Scrutiny of ties to spreading Xinjiang surveillance intensifies
China Digital Times, April 18, 2019
Uyghur businessman dies following heart attack in Xinjiang political “re-education camp”
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2019
Friday, April 19, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China sentences military veterans for protesting
Associated Press, April 19, 2019
Fears grow over health of detained Tiananmen protest veteran [Zhou Yongjun]
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2019
Veteran Chinese dissident Wang Xizhe demands answers after he is refused entry to Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2019
Mother detained after Chinese vaccine protest
Channel NewsAsia, April 17, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
China’s censored histories: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Global Voices, April 17, 2019
China Bans the Word “Leica” on Social Media
Gizmodo, April 19, 2019
Related:
Camera firm distances itself from Tiananmen Square advert
The Guardian, April 19, 2019Leica China video sparks backlash over Tiananmen Square image
BBC, April 19, 2019
China exporting its media “black hole” to other territories: Press freedom report
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2019
Related:
2019 World Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Borders, April 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Retired Chinese doctor incommunicado after calling Tiananmen massacre a “crime”
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2019
Office workers in China organise a rare online labour movement
The Economist, April 17, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
30 years ago: Thousands chant for democracy
China Digital Times, April 19, 2019
Guangzhou encourages citizens to report illegal religious activities, including Foreign NGO Law violations
ChinaFile, April 19, 2019
China takes aim at Swedish activist as it ramps up ‘foreign infiltration’ propaganda
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2019
China asks Britain for help to boost image of Belt and Road Initiative
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2019
Related:
[China’s Ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming:] UK can take giant strides on China’s ‘new silk road’
Evening Standard, April 17, 2019
China says Silk Road not geopolitical tool, understands concerns
Reuters, April 19, 2019
Related:
[China’s Ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming:] UK can take giant strides on China’s ‘new silk road’
Evening Standard, April 17, 2019
Larung Gar Buddhist Academy closes to new enrollment as China tightens controls
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2019
China’s credit system stops the sale of over 26 million plane and train tickets
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2019
U.S. Scholar Who Advises Trump Says China Blocked His Visa Application
The New York Times, April 18, 2019
How China’s Canadian lobbyists blurred the lines of PR, journalism and political activism
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2019
Chinese culture gradually penetrates Indonesia
The Diplomat, April 18, 2019
Airline employee pleads guilty to working as agent for Chinese government
The Washington Post, April 17, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Huawei’s claim of 100% employee ownership false, may be state-owned: paper
TechNode, April 19, 2019
“Haters like to pick on China”: Huawei exec defends video surveillance
Sydney Morning Herald, April 19, 2019
Celebrating cybersecurity
China Media Project, April 19, 2019
Where is Huawei banned from working on critical networks?
The Guardian, April 19, 2019
Amazon admits defeat against Chinese e-commerce rivals like Alibaba and JD.com
The Verge, April 18, 2019
Related:
Amazon’s e-commerce adventure in China proved too much of a jungle
Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
New China extradition law delayed at Hong Kong legislature as democrats stall debate"
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2019
[Benny Tai:]"There will be darker times ahead for Hong Kong but the sun will rise again"
Amnesty International, April 19, 2019
In full: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam submits report to Beijing on banning pro-independence party, makes doc public
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2019
Related:
Crackdown on Hong Kong independence will continue, city’s leader Carrie Lam vows in report to Beijing on banning of separatist party
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2019
Hong Kong journalists “pressured not to mention independence”: Survey
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2019
Commentary (评论)
China's political system helps advance its artificial intelligence
Voice of America, April 19, 2019
Taiwan LSE row: Censoring the ‘World Upside Down’ would be no way to treat a work of art
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2019
[Minxin Pei:] Xi Jinping’s intolerance of dissent within government heightens the risk of Chinese policy mistakes
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2019
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
“Surviving China”: Uyghur voices from Xinjiang and Guantanamo
Bitter Winter, April 15, 2019
Holocaust survivor: “The past is repeating itself”
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese rights lawyer's wife uses birthday to mark “disappearance”
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
新浪多个应用被下令停止更新下架一个月 (Sina apps suspended for failing to censor “viral, vulgar, and fake” content)
Voice of America, April 17, 2019
Weibo reverses ban on lesbian content amid uproar
China Digital Times, April 17, 2019
Chinese actor Zhao Lixin banned from Weibo over comments on second Sino-Japanese war
What’s On Weibo, April 17, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
法国出版连环画纪念六四30年 亲历者张伦教授现身说法 (1989 Democracy Movement participant Zhang Lun publishes graphic novel in France to commemorate 30th anniversary)
Radio France Internationale, April 18, 2019
六四临近，揭萨斯疫情军医蒋彦永被失联 (Military medic vocal about June Fourth held incommunicado in hospital as anniversary draws near)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2019
广州土地交易疑贪 酿警民冲突
Police in China's Guangzhou detain eight after demolition standoff
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
More businesses fall victim to “Anti-Halal” campaign
Bitter Winter, April 15, 2019
全面提高宗教工作水平 切实维护宗教领域和谐稳定 (Wang Yang, NPPCC chairman: Party to step up leadership in “work on religion,” to maintain harmonious stability in religious sector)
People’s Daily, April 18, 2019
HRIC Note: Wang stresses “active exploration into effective ways to sinify reglion.”
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Amazon to exit China this week
Pandaily, April 17, 2019
美国FCC主席反对中国移动在美提供电信服务
FCC chairman opposes China Mobile’s effort to enter US
Financial Times, April 18, 2019
Related:
F.C.C. Chair plans to block China Mobile from U.S. market
The New York Times, April 17, 2019
商汤科技退出新疆安全业务
China’s SenseTime sells out of Xinjiang security joint venture
Financial Times, April 17, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
商人、社工、民運人士，《逃犯條例》修訂後，誰將成為「逃犯」？ (Businessmen, social workers, democracy activists: who will become “fugitives” after amendment to Hong Kong’s extradition laws?)
The Initium, April 18, 2019
JUST IN: Hong Kong stumbles in Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index, down 25 places in 10 years
Hong Kong Free Press, April 18m, 2019
Commentary (评论)
在“没有为什么”的中国，边被跟踪边报道新闻
Being tracked while reporting in China, where “there are no whys”
The New York Times, April 17, 2019
中國廣電禁令事件簿：不合時宜即封殺，歌手李志只是冰山一角 (Logbook of censorship: Singer Li Zhi is just the tip of the iceberg)
The News Lens, April 18, 2019
Xi Jinping’s intolerance of dissent within government heightens the risk of Chinese policy mistakes
South China Morning Post, April 18m, 2019
Hope remains for Western solidarity. Look at embassies in Beijing
The Economist, April 17, 2019
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
“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
Access to Justice (司法公正)
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
Related:
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
Access to Information (信息公开)
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
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Dissidents, petitioners under house arrest, silenced for Xi Jinping's Chongqing trip
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2019
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