China Punishes Microsoft’s LinkedIn Over Lax Censorship
中国因内容审查不严惩罚领英
The New York Times, March 19, 2021
Friday, March 19, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China court hearing for detained Canadian Michael Spavor over in under 3 hours, diplomat says
Agence France-Presse, March 19, 2021
中国法院开始闭门审理加拿大人斯帕弗和康明凯案 (In closed trials, Chinese courts begin hearing cases of two Canadians accused of espionage)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 19, 2021
李明哲被关4年 妻子提假释、探监、通信3诉求 (On 4th anniversary of Taiwanese NGO employee Li Mingzhe’s detention in China, wife makes three appeals: parole, prison visits, correspondence)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2021
上海维权人士陈建芳庭审 人权律师王宇遭警方控制 (Human rights lawyer Wang Yu is under police control for observing trial of Shanghai rights defender Chen Jianfang)
Voice of America, March 19, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Five Hong Kong democrats facing national security charges back behind bars after bail challenge withdrawal
Hong Kong Free Press, March 19, 2021
Hong Kong electoral reform: lawmakers to start discussing coming shake-up even before full details of Beijing plan revealed
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2021
國安教育殺入資助大學 教資會要求納必修 以爭學額資源 (National security education forces entry into universities; University Grants Committee calls it a requirement for receiving government subsidies)
Stand News, March 18, 2021
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【香港文革】文匯星島狙擊科大教授李靜君 指參與「守護孩子」促嚴查 梁振英：盡快自首 (Pro-Beijing media outlet attacks Hong Kong University of Science and Technology professor Lee Ching Kwan for participating in volunteer group “Protect Our Kids Campaign”)
Stand News, March 19, 2021【全面監控】建制再促課室裝閉路電視 鏡頭對焦教師 蔡若蓮：做法消極 恐教學變質 (Pro-government lawmakers push for CCTV surveillance cameras for monitoring teachers)
Stand News, March 19, 2021
終審法院法官韋彥德：倘香港法治受損 將離開終院 (Non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal Lord Reed: I'll leave the Court if rule of law in Hong Kong is broken)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 19, 2021
調查指兩成人計劃永久離開香港 學者：冇自由就會好悲觀，諗住走 (Survey shows 20% plan to leave Hong Kong permanently; scholar: No freedom leads to pessimism and wish to leave)
inmediahk.net , March 19, 2021
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“We Hongkongers Survey” press conference cum our sixth mini-policy forum about Migration Tide in Hong Kong
「我們香港人計劃」有關香港移民潮的調查發佈會暨第六次小型政策論壇
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, March 19, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Testy Exchange in Alaska Signals a More Confrontational China
The New York Times, March 19, 2021
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In First Talks, Dueling Accusations Set Testy Tone for U.S.-China Diplomacy
美中高层会谈火药味十足，双方外交官互相指责
The New York Times, March 19, 2021
美议员提案撤销中国永久性正常贸易关系地位 (U.S. lawmakers propose to revoke China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status)
Voice of America, March 19, 2021
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COTTON, INHOFE, SCOTT INTRODUCE BILL TO END CHINA’S PERMANENT NORMAL TRADE STATUS
U.S. Senate.gov, March 18, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China Clamps Down on Software Used to Disguise Voiceprints
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2021
UK spy agencies push for curbs on Chinese ‘smart cities’ technology
英国拟限制地方政府使用中国“智慧城市”技术
Financial Times, March 19, 2021
Apple warns Chinese apps not to dodge its new privacy rules
苹果告诫中国应用不要设法绕开隐私新规
Financial Times, March 19, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Rising to the Challenge of China
美国该怎样有效应对中国挑战
The New York Times, March 19, 2021
If China’s Anti-Uyghur Campaign Isn’t Genocide, What Is?
The Diplomat, March 18, 2021
Beijing knows judicial independence is the last protection for Hong Kong’s future
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2021
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
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
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
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