批評百度時我們忽略了什麼? (Acknowledging the “cattle-fed” Internet: what do we lack in criticisms against Baidu?)
The Initium, January 28, 2019

Hong Kong sees its biggest increase yet in minimum wage – but is it enough?
Hong Kong Free Press, January 27, 2019

Your digital identity has three layers, and you can only protect one of them
Quartz, January 25, 2019

Friday, January 25, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国称澳籍作家杨恒均涉嫌危害国家安全
China says Australian writer is suspected of national security crimes
The New York Times, January 24, 2019

Related:
China likely holding author Yang Hengjun in “special detention,” says close friend
Deutsche Welle, January 24, 2019

专访: 民主国家的软弱使中国更嚣张 (Interview with Yang Hengjun’s tutor: Weaknesses of democratic countries will feed China’s ego)
Deutsche Welle, January 25, 2019

披露李明哲监中受虐 李净瑜探监遭拒 (Jailed Taiwan activist Lee Ming-che’s wife denied prison visits after revealing his ill treatment)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2019

公安执法规范化融公正于办案各环节 (To prevent torture, 16 law enforcement and case investigation centers with full CCTV coverage established in Beijing where suspects wear wristbands that record audio and track movement)
Legal Daily, January 24, 2019

新修正的刑事诉讼法全文公布, 在新起点上提升反腐败法治化水平 (Revised Criminal Procedure Law published on People’s Daily, establishing trial in absentia process, connecting investigation of National Supervisory Commission with criminal procedures)
National Supervisory Commission, January 24, 2019

Related:
中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法 (Full text: Criminal Procedure Law of PRC)
People’s Daily, January 24, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

A celebrity blogger in China shines a light on political intrigue
The Economist, January 24, 2019

Why China is lavishing money on foreign students
The Economist, January 24, 2019

U.S. universities unplug from China's Huawei under pressure from Trump
Reuters, January 24, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

兩異見人士滯機場4月 將合法入台 (Two Chinese dissidents allowed to enter Taiwan after being stranded at airport for 4 months)
Ming Pao, January 25, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Canada’s ambassador to China says he “misspoke” about Sabrina Meng Wanzhou’s “strong” case against extradition
Bloomberg, January 25, 2019

China’s Xi Jinping “most dangerous” to free societies, says George Soros
BBC, January 25, 2018

Related:
George Soros says Xi Jinping is the world’s “most dangerous opponent” of open societies
Quartz, January 25, 2019

即使習近平成為終身皇帝,也看不到中國足球夢的實現 (Even with Xi Jinping as emperor for life, China’s soccer dream will not come true)
The News Lens, January 25, 2019

人權比熊貓重要多了!布拉格擬廢除北京藏在合約中的「一中條款」(Human rights are more important than pandas: Prague to abolish one China policy in sister city agreement)
The News Lens, January 24, 2019

中央深改委会议定了这些大事 (Central Commission on Comprehensively Deepening Reforms adopts 12 documents and 3 reports, including Implementing Opinions on Comprehensively Deepening Reforms in Political and Legal Areas)
The Paper, January 24, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. believes it doesn’t need to show “proof” Huawei is a spy threat
Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2019

Related:
Another reason U.S. fears Huawei: Its gear works and it's cheap
Bloomberg, January 24, 2019

Is someone in debt nearby? Chinese court uses chat app to alert people as part of social credit system
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2019

Taiwan compiling “blacklist” of Chinese technology companies: Report
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2019

Bing is back online in China (for now)
That’s Magazine, January 24, 2019

他們還在期待谷歌回到中國,哪怕是審查版的也好 (Why some Chinese citizens still want Google in China)
The Initium, January 25, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong legislature votes down motion to summon Justice Sec. to explain decision not to prosecute ex-leader CY Leung
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2019

Related:
【不控梁振英】傳召鄭若驊議案被否決 鄭若驊:議案干涉檢控 違基本法 (Motion to summon Secretary of Justice vetoed in LegCo, Cheng: motion is an interference on prosecution and against the Basic Law)
The Stand News, January 24, 2019

Demosisto leader Joshua Wong says he was treated “like a dog” when made to squat naked during prison interrogation
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2019

Policing Hong Kong’s Occupy protests was tough, say judges in Frankly Chu appeal – but excessive force still illegal
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2019

Hong Kong opposition lawmakers walk out of meeting with No. 2 official Matthew Cheung as row over controversial welfare change rumbles on
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2019

Commentary (评论)

百度现象折射中国互联网:牢笼又是丛林 (Baidu as a reflection of China’s Internet: A cage, but also a jungle)
BBC News, January 25, 2019

【專訪】穆達偉 因做功課被大陸驅逐出境的德國人 (Interview with David Missal, German student kicked out of China for his research project)
The Stand News, January 24, 2019

China: Secret detention places writer at risk of torture
Amnesty International, January 24, 2019

The Chinese Communist Party always needs an enemy
Foreign Policy, January 24, 2019

What does Xi want from Taiwan? (And what can Taiwan do about it?)
ChinaFile, January 24, 2019

China’s media forecast is bleak and stormy
Foreign Policy, January 24, 2019

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

A death sentence for a life of service
Art of Life, January 22, 2019

新疆一企业家疑因拒绝洗脑被判刑 (Kazakh entrepreneur sentenced to 10 years after being sent to Xinjiang camp, family received no information on charges or trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高法王林清法官依然下落不明 一篇诋毁文字为何四处流行 (Online smear campaign begins as Supreme People’s Court judge remains missing)
Radio France Internationale, January 24, 2019

澳籍华裔作家杨恒均在中国被拘留
Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun detained in China
The New York Times, January 24, 2019

Related:
Detention of an Australian in China is Canberra’s worst nightmare
Sydney Morning Herald, January 24, 2019

Yang Hengjun: China “behaving like terrorists,” says friend of detained Australian
The Guardian, January 24, 2019

Christian suddenly dies within 24 hours of arrest
Bitter Winter, January 23, 2019

袭警判决为何引发争议:司法必须考虑示范效应和公序良俗 (The dilemma of harsher penalties forassaulting a police officer)
The Paper, January 23, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China deletes 7 million pieces of online information, thousands of apps
Reuters, January 23, 2019

Related:
网络生态治理专项行动已清理有害信息709.7万余条 (Over 7 million “harmful” information cleaned and 308,000 accounts deleted during special campaign of “Internet ecosystem governance”)
Xinhua, January 23, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese authorities detain a dozen labour activists in crackdown on independent unions
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Tibetan nomads in Chamdo forced from their land in resettlement scheme
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2019

If China wants to quieten Belt and Road critics, it must meet global investing rules says Xiao Gang, ex-chief of Chinese securities watchdog
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2019

China has a special passport for its elites—and Huawei’s detained executive had one
Quartz, January 23, 2018

Related:
Meng Wanzhou: The Huawei exec trapped in a gilded cage
CNN, January 24, 2019

我国过半“红通人员”去年被引渡遣返,专家分析2019全球追逃追赃如何发力 (Half of fugitives on Interpol “red notice” were extradited and returned to China by 2018)
Legal Daily, January 23, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

搜索引争议背后 百度发力信息流?(Behind Baidu search engine controversy: Is the company promoting its own content?)
Beijing News, January 24, 2019

Related:
百度搜索已死?中国互联网企业商业与公共利益之间的抉择 (Is Baidu’s search engine dead? China’s Internet companies face choice between business, public interest)
BBC News, January 23, 2019

Microsoft's Bing search engine goes offline in China, raising fears it was “walled off”
Japan Times, January 24, 2019

China launches app encouraging users to identify and report “deadbeat” debtors
Independent, January 23, 2019

Taiwan preps China blacklist banning Huawei and ZTE
Nikkei Asian Review, January 22, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

從球場爭議走到立法,香港《國歌法》首讀 (Hong Kong’s National Anthem Law: From controversy on the soccer field to a bill in LegCo)
The Initium, January 24, 2019

Huge increase in investigations by Hong Kong authorities into suspected breaches of UN sanctions in last five years
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2019

Fewer Hongkongers see “One Country, Two Systems” as applicable to Taiwan – survey
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2019

No date set to amend anti-bribery laws to include Hong Kong’s leader, say’s city’s No. 2 official
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2019

Commentary (评论)

五四、八九、雨傘——留給我們的珍寶沒有遺言 (May 4, June 4, and Umbrella: “Our heritage was left to us without a testament”)
Ming Pao, January 24, 2019

Hong Kong lawmakers stood up for what’s right on elderly welfare. Shame it didn’t last
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2019

Spite won’t beat China in Africa
Foreign Policy, January 23, 2019

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China and CNN in row over Uyghur campaigner’s account of deaths of nine people in Xinjiang camp
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2019

内地雇新疆哈萨克人 要求学汉语入党 (Kazakhs sent from Xinjiang to work in inland factories, asked to learn Chinese and join the Party)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2019

“Reeducating” Muslims: How did the PRC come to this?
China Digital Times, January 21, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Growing fears for Chinese-Australian writer who has disappeared in China
Sydney Morning Herald, January 23, 2019

At least 5 labor rights activists arrested across China
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2019

Related:
Well-known labor activists detained by Shenzhen police
China Labour Bulletin, January 22, 2019

Jailed rights activist suffers “extremely poor” conditions in China’s Hubei: Family
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

揭秘“网络水军”删帖“产业链” (Police crack down on “Internet water army” for deleting, blocking, replacing online information to manipulate public opinion)
Xinhua, January 22, 2019

“I’m being watched”: Anne-Marie Brady, the China critic living in fear of Beijing
The Guardian, January 23, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

反性倾向扭转治疗 中国红卡车捍卫LGBT (Two artists use red trucks to defend LGBT rights, against sexual orientation conversion therapy in China)
Deutsche Welle, January 23, 2019

First case of an administrative detention linked to the Foreign NGO Law?
ChinaFile NGO Project, January 22, 2019

Related:
北上推廣愛滋病平權港人張錦雄 深圳被行政拘留三日 禁入境5年 (Hong Kong activist detained for 3 days for violation of Foreign NGO law, barred from entry for 5 years)
HK01, January 19, 2019

China’s construction workers need and deserve an effective trade union
China Labour Bulletin, January 22, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.S. advances Meng Wanzhou extradition process
China Digital Times, January 22, 2019

中国继续推进“一带一路”,但更谨慎低调
China proceeds with Belt and Road push, but does it more quietly
The New York Times, January 22, 2019

China’s parents still mistrust country’s brands 10 years after lethal milk powder scandal
Bloomberg, January 22, 2019

习近平吁严防“黑天鹅”“灰犀牛” (Xi Jinping urges prevention of “black swan” and “grey rhino” events)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2018

Related:
Xi Jinping has issued a rallying cry, but what is China on alert for?
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2019

习近平:提高防控能力着力防范化解重大风险 保持经济持续健康发展社会大局稳定 (Xi Jinping urges provincial cadres to prevent and mitigate major political and ideological risks with “dogged fighting spirit”)
Xinhua, January 22, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Huawei to seek swift resolution for detained executive Meng Wanzhou
Reuters, January 22, 2019

How Huawei wooed Europe with sponsorships, investments and promises
The New York Times, January 22, 2019

China’s plan for tech dominance is advancing, business groups say
Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activists apply for legal aid to challenge gov’t decision not to prosecute ex-leader CY Leung
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2019

Lawyers’ group calls on Hong Kong justice minister to delegate prosecution decisions
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2019

Related:
【UGL案】大律師公會倡檢控決定權交刑事檢控專員 律政司長僅處理特殊案件 (Hong Kong Bar Association urges Secretary of Justice to leave prosecutorial decisions to chief prosecutor)
The Stand News, January 21, 2019

邊境難關:中國入境黑名單上的雨傘青年 (The border challenge: Hong Kong “umbrella” youngsters banned from entering China)
The Initium, January 23, 2019

眾志突襲公民廣場反對國歌法 批箝制港人思想自由 (Demosisto flash-protests at Civic Square against national anthem law as bill gets first reading in LegCo)
Inmediahk.net, January 23, 2019

Related:
【國歌法】音樂導師工會:憂自由受壓 淪「國歌法下的奴隸」(Music teachers fear loss of freedom, protest national anthem law)
Inmediahk.net, January 23, 2019

Video: “Freedom not to praise”: Hong Kong activists pull stunt at gov’t HQ as national anthem law goes to legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2019

政黨請願要求政府立法保障罕見病人權益 (Political party presses for legislative protection for people with rare diseases)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 23, 2019

Commentary (评论)

From Taiwan to the belt and road, China’s “grand plan” is to push the U.S. out of Asia
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2019

Trials in China kept secret by silencing lawyers
Human Rights Watch, January 22, 2019

Xi Jinping, release these men
Foreign Policy, January 22, 2019

The coming fight for the Dalai Lama’s soul
Foreign Policy, January 22, 2019

Analyst: China has to be put in the category of a “rogue state”
Deutsche Welle, January 22, 2019

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uyghur refugee tells of death and fear inside China’s Xinjiang camps
CNN, January 21, 2019

Hundreds of “freed” Kazakhs under house arrest in Xinjiang
Financial Times, January 20, 2019

Detainees are trickling out of Xinjiang’s camps
Foreign Policy, January 18, 2019

美国会参众两院重提维吾尔人权议案 (U.S. House and Senate table concurrent proposals for human rights policy act on XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

Related:
U.S. lawmakers reintroduce legislation to sanction China over abuse of Uyghurs in XUAR
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

State security police in China’s Sichuan “framed” ailing activist
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2019

中央政法委负责人就《中国共产党政法工作条例》答记者问 (CPC issues regulations to “intensify” Party “leadership” in political and legal work)
Xinhua, January 18, 2019

Related:
中共中央印发《中国共产党政法工作条例》(Full Text: CPC Political and Legal Work Regulations)
Xinhua, January 18, 2019

新公务员法亮点解读 (China revises Civil Servant Law to include language of upholding Party leadership)
Legal Daily, January 18, 2019

Court in China’s Guangdong jails human rights lawyer for 5 years
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

被指做假新闻 两港媒传遭禁赴台采访三年 (Taiwan bans journalists from 2 mainland-controlled Hong Kong media outlets for 3 years for reporting fake news)
Radio France Internationale, January 20, 2019

Chinese authorities go after citizens for using VPNs to skirt online censorship
Hong Kong Free Press, January 20, 2019

Oxford scholars warned of security risks from China link-ups
Sydney Morning Herald, January 21, 2019

In all things, the Chairman rules
China Media Project, January 19, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China using taped confessions to intimidate young Communists, students say
The New York Times, January 21, 2019

Related:
一评“认罪视频”:演技拙劣无能,可笑自导自演 (Comment on “confession tapes”: Laughable self-directed poor performance)
Jasic Workers Solidarity Group, January 21, 2019

Hong Kong trade unions call for release of Jasic activists
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

統戰部:讓五星紅旗高高飄揚在教堂院內 中國主教團主席:決心不負黨和政府重托 (CPC United Front Dep’t urges Catholic clerics to “let China’s flag fly high inside churches,” bishops vow not to disappoint)
The Stand News, January 21, 2019

国际刑警组织前主席孟宏伟之妻在法国寻求庇护
Wife of former Interpol chief seeks asylum in France
The New York Times, January 21, 2019

“Tang Jingling would have fought for vaccine victims, but he's in jail”
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

Chinese police must guard against “color revolutions,” says top official
Reuters, January 18, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

截至去年末限制购飞机票1704万人、高铁票544万人 (By end of 2018, China has barred 17 million citizens from flights, 5.4 million from high-speed rail)
Beijing News, January 22, 2019

Attended church 10 years ago? No travel for you
Bitter Winter, January 21, 2019

民進黨秘書長:一國兩制不存在 香港是活生生血淋淋例子 (Taiwan DPP: One Country, Two Systems does not exist, Hong Kong is a living warning)
The Stand News, January 21, 2019

German Foreign Minister urges EU jointly oppose China’s military threat over Taiwan
Taiwan News, January 20, 2019

Chinese authorities mistreating Canadian detainees, ambassador says
Globe and Mail, January 21, 2019

Related:
Former China envoys call on Xi Jinping to release two detained Canadians
The Guardian, January 21, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

抖音国际增长迅猛 避嫌删除用户数据传回中国条款陈述 (As its international market surges, TikTok deletes from privacy policy clause on processing and storing user data on China’s servers)
Radio France Internationale, January 20, 2019

Huawei ties with Canadian universities risk “weaponization” of tech patents, say experts
The Star, January 20, 2019

Baidu threatens to sue a journalist for mentioning its past scandals
SupChina, January 18, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court rejects “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung’s bid for final appeal over having trademark locks cut in jail
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2019

Hong Kong’s top court rejects final appeal by retired cop Frankly Chu over Occupy pedestrian assault
Hong Kong Free Press, January 21, 2019

東北村民拒政府拆遷方案 堅持農民必須留在農地 (“Farmers must stay with their farms”: New Territories villagers stand firm against government’s resettlement proposal)
Inmediahk.net, January 21, 2019

據了解人大常委秘書長要求港區人大支持國歌法立法 (Reports: NPC chief asks its Hong Kong representatives to support national anthem law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 18, 2019

Courier service SF Express fires Hong Kong boss after “incorrectly” refusing to send cross to Macau
Hong Kong Free Press, January 18, 2019

Commentary (评论)

面對騰訊霸權,社交媒體挑戰者為何「偏向虎山行」? (Why are rival social media companies so daring in taking on Tencent’s monopoly?)
The Initium, January 21, 2019

Chinese Islamophobia was made in the West
Al Jazeera, January 21, 2019

If 5G is so important, why isn’t it secure?
The New York Times, January 21, 2019

For the security of Canadians, Huawei should be banned from our 5G networks
Globe and Mail, January 20, 2019

As Shaanxi saga shows, even Xi hits China’s bureaucratic brick wall
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2019

Friday, January 18, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

“Reeducating” Xinjiang’s Muslims
New York Review of Books, February 7, 2019

Kyrgyz police disperse anti-Chinese rally
Reuters, January 17, 2019

海外维吾尔母亲视频认出失踪女儿 (Overseas Uyghur mother finds missing daughter in orphanage footage after husband was arrested for terrorism charges)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

周强出席全国高级法院院长会议讲话强调,坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导 忠诚履行职责,坚持司法为民服务大局 (SPC President Zhou Qiang tells high court judges to “integrate full implementation of Party Central decisions with independent practice of judicial power”)
Supreme People’s Court, January 18, 2019

黄琦提审解聘律师 德国关注母子安危 (German human rights commissioner concerned for safety of Huang Qi and mother)
Deutsche Welle, January 17, 2019

Canada summons Chinese ambassador over interrogation of Michael Kovrig
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Scholar claims courier service SF Express refused to deliver his book related to Hong Kong Umbrella Movement
Hong Kong Free Press, January 18, 2019

Minitrue: No unapproved coverage of Huang Qi trial
China Digital Times, January 17, 2019

无国界记者呼吁释放中国公民记者 (Reporters Without Borders urges release of jailed reporters in China)
Voice of America, January 17, 2019

长袖上阵,文身禁令下的中国足球运动员
Short pants and long sleeves: China’s soccer team plays under tattoo ban
The New York Times, January 17, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese mark passing of late, ousted liberal premier amid tight security
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2019

疫苗管理法草案遭炮轰 (Draft vaccine law slammed for ignoring affected parents’ concerns)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2019

Chinese police prevent Canadian woman from returning home on connecting flight through Beijing
The Star, January 16, 2019

Related:
在囚民運人士女兒北京轉機 與女嬰同被扣兩小時 屬加拿大公民 (Imprisoned dissident’s daughter, a Canadian national, was detained at Beijing airport on way home after being denied entry to visit her father)
The Stand News, January 17, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China: Xi doubles down on repression
Human Rights Watch, January 17, 2019

Related:
China: Events of 2018
Human Rights Watch, January 17, 2019

How a corrupt testing system left pollution unchecked in China
Caixin, January 17, 2019

Taipei decries “out of control” Beijing
Taipei Times, January 18, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

《南华早报》称纽约警局使用中国人脸识别监控技术 专家予以驳斥 (Experts refute SCMP report that NYPD uses Chinese facial recognition technology)
Voice of America, January 18, 2019

China’s envoy to Canada says Huawei 5G ban would have repercussions
Reuters, January 18, 2018

Related:
Oxford University suspends donor ties with Chinese tech giant Huawei as national security fears mount
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2019

Germany considers barring Huawei from 5G networks
Reuters, January 17, 2018

1000款常用APP测评:过半隐私政策透明度“低” (2018 Personal Information Protection Annual Report rates half of 1,000 most common apps “low” on transparency of privacy policies)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2019

Microsoft to launch its biggest AI, IoT lab in Shanghai
TechNode, January 17, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hongkongers don’t trust the government not to abuse its power when it comes to the rule of law, survey shows
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2019

Hong Kongers could be jailed for disrespecting China’s anthem
Economist, January 17, 2019

Beijing’s assault on Hong Kong freedoms worsened considerably in 2018, says NGO Human Rights Watch
Hong Kong Free Press, January 17, 2019

Related:
DQ、取締民族黨、一地兩檢 世界人權報告:北京打壓加劇 香港自由明顯惡化 (Global human rights report warns of worsening Hong Kong freedoms under increased pressure from Beijing, cites disqualifications, party ban, co-location)
The Stand News, January 17, 2019

【數碼轉型】阿里雲加入香港智慧城市聯盟 (China’s Alibaba Cloud to join Hong Kong’s smart city consortium)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2019

Hong Kong Watch 羅哲斯 再收香港寄出匿名信 「想用威嚇令我噤聲」(Anonymous letter of intimidation sent to U.K. neighbors of Hong Kong Watch founder Benedict Rogers)
The Stand News, January 17, 2019

Commentary (评论)

What's wrong with mainstream media's interpretation of Taiwan's referendum results?
Global Voices, January 18, 2019

Germany’s China problem
The New York Times, January 17, 2019

China is setting up a new model for world human rights
People’s Daily, January 17, 2019

China’s perilous Taiwan policy
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, January 17, 2019

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆代表委员聚焦“访惠聚” (XUAR chief reports to local People’s Congress: In 2018, 1.12 million cadres embedded in 1.69 million households for “maintaining stability” topped all other political work
Legal Daily, January 16, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

黃琦當庭炒律師 審訊中斷 (According to reports, Huang Qi dismisses lawyer to protect lawyer’s safety, trial suspended)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2019

Related:
Trial suspended as Sichuan activist Huang Qi reportedly dismissed his lawyer
Human Rights in China, January 16, 2019

Canada asks China for clemency for convicted drug trafficker sentenced to death
Agence France-Presse, January 17, 2019

Related:
在中国被判死刑的加拿大男子将上诉
Canadian sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling will appeal
The New York Times, January 17, 2019

助村民反填海 廣東維權律師陳武權 尋釁滋事判監5年 (Rights lawyer Chen Wuquan sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for helping villagers oppose land-reclamation project)
The Stand News, January 16, 2019

数十家世界500强外企官网错误标识我国港澳台地区,专家建议依法处置错误标识中国领土行为 (CASS research cites 83 websites of Fortune 500 companies that ignore PRC “sovereignty and territorial integrity,” and mislabel Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan; experts recommend punishment)
Legal Daily, January 16, 2019

习近平出席中央政法工作会议并发表重要讲话 (Xi Jinping at Central Political Legal Work Conference: “Uphold absolute Party leadership over political and legal work,” “turn advantages of our nation’s socialist system into effective social governance”
The Central People's Government, January 16, 2019

中国民营企业家:永远在通往监狱路上? (Are China’s private entrepreneurs always on their way to prison?)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

U.S. universities shut down Confucius Institutes
China Digital Times, January 16, 2019

ByteDance can’t outrun Beijing’s shadow
Foreign Policy, January 16, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

1 in 3 Christians in Asia faces persecution: Report
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2019

Related:
专家:迫害骤增,中国基督徒或被迫转向“朝鲜模式” (Expert: Heightened crackdown may force Chinese Christians into underground “North Korea model”)
Voice of America, January 17, 2019

China campaign targets gay conversion therapy
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2019

Use of expired vaccine sparks public scare in China
Voice of America, January 16, 2019

Chinese dissidents in Taiwan airport limbo for over 100 days
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2019

Police raid legal consultancy “club” founded by disbarred Chinese lawyers
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2019

Chinese kindergarten teacher, fired for being gay, sues to get job back
SupChina, January 16, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

彭斯再出招:中國經常無視國際法 美不再視而不見 (Pence: U.S. will no longer “look the other way” at China’s disregard of international law)
Citizen News, January 17, 2019

Manila hands over fugitive to Beijing
The Standard, January 17, 2019

U.S. increasingly concerned about a Chinese attack on Taiwan
Foreign Policy, January 16, 2019

Related:
Taiwan prepares to hold large-scale military drills to deter China
Deutsche Welle, January 16, 2019

China anti-corruption hunt catches “tiger” official
Reuters, January 16, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Bills would ban sale of U.S. chips to Huawei, ZTE
Reuters, January 17, 2019

Related:
Huawei said to be under U.S. investigation in trade-secrets case
The New York Times, January 16, 2019

Beijing builds cybersecurity industrial park
Sina English, Jan 17, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

順豐再被投訴審查 拒港宗教團體寄十字架到澳門 (SF Express review process extends to religious items as Catholic volunteer’s package rejected for containing a cross)
The Stand News, January 17, 2019

Huawei gear not checked for spyware
The Standard, January 17, 2019

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy and pro-Beijing camps join forces in Legislative Council to call for government U-turn on elderly assistance age change
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2019

Related:
【長者綜援門檻提高】立會通過無約束力議案促擱置 羅致光問:現在還有沒有人說「人生七十古來稀」?(LegCo unites to pass non-binding motion to shelve proposals raising threshold for elderly benefits as gov’t insists policy is constitutional)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2019

港大民調:六成人認為不控梁振英決定偏頗 民主黨研提私人檢控 (HKU survey: 60% of respondents think decision not to prosecute CY Leung is biased)
The Stand News, January 16, 2019

Macau denies entry to ex-student leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement Yvonne Leung
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2019

學聯及八大專院校學生會發聯合聲明 反對任何形式國歌法 (9 Hong Kong university student organizations issue joint statement to oppose any form of national anthem law)
The Stand News, January 16, 2019

【流感高峰】多間公院逼爆 護協周日政總集會 促政府增資源應對 (Nurses to rally on Sunday to protest dire working conditions, lack of resources during flu season)
HK01, January 16, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Huawei founder’s protests mean nothing: Independent Chinese companies simply don’t exist
The Conversation, January 17, 2019

China: Three journalists sentenced to prison terms
Reporters Without Borders, January 17, 2019

How the U.S. can step up in the South China Sea
Foreign Affairs, January 16, 2019

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China's Muslims fear crackdown in ancient city of Xi'an
The Guardian, January 15, 2019

Xinjiang authorities detain Uyghur aspiring professional footballer in “political re-education camp”
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

The Schellenberg affair: Chinese lawyers and law professors opposing court’s handling of Robert Schellenberg’s case
ChinaChange, January 16, 2019

Related:
莫少平律师: 谢伦伯格案程序不当 当庭宣判死刑前所未见 (Interview with Lawyer Mo Shaoping on Schellenberg trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019

China’s death sentence for Canadian prompts protest, warnings
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019

Five years after his arrest, the lessons China’s Ilham Tohti tried to teach are left unheeded
Hong Kong Free press, January 15, 2019

Related:
In full: 5 years on, 132 scholars & 18 civil society groups urge China to release Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2019

人权组织批中国秘密庭审网络异议人士黄琦 促无条件释放 (Rights group slams secret trial of Huang Qi, demands unconditional release)
Voice of America, January 15, 2019

Related:
China: Release Huang Qi, respect right to fair trial
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 14, 2019

律师维权惩戒需多主体多维度推进:会见难仍是现实难点,惩戒存明显地域差异 (Difficulty in meeting with clients tops list of challenges to rights of lawyers to practice in 2018, with volumes of complaints and decisions rising for the 5th year)
Legal Daily, Jan 15, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

黨盯著你?這個實驗室,探索著「中國模式」網路的虛與實 (Is the party spying on you? Citizen Lab studies the “China Model” of the Internet)
The Initium, January 15, 2019

Minitrue: Control calls to action on vaccine scandal
China Digital Times, January 15, 2019

And then they came for man earrings
SupChina, January 15, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

#MeToo: Send letters to your legislators, Chinese activists urge
China Labour Bulletin, January 16, 2019

Rights groups demand release of Uyghur professor Ilham Tohti on fifth anniversary of arrest
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019

France, Germany give rights prize to detained Chinese lawyer
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019

被吊證維權律師組成「律師後俱樂部」 警察登門通知取締 (Police bans civil society group formed by rights lawyers disbarred for their rights defense work)
The Stand News, January 15, 2019

贵州人权研讨会照片发微信 廖双元遭国保打伤右眼 (WeChat photo of Guizhou human rights conference guides police to assault activist)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

涉嫌6次抵制习近平批示再加疑涉「千亿矿权案」 陕西前书记赵正永落马 (Former Shaanxi party secretary Zhao Zhengyong under investigation, involved in SPC missing papers case)
Radio France Internationale, January 15, 2019

Why Trump’s America is rethinking engagement with China
Financial Times, January 15, 2019

Analysis: China pulling out all stops in Canada tensions
Associated Press, January 14, 2019

Related:
China condemns Trudeau’s remarks about Canadian’s death sentence
Reuters, January 15, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Reclusive Huawei founder: We don’t spy for China
Financial Times, January 15, 2019

Related:
任正非打破沉默 强调华为不会向中国政府泄漏顾客机密信息 (Huawei founder breaks silence on growing ban, claims company will not supply info of foreign clients to CPC government)
Voice of America, January 15, 2019

河南公众安全感政法机关执法满意度持续攀升 (Using “full coverage” video surveillance system, Henan police arrested 7,203 criminal suspects and solved 19,200 cases in 2018)
Legal Daily, Jan 14, 2018