“扫黑除恶”入疆 少数民族被“黑”? (As anti-triad campaign enters Xinjiang, Muslims fear retroactive prosecution of minor offenses as “triad” crimes)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2019
HRIC note: Article also reports that Internet police imposed “ten prohibitions” on WeChat groups, vowing prosecution of dissemination of any content or speech “unfavorable to state, Party, society . . . anytime, anywhere.”
Successful Uyghur developer confirmed detained by Xinjiang authorities
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2019
Chinese authorities detain Tibetan student who decried lack of government jobs in Tibet
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2019
国际特赦呼吁中国公安部长立即释放高智晟 (In open letter, Amnesty International urges China’s Minister of Public Security to immediately release rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2019
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Urgent action update: Disappeared activist at risk of torture
Amnesty International, April 16, 2019
Chinese police hold another ethnic Mongolian writer over protest
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2019
微博封殺女同志群組 性小眾團體恐審查變本加厲 (Weibo bans lesbian chat topic, gender minorities fear worsening censorship)
The Stand News, April 16, 2019
国家网信办启动小众即时通信工具专项整治，关停9款APP (Cyberspace Administration of China shuts down 9 messaging apps, says anonymous registration and private groups functions enable fraud and sexual solicitation)
The Paper, April 16, 2019
Dissidents, petitioners under house arrest, silenced for Xi Jinping's Chongqing trip
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2019
澳門中聯辦主任傅自應晤宋楚瑜 盼親民黨堅決反對台獨 (Macau’s Liaison Office meets with Taiwan presidential candidate James Soong, hopes his party will firmly oppose Taiwan independence)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 17, 2019
蔡英文：赴台宣揚一國兩制、武力統一者 必要時拒絕入境 (Tsai Ing-wen: Where necessary, Taiwan will ban entry of promoters of One Country, Two Systems and military unification)
The Stand News, April 16, 2019
Hong Kong lawmakers prepare for tug of war over extradition law update as gov’t sets July deadline
Hong Kong Free Press, April 17, 2019
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【逃犯條例】民主派倡日落條款修例取代政府方案 「特事特辦」移交陳同佳 (Democrats urge “sunset clause” to handle Taiwan murder case in place of controversial amendment as LegCo Bills Committee holds first meeting)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2019【逃犯條例】民陣本月底再辦遊行抗議「送中條例」 (Rights group to organize second march to protest extradition law amendments)
Inmediahk.net, April 17, 2019香港各界商會聯席會議倡移交門檻升至判監7年以上罪行 (Hong Kong Business Community Joint Conference proposes raising threshold for amended rendition requests to crimes with 7-year prison sentences)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 17, 2019
1 in 5 journalists say they were pressured to report less on Hong Kong independence – survey
Hong Kong Free Press, April 17, 2019
中联办主任称香港维护国安“只有一国之责，没有两制之分” (Liaison Office: On national security, Hong Kong only has the responsibility of One Country, but not the difference of Two Systems)
Voice of America, April 16, 2019
中国缺乏的不是自由精神，而是保障自由的制度安排 (What China lacks is not liberalism, but systemic arrangements to protect freedom)
Financial Times, April 17, 2019
US and China in ideological battle for the future, defence official says
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2019
專訪憲法學者張千帆：憲政文明的暖流會融化中國體制的堅冰 (Interview with constitutional scholar Zhang Qianfan: The warmth of constitutionalism will melt the ice of the Chinese system)
The Initium, April 16, 2019
Rainbow victory for China’s online lesbian community
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2019
发布时政有害信息！@演员赵立新等29个头部账号被微博处置 (29 Weibo accounts shut down for spreading harmful messages on current affairs)
The Paper, April 16, 2019
The U.S. is losing a major front to China in the new Cold War
Bloomberg, April 15, 2019
港大研究：中国人工逐条审查删除“六四”等敏感信息 (Hong Kong University study reveals China used human censors to remove 1,000+ June Fourth-related photos from Weibo in 2012-2018)
Voice of America, April 15, 2019
No Short Skirt On Campus? Chinese Internet Users Are Waging War On A University’s Sexist Dress Code
SupChina, April 15, 2019
Communist Party reformer Hu Yaobang remembered in low-key ceremony
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2019
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胡耀邦逝世30年：官方的沉默和网友自发悼念 (30th anniversary of Hu Yaobang’s death: Commemoration online, and silence from authorities)
BBC, April 15, 2019
刘晓波雕像揭幕典礼在布拉格举行 (Liu Xiaobo statue unveiled in Prague, in homage to Charta 77)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2019
我的六四：清华学生89年国庆跳楼自杀 (My June Fourth: Wang Debang speaks of 1989 Democracy activist Tang Juzie and his suicide)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2019
Chinese woman who entered Trump's Mar-a-Lago pleads not guilty
Reuters, April 16, 2019
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New revelations in case of Chinese businesswoman arrested at Mar-a-Lago
The New York Times, April 15, 2019
China police detain 17 people after deadly chemical blast
Reuters, April 15, 2019
China’s mass rural youth volunteer program “aims to avoid unrest”
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2019
修订后的《中华人民共和国政府信息公开条例》公布 (Amended “PRC Regulation on the Disclosure of Government Information” to go into effect May 15)
The Paper, April 15, 2019
单月50万次人脸识别：中国如何用AI监控维族人
One month, 500,000 face scans: How China is using A.I. to profile a minority
The New York Times, April 15, 2019
從「唔見得光」至鎂光燈下 傳媒充權或污名化性小眾？ (From unseen corners to under the spotlight, are sexual minorities empowered or smeared by the media?)
Inmediahk.net, April 16, 2019
記協：公眾對去年香港新聞自由評分創新低 (Hong Kongers’ score for city’s press freedom reaches new low, says journalist organization)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 16, 2019
China facing its worst national security threats since cold war, says Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong, as he attacks unnamed political groups for foreign links
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2019
“Sham election”: Chaotic scenes as Indonesian expats storm Hong Kong polling station, claiming thousands denied vote
Hong Kong Free Press, April 16, 2019
由“六四”造就的今日中国 (Today’s China, as made from June Fourth)
The New York Times, April 16, 2019
胡耀邦与中国未竟的现代性转型 (Hu Yaobang and the unfinished modernization of China)
Financial Times, April 16, 2019
The Taiwanese populist advancing China’s interests
The Atlantic, April 15, 2019
澳大利亚维族穆斯林呼吁政府向中国施压
In Australia, Muslims call for pressure on China over missing relatives
The New York Times, April 15, 2019
As many as 1,200 Uyghur detainees held in Gansu prison after secret transfer from Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2019
张扣扣死刑二审维持 争论质疑不止 (Death sentence upheld on appeal for “vengeance murderer” Zhang Koukou, controversy follows as court allows no mitigation on guilty plea)
Voice of America, April 14, 2019
China tries ethnic Mongolian historian for genocide book, in secret
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2019
[Rights lawyer Li Yuhan’s brother]: “We know that she is in very poor health”
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2019
Weibo is taking down posts hashtagged #Les, short for lesbian
SupChina, April 15, 2019
F.B.I. bars some China scholars from visiting U.S. over spying fears
The New York Times, April 14, 2019
Chinese Game of Throne fans resigned to final season censorship
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2019
曾被官方批评“行为不端” 民谣歌手李志被三大音乐平台下架 (Folk singer Li Zhi banned on all three major online music platforms after Sichuan authorities halt concert tour for “improper behavior”)
Radio France Internationale, April 13, 2019
中国《新编学生字典》有“自慰”无“自由” (Definition of “freedom” removed from China’s student dictionary)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2019
台湾艺人点赞遭贴台独标签 新戏传遭换角 (Taiwan actress is boycotted online after giving ‘thumbs up’ to Weibo post criticizing mainlanders, rumored being dropped from upcoming film despite apology)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2019
Hong Kong NGO Dialogue in the Dark is changing the game to help young Chinese disabled people shine in the workplace
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2019
胡耀邦逝世周年前夕 故居追思会忆故人 (At memorial of Hu Yaobang’s death, citizens call for his rehabilitation)
Deutsche Welle, April 12, 2019
梵蒂岡國務卿冀中梵臨時協議「後有來者」(Vatican expresses hope that temporary agreement with China will have “successors”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 14, 2019
傳國際刑警組織不邀請參加大會 台方強烈不滿 (Taiwan urges recognition of separate jurisdiction and separate representation on international forums from China in response to reports that Interpol will not invite Taiwan to annual conference)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 13, 2019
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英、美、歐盟、加拿大都表態挺台灣參加WHA，WHO堅持先「兩岸諒解」(UK, U.S., EU, and Canada voice support for Taiwan’s attendance in World Health Assembly, but WHO insists “cross-strait understanding” before invitation is extended)
The News Lens, April 13, 2019
Videos: New mosque destroyed for being “too Arabic”
Bitter Winter, April 13, 2019
Many Chinese suffer discrimination based on their regional origin
The Economist, April 11, 2019
One month, 500,000 face scans: How China is using A.I. to profile a minority
The New York Times, April 14, 2019
China tells WTO that Australia’s ban on 5G technology is “obviously discriminative”
Reuters, April 13, 2019