Access to Justice (司法公正)

First details emerge of China’s spy claims against Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021

Left-Wing Labor Rights Researcher Detained For 'Subversion' in China's Guangxi
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2021

黑龙江70岁访民刘杰被被举报单位宾县检察院正式批捕(70-year-old petitioner Liu Jie from Heilongjiang is officially arrested with approval of the local procuratorate he reported on)
Weiquanwang, September 3, 2021

广州五名异议人士因讨论时政 涉颠覆国家政权移送检察院起诉(5 dissidents in Guangzhou face “subversion of state power” indictment for discussing current affairs\)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

How Much Does Beijing Control the Ethnic Makeup of Tibet?
ChinaFile, September 2, 2021

传四川百名藏人被捕 疑与保存达赖喇嘛图像有关(London-based Tibet Watch reports detention of more than 100 Tibetans in Sichuan, believed to be related to possession of Dalai Lama’s picture)
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Xi Jinping Thought, for children
The Economist, September 4, 2021

Xi Jinping is aiming to redraw China’s social contract
Financial Times, September 2, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protests: 5 students found guilty of rioting, violating mask ban at 2019 Chinese University demonstration
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021

Hong Kong pro-Beijing lawmakers urge better moral education in schools
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2021

Security law baptism for uni students
The Standard, September 3, 2021

Chinese emblem must fly higher than all others under new flag-raising guidelines for Hong Kong international schools
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021

Hong Kong’s Civic Passion disbands citing ‘no way forward’ after chairman ousted from legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2021

聲援受罰囚友被指「滋事」　袁嘉蔚涉事　邵家臻：22人調「水飯房」單獨囚禁(Former district councilor Tiffany Yuen, accused of "making trouble" in support of other prisoners, is put in solitary)
Ming Pao, September 3, 2021

官立及津貼小學整體班級數目　較上個學年減至少50班(At least 50 classes are eliminated in public and subsidized primary schools amid emigration wave)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 3, 2021

National security law: can supporters of legal defence fund for Hong Kong protesters be prosecuted for donations? It depends, legal experts say
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国国企涉非法收购意大利军用无人机公司(Two Chinese state-owned companies are suspected of illegal acquisition of Italian military drone company)
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2021

中国关闭美国西南商会 美国务院批任意监管(China shuts American Chamber of Commerce in southwest China; U.S. State Department slams move as arbitrary regulation)
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2021

Related:
China shuts American Chamber of Commerce in Chengdu, organisation says
Reuters, August 31, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s civil society under fire: the candidates, the election, then the democracy movement itself
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2021