美媒:新疆“再教育营”强迫劳动商品流入美国 (Products of forced labor in “reeducation camps” have been imported into U.S.)
Deutsche Welle, December 19, 2018
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
“The last time I saw Granny Pu”: 85-year-old mother of Chinese dissident seized by police
The Guardian, December 20, 2018
How Chinese activists are “traveled” or “mentally illed”
China Digital Times, December 19, 2018
Warning: Making online jokes about Chinese police may land you in detention
SupChina, December 19, 2018
Access to Information (信息公开)
China's jailed citizen journalists at risk of torture, death: Press freedom group
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2018
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
“Nothing he was doing was in any way secret,” detained Canadian Michael Kovrig’s employer Crisis Group says
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2018
Why China is getting worse for women
Caixin, December 19, 2018
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China continues to drag its feet on road towards gender equality, but claims success in white-collar work
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2018
Government Accountability (政府问责)
U.S. congressional panel assails China for “severe religious freedom violations” for detaining Christians and closing churches
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2018
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中国宗教寒冬 美议员：习近平打压宗教造成人类毁灭性灾难 (Bitter winter for religion in China: U.S. congressmen say Xi’s crackdown on religious freedom is “taking a devastating human toll”)
Voice of America, December 20, 2018
梵蒂冈认可的中国主教被让位给爱国会主教 (Vatican-accredited bishop forced to retire, seat will pass to China-approved replacement)
Voice of America, December 19, 2018
Third Canadian citizen has been detained in China, Global Affairs Canada confirms
National Post, December 19, 2018
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孟晚舟事件后 第三名在华加拿大公民被拘 (Third Canadian citizen detained in China after Meng’s arrest)
BBC News, December 19, 2018A defiant Canada is trolling China with Liu Xiaobo’s legacy
Quartz, December 19, 2018
China’s growing footprint in Latin America
China File, December 19, 2018
Hong Kong (香港)
Students protest as Hong Kong Shue Yan University takes control of student union office
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2018
Head of Legco legal affairs panel plays down calls for debate of government decision not to prosecute former Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2018
本土研究社：千頃棕土未納發展 政府貶低潛力 (NGO Liber Research Community report reveals government underestimated available brownfields, potential for development)
Inmediahk.net, December 19, 2018
Commentary (评论)
2018 was meant to be Xi Jinping’s year. Then China’s Belt and Road unravelled
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2018
China is blowing a golden opportunity from the Huawei arrest
Bloomberg, December 19, 2018
DQ過後，我們還需要立法會嗎？(Do we still need LegCo after disqualifications?)
Inmediahk.net, December 19, 2018
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang authorities arrest Uyghur court official who denounced political re-education camps
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2018
Central Asians cry out over China's secret detention camps
Agence France-Presse, December 18, 2018
Connection or control? On the new Silk Road, two tales of China compete
Christian Science Monitor, December 18, 2018
新疆再教育营：学员被强迫劳动 (Millions of detained Muslims in Xinjiang are forced into labor)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2018
拒食猪肉 新疆哈萨克学生遭打压 (Kazakh students detained in meat freezers for protesting Muslims being forced to eat pork, raise pigs)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2018
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Tiananmen-era dissident reunited with wife, children after U.S. intervention
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2018
709案家属剃发明志：“我们可以无发，你们不能无法！(Wives of 709 lawyers shave heads, protest judicial system ignoring legal process)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2018
中国牧师王怡被控颠覆政权罪 (Detained family church pastor charged with subversion of state power)
Radio France internationale, December 15, 2018
Access to Information (信息公开)
报告：中国监禁记者最多 (Reporters Without Borders report: China is still the country with the most imprisoned journalists)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2018
学者演讲视频被删：忠言逆耳就不行 (Popular video of Renmin University scholar blocked for content critical of Chinese government)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2018
Hong Kong tabloid with China links tails visiting U.S.-Australian academic
The Guardian, December 18, 2018
Hong Kong’s top lawyers urge release of Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang – detained for over 3 years
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2018
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大律師公會發聲明 敦促內地盡快釋放維權律師王全璋 (Hong Kong Bar Association urges the mainland to release the rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 18, 2018Statement of the Hong Kong Bar Association: Release lawyer Mr. Wang Quanzhang pending trial
Hong Kong Bar Association, December 18, 2018
Elderly Tibetans go back to school to learn to read and write
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2018
网络控制：推特中国用户“遭劫” (Twitter accounts of “sensitive” users hijacked by the authorities, posts deleted)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2018
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China’s censors have leapt the Great Firewall to police tweets
Quartz, December 18, 2018Twitter tumbles on concerns about hacking activity
Reuters, December 18, 2018
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese city bans Christmas decorations in tilt at “clean-city” competition
Telegraph, December 18, 2018
China’s bizarre program to keep activists in check
New Yorker, December 17, 2018
Government Accountability (政府问责)
官方改革大事记：六四仍为“暴乱”
(Official chronicle of China in the reform era still designates June Fourth as “riot”)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2018
This is what Xi Jinping says can help save China from “terrifying tidal waves and horrifying storms”
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2018
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China’s leader says party must control “all tasks,” and Asian markets slump
The New York Times, December 18, 2018Xi Jinping’s story of reform
China Media Project, December 18, 2018
No way to cut corners and avoid arrest of Huawei executive at U.S. request: Freeland
Montreal Gazette, December 17, 2018
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“There’s a human cost to these political situations”: Chinese arrests all too familiar for past Canadian detainees
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2018
China publishes economic and political wish list for its relationship with the European Union
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2018
地下教会主教郭希锦被要求让出职位 (At Vatican’s request, bishop of Chinese house-church bishop forced to give up position)
Deutsche Welle, December 15, 2018
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China urgently needs “politically reliable,” “religiously knowledgeable” bishops as 50% of Catholic dioceses face vacancies
Global Times December 18, 2018
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Top Henan tourist site waives ticket fees for Huawei users
TechNode, December 18, 2018
Baidu restructures to focus on AI and cloud computing
TechNode, December 18, 2018
Chinese province asks home-sharing platforms to hand over guest and host information to authorities
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2018
National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)
华为的国家安全风险：西方和盟国联合布防 (Huawei’s national security risk: The West and its allies mount a common defense)
BBC News, December 17, 2018
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【全球抵制】捷克情報部門指華為中興有安全威脅 呼籲停用 (Czech Cyber and Information Security Agency warns against Huawei and ZTE security risks, urges local telecom companies to stay clear)
The Stand News, December 18, 2018Huawei to spend U.S. $2 billion over 5 years in cybersecurity push
Reuters, December 18, 2018Huawei’s new playbook in Washington: Drop PR and hire lawyers
Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2018
Hong Kong (香港)
樹仁學生會「斷莊」 校方收回辦事處及民主牆 學生斥收窄言論空間 (Hong Kong Shue Yan University takes back student union democracy wall, office space)
The Stand News, December 19, 2018
Justice Dep’t may give more detail on decision not to prosecute ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung, says Acting Chief Exec.
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2018
Hong Kong’s top court rejects activist Raphael Wong’s appeal against Umbrella Movement jail sentence
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2018
Implement the Basic Law better, Xi Jinping tells Hong Kong and Macau
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2018
觀察員報告揭發警察違規監控集會 (Civil Rights Observer to file complaint against police unlawfully filming assemblies, targeting individuals)
Inmediahk.net, December 17, 2018
Commentary (评论)
Xi's scary interpretation of the last 40 years of Chinese history
The Diplomat, December 19, 2018
How Xi Jinping is being placed at the very centre of China’s story of reform
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2018
The fate of Huawei foreshadows the fate of China
The Atlantic, December 18, 2018
China got rid of one of the most oppressive practices of the Mao era. Now it’s coming back.
The Washington Post, December 18, 2018
中国为何对国际批评越来越无动于衷
An emboldened China no longer cares what its critics think
The New York Times, December 17, 2018
扩大社会控制 2019中国人权情势堪忧 (As Chinese authorities expand control of society, China’s human rights situation for 2019 is concerning)
Deutsche Welle, December 16, 2018
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Xinjiang (新疆)
Locked away, forgotten: Muslim Uyghur wives of Pakistani men
Associated Press, December 17, 2018
Popular Uyghur singer and parents held in Xinjiang political re-education camp
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2018
U.S. sportswear traced to factory in China's internment camps
Associated Press, December 17, 2018
Gansu removes 4 halal-linked standards to curb religious extremism
Global Times, December 17, 2018
Access to Information (信息公开)
Minitrue: Approved sources on 1989 spokesman’s death
China Digital Times, December 17, 2018
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Former Chinese official Yuan Mu – who said “not one person died on Tiananmen” – dies at 90
Hong Kong Free Press, December 17, 2018
China launches crackdown on Twitter amid calls for protection of accounts
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2018
How a red dot kept Chinese-Canadian readers from getting the full story on Huawei
The Star Vancouver, December 14, 2018
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
China's pre-Christmas church crackdown raises alarm
BBC, December 18, 2018
Shenzhen offers Hunan workers pneumoconiosis compensation deal
China Labour Bulletin, December 17, 2018
Four Chinese activists shave heads to protest “persecution” of husbands
Reuters, December 17, 2018
Chinese distiller Yanghe Brewery agrees to raise factory workers’ pay after protest
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2018
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Striking brewery workers clash with police in Jiangsu
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2018
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