U.S. apparel firm cuts off Chinese factory in internment camp
Associated Press, January 11, 2019
Friday, January 11, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Administrative penalties against lawyers: Another strike against professional autonomy and religious freedom
Dui Hua Human Rights Journal, January 10, 2019
探父遭拒 王炳章之女抵华被驱逐 (Jailed activist’s daughter barred from entering country to visit father for first time in 10 years)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
China imposes blockchain rules to enable “orderly development”
Reuters, January 11, 2019
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国家网信办发布《区块链信息服务管理规定》(Cyberspace Administration of China announces new blockchain restrictions to target illegal online activities)
The Paper, January 10, 2019
中国VPN用户两人被罚 如何“翻墙”算违法 (When is going over the Great Firewall illegal?)
BBC News, January 10, 2019
Twitter users in China face detention and threats in new Beijing crackdown
The New York Times, January 10, 2019
Chinese censors really don’t want you to watch these sex ed videos
Foreign Policy, January 10, 2019
Closing Confucius Institutes
Inside Higher Ed, January 9, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
China’s #MeToo activists have transformed a generation
Foreign Policy, January 10, 2019
Women’s rights NGO forced to close for being a “suspected illegal social organization”
SupChina, January 10, 2019
Wives of detained Chinese lawyers meet with foreign diplomats
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2019
2018中国劳动关系概况回顾
The state of labour relations in China, 2018
China Labour Bulletin, January 10, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
教育部：港人可申內地教師資格 須擁護共產黨領導 貫徹黨教育方針 (Ministry of Education: Hong Kongers may apply to be mainland teachers, must uphold CPC leadership and implement party’s education guidelines)
The Stand News, January 11, 2019
3 health officials fired over use of expired polio vaccines
China News Service, January 10, 2019
Canadian MP signals support for Taiwan after China’s recent threat
Focus Taiwan, January 10, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
广东警方推出互联网智能报警平台 (Guangzhou police department launches “smart emergency reporting” platform, supports photos and live videos)
People’s Daily, January 11, 2019
China’s digital silk road is looking more like an iron curtain
Bloomberg, January 10, 2019
U.S. blocks some exports from Huawei’s Silicon Valley unit
Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Legco closes down inquiry into misconduct allegations against CY Leung, for want of first-hand information
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2019
3社工組織促擱置收緊長者綜援申領資格 邵家臻張超雄發動網上聯署 (Social work organizations urge gov’t to shelve tightened age-restriction on elderly benefits, legislators launch online petitions)
Ming Pao, January 10, 2019
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提高長者領取綜援年齡無合理基礎 違反《基本法》社會福利權 (Gov’t decision to raise age-cap for elderly benefit lacks reasonable foundation and is against the Basic Law)
Inmediahk.net, January 11, 2019
Hong Kong moves to criminalize disrespect of China’s national anthem
Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2019
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Hong Kong’s new anthem law: What you can and cannot do
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Clear words give Tsai fighting chance
Taipei Times, January 11, 2019
China’s arrest of Kovrig, Spavor sends chill through us academics
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2019
Hong Kong government wrong to cut elderly welfare
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2019
Video: “One Country, Two Systems” was “brilliant” before Xi Jinping, says ex-Hong Kong governor Chris Patten
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2019
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
China’s detention of Muslims in re-education camps “country's worst human rights abuse since Mao era,” MPs told
Independent, January 10, 2019
China allowing 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to leave Xinjiang region
Associated Press, January 9, 2019
Xinjiang offers classes to Muslim clerics to guide them to resist extremism, foster national unity
Global Times, January 9, 2019
Hong Kong counterterrorism officers on Xinjiang trip saw no human rights violations, security chief John Lee tells lawmakers
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China blocks entry to Canadian woman who wanted to visit her father, a jailed political dissident
Globe and Mail, January 9, 2019
Man formerly detained in China recalls appalling experience
The Star, January 7, 2019
709王全璋律师妻子会见六国人权官员促关注案件 (Li Wenzu meets with diplomats from 6 countries, urging pressure on China regarding Wang Quanzhang’s case)
Voice of America, January 9, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
100 rules for short-video apps
SupChina, January 9, 2019
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网络短视频内容审核标准细则 (Online short video content review standards)
China Netcasting Services Association, January 9, 2019
Are Douyin and Tiktok the same?
What’s On Weibo, January 9, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Over 80% reject “two systems,” poll finds
Taipei Times, January 10, 2019
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“Taiwan independence” separatists to be classified war criminals: PLA general
Global Times, January 9, 2019
Xi Jinping’s Taiwan unity call triggers backlash from indigenous communities and academics
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2019
The state of labour relations in China, 2018
China Labour Bulletin, January 9, 2019
“Deers” Vs. “Horses”: Old and new Marxist groups wage ideological battle at Peking University
SupChina, January 9, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Chris Patten calls for respect for Taiwan following Chinese threats
The National, January 9, 2019
China’s secret children step out of the shadows
Bloomberg, January 9, 2019
Over 100 babies and toddlers given expired polio vaccines in China, months after last crisis
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2019
Chinese leaders take “unprecedented” steps to clean up mystery of vanished supreme court documents
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2019
Don’t use WhatsApp or WeChat when you’re in China, University of California, Davis tells students
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Why China’s military wants to beat the U.S. to a next-gen cell network
Defense One, January 8, 2019
Norway considering whether to exclude Huawei from building 5G network
Channel NewsAsia, January 9, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Enforced patriotism tests Hong Kong opposition
Voice of America, January 9, 2019
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國歌法殺到埋身：國歌法立法草案魔鬼細節 (National anthem bill: The devil is in the details)
Inmediahk.net, January 10, 2019民陣譴責政府未就《國歌法》立法進行全面諮詢 (Civil Human Rights Front criticizes lack of full consultation for national anthem bill)
Inmediahk.net, January 10, 2019聲明：讓國家尊重人民，而非相反 —— 香港眾志要求終止《國歌法》立法程序 (Demosisto urges scrapping national anthem bill: Let the nation respect the people, not the other way around)
Inmediahk.net, January 10, 2019Hong Kong international schools to be forced to sing China anthem
Financial Times, January 9, 2019
香港与马来西亚1MDB案：会敲响新闻自由的警钟吗？(Will accusations of China’s interference with Malaysia’s 1MDB case sound the alarm for press freedom in Hong Kong?)
BBC News, January 9, 2019
民主派周五集會 續追究梁振英鄭若驊 (Democrats to rally on Friday to press for prosecution of C.Y. Leung, Teresa Cheng)
Inmediahk.net, January 9, 2019
Commentary (评论)
同根社：勿讓假資訊堆砌的恐懼和分化，再次為政府轉移視線 (NGO on LegCo motion regarding Hong Kong’s one-way immigration permit: Don’t allow gov’t and fake news to stoke fear and polarize)
The Stand News, January 9, 2019
區諾軒：香港應該如何重組民主碎片？(Hong Kong legislator Au Nok-hin: How can Hong Kong piece together the fragments of its democracy?)
The Initium, January 9, 2019
China spies on international media in Hong Kong: Will Hong Kong authorities investigate?
Human Rights Watch, January 9, 2019
Wednesday, January 09, 2019
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
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
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