Classroom Instruction Switch From Tibetan to Chinese in Ngaba Sparks Worry, Anger
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2020
Friday, April 10, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Government Accountability (政府问责)
瑞幸咖啡遭遇做空 疫情危机下中概股受到的放大镜式狙击 (At heels of Luckin Coffee fraud scandal, China stocks come under magnified scrutiny in epidemic crisis)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 10, 2020
数千美国人加入诉讼 要求中国政府赔偿新冠病毒损失 (Thousands of Americans join lawsuit to seek COVID-19-related damages from Chinese gov’t)
Voice of America, April 10, 2020
联合国前环境署长:冠状病毒大流行责任在中国 (In “Le Monde” article, former UNEP director join others to highlight China’s role in COVID-19 pandemic)
Radio France Internationale, April 9, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
UN’s partnership with Tencent at odds with its push for global unity
Financial Times, April 10, 2020
The UN is partnering with China’s biggest surveillance software company
Quartz, April 2, 2020
Some 'Animal Crossing' players in China are using the game to protest government policies, and now the Chinese government is banning the game
Business Insider, April 10, 2020
《动物森友会》全网下架,疑用户“自主创作”引祸 (High degree of creative freedom might cause Animal Crossing to be taken off shelf in China)
AI Finance Economic, April 10, 2020
与中国关系千丝万缕 Zoom安全隐患受关注 (Heightened scrutiny of Zoom security risks that are inextricably tied to China)
Deutsche Welle, April 10, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
【獨家】向警取個人資料片 事主稱被索五至十萬 (Woman seeks police footage showing her being strip-searched, gets charged HKD100,000)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 10, 2020
Thursday, April 09, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Signs that coronavirus was spreading in Wuhan earlier than thought, study finds
South China Morning Post, April 9, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China Appointed to Influential UN Human Rights Council Panel
The Diplomat, April 8, 2020
China's Appointment to U.N. Human Rights Panel Sparks Global Outcry
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2020
爱奇艺遇到“狼群” 被曝财务造假 (Chinese video streaming site iQiyi exposed for financial fraud)
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom
使用Zoom,风险自负
The New York Times, April 9, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Appeal court rules Hong Kong’s mask ban is constitutional at unauthorised protests
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2020
Hong Kong protests: society will judge police officers over Occupy convictions, say top officials, who stop short of apologising
South China Morning Post, April 9, 2020
Commentary (评论)
新冠疫情:一场民主的压力测试 (COVID-19: A stress test of democracy)
Deutsche Welle, April 9, 2020
China’s Coronavirus Battle Is Waning. Its Propaganda Fight Is Not.
一场宣传拉锯战:中国的新冠疫情叙事能成功吗?
The New York Times, April 9, 2020
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
宁波男子派出所死亡6辅警获刑,家属申请抗诉被检方驳回 (Six auxiliary policemen get light sentences after Ningbo man died inside police station, family's appeal for heavier sentences is rejected)
Beijing News, April 8, 2020
四川政治犯李必丰2020年4月7日刑满出狱 又遭当局安排到某宾馆隔离 (Sichuan political prisoner Li Bifeng is kept in isolation at unspecified hotel after prison release on April 7)
Weiquanwang, April 8, 2020
China Confirms Party Probe Into Outspoken Property Tycoon
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2020
Related:
任志强下落公开 习近平或下重手 (Authorities admit they have Ren Zhiqiang, retribution from Xi Jinping is feared)
Radio France Internationale, April 8, 2020
Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Moved From Prison into New Isolation
China Digital Times, April 7, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Inside China’s victory over coronavirus: Family separations, door sensors – and belly buttons massages
Independent, April 8, 2020
A New Covid-19 Crisis: Domestic Abuse Rises Worldwide
疫情中的“亲密恐怖主义”:全球家暴事件激增
The New York Times, April 8, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong court rejects police group’s application to keep voter details under wraps over doxxing concerns
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2020
「服務為本」變「忠誠勇毅」 警隊改座右銘花 20 萬設計印刷宣傳 (Hong Kong Police spent HKD200,000 to change motto from “Service is Fundamental” to “Loyalty and Courage”)
The Stand News, April 7, 2020
警方:反修例運動用逾 1.6 萬枚催淚彈 1400 樽胡椒噴劑 實彈 19 發 用警棍僅 104 次 (Hong Kong police used more tear gas than baton against anti-government protesters; every frontline officer will be equipped with bodycam in 2021)
The Stand News, April 7, 2020
Commentary (评论)
留美中國問題專家裴敏欣:處理疫情進退失據增民怨 習近平專權令中共陷重大危機 (Pei Minxin on China and COVID-19: inapt handling of epidemic triggers popular resentment; Xi Jinping's dictatorial ways land CPC in major crisis)
The Stand News, April 8, 2020
Related:
China’s Coming Upheaval Competition, the Coronavirus, and the Weakness of Xi Jinping
Foreign Affairs, April 3, 2020
Tuesday, April 07, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Lack of Answers Makes ‘Clear’ Missing Academics Are Detained in Xinjiang Camps: Exile Group
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China Publishes Sanitized Timeline Of Its COVID-19 Response
SupChina, April 6, 2020
伊朗官员质疑中国疫情数据造假 战狼外交官闻风而至 (Iranian health official questions validity of China’s official COVID-19 data, immediate push back from Chinese diplomat)
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2020
网上转发武汉排队领骨灰情景 河南女律师遭律协处分 (Henan lawyer is punished by Lawyers Association for circulating photos of Wuhan residents in long line to obtain relatives’ ashes from funeral home)
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2020