6,000+ Members of The Church of Almighty God Arrested in 2019 in China
Bitter Winter, January 31, 2020
Friday, January 31, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Access to Information (信息公开)
You Can Now Go to Jail in China for Criticizing Beijing’s Coronavirus Response
Vice, January 31, 2020
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China’s top court says it was a mistake to quell early “rumors” about the Wuhan virus
Quartz, January 30, 2020
Minitrue: Delete “Disciplined Doctor Now In Isolation Ward”
China Digital Times, January 30, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Coronavirus in Wuhan: Residents shout ‘stay strong’ from windows
The Conversation, January 30, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
Washington Post, January 31, 2020
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Group Raises Human Rights Concerns as China Struggles to Control Epidemic
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2020抓武汉人像抓反革命，“文革式”疫情阻击战弥漫着人性的泯灭 (Cries of inhumanity and discrimination in "Cultural Revolution style" outbreak control)
Voice of America, January 31, 2020
Coronavirus Anger Boils Over in China and Doctors Plead for Supplies
The New York Times, January 30, 2020
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Coronavirus Wuhan diary: Living alone in a city gone quiet
BBC, January 30, 2020疾控官員期刊發論文 稱上月中已人傳人 (New paper published in medical journal says human-to-human transmission occured as early as December 2019)
Ming Pao, January 31, 2020Wuhan coronavirus: Improvised barricades across China as online shaming spreads
Hong Kong Free Press, January 30, 2020
For Taiwan, the Wuhan coronavirus is also a diplomatic battle
Global Voices, January 30, 2020
UPDATE 1-China sacks senior city health official unable to answer basic questions
Reuters, January 30, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Censorship claims emerge as TikTok gets political in India
BBC, January 31, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong protests: armed gang launches vicious attack on group outside Yuen Long MTR station
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2020
逾6700醫管局員工允下周罷工 佔整體約一成 工會促全面封關 (Over 6,700, 10% of total medical workers in Hong Kong, promise to start strike next Monday if government refuses to fully close border)
Inmediahk.net, January 31, 2020
Anthem bill won't be stalled
The Standard, January 31, 2020
Coronavirus: Hongkongers’ online orders for masks cancelled as overseas suppliers report shortages
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2020
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Hongkongers take no chances with deadly coronavirus – in pictures
The Guardian, January 31, 2020
Hong Kong to boost face mask stocks with prison labour
Channel NewsAsia, January 30, 2020
China coronavirus: Hubei residents found in Hong Kong hotels, but security chiefs say they are powerless to isolate or deport them
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2020
Commentary (评论)
How the coronavirus crisis is exposing the ills of the China model
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2020
Xi Jinping wants to be both feared and loved by China’s people: The coronavirus may change that
The Economist, January 30, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Access to Information (信息公开)
Public Anger Swells Over Official Opacity On Coronavirus
China Digital Times, January 29, 2020
Minitrue: Delete Article On Economic Impact Of Who Declaring Coronavirus An “Emergency”
China Digital Times, January 29, 2020
Harvard’s Chemistry Department Chair Arrested for Lying About Ties to China’s Thousand Talents Program
The Diplomat, January 29, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Timeline: How China's new coronavirus spread
Al Jazeera, January 30, 2020
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武汉肺炎：疫情从可控到失控的三十天 (Wuhan coronavirus: The thirty days it took for the outbreak to become uncontrollable)
BBC, January 30, 2020
China says will punish officials who slack off in fighting virus
Reuters, January 30, 2020
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习近平誓言战胜“魔鬼”冠状病毒
China’s Xi Jinping pledges to overcome ‘devil’ coronavirus
Financial Times, January 29, 2020答總理「沒困難」 工人背後求助大眾 (Frontline workers in Wuhan say "no problem!" to authorities, but ask public for help)
Ming Pao, January 28, 2020China: Respect Rights in Coronavirus Response
Human Rights Watch, January 30, 2020
Left at home for six days: disabled Chinese boy dies after carer dad and brother are quarantined for coronavirus checks
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2020
China coronavirus: WHO in uncharted territory in dealing with emergency in world’s second largest economy
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2020
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US House votes to warn China against meddling in Dalai Lama succession
Channel News Asia, January 29, 2020美眾院通過西藏法案 華：強烈憤慨 (China "outraged" at new U.S. bill on Tibet)
Ming Pao, January 30, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
不顾美国警告 英国允许华为有限度参与5G (U.K. allows Huawei to play "limited role" in constructing country's 5G network amidst warnings)
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2020
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U.K. Will Allow Huawei To Build Part Of Its 5G Network, Despite U.S. Pressure
National Public Radio, January 28, 2020
Huawei denies German report it colluded with Chinese intelligence
Reuters, January 29, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
政府拒全面封關 醫管局員工陣線醞釀周一罷工 逾 4600 人承諾參與 (Over 4,600 medical workers vow to join strike next Monday as Hong Kong government refuses to fully close border amidst growing risk of local outbreak)
Stand News, January 30, 2020
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Hong Kong unions threaten strikes in push for border closure to curb virus
Reuters, January 30, 2020China coronavirus: Hong Kong nurses call in sick to protest government refusal to close borders
South China Morning Post, January 29, 202048工會聯合新聞稿：爭取政府封關 全城自我隔離 防疫罷工救港 (48 unions to stand with medical workers in planned strike to urge full border closure, with booths in communities to raise public support)
Inmediahk.net, January 28, 202017區區議會正副主席聯署表示對政府防疫措施感憤怒 (Chairs and vice-chairs of 17 District Councils co-sign statement to condemn government over poor response to coronavirus ourtbreak)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 30, 2020
China coronavirus: tensions high as thousands queue in Hong Kong desperate for masks, many leaving empty-handed
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2020
運動之傷：離家出走的年輕人、「被遺棄」的父母和新手「家長」(The trauma of a social movement: Teenagers forced to leave home, their "abandoned" parents and "newly adopted" ones)
The Initium, January 29, 2020
Hong Kong protests: five petrol bomb attacks launched against police within 24 hours
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2020
Commentary (评论)
New generation of young activists lead fight against worsening repression in Asia
Amnesty International, January 30, 2020
The Guardian view on Huawei and 5G: the risks are real
The Guardian, January 28, 2020
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Her Uighur Parents Were Model Chinese Citizens. It Didn't Matter.
The New York Times, January 29, 2020
Confirmed Xinjiang Coronavirus Cases Jump to 10 Amid Concerns of Spread in Internment Camps
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2020
Access to Information (信息公开)
China police drop case of SARS 'rumour-mongering' at start of new crisis
Reuters, January 29, 2020
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Coronavirus ‘rumour’ crackdown by Wuhan police slammed by China’s top court
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Why haven’t we heard of early LGBTQ+ icon Esther Eng, Hollywood’s first Chinese female filmmaker?
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Coronavirus: First case confirmed in Gulf region, more than 6,000 worldwide
United Nations News, January 29, 2020
Wuhan coronavirus: More airlines halt China flights as death toll hits 132 with 6,000 infected
Hong Kong Free Press, January 29, 2020
One Coronavirus, Two Systems: New Epidemic Hits at Hong Kong’s Political Divide
The Diplomat, January 29, 2020
'Utter chaos': Coronavirus exposes China healthcare weaknesses
Al Jazeera, January 29, 2020
China angered by coronavirus cartoon in Danish newspaper
Associated Press, January 28, 2020
Bill to Support Tibet Wins Strong Approval in US House of Representatives
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Wuhan coronavirus: Over 15,000 Hong Kong medical workers join new union, threaten strike unless gov’t closes border
Hong Kong Free Press, January 29, 2020
Hong Kong protesters disrupt MTR services, declare ‘dawn of anti-epidemic’ strikes over government’s handling of Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2020
Hong Kong protests: police hunting 300 suspects over serious cases of violence during civil unrest
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2020
First love on the front lines: Coming of age in the Hong Kong protests
Reuters, January 29, 2020
Commentary (评论)
How China’s coronavirus crisis, like the Sars epidemic, was worsened by the Communist Party’s penchant for secrecy
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2020
Hong Kong’s Perfect Crisis: The city’s prodemocracy protests and the threat of coronavirus build on common complaints.
The Atlantic, January 29, 2020
Chinese Health Care Needs More Communism: As the Wuhan virus spreads, access to health care is a critical issue.
Foreign Policy, January 29, 2020
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
China Detains Hui Muslim Poet Who Spoke Out Against Xinjiang Camps
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese Student Detained For Tweets He Made In Minnesota
Sup China, January 27, 2020
The Aftermath of a Gathering: Arrest, Flight, Hiding, and Family Separation
China Change, January 27, 2020
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