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China Digital Times, March 4, 2021
专访：中国透过新疆强迫劳动项目“撕裂”一个民族 (Interview: China "rips apart" an ethnic group through Xinjiang forced labor project)
Deutsche Welle, March 5, 2021
Friday, March 05, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Australian broadcaster suspends China's CGTN citing human rights complaint
Reuters, March 5, 2021
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澳大利亚媒体因收到人权组织投诉暂停播放中国官媒节目 (Australian broadcaster suspends China’s state media programs following human rights complaints)
Voice of America, March 5, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
张展在狱中继续绝食抗议 (Zhang Zhan, first Chinese citizen journalist sentenced for reporting Covid-19 in Wuhan, continues hunger strike in prison)
Deutsche Welle, March 5, 2021
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China citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who filmed bedridden Wuhan Covid patients, protests silently in jail
Agence France-Presse, March 5, 2021
中国强拆清真寺运动扩及云南 学者：穆斯林被逼向绝境 (China's demolitions of mosques extend to Yunnan; scholar: Muslims are forced into desperation)
Radio Free Asia, March 5, 2021
中国维权律师王宇获美国务院本年度国际妇女勇气奖 (Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yu is an honoree of 2021 International Women of Courage Award by U.S. State Department)
Radio Free Asia, March 5, 2021
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2021 International Women of Courage Award Recipients Announced
U.S. Department of State, March 4, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
China says it will deter Taiwan independence but seek peaceful ties
Channel News Asia, March 5, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Beijing vows to overhaul Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, tightening grip on elections
Hong Kong Free Press, March 5, 2021
Draft decision on improving HK electoral system submitted to China's top legislature for review
Xinhua News Agency, March 5, 2021
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关于《全国人民代表大会关于完善香港特别行政区选举制度的决定（草案）》的说明 (Explanation of the "Decision of the National People's Congress on Improving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Electoral System (Draft)")
Xinhua News Agency, March 5, 2021HRIC Note: Following recent announcements by Beijing authorities that only “patriots” should be allowed to hold government offices in Hong Kong, the “Draft Decision” on Hong Kong’s “electoral reform” was submitted on Friday, March 5, 2021, to the National People’s Congress for deliberation. The move is widely recognized and denounced by the pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong as a blatant step to demolish political opposition in the city, stripping away any pretense that the Chinese authorities still abide by the “one country, two systems” principle of governing Hong Kong.
The “Explanation” was delivered as a speech by Wang Chen, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress, on the same day, at the opening meeting of the fourth annual session of the 13th NPC. The speech points to the “chaos” in Hong Kong as indicative of the shortcomings in Hong Kong’s electoral system which “provides an opportunity for anti-China forces to seize the power of governance in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.”
Hong Kong electoral reforms: aspiring candidates for city’s next Legislative Council polls will need establishment’s blessing to run
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2021Hong Kong: Statement by the Spokesperson on possible electoral reform
European Union External Action Service, March 5, 2021
National security law: surprise U-turn as Hong Kong prosecutors drop challenge to four defendants receiving bail in case of 47 opposition activists
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2021
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Hong Kong national security law: marathon bail hearing triggers complaints from the 47 defendants over authorities’ handling of the subversion case
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2021張舉能指示即時檢視各級法院處理涉及多名訴訟人的安排 (Chief Justice Andrew Cheung orders prompt review of arrangements for hearings involving multiple defendants)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 5, 2021【47 人案】前公民黨 5 子、梁晃維、劉穎匡等 10 人疑刪除 FB 伍健偉、王百羽停更新專頁 (10 of the 47 defendants appear to have deleted Facebook pages and 2 stopped updating)
Stand News, March 5, 2021
Hong Kong’s public universities should reflect national security law in curricula by new academic year, be ready to ‘suppress’ acts that violate it: education minister
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2021
Penniless Hong Kong BN(O) visa holders in Britain could be given financial aid under modified immigration policy
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2021
【取締民陣？】召集人陳皓桓：從未領外國資助 只靠市民捐款 對被指涉違國安法不明所以 (Convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front Figo Chan denies receiving foreign funding, puzzled by allegation of violating National Security Law)
Stand News, March 5, 2021
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Statement in Response to Allegations of American Funding and Disbandment
回應被指收取美國捐款及被取締聲明
Civil Human Rights Front, March 5, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
美国犹他州众议院决议案，要求关闭尚未关闭的孔子学院 (Utah House passes resolution requiring closure of all Confucius Institutes at state universities)
Radio France Internationale, March 5, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong electoral reform is clearly set out in the Basic Law. Has the pro-establishment camp conveniently forgotten?
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2021
Thursday, March 04, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Chinese military in South China Sea landing drill as Taiwan tension persists
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2021
Lithuania to open Taiwan trade office, the latest sign of discontent with China by a ‘17+1’ member
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
3名青海藏族青少年因“违规”建微信群被警方逮捕 (3 Tibetan teens in Qinghai are arrested for "violating regulations" for creating WeChat group)
Voice of America, March 4, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China's Communist party ran campaign to discredit BBC, thinktank finds
The Guardian, March 4, 2021
法国通过CGTN播放执照申请 官媒环球电视网在欧洲死灰复燃(France approves CGTN broadcast license, state media Global Television is back in Europe)
Voice of America, March 5, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
US Sec. of State Blinken calls China biggest ‘geopolitical test of the 21st century,’ vowing support for Hongkongers, Uighurs
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2021
26名国际专家联署呼吁重启新冠病毒调查 世卫组织变更武汉报告发布计划(26 international experts call for new inquiry into Covid-19; WHO changes plans for releasing Wuhan report)
Radio Free Asia, March 4, 2021
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WHO Investigators to Scrap Plans for Interim Report on Probe of Covid-19 Origins
The Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
US-China tech war: Beijing’s main policy lender pledges US$62 billion to fund tech innovation
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2021
How Chinese Companies Push Back On Beijing
Protocol, March 3, 2021
‘Dependency’ of UK universities on China creates risks, report says
英国一份报告称中英学术合作对英构成安全风险
Financial Times, March 4, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
China’s ‘two sessions’: resolution on overhauling Hong Kong’s electoral system officially on agenda of National People’s Congress’ plenary session
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2021
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‘One country, two systems’ and other key Hong Kong phrases disappear from Beijing’s Two Sessions report
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2021
All 47 democrats facing security law charges remanded in custody after Dep’t of Justice appeals against bail decision for 15
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2021
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Hong Kong court refuses to lift reporting restrictions on bail hearing for democrats facing security law charges, despite online leaks
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2021民間集會團隊宣布解散 (Hong Kong Civil Assembly Team disbands amid arrest of spokesperson Ventus Lau)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 4, 2021
Benny Tai sent back to jail to await Hong Kong court’s ruling in Occupy Central appeal
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2021
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佔中案上訴 律師指定罪及刑期過重造成寒蟬效應 (Occupy Central appeal: Lawyer says excessive sentences create chilling effect)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 4, 2021
A new Hong Kong election law will be a ‘challenge’ to opposition and pro-establishment camp, says Beijing academic
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2021
China expected to send veteran trade official to Hong Kong for top economic job
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2021
‘Hong Kong isn’t a copy of anyone’: ex-leader CY Leung says city’s unique system crafted by Beijing, should be respected
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2021
Hong Kong dropped from economic freedom index after crackdown
Financial Times, March 4, 2021
Hong Kong universities slide down rankings in nearly 40 per cent of subjects, according to Britain-based firm
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2021
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 4, 2021
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Red Capital in Hong Kong: The invisible hand transforming the city’s politics
Hong Kong Watch, March 3, 2021
Wednesday, March 03, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Chinese labour schemes aimed to cut Uighur population density – report
The Guardian, March 3, 2021
'If the others go I'll go': Inside China's scheme to transfer Uighurs into work
BBC News, March 3, 2021
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Coercive Labor and Forced Displacement in Xinjiang’s Cross-Regional Labor Transfer Program
The Jamestown Foundation, March 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Taiwan issue, risk of conflict loom large for Beijing’s political elite
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2021
South China Sea: Taiwan fires up missile tests to coincide with Beijing’s month of military drills
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2021
US has no need to change its ‘strategic ambiguity’ about Taiwan, says ex-national security adviser H.R. McMaster
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China Steps up Curbs on Dissidents Ahead of National People's Congress
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2021
中国央视播辣笔小球“认罪” (China blogger who questioned official death toll in India border clash “confesses” on CCTV)
Radio France Internationale, Marche 3, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Has China Really Eliminated Poverty?
Voice of America, March 3, 2021
中國「兩會」即將登場，聚焦「十四五規劃」、香港選制、台灣問題 (Expected focuses of Two Congresses: China's 14th Five-Year Plan, Hong Kong electoral reform, Taiwan issue)
The News Lens, March 3, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Smile for the camera: the dark side of China's emotion-recognition tech
The Guardian, March 3, 2021
防范“人脸识别”滥用，皮剑龙委员建议：加快制定专门法律 (CPPCC member Pi Jianlong's suggestion to Two Congresses: Make law to regulate facial recognition)
Beijing News, March 3, 2021
Microsoft accuses China over email cyber-attacks
BBC News, March 3, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong protests: 16-year-old first to receive detention sentence after pleading guilty to rioting during 2019 unrest
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2021
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Hong Kong court hears Occupy co-founders engaged in ‘conspiracy to inspire’, but not a criminal offence
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2021
National security law: defence lawyers for 47 opposition politicians, activists push for lifting of restrictions on media reporting
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2021
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Lawyer joins action after row with cops over papers
The Standard, March 3, 2021Hong Kong national security police arrest former Next Digital exec. director over alleged fraud
Hong Kong Free Press, March 3, 2021
China's electoral reform 'earthquake' set to upend Hong Kong politics
Reuters, March 2, 2021
‘Two sessions’: China expected to unveil new controls on Hong Kong
The Guardian, March 3, 2021
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The ‘China Model’ Is Expanding in Hong Kong
The Diplomat, March 2, 2021
Hong Kong is not independent like Singapore and those who challenge Beijing’s authority are separatists, says CY Leung
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2021
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Former Hong Kong chief does not rule out return to post
Channel News Asia, March 3, 2021
Hong Kong teachers divided over controversial changes to liberal studies as school heads call for delay to revamp
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2021
自由之家：香港自由度跌至 52 分 低過科索沃、布基納法索 中國 9 分 台灣 94 分(Freedom House: Hong Kong's new freedom score drops to 52, lower than Kosovo and Burkina Faso)
Stand News, March 3, 2021
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Freedom in the World 2021 Report on Hong Kong
Freedom House, March 3, 2021
「12港人」案廖子文被加控無按法庭指定歸押罪(Hong Kong 12 case: Liu Tsz-man faces new charge over failing to surrender to custody as required)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 2, 2021
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