Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong passes new anti-doxxing law – violators face HK$1m fine and 5 years jail
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

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立會通過修例刑事化 賦權私隱專員移除社媒起底內容(LegCo passes new law to criminalize "doxxing"; privacy commissioner is empowered to request removal of "doxxing" contents online)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong seeks to resurrect legislation to further crush dissent
The Guardian, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong police to mobilise more than 8,000 officers for National Day
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021

Defendant refuses to give evidence or summon witness at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

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‘Give me liberty or give me death’: T-shirts submitted as evidence at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: 6 former Apple Daily executives face High Court trial with possible life sentences
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021

7 charged with conspiring to incite subversion, incl. Hong Kong’s youngest national security defendant aged 15
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

【支聯會案】鄒幸彤第 4 次被拒保釋 指懲教禁穿「 同抗爭 」「人民不會忘記」上衣出庭(Chow Hang-tung, former vice-chair of disbanded Hong Kong Alliance, is denied bail for the 4th time and forbidden to wear T-shirt with protest slogans in court hearing)
Stand News, September 30, 2021

嶺大:客席副教授羅永生、許寶強合約9月終結 羅永生:校方單方面終止合約(Lingnan University ends contracts of adjunct associate professors Lo Wing-sang and Hui Po-keung, citing "risk management")
Stand News, September 30, 2021

宣誓前夕 潘智鍵及王德源退出屯門社區網絡(District councilors Gary Poon and Wong Tak-yuen quit Tuen Mun Community Network before oath-taking)
inmedia.hk, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong’s ‘loyal critic’ faces tough test as Beijing targets media
Financial Times, September 30, 2021

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Insulting Chinese national flag on the internet now illegal in Hong Kong – violators face up to 3 years prison
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2021

Another 10 Hong Kong district councillors ousted after being grilled on opposition election primary, protest slogans
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2021

National security: Hong Kong lawmakers raise concerns about ‘covert’ groups, urge gov’t to review existing law
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2021

National security police freeze all assets of Hong Kong group behind annual Tiananmen vigil
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2021

1989 Tiananmen Massacre online museum blocked in Hong Kong, three weeks after police raid physical site
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2021

支聯會拒交資料案 常委梁錦威陳多偉高院申保釋遭拒(Two Hong Kong Alliance committee members, Simon Leung and Chan Dor-wai, are denied bail again over failure to provide information requested by national security police)
inmedia.hk, September 29, 2021

Hong Kong journalists at public broadcaster RTHK told they must uphold ‘constitutional order’ in new set of editorial guidelines
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2021

How Hong Kong Censors Films in the Name of National Security
The New York Times, September 28, 2021

Apple Daily: Hong Kong finance chief asks court to wind up Next Digital citing the ‘public interest’
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2021

National security law: bail denied for Hong Kong schoolgirl and 6 others charged with subversion under Beijing-imposed legislation
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2021

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警方國安處再起訴「光城者」7成員 涉串謀煽動顛覆國家政權(National security police officially charge 7 members of "Returning Valiant" with "inciting subversion of state power")
Ming Pao, September 29, 2021

【賢學思政案】王逸戰陳枳森再申保釋被拒 還柙至11.3再訊(Two Student Politicism members, Wong Yat-chin and Chan Chi-sum, charged under national security law are denied bail again; case adjourned until Nov. 3)
inmedia.hk, September 29, 2021

3人認旺角警署外暴動分囚34月、27月、入教導所 官:3被告無帶領角色(Three sentenced to 34 months, 27 months, and correctional center, respectively, for rioting outside Mong Kok police station in the 2019 protest)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2021

「破曉行動」3人非法集結囚12至16月 官:犯法後賣慘無補於事(Three sentenced to 12 to 16 months in prison over an unauthorized gathering in the 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2021

1,948宗投訴警隊 不足1%證明屬實 「懲處」皆為口頭警告(Police watchdog IPCC verifies less than 1% of 1,948 complaints against police in connection with 2019 protests; “penalties” amount to off-record verbal warning)
inmedia.hk, September 28, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil group disbands amid crackdown on dissent
Agence France-Presse, September 26, 2021

Related:
End of the road: Hong Kong alliance behind June 4 candlelight vigil was a thorn in Beijing’s side for decades
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2021

Hong Kong top official stops short of saying whether residents marking Tiananmen Square crackdown will breach national security law
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2021

天安門母親:感謝支聯會支持 相信港人繼續與她們一起(Tiananmen mothers: We thank Hong Kong Alliance for its support, believe Hong Kongers will continue to stand with us)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 25, 2021

Hong Kong: Demise of vigil group shows marking Tiananmen crackdown will not be tolerated
Amnesty International, September 25, 2021

解散香港:國安法下 至少49組織今年宣布解散停運(Disbanding Hong Kong: at least 49 civil society groups have disbanded or ceased operation this year in face of National Security Law)
Stand News, September 26, 2021

賢學思政宣布解散(Student Politicism announces disbandment after 4 key members are charged with conspiracy to “incite subversion of state power”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 25, 2021

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party fails to reach conclusion on whether to run in overhauled legislative election
Hong Kong Free Press, September 27, 2021

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Hong Kong’s coming Legislative Council poll at higher risk for violence than Election Committee vote, security chief says
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2021

Hong Kong elections: number of new registered voters falls to 419, compared with 334,000 last year
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2021

Hong Kong elections: voting debacle triggers call to review putting judges ‘living in clouds’ in charge of polls
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2021

Hong Kong man jailed for 9 years for stabbing lawmaker Junius Ho
Hong Kong Free Press, September 27, 2021

理大衝突4人涉暴動及藏有索帶判囚8個月至5年8個月(Four sentenced to 8 months to nearly 6 years in prison over 2019 PolyU siege)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 25, 2021

「起底」資料供Telegram頻道 入境處助理囚45月 官斥動搖警方軍心 若警隊解散災難不容置疑(Immigration assistant sentenced to 45 months in prison over sharing "doxxing" information of police to Telegram channel)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers can face criminal charges for disrupting Legco, Court of Final Appeal rules in landmark decision
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2021

香港民主委員會推動《避風港法案》 羅冠聰梁繼平等晤佩洛西(HKDC Nathan Law, Brian Leung meet with U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to lobby Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act)
Stand News, September 26, 2021

Lam hails Beijing’s factsheet on US ‘interference’ in Hong Kong, says Washington sought to ‘slander, vilify, smear’ gov’t
Hong Kong Free Press, September 27, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong national security law: Democratic Party members among 10 district councillors challenged over oath validity after latest ceremony
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2021

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Oaths of ten district councillors doubtful, says govt
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 24, 2021

【區議員宣誓】47 人案被告劉偉聰等多名「高危」人士出席 李文浩拒宣誓(District councilor Lawrence Lau, who is one of the 47 charged with subversion, attends oath-taking ceremony; Sham Shui Po district councilor Lee Man-ho refuses to take oath)
Stand News, September 24, 2021

Hong Kong Is Holding Elections. It Wants Them to Look Real.
香港立法会选举:当民主变成一场表演

The New York Times, September 24, 2021

Hong Kong Democratic Party says it will stay relevant to voters regardless of election stance, calls for universal suffrage
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2021

We are no threat to national security, group behind Tiananmen Square vigil in Hong Kong tells security chief
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2021

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Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil group leader urges members to vote against disbanding in message from prison
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2021

鄒幸彤涉煽動顛覆國家政權等罪 保釋覆核遭拒9月30日再訊(Bail denied again for Hong Kong Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung charged with “inciting subversion of state power”)
Ming Pao, September 24, 2021

Five unionists see "seditious” sheep books case adjourned to mid-November
The Standard, September 24, 2021

Beijing blasts ‘criminal record’ of US in Hong Kong with list detailing more than 100 examples of alleged interference
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2021

Related:
Fact Sheet: U.S. Interference in Hong Kong Affairs and Support for Anti-China, Destabilizing Forces
美国干预香港事务、支持反中乱港势力事实清单
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, September 24, 2021

Hong Kong's Expansive National Security Law Swallows Activists, Bail Requests, and M&Ms
China Digital Times, September 23, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Exclusive | Hong Kong national security law: time is ‘ripe’ for Article 23 with focus on combating ‘state-level spying’, minister says
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2021

Hong Kong elections: ‘majority support’ among Democratic Party members for Legislative Council boycott following Beijing’s system overhaul
South China Morning Post, September 22, 2021

賢學思政黃沅琳被控串謀煽動顛覆不准保釋 連同王逸戰陳枳森朱慧盈11月3日訊(Fourth Student Politicism member Wong Yuen-lam arrested for conspiring to "incite secession" is denied bail, case adjourned until Nov. 3)
Ming Pao, September 23, 2021

Hong Kong teenager jailed for nearly 5 years after assaulting bystander, pulling trigger on police officer’s shotgun during snatch attempt at protest
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2021

Beijing appoints veterans to its state-level Hong Kong office to improve messaging on national security law, other city policies
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2021

National security law: Hongkongers celebrating Taiwan’s Double Tenth public holiday risk secession charge, security chief warns
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2021

鄒幸彤籲反對支聯會解散議案 稱自行解散立即失去聲音話語權(Hong Kong Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung opposes resolution to disband: Right to speak will immediately be lost)
Ming Pao, September 23, 2021

Hong Kong group supporting human rights lawyers in China is latest to disband amid police pressure
Hong Kong Free Press, September 23, 2021

九龍區議員宣誓在即 慈雲山建設力量宣布解散 寄語居民不論風雨繼續為社區盡力(Tsz Wan Shan Constructive Power disbands before oath-taking for Kowloon district counillors)
Stand News, September 22, 2021

本民前成員鍾雪瑩疑替老囚友按摩 傳二人同遭鎖入水飯房 上月 JR 女犯夏季不可穿短褲(Chung Suet-ying, former member of localist group Hong Kong Indigenous in detention awaiting trial related to 2019 protests, is put in solitary for providing massage to elderly cellmate)
Stand News, September 22, 2021

【政務官空降】海事處前副處長施金獎空降港台 任副廣播處長(Former Deputy Director of Marine is now Deputy Director of Broadcasting at Radio Television Hong Kong)
Stand News, September 23, 2021

UK warned Hong Kong critics to avoid China extradition nations: campaigner
Agence France-Presse, September 23, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong leader defends election after single opposition figure makes it to 1,500-strong committee
The Guardian, September 21, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong elections: ‘Patriots’ may have triumphed, but ‘lazy’ candidates shouldn’t take seats for granted, Beijing adviser says
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam ‘sorry’ for Election Committee voting chaos, pledges to fix problem before Legislative Council poll in December
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2021

Jailed Hong Kong democrats sign letter urging Tiananmen vigil group to disband
Hong Kong Free Press, September 21, 2021

Hong Kong group supporting mainland China lawyers to disband after police demand information citing national security law
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2021

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「中國維權律師關注組」宣佈解散 上月被國安處要求交資料(China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group announces disbandment)
Stand News, September 21, 2021

Radio 3 host Hugh Chiverton disappears from airwaves, RTHK refuses to comment
Hong Kong Free Press, September 21, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: leading figures in student opposition group denied bail
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2021

Hong Kong democrat Roy Tam was denied bail after prosecutors cited ‘anti-gov’t’ stance, court docs reveal
Hong Kong Free Press, September 21, 2021

Hong Kong protests: man shot by pepper ball loses High Court bid to identify police officer who fired the round
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2021

Hong Kong’s PolyU to teach national security law and history of ‘humiliation’ of China in course on leadership qualities
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2021

Video: Hong Kong schools launch revamped liberal studies course
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2021

月圓人缺中秋節 — 國安法下 73 人失自由(On Mid-autumn festival—day of togetherness, 73 people are bereft of freedom under national security law)
Stand News, September 21, 2021

美媒 VICE World News 訪問匿名香港法官 批唐英傑案判刑「太重」(In anonymous interview with U.S. media outlet VICE World News, Hong Kong judge slams sentence of Tong Ying-kit in national security case as "too harsh")
Stand News, September 20, 2021

Monday, September 20, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong now has a powerful Election Committee. Will it be a new ‘superstructure’ reshaping city’s political landscape?
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong elections: just 1 opposition-leaning candidate wins seat on 1,500-strong Election Committee
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: more opposition councillors face oath-taking ceremony on Friday
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2021

Independent Pierre Chan decides against seeking another term as Hong Kong lawmaker
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2021

Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy union coalition to disband, cites threats to safety
Hong Kong Free Press, September 20, 2021

Related:
職工盟總幹事蒙兆達稱已辭職 基於安全考慮已離港(HKCTU Chief executive Mung Siu-tat announces he has stepped down and left HK citing security concerns)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 18, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: 2 jailed leaders of Tiananmen vigil organiser urge members to vote to disband amid ongoing probe
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2021

Hong Kong police chief accuses journalist group of ‘selective listening’ within sector, as war of words intensifies
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2021

Hong Kong police arrest three members of student prisoner-support group
Reuters, September 20, 2021

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賢學思政3名骨幹被警方以串謀煽動顛覆國家政權罪拘捕(Three members of Student Politicism arrested for alleged conspiracy to “incite subversion of state power”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 20, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: judge denies opposition activist bail after deciding he is still a threat
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2021

University of Hong Kong student bailed on terrorism charge relating to controversial stabbing motion is at low risk of reoffending or absconding, judge rules
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2021

Hong Kong teachers will draw on protests, court cases to highlight need for lawfulness in course replacing liberal studies
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2021

理大新生必修國安教育 唐英傑案例教材 校方:須考試至合格為止(PolyU makes national security education compulsory for freshmen; teaching materials include Tong Ying-kit's case)
Stand News, September 20, 2021

浸大部分課室設鏡頭面向學生 校方稱推「智慧教室」 編委:先安裝後諮詢「耐人尋味」(Baptist University’s introduction of “smart classrooms” with cameras facing students without consultation raises concerns)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2021

Former Hong Kong leader sets up new online channel to promote national identity, ‘deep sense of belonging’ among young people
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2021

Explainer: How the narrative shifted among Hong Kong leaders on the Tiananmen massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, September 19, 2021

Cartoonist apologises for ‘fake news’ comic strip after Hong Kong police complaint
Hong Kong Free Press, September 20, 2021

Exclusive: Hongkongers are on the right side of history, says artist Ai Weiwei – ‘I am very proud of them’
Hong Kong Free Press, September 18, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s High Court adjourns Jimmy Lai application to restore his Next Digital voting rights, ruling he should first take up the matter with the government
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2021

Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Ray Chan released on HK$100k bail ahead of security law trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 17, 2021

Hong Kong protests: activist Figo Chan, already jailed over role in 3 unauthorised assemblies, will plead guilty to a fourth
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2021

Hong Kong elections: why did Beijing order the city’s tycoons and ultra loyalists to take to the streets?
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2021

'Oath-taking first priority for council'
The Standard, September 17, 2021

Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre group vanishes from internet after police demand; 11 years of Victoria Park vigil vids deleted
Hong Kong Free Press, September 17, 2021

Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions in process of disbanding, vice-chair confirms
Hong Kong Free Press, September 17, 2021

Hong Kong Hospital Authority union denies gov’t allegation it broke law
Hong Kong Free Press, September 17, 2021

【7.1 闖立會案】劉頴匡擬認暴動罪 鄒家成等擬不認罪 2023 年 5 月答辯開審(Ventus Lau plans to plead guilty, Owen Chow not guilty to rioting over storming of Legislative Council Complex in 2019; both are among the 47 pro-democracy figures charged under National Security Law)
Stand News, September 16, 2021

Uni jumps on security bandwagon
The Standard, September 17, 2021

Blinken deletes tweet saying US would ‘stand with people of Hong Kong’, posts watered-down version
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2021

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

MEPs set out their vision for a new EU strategy for China
European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 16, 2021

Related:
Report on a New EU-China Strategy
European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 16, 2021

EU to ban ‘forced labour’ products, taking aim at China’s treatment of Uygurs
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2021

Commentary (评论)

FIDH-HRIC Joint Statement on Hong Kong at the UN Human Rights Council 48th Session
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) & Human Rights in China (HRIC), September 15, 2021

Hong Kong: Drop Charges Against Vigil Organizers
Human Rights Watch, September 16, 2021

UN Rights Chief to Report on China’s Abuses in Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch, September 15, 2021

恒大危机背后可能被忽略的四大问题(4 major issues that may be overlooked behind the Evergrande crisis)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 15, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Top Hong Kong democrats sentenced over banned 2020 Tiananmen Massacre vigil
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil convictions highlight accelerating collapse of freedoms
Amnesty International, September 15, 2021

鄒幸彤再申請保釋被拒 官拒絕解除傳媒報道限制(Court denies bail again to HK Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung, refuses to lift restrictions on media reporting)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 15, 2021

Hong Kong elections: police ‘to deploy 4,000 officers’ to ensure smooth polls on Sunday, even with only 4,900 voters expected to cast ballot
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2021

Related:
Civil service 'will do bit to ensure smooth elections'
The Standard, September 15, 2021

Hong Kong elections: why the next chief executive may no longer be known by 3 digits, such as ‘689’ for CY Leung, or Carrie Lam’s ‘777’
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2021

7 Hong Kong opposition district councillors disqualified after deadline passes for submission of information to determine oath validity
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2021

黎智英申行使壹傳媒股份投票權擬清盤 保安局長反對 稱《蘋果日報》「史上最具顛覆性刊物」(Jimmy Lai sues to exercise voting right to liquidate company; Secretary for Security opposes, calling Apple Daily "the most seditious publication in history")
Ming Pao, September 15, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong security chief orders operations freeze at Apple Daily Printing
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2021

Related:
鄧炳強:引國安法實施細則 向蘋果日報印刷公司發凍結令(Secretary for Security issues order to freeze assets of Apple Daily's publishing company under National Security Law implementation rules)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2021

‘Factually wrong’: Hong Kong press group hits back at criticism from security chief
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2021

Related:
鄧炳強促記協公開會員所屬機構 記協:未經當事人同事不披露個人資料(Journalists Association rejects Security Chief Chris Tang's request to disclose member information without consent)
Stand News, September 15, 2021

Medical group aligned with opposition in Hong Kong comes under official scrutiny for range of criticisms
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2021

Commentary, 评论

“Rule of law” with Chinese characteristics: Evolution and manipulation
International Journal of Constitutional Law, September 7, 2021

The Downfall of Hong Kong’s Privacy Law
The Diplomat, September 15, 2021

Is the CCP About to Rehabilitate the Cultural Revolution?
The Diplomat, September 15, 2021

China’s Culture Wars Are Just Getting Started
World Politics Review, September 15, 2021