'They Have My Sister': As Uyghurs Speak Out, China Targets Their Families
The New York Times, July 27, 2021
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Press groups raise alarm over threats to foreign media in China
The Guardian, July 27, 2021
郑州不明身份者围攻记者 掩盖什么？ (Unidentified persons block journalists in Zhengzhou—what are they trying to conceal?)
Radio France Internationale, July 26, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
郑州地铁720头七 网民呼吁回答疑问要求追责 (Netizens demand answers, accountability for the Zhengzhou metro tragedy)
Radio France Internationale, July 27, 2021
China’s #MeToo movement picks up again after Kris Wu scandal with two academics accused of sexual harassment
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Biden’s China Strategy Meets Resistance at the Negotiating Table
中美高官会谈激烈交锋，美国对华战略或难奏效
The New York Times, July 27, 2021
北京再拒溯源调查 可能成下次大流行最大受害者 (Beijing rejects WHO's COVID inquiry again, at risk of becoming the biggest victim of the next pandemic)
Voice of America, July 27, 2021
加拿大卑诗省取消和中国司法教育合作计划 (British Columbia cancels justice education program with China)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2021
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Chinese police training in B.C. an espionage risk, critics say: Glacier Investigates
Business in Vancouver, July 25, 2021
Chinese nationalists are targeting their own athletes on social media.
中国奥运选手遭遇民族主义攻击引争议
The New York Times, July 27, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
以数据安全为名，中国启动对网企6个月专项整治 (In name of data security, China launches 6-month cleanup of Internet enterprises)
Voice of America, July 27, 2021
Tencent super app WeChat suspends new user registrations until early August for ‘security upgrade’
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong national security law: first person to stand trial found guilty of terrorism, inciting secession
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2021
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Hong Kong: First national security law conviction is ‘beginning of the end’ for freedom of expression
Amnesty International, July 27, 2021
Organiser of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil fined HK$8,000 for operating June 4 museum without proper licence
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2021
Hong Kong national security police bar reporter who filmed police stabbing from leaving city, home searched
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2021
鄧炳強稱必須盡快就基本法23條立法(Secretary for Security Chris Tang says speeding up Article 23 legislation is a must)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 27, 2021
人大常委會下月開會 反制裁法料納港基本法附件三(In NPC Standing Committee meeting next month, anti-sanction law is expected to be included in Basic Law Annex III)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2021
院校來年紛推國安教育 理大一年級本科生必修 嶺大共同核心課程含國安(Universities are including national security education as core or mandatory subject)
Stand News, July 27, 2021
Hong Kong education: exodus of students could worsen, educators warn
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Monday, July 26, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang’s exports to the EU boom, despite political concerns over forced labour
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2021
INSIDE XINJIANG’S GROWING CARCERAL STATE
China Digital Times, July 23, 2021
解读新疆：著名维吾尔民俗学教授热依拉.达吾提遭判刑(Further details on the prosecution and imprisonment of well-known Uyghur folklore professor Reyila Dawuti)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Guangdong Dissident Poet Commits Suicide Amid Ongoing Police Surveillance
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2021
常玮平案通报：拒绝律师会见的要求 看守所不让存钱存物(Rights lawyer Chang Weiping is denied access to his lawyers; detention center refuses to accept money and belongings for him by his family)
Weiquanwang, July 26, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
As China Rolled Out Its COVID-19 Shots, Victims of Earlier Vaccine Scandals Vanished
The Diplomat, July 24, 2021
Foreign journalists harassed by Chinese citizens over Zhengzhou flooding coverage
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Beijing urges Washington to stop 'demonising' China as US official visits
Agence France-Presse, July 26, 2021
China sanctions former US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, others
Al Jazeera, July 23, 2021
Two Chinese ‘agents’ charged in US for targeting Beijing opponents
Agence France-Presse, July 24, 2021
As China Boomed, It Didn’t Take Climate Change Into Account. Now It Must.
中国开始应对气候变化是否为时已晚？
The New York Times, July 26, 2021
美国会两党报告：美国防供应链需设法摆脱对“对手国家”中国的依赖(U.S. Congress bipartisan report: U.S. defense supply chain needs to rid dependence on "rival country" China)
Voice of America, July 24, 2021
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REPORT OF THE DEFENSE CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN TASK FORCE
U.S. House, July 22, 2021
中国拒绝接受调查计划后 世卫组织敦促各国在病毒溯源问题上共同合作(After China refuses to accept investigation plan, WHO urges all countries to collaborate on virus origin)
Voice of America, July 24, 2021
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WHO urges collaboration on virus origin after China rejects inquiry plan
Reuters, July 23, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
US-China tech war: Beijing calls on Chinese firms to ‘seize overseas opportunities’ in race for self-reliance
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organiser to plead guilty after being slapped with summons over June 4 museum
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organiser to plead guilty after being slapped with summons over June 4 museum
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Former Hong Kong law professor, activist Benny Tai hit with charges over 2016 Legislative Council race expenses
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, ex-lawmaker to contest incitement charges stemming from banned Tiananmen vigil
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong protests: teen who was among 12 fugitives detained in Shenzhen sentenced to time in training centre for flight attempt, petrol bomb
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
香港言語治療師總工會三名幹事昨晚獲准保釋候查(Three speech therapists union officers granted bail on national security charges for publishing children's books)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 24, 2021
譚得志涉發表煽動文字等14罪 控方稱或因應唐英傑案修訂控罪 官准押後周四再審訊(Judge adjourns trial of ex-lawmaker Tam Tak-chi until Thursday as prosecution seeks to amend charges based on first national security case)
Ming Pao, July 26, 2021
前大埔區議員及議助認非法集結及襲警等三罪 判囚三個月(Former pro-democracy Tai Po District Councillor and assistant plead guilty to participating in unauthorized assembly and assaulting police; assistant gets three months jail sentence)
inmedia.hk, July 26, 2021
袁嘉蔚鄒幸彤被罰囚水飯房 邵家臻批懲教署「最嚴格標準針對政治犯」(Pro-democracy activists Tiffany Yuen and Tonyee Chow kept in solitary for days over alleged violations of prison rules)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2021
Billionaires and a Hong Kong bank chief handed seats on powerful new election body
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
No spectacle, no fireworks: Legco is getting work done, but Hongkongers are losing interest without opposition sound and fury
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2021
Hong Kong Baptist University makes national security education compulsory and a graduation requirement
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021
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浸大新學年不代收會費 學生會：或減人手或停運合作社(Baptist University stops collecting membership fees for its students' union, forcing it to reduce staff or shutter its cooperative)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 26, 2021
【圖書館戰爭】《文匯》批法律童書「損害年輕人守法意識」 圖書館翌日下架(Public library takes down children's book about law day after criticism by pro-Beijing newspaper)
Stand News, July 24, 2021
Hong Kong Olympic badminton player speaks up after black jersey ‘strongly condemned’ by pro-Beijing politician
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong’s press freedom clampdown echoes around the world
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2021
Sheep, wolves, and the Hong Kong government’s epidemic of ‘so called’
Hong Kong Free Press, July 24, 2021
China’s wolf warrior approach is here to stay, says writer Peter Martin
The Hindu, July 25, 2021
In Their Own Words (引言)
“All sins and evils will have their due conclusions. This is the historical trend of the progress of human freedom and will not be changed because dark clouds temporarily obscure the light. True light is never without times of darkness but will never be concealed by darkness.”
—Ye Du (pen name of the mainland Chinese writer Wu Wei (吳偉 ))
(From his letter dated July 13, 2021 proposing marriage to his girlfriend Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, vice chairperson of the Hong kong Alliance, currently in custody awaiting trial on allegedly publicizing unlawful assembly in connection with the banned June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong. The letter was published in the Ming Pao supplement, July 25, 2021.)
“所有的罪与恶都一定会有应有的结局，这人类自由进步的历史大势，不会因为乌云暂时遮挡了光明而改变，真正的光明决不是没有黑暗的时间，但永不会被黑暗所掩蔽。”
——野渡（中国大陆作家）
（香港支联会副主席邹幸彤被捕还押，其身处中国大陆的男友、本身是维权作家的野渡在给她的信中倾诉思念并求婚。香港《明报》副刊，2021年7月25日）
Friday, July 23, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Beijing signals stronger support for Xinjiang amid US sanctions
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
China's Xi visits Tibet amid rising controls over religion
Associated Press, July 23, 2021
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习近平在对宗教日益严格的控制下访问西藏(Xi Jinping visits Tibet amid increasingly strict controls over religion)
Voice of America, July 23, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Two Changsha Funeng Activists Jailed For Two, Three Years
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2021
Couple Apply For Asylum in The Netherlands After Dramatic Rescue From Chinese Agents
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Ghost in the Machine: A Faceless, Famous Chinese Blogger Goes Silent
The Diplomat, July 23, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese web users are writing a new playbook for disaster response
Protocol, July 22, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong elections: voting hours slashed for Election Committee contest as authorities make dozens of changes to polls rule book
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
At least 60 face district ax with disqualifications
The Standard, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong women who ‘published seditious children’s books about sheep’ remanded in custody
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
六四集會案提訊 控方指8人擬不認罪、12人認罪(12 plead not guilty, 8 guilty over unauthorized Tiananmen massacre vigil in 2020)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 23, 2021
鄒幸彤涉煽惑六四集會 保釋覆核再被拒 旁聽人士高呼：錫晒你呀！(Hong Kong Alliance chairwoman and barrister Tonyee Chow Hang-tun is denied bail again for inciting others to participate in an unauthorized June 4th gathering)
inmedia.hk, July 23, 2021
李家超指正籌備 23 條立法 會比 03 年版本更嚴 處理「最極端」情況(Chief Secretary John Lee says gov't is preparing for Article 23 legislation, a harsher version than in 2003 to deal with "most extreme" circumstances)
Stand News, July 23, 2021
Academics in Hong Kong suffer curbs on their freedoms
The Economist, July 21, 2021
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兩名科大學者被指離職 李靜君：已約滿離任 成名： 仲喺科大(Report says two academics at University of Science and Technology quit)
Stand News,, July 23, 2021
Sample questions offer glimpse of how Hong Kong pupils will be tested in newly revamped liberal studies subject
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
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【公社科試卷】通識教師：流於背誦抄寫 難培養高階思維(Liberal studies teacher says revamped subject is limited to reciting and copying, difficult to nurture higher-level thinking)
Stand News,, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong youth’s patriotism undermined by relentless anti-China campaign conducted by ‘foreign forces’, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam scraps policy address town hall meetings over ‘lone wolf’ attack fears
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
London mayor to support Hongkongers moving to city with US$1.2 million fund
Associated Press, July 23, 2021
Exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activists urge US Congress to speed up ‘life boat’ status law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
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