Hi-tech tools may keep forced-labour goods out of US market as top brands brace for Xinjiang ban
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Friday, August 13, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
‘I pray for her’: Australian broadcaster Cheng Lei no closer to release a year after being detained in China
The Guardian, August 12, 2021
女权人士李翘楚案已经移送检察院审查起诉 律师会见申请及羁押必要性审查申请均遭驳回(Case of feminist Li Qiaochu has reached the procuratorate; lawyer is denied meeting and review of grounds for detention)
Weiquanwang, August 13, 2021
耿和（高智晟律师妻子）：8.13高智晟被绑架四年家属声明(Lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s wife Geng He: Statement on 4th anniversary of Gao Zhisheng’s kidnapping)
Weiquanwang, August 13, 2021
澳关注华裔记者被拘一年 代表律师至今无法会面(Australia is concerned over Chinese-Australian journalist’s year-long detention with no access to lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Two Chinese activists sentenced to 15 months’ jail for archiving censored internet material
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Researchers Spot Deep Fake Profile Photos Linked to Pro-China Twitter Accounts
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2021
世卫吁中国分享原始数据 北京：反对政治溯源(WHO urges China to share raw data on early Covid-19 cases; Beijing opposes “politically-motivated” COVID origin probe)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China rejects need for further WHO probe into COVID-19 origins
Agence France-Presse, August 13, 2021
瑞士外交部：中国假新闻错误报道影响大(Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Disinformation by China via fake news has great impact)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China tech crackdown: Beijing’s soft touch on tax for Big Tech is set to end as it seeks more focus on science
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Are suspensions on new users a big deal for Chinese tech?
Protocol, August 12, 2021
Alibaba Rape Allegation Reveals China Tech’s Seamy Side
阿里性侵丑闻再揭中国科技业阴暗面
The New York Times, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Record number of uncontested seats for Hong Kong Election Committee polls – and Li Ka-shing is not throwing his hat into ring, for the first time since 1997
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021
Beijing-controlled paper labels Hong Kong press union an ‘anti-govt political organisation’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2021
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Fears About National Security Law Chill Hong Kong Media
Voice of America, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong activists, unions vow to fight on ahead of expected break-up of protest group
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Hong Kong prosecutor leading national security law case against 47 opposition figures takes key justice department role
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Hong Kong activist charged under security law was given ‘benefit of the doubt’ over bail application: judge
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong court denies ex-Apple Daily chief editor bail in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2021
國安法指定法官彭寶琴升官 獲委任高院上訴庭法官(National security designated judge Anthea Pang is promoted as judge at Court of Appeal of the High Court)
Stand News, August 13, 2021
新生註冊前夕 港大派員清除學生會物品(HKU clears up students' union trace before freshmen registration)
Stand News, August 13, 2021
【英國專訪】曾覺離港太荒謬的傳媒人 Steve Vines：沒遇過更惡劣情況，不敢想起永不能回港(Steve Vines—Ex-RTHK English program host who once thought leaving HK was absurd: Never experienced anything worse, and dare not think of never returning to HK)
Stand News , August 13, 2021
辭職後留守 民主派前區議員開舖、賣酒續做區 「唔想公民社會崩潰得太誇張」(Resigned pro-democracy district councilors continue to serve their communities; some turn offices into stores)
Stand News , August 13, 2021
‘Can we ever return?’ Tears and heartbreak as Hongkongers leave for a new life in the UK
The Guardian, August 13, 2021
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Hong Kong saw net outflow of 90,000 residents over the last year
Agence France-Presse, August 12, 2021
Roll-out of Britain’s visa scheme for Hong Kong BN(O) passport holders ‘slow’ and ‘inefficient’, shadow minister for Asia says
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Belarus and Hong Kong Are Building the 21st Century’s Berlin Walls
Foreign Policy, August 13, 2021
Thursday, August 12, 2021
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
Banning Mongolian From Kindergartens Part of China's 'Cultural Genocide': Activists
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2021
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
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