Xinjiang (新疆)

Fifty ambassadors throw weight behind China on Xinjiang
Global Times, July 29, 2019

No Uighur refugees deported to China, officials reject false reports
Daily Sabah, July 29, 2019

The world knows what is happening to the Uighurs. Why has it been so slow to act?
The Guardian, July 26, 2019

哈国人权领袖赛尔克坚面临最高7年监禁
Trial date set for Kazakh activist who blew whistle on China’s mass detention camps
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2019

Uyghur detainees secretly transferred to prisons in Henan Province: Officials
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

12-year sentence for China dissident on state secrets charge
Associated Press, July 29, 2019

长沙市国家安全局证实民间组织三成员被刑拘 (Changsha national security authorities confirm 3 members of NGO arrested on subversion charges)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2019

China’s courts “biased” towards state giants due to political pressure, study shows
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Confucius Institutes in Australia face probe
China Digital Times, July 26, 2019

Minitrue: Delete article on suicide of bank president
China Digital Times, July 26, 2019

Minitrue: Delete Beijing Youth Daily front page on Li Peng
China Digital Times, July 26, 2019

Taiwan gets tough over fake news blamed on Beijing “disrupting its democracy”
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2019

斯坦福大学胡佛研究所向公众开放《李锐日记》 (Stanford University to open Li Rui’s diaries for public viewing)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Gay Chinese find a place to be themselves on “rainbow cruise” to Vietnam
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing’s top office on Hong Kong affairs backs city’s gov’t and police, condemning recent protests at rare press con
Hong Kong Free Press, July 29, 2019

China rejects US lawmaker’s comments on Hong Kong protests, human rights
Reuters, July 28, 2019

Chinese official urged Hong Kong villagers to drive off protesters before violence at train station
Reuters, July 26, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

盧偉聰發公告讚警隊「高度專業及勇敢」「無私付出」　勉勵要「奮戰到底」 (Commissioner of Police praises police force for “courageous professionalism” and “selfless sacrifice,” urging them to “fight to the very end”)
Stand News, July 29, 2019

美專家：催淚彈動能大可致盲傷腦 研究證毒性令軍人肺部受損 (Anesthesiology expert warns against deploying tear gas in high-density areas, using pyrotechnic charge to fire canisters)
Apple Daily, July 29, 2019

Anti-riot vehicles equipped with water cannons to begin road tests in Hong Kong and could be ready to disperse protesters in August
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2019

Hong Kong: Police fire teargas as thousands march in Yuen Long
The Guardian, July 27, 2019

Related:
727衝突全紀錄：示威者元朗抗議涉黑白色暴力 香港警察對示威者頻密發射催淚彈 (Full record of July 27: Protesters rally in Yuen Long to fight “white shirt violence,” police clear scene with tear gas, batons, sponge bullets)
The Initium, July 27, 2019

“No difference”: Hong Kong police likened to thugs after Yuen Long violence
The Guardian, July 28, 2019

28萬人上街後，香港「光復元朗」申請人因「煽惑非法集結」被拘捕 (After 280,000 march in Yuen Long, man who made application for police permission arrested for inciting unlawful assembly)
The News Lens, July 28, 2019

【7.27 元朗】17 受傷　2 人嚴重　最年輕傷者 15 歲 (July 27 Yuen Long protests: 17 injured; 2 severe, youngest 15 years old)
Stand News, July 28, 2019

Police and protesters clash throughout Hong Kong on third day of unrest
The Guardian, July 28, 2019

Related:
中上環遊行拘49人 警批示威者行為越演越烈：我哋已經好克制忍讓 (“We are already very tolerant,” say Hong Kong police as they criticize escalation and “lethal weapons” by protesters)
Inmediahk.net, July 29, 2019

警察中上環民居再狂射催淚彈 內外街夾攻驅趕示威者 (Police fire tear gas every 20 seconds in Sheung Wan and central residential areas to clear the streets of protesters)
Inmediahk.net, July 29, 2019

Hong Kong protest: Clashes with police turn downtown into tear gas-filled battlefield
The New York Times, July 28, 2019

728示威：有救護員收到命令，指救護車須得警察批准才可以進入示威人群中救人 (Timeline of July 28: Paramedics and firefighters ordered not to enter protest scene without police permission)
The Initium, July 28, 2019

【逃犯條例】有公務員申周五集會　發起人：脫下制服都是香港人 (“We walk with the people”: Civil servants plan rally on Friday to support protesters)
HK01, July 28, 2019

Related:
One in seven of Hong Kong’s elite civil servants call on Carrie Lam to hold independent inquiry into extradition bill unrest but police unions remain firmly opposed
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2019

Hong Kong unrest: “We cannot give up”
The New York Times, July 28, 2019

香港警队恃宠生娇公开顶撞政务司“道歉论”要与其“势不两立” (Hong Kong police force condemns Chief Secretary of Administration for apologizing over poor handling of July 21 Yuen Long attacks)
Radio France Internationale, July 27, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong’s chief sec. apologises over handling of Yuen Long attacks, stirring dissent from police
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2019

612警方開槍疑報細數 橡膠子彈最少10發 事前無舉橙旗警示 (Police suspected of under-reporting rubber bullet use during June 12 protests: At least 10 rounds fired, with no warning issued)
Factwire, July 26, 2019

Hong Kong airport staff stage protest against Yuen Long attack
The Guardian, July 26, 2019

Commentary (评论)

在反修例運動的第50天，回望它是怎麼開始的 (50 days into anti-extradition movement, let’s look back on how it began)
The Initium, July 28, 2019

A letter to Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam: If not to your own conscience, you will be held accountable by history
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2019

Hong Kong protesters are winning without even knowing it. But what next for the movement?
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2019

Hong Kong’s third generation of democracy fighters are not just rioters, they are last line of resistance
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2019

South Africa should take the lead in criticising the cultural genocide in Xinjiang
Daily Maverick, July 28, 2019

It’s as if Hong Kong is now unmoored, so fast have the old ways unravelled
The Guardian, July 28, 2019

Why vandalising the Chinese emblem differs from vandalising the Goddess of Democracy
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2019

The government is gaslighting Hongkongers – here’s why protesters are no longer buying it
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2019

元朗恐怖襲擊夜－一位在西鐵站救治傷者的醫生見證 (Testimony of a medic in Yuen Long station on July 21)
Citizen News, July 26, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Chinese actions in Xinjiang become a matter of international dispute
The Economist, July 25, 2019

维吾尔活动者呼吁施压北京在冬奥前关闭新疆再教育营 (Uyghur activists urge pressure on Beijing to close camps before Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, July 26, 2019

中国国防白皮书披露五年内拘1.3万暴恐人员 (National defense white paper says 13,000 “terrorists” arrested since 2014 in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2019

Uyghur in Xinjiang “vocational training” video identified as educated professional
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Rights lawyer fights decision to revoke license
Caixin, July 25, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s top television news show runs week of reports slamming Hong Kong protesters
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2019

Australian universities face probe over deals with Chinese-state run Confucius Institutes
Agence France-Presse, July 26, 2019

Sen. Hawley asks universities to cut ties with Chinese program
Associated Press, July 25, 2019

Related:
Webster U. defends Confucius Institute against Hawley
Columbia Daily Tribune, July 25, 2019

台湾23家网站被红色渗透 与中国国台办同步 (Officials report23 news websites in Taiwan under mainland influence)
Radio France Internationale, July 25, 2019

Lindsey Graham slams change to iconic bomber jacket for “Top Gun: Maverick”
The Hill, July 23, 2019

互联网信息服务严重失信主体或将被实施失信联合惩戒 (New draft regulations would expand social credit system to online behavior)
Xinhua, July 22, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

澳洲港生設連儂牆被包圍　中國領事館：肯定中國留學生愛國行為　抗議反華分裂活動 (Chinese consulate in Brisbane praises “patriotic action” of mainland students who attacked Queensland University Lennon Wall, criticizes Lennon Wall for dividing the country)
Stand News, July 26, 2019

淘寶近 20 網店「對港敏感物資」禁售禁運　台網民發起「募集二手安全帽撐香港」(Taiwan students gather second-hand safety helmets to send to Hong Kong as Taobao shops ban sale across the border)
Stand News, July 26, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

How the state runs business in China
The Guardian, July 25, 2019

China’s growth being held back by restrictive resident registration system, urbanisation expert says
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2019

Mainland Chinese buy pastries to voice anger at Hong Kong protests
Inkstone, July 25, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Justin Sun praises China’s socialism in apology amid pressure from authorities
Quartz, July 25, 2019

Baidu is investigating search results that mocked Xi’s policy
Bloomberg, July 24, 2019

Oracle: China’s internet is designed more like an intranet
ZD Net, July 23, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Two Hong Kong cops freed over activist Ken Tsang assault case, five others have jail terms reduced
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2019

Related:
【七警案】七警獲撤罪減刑　事主曾健超：感憤怒和絕望 (Ken Tsang “angry and hopeless” over acquittal and sentence reduction for police officers who assaulted him during 2014 occupation)
Ming Pao, July 26, 2019

Hong Kong protesters to defy police ban on march after gang attack
The Guardian, July 25, 2019

Related:
“All Hong Kongers are scared”: Protests to widen as rural residents fight back
The Guardian, July 24, 2019

“So surreal”: Hong Kongers take up self-defence classes in wake of thug attacks
The Guardian, July 25, 2019

警職方協會去信　促林鄭拒獨立調查委員會　「無負警隊一直對特區政府的支持」 (Four police organizations issue joint letter to Carrie Lam urging her to refuse investigation by Independent Commission of Inquiry to “honor the police’s continuous support for the administration”)
Stand News, July 26, 2019

Hong Kong police confirm use of sponge grenades, rubber bullets and 55 cans of tear gas against extradition bill protesters during clash at Sheung Wan
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2019

Related:
上環未示警便從後開槍 警辯稱「已展示涵蓋式旗幟」(“They were warned earlier”: Police defend firing sponge bullets at protesters without warning during Sheung Wan clash)
Inmediahk.net, July 25, 2019

Civil servants threaten strike in frustration over police handling of Hong Kong unrest as Lennon Wall appears in Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2019

Democracy activist jailed over 2014 Occupy protests applies for judicial review of laws banning him from standing in Hong Kong elections for five years
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2019

Wilting bauhinias and widemouthed tigers: The evolution of Hong Kong’s protest posters
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s not dead – yet. But Carrie Lam and her cabinet must act
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2019

What China’s leaders and angry Hong Kong protesters agree on: Carrie Lam must clean up her own mess
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2019

If the UK’s new PM wants to be free from China, he should meet the Dalai Lama
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2019

Hong Kong police breed mistrust and uncertainty with selective law enforcement
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2019

Why the Hong Kong protests don’t guarantee a Tsai victory in Taiwan
The Diplomat, July 25, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Despite China’s denials, its treatment of the Uyghurs should be called what it is: Cultural genocide
The Conversation, July 24, 2019

Chinese police still questioning wife of Australian Uyghur man, despite promising to help
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 24, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China must release detained labor rights advocates
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 25, 2019

196刀刺死闺蜜判死缓？ 法院：两人情侣 有从轻情节 (Yangzhou court says romantic relationship a mitigating factor in upholding suspension of death sentence for woman who stabbed her girlfriend 196 times to death)
Beijing News, July 25, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Universities must accept China’s directives on Confucius Institutes, contracts reveal
Sydney Morning Herald, July 25, 2019

A bot tweeting passages from modern China’s most famous writer has been silenced
Quartz, July 24, 2019

Hong Kong through China’s distorted lens
China Media Project, July 24, 2019

Taiwan: Abusive libel suit against Financial Times correspondent
Reporters Without Borders, July 24, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“I love HK but hate it at the same time”
China File, July 24, 2019

Pro-China and pro-Hong Kong students clash at University of Queensland
The Guardian, July 24, 2019

Hong Kong activists target UK government with ad campaign
The Guardian, July 24, 2019

From Hu to Xi: China’s grip on environmental activism: PART II: Environmental activism from above and below
Dui Hua Human Rights Journal, July 24, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

UK lawmaker proposes bill for reciprocal access to Tibet
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2019

“Pro-China” Boris Johnson “enthusiastic” about Belt and Road plan
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2019

Beijing’s military “lags behind” other countries, but “still good enough to defeat separatists”
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2019

Related:
China “makes no promise” not to invade democratic Taiwan
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2019

China vows to take a hardline on child sexual abuse
SupChina, July 24, 2019

Hong Kong: Chairs urge administration to “strongly condemn” threat to deploy PLA
U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, July 24, 2019