新疆官员：高压政策不会放松 (Xinjiang official: No relaxing on policy)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2020
Related:
AP Interview: China signals shift but no letup in Xinjiang
Associated Press, December 21, 2020
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
欧盟敦促中国释放维权律师李昱函和其他人权捍卫者 (EU urges China to release human rights lawyer Li Yuhan and other human rights defenders)
Voice of America, December 22, 2020
Related:
China: Statement by the Spokesperson on the detention of human rights lawyer Li Yuhan
European Union, December 21, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
国际组织评选2020调查新闻：中国疫情、家暴、工权、网军入围 (Int’l NGO’s pick of best 2020 investigative news stories: China’s epidemic, domestic violence, workers' rights, Internet army)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2020
Related:
Editor’s Pick: 2020’s Best Investigative Stories from China and Taiwan
Global Investigative Journalism Network, December 14, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
美公布制裁清单 涉逾百家中俄军事相关企业 (U.S. sanctions list includes 100+ military-related Chinese, Russian companies)
Deutsche Welle, December 22, 2020
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Commerce Department Will Publish the First Military End User List Naming More Than 100 Chinese and Russian Companies
U.S. Department of Commerce, December 21, 2020
蓬佩奥国务卿宣布对参与侵犯人权的中国官员实行更多的签证限制 (U.S. Sec’y of State Pompeo announces more visa restrictions on Chinese officials involved in human rights violations)
Voice of America, December 22, 2020
Related:
Additional Restrictions on the Issuance of Visas for People’s Republic of China Officials Engaged in Human Rights Abuses
U.S. Department of State, December 21, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Huawei and China frozen out in Sweden after appeals court upholds 5G ban
South China Morning Post, December 22, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Exclusive | Beijing mulling drastic overhaul of Election Committee deciding Hong Kong’s chief executive and Legislative Council to curb opposition’s influence: sources
South China Morning Post, December 22, 2020
01獨家︱人大常委會將討論整頓區議會 料DQ泛民議員 周六有定案 (Exclusive: NPC Standing Committee to disqualify more democratic district councilors; decision may come on Saturday)
HK01, December 22, 2020
香港民间组织：多起无关案件被移交国安处 (Hong Kong civil society group report shows national security department is handling multiple non-NSL cases)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2020
Related:
Second Regular Brief Report on National Security Law
Civil Rights Observer, December 22, 2020
Hong Kong’s High Court throws out union’s bid to have police’s treatment of journalists last year labelled unconstitutional
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2020
Hong Kong student shot by police goes on the run ahead of trial
Radio France Internationale, December 22, 2020
Democrat Lam Cheuk-ting banned from leaving Hong Kong while on bail as prosecution cites Ted Hui case
Hong Kong Free Press, December 22, 2020
Monday, December 21, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
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
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
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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
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