联合国和台湾：为什么一项50年前的决议再引争议 (UN and Taiwan: Why does a 50-year-old resolution spark controversy again?)
BBC, October 29, 2021
Friday, October 29, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China keeps up the pressure on Maoists, leftists, as Jasic labor activist released
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China’s state-controlled media are put on an even shorter leash
The Economist, October 30, 2021
记者无疆界敬请中国驻法大使停止对记者咆哮 (Reporters Without Borders urges Chinese ambassador to France to stop ranting against journalists)
Radio France Internationale, October 29, 2021
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RSF: "We courteously call on the Chinese Ambassador to Paris to end his impassioned rants against journalists"
Reporters Without Borders, October 27, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Global activists gather at Rome G20 to demand tougher action on China
The Guardian, October 29, 2021
FBI director asks US businesses to work more closely with the agency to defeat Chinese espionage efforts
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2021
入世20年，中国违背承诺做法更加隐晦 (20 years since joining WTO, China has become more skilled in obscuring its non-compliance)
Voice of America, October 29, 2021
In China, 300 coronavirus cases means public shaming, marooned travelers and a nationwide dragnet
The Washington Post, October 29, 2021
Why China Is the World’s Last ‘Zero Covid’ Holdout
为什么全世界只有中国还在坚持病毒清零政策？
The New York Times, October 29, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
A row about toilets reveals a lot about women’s place in China
The Economist, October 30, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China drafts tough rules to stop data from leaving its borders as Beijing tightens grip on information
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2021
国家网信办征求意见：向境外提供数据，五种情形应申报安全评估 (Cyberspace Administration of China soliciting public opinion: When providing data to foreign entities, these 5 situations should trigger application for security assessment)
The Paper, October 29, 2021
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国家互联网信息办公室关于《数据出境安全评估办法（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知 (Notice of Cyberspace Administration of China soliciting public opinion on “Data Export Security Assessment Solution (draft for public opinion solicitation)”)
Cyberspace Administration of China, October 29, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
US lawmakers want to add boycott of China’s Winter Olympics to defence bill
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2021
加拿大华人庆祝冬奥倒数百日 抵制奥运人士踩场 (Beijing Winter Olympics protesters gather at Chinese-Canadians' 100-day countdown)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Some lawmakers hit back at Hong Kong leader after she criticised their calls for inquiry into police during unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, October 29, 2021
Verdict clearing Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai of intimidating reporter ‘perverse’, appealing prosecutors argue
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2021
Protester jailed for 27 months over rioting during 2019 march approved by police
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2021
【10.6 深水埗】樹仁新傳系學生後巷縱火罪成 判囚 4 年 9 個月 求情稱自高中立志成記者(HKSYU journalism student sentenced to 4 years, 9 months in prison for committing arson in the 2019 protests)
Stand News, October 29, 2021
前年九龍遊行蒙面及擲磚 23歲男子認罪判囚8星期(23-year-old man is jailed for covering face and throwing bricks in the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 29, 2021
【11.11 三罷】男生負責「睇水」認刑毁 判入更生中心 官：好好接受訓練，重投社會(19-year-old student sentenced to correctional center for acting as a lookout for saboteurs in the 2019 protests)
Stand News, October 29, 2021
Pro-gov’t DAB party announces candidates for Hong Kong’s ‘patriots only’ December elections
Hong Kong Free Press, October 29, 2021
涉前年反修例案件 兩宗投訴法官不成立(Court rejects complaints against two judges in 2019 protests-related cases)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 29, 2021
Calm finale as Leung mulls another Legco run
The Standard, October 29, 2021
【解散潮】國際連繫成禁忌 港稅局正審查駐港公民組織 跨國組織如何看香港公民社會解散潮？(Source: Inland Revenue Department is investigating INGOs in HK)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2021
‘Wanted’ activist Nathan Law and EU MPs protest in Rome following University of Hong Kong’s move to remove Tiananmen Massacre statue
Hong Kong Free Press, October 29, 2021
澳洲避風港政策出台 3 類臨時簽證持有人可申永久留澳 許智峯：門檻大大降低(Australia releases safe haven scheme details for Hong Kongers)
Stand News, October 29, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong’s fuzzy national security law – where are the details?
Hong Kong Free Press, October 29, 2021
Beijing’s fragile feelings over satirical pop duet won’t help its bid to be ‘lovable’
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2021
Thursday, October 28, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: competitors warned they risk expulsion for breaking Covid-19 rules
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
冬奥会临近之时，中国遭遇禽流感和新冠疫情南北夹击(In leadup to Winter Olympics, China is hit by bird flu in the South, COVID-19 in the North)
Voice of America, October 28, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China Unbound: The implications of China’s expanding influence
SupChina, October 28, 2021
China’s Security Infrastructure Continues to Grow in Tajikistan
The Diplomat, October 27, 2021
China’s Weapon Tests Close to a ‘Sputnik Moment,’ U.S. General Says
新一轮军备竞赛？中国高超音速导弹试射引发美国担忧
The New York Times, October 28, 2021
中国拟制定涉国安关键技术知识产权保护规则(China to formulate rules for protection of intellectual property rights of key national security technologies)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2021
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国务院关于印发“十四五”国家知识产权保护和运用规划的通知(Notice of the State Council on Issuing the National Intellectual Property Protection and Application Plan during the "14th Five-Year Plan Period"
The State Council of China, October 28, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law: dead person on trial? Hong Kong magistrate questions bid to prosecute disbanded vigil alliance
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2021
Number of bills passed by Hong Kong’s opposition-free legislature more than doubles, as president rejects ‘rubber-stamp’ claims
Hong Kong Free Press, October 28, 2021
Hong Kong police launch series of raids on Civil Human Rights Front following missed deadline for disclosing financial, other records
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2021
23 歲理大生被指寓所藏武器 擬認煽動他人分裂國家 明年 2 月正式認罪(23-year-old PolyU student to plead guilty to inciting secession over possession of weapons in February 2022)
Stand News, October 28, 2021
4 港大生被控宣揚恐怖主義 申法援押後明年 1 月再訊(4 HKU students charged with promoting terrorism apply for legal aid; case adjourned until January 2022)
Stand News, October 28, 2021
【8.24 九龍灣】23 歲男被指竹枝襲警認暴動 官接納一念之差犯案判囚 2 年 3 個月(23-year-old man sentenced to 2 years, 3 months after pleading guilty to rioting in the 2019 protests)
Stand News, October 28, 2021
Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao drops Hong Kong democrat Alan Leong from legal column after 18 years
Hong Kong Free Press, October 28, 2021
Carrie Lam urges Hong Kong youth to work for change from within in RTHK appearance
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Beijing Must Face Olympic Consequences for Human Rights Abuses
Foreign Policy, October 27, 2021
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Terror expert is new Urumqi party chief in China’s Xinjiang region
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
The Uyghur issue, China’s greatest fear, is looming in Afghanistan
GlobalVoices, October 26, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
支持台灣參與聯合國 美國務卿：符合一中政策 (Supporting Taiwan's participation in UN; U.S. Secretary of State: It is consistent with our “one-China” policy)
Deutsche Welle, October 27, 2021
Related:
Supporting Taiwan’s Participation in the UN System
U.S. Department of State, October 26, 2021
Taiwan has no right to join United Nations: China
Agence France-Presse, October 27, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China removes top financial news outlet from official media list/a>
Deustche Welle, October 27, 2021
China shutters China Unicom branch account after fried rice gag about Mao’s son
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2021
Why another Chinese lesbian dating app just shut down
Protocol, October 26, 2021
维基百科上的话语权争夺战
Wikipedia: The fight for Facts
BBC, October 27, 2021
Related:
Wikipedia: The Fight for Facts
BBC, October 19, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China blamed for cancellation of events for German book on Xi Jinping
Financial Times, October 26, 2021
中国出台家庭教育促进法，打造新社会新文化 (China passes Family Education Promotion Law to forge new society and culture)
Voice of America, October 27, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China amends Anti-Monopoly Law for the first time amid tech crackdown, increasing penalties and regulatory control
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
FCC revokes China Telecom's US authorisiation over national security concerns
Tech Radar, October 27, 2021
Commentary (评论)
How China combined authoritarianism with capitalism to create a new communism
The Conversation, October 26, 2021
Journalism Becomes a Victim of China’s New Nationalism
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 27, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong passes bill to censor films ‘contrary’ to China’s national security – HK$1m fine, 3 years jail for offenders
Hong Kong Free Press, October 27, 2021
Hong Kong protests: construction worker acquitted of rioting charge as black attire ‘not enough to prove involvement’ in violence
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
地盤工阻警追疑犯罪成囚7月 官：被告供辭不盡不實「顯然是大話」(Construction worker sentenced to 7 months in jail for obstructing police pursuit of suspect)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2021
理大生藏武罪成囚13個月 准保釋「軟禁」住所逾一年半 官：不會扣減刑期(After 1.5-year house arrest, PolyU student is sentenced to 13 months in prison for possessing offensive weapons)
inmedia.hk, October 27, 2021
New blow for vigil alliance
The Standard, October 27, 2021
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支聯會剔出公司登記冊 李家超：「結束一黨專政」綱領等同顛覆國家政權 (Chief Secretary John Lee says "end one-party dictatorship" dictum is equivalent to subversion of state power)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2021
【12港人】遭加控妨礙司法公正罪 8人押後至12月再訊(Hong Kong 12: 8 face additional charge of perverting the course of justice; case adjourned until December)
inmedia.hk, October 27, 2021
【潘朵拉文件】英、加議員關注港官當地資產 致函外長要求審計(In letters to foreign ministers, lawmakers in UK, Canada urge audits of assets held by HK gov't officials)
Stand News, October 27, 2021
Overhaul of Hong Kong’s legal aid system could be implemented by year’s end, despite lawyers’ concerns
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
A rare form of quartz is key to Xinjiang’s solar boom, and almost all of it is in the US
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China Targets Extreme Internet Fandoms in a New Crackdown
Wired, October 26, 2021
国家网信办拟规范互联网用户账号名称信息，六类情形被禁止 (CAC to regulate online account names, banning 6 “situations”)
The Paper, October 26, 2021
又甩锅美国龙虾？牛津专家揭亲中社媒账号新冠虚假信息攻势 (Oxford expert: China's fake news accounts are blaming COVID on U.S. lobsters)
Voice of America, October 26, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
As the rest of the world abandons ‘Zero Covid,’ China holds out.
世界逐步走向开放，中国为何坚持“零感染”政策
The New York Times, October 26, 2021
中国驻欧使馆频频出手 阻碍文化界活动 (Chinese embassies in European countries frequently interfere in cultural events)
Voice of America, October 26, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Why the Beijing Winter Olympics are facing political pressure
Bloomberg, October 26, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Chinese Censorship Is Going Global
Foreign Policy, October 26, 2021
黃雪琴：“哪有记者不发声” (Independent journalist Huang Xueqin: What journalists won’t speak up?)
NGOCN, October 26, 2021
维权评论：全国律协禁止“违规炒作”，律师再上紧箍咒！ (Weiquanwang Commentary: All China Lawyers Association further restricts lawyers by banning “illegal hyping”)
Weiquanewang, October 26, 2021
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中华全国律师协会关于禁止违规炒作案件的规则（试行） (All China Lawyers Association's regulation regarding ban on illegally hyping cases (trial))
All China Lawyers Association, October 20, 2021
長平觀察：荒誕的媒體管制越來越緊 (Chang Ping: China's absurd media regulation is getting tighter)
Deutsche Welle, October 24, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s new rules on accessing gov’t records put journalists at ‘unnecessary’ risk, press group says
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2021
公司及土地查冊下月起須實名 記協憂新聞工作者蒙受不必要法律風險(Company, land record searches require real name registration; Journalists Association fears undue legal risks to reporters)
Ming Pao, October 25, 2021
Ex-head of Hong Kong protest group to spend extra month behind bars after latest conviction for joining illegal rally
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
‘Premature, unnecessary’: Tiananmen Massacre activist hits back as Hong Kong gov’t strikes vigil group from Companies Registry
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2021
【光城者案】涉串謀煽動顛覆國家政權 兩未成年被告申保釋被拒(Two underaged defendants accused of conspiring to incite subversion are denied bail)
Stand News, October 26, 2021
Hong Kong’s national security law no concern for law-abiding groups, Carrie Lam says after Amnesty International reveals exit plans
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
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保安局稱任何指國安法侵蝕自由的指控與事實完全不符(Security Bureau: Claims of National Security Law eroding freedom are inconsistent with facts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 25, 2021
How Beijing’s top agency in Hong Kong plans to build national identity in city with architects’ help
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
80 per cent of Hong Kong teachers struggling with national security education, survey finds
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
大律師公會主席夏博義稱原則上支持修改法援制度建議(Bar Association chair Paul Harris says he supports legal aid amendment suggestions in principal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 26, 2021
UK bank Standard Chartered declines to say if it supports free speech in Hong Kong after marathon runners targeted
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2021
Monday, October 25, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chengdu police summon, question Early Rain Protestant preacher
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2021
陈紫娟（常玮平律师妻子）：常玮平遭酷刑程度远超想象——一度产生被害妄想症(Chen Zijuan, wife of rights lawyer Chang Weiping says torture suffered by husband exceeded imagination, resulted in delusional episode)
Weiquanwang, October 23, 2021
著名媒体人、网络大V罗昌平因言获罪被正式批准逮捕(Luo Changping, well-known media personality and big V, is formally arrested for his "illegal remarks")
Weiquanwang, October 22, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
G7 says there is no place for ‘state-sponsored’ forced labour in veiled dig at China’s Xinjiang policies
Kyodo, October 23, 2021
In the Camps: Life in China’s High-Tech Penal Colony — a damning account
Financial Times, October 25, 2021
报告称北京在新疆建立了压制性的治理体系(Report finds China has established a repressive governance system in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, October 23, 2021
Related:
Exposing the Chinese government’s oppression of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, October 19, 2021
43国发声明 吁中国尊重新疆人权(43 countries call on China to respect human rights in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2021
Related:
43 countries criticize China at UN for repression of Uyghurs
ABC News, October 21, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese lawyers banned from discussing cases in public in latest move to tighten control over legal sector
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s 50 years at UN: Xi Jinping says international rules and order must not be dominated by one power
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2021
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US wants to help Taiwan participate ‘meaningfully’ in UN, as China prepares to mark key anniversary
Reuters, October 24, 2021
Communist Party No 3 hails superiority of ‘Chinese democracy’ and warns against Western influences
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
U.S. Warns of Efforts by China to Collect Genetic Data
美国就中国收集全球基因数据发出警告
The New York Times, October 25, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
With New Conviction, Hong Kong Uses Security Law to Clamp Down on Speech
The New York Times, October 25, 2021
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第二代美國隊長示威叫「光時」等口號 區院裁煽動分裂國家罪成(Second national security defendant is convicted of inciting secession in District Court over chanting protest slogans)
Ming Pao, October 25, 2021
Hong Kong rights lawyer invokes Tiananmen 'tank man' at trial
Agence France-Presse, October 25, 2021
Self-exiled Hong Kong democrat Ted Hui faces four more charges after failing to show up to court
Hong Kong Free Press, October 25, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong woman stands trial accused of targeting police by dropping metal post from height at Times Square shopping centre
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2021
Amnesty to close two Hong Kong offices, cites security law
Al Jazeera, October 25, 2021
Hong Kong banks to disclose related property of clients who breach security law
Reuters, October 24, 2021
Hong Kong is holding its Legislative Council election in two months and campaigning has begun – very quietly, behind the scenes
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2021
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【立會選戰】民協無人出選 民主派政黨參選人「清零」(No one from pro-democracy camp is running for Legco election as Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood sends no candidate)
inmedia.hk, October 23, 2021
As Hong Kong's Civil Society Buckles, One Group Tries to Hold On
The New York Times, October 24, 2021
被指煽惑六四晚會 鄒幸彤親自作供：香港人「煽惑」了我按良知行事(HK Alliance former vice-chair Chow Hang-tung testifies as own witness: The Hong Kong people "incited" me to act according to my conscience)
inmedia.hk, October 25, 2021
Why proposed overhaul to Hong Kong’s legal aid has some lawyers worried and raised fears opposition figures will suffer
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2021
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大律師公會：任何改革應考慮基本法提及有權選擇律師(Bar Association: Any legal aid reform should consider rights to choose lawyer as provided in Basic Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 22, 2021
Hong Kong police tell marathon runners to cover up ‘political’ clothing and tattoos
The Guardian, October 25, 2021
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【渣打馬拉松】「香港加油」成禁語 跑手被要求更衣、遮紋身 大會 7 度稱「不希望涉政治」避答("Hong Kong add oil" is banned in HK marathon; runners are asked to change clothes, cover up tattoos)
Stand News, October 24, 2021
中大善衡書院學生會內閣全體請辭(CUHK S.H. Ho College student union committee members resign)
Stand News, October 23, 2021
被指天橋上拆鐵欄 19 歲理大女生囚 4 個月 官：無悔意(19-year-old student is sentenced to 4 months in jail over dismantling iron railings in 2019 protests)
Stand News, October 25, 2021
Some Hong Kong schools still wary of police engagement despite progress since 2019 protests, security chief says
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2021
Explainer: How Hong Kong sought to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, October 23, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing set for 100-day Olympic countdown but boycott calls, virus weigh
Agence France-Presse, October 25, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong’s witchfinders are making ‘national security’ an all-purpose offence
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2021
China’s Sham Meritocracy Has Created a Burned-Out Generation
Foreign Policy, October 23, 2021
Friday, October 22, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
More countries criticise China at UN for repression of Uighurs
Al Jazeera, October 22, 2021
Related:
Cross-regional joint statement on Xinjiang
Permanent Mission to France to the United Nations in New York, October 21, 2021China tells France it will lose respect if it ‘submits’ to US after Paris plays lead role in UN statement on Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2021
In Xinjiang, officials are trying to stamp out Uyghur identity
The Economist, October 21, 2021
美议员要求海关禁止进口支持使用新疆棉的公司产品 (U.S. lawmakers urge Customs to block products of companies that use Xinjiang cotton)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
'Fragile' song pillorying China's online troll army gets millions of views
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2021
中国“自干五”博主：民族主义崛起下弄潮的“爱国”网红 (China's rising nationalism also boosts popularity of “patriotic” online influencers)
BBC News, October 22, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Fight terror risks in overseas projects with shared intelligence, Chinese ex-security official says
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
US intelligence officials warn companies in critical sectors on China
Financial Times, October 22, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Five ex-leaders of Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil group granted bail but 2 try to decline it on free speech grounds
Hong Kong Free Press, October 22, 2021
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前支聯會4常委獲准保釋 鄒幸彤因涉另一宗案件續還柙(Four former Hong Kong Alliance committee members granted bail; Chow Hang-tung remains in custody for another case)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 22, 2021
US, Britain and EU voice objections to Hong Kong’s disqualification of opposition district councillors
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2021
政府撤銷香港言語治療師總工會登記(Gov’t cancels trade union registration of General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists)
inmedia.hk, October 22, 2021
Hong Kong magistrate orders prosecutors to hand over unedited footage from national security police head’s visit to unlicensed massage parlour
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021
BILLIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PENSION FUNDS SUPPORT ABUSES IN CHINA; HONG KONGERS FLEE WITH THEIR OWN PENSIONS
China Digital Times, October 21, 2021
Post video series China’s Rebel City earns another top prize for coverage of Hong Kong protests with win at Online Journalism Awards
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2021
Hong Kong Marathon warns runners against breaking law with political slogans in first mass participation sports event of national security era
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021
Commentary (评论)
This Is How Biden Can Get the Edge Over China
想对中国施加影响力，拜登可以这样做
The New York Times, October 22, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
‘Tibet belongs to the Tibetan people’: NBA player slams China’s ‘brutal’ Xi Jinping in social media missive
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2021
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Celtics Games Are Pulled in China After Enes Kanter's Pro-Tibet Posts
The New York Times, October 21, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
欧洲议会高票通过对台决议 呼吁强化伙伴关系(European Parliament passes resolution on Taiwan with overwhelming majority to call for strengthened partnership)
Deutsche Welle, October 21 2021
Related:
EU-Taiwan relations: MEPs push for stronger partnership
European Parliament, October 21 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese Rights Lawyer Stands Trial After Four Years' Pretrial Detention
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
As Chinese Women Seek to Crack Male Professions, Schools Stand in the Way
中国高校招生存在性别歧视，女性追求职业平等遇阻碍
The New York Times, October 21, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Xinhua: China needs Big Tech to grow but companies should avoid ‘winner takes all’
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021
美国政府将禁止向中国和俄罗斯出口黑客技术(U.S. gov’t to ban export of hacking tools to China, Russia)
Deutsche Welle, October 21 2021
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Commerce Department announces new rule aimed at stemming sale of hacking tools to Russia and China
The Washington Post, October 20, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Details of ‘safe haven’ programme for Hongkongers in the US are released
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021
16 more Hong Kong democratically-elected district councillors ousted over loyalty oaths, as democrats left in the minority
Hong Kong Free Press, October 21, 2021
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【區議員宣誓】建制派7區翻盤 民主派全港只餘63席(Pro-establishment camp takes back 7 district councils, leaving only 63 pro-democracy seats)
inmedia.hk, October 21, 2021
鄒幸彤等涉拒交資料 控方申押後訊遭拒(Judge rejects prosecution's request to adjourn cases of Chow Hang-tung, others for failing to hand over information requested by national security police)
Ming Pao, October 21, 2021
Hong Kong’s reputation takes hit after national security law imposed but foreign forces to blame, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021
接受《01》專訪 鄧炳強：正研 23 條是否須設立陪審團 竊密罪傳媒無豁免(Security Secretary: Gov’t examining whether trials under Article 23 legislation will have jury; media are not exempt from espionage charges)
Stand News, October 21, 2021
Australian rock lobsters a national security threat, says Hong Kong customs chief
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2021
Hong Kong man jailed for 7 years after attempting to grab police gun during 2019 protest
Hong Kong Free Press, October 21, 2021
FIVE-YEAR PRISON TERMS FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS DEEPEN FEARS OF RETROACTIVE USE OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
China Digital Times, October 20, 2021
Hong Kong police complaints body accuses press group of airing misinformation over misconduct investigations
Hong Kong Free Press, October 21, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Tightening Up
ChinaFile, October 20, 2021
The Way China Runs Its Economy Won’t Ever Satisfy Free-Market True Believers
走出对中国经济的认识误区
The New York Times, October 21, 2021
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Macao (澳门)
News outlet Macau Concealers closes and deletes content, blames ‘unprecedented environmental changes’
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
辽宁人权律师李昱函案今在沈阳开庭 法庭不允许王宇律师作为辩护人出庭辩护 (Shenyang court bars lawyer Wang Yu from representing Liaoning rights lawyer Li Yuhan in hearing)
Weiquanwang, October 20, 2021
两名迈克尔从中国获释，但另一名加拿大人则没那么幸运 (Two Michaels are released from China; the other Canadian is not so lucky)
Voice of America, October 20, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China updates official news sources list to tighten information oversight
Reuters, October 20, 2021
Malaysian rapper Namewee breaks the hearts of mainland Chinese ‘little pinks’
GlobalVoices, October 19, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Fourteen rights activists say they will seek candidacy in Beijing district elections
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2021
709家属参选北京基层人大 “想做一个能找得到的人大代表” (Wives of “709” lawyers run for local people's congresses in Beijing; one says: “I want to be a people's representative that you can find”)
Voice of America, October 20, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
US lawmakers seek further actions to provide safe harbour to Hongkongers and Uygurs
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021
中国军媒鼓动“朝阳大妈”和“捞铜渔民”抓美国间谍 (China military press encourages citizens to catch U.S. spies)
Voice of America, October 20, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s tech crackdown will see ‘more substantial progress’ by year’s end, Beijing vows
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021
China’s antitrust agency looks to boost headcount as Beijing amends Anti-Monopoly Law to target internet platforms
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021
Tencent to set up privacy oversight committee, a requirement of China’s personal information law starting next month
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2021
At least 13 phone firms hit by suspected Chinese hackers since 2019, say experts
The Guardian, October 19, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
The Olympic Torch Arrives in Beijing Under Cloud of Protests, Covid
The New York Times, October 20, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong judge bars man from court as activist Tam Tak-chi’s sedition trial continues
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2021
Hong Kong protests: technician jailed for 4 years and 7 months for desecrating flag, burning barriers
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021
男子前年在旺角示威現場意圖搶警槍及襲警 判囚7年(31-year-old construction worker sentenced to 7 years in prison for attempt to assault and snatch gun from police in 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 20, 2021
倡剔除支聯會公司註冊 鄧炳強：建議交特首、行會考慮(Security Secretary Chris Tang proposes to remove Hong Kong Alliance from Companies Registry)
Stand News, October 20, 2021
鄧炳強稱研究基本法23條立法將同時檢視社團條例(Security Secretary Chris Tang says Societies Ordinance will be reviewed together with Article 23 legislation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 20, 2021
Hong Kong’s HK$8 billion national security ‘Special Fund’ is independently audited, but annual report gives no details
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2021
‘This should not be rushed’: expansion of Hong Kong discrimination laws to cover mainland Chinese must be balanced, experts say
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021
Police reject 26 out of 27 complaints submitted by Hong Kong press group as ‘not pursuable’
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2021
兩名獄中區議員宣誓突然被取消 梁錦威團隊轟「徐英偉，你玩完未？」(Home Affairs Bureau cancels oath-taking arrangement for two pro-democracy district councillors in remand at last minute)
inmedia.hk, October 20, 2021
美大學「唐英傑案」報告：國安法首案裁決理由並無保障人權(Georgetown University law analysis: Human rights protection missing in first national security verdict )
Stand News, October 20, 2021
Related:
The Tong Ying Kit NSL Verdict: An International and Comparative Law Analysis: A GCAL Briefing Paper
Center for Asian Law, Georgetown University, October 20, 2021
Commentary (评论)
From Fighting for Democracy to Fighting Against It
The Atlantic, October 20, 2021
China’s Bullying Is Becoming a Danger to the World and Itself
中国的霸凌行为可能害人害己
The New York Times, October 20, 2021
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Chinese effort to gather ‘micro clues’ on Uyghurs laid bare in report
The Guardian, October 19, 2021
Related:
The architecture of repression
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, October 19, 2021
Communist Party’s picks to join Xinjiang leadership point to focus on security
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021
Xinjiang officials overseeing detention camps studied at Harvard
Financial Times, October 19, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
China promotes its most sanctioned official to Tibetan Communist Party chief
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese police say he killed two people in a land dispute. On the Internet, he was seen as another victim.
The Washington Post, October 19, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Covid-19: Global attack on freedom of expression is having a dangerous impact on public health crisis
Amnesty International, October 19, 2021
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Silenced and misinformed: Freedom of expression in danger during Covid-19
Amnesty International, October 19, 2021
中国记者每年接受90小时“继续教育” 分析：明确要求记者“对党忠诚” (China requires annual 90-hour “continuing education” for all journalists; experts: This is an explicit demand for “loyalty to the Party”)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2021
As Evergrande Teeters, Chinese Media Walks a Fine Line
“消失”在中国新闻里的恒大危机
The New York Times, October 19, 2021
中国媒体指令曝露国家新闻审查的细节 (China's dictates to media reveal details of news censorship)
Voice of America, October 19, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
中共将召开六中全会， “第三个历史决议”成焦点 (CPC's Sixth Plenary Session spotlight: “The third historical resolution”)
BBC News, October 19, 2021
中国人大常委会三审家庭教育促进法草案 孩子犯事将惩戒家长 (China’s NPC Standing Committee on the third review of the draft of Family Education Promotion Law: Parents to be responsible for children's offences)
Voice of America, October 19, 2021
中国加速民族同化步伐 藏蒙疆人恐强力反弹 (China speeds up ethnic assimilation; experts anticipate strong resistance from Tibetans, Mongolians, Uyghurs)
Voice of America, October 19, 2021
中国向宗教开战 迫害法轮功变本加厉 (China wages war on religion, intensifies persecution of Falun Gong)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
5 Hong Kong ex-students sentenced to nearly 5 years’ jail for rioting during 2019 campus clashes
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2021
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【二橋衝突｜詳盡報導】中大女生解僱律師親自陳詞：極權下的法律只是規範人民的不流血手段(In plea in mitigation, CUHK student fires lawyer, says, "law in a totalitarian state is merely a means to confining people without shedding blood")
inmedia.hk, October 19, 2021
Chanting ‘Hongkongers, add oil’ or calling government ‘tyrannical’ could be seditious, court hears
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021
Hong Kong protests: apprentice electrician gets 4 months’ jail for taking part in unlawful assembly in 2019
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021
Court rulings free Hong Kong police to probe older offences under security law
Reuters, October 19, 2021
中大聯合書院學生會幹事會解散 全部內閣成員請辭(CUHK United College student union disbands and all committee members resign)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 18, 2021
Hong Kong lawmakers urge gov’t to work out plans for mainland-based voters in Dec election
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2021
Member of Hong Kong’s biggest pro-Beijing party appointed undersecretary for constitutional and mainland affairs
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021
Hong Kong universities must also hold weekly flag-raising ceremonies, education chief reveals
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021
Book supporting Western powers' 1900 invasion of China disappears from Hong Kong bookstores
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2021
Monday, October 18, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Biden links policies targeting Uygurs in Xinjiang to the Holocaust
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2021
ChinaFile Presents: In the Camps—China’s High-Tech Penal Colony
China File, October 15, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Will Beijing sharpen its laws to punish ‘Taiwan separatists’?
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese military newspaper calls for ‘people’s war’ to counter US spies after CIA sets up new China unit
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
「709大抓捕」維權律師家屬：參選北京區人大代表 (Wives of “709” lawyers among 14 independent candidates vying for local people’s congresses in Beijing)
Deutsche Welle, October 18, 2021
呼吁抵制“996”，“公司作息表”嗨翻中国互联网 (China tech workers share their schedules online in protest of “996” work culture, creating a stir)
Voice of America, October 16, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Nato to expand focus to counter rising China
Financial Times, October 18, 2021
‘It Was Like Having the Chinese Government in the Room With Us’: China’s method for blocking sanctions regimes
Foreign Policy, October 15, 2021
嚴管少數民族文字教材 教育部：堅持正確政治方向 (China Ministry of Education tightens oversight on ethnic minority language textbooks to maintain political correctness)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2021
人权组织发旅游风险警报 (Human rights organization issues travel risk advisory for dissidents)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2021
Related:
China Travel Risk Advisory for dissidents
Safeguard Defenders, October 17, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Is the shutting down of Chinese LinkedIn the end of foreign big tech’s engagement with China?
Global Voices, October 18, 2021
中國App Store下架亞馬遜有聲書和古蘭經等應用 (China orders Amazon and Apple to remove Quran audiobooks and apps)
Deutsche Welle, October 16, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing Olympics: two arrested in Greece for protest on eve of torch lighting
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021
Will the United States Boycott the Beijing 2022 Olympics?
Foreign Policy, October 18, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Seven Hong Kong democrats jailed for up to 12 months over banned protest against security law
Hong Kong Free Press, October 18, 2021
譚得志涉發表煽動文字表證成立 辯方專家：光時意指要香港回歸更理想(Tam Tak-chi to answer sedition case; defendant's expert says protest slogan means make HK better after handover)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2021
Hong Kong man arrested on suspicion of desecrating Chinese flag on National Day
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
US law firm Mayer Brown will no longer represent University of Hong Kong on removing Tiananmen Massacre statue
Hong Kong Free Press, October 16, 2021
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Former Hong Kong leader CY Leung weighs in on Tiananmen statue row, calls for boycott of US law firm for reportedly cutting ties with university
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2021
Hong Kong elections: only opposition party to allow members to run for Legislative Council ‘unlikely to make an impact’ even with candidates
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
《文匯》指控解悶信、連登晚報阻礙更生 鄧炳強：採取一切方法防止(Pro-Beijing newspaper slams prison letter-writing projects; Secretary for Security: “Will take all measures to prevent” these activities)
inmedia.hk, October 18, 2021
‘Apolitical’ Hong Kong barristers emerge as possible candidates to run Bar Association, thaw frosty relations with Beijing
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021
遭舉報違反《國安法》，港誠品下架《八國聯軍乃正義之師》(Bookstore chain takes down book accused of violating National Security Law)
The News Lens, October 17, 2021
Hong Kong’s Bleak House Books writes its final chapter
Hong Kong Free Press, October 16, 2021
港大要求移除《國殤之柱》 丹麥外相：已向北京表達關注(Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod expresses concern to Beijing over HKU's request to remove Pillar of Shame)
Ming Pao, October 15, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Article 23 laws must not restrict rights unnecessarily
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2021
Friday, October 15, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uygur man awaits Morocco ruling as China seeks extradition after Interpol snub
South China Morning Post, October 14, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese media returns fire in info war with video of ‘captured Indians’
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
MINITRUE: NO INDEPENDENT COMMENT FROM BAR ASSOCIATIONS ON NATIONAL LAWYERS CONGRESS
China Digital Times, October 14, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Xi Jinping says China’s ‘democratic’ political system is a ‘great creation’ that holds key to international success
South China Morning Post, October 14, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Microsoft to shut LinkedIn in China amid Beijing tech clampdown
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2021
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LinkedIn’s Exit From China Cuts Another East-West Bridge
Wired, October 14, 2021LinkedIn Loses Its China Connection
Foreign Policy, October 15, 2021
One of the world’s most popular iOS apps right now was developed by Chinese police
Quartz, October 15, 2021
Burned out Chinese tech workers start viral online campaign
Protocol, October 13, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
No-nonsense masks, strict bubble: What to expect from China’s Winter Olympics
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong lawmakers in race against time to push through bills after Typhoon Kompasu shuts Legislative Council
South China Morning Post, October 14, 2021
Hong Kong pro-democracy grassroots group allows members to stand in ‘patriots only’ legislative election
Hong Kong Free Press, October 15, 2021
Ousted Hong Kong district councillor told to repay HK$110,000 in allowances to government
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong security chief accuses media outlet of ‘demonising’ Article 23 national security legislation
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong protests: Polytechnic University scientist who tried to help protester shot by police jailed for a year
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
Security law: Ex-Student Politicism spokesperson granted bail, three others remain in custody pending trial
Hong Kong Free Press, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong national security law: teenage activist bailed ahead of subversion trial, but 3 other members of student group told they must remain behind bars
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
49歲男涉十一縱火燒國旗被捕 另一人在逃(49-year-old man is arrested for setting national flag on fire on National Day; police is pursuing another)
inmedia.hk, October 15, 2021
4港大生涉宣揚恐怖主義 10.28轉介區院續准保釋(Court allows bail for 4 HKU students charged with "promoting terrorism" while case is transferred to District Court)
inmedia.hk, October 15, 2021
高院同意為公眾利益將壹傳媒清盤 稱做法公正公平(High Court permits liquidation of Next Digital Limited for sake of public interest)
Ming Pao, October 15, 2021
3 前區議員被指違限聚令全部無罪 官質疑警證供 陳劍琴：為公民社會活動還公道(3 district councilors found not guilty of violating gathering ban as judge questions statement by police)
Stand News, October 15, 2021
More Hong Kong teachers to be tested on Basic Law, as schools face axe due to falling birth rate
Hong Kong Free Press, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong Continues to Hemorrhage People Amid Ever-Widening Political Controls
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2021
Commentary (评论)
How Xi Jinping’s China differs from Mao’s
The Economist, October 14, 2021
Sweden Should Press China to Release Swedish Book Publisher
Human Rights Watch, October 14, 2021
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Amid U.S.-China Chill, Harvard Moves a Top Language Program to Taiwan
美中交流降温，哈佛大学中文项目将迁往台湾
The New York Times, October 14, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese war blockbuster fuels anger in South Korea
Deutsche Welle, October 14, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
新冠溯源：世卫新工作组被视为最后机会，专家促开放武汉血液样本(Covid-19 origin probe: New WHO working group is seen as last chance; experts urge China to release Wuhan blood samples)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 14, 2021
China’s Power Problems Expose a Strategic Weakness
电力短缺问题暴露中国战略弱点
The New York Times, October 14, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing Games ready for Olympia flame but wary of protests
Reuters, October 14, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
UN experts urge review of Hong Kong security law; say arrests ‘incompatible’ with human rights and int’l law
Hong Kong Free Press, October 14, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong: Arrests under security law are serious concern, UN experts call for review
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 12, 2021National Security Law in line with international practice of safeguarding national security
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, October 13, 2021
高志活擬遷國殤之柱至歐美展出 批港大要求移走雕塑「羞恥」(Danish artist Jens Galschiot plans to move "Pillar of Shame" to Europe or U.S., calls HKU’s demand for its removal "shameful")
Ming Pao, October 14, 2021
Would-be Hong Kong civil servants set to be tested on national security law
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2021
Hong Kong protests: second mega court for clearing backlog of cases to accommodate 250 people
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2021
泰晤士世界大學排名 港 3 大學法律系排名大跌 中大跌出首百名(Three HK universities' law schools drop in Times Higher Education World University Rankings)
Stand News, October 14, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Forget the ‘small minority,’ the national security law has silenced Hong Kong society
Hong Kong Free Press, October 14, 2021
Does China’s Remaining Non-State Media Have a Future?
The Diplomat, October 13, 2021
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Darren Byler on Life in Xinjiang, ‘China’s High-Tech Penal Colony’
The Diplomat, October 13, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
北京东城法院：女网民侮辱董存瑞“引发广大人民群众的强烈愤慨”重判7个月(Netizen sentenced to 7 months for "insulting" revolutionary martyr Dong Cunrui in social media post)
Radio France Internationale, October 13, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Feminist responses on Weibo aim to fight the misrepresentation of women during COVID-19 in China
The Conversation, October 13, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing Winter Olympics: IOC vice-president says China human rights ‘not within’ its remit
Agence France-Presse, October 13, 2021
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