Xinjiang cotton: why it is so hard to find out the truth about forced labour claims
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2021
新疆10年 加拿大夫妇：那里像个巨大监狱(Canadian couple who left Xinjiang after a decade: It’s like a huge prison there)
Radio France Internationale, April 25, 2021
China Censors Chloé Zhao’s Oscar Win, but Fans Find Ways to Rejoice
The New York Times, April 26, 2021
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奥斯卡最佳导演赵婷：从曾经的“中国骄傲”，到如今全网删帖(Oscar’s best director Chloé Zhao—once the "pride of China," now censored on Internet)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 26, 2021
Women Are Battling China’s Angry Trolls. The Trolls Are Winning.
女权人士在中国互联网上遭遇封禁和攻击
The New York Times, April 26, 2021
美国笔会：中国文字狱层出不穷 是全球关押最多作家的国家(PEN America: Criminalizing expression, China is world’s top jailer of writers)
Voice of America, April 24, 2021
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Freedom to Write Index 2020
PEN America, April 23, 2021
China Reveals Charges Against Outspoken Business Sun Dawu
The New York Times, April 24, 2021
新疆维权人士姜志林狱中服刑 已失去说话能力(Jiang Zhilin, human rights activist imprisoned in Xinjiang, has lost ability to speak)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2021
New Chinese Decree Tells Religious Leaders to ‘Support the Communist Party’
Voice of America, April 24, 2021
与中国有关谍案不断 又一俄科学家被判重刑(In continuing exposé of China-related espionage cases, another Russian scientist gets harsh sentence)
Voice of America, April 25, 2021
2020年中国基督徒惨遭迫害，从教堂到墓地 从生者到逝者(Persecution of Chinese Christians in 2020: From church to cemetery and the living to the dead)
Voice of America, April 24, 2021
UK's GCHQ spy chief says China could win control of the world's 'operating system'
Reuters, April 23, 2021
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英情报高官：中国是特别威胁 西方或面临“清算时刻”(British intelligence official: China a special threat; the West may face "moment of reckoning")
Deutsche Welle, April 24, 2021Director’s 2021 Vincent Briscoe Lecture
UK Government Communications Headquarters, April 23, 2021
Meituan becomes second Chinese tech giant to be hit with antitrust probe
Financial Times, April 26, 2021
Chinese regulators tighten grip on live-streaming e-commerce, intensifying scrutiny on tech
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2021
Hong Kong court rejects activist’s attempt to quash colonial-era sedition charges on constitutional grounds
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2021
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Hong Kong protests: defendant accused of defacing Chinese flag and starting street fire ‘confessed to offences involuntarily’
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2021
Who defines ‘fake news’ in Hong Kong, and is a law needed? Calls for legislation spark fears of curbs on media, critics
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2021
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‘Know your place’: Beijing accuses Hong Kong press club of being ‘external force’ interfering in China’s internal affairs
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2021Fear Grips Hong Kong’s Public Broadcaster
Voice of America, April 23, 2021港台證實助理廣播處長周國豐 7 月 9 日離任 李百全上任後至少 5 管理層請辭(RTHK assistant director Brian Chow Kwok-fung resigns; at least five from management have quit since new head took office)
Stand News, April 26, 2021
Beijing attacks head of Hong Kong Bar Assoc. over ‘politicised’ comments on peaceful protest
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2021
Watch what you say: Hong Kong civil servants become wary of office snitches jostling to prove loyalty
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2021
Uni activist flees amid arrest fears
The Standard, April 26, 2021
民陣被指涉違社團條例 警方要求交代收入來源等資料(Civil Human Rights Front accused of breaching Societies Ordinance; police demand income sources and related information)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 26, 2021
【DSE】通識倒數三屆考試 卷一必答題無時事政治題 去年觸及新聞自由、國家安全兩難 (This year’s Liberal Studies exam steers clear of current affairs and politics; last year’s questions touched on press freedom and national security)
Stand News, April 26, 2021
Changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system remain a hard sell
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2021
Beacon of press freedom must not be allowed to dim
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2021
From Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping
从毛泽东到习近平
The New York Times, April 26, 2021
UK MPs declare China is committing genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang
The Guardian, April 22, 2021
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China hits out at British parliament after it declares Xinjiang’s Uygurs are subject to genocide
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021
Heretic, separatist, traitor: Uyghur activist Halmurat Harri’s in-between life
SupChina, April 22, 2021
北京再发起新疆大外宣 意图指控海外维族人散播谣言(Beijing renews large-scale external propaganda on Xinjiang, aimed at accusing overseas Uyghurs of spreading rumors)
Deutsche Welle, April 23, 2021
Police in China's Chengdu Detain Children in Early Rain Church Raid
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2021
欧洲律师协会致函习近平呼吁释放陕西律师常玮平(In letter to Xi Jinping, European Bar Ass’n urges release of Shaanxi lawyer Chang Weiping)
Radio France Internationale, April 22, 2021
奥斯卡：示威纪录片《不割席》入围，香港不播颁奖仪式(Documentary film “Do Not Split” on Hong Kong protests is nominated for Oscar; TVB will not broadcast award ceremony)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 23, 2021
快讯：“恶俗维基” 牛腾宇案二审维持原判 律师、家长被禁止出庭(Lawyers and mother are barred from second instance trial of EsuWiki webmaster Niu Tengyu; court upholds original sentence of 14 years in prison)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2021
China’s central bank fights Jack Ma’s Ant Group over control of data
Financial Times, April 23, 2021
Jack Ma Shows Why China’s Tycoons Keep Quiet
“消失”的马云给中国富豪带来的启示
The New York Times, April 22, 2021
UK's GCHQ spy chief says China could win control of the world's 'operating system'
Reuters, April 23, 2021
中国IPv6地址数量超美国 专家将来一人一IP 监控更容易(Number of IPv6 addresses in China exceeds that in U.S.; experts say in future one person, one IP will make monitoring easier)
Radio France Internationale, April 23, 2021
FCC下令美国广播机构识别外国政府资助的节目 中俄遭点名(FCC orders U.S. broadcasters to identify foreign government-funded programs; China and Russia are named)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2021
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FCC orders U.S. broadcasters to identify foreign-government sponsors of programs
Reuters, April 22, 2021
‘Still a man of interest to foreign powers’: Judiciary reveals why Hong Kong democrat was denied bail under security law
Hong Kong Free Press, April 23, 2021
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National security law: US defends diplomats in Hong Kong after judge says invitations from consulate led her to revoke ex-lawmaker’s bail
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021
Election revamp: Urging people not to vote or spoil ballots may be criminalised, even without proof of intent to sabotage poll
Hong Kong Free Press, April 23, 2021
Hong Kong magistrate’s suggestion for database-searching journalists ‘unworkable’, as critics question RTHK contributor’s conviction
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021
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Hong Kong press club urges police chief to clarify comments about action against ‘fake news’
Hong Kong Free Press, April 23, 2021
Will national security law force exodus of Hong Kong’s teachers, students over fears of shrinking academic freedom?
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021
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Older Hong Kong students to learn about national security when studying range of subjects, including accounting, chemistry and even physics
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2021香港國家安全教育課程框架(Hong Kong national security education framework)
Education Bureau, April 23, 2021
職工盟：有公務員沒交簽署聲明遭停職 未能返辦公室取門匙露宿街頭 環保署：提出代取被拒(30-year veteran civil servant is suspended for not signing loyalty oath and barred from retrieving house keys from office; spent several nights in street)
Ming Pao, April 23, 2021
區諾軒原被判社會服務令律政司覆核 法庭改判囚9星期(On appeal by Dep’t of Justice, court increases sentence for pro-democracy ex-lawmaker Au Lok-hin to 9 weeks in jail)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 23, 2021
「香港民族陣綫」盧溢燊管有炸藥 判囚12年(Member of Hong Kong National Front Lo Yat Sun jailed for 12 years for possessing explosives)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 23, 2021
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Hong Kong protests: pro-independence group member jailed for 12 years over explosives find wanted to ‘create terror’ in city, judge says
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021
China's national security office to open permanent base in Hong Kong
Reuters, April 23, 2021
The Rollback of Autonomy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong
Centre for International Policy Studies, April 12, 2021
Panel recommends that U.S. officials not go to China's Olympics
Reuters, April 21, 2021
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China-Germany relations: engage, don’t isolate, foreign ministers urge European Union
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2021
谴责北京种族灭绝行为 美众院外委会通过两项涉新疆人权议案(Condemning China’s genocide, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee passes two bills involving human rights in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, April 22, 2021
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H.R.1155 - Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
U.S. Congress, April 21, 2021
China Not Discriminating Against Foreign Journalists, Envoy Says
Associated Press, April 21, 2021
美再提抗中法案 人权与经济战略双管齐下(U.S. passes bill to pressure China on human rights and economic fronts)
Deutsche Welle, April 22, 2021
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U.S. lawmakers intensify bipartisan efforts to counter China
Reuters, April 22, 2021
澳大利亚总理: 取消维多利亚州“一带一路”协议是出于国家利益(Australian Prime Minister: Cancellation of Victoria state’s Belt and Road agreement is based on national interest)
Voice of America, April 22, 2021
涉习家泄密专案二审即将宣判 牛腾宇母亲呼唤公平正义(On eve of appeal verdict, mother of Niu Tengyu, EsuWiki webmaster convicted of leaking information about Xi Jinping's daughter, calls for fairness and justice)
Voice of America, April 22, 2021
云南昆明民主人士徐昆被中共当局以“寻衅滋事罪”判刑2年(Arrested for Twitter posts in support of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, activist Xu Kun is sentenced to 2 years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble")
Weiquanwang, April 22, 2021
Back To Work And Back To Surveillance In China
Protocol, April 21, 2021
China feminists face clampdown, closure of online accounts
Deutsche Welle, April 21, 2021