UN terrorism chief heavily criticized for trip to China’s Xinjiang region
CNN, June 18, 2019
Scientists are aiding apartheid in China
Just Security, June 18, 2019
China’s Muslim minority seek sanctuary in Kazakhstan
Al Jazeera, June 18, 2019
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Information (信息公开)
无国界记者呼吁中国当局释放《新京报》前总编戴自更 (Reporters Without Borders urges Chinese authorities to release former chief editor of Beijing News)
Voice of America, June 19, 2019
An American reporter was denied a visa to China. She said it’s because she criticized the Communist Party
BuzzFeed News, June 18, 2019
Hainan orders local businesses to change their names into something less foreign
SupChina, June 18, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
VOA连线(莫雨)：活动人士再吁谷歌不要开发中国版搜索引擎 (Video: Activists renew urge for Google to not develop censored search engine for China)
Voice of America, June 18, 2019
Hong Kong was a refuge for mainland Chinese. The extradition bill could change that
The New York Times, June 18, 2019
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Many in Hong Kong, fearful of China’s grasp, flee to Taiwan
Reuters, June 18, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China rejects claims fracking caused Sichuan quake: State media
Reuters, June 19, 2019
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China earthquake: At least 12 people killed as 6.0-magnitude earthquake hits southern region
Independent, June 18, 2019
Xi firmly backs Pyongyang's effort to solve Korea Peninsula issues: Rodong Sinmun
Reuters, June 19, 2019
China declines to confirm if it hosted Taliban’s Baradar
The Hindu, June 18, 2019
Russia, China vie for influence in Central Asia as U.S. plans Afghan exit
Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2019
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China in Tajikistan: New report claims Chinese troops patrol large swaths of the Afghan-Tajik border
The Diplomat, June 18, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
A Chinese tech columnist is disputing that Huawei’s new phone can, literally, shoot the moon
Quartz, June 19, 2019
The gamification of social values: Alibaba experiments with behavior modification
Trivium China, June 18, 2019
China issues principles of next generation AI governance
Xinhua, June 18, 2019
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Translation: Chinese expert group offers “governance principles” for “responsible AI”
New America, June 17, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
【引渡惡法】留學生回港聲援反送中 步出機艙即被警截查 (Overseas Hong Kong students who flew back to support anti-extradition questioned by police at airport)
Apple Daily, June 20, 2019
Activists in Hong Kong make pitch to extradition protesters: register to vote
Reuters, June 20, 2019
As Hong Kong erupted over extradition bill, city’s tycoons waited and worried
The New York Times, June 20, 2019
Anti-extradition row: Hong Kong gov’t must respond to demands or protests will escalate on Fri, student groups say
Hong Kong Free Press, June 20, 2019
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Hong Kong shuts down government again as protesters' deadline passes
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2019Fears Hong Kong protests could turn violent amid calls to “escalate action”
The Guardian, June 19, 2019【反送中】「林鄭，不准殺害年輕人」 大學教授特首辦外手寫橫額抗議 (“Carrie Lam, don’t shoot our kids”: Parents and university professors rally outside government office to urge concession)
The Stand News, June 20, 2019
Hong Kongers protest extradition bill through art
Al Jazeera, June 20, 2019
Hospital Authority vows to revive public trust as stories emerge of protesters arrested after personal details leaked by city-run facilities
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2019
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速龍小隊無編號 李家超引述警方：無位置展示 (When asked why police officers who dispersed crowd with force did not display their officer numbers, police respond: “There is no space on the uniform”)
Inmediahk.net, June 19, 2019
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Police chief vows action against those targeting officers with online abuse following Hong Kong’s extradition bill protests
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2019Hong Kong lawmakers grill security chief over protest violence
Channel NewsAsia, June 19, 2019【反送中】油麻地藝文空間播612警暴片 多名市民圍觀企出馬路 (Art space in Yau Ma Tei screens videos of police violence during June 12 forceful clearance)
The Stand News, June 19, 2019HKFP Lens: Eye of the storm – Dan Garrett captures Hong Kong’s anti-extradition clashes
Hong Kong Free Press, June 20, 2019
Hong Kong's “leaderless” protesters mull next move
Channel NewsAsia, June 19, 2019
Commentary (评论)
美国之音专访达赖喇嘛：全世界70亿人是一家 (Interview with the Dalai Lama: All 7 billion people are one big family)
Voice of America, June 20, 2019
Cantonese is Hong Kong protesters’ power tool of satire and identity
Quartz, June 20, 2019
A policy U-turn puts Hong Kong’s leader in a precarious position
The Economist, June 20, 2019
Hong Kong in protest: A ChinaFile conversation
ChinaFile, June 19, 2019
Hong Kong’s struggle is ours too. It’s a wake-up call to defend all basic human rights
The Guardian, June 19, 2019
For Hong Kong’s leader, pressure isn’t just from protesters
Christian Science Monitor, June 19, 2019
What does the pause of Hong Kong’s extradition bill mean?
ChinaFile, June 19, 2019
【專訪】反送中的兩代港人：出走台灣的林榮基、留下抵抗的港獨青年 (Interview with two generations in anti-extradition: bookseller who fled, youngster who stayed)
The News Lens, June 19, 2019
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Inside China’s “thought transformation” camps
BBC, June 18, 2019
A language under attack: China’s campaign to sever the Uighur tongue
Hong Kong Free Press, June 18, 2019
A Muslim family sought help at the Belgian Embassy in Beijing. The police dragged them out.
The New York Times, June 18, 2019
Prominent Uyghur writer dies after being deprived treatment in Xinjiang internment camp
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2019
UN sidesteps tough US criticism on counterterrorism chief’s trip to Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2019
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China’s anti-terrorism experience in Xinjiang useful to UN
Global Times, June 16, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
A state-run Chinese newspaper is presenting alternative facts on Hong Kong’s protests
Quartz, June 17, 2019
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China blocks news of Hong Kong mass protests, blames foreign interference
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2019Minitrue: Delete content related to Hong Kong protests
China Digital Times, June 16, 2019
Beijing Culture’s Song Ge urges mainstream directors to toe government line
Variety, June 17, 2019
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Propaganda films to dominate Chinese theaters in anniversary year
Variety, June 16, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Why we are calling on the United Nations to act over the Tiananmen Massacre
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 17, 2019
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我们要求联合国调查中国政府天安门屠杀期间及续后30年对参与者和问责者的人权侵犯
We call on the Human Rights Council to take action over China’s 30 years of rights violations tied to 1989 Tiananmen Massacre
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 17, 2019
China’s firefighting agency slams a random internet user for criticizing its job
SupChina, June 17, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
香港两百万人示威加深台湾对中国的恐惧与不信任 (Protests in Hong Kong reinforce Taiwan’s fear and distrust of China)
BBC, June 18, 2019
China harvesting organs from Falun Gong detainees, tribunal claims
Independent, June 18, 2019
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British government “ignored” Chinese organ harvesting, Tribunal rules
Telegraph, June 17, 2019
Chinese raids hit North Korean defectors’ “Underground Railroad”
Reuters, June 17, 2019
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Xi Jinping is (finally) visiting North Korea
The Diplomat, June 18, 2019
China wants Hong Kong’s loyalty and love. What it’s getting: Distrust and disdain
Washington Post, June 17, 2019
Swedish court to consider extradition of Chinese official
Financial Times, June 17, 2019
Trump delayed Pence’s Tiananmen Square speech in hopes of landing Xi meeting
Bloomberg, June 15, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Google appoints Stanley Chen as new China head
Financial Times, June 17, 2019
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Appointment of Google’s new Greater China head reflects its interest in the Chinese market
Global Times, June 17, 2019
Huawei CEO dodges question about Chinese Internet censorship during awkward press event
Gizmodo, June 17, 2019
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The US ban on Huawei will cost the company $30 billion in lost sales
Quartz, June 17, 2019
U.S. chipmakers quietly lobby to ease Huawei ban
Reuters, June 17, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
現身「向香港市民真誠道歉」 仍拒說「撤回」 林鄭重申已停修例工作無時間表 (“Sincere apology,” but no withdrawal: Carrie Lam says no schedule to resume legislative work on extradition amendments, refuses to accede to protesters’ demands)
The Stand News, June 18, 2019
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Hong Kong protestors demand Lam's resignation
Christian Science Monitor, June 17, 2019Hong Kong's lame duck? Leader Lam faces fight for political life
Al Jazeera, June 17, 2019
In Hong Kong’s political heart, a semblance of normality after protests and clashes over extradition bill
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2019
Police can access full details of injured protesters in hospital, says medical sector lawmaker following patient arrests
Hong Kong Free Press, June 17, 2019
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醫管局認急症室內電腦毋須登入可查資料 私隠專員指已介入調查 (Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data begins investigation of hospital privacy breach after protests)
The Stand News, June 18, 2019
Hong Kong Journalists Association files complaint to independent watchdog, accusing police of using “violence and intimidation” against media at extradition bill protests
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2019
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危害記者安全及損害新聞自由 26 宗警員濫權個案詳情 (26 reporters document police endangerment of journalists, impinging press freedom during protests)
The Stand News, June 18, 2019Video: Level of force used by Hong Kong police to clear protests questioned, as video clips go viral
Hong Kong Free Press, June 18, 2019
For Hong Kong’s youth, protests are “a matter of life and death”
The New York Times, June 17, 2019
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Hong Kong mass protests against government’s extradition bill push more locals to seek psychological support
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2019
Hong Kong protests go global as marchers take to streets in US, Europe and Australia in show of solidarity
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2019
Hong Kong police deployed female cops to clean up their colleagues’ mess
Quartz, June 17, 2019
Lawyer for Demosisto’s Agnes Chow describes “chilling effect” on political speech in Hong Kong in court fight over by-election disqualification
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Why these Hong Kong protests are different
The Atlantic, June 18, 2019
Taiwan stiffens resistance to China after Hong Kong crackdown
Financial Times, June 18, 2019
Beijing is treading lightly in Hong Kong, for now
The New York Times, June 17, 2019
Personal sacrifices? Understanding? Carrie Lam is hopelessly out of touch with Hongkongers
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2019
Monday, June 17, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
China says reached “broad consensus” with U.N. after Xinjiang visit
Reuters, June 16, 2019
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“Deep concerns”: US objects to UN counterterrorism chief's visit to Xinjiang
The Guardian, June 15, 2019
Rights czar visit to China contingent on “full access” to Xinjiang internment camps: UN
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2019
Belgium’s Beijing embassy calls Chinese cops on Uighur family: Belgian officials say their small country can't risk offending China
Foreign Policy, June 14, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
藏匿4年中国政治犯投案请求台湾庇护 (After hiding for 4 years, Chinese dissident seeks asylum in Taiwan, citing fears over Hong Kong extradition law)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2019
China’s love for online shopping goes behind bars
Inkstone, June 12, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Authorities call for incineration of legal journal
China Media Project, June 16, 2019
Communist Party journal lays out China’s trade war stance ahead of possible Xi-Trump talks
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2019
Shanghai film festival cancels “The Eight Hundred”
China Digital Times, June 14, 2019
Academic freedom: Universities must take a stance or risk becoming complicit with Chinese government interference
The Conversation, June 14, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese activists seek U.N. investigation into Tiananmen crackdown
Reuters, June 17, 2019
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HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project: profiles of June Fourth Victims
‐ Project subsite homepage
‐ HRIC statement
‐ Profiles of the “Unforgotten”
“They killed my mother, they arrested my father”: Sister Zou Demei’s Father’s Day reflections
Bitter Winter, June 16, 2019
Hong Kong extradition protests spark fears in democratic Taiwan
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2019
People in China are using song lyrics as code to voice support for Hong Kong
Quartz, June 14, 2019
“Rioters” or “fighters”? Hong Kong’s mainland Chinese are split by protests
Quartz, June 14, 2019
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