No ‘Negative’ News: How China Censored the Coronavirus
压制负面新闻：机密文件揭露中国如何操纵疫情舆论
New York Times and ProPublica, December 19, 2020
Monday, December 21, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Xinjiang (新疆)
AP Interview: China signals shift but no let-up in Xinjiang
Associated Press, December 21, 2020
诉讼律师欲提新证据 重启对中共迫害维吾尔人的调查 (Lawyers press for restart of investigation into the CPC's persecution of Uyghurs, offering to provide new evidence)
Voice of America, December 21, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Yang Hengjun: Australian writer's espionage trial in China delayed by three months
The Guardian, December 21, 2020
Human rights in China: dissident poet Wang Zang and wife could face trail soon, lawyer says
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s new data privacy law ‘will state how facial recognition can be used’
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2020
美两党议员发起《停止强摘器官法案》(Bi-partisan U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to stop enforced organ harvesting)
Voice of America, December 19, 2020
Related:
Smith, Suozzi, Cotton unveil bill to combat forced organ harvesting
United States House of Representatives, December 16, 2020
推新外资审查机制 中国：不是搞保护主义 (China on new foreign investment review mechanism: We don’t want protectionism)
Deutsche Welle, December 19, 2020
Related:
外商投资安全审查办法
The National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China, December 19, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
U.S. lawmakers back $1.9 billion to replace telecom equipment from China's Huawei, ZTE - sources
Reuters, December 21, 2020
Zoom Executive Accused of Disrupting Calls at China’s Behest
Zoom高管被起诉，涉嫌干扰“六四”纪念会议
The New York Times, December 21, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
香港人民自由與選擇法案未獲美國參議院通過 共和黨參議員克魯茲反對：憂致中國間諜進入美國 (U.S. senate votes down the Hong Kong People's Freedom and Choice Act; republican senator Ted Cruz fears it would facilitate China’s spies entering U.S.)
Ming Pao, December 19, 2020
Hong Kong's top court rules 2019 mask ban constitutional
香港法院裁定《禁蒙面法》合宪 民主派质疑北京施压 (Hong Kong court rules mask ban law constitutional; democrats suspect pressure from Beijing)
Deutsche Welle, December 21, 2020
【12港人】家屬促入境處協助 盼能北上聽審：想見佢一面 (Families of 12 detained Hong Kongers seek assistance from Immigration Department to attend hearing in mainland China)
inmedia.hk, December 21, 2020
12港人扣內地｜蓬佩奧促放12港人 斥中共將香港變東柏林 特區政府：罔顧事實混淆是非 (Pompeo urges release of 12 detained Hong Kongers, criticizes CPC for turning Hong Kong into East Berlin; HKSAR gov't: U.S. criticism ignores facts, confuses right and wrong)
Ming Pao, December 19, 2020
香港紫荆党：亲北京商人筹组新党为确保“百年一国两制”？ (Hong Kong Bauhinia Party: Pro-Beijing businessmen found new party to ensure 100 years of “one country, two systems”?)
BBC, December 21, 2020
Friday, December 18, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
欧洲议会就新疆问题发声 谴责中国 呼吁制裁（European Parliament speaks out on Xinjiang, condemns China and calls for sanctions）
Deutsche Welle, December 18, 2020
Related:
EU Parliament condemns China over Uyghur 'exploitation'
CNN, December 17, 2020
对新疆议题默不作声 伊斯兰国家与奥委会遭批（Muslim states and IOC criticized for silence on Xinjiang issues）
Deutsche Welle, December 18, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese Journalist Who Documented Communist History Is Detained in Beijing
New York Times, December 18, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
智库：中共通过微信控制澳洲中文媒体（Think Tank: CPC controls Australian Chinese media through WeChat）
Deutsche Welle, December 18, 2020
Related:
The influence environment: A survey of Chinese-language media in Australia
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, December 17, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
智库发布人类自由指数排名 中国排名129（China ranks 129 in think tank human freedom index of 162 countries）
Voice of America, December 18, 2020
Related:
The Human Freedom Index 2020
Cato Institute and Fraser Institute, December 17, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Senior China diplomat urges US to stop 'arbitrary suppression' of Chinese companies
Channel News Asia, December 18, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
U.S. charges China-based Zoom executive with disrupting Tiananmen crackdown commemorations
Reuters, December 18, 2020
China's Alibaba 'dismayed' by Uighur facial-recognition software
Radio France Internationale, December 18, 2020
U.S. blacklists dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC, DJI
Reuters, December 18, 2020
美国新制裁 中芯国际遭瞄首当其冲（Chipmaker SMIC among additional 60 Chinese companies now on U.S. trade blacklist）
Radio France Internationale, December 18, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Three suspects, including student, 16, arrested over petrol bomb attack at Hong Kong police sports club
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2020
公務員事務局稱基本法無對公務員國籍或護照訂明要求 (Civil Service Bureau says Basic Law does not specify nationality, passport requirements of civil servants)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 18, 2020
US travel warning treats Hong Kong the same as China citing danger of arbitrary arrest under security law
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2020
Related:
Hong Kong Travel Advisory
U.S. Department of State, December 17, 2020
全家人信用卡帳戶「消失」 許智峯斥政治報復 警借「洗黑錢」造謠謀殺人格 (Ted Hui says credit card accounts of entire family "vanished" in political retaliation, and police spread rumors of "money laundering" in character assassination)
The Stand News, December 18, 2020
黃之鋒被控 10.5 非法集結、違蒙面法 押後下月再訊 (Joshua Wong to be tried next month for Oct 5 illegal assembly, violation of mask ban)
The Stand News, December 18, 2020
黎智英遭鐵鏈鎖手 轉往高設防赤柱監獄續還柙 (Jimmy Lai is transferred to Stanley maximum security prison)
The Stand News, December 18, 2020
'They are willing to sacrifice everything': Ai Weiwei pays tribute to the Hong Kong protesters
The Guardian, December 18, 2020
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uighur lawyers collecting new evidence to back ICC case
Radio France Internationale, December 16, 2020
European Parliament resolution would seek sanctions on Chinese officials in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
中国公民记者张展案12月28日开庭（Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan to be tried on December 28)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
WHO-led team expected in China in January to probe COVID-19 origins: Experts
Channel News Asia, December 17, 2020
新冠疫情爆发近一年，世卫称下月将赴中国武汉调查病毒源头（Nearly a year after COVID-19 outbreak, WHO announces trip to Wuhan, China next month to investigate source of virus)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 17, 2020
联合国批北京打压维权律师 吁释放常玮平（UN condemns Beijing's crackdown on human rights lawyers, calls for Chang Weiping’s release)
Deutsche Welle, December 17, 2020
Related:
China: Shock at continued crackdown on human rights defenders and lawyers – UN expert
中国：联合国专家对持续打压人权维护者和律师的行为感到震惊
UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, December 16, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Alibaba Uyghur Recognition As A Service
The Authority On Video Surveillance, December 16, 2020
德国对华为设置高门槛（Germany sets high hurdle for Huawei)
Financial Times, December 17, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong protests: three opposition figures charged over unauthorised rally say they will not admit to allegations
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2020
Hong Kong authorised over 1,300 cases of surveillance and interception last year
Hong Kong Free Press, December 17, 2020
海外港人宣布发起成立“香港影子议会”（Overseas Hong Kongers announce establishment of "Hong Kong Shadow Parliament”)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 020
七一遊行 8民主派被起訴 禁止離港、收護照 (8 pro-democracy figures officially charged for July 1 march, banned from leaving Hong Kong and passports confiscated)
inmediahk.net, December 17, 2020
建制團體發公開信促整頓中大 倡推國安教育、管理層問責制 (In open letter, pro-establishment groups urge CUHK rectification: promote national security education and management accountability)
inmediahk.net, December 17, 2020
美參院聽證會討論協助港人 羅冠聰籲加快難民審批 參議員冀推動強硬對華戰略 (U.S. Senate hearing discusses assisting Hong Kong residents: Nathan Law urges quick greenlight for refugees from Hong Kong; senators hope to see tough bipartisan strategy toward China)
The Stand News, December 17, 2020
Related:
Supporting Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement Through U.S. Refugee Policy
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, December 16, 2020
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