Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Protests in China (中国:抗议活动)

China’s security chief vows crackdown on ‘hostile forces’ after protests against Covid restrictions
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2022

Related:
‘We are not foreign forces’: HKU students stage small rally in support of mainland China Covid-19 protests
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2022

Chinese Protests Over ‘Zero Covid’ Follow Months of Economic Pain
The New York Times, November 29, 2022

恐吓、审查、抹黑:中国当局部署安全机器打压抗议活动
With Intimidation and Surveillance, China Tries to Snuff Out Protests

The New York Times, November 30, 2022

自豪、害怕与矛盾:中国年轻抗议者讲述自己的故事
Proud, Scared and Conflicted. What the China Protesters Told Me.

The New York Times, November 30, 2022

【更新】新疆大火頭七,抗議氣氛轉平淡,民間信息不明確,政府開始施壓([Update] On Day 7 following Xinjiang fire, protest atmosphere abates, message from civil society unclear, government begins pressure)
Initium Media, November 29, 2022

China's rights lawyers volunteer to help wave of lockdown protest detainees
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2022

Related:
十多名维权律师组义务法律团 协助"白纸运动"被捕者(More than a dozen human rights lawyers form voluntary legal team to assist those arrested in the "White Paper Movement")
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2022

上海公安截查路人手机 举白纸民众改举"不聚会"(Shanghai police check passers-by's cellphones; people replace blank white paper with “No gatherings” signs )
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2022

中国抗议者正在网上展开“翻墙”斗争(Chinese protesters launch “over-the-wall” struggle online)
Voice of America, November 30, 2022

【独家】专访"李老师":如何以一人之力完胜世界各大媒体([Exclusive] Interview with "Teacher Li" [on Twitter]: How one person bested the world's major media [in reporting on the protests])
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2022

港連日有人聲援內地示威 近廿人上海街舉白紙 警截查大半小時(Some Hong Kongers support demonstrations in mainland over past few days; police stop and search nearly 20 people holding up white paper on Shanghai Street for more than half an hour)
Inmediahk, November 29, 2022

‘This feels so much like Hong Kong’: territory’s solidarity with Chinese uprising
The Guardian, November 29, 2022

鄧炳強:留意到有「再次顏色革命」雛型 當局嚴正執法(Secretary for Security Chris Tang: If we see signs of "another color revolution," authorities will strictly enforce the law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 30, 2022

US and Canada urge China not to harm zero-Covid protesters amid new clashes with police
The Guardian, November 30, 2022

UK summons Chinese ambassador after arrest of BBC journalist
Al Jazeera, November 29, 2022

要喊甚麼口號?訴求是誰的訴求?從阿姆斯特丹到台北,海外聲援者的困惑(What slogans to shout? Whose appeal? From Amsterdam to Taipei, confusion of overseas supporters)
Initium Media, November 30, 2022

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Protests in China (中国:抗议活动)

北京罕见政治抗议凸显焦虑和不确定性
A Protest? A Vigil? In Beijing, Anxious Crowds Are Unsure How Far to Go.

The New York Times, November 29, 2022

中国人的抗议表达:白纸、方程式和“对对对对”墙
Memes, Puns and Blank Sheets of Paper: China’s Creative Acts of Protest

The New York Times, November 29, 2022

Chinese cities under heavy policing after protests against zero-Covid
Agence France-Presse, November 29, 2022

China clamps down on ‘zero covid’ protests, loosens some pandemic measures
The Washington Post, November 29, 2022

专访上海乌鲁木齐中路抗议者:警察无差别抓人 多数是女性 (Interview with Shanghai Urumqi Middle Road Protesters: Police arrested people, mostly women, indiscriminately)
Radio Free Asia, November 28, 2022

China’s elite Tsinghua University meets students after weekend protest against Covid restrictions
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2022

Chinese bots flood Twitter in attempt to obscure Covid protests
The Guardian, November 28, 2022

Dating apps and Telegram: How China protesters are defying authorities
Reuters, November 29, 2022

中国民众利用被禁海外社媒及交友平台传递抗议信息 (Chinese use banned overseas social media and dating platforms to spread protest messages)
Voice of America, November 29, 2022

China Virus Protests Hit Hong Kong After Mainland Rallies
The Diplomat, November 29, 2022

中国留学生在纽约哥大举行大型集会声援中国抗议者 规模可与33年前抗议六四镇压时相比 (Chinese students hold large rally at Columbia University in New York to support Chinese protesters, in scale comparable to that of protests following Tiananmen crackdown 33 years ago)
Voice of America, November 29, 2022

在伦敦乌鲁木齐火灾悼念活动上的路牌 (Street signs at a memorial service for the Urumqi fire in London)
NGOCN, November 28, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

上海人权捍卫者、宪政民主追求者陈建芳女士遭中共当局构陷“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”获刑4年6个月 刑期至2023年10月21日(附:判决书)(Chen Jianfang, Shanghai human rights defender and advocate of constitutional democracy, is convicted of "inciting subversion of state power" and sentenced to 4.5 years in prison (Verdict attached))
Weiquanwang, November 28, 2022

Partner of detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei hopeful of ‘compassionate and speedy resolution’
The Guardian, November 28, 2022

China jails political dissident who spoke out over chained woman in Jiangsu province
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2022

Hong Kong gov’t appeal against admission of UK lawyer for Jimmy Lai national security case dismissed
Hong Kong Free Press, November 28, 2022

Hong Kong protests: 6 found guilty of rioting in first trial related to PolyU campus siege in 2019
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2022

Hong Kong woman jailed for 3 years and 5 months for rioting near gov’t headquarters during 2019 protest
Hong Kong Free Press, November 25, 2022

工程師藏索帶及鐳射筆罪成判囚4個月 官:希望你以後集中建設,唔好集中破壞(Engineer is sentenced to 4 months in jail for hiding cable ties and laser pointer in 2019 protests)
Inmediahk, November 24, 2022

9.29政府總部外暴動 32歲資深市場經理判囚3年5個月(32-year-old senior marketing manager is sentenced to 3 years, 5 months in prison for rioting outside gov’t headquarters in 2019 protests)
Inmediahk, November 25, 2022

Retired Hong Kong Catholic leader Joseph Zen among 6 fined up to HK$4,000 each over failure to register legal defence fund set up for protesters
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2022

Hong Kong judge approves contempt of court proceedings against Joshua Wong and three other men involved in 2019 social unrest
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2022

陳振哲鄭仲恒2019區選前夕維園集會阻差辦公罪成 判240小時社服令(Former district councilor Richard Chan and district councilor Osman Cheng are sentenced to 240 hours of social service for obstructing police officers at Victoria Park rally on eve of 2019 District Council elections)
Ming Pao, November 25, 2022

Video: How Hong Kong film directors are navigating a new era of censorship
Hong Kong Free Press, November 27, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

鲍彤逝世:曾参与推动中国政治改革,因“六四”事件入狱
Bao Tong, 90, Dies; Top Chinese Official Imprisoned After Tiananmen

The New York Times, November 22, 2022

Thai police hold Chinese dissident after lone Bangkok protest against Xi Jinping
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2022

6 ex-Apple Daily staff plead guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces in seeking sanctions on Hong Kong, Beijing officials
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2022

黎智英聘英御狀案 律政司直接向終院申上訴許可( DoJ appeals directly to Court of Final Appeal against appointment of UK lawyer in Jimmy Lai’s national security case)
Ming Pao, November 22, 2022

Hong Kong man arrested for sedition after allegedly posting clip of anthem blunder with message of thanks
Hong Kong Free Press, November 22, 2022

Police interview members of Hong Kong Rugby Union over national anthem blunders at overseas sports events
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2022

浸大傳理生辦在囚人士徵信活動 校方拒批場地兼展紀律聆訊(HKBU refuses to approve venue and holds disciplinary hearing on students organizing letters-sending activity to prisoners)
Inmediahk, November 22, 2022

7名社民連成員涉違限聚令 兩人認罪各罰款4500元(Two League of Social Democracy members are fined HK$4,500 each after pleading guilty to violating gathering restriction order)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 22, 2022

Three years on, Hong Kongers keep alive memory of Polytechnic University battles
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

广西民主人士陆辉煌被以“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”判刑4年6个月(Guangxi rights defender Lu Huihuang is sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power")
Weiquanwang, November 20, 2022

高智晟失踪五年 BBC专访耿和:“我被迫在丈夫和孩子之间做选择”(In interview with BBC, Geng He, wife of Gao Zhisheng, human rights lawyer who has been missing for 5 years: "I was forced to choose between my husband and my children")
BBC, November 19, 2022

China sees 'daily protests' despite widespread state surveillance, controls: report
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2022

Related:
报告:中国每天都在发生街头抗议和网上异议(Report: In China, street protests and online dissent are happening every day)
Voice of America, November 21, 2022

China Dissent Monitor (Issue 1: June-September 2022)
Freedom House, November 14, 2022

Overseas Chinese students call for probe into fate of Beijing 'bridge man' protester
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2022

7 Hong Kong protesters sentenced to up to 4 years and 7 months in jail over rioting near gov’t headquarters in 2019
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2022

黎智英聘英御狀參與國安法審訊 律政司申終院上訴許可被拒(Court of Final Appeal rejects DoJ’s appeal against appointment of UK lawyer in Jimmy Lai’s national security case)
Ming Pao, November 21, 2022

涉網上發布引起他人憎恨中央等訊息 42歲男子被捕(42-year-old man is arrested for alleged incitement of hatred of central government in online posts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2022

Thursday, November 17, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

Chinese spy Xu Yanjun jailed for 20 years for stealing tech from US aerospace and aviation firms
Reuters, November 17, 2022

FBI局长国会作证:中国盗窃美国资料大于各国盗窃总和(FBI director testifies before Congress: China's theft of U.S. data is greater than sum of all countries' theft)
Radio France Internationale, November 17, 2022

China’s efforts in US and elsewhere to reach and silence critics merit greater attention: US panel
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2022

Related:
2022 ANNUAL REPORT—Full Report
Executive summary
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, November 16, 2022

美国会:经安会促考虑停中美正常贸易关系 CECC忧习近平集权侵海外人权(U.S. Congress: Economic and Security Council urges consideration of cessation of normal trade relations between China, U.S.; CECC concerned that Xi Jinping's consolidation of power violates human rights abroad)
Radio France Internationale, November 17, 2022

德国总统:中国不想依赖世界,却要让世界依赖中国(German President: China does not want to depend on the world, but wants the world to depend on China)
Deutsche Welle, November 17, 2022

German minister wants China cooperation dependent on rights situation – Spiegel
Reuters, November 16, 2022

Related:
机密文件曝光:揭示德国未来对华战略(Exposed confidential paper reveals Germany's future strategy regarding China)
Deutsche Welle, November 17, 2022

U.K. Sees Myriad Domestic Threats, Mainly From Iran, Russia and China
英国安全部门强调来自伊朗、中国等多重威胁

The New York Times, November 17, 2022

Newport Wafer Fab’s sale to Nexperia blocked by UK ministers
英国政府决定阻止中资收购纽波特晶圆厂

Financial Times, November 17, 2022

Taiwan may further restrict tech over spectre of mainland China taking sensitive technology
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

中國大學生在操場爬行:當「發瘋文學」照進現實 (Chinese college students crawling on the playground: When "crazy literature" illuminates reality)
Initium Media, November 15, 2022

遭羁押1年多的重庆维权人士唐云淑今获刑4年6个月 (Chongqing human rights activist Tang Yunshu, detained for more than a year, is sentenced to 4 years, 6 months in prison)
Weiquanwang, November 16, 2022

遭刑事拘留的广西人权律师陈家鸿已被批捕 (Guangxi human rights lawyer Chen Jiahong is officially arrested)
Weiquanwang, November 16, 2022

Chinese social media users have discovered a way to bash the country’s zero-COVID strategy online
Fortune, November 15, 2022

Remanding national security defendants for long period before trial ‘not ideal,’ head of Hong Kong lawyers’ group says
Hong Kong Free Press, November 15, 2022

Hong Kong films defy warnings with strong Golden Horse presence
Radio France Internationale, November 16, 2022

兩男學生分別認中環襲警及「搶犯」 裁定暴動罪成囚45個月(2 students are sentenced to 45 months in prison for rioting after pleading guilty to assaulting police and "snatching arrestees" in Central in 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2022

国际新闻自由和人权团体致信李家超: 立即释放黎智英(International press freedom and human rights groups’ letter to John Lee: Release Jimmy Lai Immediately)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2022

Related:
CPJ, partners call on Hong Kong leader to secure Jimmy Lai’s release
Committee to Protect Journalists, November 14, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

疫情飙升封控趋严引发民怨 广州市民冲上街头抗议(Soaring epidemic and tightening restrictions spark public anger; Guangzhou residents take to the streets in protest)
Voice of America, November 15, 2022

Related:
Protesters and police clash in southern China over Covid-19 lockdowns
Agence France-Presse, November 15, 2022

Chinese reporter Sophia Huang Xueqin nominated for press freedom courage prize for #MeToo campaigning
Hong Kong Free Press, November 15, 2022

於連登煽惑集結 自閉症男認煽動囚一年 官指或產生殺人放火的「孤狼」(Autistic man is sentenced to 1 year in prison after pleading guilty to inciting others to participate in illegal assembly in online forum)
Inmediahk, November 15, 2022

不服黎智英聘英御用大狀 律政司申請上訴至終院(DoJ appeals to Court of Final Appeal against Jimmy Lai’s appointment of UK barrister)
Inmediahk, November 15, 2022

六四維園外遇警截查被指不合作 八旬翁被控阻差辦公(Man, 80, is charged with obstructing police for being uncooperative when stopped and searched by police outside Victoria Park on June 4)
Inmediahk, November 15, 2022

支聯會拒交資料案 官禁以受害者形容天安門母親 鄒幸彤斥可恥(In HK Alliance case of refusing to submit information to police, judge bans term “victims” to describe Tiananmen Mothers; Chow Hang-tung calls decision “shameful”)
Inmediahk, November 14, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

“一个人的勇敢不应该没有回声” —— 记一场在伦敦用普通话发出的示威与抗议 ("One's bravery should not be without echoes": Record of a protest in London in Mandarin)
NGOCN, November 8, 2022

Apple limits file-sharing for Chinese iPhone users after anti-govt protest
Agence France-Presse, November 11, 2022

被控串謀勾結外國勢力 黎智英申永久終止聆訊(Jimmy Lai applies for permanent stay of proceedings on charge of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2022

Hong Kong court convicts woman of assaulting a police officer, possessing offensive weapon during 2019 protest
Hong Kong Free Press, November 14, 2022

涉光城者串謀恐怖活動案 中六女學生還柙逾一年 高院申保釋遭拒(In “Returning Valiant” case of conspiracy of terrorist activities, High Court rejects bail to Form 6 student who has been detained for over a year)
Inmediahk, November 11, 2022

涉為「香港獨立黨」骨幹 男教師被控串謀煽動保釋被拒(Teacher suspected of being “Hong Kong Independence Party” backbone and charged with alleged conspiracy to incite is denied bail)
Ming Pao, November 11, 2022

女子承認煽惑他人不投票或白票判囚2個月緩刑18個月(Woman is sentenced to 2 months in jail suspended for 18 months after pleading guilty to inciting others not to vote or to cast invalid vote)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 11, 2022

涉5年前發文稱炸解放軍軍營 27歲男罪成囚4年半(27-year-old man is sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for sharing post in online forum about bombing PLA barracks 5 years ago)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2022

停職檢控主任指紀律聆訊偏袒申覆核 高院駁回申請(High Court judge rejects request by suspended DoJ prosecution officer for review of disciplinary action against him following his complaint about police in 2019)
Ming Pao, November 11, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

最高法规范合议庭运行 要求成员平等实质参与评议 (Supreme People’s Court regulates operation of collegial panel, requires members to participate in deliberation on an equal and substantive basis)
Caixin, November 14, 2022

Related:
最高人民法院关于规范合议庭运行机制的意见 (Opinions of the Supreme People's Court on Regulating the Operational Mechanism of Collegial Panels)
The Supreme People's Court, November 10, 2022

教职员工实施侵害未成年人犯罪,将被判决终身禁业 (Faculty members who commit crimes against minors will be sentenced to lifetime bans from fields involving close contact with minors)
Caixin, November 14, 2022

Related:
最高人民法院 最高人民检察院 教育部关于落实从业禁止制度的意见(Opinions of the Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate, Ministry of Education on Implementing the Employment Prohibition System)
The Supreme People's Court, November 11, 2022

中国放宽部分疫情防控规定,但坚持“清零”
China Eases Some Pandemic Policies, While Sticking to ‘Zero Covid’

The New York Times, November 14, 2022

Collateral damage and secondary victims: the social impact of zero-COVID
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2022

Related:
PUBLIC INDIGNATION OVER PREVENTABLE DEATHS DURING LOCKDOWNS IN XINJIANG, INNER MONGOLIA, GANSU, AND HENAN
China Digital Times, November 11, 2022

Beijing can help Hong Kong society heal by explaining where ‘red lines’ of national security law lie, says Catholic bishop
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

福建人权捍卫者范燕琼女士呼吁福州当局立即解除封控遭威胁(Fujian human rights defender Fan Yanqiong is threatened for calling on Fuzhou authorities to immediately lift lockdown measures)
Weiquanwang, November 9, 2022

石家庄公民卢廷阁:交通事故“清零”公开建议(Shijiazhuang citizen Lu Tingge: Public suggestion for preventing traffic accidents due to zero-COVID policy)
Weiquanwang, November 9, 2022

Hong Kong national security law: appeal court upholds move to allow top UK lawyer to join Jimmy Lai’s defence team in light of ‘clear’ public interest
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2022

民主派初選案17人否認控罪 排期明年1月17日預審(17 people in pro-democracy primary election case deny charges, scheduled for pre-trial on January 17 next year)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 9, 2022

律政司檢控主任提六四、批評警方受紀律研訊 不滿研訊安排提司法覆核(DoJ prosecutor files for judicial review of dep’t disciplinary action against her for mentioning June Fourth, criticizing police)
Ming Pao, November 9, 2022

周梓樂逝世三周年 市民尚德停車場悼念遭警要求離開(Mourners commemorating Alex Chow, HKUST student who died falling from parking lot in 2019 protests, are asked to leave parking lot by police)
Inmediahk, November 8, 2022

新任廣播處長接受鄧炳強訪問 稱港台應與警隊合作無間(In interview with Secretary for Security Chris Tang, new Director of Broadcasting says RTHK should cooperate with police force)
Inmediahk, November 8, 2022

4人涉藉公開活動煽惑他人不投票或投白票遭廉署起訴(4 are charged by ICAC for inciting others not to vote or to cast invalid vote)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 9, 2022