Xinjiang (新疆)

Activists scramble to prevent Uighur man’s deportation to China
The Guardian, August 3, 2019

Related:
Uyghur man in Qatar fears forced return to China
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2019

Retired Uyghur finance bureaucrat, 75, “graduates” from Xinjiang internment camp
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2019

Interview: “Anyone resisting orders will be sent to a concentration camp”
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2019

“Once their mental state is healthy, they will be able to live happily in society”
ChinaFile, August 2, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s mysterious “Bian Kong” system that can bar anyone from entering or leaving the country
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2019

China’s “greatly improved” legal system still depends on confessions extorted by torture
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2019

代理周永康儿媳案遭打压 陈建刚律师逃抵美国 (Rights lawyer Chen Jiangang faces reprisal for representing Zhou Yongkang’s daughter-in-law, flees to U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2019

Translation: “Linyi Prison, what are you afraid of?”
China Digital Times, August 5, 2019

Canada raises detained citizens with China
Agence France-Presse, August 2, 2019

Jailed Tibetan language rights advocate is refused visits from his lawyers
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Beijing stands behind Hong Kong police in state media while local officials insist anti-extradition protests are under control
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

黑衣游行声援反送中 台湾街头剧重演香港示威场 (Taiwan activists reenact Hong Kong protests in support of anti-extradition movement)
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2019

After vandals trash Canadian university’s Hong Kong-protest Lennon Wall, student society blasts “bullying” and vows to set up mobile replacement
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2019

A boy, a girl and two mothers: How a trailblazing Chinese lesbian couple are creating a family
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

长年关注中国人权 德国议员遭北京抵制 (Beijing blocks German MP from delegation to China for speaking out on human rights issues)
Deutsche Welle, August 4, 2019

10 萬白宮聯署達標　兩黨議員正式去信國務卿　要求美國停止出售武器予香港黑警 (U.S. senators urge Secretary of State to ban export of crowd control equipment to Hong Kong police after 100,000 signed White House petition)
Stand News, August 3, 2019

China’s ambassador to US blames “ill-intentioned” external forces for Hong Kong protests
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2019

Taiwan slams China’s decision to freeze individual travel to Taiwan
The Diplomat, August 3, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protests: Strike disrupts subways and leads to canceled flights
The New York Times, August 4, 2019

Related:
Strike grips Hong Kong as leader warns protests challenge China’s sovereignty
Reuters, August 5, 2019

0804 將軍澳及港島西示威：入夜示威者包圍多區警署，在多處堵路 (Timeline: Protests and marches in Hong Kong Island and Tseung Kwan O scatter into roadblocks and police station sieges across Hong Kong)
Stand News, August 5, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong protesters use flashmob tactics to evade police
The Guardian, August 4, 2019

有警員由觀塘警署高位向地面開槍　疑發射海綿彈 (After protesters hold police station under siege, police fire sponge rounds from window without warning, )
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 5, 2019

8.3 旺角遊行 示威者轉彌敦道遊行 凌晨黃大仙衝突 (Timeline: Saturday’s march in Mongkok turns into clashes in Wong Tai Sin)
Inmediahk.net, August 3, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong protests: police arrest more than 20 after violent clashes
The Guardian, August 3, 2019

The night quiet Hong Kong working-class neighbourhood of Wong Tai Sin became a smoking battleground
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2019

無人擲物零威脅 無警示向天橋開槍捱轟 (Police filmed firing pepper ball rounds at passersby in Ma On Shan, as nearby residents protest at police station after arrests)
Ming Pao, August 4, 2019

Related:
警搜「武器庫」檢獲汽油彈 稱有理由相信作對付警員 (Police arrest 11 before march over suspected “weapons warehouse” containing molotov cocktails)
Inmediahk.net, August 2, 2019

Hong Kong civil servants protest in defiance of loyalty order
The Guardian, August 2, 2019

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轟政治中立遭片面解釋 王永平：公務員效忠的是體制和市民，不是特首 (“I wrote this rule”: Former Secretary of Civil Service criticizes government for abusing “political neutrality,” says civil servants serve the system and citizens, not the government)
Inmediahk.net, August 2, 2019

影像回顧：從反修例運動到空前管治危機，燃燒的香港七月 (Photo essay: From anti-extradition to full blown governance crisis, Hong Kong’s fiery July)
The Initium, August 3, 2019

香港示威浪潮中的撑警派：“警察执法没问题” (“Nothing wrong with law enforcement”: Supporters of police amid Hong Kong’s protests)
BBC News, August 3, 2019

Commentary (评论)

In China, Big Brother is watching you even as you sort your trash
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2019

醫療界為什麼頻頻發聲，為什麼這麼憤怒？(Why the medical sector is furious at the handling of protests)
Stand News, August 4, 2019

If China hears the Hong Kong people, it must let Carrie Lam go
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2019

The gov’t has handed Hong Kong over to the police force, who are now beyond reproach
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2019

Lawmaker Charles Mok: Hong Kong needs a long-term strategy for sociopolitical justice and democracy
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2019

Hong Kong has seen three kinds of violence, all facets of one fundamental problem
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Police, Uyghur Twitter campaign contradict China’s claim to have emptied camps
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2019

Related:
“This isn’t true”: Uighur families angered by China claim relatives freed
The Guardian, August 1, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

US and Britain join other nations in criticising China’s jailing of “cyber dissident” Huang Qi
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2019

Related:
Sentencing of Huang Qi
U.S. Department of State, August 1, 2019

“Spiritually Japanese” artist held in China’s Anhui over pig-head cartoons
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2019

国际组织要求释放长沙三名维权人士 (International organizations demand release of detained Changsha activists)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2019

李文足稱為王全璋向監獄提交保外就醫申請書 (Li Wenzu applies for medical parole for jailed husband, Wang Quanzhang)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 31, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

No period dramas or pop idols: Chinese censors say patriotic shows must mark 70th anniversary of People’s Republic
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2019

Related:
100 days of boring television to celebrate China’s 70th anniversary
SupChina, August 1, 2019

CCP launches nationwide investigations to prevent leaks on religions persecutions
Bitter Winter, July 30, 2019

American graduates of China's Yenching Academy are being questioned by the FBI
NPR, August 1, 2019

Revised high-school history books highlight territorial integrity
Global Times, August 1, 2019

A welcome message, or a warning?
Inside Higher Ed, July 31, 2019

Related:
How should the U.S. government treat Chinese students in America?
ChinaFile, August 1, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hong Kong extradition bill protesters win rare support from mainland China as supportive social media posts go viral
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2019

Re-writing the rules: Assessing civil servants’ “political quality” will influence the rules they make for NGOs
ChinaFile, August 1, 2019

China in the 1980s, when people felt free to speak their minds
Gold Thread, August 1, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Why Chinese officials like useless meetings in over-stuffed chairs
The Economist, August 1, 2019

UK’s new foreign secretary calls on China to respect “peaceful protest” in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2019

Taiwan rebukes China for tourism ban amid rising tension
Reuters, August 1, 2019

Related:
蔡英文指大陸將觀光客當作政治工具　只會讓台灣人反感 (Tsai Ing-wen criticizes China for using tourists as a political tool)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2019

How Beijing and others weaponized Interpol and the Magnitsky Act
The Diplomat, August 2, 2019

Chinese envoy in New Zealand lauds students in anti-Hong Kong scuffle
Agence France-Presse, August 1, 2019

Exorbitant fines imposed on landlords of religious venues
Bitter Winter, July 31, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Canada puts off decision on Huawei’s 5G role until after election
Caixin, August 1, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

「畫家」潘浩超涉向警總外牆及7警員掟雞蛋 遭加控至9項罪名 (Detained protester, “painter” Pun Ho-chiu, receives additional charges for throwing eggs at police during protest outside headquarters in June)
Inmediahk.net, August 2, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong riot charges pushed ahead in unprecedented hardline move as justice chief forgoes usual written advice
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2019

How Hongkongers end up in the dock: everything you need to know about how the justice department decides who gets charged
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2019

Hong Kong protests: Heavy jail sentences for rioting will not solve city’s political crisis, former Civil Human Rights Front convenor says
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2019

遭何君堯抹黑毀墳 朱凱廸接黑幫暗殺恐嚇 (Lawmaker Eddie Chu received death threats from triads after Junius Ho accused him of vandalizing parents’ graves)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2019

Hong Kong police restrict protest for third time as Mong Kok march banned
Hong Kong Free Press, August 1, 2019

The Hong Kong protesters have turned militant and more strategic, and this unnerves Beijing
The Conversation, August 1, 2019

香港公务员发起集会，声援抗议者
Next to protest against Hong Kong’s government: its employees
The New York Times, August 1, 2019

Related:
【逃犯條例】政府：絕不接受衝擊公務員政治中立行為　公務員：基本法賦予公民權 (Civil servants stress fundamental rights protected under Basic Law, government criticizes rally as challenging neutrality)
Ming Pao, August 2, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong protesters on storming of the Legislative Council
BBC News, August 1, 2019

Competition without catastrophe: How America can both challenge and coexist with China
Foreign Affairs, August 1, 2019

On Hong Kong, the US must find its voice
Brookings, July 30, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China’s latest attempt to spin its repressive policies in Xinjiang falls flat
World Politics Review, July 31, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Lost in translation: The Hong Kong government’s dual messaging amid protests
The Diplomat, August 1, 2019

Watch out Peppa Pig: Chinese censors on cartoon alert ahead of 70th anniversary of People’s Republic
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2019

Chinese students are welcome in America, US education official Marie Royce says, calling China’s negative reports propaganda
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

US-based Hongkongers ask United Nations to help resolve extradition bill crisis
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2019

Hong Kong protests: “I'm in Australia but I feel censored by Chinese students”
BBC News, July 31, 2019

Related:
中国民族主义者在澳洲高校引发担忧
Chinese nationalists bring threat of violence to Australia universities
The New York Times, July 30, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

台湾大选前，中国暂停赴台自由行
China, an eye on elections, suspends some travel permits to Taiwan
The New York Times, July 31, 2019

Related:
China to halt individual Taiwan tourism permits for 47 mainland cities
Reuters, July 31, 2019

The Tibetan Muslims of Kashmir
The Diplomat, July 31, 2019

Czech-Chinese “friendship” extends to social credit
China Digital Times, July 31, 2019

Xi Jinping evokes the “original aspirations” of the Communist Party - while seeking to further consolidate his hold on power
Jamestown Foundation, July 31, 2019

Xi’s article on CPC self-reform to be published
Xinhua, July 31, 2019

Related:
牢记初心使命，推进自我革命 (Advancing self-reform of the Party while keeping to the original mission)
Qiushi, July 31, 2019

White House told officials to go easy on China over Hong Kong
Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2019

Major themes in China’s 2019 national defense white paper
Jamestown Foundation, July 31, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

指護士 7.28 救援卻被控暴動　 醫護聯署譴責政府罔顧人道精神　促護士管理局勿追究被告 (Nurse offering first aid during protests charged with rioting; joint letter from medical professionals condemns disregard of humanitarian principles, urges Nursing Council to refrain from legal action against nurse)
Stand News, August 1, 2019

駐港解放軍發片宣傳鎮壓示威　廣東話喊「後果自負」　出動裝甲車催淚彈水炮 (“All consequences are at your own risk”: PLA Hong Kong garrison publishes promo video showing armed vehicles, tear gas, water cannons deployed against protesters)
Stand News, August 1, 2019

Related:
解放軍駐港司令員：絕不容忍近日極端暴力事件　堅決支持香港警方 (Commander of PLA Hong Kong garrison condemns “extreme acts of violence”)
Stand News, July 31, 2019

Hong Kong bankers join call for citywide strike over handling of outcry over extradition bill
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2019

【逃犯條例】港人穿黑衣北上被送公安局盤問　扣6小時簽悔過書承諾不遊行 (Hong Konger questioned for 6 hours by mainland public security when crossing border; forced to enter mainland, unlock phone and show protest photos, sign letter of apology, promises “never to attend demonstrations again”)
Ming Pao, July 31, 2019

律政司檢控人員公開信　轟鄭若驊檢控決定　主要考慮政治因素 (Department of Justice prosecutors issue third public letter condemning political prosecutorial decisions, criticize Teresa Cheng for disrespecting prosecution guidelines and being deferential to Carrie Lam’s demands)
Stand News, July 31, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong gov’t lawyers slam “kowtowing” justice chief following decision to prosecute 44 protesters for rioting
Hong Kong Free Press, August 1, 2019

Anger as Hong Kong protesters appear in court on rioting charges
The Guardian, July 31, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong: Charges against protesters a “chilling warning”
Amnesty International, July 31, 2019

【反修例】未發警告發放催淚彈致受傷　科大生及巿民入稟向一哥索15萬 (Demonstrators file lawsuit claiming damages for injuries suffered by tear gas fired without warning)
TOPick, July 31, 2019

Presidents of government-funded universities step up calls for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to meet demands of extradition protesters
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2019

Explainer: Police crowd control gear used during Hong Kong’s latest protest clashes
Hong Kong Free Press, July 31, 2019