維權律師郝勁松涉尋釁滋事被拘 (Human Rights lawyer Hao Jinsong detained following series of "Xiamen meeting" arrests)
Ming Pao, January 6, 2020
‘Disloyal and two-faced’ Chinese provincial boss accused of ignoring Xi Jinping’s orders facing prosecution
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2020
中国规定对缓刑罪犯电子定位不可超过3个月 (China passes new law that specifies maximum 3-months GPS tracking on criminals with suspended sentences)
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2020
《少年的你》：中共才是人民唯一信仰？現實主義題材淪為大型政宣片 (The bumpy road for "Better Days" in China: Urban realist films turned into propaganda tool)
The News Lens, January 5, 2020
中國運動員挪威受訓 要求下架法輪功書籍遭拒 (Local library in Norway rejects demand from China's skiing team to remove Falun Gong-related books)
Ming Pao, January 5, 2020
A Mysterious Virus in Central China Has Infected Dozens, Raising Fears of a New Epidemic. Here's What to Know
TIME, January 6, 2020
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Eji Insight, January 6, 2020武漢「不明原因肺炎」排除SARS，2003年後中國建立了怎樣的監測體系？(Causes unknown in pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan: What monitoring system did China establish after Sars in 2003?)
The Initium, January 6, 2020
China’s new urban dwellers really still live in the countryside, study says
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2020
New coach says China men's football players must be ready to fight
Sina, January 6, 2020
How Zimbabwe’s new parliament symbolises China’s chequebook diplomacy approach to Africa
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2020
The real reason China wants peace in Afghanistan
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2020
The Netherlands’ New Year greeting did not go down well in China
Quartz, January 3, 2020
Taiwan Passes Anti-Infiltration Act Ahead of Election Amid Opposition Protests
The Diplomat, January 3, 2020
疑受中国政府压力 藏传佛教“菩提学会”解散 (Buddhist group in Tibet disbanded, followers suspect pressure from Chinese government)
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2020
China’s Secret Weapon Abroad: Tourists
The Nation, January 3, 2020
Former Google Executive Blasts Company on China
Bloomberg, January 3, 2020
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谷歌前高管:谷歌背弃“不作恶”与中国沙特合作 (Google's former head of international relations blasts company for abandoning "don't be evil" motto in working with China)
Radio France Internationale, January 3, 2020
香港中联办突然换帅，骆惠宁接替王志民
China Replaces Its Top Representative in Hong Kong With an Enforcer
The New York Times, January 4, 2020
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New chief of China's HK liaison office hopes city returns to 'right path'
Channel NewsAsia, January 6, 2020
US photography professor who covered ongoing protests barred from Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2020
Taiwan election is make or break for fleeing Hong Kong protesters
Reuters, January 5, 2020
Dozens held in Hong Kong after violence at parallel trading march
The Guardian, January 5, 2020
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【上水和你行】民主黨譴責警方擅自宣布遊行結束 毫無警告下圍捕市民 (Democratic Party condemns police for termination of peaceful march just 20 minutes in, arbitrary arrests made without warning)
Ming Pao, January 5, 2020警上水「和你行」突襲圍捕拘42人 稱：上咗年紀嘅，唔好搞 (Police arrest 42 in "sudden attack" on peaceful march in Sheung Shui)
Inmediahk.net, January 5, 2020
Britain proposed to boost Hong Kong’s autonomy after return to Chinese rule in 1997 through de facto constitutional court, files show
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2020
Hong Kong teacher suspended for classroom tirade against ‘cockroach’ protesters
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2020
Senior part-time Hong Kong police officer suspended over suspected leaking of protest operational plans on New Year’s Eve
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2020
Hong Kong police identify officer linked to shooting that left foreign journalist blind in one eye, but refuse to release name
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2020
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辯方6度去信索文件不果 官命令案件主管站立 斥：警方永遠拖到最後 (Magistrate slams prosecution for gross delay after police refuse to provide necessary documents after six requests)
Inmediahk.net, January 3, 2020
“有钱就走吧”：香港人的未来在哪里？
Hong Kong Considers the Future: ‘If You Can Afford It, Leave’
The New York Times, January 3, 2020
When will Hong Kong get back to normal? There is no ‘normal’ to get back to
Hong Kong Free Press, January 5, 2020
Is your photo album subversive? How border phone checks are intimidating visitors to China
Hong Kong Free Press, January 5, 2020
國際慈善機構，請站在香港人及普世價值的一方 (International charities, please stand by Hong Kongers and universal values)
Stand News, January 5, 2020
Arrests over protest fundraising are just part of Hong Kong’s criminalisation of political dissent
Hong Kong Free Press, January 4, 2020
As China’s internet giants expand their global reach, they bring Chinese censorship to the world
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2020
China detains more than 12 lawyers and activists in end of year crackdown – rights groups
Agence France-Presse, January 3, 2020
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China Detains Eight Activists, Questions More After Dec. 13 Meeting in Xiamen
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2020
向習近平畫像潑墨被囚精神病院逾兩年 董瑤瓊近日獲釋 父稱變癡呆判若兩人 (Dong Yaoqiong, girl who splashed ink on Xi Jinping's portrait, is released from mental institution after 1 plus year; father fears her deteriorated mental state a result of forced medication in custody)
Stand News, January 3, 2020
全国人大将开通网上信访平台：通过“中国人大网”注册登录 (National People's Congress to set up online petitioning platform)
The Paper, January 2, 2020
官方未澄清疑似SARS病例 网民转发信息八人被警传唤 (Eight citizens summoned by police for sharing information on unidentified pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2020
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【武漢肺炎】高鐵西九龍站無防疫告示 武漢乘客無戴口罩 (No health warning signs in high-speed rail station, passengers from Wuhan allowed to enter Hong Kong without face masks, say they have not heard of outbreak)
Ming Pao, January 2, 2020
China to promote occupational skill ranking system
Sina, January 3, 2020
China’s Climate Diplomacy 2.0
The Diplomat, January 2, 2020
Police Collect Children’s Blood Without Parents’ Consent
Bitter Winter, January 2, 2020
【元旦大圍捕】首批被捕者獲保釋：路經遭圍捕 被要求換灰衫褲 大部分人未見律師 (Arrested protesters forced to wear grey uniforms and slippers when released from police station, majority are delayed access to lawyers)
Stand News, January 3, 2020
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【元旦大圍捕】公安條例容許警方定義「暴動」 監警會國際專家小組成員斥違《基本法》(International expert who withdrew from IPCC investigation criticizes kettling-arrest tactic in New Year’s march says current law allowing police to define "riot" violates rights protected under Basic Law)
Stand News, January 3, 2020學者不排除當局透過大圍捕迫使和理非人士與勇武派割席 (Scholar says mass arrests might be police's tactic to cause rift between peaceful and radical protesters)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 2, 2020Officer removed lawmaker’s goggles to pepper spray him as he displayed ‘passive resistance,’ Hong Kong police say
Hong Kong Free Press, January 2, 2020
新公務員工會批警方終止遊行 政府發稿：公務員不應批評執法行動 如違守則將嚴肅處理 (Civil servants union criticizes early termination of peaceful march, while government warns it to stay silent or face consequences)
Stand News, January 3, 2020
Hong Kong teachers' union is one inciting 'white terror' not us, says Education Bureau
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2020
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立法會教育事務委員會通過成立小組研究學校教材 (Legco education committee to establish working group to review teaching materials in schools)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 3, 2020
Hong Kong protests: civil rights group accuses police of breaking international law after three observers are arrested
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020
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強烈譴責警方阻撓和拘捕三名人權觀察員 (Civil Rights Observer condemns police for obstructing and arresting three human rights observers)
Stand News, January 2, 2020
Teacher seeks evidence to sue Hong Kong’s top cop after being partially blinded by police projectile
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2020
Hong Kong district councillors kick off new term with pledge to pursue protesters' demands amid anti-government movement
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020
HKFP Lens: The year that changed Hong Kong forever – May James’s best shots from the frontlines, Part 2
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2020
哈国人权组织创办人缓刑期满获自由 (Kazakh rights group founder Serikzhan Bilash released on December 30)
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2020
China took their parents: the Uighur refugee children of Turkey
Agence France-Presse, January 1, 2020
‘The Darkness Only Deepens’: A Decade Of Stories Of Loss In Xinjiang
SupChina, January 1, 2020
中国如何将新疆穆斯林少数民族改造为工人大军
Inside China's Push to Turn Muslim Minorities Into an Army of Workers
The New York Times, December 31, 2019
Xinjiang's Descent Into Darkness
Foreign Policy, December 30, 2019
China Sentences Wang Yi, Christian Pastor, to 9 Years in Prison
The New York Times, December 30, 2019
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China jails Protestant pastor Wang Yi for 9 years for 'inciting' subversion
Agence France-Presse, December 30, 2019US calls on China to release jailed Early Rain church founder Wang Yi
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2020China: "Appalling" jail sentence for outspoken pastor makes mockery of religious freedoms
Amnesty International, December 30, 2019前代表律師稱王怡因講道被控煽動顛覆國家 判決不公義 (Wang Yi's former legal representative calls Wang Yi’s incitement conviction—for preaching— unjust)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 30, 2019
Five Chinese human rights lawyers, activists detained after secret gathering
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2020
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Urgent Action: China Must Release Activists/Lawyers Detained for Peaceful Assembly
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 2, 2020川維權律師來港受阻被拘 (Sichuan rights lawyer prevented from going to Hong Kong, then taken from his home; peers worry recurrence of 709)
Ming Pao, January 2, 2020
China internet: Top talking points of 2019 and how they evaded the censors
BBC, December 31, 2019
"脸书"防范台湾大选假新闻侵蚀社媒平台 (Facebook prepares to combat fake news from mainland in upcoming Taiwan presidential elections)
Voice of America, December 30, 2019
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Facebook to set up 'war room' in Taiwan ahead of elections
Taiwan News, December 31, 2019
人权律师团发表新年献词 形容中国人权大溃烂大倒退 (In new year speech, Chinese human rights lawyers slam "big erosion and setback" in human rights in China)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2020
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做好准备，迎接未来 ——中国人权律师团律师2020年新年献辞 (Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group 2020 new year address)
Independence Chinese Pen Centre, January 1, 2020
Twelve works of art that chart the emotional upheavals of the Hong Kong protests
Quartz, December 31, 2019
External forces targeting Macau as well as Hong Kong, Chinese official says
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020
Taiwan president’s New Year address defends law aimed at Beijing influence
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020
China’s Monumental Year
Foreign Policy, January 1, 2020
中国治藏新模式：思想管控对抗宗教影响 (New mode of Chinese governance in Tibet: Using thought control to combat religious influence)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2019
'China has a grand, strategic plan. We don't': how Djibouti became a microcosm of Beijing's growing foothold in Africa
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2019
China Convicts 3 Researchers Involved in Gene-Edited Babies
The Diplomat, December 31, 2019
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China jails 'gene-edited babies' scientist for three years
BBC, December 30, 2019
Hundreds arrested in Hong Kong in New Year's Day protests: police
Reuters, January 2, 2020
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銅鑼灣大圍捕 警擴大封鎖範圍阻拍攝 記協批如同新聞封鎖 衝擊新聞自由底線 (Hong Kong Journalist Association slams kettling operation in mass-arrest in Causeway Bay as tantamount to news blockade)
【有殺錯無放過】星島：警採新戰略極速大圍捕 部分人或不涉案 (Swift, mass-scale arrests a new tactic by police, sources say; officer admits rounding up non-suspects)
Stand News, January 2, 2020
Stand News, January 2, 2020A million attend pro-democracy demo, say organisers, as Hong Kong police halt protest early amid vandalism, tear gas
Hong Kong Free Press, January 1, 2020‘Resist tyranny, join a union’: Huge turnout as Hongkongers hit the streets for New Year’s Day protest
Hong Kong Free Press, January 1, 2020
屯門假「便衣警」警署附近截查市民 六旬男遭搶走21萬現金 (Robbers posing as plainclothes police officers stop and search citizens near police station, fleeing with 210,000 HKD in cash)
Ming Pao, January 2, 2020
Hong Kong protests: lawmakers and leaders from 18 countries urge Carrie Lam to set up independent panel to probe police conduct
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2020
警拘 5 人涉協助暴動 指使用非法無線電發布警方布防資訊 (Police arrest five on charges of aiding rioting after they used radio to broadcast information of police front line)
Stand News, January 1, 2020
Education Bureau says it needs to act against Hong Kong teachers found guilty over protest-related misconduct to ensure students’ interests and defend the image of the profession
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020
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Hong Kong education chief warns principals may be fired if they support teachers under investigation over protests
Hong Kong Free Press, December 30, 2019
Interview: Hong Kong: reporter blinded covering protests on her bid to sue police
The Guardian, December 31, 2019
天水圍6男女貼文宣被圍捕 孕婦跪地嘔吐未獲即時送院 (Police arrest six in Tin Shui Wai for posting on Lennon Wall, make pregnant woman vomiting from forced kneeling wait hours for medical treatment )
Ming Pao, December 31, 2019
Crossing the line: Off-duty police officer, paramedic wade into tear gas to aid injured Hong Kong protesters
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2019
Hong Kong inmates need better living conditions and complaints system before ‘smart prisons’, human rights group says
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2019
Hong Kong’s police were once revered. Now they’re just a blunt tool, ex-cop says
Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2019
Interview with Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute: Hon Kong's civil polls might be facing censorship)
The Initium, January 2, 2020
「黃色經濟圈」轉型建基於產業廣泛化 (Expansion of "Yellow Economic Circle" in Hong Kong hinges on diversification)
Stand News, January 1, 2020
Equality watchdog chief’s words on same-sex marriage point to inaction and deference to discrimination
Hong Kong Free Press, January 1, 2020
Hong Kong’s Looming 2047 Question
The Diplomat, January 1, 2020
新疆镇压行动中的维吾尔族儿童
In China’s Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared
The New York Times, December 30, 2019
美国会推进涉疆法案，制裁拘禁穆斯林的中国官员
Congress Wants to Force Trump’s Hand on Human Rights in China and Beyond
The New York Times, December 30, 2019
Thousands Rally in Indonesia, Malaysia to Protest China’s Treatment of Uyghurs
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2019
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‘Get out, China’: Indonesian Muslims march to protest against treatment of Uygurs
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2019
China Denies Jailed Former Xinjiang University President Sentenced to Death
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2019