Blackwater founder’s new company strikes a deal in China. He says he had no idea.
The New York Times, February 1, 2019
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Xinjiang: Ex-Blackwater chief's security firm linked to China training centre
BBC News, February 1, 2019
再教育营内情曝光：每周都有人突然消失 (More details inside the camps: disappearances every week)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2019
住所外被裝人臉識別門禁 李文足：年卅晚到看守所高牆外陪全璋過年 (Facial recognition cameras installed outside Li Wenzu’s residence)
The Stand News, February 4, 2019
Yang Hengjun: lawyers denied access to Australian held in China
The Guardian, February 3, 2019
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中國拘澳洲籍作家 律師要求會面被拒 (China denies lawyer’s request to see jailed Australian author Yang Hengjun)
The Stand News, February 3, 2019
李净瑜赴美求助：丈夫被大陆强劳 (Wife of jailed activist Lee Ming-che calls for international aid as she is banned from visiting, says he lacks warm clothes, food, and is overworked)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2019
北大法学教授张千帆传遭检举鼓吹西方 宪法学导论被失踪 (Peking U professor Zhang Qianfan’s textbooks on constitutional law taken off-shelf under tightened scrutiny against Western influence)
Radio France Internationale, February 2, 2019
Story of Yanxi Palace: how China finds fresh political drama in lavish Qing dynasty epics
South China Morning Post, February 3, 2019
寒门状元之死背后：中国言论寒冬中的自媒体窘境 (How a fictionalized historical account that went viral gets branded a fabrication reveals the difficulties of independent media inside China)
BBC News, February 1, 2019
“我其实比他们更自由”
“I’m actually freer than they are”
Human Rights Watch, February 3, 2019
周永康儿媳再推文指在北京处境不安全 (Daughter-in-law of jailed former security chief says she is “not safe,” apologizes for failing to protect integrity of the law when she enjoyed “special privileges”)
Radio France Internationale, February 3, 2019
年关将至 美国华人吁中共释放政治犯 (Protests outside Chinese embassy in San Francisco against political imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2019
中国称至少80名长春问题疫苗涉案官员受到处理 (China says at least 80 officials disciplined over vaccine scandal)
Voice of America, February 3, 2019
The Church of Almighty God: Nearly 11,000 arrested in 2018
Bitter Winter, February 2, 2019
Chinese “underground” bishop gains official recognition: State media
Channel NewsAsia, February 2, 2019
Chinese app names and shames bad debtors
Financial Times, February 4, 2019
New site tracks gaps in Apple’s Chinese app store
China Digital Times, February 3, 2019
Happy Lunar New Year: how big security data is scanning the holiday crowds in China
South China Morning Post, February 2, 2019
Exclusive: Mobile network operator's body GSMA considers crisis meeting over Huawei
Reuters, February 2, 2019
Hong Kong journalist sues police for damages after alleged assault during 2016 unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2019
【旺角大衝突】三大學生會偕港獨組織辦三周年集會 不忌諱參加者論港獨 (Student organizations hold 3rd anniversary event for Fishball conflict)
Ming Pao, February 2, 2019
司法覆核爭改性別敗訴 跨性別男將上訴終院 (Transgender man to appeal court decision that full sex-change surgery is mandatory to change gender on official documents)
The Stand News, February 1, 2019
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Transgender people must have full sex change surgery to switch gender on gov’t ID, court affirms
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2019Hong Kong: Court ruling a setback in fight for equality for transgender people
Amnesty International, February 1, 2019
朱凱廸提選舉呈請 質疑鄉郊選舉主任無權政治審查 (Eddie Chu files election petition to challenge disqualification from rural representative election)
Inmediahk.net, February 1, 2019
“熊猫的利爪”：加拿大媒体人警示中国渗透 (“Claws of the Panda”: Veteran Canadian journalist warns of China’s influence)
Radio Free Asia, February 2, 2019
What do the Huawei indictments mean for the future of global tech?
ChinaFile, February 2, 2019
【專訪】社工盧浩元：殘疾人士是最有需要一群 又是被社會遺漏一群 (Interview with Hong Kong social worker: Persons with disabilities are the neediest, yet the most forgotten in society)
The Stand News, February 1, 2019
Exposed: China's surveillance of Muslim Uighurs
Al Jazeera, February 1, 2019
Erik Prince company to build training center in China's Xinjiang
Reuters, January 31, 2019
司法部五年改革纲要：四年内律师达62万，设立国家律师学院 (Ministry of Justice announces 5-year reform framework, state-run national lawyers academy to be set up)
The Paper, January 29, 2019
北约秘书长敦促中国依法公正对待被拘押的加拿大公民 (NATO Secretary General urges China to treat detained Canadians “fairly and with due process”)
Voice of America, January 31, 2019
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NATO chief: China must treat arrested Canadians fairly
Associated Press, January 31, 2019
Media outlet monitoring Uyghur persecution in China vows to continue work despite ban, arrests
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2019
中共禁兒童赴寺院學藏文、參與宗教活動 人權觀察促撤禁令 (Human Rights Watch urges authorities to retract ban on Tibetan children attending language classes in monasteries)
The Stand News, January 31, 2019
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China: Tibetan children banned from classes
Human Rights Watch, January 30, 2019
妄议中央？ 网民被控寻衅滋事 (Netizen faces possible heavy sentence over online speech as court struggles to determine whether content amounts to defamation of country’s leaders)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2019
China says it has no motivation to inflate data as Beijing pursues slower but “quality growth”
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019
这些新规今起实施：侵犯民警执法或被追刑责，金融信息将严控 (Regulations effective today: criminal liability on undermining police authority, tighter control on financial information detrimental to stability)
The Paper, February 1, 2019
维稳新招：北京实名制购买烟花 (Following Xinjiang, Beijing now requires real-name registration and ID verification for fireworks purchases)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2019
NGOs urge UN to adopt resolution on China's human rights abuses
Nikkei Asian Review, January 30, 2019
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HRIC among 40 NGOs Worldwide Urging UN Resolution on China’s Rights Abuses
Human Rights in China, January 30, 2019
2018年度全国信息安全标准化技术委员会全体会议在京召开 (National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee hosts annual conference, urges use of Xi Jinping Thought to guide cybersecurity standardization work)
Cyberspace Administration of China, January 31, 2019
We need to talk about Huawei: Europe debates ban on Chinese tech giant over fears of back doors in 5G networks
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019
China eases IPO rules for new tech board
The Standard, February 1, 2019
【專訪】司法覆核爭男性身份 跨性別Q先生：盼助同路人爭取權利 (Interview with Q, the man who challenged Hong Kong’s requirement of full-body surgery as prerequisite of gender reassignment)
The Stand news, January 31, 2019
“坦克人”拉开2019年香港六四纪念活动序幕 (Artwork of the “Tank Man” in Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year’s market begins memorial activities for 30th anniversary of June Fourth)
Voice of America, January 31, 2019
从疫苗丑闻看中共执政的合法性
If a government can’t deliver safe vaccines for children, is it fit to rule?
The New York Times, January 31, 2019
China’s attack on human rights and the rule of law continues
The Washington Post, January 31, 2019
刘飞跃母亲：当局背弃承诺
Mother of jailed Chinese activist says court “broke promise” to family
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019
Canada-based pop star Wanting Qu pleads for mother in Harbin death-penalty corruption case – but China’s netizens are unimpressed
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019
各地逾30团体促华无罪释放王全璋和刘飞跃 美称王全璋案令人不安 (30 some organizations worldwide urge release of jailed activists Wang Quanzhang and Liu Feiyue)
Radio France Internationale, January 30, 2019
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加拿大駐華大使館關注王全璋及劉飛躍因顛覆罪被判囚 (Sentencing of Wang Quanzhang and Liu Feiyue concerns Canadian embassy, raises doubts on China’s promises on rule of law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 31, 2019Jailing of Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang sparks public outcry
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019
全国首部网络直播标准出台 (CAC issues first-ever guidelines for online live-streaming and hosts)
Legal Daily, January 31, 2019
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China bans live-stream hosts from wearing “sexy underwear or see-through clothes”
Independent, January 31, 2019
Tibetan monasteries in Nangchen banned from teaching language to young Tibetans
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019
政府不放心 中国将取缔校外补习班 (Student tuition centers shut down due to government distrust of education bodies outside party control)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019
US lawmakers nominate jailed Uygur Ilham Tohti for Nobel Peace Prize, seeking global pressure on China
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019
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美國會提名在囚維族學者伊力哈木 角逐諾貝爾和平獎 (U.S. senators nominate jailed scholar Ilham Tohti for Nobel Peace Prize)
Ming Pao, January 31, 2019
加拿大夫妇凯文·加勒特讲述被中国扣留经过 (Canadian couple reveals custody experience in China in 2014)
BBC News, January 31, 2019
「霧霾又回來了！」 環保和GDP之間，到底該如何選擇？(The smog is back: How does China choose between pollution and GDP?)
The Initium, January 31, 2019
全国人大常委会组成人员分组审议外商投资法草案, 建议进一步研究外商投资企业投诉工作机制 (NPC Standing Committee reviews draft Foreign Investment Law, considers system for national security review)
Legal Daily, January 31, 2019
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China fast tracks new foreign investment law as US talks loom
Channel NewsAsia, January 30, 2019
Xi’s tough talk on Taiwan backfires, as Tsai support surges
Associated Press, January 30, 2019
中央宣传部、中央文明办部署开展2019年传统节日文化活动 (Central Propaganda Department, Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Guiding Committee issue directive on “turning traditional festivals into patriotic festivals”
Xinhua, January 29, 2019