Xinjiang (新疆)

China says envoys of 12 nations visited Xinjiang
Taipei Times, January 9, 2019

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China must allow unfettered access to all political indoctrination camps in East Turkistan
World Uyghur Congress, January 7, 2019

Where did the one million figure for detentions in Xinjiang’s camps come from?
ChinaFile, January 8, 2019

Uyghur woman details life inside Chinese “re-education camp” in Xinjiang
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, January 8, 2019

Toddler son of Uyghur political “re-education camp” detainees drowns in frozen ditch
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2019

What does China want to achieve by “modifying” Islam?
Deutsche Welle, January 8, 2019

Communities inspect Arabic slogans to curb pan-Islam drive
Global Times, January 8, 2019

Organ harvesting tribunal finds overwhelmingly against China
Bitter Winter, January 8, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Canadian diplomats in China meet detained citizen, Michael Spavor
Reuters, January 9, 2019

China jails 3 activists for video “mocking” president Xi Jinping
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2019

Solidarity with persecuted leads to persecution
Bitter Winter, January 6, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

WeChat exposes
China Media Project, January 5, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

原轉會各民族代表：台灣原住民族致中國習近平主席 (Taiwan indigenous representatives issue open letter to Xi Jinping)
Apple Daily, January 8, 2019

Women doctors across Taiwan express support for President Tsai
Focus Taiwan, January 8, 2019

北大、人大打压左派 因为马克思提倡暴力？ (Why did Peking University and Renmin University crack down on Marxist students?)
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Investigation team established for missing files in contract dispute case
Xinhua, January 9, 2019

Schools as a stomping ground for indoctrination
Bitter Winter, January 8, 2019

Malaysia “won’t say yes or no” to reports China offered to bail out 1MDB and spy on journalists in return for infrastructure deals
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2019

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Malaysia to scrutinise China contracts after report of inflated deals struck to cover 1MDB debt
Channel NewsAsia, January 8, 2019

Africa: Why Djibouti’s China debt is raising the alarm
Euromoney, January 7, 2019

Swedish activist made to “confess” on Chinese state TV urges UK broadcast regulator to ban channel
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Former U.S. senator Joe Lieberman’s work for China’s ZTE makes him a foreign agent, complaint says
Bloomberg, January 9, 2019

LinkedIn censored the profile of another critic of the Chinese government
BuzzFeed, January 8, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Executive Council’s move to table national anthem bill stirs controversy
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2019

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港府将提交立法会审议国歌法草案 民主派忧侵害言论自由 (Gov’t to submit national anthem bill to LegCo, democrats express concerns over freedom of speech)
Voice of America, January 8, 2019

嚴刑峻法國歌法 剝奪市民不表態權利 (Harsh national anthem bill requires all to make political statement, one way or another)
Inmediahk.net, January 9, 2019

中国帮助马来西亚监控驻香港外国记者
China “offered to spy” on Hong Kong-based journalists with the Wall Street Journal
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2019

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Gov’t should explain if Chinese agents were spying on foreign journalists in Hong Kong, says lawmaker
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2019

Chief Exec. Carrie Lam says Hong Kong gov’t can do better with press arrangements, following controversies
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Open letter to democratic Taiwan
Taipei Times, January 9, 2019

武统台湾：习近平未来的目标？ (Is use of military force on Taiwan on Xi Jinping’s agenda?)
The New York Times, January 8, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China says UN officials can visit Xinjiang as long as they “avoid interfering in domestic matters”
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2019

Related:
China’s Xinjiang tour should have fooled no one
Human Rights Watch, January 7, 2019

邀请外交官视察新疆 政治宣导或客观报导? (Inviting foreign diplomats to Xinjiang: Political propaganda or objective reporting?)
Deutsche Welle, January 8, 2019

China plans to “sinicize” Islam as Muslims warn of eradication campaign
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2019

Xinjiang: Beijing’s chilling attempt to erase and replace Uyghur identity
Christian Science Monitor, January 7, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

In China, rights lawyer likely to be disbarred for defending client
Voice of America, January 7, 2019

Canadian men detained in China unaware of what charges they may face
The Guardian, January 7, 2019

挑战最高法院 崔永元称受死亡恐吓 (CCTV host Cui Yongyuan faces death threats for revealing controversy in Supreme People’s Court stolen-papers case)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2019

官方新招打压维权人士　挟持社交网帐号发文构陷 (New tactics against activists: Twitter accounts hacked, illegal posts planted to bring charges)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China turns up heat on individual users of foreign websites
Financial Times, January 7, 2019

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Guangdong man fined $150 for using a VPN
Sixth Tone, January 7, 2019

网络严控：中国网民翻墙受罚 (Chinese citizens punished for going over Great Firewall, posts on foreign websites used as evidence)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Translation: Chan Kin-man’s farewell lecture
China Digital Times, January 6, 2019

北大教授郑也夫促中共体面退场且批评读书人逆来顺受令人刮目 (Peking University professor urges CPC to step down from history’s stage)
Radio France Internationale, January 8, 2019

北大左翼毛派学生长沙被抓后遭退学 (Peking University student activist arrested, disappeared, then expelled from school after attending Mao memorial event)
Voice of America, January 8, 2019

How the state is co-opting religion in China
China Digital Times, January 7, 2019

湖南塵肺工人重返深圳　　以繩宣示討回公道的決心 (Hunan workers with pneumoconiosis seek justice in Shenzhen after negotiated settlement is overturned by court )
Red Balloon Solidarity, January 7, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

疫苗立法拟重奖内部举报人 制售假疫苗最高可处货值金额30倍罚款 (Draft vaccine safety law proposes reward for whistleblowers, contains no express prohibition on infant testing)
People’s Daily, January 8, 2019

Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump discuss China’s “unlawful” detention of two Canadians, agree to seek their release
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2019

Related:
“Nothing held back” as Canadian delegation raises detainee issue in China
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, January 6, 2019

WSJ Investigation: China Offered to Bail Out Troubled Malaysian Fund in Return for Deals
Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2019

Sri Lanka questions reliance on China
Euromoney, January 7, 2019

Ex-Beijing vice mayor under investigation for corruption
Caixin, January 7, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Amid intensified scrutiny, Baidu removes 50 billion pieces of “harmful” content
TechNode, January 7, 2019

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Chinese tech investors flee Silicon Valley as Trump tightens scrutiny
Reuters, January 7, 2019

U.S. officials warn health researchers: China may be trying to steal your data
The New York Times, January 6, 2019

Related:
As China and U.S. spar over tech, scientists would rather not talk about their talent awards
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong should set new guidelines for Justice Sec. following controversy, says Bar Assoc. head
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2019

Woman who claims sexual assault in leased section of Hong Kong high-speed rail station told it is a matter for mainland Chinese police
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2019

Related:
China did not have to notify Hong Kong about Express Rail Terminal arrest, says Chief Sec.
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2019

忧言论自由 新闻团体将会港府官员 (Hong Kong press organizations to meet with government on freedom of expression concerns)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2019

政府提高長者綜援年齡資格　建制、民主派議員同批剝削長者 (Government faces criticisms from all sides over raising age requirement for elderly benefits to 65 years)
The Stand News, January 7, 2019

Commentary (评论)

「一國兩制」作為「政治謊言」、「政治幻想」與「政治笑話」(One Country, Two Systems as “political lies,” “political fantasy,” and a “political joke”)
Inmediahk.net, January 8, 2019

Xi Jinping disconnected from reality
Taipei Times, January 8, 2019

“Dozens of my in-laws vanished.” The other 9/11 of Rushan Abbas
Bitter Winter, January 8, 2019

China is shooting itself in the foot over Huawei
Foreign Policy, January 7, 2019

Bid farewell to Reform and Opening Up –– On China’s perilous situation and its future options
China Change, January 7, 2019

How the state is co-opting religion in China
Foreign Affairs, January 7, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

《透視大中華》：羈押新疆再教育營　事主談及被虐經歷 (Audio: Interviews with survivors of Xinjiang camps reveal torture, abuse)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 7, 2019

China passes law to make Islam “compatible with socialism”
Al Jazeera, January 6, 2019

Related:
北京通过汉化伊斯兰教5年计划 (Beijing passes 5-year plan to ‘sinify’ Islam)
Radio France Internationale, January 7, 2019

外媒参访再教育营 学员“欢欣鼓舞”接待 (China hosts foreign press on official visit to Xinjiang camps, students give “warm welcome”)
Deutsche Welle, January 7, 2019

Related:
China says pace of Xinjiang “education” will slow, but defends camps
Reuters, January 6, 2019

China offers UN experts to visit Xinjiang vocational centers
The News Pakistan, January 6, 2019

宗教打压扩散云南 三间清真寺遭查封 (Religious crackdown spreads to Yunnan, local Muslims clash with police as government attempts to seize 3 mosques)
Deutsche Welle, January 6, 2019

中共打击维吾尔知识分子，多名学者被拘
China targets prominent Uyghur intellectuals to erase an ethnic identity
The New York Times, January 5, 2019

China sentences ethnic Kazakh artist to “re-education” camp
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

刘忠林案：蒙冤关押25年 获中国国家赔偿460万 (Liu Zhonglin found innocent after serving 25 years in prison, receives RMB 4.6 million in state compensation
BBC News, January 7, 2019

「辯護詞危害國安」 廣州律師遭釘牌 兩案同提「獨裁者末日恐慌、鷹犬借司法政治打壓」(Guangzhou lawyer Liu Zhengqing’s license revoked, authorities claim his court submissions made in course of representing two clients “endanger national security”)
Ming Pao, January 6, 2019

China “will protect the rights” of Canadians held since arrest of Huawei CFO, justice official says
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

专访：在数字极权时代，希望硅谷坚持原则 (Interview with Zhou Fengsuo after LinkedIn censorship: In the age of digital authoritarianism, Silicon Valley must stand firm on principles)
Deutsche Welle, January 6, 2019

Diplomacy with Chinese characteristics? Cases of self-censorship in Denmark
Hong Kong Free Press, January 5, 2019

Ahead of Tiananmen incident anniversary, China launches a new round of Internet crackdown
The Diplomat, January 4, 2019

Former NYT editor claims publisher drafted letter “all but apologizing” to China for tough story
Fast Company, January 3, 2019