China accuses outspoken scholar on Xinjiang of fabrication
Associated Press, March 18, 2021
Xinjiang’s leaders must ‘optimise’ governance of region, Communist Party’s No 4 says
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2021
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
China takes aim at corrupt cadres and officials in expanded Inner Mongolia campaign
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Canadians held in China on spying charges face trial within days
BBC News, March 18, 2021
China: Immediately release Frontline Delivery Worker Chen Guojiang
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 18, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
U.S. Punishes 24 Chinese Officials on Eve of First Talks Under Biden
中美高层对话前夕，美国就香港问题制裁24名中共官员
The New York Times, March 18, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
With rising confidence, Xi Jinping wields the internet as a tool of empowerment and control, speeches reveal
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2021
China delivers on threats to rein in internet economy
Reuters, March 18, 2021
Beijing sours on facial recognition, unless it’s the one doing it
Protocol, March 18, 2021
网信办启动语音识别监控 约谈腾讯、字节跳动等企业(Office of Cyberspace Administration of China launches voice recognition monitoring, interviews Tencent, ByteDance and other companies)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2021
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国家互联网信息办公室、公安部加强对语音社交软件和涉深度伪造技术的互联网新技术新应用安全评估(Office of Cyberspace Administration of China and Ministry of Public Security strengthen security assessment of social media voice software and new Internet technologies and applications involving deep forgery technology)
cpc.people.com, March 18, 2021
美国开始撤销中国通信公司在美国的经营权(U.S. begins to revoke rights of Chinese communications companies to operate in the U.S)
Voice of America, March 18, 2021
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FCC moves against two Chinese telecoms firms operating in U.S.
Reuters, March 17, 2021
老挝签订电网特许协议，中国全面控管25年(Laos signs power grid concession agreement allowing China full control for 25 years)
Voice of America, March 18, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong prosecutor who complained about police has been suspended – reports
Hong Kong Free Press, March 18, 2021
Legal aid boss defends funding for protesters
The Standard, March 18, 2021
National Security Law Casts a Shadow Over Hong Kong’s Art Scene
The Diplomat, March 18, 2021
Who were the democrats said to have attended the closed-door consultation on Hong Kong’s electoral overhaul?
Hong Kong Free Press, March 18, 2021
【專訪】許智峯：在澳洲，不浪費任何一刻的自由(Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui in exile: I won’t waste one more moment of my freedom in Australia)
Stand News, March 18, 2021
地盤工發帖稱「包圍新屋嶺」原判社服令 上訴庭指「十分嚴重」改判囚13個月(Construction worker’s initial sentence of community service order is changed to a 13-month jail term over social media post that mentioned “surround San Uk Ling Holding Centre” in 2019)
inmedia.net, March 18, 2021
Commentary (评论)
China’s political gender gap remains huge. So much for women holding up half the sky
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2021
Commentary: Is China too big to tame? No easy answers to Quad’s central challenge
Channel News Asia, March 18, 2021
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
China scrubs evidence of Xinjiang clampdown amid ‘genocide’ debate
Washington Post, March 17, 2021
EU trip to Xinjiang ‘in stalemate’ over access to jailed Uygur academic Tohti, diplomat says
Agence France-Presse, March 17, 2021
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China likely to respond in kind to EU sanctions on Xinjiang, observers say
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2021
Uighur abuse: MPs criticise companies over China forced labour
BBC News, March 17, 2021
中国政府利用拘押或威逼家人向境外维吾尔记者施压 (China pressures Uyghur journalists overseas by detaining, threatening their families)
Voice of America, March 17, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Rights Activist Held in Psychiatric Facility in China's Shandong Province
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2021
广州“11·12大抓捕”事件：范一平律师会见权被剥夺 赖见君监视居住期满获释 (Guangzhou 11.12 Arrests: Fan Yiping denied meeting with lawyer; Lai Jianjun released from house arrest)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
US and Japan Name China as Threat to International Order
The Diplomat, March 17, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
After Alibaba, Beijing’s efforts to rein in fintech could center on rival Tencent
Quartz, March 17, 2021
How China wants to keep controlling the internet
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
US sanctions more senior Chinese officials for stifling Hong Kong freedoms, including national security police chief
Agence France-Presse, March 17, 2021
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Hong Kong Autonomy Act Update
U.S. Department of State, March 17, 2021“Hong Kong-related Designations Updates”
U.S. Department of the Treasury, March 17, 2021
Hong Kong lawmakers chosen by hand-picked committee will outnumber others at legislature – Beijing official
Hong Kong Free Press, March 17, 2021
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First Hong Kong demo against electoral overhaul as Beijing officials host closed-door ‘consultation’ in Wan Chai
Hong Kong Free Press, March 17, 2021【閹割選舉】蔡英文首回應：毀壞一國兩制承諾 香港民主自由大幅倒退 (Taiwan president Tsai Ing-Wen’s first response to “electoral overhaul”: It breaks the ”one country, two systems” promise; causes great regression of Hong Kong's democracy and freedom)
Stand News, March 17, 2021
Hong Kong gov’t puts district councillors’ new oath-taking requirement to legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, March 17, 2021
【47 人案】宣布辭去區議員 范國威： 還押無法履行議會職務 (Gary Fan Kwok Wai, one of 47 pro-democracy activists remanded in custody, resigns from district councillor post)
Stand News, March 17, 2021
Pro-Protest Artists in Hong Kong to Lose Funding Under Security Law
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2021
Hong Kong leader vows to protect freedom of expression after pro-Beijing lawmaker asks if new museum will threaten national security
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2021
曾投訴警方「公然說謊」 檢控主任黃華芬疑遭停職 律政司：人員表達意見應中立 (Prosecutor who complained about police “lying publicly” in 2019 is suspended)
Ming Pao, March 17, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Can Hong Kong be run by patriotic officials who are not Beijing sycophants?
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2021
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
China warns European Union against sanctions over Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, March 16, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China arrests girlfriend of detained legal activist Xu Zhiyong on subversion charge
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s Myanmar Mess
The Diplomat, March 16, 2021
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Why are Myanmar’s anti-coup protesters angry at China?
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China's tech giants fall under regulator's pressure
BBC News, March 16, 2021
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China tells Alibaba to sell off media assets in tech crackdown
The Guardian, March 16, 2021
Messaging app Signal no longer working in China
Agence France-Presse, March 16, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong gov’t pledges full steam ahead as it awaits electoral overhaul details from Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press, March 16, 2021
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Beijing all ears to views on HK electoral changes
The Standard, March 16, 2021
New boss at Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK confirms he pulled plug on several episodes of shows and vows to take more visible management approach
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2021
港全球學術自由指數大倒退 C級變D級低過越南 學者被捕惹關注 (Hong Kong slid to D from C in global academic freedom index; arrest of scholars is a concern)
Apple Daily, March 16, 2021
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Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action
Global Public Policy Institute, March 11, 2021
監警會：警員稱記者為「黑記」等6宗投訴屬實 (Independent Police Complaints Council confirms 6 complaints of police calling journalists “black journalists”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 16, 2021
Hong Kong protest film "Do Not Split” nominated for an Oscar
The Standard, March 16, 2021
香港民研：林鄭月娥民望再跌僅 29.5 分 逾 4 成受訪者評 0 分 料因人大修改選舉制度 (Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute: Carrie Lam’s popularity drops to 29.5 with over 40% giving score of 0)
Stand News, March 16, 2021
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最新民意調查 結果發佈會 (Results of newest public opinion survey)
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, March 16, 2021
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