Uighur woman says she was threatened by Chinese police after husband appeared on Q&A
The Guardian, February 26, 2020
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
桂民海判刑惹议 欧盟要求释放 (EU urges release of Gui Minhai after heavy 10-year sentence)
Deutsche Welle, February 26, 2020
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Gui Minhai is Swedish, says Stockholm, following claim jailed bookseller sought to reinstate Chinese citizenship
Hong Kong Free Press, February 25, 2020
Access to Information (信息公开)
Coronavirus: China tries to contain outbreak of freedom of speech, closing critics’ WeChat accounts
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2020
World Health Organization: China not sharing data on coronavirus infections among health-care workers
Washington Post, February 26, 2020
“武汉肺炎”养老院11长者死 官方威胁造谣可囚7年 (Caixin News reports 11 dead in elderly home, authorities threaten 7-year imprisonment for spreading rumors)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
How one man is giving hope and free HIV drugs to China’s coronavirus patients
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2020
Wuhan nurses' plea for international medics to help fight coronavirus
The Guardian, February 26, 2020
国际学者联名致信习近平：释放许志永，让中国人说话 (International scholars issue letter to Xi Jinping, urging release of Xu Zhiyong and freedom of speech)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China: child found home alone with dead grandfather amid coronavirus lockdown
The Guardian, February 26, 2020
“我每天想哭一百次”：疫情令中国孕产妇陷入困境
‘I Felt Like Crying’: Coronavirus Shakes China’s Expecting Mothers
The New York Times, February 26, 2020
武汉肺炎治疗“免费”吗？ 疫情暴露出中国卫生投入的短板 (Is treatment for coronavirus free? The shortcomings of China's healthcare)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2020
湖北武汉“封城”月余 学者关注心理创伤 (Scholars concerned over psychological trauma as Hubei lockdown stretches enters second month)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
醫管局向罷工醫護發信 稱考慮下一步跟進 「繼續支付工資，但不表示放棄追究權利」(Hong Kong Hospital Authority issues letter to medics who took part in strike and threatens follow-up action)
Stand News, February 26, 2020
政府獎券基金建檢疫中心 繞過立法會審批 (Government bypasses LegCo screening, uses lotteries fund designated for social welfare by NGOs to build quarantine center)
Inmediahk.net, February 26, 2020
Hong Kong budget to hit record deficit of HK$139 billion with relief measures of HK$10,000 per individual and full loan backing for small firms, up to HK$2 million
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2020
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Hong Kong budget 2020: HK$10,000 cash handout does nothing tackle systemic injustice, says democrat
Hong Kong Free Press, February 26, 2020Show me the money: Hongkongers welcome HK$10,000 handout but wonder when they will actually get it
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2020
西貢區議會動議 將軍澳兩公園以周梓樂陳彥霖命名 設紀念碑、壁畫、連儂牆 (District Council proposes to name parks after Chow Tsz-lok and Chan Yin-lam, with memorials and Lennon Walls)
Stand News, February 25, 2020
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Q&A: Chinese diplomat grilled over Uighurs and coronavirus response
The Guardian, February 24, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai jailed for 10 years in China
The Guardian, February 25, 2020
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香港书商桂民海在中国被判处10年监禁
China Sentences Hong Kong Bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 Years in Prison
The New York Times, February 25, 2020China says all rights, interests of Gui Minhai fully guaranteed
Reuters, February 25, 2020China: Bookseller handed outrageous 10-year sentence must be released
Amnesty International, February 25, 2020
Access to Information (信息公开)
U.S. Considers Expelling Chinese Journalists After Americans Barred
Bloomberg, February 25, 2020
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China says WSJ reporter in Wuhan can remain in country until end of epidemic
Reuters, February 25, 2020外媒群起质疑 北京捍卫驱逐记者决定 (Beijing defends decision to expel Wall Street Journal journalists)
Deutsche Welle, February 25, 2020
Here's How China Is Hunting Down Coronavirus Critics
Vice, February 24, 2020
Party Propaganda Machine Wants 'Heartwarming’ Tales From Virus-Hit Central China
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2020
'The losses are substantial': the NBA's trouble with China, four months on
The Guardian, February 24, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Tibetan Protests Close Down China Propaganda Outreach in New York
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2020
China Is Censoring Coronavirus Stories. These Citizens Are Fighting Back.
The New York Times, February 23, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China postpones top annual political meetings amid coronavirus epidemic
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2020
‘We won’t be silent’ while others smear us, Beijing official vows amid furore over US newspaper headline deemed racist
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
‘Not done yet’: Virus delivers blow to Hong Kong protests but rage remains
Agence France-Presse, February 25, 2020
葵涌連儂牆 15 人貼文宣被捕 包括一名教師及多名學生 (15 arrested in Kwai Chung for posting on Lennon Wall, including teachers and students)
Stand News, February 25, 2020
In Pictures: Hundreds protest against Tuen Mun’s ‘dancing aunties’ as police deploy pepper spray
February 24, Hong Kong Free Press, 2020
Commentary (评论)
With no trust in their government, Hongkongers have to take care of themselves in coronavirus chaos
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2020
Time for sanctions on individuals in China and Hong Kong who abuse their power
Hong Kong Free Press, February 25, 2020
Monday, February 24, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
新疆“再教育营”：新文件揭穆斯林如何因蓄须、蒙面和上网被拘留
China Uighurs: Detained for beards, veils and internet browsing
BBC, February 21, 2020
Uighur persecution: German politicians condemn China's 'modern slave exploitation machine'
Deutsche Welle, February 19, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
陳秋實續失聯 社交專頁新帖文指被當局「強制隔離」(Citizen reporter Chen Qiushi still incommunicado, new post on Twitter says he is under "compulsory quarantine")
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 22, 2020
Access to Information (信息公开)
说了真话 新华社的天塌了？(Xinhua commentary on doctors' fear of speaking the truth in virus outbreak taken down hours after it is posted)
Deutsche Welle, February 23, 2020
Countering China’s Influence Campaigns at European Universities
The Diplomat, February 22, 2020
真实的武汉在哪里？“暖新闻”是这样吞噬真实的声音 (Where is the real Wuhan? How "warm news" swallows up voices of truth)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2020
Chinese censorship demonstrates it can afford the cost of ‘the death of media’
Global Voices, February 21, 2020
敏感詞管制嚴苛 網課直播屢遭禁 (During virus outbreak, online homework and livestreamed classes are blocked by China's firewall)
Ming Pao, February 20, 2020
Discovering Twitter: China finds a use abroad for Twitter, a medium it fears at home
The Economist, February 20, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Academics Around the World Write to Xi Jinping: Give Freedom of Speech Back to the Chinese People
China Change, February 22, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Coronavirus: Wuhan eases lockdown then U-turns 3 hours later, while China’s daily deaths rise 55 per cent
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2020
Related:
Coronavirus: China postpones National People's Congress
The Guardian, February 24, 2020
China considers 'complete ban' on wildlife trade
Channel News Asia, February 24, 2020
Coronavirus: Wuhan to quarantine all cured patients for 14 days after some test positive again
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2020
Despite Government Assurances, Medical Workers in Hubei Say They Lack Supplies
China File, February 22, 2020
湖北山东浙江监狱爆发疫情 逾五百人感染 (Over 500 infected in Hubei prisons)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2020
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Coronavirus: prisons must learn from outbreak, China’s top legal official says
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
【 10.6 深水埗】撞人的士司機至今未被起訴 許智峯提私人檢控危險駕駛 (Legislator Ted Hui files private prosecution against taxi driver who drove into protest crowd but has not been subject to criminal investigation)
Stand News, February 24, 2020
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Hong Kong police watchdog has no power to scrutinise complaint about officer ‘ramming’ motorbike into protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, February 21, 2020
Acting vice-principal at Hong Kong school suspended for sharing poem with death on police and their families embedded
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2020
何君堯等發起聯署促 23 條立法 聲稱逾 10 萬人參與 光頭警長微博籲全國全民聯署 (Junius Ho starts public petition to push forward Article 23 legislation)
Stand News, February 24, 2020
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港《蘋果》密件揭林鄭向北京獻計 藉抗疫令建制選情轉危為機 (Leaked report reveals Carrie Lam proposed to Beijing to use coronavirus outbreak as opportunity to help pro-establishment camp win September LegCo elections)
Apple Daily, February 22, 2020
醫管局降低隔離病房保護衣規格 Dirty team醫生黃任匡：打擊前線士氣 埋身護理Level 1未必夠阻隔病毒 (Hospital Authority lowers standards for protective clothing worn in quarantine wards but denies shortage)
Citizen News, February 23, 2020
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【武漢肺炎】員工陣線批抗疫物資數字不盡不實 醫管局：數字準確 裝備夠一個月使用 (Union slams Hospital Authority for misleading figures on shortage of protective gear, concerned that procedural standards are lowered to make up for lack of supplies, risking patient and staff safety)
Stand News, February 20, 2020
張超雄斥300億抗疫基金「救市不救人」 朱凱廸：香港俾功能組別害死 (Funding aid from government saves the market not the people, slams pan-dems)
Inmediahk.net, February 21, 2020
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政府斥15億資助本地生產口罩 民主派質疑明益工聯會 (Government allots funding for local face masks production, but faces accusations of profiting pro-Beijing camp)
Inmediahk.net, February 21, 2020Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s low-income families struggling to afford masks and disinfectant, new study claims
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2020
Protests over Yuen Long feature beer, champagne as some celebrate Hong Kong police officer’s coronavirus infection
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2020
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