Xinjiang (新疆)

1.5 million Muslims could be detained in China's Xinjiang: Academic
Reuters, March 14, 2019

U.S. says China’s treatment of Muslim minority worst abuses “since the 1930s”
Reuters, March 13, 2019

Related:
Country reports on human rights practices for 2018: China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)
U.S. Department of State, March 13, 2019

U.S. steps up criticism of China for detentions in Xinjiang
The New York Times, March 13, 2019

Critic who exposed China’s Muslim camps is detained, even across the border
The New York Times, March 13, 2019

Uyghurs outside of Xinjiang being watched
Bitter Winter, March 13, 2019

Translation: “He deserves respect”
China Digital Times, March 13, 2019

Related:
Three poems by detained Uyghur poet “Tarim”
China Digital Times, March 13, 2019

“I Can’t Sleep: Homage to a Uyghur Homeland”: A Q&A with photographer Lisa Ross
ChinaFile, March 12, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Case of jailed Chinese rights lawyer “erased” from Tianjin court system
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2019

Top Chinese court reveals 819 defendants were found not guilty nationwide last year
Caixin, March 13, 2019

Related:
最高法近年平反46起重大冤错案，已有多起涉经济产权类案件 (Supreme People’s Court corrected 46 wrongful convictions involving 94 individuals in past 3 years)
The Paper, March 13, 2019

最高法晒出成绩单：3年执结案件1936.1万件 执行到位4.4万亿元 (Supreme People’s Court report to NPC: 150 punishments under 11 categories for judgment defaulters, 3.66 million defaulters complied after pressure)
Legal Daily, March 13, 2019

Background: Jiang Yefei 姜野飞
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 13, 2019

性侵儿童案件定罪量刑标准需完善 (Sentencing guidelines for cases of sexual assault on children need improvements, says Procurator-General)
Beijing News, March 14, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Students at China’s top university administered “political loyalty” surveys
SupChina, March 13, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Ji Sizun named 2019 recipient of Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 14, 2019

河北律师卢廷阁失踪 朋友发求助信寻人 (Family of Hebei human rights lawyer missing after proposing constitutional reforms seeks help from lawyers’ association)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2019

推特直播直批习近平 大陆留学生说做了最还打算 (Chinese student studying in Taiwan criticizes Xi Jinping in livestream, says he’s ready for the worst)
Radio France Internationale, March 13, 2019

Report of moldy food in Chengdu school sparks investigation and protests
SupChina, March 13, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

May “pursue other actions” if China continues to block Azhar designation: UNSC diplomat
The Hindu, March 14, 2019

Related:
China at UN delays bid to blacklist JeM leader Masood Azhar
Al Jazeera, March 14, 2019

Build new global alliances to limit China’s “illicit practices,” U.S. senators urged
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2019

蔡英文七招反制"一国两制" 两岸关系焦点转向? (Tsai Ing-wen raises 7 points to counter One Country, Two Systems proposal from Beijing)
Deutsche Welle, March 13, 2019

Related:
Taiwan can’t resist historic trend towards unification, says head of Chinese cross-strait group
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2019

State aid tied to loyalty displays in Tibet’s Markham County
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2019

EU, in major shift, moves to confront China’s growing assertiveness
Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2019

Related:
EU sets out 10-point plan to balance China economic ties
Reuters, March 13, 2019

How the United States nudged the European Union towards a tougher stand on China
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2019

Wang Yang, top Chinese adviser, urges faith in Communist Party’s judgment in face of “unprecedented” challenges
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2019

家政服务将建“红黑名单” 选保姆不再“碰运气” (Ministry of Commerce, NDRC issue regulation to establish credit system for domestic workers)
Legal Daily, March 13, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Top U.S. universities shun cash from Huawei under Trump pressure
Bloomberg, March 13, 2019

China tech giants elbow into fast-growing Tibet
Nikkei Asian Review, March 13, 2019

China gains on U.S. in highly cited AI research
Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Leave political opinions to one side when deciding guilt, judge tells jurors in Mong Kok riot case
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2019

【移交逃犯擬修例】楊岳橋譚文豪赴台晤陸委會　籲港府勿攙政治目的 (Civic Party legislators meet with Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council, call on Hong Kong government to be practical, nonpolitical on extradition law amendments)
Ming Pao, March 13, 2019

Related:
【移交逃犯擬修例】公安部前副部長：300多內地重犯逃港　促積極修例 (Former mainland vice-minister of public security presses Hong Kong gov’t to be “proactive” in extradition law amendments, claims more than 300 fugitives hiding in Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, March 14, 2019

Security chief John Lee defends Hong Kong’s fugitive extradition proposal, citing positive public feedback
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2019

Village vandalism prompts police to investigate whether triads are trying to influence Hong Kong elections
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2019

Commentary (评论)

網絡審查員自述：以後決定互聯網平台發展的，是審核團隊 (Autobiography of an Internet censorship reviewer: Censorship teams decide future development of online platforms)
The Initium, March 14, 2019

在共產黨停止謊言之前，台灣無法與中國政府談真正的協議 (Taiwan cannot genuinely discuss agreements with China until CPC stops lying)
The News Lens, March 14, 2019

Why Huawei’s lawsuit against the U.S. defies common sense but makes perfect strategic sense
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2019

Huawei’s charm offensive won’t work
Washington Post, March 12, 2019

Republican donor Cindy Yang linked to Chinese influence machine
Foreign Policy, March 12, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China vows to continue crackdown fueling Muslim detention camps
Bloomberg, March 12, 2019

Related:
China says it may eventually phase out “vocational training centres” in Xinjiang where 1 million Uyghur Muslims are reportedly held for “re-education”
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2019

新疆官员谈拘禁营：“很像寄宿学校”
Muslim detention camps are like “boarding schools,” Chinese official says
The New York Times, March 13, 2019

U.S. envoy calls China’s Muslim camps “horrific,” wants probe
Associated Press, March 12, 2019

Rights activist who helped reveal China “re-education” system detained, released on house arrest in Kazakhstan
Globe and Mail, March 11, 2019

Related:
人权组织创办人将遭哈国警方软禁 (Kazakh human rights activist released but under house arrest, barred from taking interviews)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

美宗教大使：若中方不改善李明哲處境，美方不排除進一步手段 (U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom calls on China to release jailed Taiwan activist Lee Ming-che)
The Initium, March 12, 2019

China’s judiciary works for “stability of regime, system”: Top judge
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2019

检举人王林清引起的争议给中国“司法进步”蒙上阴影 (Case of disappeared whistleblower judge Wang Linqing casts shadow on China’s claimed “judicial progressiveness”)
Voice of America, March 12, 2019

Related:
“陕西千亿矿权案”暴露的中国法院副卷弊病 (Flaws in Chinese courts exposed by missing papers in mine ownership case)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2019

街头屏幕曝光老赖合法吗？江西省高院院长：合法 (Are billboards exposing citizen misconduct legal? Jiangxi High Court judge says yes)
Sina, March 12, 2019

Another Jasic Struggle confession footage emerges: Ideological struggle drawing a veil over class warfare
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, March 12, 2019

（两会受权发布）最高人民法院工作报告（摘要）(Supreme People’s Court report to NPC: People’s courts have “firmly defended national political security, especially security of regime and system”)
Xinhua, March 13, 2019

（两会受权发布）最高人民检察院工作报告（摘要） (Supreme People’s Procuratorate report to NPC: 6.4% increase in charges on infringing women’s personal rights, 105% increase in lawsuits supporting migrant workers)
Xinhua, March 13, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

【兩會】港台記者直擊：傳媒欲採訪新疆人大代表　遭武力驅趕　強搶記者證 (At Two Congresses, Hong Kong reporter barred from interviewing Xinjiang representatives, stopped from filming, press badges grabbed, kicked out)
The Stand News, March 12, 2019

China-funded Confucius Institutes targeted under new foreign influence scheme
Sydney Morning Herald, March 12, 2019

Parallelisms for the future
China Media Project, March 12, 2019

Is Chinese TV’s ban on bright hair color back?
SupChina, March 12, 2019

抖音海外版TikTok是如何改写世界的
How TikTok is rewriting the world
The New York Times, March 12, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

技术手段解决工人权益问题？(Can technology fix labor rights issues?)
China Labour Bulletin, March 13, 2019

女性艺术家曹斐：用超现实手法刻画中国现实
Shining a light on Chinese workers
The New York Times, March 13, 2019

Explaining China’s “People’s Congress” through the tales of three: A hand-raising automaton, an independent candidate, and an electoral activist
China Change, March 12, 2019

In full: Tibet activists across the world mark 60 years since failed uprising against Chinese occupation
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2019

Related:
Beijing defends Tibet policies as Tibetans mark anniversary of uprising
China Digital Times, March 12, 2019

Taiwan urged to be more vocal in support of China-oppressed minorities
Focus Taiwan, March 12, 2019

Explained: Gay rights, LGBTQ, and same-sex marriage in Asia
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2019

两会期间上访 香港访民北京遭拦截 (Hong Kong citizens intending to petition at Two Congresses barred from entering Beijing, mainland “return home permits” revoked)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Indonesia says election under attack from Chinese, Russian hackers
Bloomberg News, March 13, 2019

呂秉權：中國維穩地圖——廣東「辣過」新疆 (Deconstructing China’s stability maintenance budget: RMB 1,369 billion spent in 2018, Guangdong Province ranked No. 1)
Ming Pao, March 13, 2019

Why is there more dissent inside Beijing’s legislative “two sessions” this year?
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2019

Republicans push bill to prevent spying on “sensitive” U.S. university research by students from China, Russia and others
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2019

Anti-China Western forces are using Christianity to subvert Beijing, official claims
Agence France-Presse, March 13, 2019

“中国人权事业的发展进步”主题边会在日内瓦举行 (China’sside event at UN Human Rights Council “Progress of human rights in China” highlights economic development, public health, environmental protection in Xinjiang, Tibet)
Xinhua, March 12, 2019

Disillusioned bureaucrats are fleeing China’s ministries
Bloomberg News, March 12, 2019

Beijing will increase pressure on Taiwan if it rejects one-China principle, warns government adviser
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

America’s undersea battle with China for control of the global internet grid
Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

【逃犯條例】台立法院通過臨時提案　要求引渡安排僅適用台港兩地 (Taiwan Legislative Yuan passes uncontested motion to request Hong Kong extradition arrangements be applicable only between Hong Kong, Taiwan)
The Stand News, March 13, 2019

Hong Kong activist files legal challenge against gov’t decision not to prosecute ex-leader CY Leung
Hong Kong Free Press, March 12, 2019

British parliamentary committee urges London to “take action” and monitor closely human rights in Hong Kong under 1984 joint declaration
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2019

政府年耗逾千萬 「釘死」社運人士 (Hong Kong Department of Justice spent over HKD12 million from taxpayers on lawyers in cases against civil activists)
Apple Daily, March 12, 2019

#FridaysForFuture: Hong Kong student climate change protesters welcome “supportive” response from ESF schools
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2019

Commentary (评论)

《粵港澳大灣區發展規劃綱要》面世了，有哪些香港人在反對？(Which Hong Kongers oppose Greater Bay Area development plans?)
Inmediahk.net, March 13, 2019

The detained Canadians: Brace yourselves, China’s “disappearances” are coming to the west
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2019

Germany’s self-delusion about a “no-spying” pact with China
War on the Rocks, March 12, 2019

The Great Firewall of China — web of control
Financial Times, March 12, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Astana tries to silence China critics: Head of watchdog organization detained for work on Xinjiang camps
Foreign Policy, March 11, 2019

Related:
Kazakhstan releases Xinjiang rights activist to house arrest
Agence France-Presse, March 12, 2019

“Window into Xinjiang” closes with Kazakh arrest
China Digital Times, March 11, 2019

iPhone maker distances itself from “unauthorised” agency discriminating against China’s Uyghur and Tibetan ethnic minorities
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Wife of tortured Chinese rights lawyer calls for him to leave China
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2019

反家暴,预防机制细化到幼儿园 (Shandong issues first local anti-domestic violence regulation, includes mandatory reporting obligations for kindergartens)
Legal Daily, March 10, 2019

風雨蘭個案回溯研究揭示性暴力求助數字持續上升 年輕受害人平均延遲13.2年求助 (NGO study reveals rising trend of sexual violence against women, 13.2 years average delay before seeking help)
Rain Lily, March 9, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

俄民众集会抗议封锁互联网 (Russians protest restrictive laws that would make Internet more like China’s)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2019

“Low-level red” and other concerns
China Media Project, March 11, 2019

Chinese Foreign Ministry denies opening Twitter account
The Hindu, March 11, 2019

Top 5 of China’s popular news apps
What’s on Weibo, March 11, 2019

TV drama highlights gender discrimination in Chinese families
Sixth Tone, March 11, 2019

New Zealand Labour MPs backtrack on Anne-Marie Brady committee decision
Radio New Zealand, March 8, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

湖北職校疑因戶藉問題　無幫學生報技能高考　學生上街維權與警爆衝突 (Police use violence against Hubei vocational school students protesting school’s failure to register them for public exams because of hukou restrictions)
The Stand News, March 11, 2019

U.S. academics call on Beijing to immediately release Canadian Michael Kovrig, saying his arrest has “chilling effect” on U.S.-China relations
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2019

Related:
Joint statement calling for the immediate release of Michael Kovrig
International Crisis Group, March 11, 2019

Four years on: The whereabouts of the “feminist five” and the sustainability of feminist activism in China
China Change, March 11, 2019

Sexist signs, burning banners, and misogynist trolls: This year’s Girl’s Day was a shameful mess
SupChina, March 11, 2019

Hundreds of Tibetans mark uprising anniversary in Taiwan amid warnings
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2019

The Church of Almighty God’s refugees in Japan: A statement at the United Nations
Bitter Winter, March 9, 2019