Clues to scale of Xinjiang labour operation emerge as China defends camps
The Guardian, September 18, 2020
US to consider bills linked to Xinjiang
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 18, 2020
Friday, September 18, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Taiwan (台湾)
China flies 18 warplanes near Taiwan during US envoy’s visit
Associated Press, September 18, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Sichuan Rights Activist Allowed Video Call With Dying Mother
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Stricter censorship of Chinese theater to ‘promote’ cultural development
Apple Daily, September 18, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
中国异议艺术家巴丢草获哈维尔创意异议人士奖 (Chinese dissident artist Badiucao wins 2020 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent)
Radio France Internationale, September 18, 2020
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2020 Havel Prize Laureates from China, Saudi Arabia, and Rwanda Announced
Human Rights Foundation, September 17, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
The bruised city of Wuhan has become a showcase for China
The Economist, September 19, 2020
美众议院通过决议 谴责"中国病毒"等言论 (U.S. House of Representatives pass resolution condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19)
Deutsche Welle, September 18, 2020
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H. RES. 908 (EH) - Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID–19
U.S. Government Publishing Office, September 17, 2020
朝鲜族步内蒙后尘 汉化教育扩至东北三省 (Chinese language instruction extends to schools for Korean ethnic groups in Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2020
冯德莱恩: 中国迫害人权 欧盟推动马格尼茨基法案 (Ursula von der Leyen: China abuses human rights, EU should push for Magnitsky Act)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2020
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State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary
European Union, September 16, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Trump Administration to Ban TikTok and WeChat From U.S. App Stores
特朗普政府将在美国应用商店中封禁微信和TikTok
The New York Times, September 18, 2020
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Commerce Department Prohibits WeChat and TikTok Transactions to Protect the National Security of the United States
U.S. Department of Commerce, September 18, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Lawyer of detainee arrested at sea calls on prosecutors to grant access to his client, investigate ‘false claims’ by security officers
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2020
Bittersweet day for Hong Kong LGBT community as court rules in favour of inheritance rights between gay couple, but rejects foreign same-sex marriage bid
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2020
Australian judge steps down from Hong Kong court over new national security law
The Guardian, September 18, 2020
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香港终院澳籍法官辞职 澳媒：与国安法有关 (Australian judge of Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal resigns over National Security Law)
Deutsche Welle, September 18, 2020
黎智英李柱銘等15人案件 明年2月起分4案審理 (Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee, and other 15 others will be tried in four separate cases beginning next February)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 18, 2020
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist Nathan Law Wins TIME’s 2020 TIME100 Reader Poll
Time, September 18, 2020
Commentary (评论)
As journalists are made to leave, Hong Kong’s global status will suffer
Hong Kong Free Press, September 18, 2020
每周时事分析：中国疫苗又要成为国际问题了？(Will China’s vaccines become another international problem?)
Financial Times, September 17, 2020
香港法治瀕危，法院尊嚴誰毀 (Hong Kong’s rule of law at risk; who will destroy the court’s dignity?)
inmediahk.net, September 18, 2020
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
China hails Xinjiang jobs success as criticism mounts
Agence France-Presse, September 17, 2020
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《新疆的劳动就业保障》白皮书
Full Text: Employment and Labor Rights in Xinjiang
The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China, September 17, 2020
试图自圆其说 中国当局发表新疆政策白皮书 (With white paper on Xinjiang, Chinese authorities attempt to justify policy)
Voice of America, September 17, 2020
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
内蒙古汉语教学风波后，中国外长王毅到访蒙古遭遇抗议 (Protests greet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Mongolia opposing Beijing’s language policy in Inner Mongolia)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 17, 2020
Taiwan (台湾)
Beijing warns it will make ‘necessary response’ to US diplomat’s Taiwan visit
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2020
Taiwan calls for global defence against Beijing’s ‘intensifying military threat’
Agence France-Presse, September 17, 2020
US envoy to United Nations meets with Taiwan official in NY
Associated Press, September 17, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
‘I can never be happy again’: grieving Wuhan families say China is blocking coronavirus lawsuits
Agence France-Presse, September 17, 2020
China’s Communists to Private Business: You Heed Us, We’ll Help You
The New York Times, September 17, 2020
中国兰州生物药厂泄露布鲁氏菌 数千人感染 隐瞒至今 (Newly revealed: Thousands contracted brucellosis from 2019 leak in Lanzhou biopharmaceutical factory)
Radio France International, September 16 2020
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封面报道|兰州病人 (Cover story: Lanzhou patients)
Caixin, September 14, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China-Backed Hackers Broke Into 100 Firms and Agencies, U.S. Says
美国称中国黑客侵入全球百余家公司机构
The New York Times, September 16, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong Is a Troubling Case Study in the Death of Democracy
Wired, September 17, 2020
Hong Kong’s High Court upholds trio’s convictions over 2016 protest against Beijing decision to interpret Basic Law in oath-taking case
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2020
Hong Kong activist Tam Tak-chi denied bail following protest slogan sedition charges
Hong Kong Free Press, September 17, 2020
Hong Kong pro-democracy movement wins 2020 Freedom Award; activist Nathan Law urges world to contain China
Hong Kong Free Press, September 17, 2020
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Freedom Award: Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Movement
Freedom House, September 16, 2020
退休法學家指12港人事件是面對中國刑事司法典型經歷 (Retired legal scholar: Hong Kong 12 are going through a process familiar to many encountering China's criminal justice system)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 17, 2020
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The Vagaries of Crime and Punishment in China
The Diplomat, September 15, 2020
《香港電影2019》：動盪時局中，香港紀錄片沒有缺席 (A profusion of Hong Kong documentaries in turbulent times)
inmediahk.net, September 17, 2020
Commentary (评论)
Detained Hongkongers: Beijing must show its legal system can be trusted
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2020
As U.N. Turns 75, the Celebration Is Muted by Calamity and Conflict
联合国成立75周年：问题、挑战与质疑
The New York Times, September 17 2020
政府是打壓區議會、敗壞政治文化的始作俑者 (The government is the initiator of suppression of district councils and ruination of political culture)
inmediahk.net, September 17, 2020
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
H&M cuts ties with Chinese supplier over accusations of ‘forced labour’
Agence France-Presse, September 16, 2020
China Says U.S. is Stigmatizing Xinjiang
Bloomberg, September 15, 2020
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美方污蔑我治疆政策，外交部：为恐怖分子撑腰打气的正是美国 (China Ministry of Foreign Affairs: U.S. is stigmatizing our Xinjiang policy, emboldening terrorists)
The Paper, September 14, 2020
European chief singles out China’s moves on Hong Kong, Xinjiang as she unveils new sanctions scheme
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2020
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
內蒙古部門：不按時入學將被懲處 (Inner Mongolian authorities: Failure to enroll in school on time will be punished)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 16, 2020
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls for mutual respect in Mongolia visit
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
山东异见诗人鲁扬案被秘密审理 (Shandong dissident poet, Lu Yang, was tried in secret)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China Expects Virus Vaccine to Be Ready in November, Expert Says
Bloomberg, September 16, 2020
中共下达文件促民企和港澳企业 “听党话、跟党走” (CPC urges private enterprises, including those in Hong Kongand Macao with mainland investments, to “follow the instructions and guidance of the Party” )
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2020
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中共中央办公厅印发《关于加强新时代民营经济统战工作的意见》("Opinions on Strengthening the United Front Work of Private Economy in the New Era" issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee)
The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, September 15, 2020
习近平拒绝接受欧盟的人权批评 (Xi Jinping rejects EU's criticism of China's human rights situation)
Voice of America, September 16, 2020
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