Uyghurs From Afghanistan Fear Deportation to China
Voice of America, September 1, 2021
Thursday, September 02, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
美国军舰再入台湾海峡 中国施行《海上交通安全法》反制(China’s amended Maritime Traffic Safety Law takes effect in response to U.S. warship entering Taiwan Strait)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 2, 2021
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U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait after Chinese assault drills
Reuters, August 27, 2021Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (2021 Revision)
Peking University Law Database, June 25, 2021
欧洲议会：通过首份对台湾报告 将提升双边关系(European Parliament adopts report on enhancing EU-Taiwan relations)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2021
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European Lawmakers Seek to Upgrade Ties With Taiwan
Bloomberg, September 2, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Canadian jailed in China accused of taking military photos
The Guardian, September 2, 2021
Journalist-Turned-Rights Attorney Held Incommunicado in China's Liaoning
Radio Free Asia, September 1, 2021
“996” RULED ILLEGAL YET LABOR RESEARCHERS, ACTIVISTS STILL ARRESTED
China Digital Times, September 1, 2021
专访吴有水律师：“长沙公益三子”被偷走的辩护权(Interview with lawyer Wu Youshui: Right to defense has been stolen from Changsha Three public interest activists)
Voice of America, September 2, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Weibo bans 52 accounts, some with millions of followers, in campaign against financial misinformation on social media
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021
Chinese netizens identify the Weibo supervisor system as a source of arbitrary censorship
GlobalVoices, September 2, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
EU foreign ministers set for first talks on China since sanctions blitz six months ago
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021
Why are China’s diplomats sometimes so undiplomatic?
Quartz, September 2, 2021
滴滴等11企业被当局约谈(Authorities have interviewed 11 ride-hailing companies including Didi)
Radio France Internationale, September 2, 2021
谭德赛：我们请求中国给出这些数据(WHO’s Tedros: We are asking China to provide data related to COVID’s origins)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2021
中国娱乐圈遭持续整肃 被批实施“法西斯美学”(As China continues to purge entertainment industry, scholar criticizes it as implementing "fascist aesthetics")
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
After Proudly Celebrating Women, Alibaba Faces Reckoning Over Harassment
大尺度破冰、性别歧视严重：阿里企业文化引质疑
The New York Times, September 2, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
8 Hong Kong activists who tried to flee to Taiwan appear in court
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2021
Hong Kong student who snatched police officer’s shotgun found guilty of rioting, faces up to 7 years in jail
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021
HKU lifts campus ban on 18 students, confirms others are barred over motion supporting attacker of policeman
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2021
Hong Kong protests: student who admitted rioting during 2019 PolyU siege jailed for 2½ years
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021
女助教天水圍非法集結拒捕囚5個月 官：針對警員案須考慮漣漪效應(Teaching assistant and student are sentenced to 5 months and 1 month in jail, respectively, over 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, September 2, 2021
Hong Kong Crackdown Continues With Canceled Concerts, Sentenced Activists
Associated Press, September 2, 2021
Over 90% of local schools sign up for gov’t’s on-site national security education workshops
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2021
楊潤雄︰正研究安排資助學校教師宣誓(Secretary of Education Kevin Yeung says gov't is considering oath-taking arrangement for teachers of subsidized schools)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 1, 2021
Wednesday, September 01, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang genocide conference aims to up pressure on China
Associated Press, September 1, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
新学年习思想全面进入校园 十四万"督导员"进驻中小学 (New school year starts with Xi's Thoughts curricula along with 140,000 “supervisors”)
Radio Free Asia, September 1, 2021
中国下令艺文界学习习近平论述 (China orders art and literature sectors to study Xi Jinping's talks)
Radio France Internationale, August 31, 2021
China shuts American Chamber of Commerce in Chengdu, organisation says
Reuters, August 31, 2021
中共十九届六中全会将在11月召开 (The sixth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee will be held in November)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China rolls out new data law over ‘national security’ fears
Agence France-Presse, September 1, 2021
China’s 2021 internet sector in 5 snapshots, from tighter regulations to bumpy IPOs and shifting demographics
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2021
Chinese teens feel like they’re in the crosshairs of Beijing’s tech crackdown
Quartz, September 1, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong democracy activists jailed for illegal assembly in 2019 protests
Reuters, September 1, 2021
Hong Kong national security police eye foreign collusion case against fund that paid out HK$243 million to protesters
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2021
民主派47人案｜王百羽涉串謀顛覆國家政權罪 申保釋遭拒(Former district councilor Henry Wong, one of 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion, is denied bail)
Ming Pao, September 1, 2021
港大研究中國勞工博士生方然 被廣西國安帶走 涉「顛覆國家政權」被關押(HKU PhD student studying China labor issues is detained by China's national security police on suspicion of “subversion of state power”)
Stand News, September 1, 2021
Hong Kong Arts Centre pulls plug on Denise Ho concert days after Canto-pop star and activist attacked by pro-Beijing paper
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2021
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Feminist Activist Li Qiaochu Struggles With Mental Health in Detention
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2021
多名武汉访民举报当局私设黑监狱 在北京遭暴力截访失联 (Multiple Wuhan activists are forcibly disappeared in Beijing while attempting to file complaints against local authorities for setting up black jails)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2021
强迫失踪受害者国际日：在中国"被失踪"有六种可能 (On Int'l Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: 6 ways you may be forcibly disappeared in China)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
习思想进课堂 是教育革命还是复辟倒退？ (Xi Thoughts in the classroom—a great education revolution or a great step backward?)
Voice of America, August 31, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong police probe into Tiananmen Square vigil organisers not a ‘crackdown on civil society’, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2021
Security law: Hong Kong court denies bail to speech therapists behind kid’s book about sheep and wolves
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2021
Hong Kong Law Society will offer legal perspective only when it comes to social issues, new president says
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2021
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張達明辭任律師會理事(HKU legal scholar Eric Cheung quits Law Society council citing personal reasons)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 30, 2021
Hong Kong district councillor who shot vid of riot police storming MTR 2 years ago receives threatening letter, blade
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2021
【光城者案】再多一人被控「串謀恐怖活動」 17 歲女子 9.1 西九提堂(Another 17-year-old is charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist activities in “Returning Valiant” case)
Stand News, August 31, 2021
【12.25 葵芳】元氣壽司外非法集結罪成 三人判囚 4 月 另三青年判入勞教和更生中心(Three sentenced to four months in jail and three to correctional centre over unauthorized gathering in the 2019 protests)
Stand News, August 31, 2021
大埔區議員姚鈞豪非法集結罪成 判囚3個月(Tai Po District Councilor Herman Yiu receives 3 months jail sentence over unauthorized assembly on anniversary of death of HKUST student Chow Tsz-lok who fell from a car park during the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 31, 2021
Hong Kong real name SIM card registration to roll out, but gov’t says it won’t regulate int’l roaming SIMs
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
中国官媒热捧反美反资本家文章 评论指为政策扫雷 (China’s official media double down on anti-U.S., anti-capitalism articles; commentator: They are paving way for new flood of policies)
Radio France Internationale, August 31, 2021
中国即将实施海上交通安全新规 剑指美法等国航舰自由航行？ (China to impose new maritime law to curb freedom of navigation in its claimed territorial waters)
Radio France Internationale, August 30, 2021
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China Strengthens Claims Over Disputed Waters With New Maritime Law Against Foreign Ships
Newsweek, August 31, 2021
China Tightens Limits for Young Online Gamers and Bans School Night Play
中国进一步限制未成年人打网游，非节假日禁玩
The New York Tiimes, August 31, 2021
中国官媒: 一场"深刻变革"正在发生 蔡霞：文革回来了 (Chinese official media: A “deep transformation” is in the making; Cai Xia: Cultural Revolution is back)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s ‘surveillance creep’: how big data COVID monitoring could be used to control people post-pandemic
The Conversation, August 31, 2021
China’s Personal Information Protection Law and Its Global Impact
The Diplomat, August 31, 2021
Xi Jinping says Big Tech crackdown is making progress, calls for Communist Party to ‘guide’ companies
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2021
Commentary (评论)
史上最嚴「禁補令」：中國正在下一盤大棋，讓這些中產家庭老老實實地做一顆社會主義大機器上的螺絲釘 (The harshest “no tutoring order” in history: China's great gambit to turn middle income families into faithful cogs in the great socialism machine)
The News Lens, August 31, 2021
余英时留给中国的大哉问 (The passing of Yu Yingshi left China some big questions)
Financial Times, August 30, 2021
Monday, August 30, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
China holds firm on Xinjiang as neighbouring Afghanistan poses security concerns
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021
Shein: China fashion giant investigates 'false' anti-Uyghur job ads
BBC News, August 28, 2021
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