At U.N., Trump pushes religious freedom at event slamming China over Uighurs
Reuters, September 23, 2019
China footage reveals hundreds of blindfolded and shackled prisoners
The Guardian, September 23, 2019
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
维权人士看守所猝死， 妻子哭诉“中国太黑暗” (Rights defender Wang Meiyu dies in detention center, no cause of death given to wife who says, “China is so dark”)
Voice of America, September 24, 2019
Taiwan activist's wife calls on China to allow him home for funeral
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2019
Chinese rights activist detained after supporting Hong Kong protests
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
统一战线70年：党外知识分子统战工作砥砺前行，开拓奋进 (70 years of United Front: Party members must learn to befriend intellectuals, find common denominator to win them over)
The Paper, September 24, 2019
Ofcom investigates CGTN over coverage of Hong Kong protests
The Guardian, September 23, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Queens in the People’s Republic: a night in Beijing’s tiny but growing drag scene
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2019
還原「反送中」抗爭現場奪國際攝影大獎ㅤ陳一：是時代的選擇 (“The Unforgettable Wound of Hongkonger” photograph takes prize at International Photography Awards)
Stand News, September 23, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China at 70 aims to strive for lead role in post-cold war international order, Foreign Minister Wang Yi says
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2019
Related:
Closing my curtains for Xi Jinping and his grand parade
The New York Times, September 23, 2019Celebrate National Day with confidence, joy and rationality
Global Times, September 22, 2019
27 countries sign cybersecurity pledge with digs at China and Russia
CNN, September 23, 2019
Chinese police officers join Serbian colleagues on the beat in Belgrade
Reuters, September 23, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
How TikTok holds our attention
The New Yorker, September 30, 2019
US government should consider China’s approach to national tech champions, says Senator Mark Warner
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2019
China government assigns officials to companies including Alibaba
Financial Times, September 23, 2019
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马云退后杭州官派政委进私企 (Hangzhou to send “government affairs representatives” to 100 key enterprises)
Radio France Internationale, September 23, 2019
China offers free subway rides to citizens who register their face with surveillance system
Independent, September 23, 2019
Huawei legal team seeks documents in extradition case
Financial Times, September 23, 2019
Chinese court’s WeChat adverts offer cash to snitch on your indebted friends and relatives
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
鄺俊宇遇襲受傷 施襲者攝錄機記錄過程 (Legislator Roy Kwong attacked in Tin Shui Wai, hospitalized for neck trauma; attackers filmed incident)
Ming Pao, September 24, 2019
Hong Kong trainee solicitor allowed to practice after clarifying ‘hate speech’ against police
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2019
Police violence now primary concern of Hong Kong protesters
China Digital Times, September 23, 2019
Related:
How Hong Kong police trained for riots, and why their response to protesters has been so violent
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2019Hong Kong: Government must investigate police violations and push back against Beijing’s “red line”
Amnesty International, September 24, 2019
Hong Kong protests: police deny beating man during rally and say video of incident only shows officers kicking ‘yellow object’
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2019
Hong Kong protests: city set to tone down Chinese National Day celebrations to avoid potential chaos and embarrassment
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2019
首場社區對話截止申請 逾2萬宗申請 (Over 20,000 people apply to attend Carrie Lam’s first community dialogue, only 150 to be selected by draw)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 23, 2019
何君堯促特首動用《緊急法》 設辱警罪、防止記者阻礙警方執法等 蔣麗芸倡立《蒙面法》 (Junius Ho urges Carrie Lam to invoke Emergency Law to pass laws to crack down on protests)
Stand News, September 23, 2019
Chinese reporter beaten in Hong Kong gets cash reward
Inkstone, September 23, 2019
Commentary (评论)
作為時代共同體，我們在追求一個怎樣的香港？ 由九十後訪談與書寫至跨代共同價值的啓示 (A conversation on what kind of Hong Kong we all long for)
Stand News, September 23, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Pompeo urges world to resist China's demands to repatriate ethnic Uighurs
Reuters, September 23, 2019
Which European companies are working in Xinjiang? A list of the European companies on the Global Fortune 500 and Euro Stoxx Indexes that do business in Xinjiang
China File, September 21, 2019
A crackdown on Islam is spreading across China
The New York Times, September 21, 2019
‘Boiling us like frogs’: China’s clampdown on Muslims creeps into the heartland, finds new targets
Washington Post, September 20, 2019
Interview [with Jewher Ilham, daughter of Ilham Tohti]: ‘They are doing the exact opposite of what my father suggested’
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2019
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新疆學者伊力哈木被判囚五周年 女兒指為冤案促釋放 (Daughter of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti urges for father’s release at 5th year anniversary of his imprisonment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 23, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China confirms detention and release of American FedEx pilot after airgun pellets allegedly found in luggage
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2019
“六四天网”义工王晶出狱 脑癌恶化 (Volunteer for “64tianwang” website completes prison term, brain cancer has worsened)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Twitter discloses another 10,000 accounts suspended for fomenting political discord globally
Tech Crunch, September 20, 2019
The quantified country
SupChina, September 19, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Independence activist Su Beng dies at 100, believing until the end that ‘Taiwan people need to persevere’
SupChina, September 22, 2019
哈萨克斯坦多城再现反中国示威 (Multiple cities in Kazakhstan see protests against Chinese influence)
Radio France Internationale, September 22, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China issues white paper on human rights progress over 70 years
Sina English, September 23, 2019
Related:
國新辦白皮書指中國始終以生存和發展權為首要基本人權 (New white paper says China always upholds rights to life, development as the primary basic human rights)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 22, 2019
Lured by China’s cash, two Pacific islands bail on Taiwan
Bloomberg, September 22, 2019
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Taiwan loses second ally in a week as Kiribati switches to China; Pacific nation changes allegiance to Beijing just days after Solomon Islands also cut ties with Taipei
The Guardian, September 20, 2019
China’s Big Brother targets business
The New York Times, September 22, 2019
Afghanistan’s Taliban meets Chinese government in Beijing
Reuters, September 22, 2019
China to work with Asia to secure world trade, ex-PBOC head says
Bloomberg, September 21, 2019
Hanoi silent in face of China’s claim of sovereignty in Vietnam’s EEZ
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2019
Didi riders can now have “verified Party members” drive them around
What’s On Weibo, September 20, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
The game of life: Visualizing China’s social credit system
Visual Capitalist, September 18, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
如火熾夏：香港反修例運動大事紀 (Interactive timeline: Chronicles of Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement)
The Initium, September 23, 2019
Related:
2019 Hong Kong protests against extradition bill: A brief timeline
Human Rights in China, September 23, 2019
Video: “Protect Our Kids” protest group says volunteer beaten by Hong Kong police in alley
Hong Kong Free Press, September 23, 2019
Related:
元朗後巷被捕「守護孩子」成員 口腔流血暈眩 教會批警濫用私刑如第三世界 (“Protect Our Kids” volunteer trapped in alley, beaten by police; convenor speaks out against torture)
Stand News, September 22, 2019‘You don’t have to face it alone.’ Hong Kong protests propelled by hidden support network
Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2019
付國豪獲《環球時報》頒10萬元人民幣「最高獎」(Global Times gives reporter who was subdued by protester in Hong Kong airport 100,000 RMB as “highest award”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 23, 2019
Hong Kong protests: police use court orders to obtain protesters’ digital fare payment details in another weekend of petrol bombs, tear gas and fires on the streets
South China Morning Post, September 22, 2019
沙田「罷買」變衝突 示威者焚燒雜物 警射催淚彈拘多人 (Boycott in Sha Tin turns to clashes: Protesters set debris on fire, police fire tear gas and conduct mass arrests)
Stand News, September 22, 2019
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Tear gas in Sha Tin as Hong Kong protesters vandalise MTR station, burn makeshift barricades and target ‘pro-gov’t’ firms
Hong Kong Free Press, September 22, 2019
元朗恐襲兩個月 市民形點商場內靜坐 (Citizens hold silent sit-in on two-month anniversary of Yuen Long attacks; police fire tear gas, protesters defend against pro-police attackers)
Inmediahk.net, September 21, 2019
Related:
【9.21屯門示威】警帶走及拘捕多名義務急救員 有急救被指搶犯 (Multiple first-aiders arrested during march in Tuen Mun)
HK01, September 22, 2019Two 13-year-olds are arrested over Hong Kong protests
The New York Times, September 22, 2019何君堯發起「清潔日」 元朗等地連儂牆被清除 「義工」獲警護送乘警車離去 (Junius Ho calls “clean up day” to wipe Lennon Walls, police protect his supporters as citizens move to stop them)
Stand News, September 21, 2019
【逆權運動】官媒批終極訴求雙普選 「為奪取香港最高管治權鋪路」 (People’s Daily criticizes demands for dual universal suffrage as “paving the way to usurp the highest authority over Hong Kong”)
Apple Daily, September 22, 2019
社會主義行動成員因參與九三罷工被解僱 (HSBC fires outsourced employee for participation in strikes)
Inmediahk.net, September 22, 2019
國際特赦組織調查指警施酷刑 謝振中：指控匿名 絕不同意 (Police “disagree” with investigative report by Amnesty International because the complainants were anonymous, “no mention of whether they resisted arrest before”)
Inmediahk.net, September 20, 2019
Commentary (评论)
何君堯及其後台的權謀和計算 香港政治徹底內地化之徵兆 (Junius Ho, radical pro-establishment legislator, and the power backing him: The signs of “sinification” of Hong Kong’s politics)
Stand News, September 23, 2019
The ‘831’ Prince Edward MTR incident proves Hong Kong urgently needs Access to Information reform
Hong Kong Free Press, September 22, 2019
什麼人訪問什麼人：Sharon Hom：狂做嘢，又狂讀書，最緊要落手改變世界。(Who is interviewing whom? A conversation with Sharon Hom: Change the world because the world needs changing)
Ming Pao, September 22, 2019
Tibet climate crisis
Students for a Free Tibet, September 20, 2019
Illiberal China
China Channel, September 20, 2019
The coming crisis of China’s one-Party regime
Project Syndicate, September 20, 2019
The deafening silence of Pakistani jihadists and radicals on China’s Uyghurs
The Diplomat, September 20, 2019
Friday, September 20, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
For China’s embattled Uighurs, a bank transfer abroad can become a “terrorism” ordeal
The Washington Post, September 19, 2019
新疆穆斯林被判刑消息曝光 公安进村抓人追查泄密者 (After sentencing six Uyghurs to heavy prison terms , authorities arrest, question family and friends to find who leaked the news)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2019
伊力哈木被提名欧洲萨哈罗夫奖 (Ilham Tohti nominated for Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China detains former U.S. Air Force pilot flying for FedEx
The Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2019
“Two restraints, one leniency”: Part II, the legacy of a controversial policy
Dui Hua Human Rights Journal, September 19, 2019
“Disappearance” of schoolteacher rings alarm bells in China’s Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
憂偏頗報道反送中 央視旗下 CGTN 英籍顧問請辭 (British consultant for Chinese international television station CGTN resigns over concerns of station’s biased reporting of Hong Kong’s protests)
Stand News, September 19, 2019
In Depth: Reporter faces controversial criminal charge for articles based on phony documents
Caixin, September 19, 2019
Journalists in Chinese state media to be tested on loyalty to President Xi Jinping
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2019
Chinese views on art laid bare as students’ nude drawing class offends Weibo users
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Why mainland students in US don’t sympathise with Hong Kong protesters
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2019
‘American Factory’ sparks debate on Weibo: Pro-China views and critical perspectives
What’s On Weibo, September 19, 2019
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