Xinjiang (新疆)

The Uyghur on the front page
China Media Project, December 20, 2018

Muslim Pakistan says outcry over China’s Xinjiang detention camps has been “sensationalised”
Agence France-Presse, December 20, 2018

China's information war against the Uyghurs
The Diplomat, December 20, 2018

How to hide illegal detentions? China gets creative
Bitter Winter, December 19, 2018

陕西省市场监督管理局: 关于废止陕西省地方标准《清真食品认证通则》的通告 (Shaanxi abolishes regulations on halal classification of food products)
Shaanxi Administration for Market Regulation, December 18, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China: UN human rights experts gravely concerned about Huang Qi’s health
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, December 20, 2018

Canadian detained in China questioned daily, no lawyer access, not allowed to turn lights out at night: Sources
Reuters, December 21, 2018

China executes petitioner who killed police officer bringing him home
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Please welcome China’s WeChat to the #resistance
Buzzfeed, December 19, 2018

Millions employed to manipulate public opinion
Bitter Winter, December 19, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

海外维吾尔人白宫前抗议北京的新疆政策 (Uyghurs in U.S. hold rally in front of White House to protest Beijing’s Xinjiang policy)
Voice of America, December 21, 2018

美国华人削发 声援709案家属 (Supporters in U.S. shave heads in support of 709 lawyers’ families)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2018

Tracking the ever-present danger for workers on the streets of China
China Labour Bulletin, December 20, 2018

Pre-Christmas crackdown on Christians as China escalates religious persecution
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 20, 2018

LGBT parents challenge stereotypes in China
Reuters, December 20, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's top legislature expresses strong indignation at U.S. act on Tibet
Sina English, December 21, 2018

Related:
美国反制西藏旅行限制 中方警告“后果自负” (China responds to U.S. Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, warning of consequences)
BBC News, December 20, 2018

“一带一路”在巴基斯坦：中国暴露军事野心
China’s “Belt and Road” plan in Pakistan takes a military turn
The New York Times, December 21, 2018

Sinopsis: The CCP’s model of social control goes global
China Digital Times, December 20, 2018

BRI language disappears from UN documents
MERICS Newsletter, December 20, 2018

U.S. warns of Chinese influence at multilateral lenders
Financial Times, December 20, 2018

Related:
China should address U.S. concerns on investment and tech transfer to defuse trade war, says World Bank
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2018

Exclusive: Detained Canadian in China also Hungarian, Hungary seeks access - sources
Reuters, December 20, 2018

Related:
Third detained Canadian Sarah McIver given “administrative punishment” for working illegally in China
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. accuses Chinese nationals of infiltrating corporate and government technology
The New York Times, December 20, 2018

Related:
Chinese malicious cyber activity
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, December 20, 2018

美国司法部指控两名中国黑客涉嫌“受国安部指示盗取商业机密” (U.S. accuses 2 Chinese citizens of hacking trade secrets under China’s orders)
BBC News, December 21, 2018

Australia joins condemnation of “huge, audacious” Chinese hacking plot
The Guardian, December 20, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

【馬建事件】大館發信致歉　未交代決策經過緣由 (Tai Kwun apologizes for cancelling Ma Jian’s event in November)
The Stand News, December 21, 2018

Hong Kong justice officials should seek second opinion on move to drop corruption probe against former city leader CY Leung, Bar Association says
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2018

性騷擾受害人向「突破」報佳音 要求會面及公開道歉 (Sexual harassment victims sing hymns outside church, criticize its silence on accusations against staff member)
Inmediahk.net, December 20, 2018

Hong Kong’s highest court agrees to hear final appeal of former leader Donald Tsang
Hong Kong Free Press, December 20, 2018

Commentary (评论)

How the U.S. should respond to China’s Belt and Road
The Diplomat, December 21, 2018

Why the Greater Bay Area hard sell won’t work on young Hongkongers
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

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

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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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, 2018

A 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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. aims to stall China's efforts to be the global leader in the race for 5G
NPR, December 19, 2018

一帶一路參與國　捷克總理辦公室停用華為手機 (A blow to Belt and Road in Europe: Czech Republic prime minister orders office to stop using Huawei phones)
The Stand News, December 20, 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

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

Related:
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, 2018

Statement 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

Related:
China’s censors have leapt the Great Firewall to police tweets
Quartz, December 18, 2018

Twitter 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