China's Muslims fear crackdown in ancient city of Xi'an
The Guardian, January 15, 2019
Xinjiang authorities detain Uyghur aspiring professional footballer in “political re-education camp”
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
The Schellenberg affair: Chinese lawyers and law professors opposing court’s handling of Robert Schellenberg’s case
ChinaChange, January 16, 2019
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莫少平律师： 谢伦伯格案程序不当 当庭宣判死刑前所未见 (Interview with Lawyer Mo Shaoping on Schellenberg trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019China’s death sentence for Canadian prompts protest, warnings
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019
Five years after his arrest, the lessons China’s Ilham Tohti tried to teach are left unheeded
Hong Kong Free press, January 15, 2019
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In full: 5 years on, 132 scholars & 18 civil society groups urge China to release Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2019
人权组织批中国秘密庭审网络异议人士黄琦 促无条件释放 (Rights group slams secret trial of Huang Qi, demands unconditional release)
Voice of America, January 15, 2019
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China: Release Huang Qi, respect right to fair trial
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 14, 2019
律师维权惩戒需多主体多维度推进：会见难仍是现实难点，惩戒存明显地域差异 (Difficulty in meeting with clients tops list of challenges to rights of lawyers to practice in 2018, with volumes of complaints and decisions rising for the 5th year)
Legal Daily, Jan 15, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
黨盯著你？這個實驗室，探索著「中國模式」網路的虛與實 (Is the party spying on you? Citizen Lab studies the “China Model” of the Internet)
The Initium, January 15, 2019
Minitrue: Control calls to action on vaccine scandal
China Digital Times, January 15, 2019
And then they came for man earrings
SupChina, January 15, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
#MeToo: Send letters to your legislators, Chinese activists urge
China Labour Bulletin, January 16, 2019
Rights groups demand release of Uyghur professor Ilham Tohti on fifth anniversary of arrest
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019
France, Germany give rights prize to detained Chinese lawyer
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019
被吊證維權律師組成「律師後俱樂部」 警察登門通知取締 (Police bans civil society group formed by rights lawyers disbarred for their rights defense work)
The Stand News, January 15, 2019
贵州人权研讨会照片发微信 廖双元遭国保打伤右眼 (WeChat photo of Guizhou human rights conference guides police to assault activist)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
涉嫌6次抵制习近平批示再加疑涉「千亿矿权案」 陕西前书记赵正永落马 (Former Shaanxi party secretary Zhao Zhengyong under investigation, involved in SPC missing papers case)
Radio France Internationale, January 15, 2019
Why Trump’s America is rethinking engagement with China
Financial Times, January 15, 2019
Analysis: China pulling out all stops in Canada tensions
Associated Press, January 14, 2019
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China condemns Trudeau’s remarks about Canadian’s death sentence
Reuters, January 15, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Reclusive Huawei founder: We don’t spy for China
Financial Times, January 15, 2019
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任正非打破沉默 强调华为不会向中国政府泄漏顾客机密信息 (Huawei founder breaks silence on growing ban, claims company will not supply info of foreign clients to CPC government)
Voice of America, January 15, 2019
河南公众安全感政法机关执法满意度持续攀升 (Using “full coverage” video surveillance system, Henan police arrested 7,203 criminal suspects and solved 19,200 cases in 2018)
Legal Daily, Jan 14, 2018
Hong Kong (香港)
鄭若驊：外判法律意見非慣常做法 避「偏袒觀感」不適用此案 (Teresa Cheng at LegCo: Seeking independent counsel is not the norm and there is no “perception of bias” in UGL case)
Ming Pao, January 16, 2019
【國歌法】張達明：草案引入內地法律意識形態 印證「一國兩制」走樣 (Legal scholar: National anthem bill introduces mainland legal ideology, is proof of perversion of “One Country, Two Systems”)
The Stand News, January 16, 2019
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It is “very difficult” to state what counts as an insult to the national anthem, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2019
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam blames CY Leung’s administration for controversial elderly welfare cutback
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2019
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I will try to be “more diplomatic,” says Hong Kong Chief Exec after elderly financial support row
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2019
Commentary (评论)
How the left should respond to ethnic cleansing in China
The Nation, January 16, 2019
While procedural concerns are common in China, Schellenberg's death sentence is clearly political
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, January 15, 2019
Thanks but no thanks! – Hong Kong’s autonomy was meant to entice Taiwan… now it’s a warning
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2019
Hong Kong government plays Robin Hood – but in reverse
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2019
The patriarchy strikes back in China
Foreign Policy, January 15, 2019
The Belt and Road Initiative is a corruption bonanza
Foreign Policy, January 15, 2019
China must revoke death sentence against Canadian citizen for drug crimes
Amnesty International, January 15, 2019
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
“China is after us”: Uyghurs in Pakistan report intimidation
Al Jazeera, January 14, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
最高法法官王林清下落不明 崔永元称可与其一起死 (Supreme People’s Court judge who revealed missing papers case has disappeared)
Radio France Internationale, January 15, 2019
封锁消息 四川法院秘审黄琦
Ailing activist Huang Qi tried in secret in China’s Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2019
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China blocks Western diplomats from trial of “cyber-dissident”
Reuters, January 14, 2019China: Release Huang Qi, respect right to fair trial
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 14, 2019
加拿大公民因走私毒品在华被判死刑
China sentences a Canadian, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, to death
The New York Times, January 14, 2019
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Jailed Canadian shifts blame to international gang
RTHK, January 14, 2019
China jails activist over “down with the Communist Party!” toilet graffiti
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
「危害國安」 《八九民運史》作者禁出境 (Author of “History of 1989 Democracy Movement”under travel ban over claims of endangering national security)
Ming Pao, January 15, 2019
【順豐審查】周保松：讀者欲從港寄《在乎》等書到韓國 順豐指「內容敏感」拒寄 (Courier SF Express refuses to deliver Hong Kong scholar’s book to Korea)
The Stand News, January 15, 2019
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《蘋果》試台灣順豐寄書到港被拒 台學者：再一次證明香港一國兩制已真正死去 (Courier SF Express refuses a second time to deliver books from Taiwan to Hong Kong, says:: “No books allowed right now, especially ones about China”)
The Stand News, January 14, 2019
使用微信 四川数名藏人被捕 (Tibetans arrested in Sichuan for sending sensitive messages over WeChat)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2019
Chinese version of NZ Herald edited translated stories to be more China-friendly
Stuff, January 14, 2019
Why 1984 isn't banned in China
The Atlantic, January 13, 2019
A censor for every 1,000 videos please
China Media Project, January 13, 2019
China extends United Front Work to teachers in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Students and teachers feel pressure to abandon faith
Bitter Winter, January 15, 2019
Religious symbols removed from homes in Henan
Bitter Winter, January 15, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Canada revises travel advice for China in wake of citizen’s death sentence
The Guardian, January 15, 2019
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中國改判加人死刑 杜魯多斥任意判刑 加拿大警告國民遊中國「高度謹慎」(Trudeau warns citizens visiting China of arbitrary enforcement of laws over death sentence)
The Stand news, January 15, 2019
江苏百余儿童接种过期疫苗，引发家长强烈抗议
China investigates latest vaccine scandal after violent protests
The New York Times, January 14, 2019
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被質疑改數據 金湖縣長：專家將鑑定 (Data tampering is suspected in Jiangsu vaccine scandal)
Ming Pao, January 13, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China intelligence law a “known concern” in Huawei 5G ban - GCSB Minister Andrew Little
Radio NZ, January 14, 2019
Swedish defence agency warns satellite station could be serving Chinese military
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2019
Poland could limit use of Huawei products after worker arrested
Reuters, January 13, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
In full: Stop “totally baseless” attacks against judiciary, say Hong Kong’s top legal figures
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2019
Hong Kong soccer fans risk paying penalty on Chinese national anthem law
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2019
【收緊長者綜援】59 歲男子申法援司法覆核 轟政府「找長者開刀」 (59-year-old Hong Kong citizen applies for legal aid to challenge gov’t decision to raise threshold for elderly welfare payments)
The Stand News, January 14, 2019
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Hong Kong lawmakers united against government’s “heartless” decision to raise age threshold for elderly welfare payments
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2019
Leader of outlawed Hong Kong National Party refuses to answer panel’s questions after it refused to switch date of meeting so his lawyers could be present
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Will Hong Kong investigate claims of China spying on the city’s international journalists?
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2019
A national anthem debate led America to reaffirm freedom of speech. Hong Kong should take note
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2019
China executes thousands of people every year. But the exact number is a state secret
Washington Post, January 14, 2019
Human Rights Council membership has its consequences
Human Rights Watch, January 14, 2019
China’s death-threat diplomacy
China Collection, January 14, 2019
We can’t keep ignoring human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims
Independent, January 14, 2019
China has detained an old man and tormented his daughter. Trump thinks this is “honorable”?
Washington Post, January 13, 2019
Monday, January 14, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Pakistan abruptly stopped calling out China’s mass oppression of Muslims. Critics say Beijing bought its silence
News Times, January 13, 2019
“If you enter a camp, you never come out”: Inside China’s war on Islam
The Guardian, January 11, 2019
China intensifies lobbying to thwart criticism of Muslim detentions
Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Canadian risks harsher sentence, including death penalty, at China drug retrial
Agence France-Presse, January 14, 2019
Who is Huang Qi?
China Change, January 13, 2019
“Arbitrary, unfair”: Justin Trudeau says China ignored “diplomatic immunity” in detaining Canadian
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
【順豐涉審查】於台北寄書回港被拒 梁文道憂「一國兩制」推行至台灣 (SF Express shipping service blocks 3 books sent by Hong Konger from Taiwan to Hong Kong)
The Stand News, January 13, 2019
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涂謹申促台灣及特區政府澄清是否有出入境禁書名單 (Legislator urges gov’t clarification on whether book import ban list exists)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 13, 2019
拒絕自行修訂 稱盡學者本分 星學者著作涉六四 三聯叫停 (Scholar switches to Taiwan publisher after mainland-owned Joint Publishing in Hong Kong asks her to “voluntarily” remove references to June Fourth, Cultural Revolution from book)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2019
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Hong Kong scholar cancels book after censorship tussle with China-owned publisher
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2019
中国加强意识形态的控制 再推“洗脑”课程 (China intensifies ideological control, makes political “brainwashing” classes mandatory at universities)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture
The Guardian, January 13, 2019
Chinese parents clash with police as they demand answers over children’s vaccine scandal
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2019
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Chinese police begin new probe into expired vaccines
Reuters, January 14, 2019江苏疫苗丑闻闹大 书记挨打 武警镇压 (Jiangsu vaccine scandal escalates as police crackdown on protesters)
Radio France Internationale, January 13, 2019
Chinese officials probe Mongolian-language high school after flag outrage
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2019
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