女儿病危 北京维权律师唐吉田要求前往日本照顾被“踢皮球” (China stalls on rights defense lawyer Tang Jitian's request to leave for Japan to care for critically-ill daughter)
Radio France Internationale, May 18, 2021
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
US Senate advances bill to fund tech development to counter China
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2021
Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China
审查、监控与利润：为做生意，苹果向中国政府妥协
The New York Times, May 18, 2021
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Apple’s Compromises in China: 5 Takeaways
五个关键要点，迅速了解苹果如何向中国政府妥协
The New York Times, May 18, 2021
Poetic social media post costs founder of China’s Meituan super app $2bn
Financial Times, May 18, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong protests: six opposition figures remanded in custody ahead of sentencing for 2019 National Day rally
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2021
Hong Kong leader says freezing media tycoon Jimmy Lai's assets will hopefully reinforce financial hub status
Reuters, May 18, 2021
Hong Kong leader refuses to say if attending Tiananmen Massacre vigil is illegal
Hong Kong Free Press, May 18, 2021
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Hong Kong Rights Group Leaders Say They Are Prepared For Jail
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2021
【12 港人】李宇軒違國安法案再提訊 改由大狀沈仲平代表 被問及何時接手：No comment(Former senior prosecutor Alain Sham now representing Andy Li in national security case dodges question on whether he was appointed by Li’s family)
Stand News, May 18, 2021
中大學生會前會長等5人非法集結罪成 還柙候判 建築系男生獲候任主教周守仁撰求情信(CUHK student union ex-chair and four others found guilty of unlawful assembly in 2019 protests, remanded in custody)
inmedia.hk, May 18, 2021
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非法集結蒙面罪成還押 前中大學生會會長區倬僖求情信：生而為人，最大價值就是命運自主(CUHK student union ex-chair Owen Au writes in mitigation letter: “Self-determination is the greatest value of being human”)
Stand News, March 31, 2021
Authorities may prosecute Hong Kong staff or ban overseas websites if they fail to remove doxxing content
Hong Kong Free Press, May 18, 2021
鏗鏘集選舉專題不播出編導請辭 港台稱近期無抽起節目(Producer quits after RTHK pulled plug on another Hong Kong Connection episode about election)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 18, 2021
香港電影界流傳「國務院」公開信 促合力禁止鼓吹暴力、推翻政權電影上映 (Hong Kong filmmakers receive open letter from China’s “State Council” urging ban on movies that promote violence and regime overthrow)
Stand News, May 18, 2021
Developing | Hong Kong police national security director caught during raid on unlicensed massage parlour cleared of any illegal or immoral conduct
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2021
Hong Kong suspends operations at representative office in Taiwan as tensions rise
Reuters, May 18, 2021
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在台灣香港經貿文辦暫停運作 陸委會遺憾(Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan stops operation; Mainland Affairs Council expresses regret)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 18, 2021
New leader of Hong Kong’s 400,000 Catholics says church will ‘passively cooperate’ in city politics
Hong Kong Free Press, May 18, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
AP Exclusive: Full-blown boycott pushed for Beijing Olympics
Associated Press, May 17, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong news media’s fight for survival needs the support of society
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2021
Why Hong Kong’s Democrats Should Still Run in Legislative Council Elections
The Diplomat, May 18, 2021
Monday, May 17, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
‘I can’t be that careless’: Australian Uyghur activist targeted online
The Guardian, May 15, 2021
北京如何窃取维吾尔族人Iphone手机数据(How Beijing steals Uyghurs’ Iphone data)
Radio France Internationale, May 15, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese Rights Lawyer Calls For End to Travel Ban, Daughter in ICU
Radio Free Asia, May 14, 2021
人权律师常玮平妻子续控告当局非法取证与酷刑(Wife of human rights lawyer Chang Weiping proceeds with suit against authorities over illegal evidence collection and torture)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2021
广西人权律师覃永沛被捕561天 至今不开庭(Still no trial for Guangxi human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei 561 days after arrest)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
第七次人口普查数据存在严重造假(Data of China's seventh census are seriously falsified)
Radio France Internationale, May 15, 2021
美国和欧盟联合声明: 让中国等支持扭曲贸易政策的国家承担责任(In joint statement, U.S., EU say they will hold countries like China that support trade-distorting policies accountable)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2021
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EU, U.S. say they can partner to hold China to account on "trade-distorting policies"
Reuters, May 17, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China's streaming platforms are a new headache for Beijing
Protocol, May 16, 2021
Chinese businessman with links to Steve Bannon is driving force for a sprawling disinformation network, researchers say
The Washington Post, May 17, 2021
China’s Overseas Tech Talent Is Torn Over Going Home
Foreign Policy, May 16, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai and 9 other democrats plead guilty over 2019 National Day protest
Hong Kong Free Press, May 17, 2021
Future of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily is on the line after founder Jimmy Lai’s assets are frozen under national security law
South China Morning Post, May 15, 2021
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Freezing of assets belonging to media tycoon Jimmy Lai not a press freedom issue, says Hong Kong security chief
Hong Kong Free Press, May 17, 2021Risk to doing business in Hong Kong increased after Jimmy Lai asset freeze, says Taiwan
Agence France-Presse, May 15, 2021
10,250 arrests and 2,500 prosecutions since 2019 Hong Kong protests, as security chief hails fall in crime rate
Hong Kong Free Press, May 17, 2021
Depriving Hongkongers of platform to voice their grievances could trigger mass protests, rally organiser says
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2021
Hong Kong labour activists fear ‘political purge’ as gov’t says trade unions must comply with national security law
Hong Kong Free Press, May 17, 2021
「18區民主派聯絡會議」停止運作 稱功成身退之時(18 District Councils Liaison stops operation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 15, 2021
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再多兩人辭任區議員 ：身心狀況出現問題 陳嘉言：宣誓令前景不明(District councillors—Manson Yu of Tai Po, Chris Chan of Kwun Tong—resign)
inmedia.hk, May 17, 2021
Test balloon, warning shot, attack dog: Is Hong Kong witnessing a rebirth of the ‘mainland mouthpiece’?
Hong Kong Free Press, May 15, 2021
Government vacancies still attract jobseekers, Hong Kong civil service chief says after about 2,000 resignations in the past year
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2021
Hong Kong marathon commemorating Tiananmen Square crackdown proceeds in diminished form
South China Morning Post, May 16, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
As Xi offers vaccines to Tokyo Olympics, China hopes to avoid a boycott of Beijing’s 2022 Winter Games
South China Morning Post, May 16, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Only an international effort can put an end to China’s crimes in Xinjiang
The Guardian, May 16, 2021
Hong Kong immigration bill: baseless rhetoric on refugees only hurts the most vulnerable
South China Morning Post, May 16, 2021
Convicted of rioting despite no evidence of rioting? How will this work with the Poly U siege?
Hong Kong Free Press, May 15, 2021
Friday, May 14, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang imams paraded to deny criticism of China’s human rights
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 14, 2021
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EID CELEBRATIONS UNDERSCORE RELIGIOUS REPRESSION IN XINJIANG
China Digital Times, May 13, 2021
新疆：中国如何镇压维吾尔族伊玛目(Xinjiang: How China Suppresses Uyghur Imams)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 14, 2021
专访：中国打压维吾尔人产生的影响将延续好几世代(Interview: Influence of China's suppression of Uyghurs will last for generations)
Deutsche Welle, May 14, 2021
Xinjiang: no family planning policy targeting Uygurs, Beijing says
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
As protesters flee Hong Kong, Taiwan quietly extends a helping hand
The Washington Post, May 14, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Beijing removes 90 apps in crackdown on information collection, flexing new data regulation muscles
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China Vows Retaliation Against Journalists Unless U.S. Relents
Bloomberg, May 14, 2021
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China says US trampling on right of athletes to compete in Winter Games
Radio France Internationale, May 13, 2021
China looks to Central Asia on security to create ‘safe Silk Road’
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2021
领先科学家称，不能排除COVID-19实验室泄漏理论(Leading scientists state that COVID-19 laboratory leak theory cannot be ruled out)
Voice of America, May 14, 2021
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Investigate the origins of COVID-19
Science, May 14, 2021
匈牙利计划建立第一所中国在欧洲的大学，引发安全和宣传恐惧(Hungary plans to establish first Chinese university in Europe, triggering fears of safety and propaganda)
Voice of America, May 14, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
美参议院委员会一致通过禁止联邦政府设备使用TikTok的法案(U.S. Senate committee unanimously passes bill banning use of TikTok by federal gov’t devices)
Voice of America, May 14, 2021
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Bill to ban TikTok on U.S. government devices passes committee
Reuters, May 12, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law: Hong Kong authorities freeze assets of Apple Daily media tycoon Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong Free Press, May 14, 2021
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's Taiwan paper to stop print edition
Reuters, May 14, 2021
《台灣蘋果日報》紙本5月18日起停刊(Taiwan print version Apply Daily to stop on May 18)
Ming Pao, May 14, 2021
網媒《852郵報》宣布「暫別」 遣散六員工 創辦人游清源：擬立假新聞法是導火線(Digital news media "Post 852" suspends operation, dismisses all six employees in face of "fake news" law)
Stand News, May 14, 2021
Hong Kong protests: chef jailed for more than six years over ‘senseless’ knife attack on student near Tai Po Lennon Wall in 2019
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2021
Hong Kong internet radio host facing money-laundering, sedition charges denied bail over Taiwan connections, High Court judge says
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2021
National security law: retired Hong Kong judge says it’s ‘reasonable’ for Beijing to take jurisdiction in exceptional cases
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2021
元朗區議員司徒博文辭職 稱以曾身為香港人的議員為榮(Szeto Pok-Man resigns from Yuen Long district councilor post)
inmedia.hk, May 14, 2021
香港民研：六成人指國安法限制學術自由 教育界憂現逃亡潮(Survey: 60% think national security law restricts academic freedom)
inmedia.hk, May 14, 2021
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“We Hongkongers Survey” press conference cum mini-policy forum about Academic Freedom
「我們香港人計劃」有關學術自由之新聞發佈會暨小型政策論壇
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, May 14, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Censoring feminist discussions will not solve China’s population crisis
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2021
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