Banning Mongolian From Kindergartens Part of China's 'Cultural Genocide': Activists
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2021
Thursday, August 12, 2021
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
Taiwan (台湾)
Why Taiwanese books are being iced out of Chinese markets
Associated Press, August 11, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Weibo public relations executive arrested on bribery charges as China takes aim at online opinion manipulation
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021
中国将禁止卡拉OK场所播放“危害国家安全”的曲目(China to ban karaoke venues from playing songs that "endanger national security")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Why China Keeps Spinning COVID-19 Conspiracies
Foreign Policy, August 11, 2021
中国拟起草国安法和反垄断法(China to draft new national security and antitrust laws)
Voice of America, August 12, 2021
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中共中央 国务院印发《法治政府建设实施纲要（2021－2025年）》(CPC Central Committee and the State Council issue the "Implementation Outline for the Construction of a Government under the Rule of Law (2021-2025)")
Xinhua, August 11, 2021
报告：中企业海外扩张带来人权等负面影响不利中国成为负责任大国的愿景(Report: The negative human rights impact of Chinese companies' overseas expansion is detrimental to China’s vision of becoming a responsible major power)
Voice of America, August 12, 2021
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"Going out" responsibly: The human rights impact of China's global investments
负责任地“走出去”： 中国全球投资的社会、环境和人权影响
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, August 11, 2021
中国教育部取消286个中外合作办学机构及项目 其中黑龙江取消121个 (China Ministry of Education cancels 286 Chinese-foreign cooperative education institutions and projects)
Sina.com, August 12, 2021
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已批准终止办学的本科及以上层次中外合作办学机构及项目名单 (List of approved terminated Sino-foreign cooperative education institutions and projects at the undergraduate level and above)
Information platform for the supervision of Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools (Ministry of Education), August 12, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Beijing hints that its Big Tech antitrust scrutiny could be permanent with new five-year blueprint
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021
A Struggle for Information Control Between China’s Government and the Tech Giants
The Diplomat, August 11, 2021
Chinese Big Tech's #MeToo Moment
Protocol, August 11, 2021
腾讯和微信：中国互联网巨头为何遭遇罕见的公益诉讼(Tencent and WeChat: Why are Chinese Internet giants facing rare public interest lawsuits？)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong to outlaw acts desecrating Chinese flag on the internet
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong’s Professional Teachers’ Union saw no choice but to ‘disband after Beijing emissaries warned it could no longer exist’
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021
China’s anti-sanctions law a new headache for banks in Hong Kong
Agence France-Presse, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong national security law: judge bails defendant in subversion case so activist can finish nursing degree
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021
社民連支聯會遊行至中聯辦 聲援被打壓內地維權人士(League of Social Democrats and Hong Kong Alliance march to Liaison Office in support of mainland rights defenders)
Stand News, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong protests: unlawful assembly defendant acquitted after magistrate finds police officer’s account ‘impossible’
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021
香港人口年減 8.7 萬 同期永久離港提強積金 66 億元(Hong Kong population decreased by 87,000; HK$6.6 billion provident fund withdrawn by those permanently leaving the city in same period)
Stand News, August 12, 2021
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
藏族老师因用藏语教学而被中国当局逮捕 (Tibetan teacher arrested for teaching the Tibetan language)
Voice of America, August 11, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Michael Spavor: Canadian jailed for 11 years in China on spying charges
BBC News, August 11, 2021
China Sentences Canadian Businessman to 11 Years in Prison
中国以间谍罪名判处加拿大商人11年有期徒刑
The New York Times, August 11, 2021
Activist Dies in China's Hunan After Years Campaigning Over Brother-in-Law's 'Suicide'
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2021
丁家喜案进展通报：已被以颠覆国家政权罪提起公诉 律师今联系临沂市中级法院但查案无果 (Ding Jiaxi case update: Lawyer's inquiry at Linyi Intermediate Court yields no result despite official notice of subversion of state power indictment)
Weiquanwang, August 10, 2021
两名中国律师被跨省抓捕 坚称无罪 (2 lawyers detained in cross-province police action maintain innocence)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese state media has seized on a Swiss scientist critical of a covid origins probe. The one problem: He might not exist.
The Washington Post, August 11, 2021
China to ban karaoke songs with ‘illegal content’ that endangers national unity
Reuters, August 11, 2021
中国大陆统一中小学教材，习近平思想成为灵魂指导 (China unifies textbooks for primary schools; Xi Jinping Thoughts becomes the spiritual guide)
Voice of America, August 11, 2021
煽动对外媒敌意的同时，中国谎称外媒在华报道环境“开放、自由” (While inciting hostility toward foreign media, China falsely claims environment for foreign reporting in China is “free and open”)
Voice of America, August 11, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Alibaba's rape allegation is a milestone in China’s #MeToo movement
Protocol, August 10, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s investment abroad undermined by human rights claims, report finds
Reuters, August 11, 2021
Related:
“Going out” responsibly: THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF CHINA’S GLOBAL INVESTMENTS
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, August, 2021Human rights abuses claimed in hundreds of China belt and road projects
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021
Is China’s New U.S. Ambassador a ‘Wolf Warrior’—or a Fox?
Foreign Policy, August 10, 2021
新冠疫情：中国加码全球疫苗供应 “疫苗外交”再升温 (Covid19 updates: China increases vaccine production to step up “vaccine diplomacy”)
BBC News, August 11, 2021
立陶宛与中国起摩擦 环球时报：不排除断交可能 (On China-Lithuania tension, Global Times: Will not rule out breaking diplomatic ties)
Deutsche Welle, August 11, 2021
中国电信网络布局非洲 政治影响力不断扩大 (China uses telecom infrastructure to expand political influence in Africa)
Voice of America, August 11, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union ‘seeks to speed up dissolution by changing its rules’ as Beijing attack continues
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021
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‘Heartbreaking but expected’: members of Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union mourn loss of their defender
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021Questions over remaining teacher union caseload, as pro-Beijing figures hail disbandment
Hong Kong Free Press, August 11, 2021
Hong Kong protest group to disband, as pressure mounts amid police investigation into its activities
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021
Related:民陣或解散 消息：上周曾討論 料本周五作出決定(Source says Civil Human Rights Front will make decision whether to disband on Friday)
Stand News, August 11, 2021
Hong Kong’s RTHK will become state media after partnership with China’s CCTV, says press group chief
Hong Kong Free Press, August 11, 2021
Hong Kong man to apply for appeal against 7-year jail term for Yuen Long mob attack
Hong Kong Free Press, August 11, 2021
政府擬修訂國旗國徽條例 明確禮儀及釐清罪行條文等(Gov't to amend National Flag and National Emblem Bill to clarify requirements on etiquette, respect, etc.)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 11, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Beijing’s Big Tech crackdown stirs a debate over whether it’s hurting or helping the sector compete with US rivals
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021
Commentary (评论)
What price martyrdom?
Jeromecohen.net, August 11, 2021
Patriot games: it’s not the job of Hong Kong’s Chief Secretary to help vet candidates
Hong Kong Free Press, August 11, 2021
The anaconda in the chandeliers: The Hong Kong National Security Law and its implications for middle powers
SupChina, August 10, 2021
维权评论：周筱赟律师遭跨省抓捕，转发一段视频何罪之有？ (Weiquanwang commentary: On lawyer Zhou Xiaoyun's cross-province arrest—Is reposting video a crime?)
Weiquanwang, August 11, 2021
Ying-shih Yu, Renowned Scholar of Chinese Thought, Dies at 91
史学泰斗余英时去世，坚守中国传统与自由价值
The New York Times, August 11, 2021
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
蔡英文：台湾绝不接受一国两制也不在未来选项中 (Tsai Ing-wen: Taiwan will never accept “one country, two systems”—not an option for the future)
Radio France Internationle, August 10, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China: Canadian citizen loses appeal against death penalty
BBC News, August 10, 2021
Police in China's Shanxi Detain Nine Protestant House Church Members
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
中国出手清理卡拉OK违规曲目 (China to remove songs deemed harmful from all Karaoke menus)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
向德国申请政治庇护被拒 中国异议人士恐遭遣返 (Chinese dissident fears deportation after Germany denies asylum application)
Deutsche Welle, August 10, 2021
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