Xinjiang (新疆)

Uyghur crackdown: “I spent seven days of hell in Chinese camps”
BBC, February 12, 2019

China releases video of Uyghur poet said to have died in custody
The Guardian, February 11, 2019

Related:
Turkey hits China hard over Uyghur. Why now?
Hurriyet Daily News, February 11, 2019

Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hami Aksoy
Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 9, 2019

Why is Turkey breaking its silence on China’s Uyghurs?
The Diplomat, February 12, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

江天勇狱中拜年 余文生妻求助人大
Chinese human rights attorney calls home ahead of scheduled release
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2019

余文生妻子去信栗戰書促釋放丈夫 (Yu Wensheng’s wife sends letter to National People’s Congress Standing Committee chief urging husband’s release)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 11, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Censored on WeChat: A year of content removals on China’s most powerful social media platform
Global Voices, February 11, 2019

China targets Twitter users critical of Venezuela’s Maduro
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2019

How official Chinese propaganda is adapting to the social media age as disaffection spreads among millennials
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2019

Blockbuster nationalism and viral propaganda
China Media Project, February 10, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Film by China’s Zhang Yimou withdrawn from Berlin festival competition days before its world premiere
Agence France-Presse, February 12, 2019

Related:
张艺谋"一秒钟"柏林撤映改映"英雄" (Zhang Yimou’s “One Second” film withdrawn from Berlin film festival, film “Hero” will be shown instead)
Mtime, February 11, 2019

A tragedy on China’s highways illustrates the true cost of next day delivery
China Labour Bulletin, February 11, 2019

Reddit users rebel after China-owned Tencent said to be leading funding round
Hong Kong Free Press, February 11, 2019

Related:
Tencent invests in Reddit as global battle with Bytedance escalates
TechNode, February 11, 2019

藏人當選多倫多大學學生會長　遭陸生留言謾罵、聯署要求推翻結果 (Newly-elected Toronto University student body president faces backlash from Chinese students for reported “close ties” with Tibetan organization)
The Stand News, February 12, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

46 UK parliamentarians urge English-language testing body IELTS to remove “China” from Taiwan designation
Hong Kong Free Press, February 11, 2019

How the Pentagon countered China’s designs on Greenland
Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

小小的在华体验中心如何帮Facebook赚大钱？
How Facebook’s tiny China sales floor helps generate big ad money
The New York Times, February 11, 2019

Pompeo warns allies Huawei presence complicates partnership with U.S.
Reuters, February 11, 2019

China’s new cybersecurity measures allow state police to remotely access company systems
Recorded Future, February 8, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing to outline plans for Greater Bay Area development within days, says Hong Kong chief Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, February 12, 2019

【跨性別權益】民調指近 7 成港人撐立法免歧視　司法覆核卻先輸一仗 (Poll: 70% of Hong Kongers support discrimination law protecting transgender rights; judicial review sees first defeat)
The Stand News, February 11, 2019

Hong Kong pro-democracy party chief Wu Chi-wai may give up Wong Tai Sin district seat after 20 years
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2019

One-third of new applicants for Hong Kong elderly welfare payments stand to lose out on thousands per month because of rise in age threshold
Hong Kong Free Press, February 11, 2019

Commentary (评论)

互联网冲击下，市场化媒体大批死去，党报则复活了 (With the rise of the Internet, commercial media dwindles and state media is revived)
CNPolitics, February 11, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Revealed: 17 Australian residents believed detained in China's Uyghur crackdown
The Guardian, February 10, 2019

Blackwater’s Erik Prince, China and a new controversy over Xinjiang
Bloomberg, February 10, 2019

新疆“再教育营”：维吾尔音乐家死亡 土耳其要求中国关闭拘留中心
Turkey demands China close camps after reports of musician's death
BBC News, February 10, 2019

Related:
Watch: The musician Turkey mourns in its protest of China’s Uyghur detention camps
Quartz, February 10, 2019

Turkey urges China to end mass detention of Muslims
The New York Times, February 10, 2019

No halal please: Meet China’s pig vigilantes
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2019

新疆人权危机阴影下，美国企业赚钱忙 (U.S. companies busy making money amid Xinjiang human rights crisis)
Voice of America, February 9, 2019

Uzbekistan urged not to hand ethnic Kazakh over to China
Reuters, February 8, 2019

Related:
中国政府试图越境拘捕新疆商人 (China attempts to arrest Kazakh businessman outside borders)
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2019

China secretly transferring Uyghur detainees from Xinjiang to Shaanxi, Gansu province prisons
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

国际特赦：维权律师江天勇或遭酷刑 (Amnesty International: Jiang Tianyong likely tortured in jail)
Voice of America, February 8, 2019

Wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer takes protest to Supreme Court
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China entertainment endures “bitter winter” after crackdowns
Agence France-Presse, February 11, 2019

Translation: Zhang Qianfan on academic censorship
China Digital Times, February 8, 2019

China's multi-billion dollar media campaign “a major threat for democracies” around the world
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, February 8, 2019

Related:
Beijing’s global media drive a “threat for democracies”
China Digital Times, February 8, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

劳工维权给习近平的“中国梦”蒙上阴影
Workers’ activism rises as China’s economy slows; Xi aims to rein them in
The New York Times, February 11, 2019

Visa for exiled Tiananmen activist to return home for father’s funeral cancelled hours after it was issued
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2019

The death and revival of independent film in China
Variety, February 7, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China supports Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Bitter Winter, February 10, 2019

首宗「一帶一路」項目鬧上香港法庭 招商局港口被指無視特許經營權吉布地建新碼頭
Legal battle for control of Djibouti ports comes to Hong Kong
Factwire, February 10, 2019

Related:
【一帶一路】傳真社：迪拜世界入稟高院控招商局港口　違反港口特許經營權 (Factwire: Belt and Road project in Djibouti challenged in Hong Kong courts; Chinese state owned company sued by port operator for causing revocation of port exclusivity rights)
Ming Pao, February 10, 2019

China link possible in cyber attack on Australian Parliament computer system, ABC understands
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, February 8, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The Internet, divided between the U.S. and China, has become a battleground
Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2019

Related:
5G economics: Is the Internet in danger of splitting?
Al Jazeera, February 9, 2019

Huawei deals for tech will have consequences, U.S. warns EU
Bloomberg, February 8, 2019

Related:
Huawei threatens lawsuit against Czech Republic after security warning
The New York Times, February 8, 2019

China-EU 5G research project to continue despite growing concerns about Huawei
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong doctors join localist protest against one-way permit scheme, as mainland migrant influx blamed for stretched hospitals
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2019

Related:
To mainland Chinese “Hong Kong drifters,” the allure of becoming a permanent resident in the city is fading
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2019

Explainer: Why doctors and nurses say Hong Kong’s health system is sick
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2019

Hong Kong protesters call for better elderly, land and labour policy on third day of Lunar New Year
Hong Kong Free Press, February 8, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Shopping with friends, and fracas, in China's Xinjiang
Sydney Morning Herald, February 10, 2019

焦点对话：中国监控领先世界，一人两个摄像头？(“Pro and Con”: China leads world in surveillance, 2 cameras watching each person)
Voice of America, February 9, 2019

The road out of poverty and to gender equality in Hong Kong starts at school
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2019

ChinaFile conversation: Where is China’s foreign policy headed?
ChinaFile, February 8, 2019

Beijing’s Olympics paved the way for Xinjiang’s camps
Foreign Policy, February 8, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

These Uyghurs fled to Australia to escape persecution but Beijing’s crackdown followed them
The Washington Post, February 8, 2019

She fled China’s camps, but she’s still not free
Foreign Policy, February 6, 2019

新疆各地强迫穆斯林过春节及吃猪肉
Chinese officials force Muslims to drink, eat pork at festival
Radio Free Asia, February 6, 2019

Related:
The future of Uyghur cultural — and halal — life in the year of the pig
SupChina, February 6, 2019

Protest in New York over fate of China’s Uyghurs
Agence France-Presse, February 7, 2019

Related:
Uyghurs demand an end to mass incarcerations ahead of 22nd anniversary of Ghulja Massacre
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2019

UNHRC set to blast Israel 7 times, but mum on China’s Muslim imprisonment
The Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2019

Related:
UN: Act to end China’s mass detentions in Xinjiang
Amnesty International, February 4, 2019

Rights groups urge UN to probe China’s “severe abuse” in Muslim Xinjiang
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2019

The learning curve: How Communist Party officials are applying lessons from prior “transformation” campaigns to repression in Xinjiang
Jamestown Foundation, February 1, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Jailhouse informants and wrongful convictions
Dui Hua Human Rights Journal, February 7, 2019

China denies secret approach to jailed bookseller’s daughter
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2019

Related:
桂民海女兒稱有大使代表聲稱可安排見父親　條件要噤聲 (Daughter of detained Gui Minhai approached by representative of Chinese embassy in Sweden, offered meeting with father on condition of silence)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 8, 2019

Chinese dissidents to be resettled in Canada, Thai lawyer says
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese state media giant CGTN registers as foreign agent in U.S.
Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2019

U.S. town arts center removes paintings depicting president Xi Jinping
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

緬甸萬人上街促擱中資水壩工程　轟中國經濟參與形同霸凌 (Citizens in Myanmar protest China’s dam construction project, economic bullying)
The Stand News, February 8, 2019

China faces barrage of criticism over jailing of human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang
South China Morning Post, February 7, 2019

Related:
六大国际律师协会声讨北京：王全璋无罪 (Lawyers associations from six countries confront Beijing over Wang Quanzhang)
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2019

维权律师家属望团聚 来年充满风险
Wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer spends new year outside jail
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2019

Wife of Taiwan activist Lee Ming-che, jailed by China, will attend Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech
The Washington Post, February 6, 2019

Mothers of jailed Chinese rights defenders shine light on sons’ cases and “injustice”
Voice of America, February 4, 2019