Google’s Project Dragonfly “terminated” in China
BBC, July 17, 2019
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Google must fully commit to never censor search in China
Amnesty International, July 17, 2019
誰擁有華為？(Who owns Huawei?)
The Initium, July 17, 2019
Thursday, July 18, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong anti-extradition law demo set for Sunday, as pro-Beijing lawmakers urge gov’t to ban protests till Sept
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2019
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Hong Kong extradition bill protests: police warn organisers they may block Kowloon rally between Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan over unrest fears
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2019
“Lost and confused”: Hong Kong’s police force face crisis of confidence and leadership
Reuters, July 18, 2019
Chinese officials scramble to deliver new Hong Kong strategy - but military response not an option
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2019
逃犯条例风波中的香港艺人：“不爱国你就麻烦了” (Hong Kong entertainment industry caught in anti-extradition storm: “You’ll get in trouble if you’re not patriotic”)
BBC, July 17, 2019
9000人參與銀髮族靜默遊行 表達長者支持年輕抗爭者 (9,000 elderly join silent march to support young anti-extradition protesters)
The Stand News, July 17, 2019
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“No rioters, only a tyrannical regime”: Thousands of Hong Kong seniors march in support of young extradition law protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2019
【逃犯條例】眾志林朗彥廖偉濂書展「三中商」旁示威 籲市民買書錢勿「送中」(Demosisto stages protests at annual Book Fair, urging fair-goers to boycott state-owned publishers )
Ming Pao, July 17, 2019
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Political crisis pervades opening of Hong Kong Book Fair 2019 although concerns over potential disruptions prove unfounded
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2019
警務處致函望提供 6.26 包圍警總採訪紀錄 《立場新聞》表明拒絕 (Stand News refuses police request for raw footageof protests outside police headquarters, stating that assisting police in criminal investigations would affect neutrality of news agencies)
Stand News, July 17, 2019
傳民政局邀中學生周五聚會 或晤林鄭張建宗 學生動源籲勿參與 (Civil Affairs Bureau sends invitation to secondary school students for closed-door discussions, student group warns secret meetings will enable government to hijack protesters’ demands)
Stand news, July 17, 2019
What is Britain’s responsibility to Hong Kong? Even if London wanted to play a bigger role in its former colony’s impasse with China, it lacks the leverage
The Atlantic, July 17, 2019
Commentary (评论)
和理非看武力抗爭和運動激進化的「團結路徑」（文：李立峯）(How do peaceful and radical protesters maintain unity?)
Ming Pao, July 18, 2019
The Guardian view on Xinjiang: speak out, or be complicit
The Guardian, July 17, 2019
China: Muslim-majority states whitewash abuses: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation should back global call to end Xinjiang repression
Human Rights Watch, July 17, 2019
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uighurs in Australia go public to pressure China to release family members
SBS News, July 17, 2019
China slams Australian broadcaster over Xinjiang report as universities investigate claims
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2019
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Four Corners’ forced labour exposé shows why you might be wearing slave-made clothes
The Conversation, July 15, 2019What satellite imagery reveals about Xinjiang’s “re-education” camps and coerced labour
The Strategist, July 16, 2019
Network of Chinese concentration camps for Uighurs uncovered
The Washington Free Beacon, July 15, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
The families of fallen Chinese officials and oligarchs are taking to Twitter to seek justice
Quartz, July 17, 2019
Chinese court rejects appeal by veteran activist of subversion sentence
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Confucius Institute Chinese language and culture teachers must “love the motherland” to apply
ABC News, July 17, 2019
Taiwan primaries highlight fears over China’s political influence
Financial Times, July 16, 2019
香港TVB、有线新闻、Now 电视台报道“反送中”抗议的细微差别背后 (How TVB, Cable News and Now TV differ in their reporting ofanti-extradition protests)
BBC News, July 16, 2019
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TVB被指亲北京，遭香港抗议者抵制
Hong Kong protesters’ new target: a news station seen as China’s friend
The New York Times, July 15, 2019
舆论监控：官可反贪 民难反腐 (Censorship and narrative control: Chinese authorities increase monitoring of public opinion)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
A prosperous China says “men preferred,” and women lose
The New York Times, July 16, 2019
Wuhan’s good trade union official struggles to be heard
China Labour Bulletin, July 16, 2019
Dalai Lama representative dismisses Chinese pressure on India over reincarnation
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Hong Kong professional groups and university student unions urge US politicians to pass bill on city’s democracy and rights
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2019
「送中」恐受非人道待遇，捷克回絕中國引渡8台籍詐欺犯予以「國際保護」 (Czech government rejects China’s extradition requests and grants subsidiary protection to Taiwanese suspects, citing death sentence, inhumane treatment if repatriated)
The News Lens, July 17, 2019
Malaysia seized $240 million from Chinese company over pipeline project: PM Mahathir
Reuters, July 15, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China gives school pupils smart watches to track their location using its satellite navigation system BeiDou
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2019
How WeChat conquered Tibet
The Diplomat, July 16, 2019
华为监视系统即将进入菲律宾 中方提供贷款 (Philippines police to adopt Huawei surveillance system funded by Chinese loans)
Radio France Internationale, July 16, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
香港示威者當選《時代》25大互聯網具影響力人物 (Hong Kong protesters named in TIME’s list of 25 most influential people or groups on the Internet)
Ming Pao, July 17, 2019
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The 25 most influential people on the Internet
TIME, July 16, 2019
眾志成員被控非法集結 警員警署內威嚇：打撚死你都得 (Demosisto members charged with unlawful assembly over Shatin protests; claim assault by police during detention and threats of being beaten to death)
Inmediahk.net, July 17, 2019
【重組．沙田衝突】是驅散還是圍捕？ 警方如何觸發新城市廣場混戰 (Diffusion or entrapment? How police sparked chaos in Sha Tin’s shopping mall)
Stand News, July 17, 2019
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新城市職員疑引警入商場 市民包圍詢問處促交代 (Sha Tin residents gather in shopping mall questioning management’s decision to let police enter during Sunday’s protest, turn customer service desk into Lennon Wall)
Inmediahk.net, July 17, 2019Hongkongers besiege complaints desk of Sha Tin’s New Town Plaza demanding owner Sun Hung Kai explain why police entered mall during extradition bill protest
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2019
Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club renews call for independent inquiry into reports of police impeding journalists amid members’ criticism
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2019
Hong Kong gov’t deactivates functions on new smart lampposts amid privacy concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2019
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莫乃光稱社會質疑智慧燈柱監控 倡政府推公眾諮詢 (Legislator urges public consultation for “smart streetlamps,” citing surveillance and privacy concerns)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 17, 2019
Hong Kong police anger has reached boiling point after force is cast as public enemy in extradition bill fiasco while protesters break law at will, insiders say
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2019
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香港警察的自白：不愿夹在示威者与政府中间 (Confessions of a Hong Kong police officer: “I don’t want to be caught between protesters and the government”)
BBC, July 16, 2019
警稱民情高漲倡星期日集會改期 民陣拒絕 反建議遊行 (Police demand rescheduling Sunday’s rally to urge independent inquiry into police abuse, claiming “society’s spirits are high”; organizers refuse, propose march instead)
Inmediahk.net, July 16, 2019
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Organisers planning another mass rally in Hong Kong warn police not to reject their request as move would effectively mean imposing curfew in city
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2019
Hong Kong protests find new purpose and momentum
Associated Press, July 16, 2019
Commentary (评论)
China’s campaign against the Uighurs demands a response: The evidence is mounting of China’s despicable strategy of cultural persecution in Xinjiang Province.
Bloomberg, July 16, 2019
Amnesty for Hong Kong extradition bill protesters would heal society and close rifts with mainland China
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2019
Hong Kong showed China is a threat to democracy. Now Europe must defend Taiwan
The Guardian, July 16, 2019
Beijing offers rare amnesty, but could it be a lost opportunity for China?
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2019
Ich bin ein Hong Konger
Foreign Policy, July 16, 2019
The backlash is growing against Xi Jinping in China and around the world
CNN, July 16, 2019
You can’t force people to assimilate. So why is China at it again?
The New York Times, July 16, 2019
Hong Kong needs to break the cycle of violence: An independent commission of inquiry could help authorities to learn lessons and promote reconciliation
Bloomberg, July 16, 2019
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uyghur man dies in Xinjiang internment camp after sacking over Muslim prayers
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2019
Which countries are for or against China’s Xinjiang policies?
The Diplomat, July 15, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Death of “barefoot lawyer” puts focus on China’s treatment of political prisoners
The Guardian, July 15, 2019
Canadian citizen detained in China as row continues over Huawei chief
Agence France Presse, July 15, 2019
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【视频】中国证实山东逮捕涉毒加拿大留学生 (China confirms Canadian student’s detention in Shandong drug case)
Radio France Internationale, July 15, 2019Foreigners in China face increasing harassment, detention
China Digital Times, July 15, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Hong Kong protests: Why Chinese media reports focus on Britain’s colonial past
The Conversation, July 15, 2019
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Extremist mobs? How China’s propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests
The Conversation, July 15, 2019
China movie studio embraces Communist Party as industry turns red: Huayi Brothers pledges allegiance after suffering huge losses through censorship
Nikkei Asian Review, July 14, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese teacher banned from classroom after teenage girl records abusive rants
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
I will myself decide my successor: Dalai Lama
India West, July 15, 2019
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Disregard for China’s Dalai Lama could affect ties: Beijing
Times of India, July 14, 2019
Travel restrictions imposed on Sichuan’s Yachen Gar Buddhist Center
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2019
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New phase of expulsions at important Buddhist institute leads to rounding up of monks and nuns for “re-education”
International Campaign for Tibet, July 15, 2019
Former US national security adviser Susan Rice calls Chinese diplomat Zhao Lijian “a racist disgrace” after Twitter tirade
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2019
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Chinese diplomat defends China’s Xinjiang policy with old-fashioned racism
SupChina, July 15, 2019
北京痛批蔡英文以民主谋台独 (Beijing accuses Tsai Ing-wen of “using democracy to advocate for Taiwan independence”)
Radio France Internationale, July 15, 2019
Xi’s article on CPC political work to be published
Sina, July 15, 2019
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增强推进党的政治建设的自觉性和坚定性 (Enhancing advancement of conscientious and steadfast Party political work)
Qiu Shi, July 15, 2019
教会牧师家人赴美遭禁 河南一教堂成“传习所” (Daughter of Zion Church pastor banned from going to U.S. to study; church in Henan turned into “Xi Jinping preaching center” for rural villagers)
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
How unwitting users of WeChat aid the Chinese messaging app’s blacklisting of sensitive images
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2019
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Even China’s state media can’t escape WeChat’s expanding image censorship
Quartz, July 15, 2019
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel takes aim at Google for agreeing to work closely with China
Bloomberg, July 15, 2019
Facial and emotional recognition: How one man is advancing artificial intelligence
CBS News, July 14, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Jailed Hong Kong activist Avery Ng released on bail pending appeal over anti-graft body info leak
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2019
Hong Kong protesters to target annual book fair and Beijing-owned Sino United Publishing
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2019
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2019 Hong Kong protests against extradition bill: A brief timeline
Human Rights in China, July 9, 2019
Head wounds, a severed finger, police and protesters in hospital: How a peaceful rally in Hong Kong descended into bloodshed and chaos in Sha Tin’s New Town Plaza mall
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2019
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沙田警民衝突仍有6人留院 警方拘捕47人 (6 still in hospital following clashes in Shatin; 47 arrested)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 16, 2019Hong Kong’s biggest developer faces backlash from extradition bill protesters who blame it for violent clashes with police in group’s upmarket Sha Tin mall
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2019Hong Kong human rights activists denounce escalating violence used by police and protesters in ongoing extradition battles
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2019
2400人與絕食者苦行到禮賓府請願 林鄭拒現身 (2,400 march with hunger strikers to Chief Executive residence demanding dialogue, Carrie Lam refuses to meet them)
Inmediahk.net, July 15, 2019
【警察抗命？】員佐級協會促管理層保障警員 如無改善會徵詢律師尋「更有效方法」(Junior Police Officers’ Association urges police chiefs to “better protect” frontline officers, vows to seek “more effective methods” if no improvement)
The Stand News, July 15, 2019
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Hong Kong police demand better protection ahead of more protests
Reuters, July 15, 2019
Commentary (评论)
論香港警察（一）：警隊為何敢於攻擊香港市民？ (On Hong Kong Police: Why do police officers dare attack citizens?)
Inmediahk.net, July 16, 2019
Protest violence should not be the focus. Young or old, Hongkongers just want a better government
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2019
Monday, July 15, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Target和Cotton On调查供货商是否与新疆强迫劳役有关
Cotton On and Target investigate suppliers after forced labour of Uyghurs exposed in China’s Xinjiang
ABC News, July 15, 2019
As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists
Agence France-Presse, July 15, 2019
Australia “deeply concerned” about China’s treatment of Uighur people
The Guardian, July 14, 2019
Multimedia: The Missing: The families torn apart by China’s campaign of cultural genocide
ABC News, July 14, 2019
Saudi Arabia and Russia among 37 states backing China’s Xinjiang policy
Reuters, July 12, 2019
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Axis of shame: Human rights foes support China’s Xinjiang camps
Bitter Winter, July 13, 2019
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