Beijing using ‘cognitive warfare’ to sway Taiwan public opinion by feeding it misinformation, warns report
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2021
Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China sentences top banker to death for corruption and bigamy
The Guardian, January 5, 2021
从张展案看“口袋罪”寻衅滋事：不听话的统统装进去 (Deciphering the “pocket crime” of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” through Zhang Zhan’s case: How China uses it to bag all who disobey)
Voice of America, January 5, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
拼多多年轻员工“996”加班后猝死 官方账号“冷血”回复引发众怒 (Public outrage over Pinduoduo's cold-blooded response to the sudden death of young employee working the “996” schedule)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 5, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Chinese Communist Party introduces new rules on what members can say as it ‘boosts internal democracy’
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2021
In a Topsy-Turvy Pandemic World, China Offers Its Version of Freedom
疫情新常态下，中国版本的“自由”
January 5, 2021
美国务卿与军控特使联合撰文：中国发展核力量的疯狂 (U.S. Secretary of State and Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing: The madness behind China's nuclear power expansion)
Voice of America, January 5, 2020
Related:
China's Nuclear Build-Up Should Worry the West | Opinion
Newsweek, January 5, 2021回應美國對中國核武建設的指責 外交部：賊喊捉賊 (China MFA response to U.S. accusation on China's nuclear buildup: A thief crying "stop the thief")
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 5, 20212021年1月5日外交部发言人华春莹主持例行记者会
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on January 5, 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, January 5, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
NYSE withdraws plans to delist 3 Chinese phone carriers
Associated Press, January 5, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Retiring top judge pleas to maintain Hong Kong's judicial independence
Radio France Internationale, January 5, 2021
Hong Kong police arrest another man over Yuen Long MTR mob attack
Hong Kong Free Press, January 5, 2021
突推「車牌查冊通知」 林鄭：新措施合理不礙新聞自由 記協：特首將新聞工作與起底問題混為一談 (Carrie Lam defends new restrictions on disclosure of motor vehicle registration info; Hong Kong Journalists Association: Chief Executive confuses journalism for doxing)
CitizenNews, January 5, 2021
Commentary (评论)
The Struggle Over Jimmy Lai’s Bail Is a Struggle Over Hong Kong’s Freedom of Expression
The Diplomat, January 5, 2021
专访：维权律师无意与极权制度为敌 (Interview with Xie Yanyi: Rights defense lawyers did not aim to be the enemy of authoritarianism)
Deutsche Welle, January 5, 2020
Monday, January 04, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
北京证维族医生遭判20年 在美家属轰秘密审讯 (Uyghur doctor sentenced to 20 years; family in U.S. strongly condemns secret trial)
Deutsche Welle, January 1, 2021
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China confirms Uighur doctor Gulshan Abbas handed 20 years in prison for ‘terrorism’
Agence France-Presse, January 1, 2021MEDIA ADVISORY: Press Conference to Highlight the Case of Dr. Gulshan Abbas and Other Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, December 30, 2020
哈佛大学70多社团联署促中国释放新疆维吾尔族企业家 (More than 70 associations at Harvard urge China to release Xinjiang Uyghur entrepreneur Ekpar Asat)
Voice of America, January 2, 2021
Related:
Joint Statement – Call to Free Ekpar Asat and End Mass Atrocities Against the Uyghur Community in Xinjiang
Harvard Law School, January 1, 2021'Nowhere to be found': Harvard coalition says US must fight to free young Uighur
The Guardian, January 1, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
流亡藏人投票选举行政中央领导人 (Tibetans in exile vote to elect leader of the Central Tibetan Administration)
Deutsche Welle, January 3, 2021
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Tibetans in Exile Vote in India for Their Political Leader
Associated Press, January 3, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
One Year After Li Wenliang's Death, Whistleblower, Relatives Still Feel The Heat
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
China Moves to Punish Lawyers Hired to Help Hong Kong Activists
New York Times, January 4, 2021
2港人案家屬委託律師盧思位、任全牛 內地擬吊銷二人執業證書 任：律師職業被判了死刑 (Authorities revoke licenses of Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu, lawyers hired by families of 12 Hong Kongers; Ren: It's a death sentence for a lawyer's career)
CitizenNews, January 4, 2021
12港人關注組聲明：譴責中國當局打壓盧思位及任全牛律師 (12 Hongkongers Concern Group statement: Condemning Chinese Authorities’ Oppression of Lawyers Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu)
inmediahk.net, January 4, 2021
關注組透露「12港人案」3名家屬已抵深圳 (Concern group says 3 family members of 12 Hong Kongers arrive in Shenzhen)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 3, 2021
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assails China for its treatment of the ‘Hong Kong 12’
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2021
Related:
回應蓬佩奧就12港人案對中方批評 外交部促停止抹黑 (China’s MFA spokesperson responds to Pompeo's criticism on case of 12 Hong Kongers: Stop the smear campaign)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 4, 2021
周庭成「甲級犯」被調往大欖懲教所 睡覺需單獨囚禁 (Agnes Chow is a “Cat. A” inmate at Tai Lam Correctional Institution, required to sleep in solitary cell)
Ming Pao, December 31, 2020
黎智英保释令被撤 还押候审 (Jimmy Lai's bail is revoked)
Deutsche Welle, December 31, 2020
Related:
Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai returned to jail until at least February
The Guardian, December 31, 2020
Explainer: How the national security law changed Hong Kong – month 6
Hong Kong Free Press, January 4, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Wall Street to kick out Chinese telecom giants
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 1, 2021
Related:
美国交易所要求三家“与军方有联系”中国国企退市 (New York Stock Exchange to delist 3 Chinese state-owned enterprises "connected to the military")
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2021
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
‘Because There Were Cameras, I Didn’t Ask Any Questions’
ChinaFile, December 30, 2020
China promises ‘sustained efforts’ on forced labor, as report reveals factories in 135 Xinjiang detention camps
SupChina, December 29, 2020
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
China Moves to Replace Ethnic Mongolians in Education Sector With Han Chinese
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2020
内蒙民族学校将名存实亡？ 小学三年级起全汉语教学 (Ethnic schools in Inner Mongolia to exist in name only as all teaching will be in Chinese from third grade and up?)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
中国人权律师团发声明：张展无罪 (Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group’s statement: Zhang Zhan is not guilty)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
美国谴责中国刑罚公民记者张展 呼吁中共立即无条件释放她 (U.S. condemns China's punishment of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, calls for her immediate and unconditional release)
Voice of America, December 30, 2020
Related:
On the Silencing and Prosecution of PRC Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan
U.S. Department of State, December 29, 2020
25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped China’s Grasp
改变世界的25天：新冠疫情是如何在中国失控的？
The New York Times, December 30, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Ten Hong Kong fugitives captured at sea jailed up to three years by Shenzhen court, two other underage suspects handed to city’s police
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2020
Related:
Did a Chinese court go too far in punishing 10 fugitive Hongkongers?
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2020
National security: five core members of Hong Kong’s Law Society voice personal concern over state media’s blasting of Jimmy Lai bail ruling
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2020
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