China risks international extradition row over case of Uygur man detained in Morocco
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2021
Friday, July 30, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Information (公众知情权)
US condemns 'harassment' of foreign journalists in China
Radio France Internationale, July 30, 2021
Related:
China accuses BBC of 'fake news' over floods reporting
Channel NewsAsia, July 29, 2021
河南水灾中自媒体异军突起 官媒被批冷漠滞后(Self-media emerges during Henan flood; official media is criticized for indifference and slack)
Voice of America, July 30, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China Targets Costly Tutoring Classes. Parents Want to Save Them.
中国打击教培行业，但孩子们真的能“减负”吗？
The New York Times, July 30, 2021
逾百诺贝尔奖得主抗议中国干预国际科学会议(More than 100 Nobel laureates protest China's interference in int’l scientific conference)
Voice of America, July 30, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
EU foreign policy chief flags review of China strategy ‘in months’
Bloomberg, July 30, 2021
China built the world’s largest facial recognition system. Now, it’s getting camera-shy.
The Washington Post, July 30, 2021
Apple’s Siri becomes target of nationalist netizens after glitch caused it to skip Chinese Olympic gold tally
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Activist Tong Ying-kit jailed for 9 years in Hong Kong’s first national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, July 30, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong’s draconian new security law claims its first scalp
The Economist, July 31, 2021唐英傑案｜劉偉聰引述唐英傑「會撐住，好似香港運動員一樣」(Tong's lawyer quotes him: I won’t give up, just like Hong Kong athletes)
Ming Pao, July 30, 2021【國安法首案】百警遍佈金鐘趕人兼截查：我哋唔會俾你哋送車㗎啦(100 policemen stop and search residents showing support for first national security defendant in Admiralty)
inmedia.hk, July 30, 2021
Hong Kong democrat Tam Tak-chi faces 13 months on remand as sedition trial suspended until October
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2021
Tokyo Olympics: Hong Kong police arrest man for ‘insulting national anthem’ during live broadcast of fencing hero Edgar Cheung receiving gold medal
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2021
Former Hong Kong law professor Benny Tai’s election expense case moved to District Court, where 7-year sentence possible
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2021
否認煽惑他人參與六四集會 鄒幸彤：悼念無罪，我不認罪 續還柙至 10 月開審(Tonyee Chow, barrister and Hong Kong Alliance vice chair, pleads not guilty to inciting others to join an unauthorized June Fourth gathering; case adjourned to October)
Stand News, July 30, 2021
廚師行山杖襲警認暴動等4罪囚33月 官：被告關心社會卻用錯方法(Chef jailed for 33 months over “rioting” in 2019 anti-totalitarian march)
Ming Pao, July 30, 2021
英政府資助 BNO 每人逾 8 千元學英文 港人經驗分享﹕可主動與地方政府合作(UK gov't budgets up to £800 for each BNO passport holder to learn English)
Stand News, July 30, 2021
Commentary (评论)
专访：中美之间游戏规则正重新建立(Interview: Rules of the game between China and U.S. are being revamped)
Deutsche Welle, July 30, 2021
The Chinese Sports Machine’s Single Goal: The Most Golds, at Any Cost
不惜一切代价：奥运金牌背后的中国体育举国体制
The New York Times, July 30, 2021
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
美众议院通过修正案阻止中国地图包含台湾(U.S. House passes bill banning purchase of China's maps that include Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, July 29, 2021
Related:
US House passes bill banning purchase of maps depicting Taiwan as part of China
Taiwan News, July 29, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
China Is Using Tibetans as Agents of Empire in the Himalayas
Foreign Policy, July 28, 2021
What message was Xi Jinping trying to send on his visit to Tibet?
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
As China Reins In Private Sector, Another Businessman Gets 18 Years
中国加强对商界管控，农民企业家孙大午被判18年监禁
The New York Times, July 29, 2021
Related:
Statement of the Dawu Legal Team on the Verdict and Sentences in the Dawu Case
China Change, July 28, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
“在中国，自由都是表面的”：一位逃离墙国的美国网红("In China, freedom exists only on the surface": American Internet celebrity who escaped from the walled country)
Voice of America, July 29, 2021
郑州人：为什么不能拍摄？为什么不能将真相告诉公众？(Zhengzhou native: Why can't it be filmed? Why can't the truth be told to the public?)
Radio France Internationale, July 29, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China Cracks Down On Its Tech Giants. Sound Familiar?
Wired, July 29, 2021
Related:
China’s misguided crackdown on business
Financial Times, July 29, 2021Is China Killing Its Golden Tech Goose?
Protocol, July 28, 2021
China’s Sputnik Moment?
Foreign Affairs, July 29, 2021
Invest in China, but Without Illusions
投资中国，但不要抱有幻想
The New York Times, July 29, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law: scholars, legal experts warn ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ slogan ‘very risky’ in wake of secession conviction
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021
Related:
High Court ruling involving Hong Kong protest slogan not binding in sedition case, judge says
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021【譚得志被控煽動】控方詳列街站言論 指曾喊「光時」171 次 辦「健康工作坊」無健康訊息(In ex-lawmaker Tam Tak-chi's sedition case, prosecution says he shouted "Liberate Hong Kong" slogan 171 times in public gatherings)
Stand News, July 29, 2021
Hong Kong national security law: High Court judges in first sentencing reject prosecution call to follow legal principles from mainland China
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021
Related:
Lawyer for Hong Kong Protester Asks Court for Shorter Term
Associated Press, July 29, 2021
Two arrested over online calls for boycotts, threats against Hong Kong broadcaster TVB
Hong Kong Free Press, July 29, 2021
信報創辦人林行止宣布擱筆：在大環境仍有選擇自由之下作出的自由選擇(Hong Kong Economic Journal founder Lam Hang-chi ends his column: A free decision made when such decisions are still possible)
Stand News, July 29, 2021
Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union quits alliance behind annual Tiananmen Square vigil, citing ‘worsening situation’
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021
Hong Kong protests: judiciary lifts rare ban imposed on judge barred from cases linked to 2019 unrest
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021
英政府開放網上申請 「極度貧窮」BNO 人士可領政府資助(UK gov't opens application for subsidies for "extremely poor" BNO passport holders)
Stand News, July 29, 2021
Commentary (评论)
More clarity required following judgment in first Hong Kong security law trial
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Morocco authorities arrest Uyghur activist at China’s request
The Guardian, July 28, 2021
‘They Have My Sister’: As Uyghurs Speak Out, China Targets Their Families
海外维吾尔人发声之后：亲属成为中国当局打击对象
The New York Times, July 28, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese businessman who challenged Beijing jailed for 18 years
Financial Times, July 28, 2021
Related:
孙大午法庭最后陈述 (Sun Dawu's final court statement)
Weiquanwang, July 28, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
China’s official Panchen Lama tells Tibetan Buddhists to stay away from separatist forces
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
After the Floods, China Found a Target for Its Pain: Foreign Media
The New York Times, July 28, 2021
中国对外媒敌意攀升 专家：“对北京不利” (Experts on China's rising hostility toward foreign media: “It's bad for Beijing”)
Deutsche Welle, July 28, 2021
驻华外国记者协会谴责外国记者在郑州遭围攻及骚扰 (Foreign Correspondents' Club of China condemns harassment of reporters covering Henan floods)
Voice of America, July 28, 2021
Related:
FCCC Statement on Harassment of Reporters Covering Henan Floods
Foreign Correspondents' Club of China, July 27, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
The Nation That Faced Down China
The Atlantic, July 28, 2021
More than 100 Nobel Prize winners accuse China of ‘bullying’ after effort to stop Dalai Lama and pro-Taiwan independence chemist from speaking at summit
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021
河南洪灾受害者控诉官方“难辞其咎” 让人“自投罗网” (Victims of Henan floods: Officials must bear responsibility for letting people get trapped)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2021
I wouldn’t sign a China trade deal now: Tony Abbott
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 28, 2021
China Appears to Be Building New Silos for Nuclear Missiles, Researchers Say
The Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2021
After Years of Chinese Influence, U.S. Tries to Renew Ties in Southeast Asia
美国强化与东南亚关系，以抗衡中国影响力
The New York Times, July 28, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s Big Tech crackdown: WeChat’s suspension of sign-ups adds to uncertainty
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021
China takes aim at pop-up windows in further tech clampdown
Agence France-Presse, July 28, 2021
China’s era of Big Tech Overwork has ended
Protocol, July 28, 2021
Biden: If U.S. has 'real shooting war' it could be result of cyber attacks
Reuters, July 28, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
China’s top legislative body set to endorse anti-sanctions law for Hong Kong next month by inserting the provisions into city’s mini-constitution
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021
Developing | Hong Kong appoints investigator to probe fraud allegations in the financial affairs of Apple Daily’s publisher Next Digital
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021
Former top editors of Hong Kong’s now-defunct Apple Daily withdraw bail review
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2021
National security law: protest slogan ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ can have multiple meanings, but is it ultimately a call for secession?
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021
Related:
The End of Free Speech in Hong Kong
The Atlantic, July 28, 2021Hong Kong’s first national security law verdict shows Beijing’s “red line” has become a red net
Quartz, July 28, 2021【首宗國安法案】接受美媒訪問 梁頌恆：創作「光時」口號只為吸引眼球 無關分裂國家(In interview with the Atlantic, ex-lawmaker Baggio Leung in exile says "Liberate Hong Kong" slogan was created to catch eyeballs, unrelated to secession)
Stand News, July 28, 2021
區諾軒就818案刑期上訴 期間申請保釋外出被拒(Pro-democracy ex-lawmaker Au Lok Hin appeals sentence over August 2019 unlawful assembly, is denied bail)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 28, 2021
「港人講地」母公司入稟控大紀元、自由亞洲電台誹謗(Parent company of pro-Beijing online media Speakout HK sues Epoch Times, Radio Free Asia for libel)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2021
How Hong Kong’s civil society ‘withered’ under Beijing’s national security purge
Agence France-Presse, July 28, 2021
Ex-Hospital Authority union chair Winnie Yu granted bail ahead of national security law trial
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2021
Hong Kong police warnings of terrorist threat met with scepticism
Financial Times, July 28, 2021
Hong Kong Markets Battered as Foreign Investor Confidence Wavers
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
美议员施压五间美企 要求他们停止赞助北京冬奥 (U.S. Senators pressure corporations to stop sponsoring the Beijing Winter Olympics)
Deutsche Welle, July 28, 2021
杯葛北京冬奥 美跨国企业做得到吗？ (Are U.S. transnational corporations capable of boycotting Beijing Winter Olympics?)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Commentary: Didi’s troubles with China should be everyone’s business
Channel News Asia, July 28, 2021
人禍性質大於天災的「鄭州水災」，暴露出習近平一人獨裁政權的失能和冷酷 (A greater manmade disaster than natural disaster: Henan floods expose Xi Jinping's incompetent and ruthless dictatorship)
Voicettank, July 28, 2021
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
'They Have My Sister': As Uyghurs Speak Out, China Targets Their Families
The New York Times, July 27, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Press groups raise alarm over threats to foreign media in China
The Guardian, July 27, 2021
郑州不明身份者围攻记者 掩盖什么？ (Unidentified persons block journalists in Zhengzhou—what are they trying to conceal?)
Radio France Internationale, July 26, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
郑州地铁720头七 网民呼吁回答疑问要求追责 (Netizens demand answers, accountability for the Zhengzhou metro tragedy)
Radio France Internationale, July 27, 2021
China’s #MeToo movement picks up again after Kris Wu scandal with two academics accused of sexual harassment
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Biden’s China Strategy Meets Resistance at the Negotiating Table
中美高官会谈激烈交锋，美国对华战略或难奏效
The New York Times, July 27, 2021
北京再拒溯源调查 可能成下次大流行最大受害者 (Beijing rejects WHO's COVID inquiry again, at risk of becoming the biggest victim of the next pandemic)
Voice of America, July 27, 2021
加拿大卑诗省取消和中国司法教育合作计划 (British Columbia cancels justice education program with China)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2021
Related:
Chinese police training in B.C. an espionage risk, critics say: Glacier Investigates
Business in Vancouver, July 25, 2021
Chinese nationalists are targeting their own athletes on social media.
中国奥运选手遭遇民族主义攻击引争议
The New York Times, July 27, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
以数据安全为名，中国启动对网企6个月专项整治 (In name of data security, China launches 6-month cleanup of Internet enterprises)
Voice of America, July 27, 2021
Tencent super app WeChat suspends new user registrations until early August for ‘security upgrade’
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong national security law: first person to stand trial found guilty of terrorism, inciting secession
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong: First national security law conviction is ‘beginning of the end’ for freedom of expression
Amnesty International, July 27, 2021
Organiser of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil fined HK$8,000 for operating June 4 museum without proper licence
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2021
Hong Kong national security police bar reporter who filmed police stabbing from leaving city, home searched
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2021
鄧炳強稱必須盡快就基本法23條立法(Secretary for Security Chris Tang says speeding up Article 23 legislation is a must)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 27, 2021
人大常委會下月開會 反制裁法料納港基本法附件三(In NPC Standing Committee meeting next month, anti-sanction law is expected to be included in Basic Law Annex III)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2021
院校來年紛推國安教育 理大一年級本科生必修 嶺大共同核心課程含國安(Universities are including national security education as core or mandatory subject)
Stand News, July 27, 2021
Hong Kong education: exodus of students could worsen, educators warn
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Monday, July 26, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang’s exports to the EU boom, despite political concerns over forced labour
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2021
INSIDE XINJIANG’S GROWING CARCERAL STATE
China Digital Times, July 23, 2021
解读新疆：著名维吾尔民俗学教授热依拉.达吾提遭判刑(Further details on the prosecution and imprisonment of well-known Uyghur folklore professor Reyila Dawuti)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
As China Rolled Out Its COVID-19 Shots, Victims of Earlier Vaccine Scandals Vanished
The Diplomat, July 24, 2021
Foreign journalists harassed by Chinese citizens over Zhengzhou flooding coverage
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Beijing urges Washington to stop 'demonising' China as US official visits
Agence France-Presse, July 26, 2021
China sanctions former US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, others
Al Jazeera, July 23, 2021
Two Chinese ‘agents’ charged in US for targeting Beijing opponents
Agence France-Presse, July 24, 2021
As China Boomed, It Didn’t Take Climate Change Into Account. Now It Must.
中国开始应对气候变化是否为时已晚？
The New York Times, July 26, 2021
美国会两党报告：美国防供应链需设法摆脱对“对手国家”中国的依赖(U.S. Congress bipartisan report: U.S. defense supply chain needs to rid dependence on "rival country" China)
Voice of America, July 24, 2021
Related:
REPORT OF THE DEFENSE CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN TASK FORCE
U.S. House, July 22, 2021
中国拒绝接受调查计划后 世卫组织敦促各国在病毒溯源问题上共同合作(After China refuses to accept investigation plan, WHO urges all countries to collaborate on virus origin)
Voice of America, July 24, 2021
Related:
WHO urges collaboration on virus origin after China rejects inquiry plan
Reuters, July 23, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
US-China tech war: Beijing calls on Chinese firms to ‘seize overseas opportunities’ in race for self-reliance
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organiser to plead guilty after being slapped with summons over June 4 museum
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organiser to plead guilty after being slapped with summons over June 4 museum
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Former Hong Kong law professor, activist Benny Tai hit with charges over 2016 Legislative Council race expenses
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, ex-lawmaker to contest incitement charges stemming from banned Tiananmen vigil
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong protests: teen who was among 12 fugitives detained in Shenzhen sentenced to time in training centre for flight attempt, petrol bomb
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
香港言語治療師總工會三名幹事昨晚獲准保釋候查(Three speech therapists union officers granted bail on national security charges for publishing children's books)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 24, 2021
譚得志涉發表煽動文字等14罪 控方稱或因應唐英傑案修訂控罪 官准押後周四再審訊(Judge adjourns trial of ex-lawmaker Tam Tak-chi until Thursday as prosecution seeks to amend charges based on first national security case)
Ming Pao, July 26, 2021
前大埔區議員及議助認非法集結及襲警等三罪 判囚三個月(Former pro-democracy Tai Po District Councillor and assistant plead guilty to participating in unauthorized assembly and assaulting police; assistant gets three months jail sentence)
inmedia.hk, July 26, 2021
袁嘉蔚鄒幸彤被罰囚水飯房 邵家臻批懲教署「最嚴格標準針對政治犯」(Pro-democracy activists Tiffany Yuen and Tonyee Chow kept in solitary for days over alleged violations of prison rules)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2021
Billionaires and a Hong Kong bank chief handed seats on powerful new election body
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
No spectacle, no fireworks: Legco is getting work done, but Hongkongers are losing interest without opposition sound and fury
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2021
Hong Kong Baptist University makes national security education compulsory and a graduation requirement
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Related:
浸大新學年不代收會費 學生會：或減人手或停運合作社(Baptist University stops collecting membership fees for its students' union, forcing it to reduce staff or shutter its cooperative)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 26, 2021
【圖書館戰爭】《文匯》批法律童書「損害年輕人守法意識」 圖書館翌日下架(Public library takes down children's book about law day after criticism by pro-Beijing newspaper)
Stand News, July 24, 2021
Hong Kong Olympic badminton player speaks up after black jersey ‘strongly condemned’ by pro-Beijing politician
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong’s press freedom clampdown echoes around the world
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2021
Sheep, wolves, and the Hong Kong government’s epidemic of ‘so called’
Hong Kong Free Press, July 24, 2021
China’s wolf warrior approach is here to stay, says writer Peter Martin
The Hindu, July 25, 2021
In Their Own Words (引言)
“All sins and evils will have their due conclusions. This is the historical trend of the progress of human freedom and will not be changed because dark clouds temporarily obscure the light. True light is never without times of darkness but will never be concealed by darkness.”
—Ye Du (pen name of the mainland Chinese writer Wu Wei (吳偉 ))
(From his letter dated July 13, 2021 proposing marriage to his girlfriend Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, vice chairperson of the Hong kong Alliance, currently in custody awaiting trial on allegedly publicizing unlawful assembly in connection with the banned June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong. The letter was published in the Ming Pao supplement, July 25, 2021.)
“所有的罪与恶都一定会有应有的结局，这人类自由进步的历史大势，不会因为乌云暂时遮挡了光明而改变，真正的光明决不是没有黑暗的时间，但永不会被黑暗所掩蔽。”
——野渡（中国大陆作家）
（香港支联会副主席邹幸彤被捕还押，其身处中国大陆的男友、本身是维权作家的野渡在给她的信中倾诉思念并求婚。香港《明报》副刊，2021年7月25日）
Friday, July 23, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Beijing signals stronger support for Xinjiang amid US sanctions
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
China's Xi visits Tibet amid rising controls over religion
Associated Press, July 23, 2021
Related:
习近平在对宗教日益严格的控制下访问西藏(Xi Jinping visits Tibet amid increasingly strict controls over religion)
Voice of America, July 23, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Two Changsha Funeng Activists Jailed For Two, Three Years
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2021
Couple Apply For Asylum in The Netherlands After Dramatic Rescue From Chinese Agents
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Ghost in the Machine: A Faceless, Famous Chinese Blogger Goes Silent
The Diplomat, July 23, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese web users are writing a new playbook for disaster response
Protocol, July 22, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong elections: voting hours slashed for Election Committee contest as authorities make dozens of changes to polls rule book
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
At least 60 face district ax with disqualifications
The Standard, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong women who ‘published seditious children’s books about sheep’ remanded in custody
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
六四集會案提訊 控方指8人擬不認罪、12人認罪(12 plead not guilty, 8 guilty over unauthorized Tiananmen massacre vigil in 2020)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 23, 2021
鄒幸彤涉煽惑六四集會 保釋覆核再被拒 旁聽人士高呼：錫晒你呀！(Hong Kong Alliance chairwoman and barrister Tonyee Chow Hang-tun is denied bail again for inciting others to participate in an unauthorized June 4th gathering)
inmedia.hk, July 23, 2021
李家超指正籌備 23 條立法 會比 03 年版本更嚴 處理「最極端」情況(Chief Secretary John Lee says gov't is preparing for Article 23 legislation, a harsher version than in 2003 to deal with "most extreme" circumstances)
Stand News, July 23, 2021
Academics in Hong Kong suffer curbs on their freedoms
The Economist, July 21, 2021
Related:
兩名科大學者被指離職 李靜君：已約滿離任 成名： 仲喺科大(Report says two academics at University of Science and Technology quit)
Stand News,, July 23, 2021
Sample questions offer glimpse of how Hong Kong pupils will be tested in newly revamped liberal studies subject
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
Related:
【公社科試卷】通識教師：流於背誦抄寫 難培養高階思維(Liberal studies teacher says revamped subject is limited to reciting and copying, difficult to nurture higher-level thinking)
Stand News,, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong youth’s patriotism undermined by relentless anti-China campaign conducted by ‘foreign forces’, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam scraps policy address town hall meetings over ‘lone wolf’ attack fears
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
London mayor to support Hongkongers moving to city with US$1.2 million fund
Associated Press, July 23, 2021
Exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activists urge US Congress to speed up ‘life boat’ status law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
9 Indicted in US for Being Illegal Agents of China
Voice of America, July 22, 2021
Related:
九名“猎狐行动”参与者在美国被起诉 被控充当中国政府非法代理人(Nine in Operation Fox Hunt are indicted in U.S. for acting as illegal agents of the PRC)
Voice of America, July 23, 2021
遭中共长期迫害的著名公众知识分子李悔之（本名李立群）以死抗争 昨晚服毒自杀 今上午8时53分去世(Well-known public intellectual Li Huizhi (pen name of Li Liqun) commits suicide to protest long-term persecution by CPC)
Weiquanwang, July 23, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Chinese Authorities Must Release Three NGO Staff Sentenced by Changsha Intermediate Court, End Crackdown on Rights Advocacy
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 23, 2021
In Their Own Words (引言)
“You can leave Hong Kong, but it will never leave you.”
―Nury Vittachi, writer based in Hong Kong, from his book, Hong Kong: The City of Dreams (2006)
“你可以离开香港，但它永远不会离开你。”
——努雷·维塔奇（Nury Vittachi）
（常驻香港作家。引语出自其书：《香港：梦想之城》，2006年)
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Room for 10,000: Inside China's largest detention center
The Washington Post, July 22, 2021
Kodak Deletes Post by Photographer Who Called Xinjiang an ‘Orwellian Dystopia’
柯达删除涉新疆Instagram帖子引发争议
The New York Times, July 22, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
In China, Chinese Now Tops Tibetan
Human Rights Watch, July 21, 2021
中共被批关闭藏语学校持续推动西藏去藏化(Free Tibet accuses Chinese gov’t of closing Tibetan language schools and continuing to promote de-Tibetization of Tibet)
Voice of America, July 22, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
A legendary Chinese dissident blogger has suddenly fallen silent
Quartz, July 22, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China’s complicated relationship with LGBTQ+ rights
SupChina, July 22, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China denounces the W.H.O.’s call for another look at the Wuhan lab as ‘shocking’ and ‘arrogant.’
世卫提议再次调查武汉病毒所，中国称“不可能接受”
The New York Times, July 22, 2021
Related:
Covid: China rejects WHO plan for second phase of virus origin probe
BBC News, July 22, 2021
China must cut emissions to avoid climate ‘chaos’, warns US envoy Kerry
美气候特使克里：中国必须在2030年前削减排放
Financial Times, July 22, 2021
法国：中国黑客正向该国发起大规模网攻(France: China’s hackers are launching large-scale cyberattacks on the country)
Deutsche Welle, July 22, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s Regulatory Turf Wars
Protocol, July 22, 2021
Constant but Camouflaged, Flurry of Cyberattacks Offer Glimpse of New Era
黑客攻击新常态下，我们将迎来一个怎样的时代？
The New York Times, July 22, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Five arrested in Hong Kong for sedition over children’s book about sheep
The Guardian, July 22, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong national security police explain why children’s picture books about sheep are seditious
Hong Kong Free Press, July 22, 2021
Hong Kong protests: 7 guilty of Yuen Long MTR station assaults jailed for up to 7 years
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong Marks Second Anniversary of Bloody Yuen Long Attacks
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2021
Hong Kong court denies bail to 4 Apple Daily journalists on national security charges
Hong Kong Free Press, July 22, 2021
Hong Kong privacy law change will let government block social media
Financial Times, July 22, 2021
郭榮鏗出任哈佛甘迺迪亞洲學人 發表國安法下國際營商風險論文(Dennis Kwok, ex-lawmaker and current Harvard Kennedy School Asia Fellow, publishes essay on risks for int'l business under National Security Law)
Stand News, July 22, 2021
Related:
The Risks for International Business under the Hong Kong National Security Law
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard University Kennedy School, July 2021
美國報告稱國安法削香港自治 中方強烈不滿和堅決反對(Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly opposes U.S. report on National Security Law weakening Hong Kong's autonomy)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 22, 2021
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Kodak deletes Xinjiang photo from Instagram, vows to ‘respect Chinese gov’t’
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Biden Has Angered China, and Beijing Is Pushing Back
美中外交交锋升级，习近平能否找到有效反击战略？
The New York Times, July 21, 2021
早有预警？武汉病毒所领导在疫情前数月坦承实验室安全堪忧 (Director of Wuhan P4 lab wrote about concerning conditions months before the pandemic)
Voice of America, July 21, 2021
河南水灾：郑州暴雨已致25人丧生，医院停电，过去24小时发生了什么 (Severe flooding in Henan: 25 dead, power outage in hospitals, and other incidents over past 24 hours)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 21, 2021
毫无察觉的中国立体监控，令人“不禁想起1930年代的德国” (Undetected but pervasive surveillance in China “reminds one of Germany in the 1930s”)
Voice of America, July 21, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China Breached Dozens of Pipeline Companies in Past Decade, U.S. Says
美国指中国十年间多次攻击其油气管道网络
The New York Times, July 21, 2021
Beijing's costly plans for cybersecurity 'self-sufficiency'
Protocol, July 20, 2021
Beijing fines and warns big tech groups over explicit content
Financial Times, July 21, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong national security police arrest 3 former top staff of pro-democracy paper Apple Daily
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2021
Related:
警方國安處撤銷兩人保釋 消息指兩人為陳沛敏及馮偉光(Police revoke bail for Apple Daily ex-associate publisher Chan Pui-man and ex-English news editor-in-chief Fung Wai-kong)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 21, 2021
Closing arguments at Hong Kong’s first security law trial, landmark verdict next Tue
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2021
Hong Kong protests: 2 students jailed for rioting over Chinese University clashes; 1 more handed prison term for violating mask ban
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2021
Goodbye district councils? Hong Kong’s area committees set to replace local bodies reeling from wave of resignations
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2021
Beijing transfers official from Macau liaison office to Hong Kong to oversee coordination between security agencies, sources say
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2021
Why Hong Kong’s proposed doxxing law alarms Google and Facebook
Quartz, July 21, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong constitutional affairs minister defends anti-doxxing bill’s ‘reasonable balance’ as another group warns of potential for misuse
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2021
學苑：港大學生會遷出 今起再無會址(HKU students’ union moves out of Composite Building with no forwarding address)
Ming Pao, July 21, 2021
School fears up on brain drain
The Standard, July 21, 2021
Commentary (评论)
China: End Persecution of Free Speech with Frivolous Crimes
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 21, 2021
Hong Kong: Drop Charges Against Vigil Organizer
Human Rights Watch, July 21, 2021
Related:
NGO Joint Letter to Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Urging Release of Chow Hang-tung
Human Rights in China et al., July 20, 2021
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
台灣稱將在立陶宛設代表處 歐洲首個以台灣為名代表處 (Taiwan to establish its first European representative office in Lithuania)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 20, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Beijing calls out Amazon, ByteDance, NetEase for violating users’ rights in latest crackdown
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
How China Transformed Into a Prime Cyber Threat to the U.S.
中国是如何成为美国主要网络威胁的
The New York Times, July 20, 2021
Related:
Calling out China for cyberattacks is risky — but a lawless digital world is even riskier
The Conversation, July 20, 2021
U.S. Formally Accuses China of Hacking Microsoft
美国正式指控中国政府入侵微软邮件系统
The New York Times, July 20, 2021
Relate:
Four Chinese Nationals Working with the Ministry of State Security Charged with Global Computer Intrusion Campaign Targeting Intellectual Property and Confidential Business Information, Including Infectious Disease Research
The United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, July 19, 2021China: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union urging Chinese authorities to take action against malicious cyber activities undertaken from its territory
European Council, July 19, 2021Japan govt says companies targeted by China-backed cyber hacking group
Reuters, July 19, 2021Statement by the North Atlantic Council in solidarity with those affected by recent malicious cyber activities including the Microsoft Exchange Server compromise
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, July 19, 2021赵立坚说美国是全球最大网络攻击来源国
U.S. is world's largest source of cyber attacks: FM spokesperson
Xinhua, July 20, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong has no time for by-elections to fill more than 200 district council seats vacated by opposition: Carrie Lam
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
Small, obscure but newly powerful: a closer look at community groups that will help decide make-up of Hong Kong’s Election Committee
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam seeks refuge from city’s anti-bribery laws behind blanket of national security
Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2021
Landmark Hong Kong security trial wraps up in test for rule of law
Reuters, July 20, 2021
「傑斯」被控串謀作煽動行為等 10 罪 控方申案交國安法指定法官審理(Online radio host Giggs' case: Prosecution requests transfer to designated national security judge)
Stand News, July 20, 2021
Chan kin-man, co-founder of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Occupy movement, opts for Taiwan ‘retreat’
Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2021
US wanted Britain to ‘restrain’ Hong Kong opposition leader Martin Lee from holding 1997 handover protest, declassified records show
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
Staff at Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK ordered not to refer to Taiwan as a country, or its leader as president
Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2021
Related:
【整頓港台】員工稱新聞部審查加劇 總監曾警告員工已簽聲明 可被指控不擁護政府(Staff says censorship in RTHK news department has intensified; head of news warns staff of being accused of insufficient loyalty to government)
Stand News, July 20, 2021
Now News exec. resigns, cites ‘turbulent times’ for Hong Kong media – reports
Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2021
理大衝突期間紅磡被捕男子暴動等罪成判囚3年9個月(31-year old man sentenced to 3 years, 9 months in prison for rioting in the 2019 PolyU siege)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 19, 2021
【六四和平集會案】梁凱晴刑滿出獄 短髮現身未有發言 同案 8 人擬不認罪 11 月開審(Former district councilor Janelle Leung is released from jail after finishing sentence over unauthorized Tiananmen vigil in 2020)
Stand News, July 20, 2021
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam shrugs off scenes of residents leaving at airport, says city has ‘prosperous future’ ahead
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
民研：五項核心社會指標均不合格 學者指民主已遙不可及(On scale of 1 to 10, survey shows popular ratings of below 5 for all five core social indicators; scholar says democracy is beyond reach)
inmedia.hk, July 20, 2021
Related:
POP release the five core social indicators and latest GGPI
民研計劃最新五項核心社會指標及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, July 20, 2021
Commentary (评论)
China’s Looming Succession Crisis
Foreign Affairs, July 20, 2021
蔡霞：中共百年，恐惧变成一种特殊的凝聚力 (Cai Xia on CPC's Centennial: Fear has become an unusual cohesive force)
Radio France Internationale, July 20, 2021
中國式歧視登峰造極，「人下人」的命不如「人上人」的狗 (Extreme discrimination with Chinese characteristics: Lives of underclass humans are worth less than those of upper class people's dogs)
The News Lens, July 20, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China has the most restrictions on cross-border data flows, says Washington think tank
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2021
Silenced in China: the COVID ‘truth-tellers’ and political dissent
The Conversation, July 17, 2021
Seeking China's New Narratives
China Media Project, July 16, 2021
Chinese Censors Shut Down Popular Science Social Media Accounts
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China-US relations: Beijing threatens to deal ‘head-on’ blow after latest sanctions over Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
Related:
Companies in Hong Kong fear being crushed between China and US
Financial Times, July 19, 2021
美国及多个盟友联合声明：中国国安部雇佣犯罪分子实施恶意网络攻击(Joint statement by U.S. and allies: China’s Ministry of State Security hires criminals to carry out malicious cyberattacks)
Voice of America, July 19, 2021
Related:
The United States, Joined by Allies and Partners, Attributes Malicious Cyber Activity and Irresponsible State Behavior to the People’s Republic of China
The White House, July 19, 2021
湖北拆迁户走头无路 袭击拆迁官员致两死一重伤(In attack on demolition officials, desperate Hubei residents kill two, seriously injure one)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China Spy Agency Blamed by US, Others of Using Contract Hackers
Voice of America, July 19, 2021
What China Expects of Businesses: Total Surrender
The New York Times, July 19, 2021
Related:
Chinese companies face uncertainty as data security hawks gain power
Financial Times, July 17, 2021Beijing’s decision to block Tencent’s Douyu-Huya merger deal marks end of freewheeling internet era in China
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2021
Confession of jailed Chinese internet tsar goes on display in new Communist Party museum
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
用以色列窃听软件 监控反对派及新闻记者(Many countries use Israeli spy software to monitor dissidents, journalists)
Deutsche Welle, July 19, 2021
多间互联网企业被整改 学者指影响大惹当局忧虑(Scholars say Chinese authorities are concerned over impact of their rectifications of Internet companies)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
No. of voters picking Hong Kong’s Election Committee plunges by 97% under ‘patriots only’ overhaul
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong gov’t to spend HK$38m on promoting upcoming legislative polls
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong electoral changes: ‘national security law, patriots’ should be publicity theme of coming Legislative Council polls
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2021Hong Kong elections: vetting committee will weed out candidates ‘faking’ their loyalty pledges, John Lee says
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
Top Chinese official said to have 5 demands for Hong Kong’s national security
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2021
BNO holders rush out as emergency route ends
The Standard, July 19, 2021
US business chamber fears internet censorship in Hong Kong, urges guarantees on free flow of info
Agence France-Presse, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong police to conduct anti-terror drills, may investigate people for leaving flowers at site where officer’s attacker died, chief says
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2021
HKU student union may have violated security law for thanking police attacker, says Hong Kong top cop
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong protests: PolyU graduate jailed for rioting near the campus at height of 2019 unrest
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong schools prepare to include national security education in everything from English to music, physics and IT lessons
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
Related:
教局更新指引 每 3 年查教師刑事紀錄 新入職須簽守則注意網上言論(In updated guidelines, Education Bureau checks teachers' criminal record every three years and requires applicants to pay attention to own online comments)
Stand News, July 19, 2021
Pro-Beijing lawmaker claims hit Hong Kong TV show featuring same-sex romance violates China’s national security law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong director has sold rights to protest documentary screened at Cannes, but says he won’t leave city in spite of risks
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong Book Fair vendors double down on selling works by opposition figures despite complaints citing legislation
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong Book Fair: Two local publishers keep titles on sale despite security law complaints
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2021
修訂《入境條例》 8.1 生效 保安局：「預先通報旅客資料」會以附屬法例實施(Immigration Amendment Bill takes effect on August 1; Security Bureau says "Advance Passenger Information" will be implemented as subsidiary legislation)
Stand News, July 19, 2021
now 新聞部再地震 消息指副總裁鄭麗矜請辭 員工：多方面無法與陳鐵彪合作(Now News vice president Annie Cheng resigns; staff says it's hard to work with pro-Beijing head of news Chan Tit Piu)
Stand News, July 19, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Proposed doxxing law another case of legal overreach
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
Reasons to be fearful of China’s data-gathering
The Guardian, July 17, 2021
Dozens of my family members have disappeared – it’s time for the world to stop denying Uyghurs’ suffering
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2021
What China Expects From Businesses: Total Surrender
“听党话、跟党走”：中共想要怎样的私营企业？
The New York Times, July 19, 2021
“Tang Ping,” A New Form of Social Disobedience in China
Chinascope, July 13, 2021
Friday, July 16, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China to Hand Law Enforcement Powers to Local Officials Under 'Grid' System
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2021
Related:
中共中央 国务院关于加强基层治理体系和治理能力现代化建设的意见 (Opinion of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Strengthening the Modernization of the Grassroots Governance System and Governance Capacity)
State Council of the People’s Republic of China, July 11, 2021
Chinese farmer who praised lawyers during crackdown on trial
Associated Press, July 15, 2021
孙大午案开庭: 与检方就证据与法律有巨大争议(Trial of prominent Chinese farmer Sun Dawu: Huge dispute between prosecution and defense over evidence and the law)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
In China’s publishing business, you have to duck and dive
The Economist, July 17th 2021 edition
Foreign Media Face a Trust Crisis in China
The Diplomat, July 16, 2021
China seeks to ban karaoke songs in new crackdown on music that ‘harms national unity’
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
How nationalism is making life harder for gay people in China
The Economist, July 17th 2021 edition
中国裁判文书网下架“敏感”裁判文书( Government repository “China Judgements Online” removes "sensitive" documents)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Covid: WHO urges China to co-operate better in virus origin probe
BBC News, July 16, 2021
Related:
China rebuffs WHO claims that it obstructed COVID-19 investigation
Agence France-Presse, July 16, 2021
众议院外委会通过抗衡中国的《鹰法》(U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee passes Eagle Act to counter China)
Voice of America, July 16, 2021
Related:
U.S. House committee advances China bill without Republican backing
Reuters, July 15, 2021
国际人权服务社呼吁各国抵御中国在联合国经济和社会事务部影响力(ISHR urges all countries to resist China's influence in UN ECOSOC)
Voice of America, July 16, 2021
Related:
CHINA AND THE UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
ISHR, July 15, 2021