Xinjiang (新疆)

Uyghur refugee tells of death and fear inside China’s Xinjiang camps
CNN, January 21, 2019

Hundreds of “freed” Kazakhs under house arrest in Xinjiang
Financial Times, January 20, 2019

Detainees are trickling out of Xinjiang’s camps
Foreign Policy, January 18, 2019

美国会参众两院重提维吾尔人权议案 (U.S. House and Senate table concurrent proposals for human rights policy act on XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

Related:
U.S. lawmakers reintroduce legislation to sanction China over abuse of Uyghurs in XUAR
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

State security police in China’s Sichuan “framed” ailing activist
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2019

中央政法委负责人就《中国共产党政法工作条例》答记者问 (CPC issues regulations to “intensify” Party “leadership” in political and legal work)
Xinhua, January 18, 2019

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中共中央印发《中国共产党政法工作条例》(Full Text: CPC Political and Legal Work Regulations)
Xinhua, January 18, 2019

新公务员法亮点解读 (China revises Civil Servant Law to include language of upholding Party leadership)
Legal Daily, January 18, 2019

Court in China’s Guangdong jails human rights lawyer for 5 years
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

被指做假新闻 两港媒传遭禁赴台采访三年 (Taiwan bans journalists from 2 mainland-controlled Hong Kong media outlets for 3 years for reporting fake news)
Radio France Internationale, January 20, 2019

Chinese authorities go after citizens for using VPNs to skirt online censorship
Hong Kong Free Press, January 20, 2019

Oxford scholars warned of security risks from China link-ups
Sydney Morning Herald, January 21, 2019

In all things, the Chairman rules
China Media Project, January 19, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China using taped confessions to intimidate young Communists, students say
The New York Times, January 21, 2019

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一评“认罪视频”：演技拙劣无能，可笑自导自演 (Comment on “confession tapes”: Laughable self-directed poor performance)
Jasic Workers Solidarity Group, January 21, 2019

Hong Kong trade unions call for release of Jasic activists
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

統戰部：讓五星紅旗高高飄揚在教堂院內　中國主教團主席：決心不負黨和政府重托 (CPC United Front Dep’t urges Catholic clerics to “let China’s flag fly high inside churches,” bishops vow not to disappoint)
The Stand News, January 21, 2019

国际刑警组织前主席孟宏伟之妻在法国寻求庇护
Wife of former Interpol chief seeks asylum in France
The New York Times, January 21, 2019

“Tang Jingling would have fought for vaccine victims, but he's in jail”
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2019

Chinese police must guard against “color revolutions,” says top official
Reuters, January 18, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

截至去年末限制购飞机票1704万人、高铁票544万人 (By end of 2018, China has barred 17 million citizens from flights, 5.4 million from high-speed rail)
Beijing News, January 22, 2019

Attended church 10 years ago? No travel for you
Bitter Winter, January 21, 2019

民進黨秘書長：一國兩制不存在　香港是活生生血淋淋例子 (Taiwan DPP: One Country, Two Systems does not exist, Hong Kong is a living warning)
The Stand News, January 21, 2019

German Foreign Minister urges EU jointly oppose China’s military threat over Taiwan
Taiwan News, January 20, 2019

Chinese authorities mistreating Canadian detainees, ambassador says
Globe and Mail, January 21, 2019

Related:
Former China envoys call on Xi Jinping to release two detained Canadians
The Guardian, January 21, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

抖音国际增长迅猛 避嫌删除用户数据传回中国条款陈述 (As its international market surges, TikTok deletes from privacy policy clause on processing and storing user data on China’s servers)
Radio France Internationale, January 20, 2019

Huawei ties with Canadian universities risk “weaponization” of tech patents, say experts
The Star, January 20, 2019

Baidu threatens to sue a journalist for mentioning its past scandals
SupChina, January 18, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court rejects “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung’s bid for final appeal over having trademark locks cut in jail
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2019

Hong Kong’s top court rejects final appeal by retired cop Frankly Chu over Occupy pedestrian assault
Hong Kong Free Press, January 21, 2019

東北村民拒政府拆遷方案 堅持農民必須留在農地 (“Farmers must stay with their farms”: New Territories villagers stand firm against government’s resettlement proposal)
Inmediahk.net, January 21, 2019

據了解人大常委秘書長要求港區人大支持國歌法立法 (Reports: NPC chief asks its Hong Kong representatives to support national anthem law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 18, 2019

Courier service SF Express fires Hong Kong boss after “incorrectly” refusing to send cross to Macau
Hong Kong Free Press, January 18, 2019

Commentary (评论)

面對騰訊霸權，社交媒體挑戰者為何「偏向虎山行」？ (Why are rival social media companies so daring in taking on Tencent’s monopoly?)
The Initium, January 21, 2019

Chinese Islamophobia was made in the West
Al Jazeera, January 21, 2019

If 5G is so important, why isn’t it secure?
The New York Times, January 21, 2019

For the security of Canadians, Huawei should be banned from our 5G networks
Globe and Mail, January 20, 2019

As Shaanxi saga shows, even Xi hits China’s bureaucratic brick wall
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

“Reeducating” Xinjiang’s Muslims
New York Review of Books, February 7, 2019

Kyrgyz police disperse anti-Chinese rally
Reuters, January 17, 2019

海外维吾尔母亲视频认出失踪女儿 (Overseas Uyghur mother finds missing daughter in orphanage footage after husband was arrested for terrorism charges)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

周强出席全国高级法院院长会议讲话强调，坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导 忠诚履行职责，坚持司法为民服务大局 (SPC President Zhou Qiang tells high court judges to “integrate full implementation of Party Central decisions with independent practice of judicial power”)
Supreme People’s Court, January 18, 2019

黄琦提审解聘律师 德国关注母子安危 (German human rights commissioner concerned for safety of Huang Qi and mother)
Deutsche Welle, January 17, 2019

Canada summons Chinese ambassador over interrogation of Michael Kovrig
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Scholar claims courier service SF Express refused to deliver his book related to Hong Kong Umbrella Movement
Hong Kong Free Press, January 18, 2019

Minitrue: No unapproved coverage of Huang Qi trial
China Digital Times, January 17, 2019

无国界记者呼吁释放中国公民记者 (Reporters Without Borders urges release of jailed reporters in China)
Voice of America, January 17, 2019

长袖上阵，文身禁令下的中国足球运动员
Short pants and long sleeves: China’s soccer team plays under tattoo ban
The New York Times, January 17, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese mark passing of late, ousted liberal premier amid tight security
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2019

疫苗管理法草案遭炮轰 (Draft vaccine law slammed for ignoring affected parents’ concerns)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2019

Chinese police prevent Canadian woman from returning home on connecting flight through Beijing
The Star, January 16, 2019

Related:
在囚民運人士女兒北京轉機　與女嬰同被扣兩小時　屬加拿大公民 (Imprisoned dissident’s daughter, a Canadian national, was detained at Beijing airport on way home after being denied entry to visit her father)
The Stand News, January 17, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China: Xi doubles down on repression
Human Rights Watch, January 17, 2019

Related:
China: Events of 2018
Human Rights Watch, January 17, 2019

How a corrupt testing system left pollution unchecked in China
Caixin, January 17, 2019

Taipei decries “out of control” Beijing
Taipei Times, January 18, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

《南华早报》称纽约警局使用中国人脸识别监控技术 专家予以驳斥 (Experts refute SCMP report that NYPD uses Chinese facial recognition technology)
Voice of America, January 18, 2019

China’s envoy to Canada says Huawei 5G ban would have repercussions
Reuters, January 18, 2018

Related:
Oxford University suspends donor ties with Chinese tech giant Huawei as national security fears mount
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2019

Germany considers barring Huawei from 5G networks
Reuters, January 17, 2018

1000款常用APP测评：过半隐私政策透明度“低” (2018 Personal Information Protection Annual Report rates half of 1,000 most common apps “low” on transparency of privacy policies)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2019

Microsoft to launch its biggest AI, IoT lab in Shanghai
TechNode, January 17, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hongkongers don’t trust the government not to abuse its power when it comes to the rule of law, survey shows
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2019

Hong Kongers could be jailed for disrespecting China’s anthem
Economist, January 17, 2019

Beijing’s assault on Hong Kong freedoms worsened considerably in 2018, says NGO Human Rights Watch
Hong Kong Free Press, January 17, 2019

Related:
DQ、取締民族黨、一地兩檢　世界人權報告：北京打壓加劇　香港自由明顯惡化 (Global human rights report warns of worsening Hong Kong freedoms under increased pressure from Beijing, cites disqualifications, party ban, co-location)
The Stand News, January 17, 2019

【數碼轉型】阿里雲加入香港智慧城市聯盟 (China’s Alibaba Cloud to join Hong Kong’s smart city consortium)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2019

Hong Kong Watch 羅哲斯　再收香港寄出匿名信　「想用威嚇令我噤聲」(Anonymous letter of intimidation sent to U.K. neighbors of Hong Kong Watch founder Benedict Rogers)
The Stand News, January 17, 2019

Commentary (评论)

What's wrong with mainstream media's interpretation of Taiwan's referendum results?
Global Voices, January 18, 2019

Germany’s China problem
The New York Times, January 17, 2019

China is setting up a new model for world human rights
People’s Daily, January 17, 2019

China’s perilous Taiwan policy
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, January 17, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆代表委员聚焦“访惠聚” (XUAR chief reports to local People’s Congress: In 2018, 1.12 million cadres embedded in 1.69 million households for “maintaining stability” topped all other political work
Legal Daily, January 16, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

黃琦當庭炒律師 審訊中斷 (According to reports, Huang Qi dismisses lawyer to protect lawyer’s safety, trial suspended)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2019

Related:
Trial suspended as Sichuan activist Huang Qi reportedly dismissed his lawyer
Human Rights in China, January 16, 2019

Canada asks China for clemency for convicted drug trafficker sentenced to death
Agence France-Presse, January 17, 2019

Related:
在中国被判死刑的加拿大男子将上诉
Canadian sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling will appeal
The New York Times, January 17, 2019

助村民反填海　廣東維權律師陳武權　尋釁滋事判監5年 (Rights lawyer Chen Wuquan sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for helping villagers oppose land-reclamation project)
The Stand News, January 16, 2019

数十家世界500强外企官网错误标识我国港澳台地区，专家建议依法处置错误标识中国领土行为 (CASS research cites 83 websites of Fortune 500 companies that ignore PRC “sovereignty and territorial integrity,” and mislabel Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan; experts recommend punishment)
Legal Daily, January 16, 2019

习近平出席中央政法工作会议并发表重要讲话 (Xi Jinping at Central Political Legal Work Conference: “Uphold absolute Party leadership over political and legal work,” “turn advantages of our nation’s socialist system into effective social governance”
The Central People's Government, January 16, 2019

中国民营企业家：永远在通往监狱路上？ (Are China’s private entrepreneurs always on their way to prison?)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

U.S. universities shut down Confucius Institutes
China Digital Times, January 16, 2019

ByteDance can’t outrun Beijing’s shadow
Foreign Policy, January 16, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

1 in 3 Christians in Asia faces persecution: Report
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2019

Related:
专家：迫害骤增，中国基督徒或被迫转向“朝鲜模式” (Expert: Heightened crackdown may force Chinese Christians into underground “North Korea model”)
Voice of America, January 17, 2019

China campaign targets gay conversion therapy
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2019

Use of expired vaccine sparks public scare in China
Voice of America, January 16, 2019

Chinese dissidents in Taiwan airport limbo for over 100 days
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2019

Police raid legal consultancy “club” founded by disbarred Chinese lawyers
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2019

Chinese kindergarten teacher, fired for being gay, sues to get job back
SupChina, January 16, 2019