Taiwan (台湾)

台日党派高层会议 形容两地面对中国是“命运共同体”(In high level talks, Taiwan and Japan officials describe both countries as a "community with a shared destiny" facing China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 27, 2021

反感中国威胁 过半数美国人支持派军捍卫台湾(Reflecting negative view on China's threat, more than half of Americans support sending troops to defend Taiwan)
Voice of America, August 27, 2021

Related:
For First Time, Half of Americans Favor Defending Taiwan If China Invades
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, August 26, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

供奉达赖喇嘛法像 四川石渠约六十名藏人被捕(About 60 Tibetans are detained in Shiqu, Sichuan for possessing Dalai Lama’s picture)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s Celebrity Culture Is Raucous. The Authorities Want to Change That.
The New York Times, August 27, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Activist Plans Street Protest Over Forcible Vaccination Program
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Big Tech’s excessive 996 overwork culture in China is illegal without extra compensation, top court reminds employers
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2021

Explainer | How is China’s regulatory crackdown already hurting its economy?
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2021

A Chinese university seems to be making a list of LGBT+ students. No one knows what it will do with the information.
SupChina, August 26, 2021

UK watchdog fines banned Chinese broadcaster
Agence France-Presse, August 27, 2021

Related:
英国通信管理局再次对CGTN处以罚款(Chinese state broadcaster CGTN is fined again by Ofcom after it resumes broadcasting in UK)
Deutsche Welle, August 27, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese Police Kept Buying Cellebrite Phone Crackers After Cellebrite Said It Ended Sales
The Intercept, August 26, 2021

中国监管再出一招，直击网络科技巨头核心技术—算法(Chinese regulators target algorithm—core technology of Internet giants)
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 27, 2021

Related:
国家互联网信息办公室关于《互联网信息服务算法推荐管理规定（征求意见稿）》(Cyberspace Administration of China’s "Administrative Regulations on Recommendations of Internet Information Service Algorithms (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" )
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 27, 2021

华尔街日报：中国拟禁止数据密集型科技公司在美上市(WSJ: China to ban data-heavy tech firms from listing in U.S.)
Voice of America, August 27, 2021

Related:
China Plans to Ban U.S. IPOs for Data-Heavy Tech Firms
The Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong security chief levels ‘profiteering’ charge against fund set up to help 2019 protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: police information grab sparks fears over broad nature of powers and suspects’ rights
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2021

教協週六召開特別會員大會　決議修改會章放寬解散門檻(Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union to convene extraordinary general meeting on Saturday for resolution to lower threshold for disbanding)
Stand News, August 27, 2021

英最高法院院長指港仍有司法獨立、法治　與賀知義留任終院非常任法官(UK President of the Supreme Court Lord Reed of Allermuir says judicial independence and rule of law still exist in Hong Kong’s judiciary and will stay on as non-permanent judge in Court of Final Appeal together with Lord Hodge)
Stand News, August 27, 2021

Related:
Role of UK judges on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal - update
The UK Supreme Court, August 27, 2021

University of Hong Kong student leader granted bail pending national security ‘terrorism’ trial
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Taiwan’s Foreign Minister: Time to Let Taiwan Work With the UN
The Diplomat, August 27, 2021

Clearer picture needed on film censorship
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2021