EU team visits China’s Xinjiang region to gather evidence on re-education camps
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019
再教育营学员遭虐待致残 (Nurse sent to camp rendered paraplegic)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese activist Liu Feiyue given five years' jail for “inciting subversion”
The Guardian, January 29, 2019
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China jailing of rights website founder aimed at grassroots activism: group
Reuters, January 29, 2019China: Release Liu Feiyue and decriminalize human rights activism
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 29, 2019
中國指李明哲妻「言論與事實不符」禁探監3月 立法委員：言論限制伸到家屬身上 (China says Li Mingzhe’s wife made “untrue statements,” bars her from visiting Li for 3 months)
Citizen News, January 29, 2019
王全璋遭重判四年半 妻子：王全璋無罪 公檢法有罪 (Li Wenzu, wife of jailed Wang Quanzhang: Wang is innocent; the guilty ones are the public security orgrans, procuratorates, and courts)
Citizen News, January 28, 2019
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王全璋妻子李文足憂丈夫健康要求探監 (Li Wenzu worried about Wang Quanzhang’s health, asks for prison visit)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 28, 2019
Tibetan language advocate marks third year behind bars
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Foreign media reporting conditions in China worsen, group says
Reuters, January 29, 2019
Minireview: 2018 in Censorship (Jan-Oct)
China Digital Times, January 28, 2019
Bilibili appears to have started censoring gay content featuring kissing scenes
SupChina, January 25, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Activists urge UK regulator to punish Chinese state TV over airing of detained bookseller “confessions”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2019
王全璋遭判刑 港台人权团体谴责 (Civil society organizations from Taiwan and Hong Kong slam Wang Quanzhang’s sentencing)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019
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Free Wang Quanzhang: Prison sentence a gross injustice & blatant political persecution of a human rights lawyer
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 28, 2019要求無罪釋放王全璋律師之聲明 (Joint statement demanding unconditional release of lawyer Wang Quanzhang)
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, January 28, 2019China: Disgraceful 4 and a half years prison term for human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang
Amnesty International, January 28, 2019
Detained writer Yang Hengjun left letter calling for a more democratic China
The Guardian, January 28, 2019
Chinese police detain, question Tibetan anti-poaching activists at Qinghai lake
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
毒疫苗受害儿童家长呼吁国家设立救助基金 (Vaccine scandal parents urge government to set up aid foundation)
Voice of America, January 28, 2019
中央政法委书记郭声琨：增强政治自觉，强化责任担当 (Guo Shengkun, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Commission: “CPC Political and Legal Work Regulations” are a milestone, legal and political organs at all levels must strictly comply with)
Xinhua, January 26, 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
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
美國以23項罪名起訴華為和孟晚舟，最晚30日要求引渡 (Huawei and Meng Wanzhou face 23 charges from US judicial department)
The News Lens, January 29, 2019
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US indictment against Huawei shows FBI interviewed founder in 2007, reviewed text from Meng Wanzhou’s electronic device
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019Huawei denies committing violations cited by US Justice Dept
Associated Press, January 29, 2019
中国微信平台引起澳洲网络安全专家的担忧 (Australia’s Internet security experts concerned about China’s WeChat)
BBC News, January 28, 2019
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Warning WeChat could spread Chinese propaganda during federal election
Sydney Morning Herald, January 28, 2019
Taiwan at risk of paralysing cyberattacks from mainland China, security think tank warns
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2019
国家互联网信息办公室：区块链信息服务备案管理系统上线 (CAC blockchain information service filing management system goes online)
The Paper, January 28, 2019
Commentary (评论)
We’re living in a Hong Kong shaped by a landmark 1999 ruling
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019
Venezuela-China, explained: How will Venezuela’s political crisis affect China?
SupChina, January 28, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang jailed for 4 years and 6 months for “subversion”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2019
Related:
709律师王全璋案宣判：中国人权律师“颠覆国家政权”被判囚四年半 (The last 709: Human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang sentenced to 4.5 years imprisonment for “subversion of state power”
BBC News, January 28, 2019Minitrue: Do Not Report on Wang Quanzhang Sentence
China Digital Times, January 27, 2019
“草根维权者”刘飞跃“煽颠罪”宣判在即 (“Grassroots rights defender” Liu Feiyue to receive sentencing for “subversion” on January 29)
Voice of America, January 26, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Minitrue: Syndication ban on The Paper
China Digital Times, January 27, 2019
The ban on bibles and religious texts intensifies
Bitter Winter, January 27, 2019
习近平：推动媒体融合向纵深发展 巩固全党全国人民共同思想基础 (Xi Jinping urges strengthening of “common ideological basis of the people nationwide” through media convergence, and “promoting entry of Party’s voice directly into all kinds of user terminals”)
Xinhua, January 25, 2019, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
被禁出境 学者陈小雅致信习近平要求出具证据 (Author under travel ban issues open letter to Xi Jinping demanding evidence that exit will endanger national security)
Radio France Internationale, January 28, 2019
Spy novels, “daigou” and democracy: the many lives of Australian writer held in China
Reuters, January 27, 2019
China to arrest 19 over military veteran protests: State media
Channel NewsAsia, January 26, 2019
Seven Maoist students detained in Beijing after talking to foreign media
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
失信黑名单人已履行义务仍不能买机票？找法官，找上级法院 (Debtors blacklisted on social credit may be “masked” from list after discharge, not deleted)
The Paper, January 27, 2019
馬來西亞東鐵：「中國製造」為何蓋了又停？(Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link: why is “made in China” being stopped mid-way?)
The Initium, January 28, 2019
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As questions are raised about ‘belt and road’, projects slow in Southeast Asia
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2019
Registration of Christians continues, scaring off believers
Bitter Winter, January 27, 2019
An “Ethical Tariff” on China to defeat silence and tepidity
Bitter Winter, January 25, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Chinese digital ecosystems go global: Myanmar and the diffusion of Chinese smartphones
Hong Kong Free Press, January 27, 2019
WeChat blocks Douyin registration as social media app spat escalates
China Film Insider, January 27, 2019
Huawei's problems deepen as western suspicions mount
The Guardian, January 27, 2019
四部门专项治理App违法违规收集使用个人信息 (CAC, MIIT, MPS, SAIC launch national campaign to crack down on applications that illegally collect and use personal information)
Xinhua, January 25, 2019
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China’s cyber police launches new campaign targeting apps that obtain personal information illegally
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Central database on Hong Kong’s under-18s under consideration, minister announces
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2019
【區旗區徽禁區】戰衣印洋紫荊圖案 三項鐵人女將指警收匿名投訴 (Hong Kong triathlete receives police inquiry for using regional emblem on vest)
The Stand News, January 26, 2019
劉小麗提選舉呈請：選舉主任DQ前沒給予機會解釋 (Ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai files election petition to challenge disqualification from by-election in 2018)
Citizen News, January 26, 2019
Make yourself available for work, or have allocations docked, Hong Kong government tells CSSA recipients turning 60
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2019
”Inmates are people”: Activist Joshua Wong interrogated in jail while naked and squatting, court hears
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2019
Commentary (评论)
洛德：在「被豢養」的互聯網世界，批評百度時我們忽略了什麼？ (Acknowledging the “cattle-fed” Internet: what do we lack in criticisms against Baidu?)
The Initium, January 28, 2019
Hong Kong sees its biggest increase yet in minimum wage – but is it enough?
Hong Kong Free Press, January 27, 2019
Your digital identity has three layers, and you can only protect one of them
Quartz, January 25, 2019
Friday, January 25, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
中国称澳籍作家杨恒均涉嫌危害国家安全
China says Australian writer is suspected of national security crimes
The New York Times, January 24, 2019
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China likely holding author Yang Hengjun in “special detention,” says close friend
Deutsche Welle, January 24, 2019专访: 民主国家的软弱使中国更嚣张 (Interview with Yang Hengjun’s tutor: Weaknesses of democratic countries will feed China’s ego)
Deutsche Welle, January 25, 2019
披露李明哲监中受虐 李净瑜探监遭拒 (Jailed Taiwan activist Lee Ming-che’s wife denied prison visits after revealing his ill treatment)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2019
公安执法规范化融公正于办案各环节 (To prevent torture, 16 law enforcement and case investigation centers with full CCTV coverage established in Beijing where suspects wear wristbands that record audio and track movement)
Legal Daily, January 24, 2019
新修正的刑事诉讼法全文公布, 在新起点上提升反腐败法治化水平 (Revised Criminal Procedure Law published on People’s Daily, establishing trial in absentia process, connecting investigation of National Supervisory Commission with criminal procedures)
National Supervisory Commission, January 24, 2019
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中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法 (Full text: Criminal Procedure Law of PRC)
People’s Daily, January 24, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
A celebrity blogger in China shines a light on political intrigue
The Economist, January 24, 2019
Why China is lavishing money on foreign students
The Economist, January 24, 2019
U.S. universities unplug from China's Huawei under pressure from Trump
Reuters, January 24, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Canada’s ambassador to China says he “misspoke” about Sabrina Meng Wanzhou’s “strong” case against extradition
Bloomberg, January 25, 2019
China’s Xi Jinping “most dangerous” to free societies, says George Soros
BBC, January 25, 2018
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George Soros says Xi Jinping is the world’s “most dangerous opponent” of open societies
Quartz, January 25, 2019
即使習近平成為終身皇帝，也看不到中國足球夢的實現 (Even with Xi Jinping as emperor for life, China’s soccer dream will not come true)
The News Lens, January 25, 2019
人權比熊貓重要多了！布拉格擬廢除北京藏在合約中的「一中條款」(Human rights are more important than pandas: Prague to abolish one China policy in sister city agreement)
The News Lens, January 24, 2019
中央深改委会议定了这些大事 (Central Commission on Comprehensively Deepening Reforms adopts 12 documents and 3 reports, including Implementing Opinions on Comprehensively Deepening Reforms in Political and Legal Areas)
The Paper, January 24, 2019
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