因联络海外亲人 维吾尔男子获刑十五年(Uyghur sentenced to 15 years in prison for contacting overseas relatives)
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2021
Friday, September 10, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Taiwan (台湾)
台湾最新民调显示:近9成民众反对“一国两制”(New polls in Taiwan show nearly 90% of population oppose ‘one country, two systems’)
Voice of America, September 10, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China has become a laboratory for the regulation of digital technology
The Economist, September 11, 2021
The Real Cause of China’s Alibaba Crackdown
The Diplomat, September 11, 2021
腾讯实行“一微两制” 境内外讯息交流随时中断(Tencent’s chat app implements ‘two version system,’ leads to interruption in communication between China and abroad)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil group leader denied bail over ‘inciting subversion’ national security charge
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2021
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Mainland Chinese Dissidents Hit Out at Police Raid on Hong Kong Alliance
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2021Government moves to strike HK Alliance from register
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 10, 2021'June 4 truth for nation'
The Standard, September 10, 2021Persecution of the Hong Kong Alliance makes a mockery of NSL promises
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 9, 2021
Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil leaders plead not guilty to refusing national security data probe, bail denied
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2021
District councillors prepare for oath-taking ceremony in a first for Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2021
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Hong Kong district councillor Peter Choi loses seat after failing to turn up at oath-taking ceremony
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2021當局對楊雪盈梁柏堅等7名區議員宣誓有效存疑促交資料(Authorities send letters to 7 district councilors for additional information, questioning validity of their oaths)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 10, 2021
Hong Kong protests: teacher convicted of assaulting police officer jailed for 9 weeks after losing appeal
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2021
藝術中心取消租場拒賠償 反指演唱會主辦方毀約 何韻詩:面對打壓盡力抵抗(Hong Kong Art Centre refuses to compensate after terminating lease agreement for Denise Ho's concert, accuses organizer of breach of contract)
Stand News, September 10, 2021
斥神職人員探監時「煽動」 《大公》引消息指當局研檢討機制 牧師:主要講聖經(Pro-Beijing newspaper slams clergies over ‘incitement’ during visits to prisoners)
Stand News, September 10, 2021
Commentary (评论)
When Dictators Find God
习近平和威权主义新“宗教”
The New York Times, September 10, 2021
Incendiary Essay Ignites Guessing Over Xi’s Plans for China
习近平将把中国带向何方?李光满檄文走红引猜测
The New York Times, September 10, 2021
Thursday, September 09, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
U.S.-CHINA CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS FOUNDER OVER XINJIANG SANCTIONS
China Digital Times, September 9, 2021
Two Scientific Journals Retract Articles Involving Chinese DNA Research
The New York Times, September 9, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
研究: 亲中大外宣扩展规模 称美国为新冠起源地(Pro-China propaganda campaign expands its outreach, says U.S. is the origin of COVID-19)
Deutsche Welle, September 9, 2021
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Pro-China social media campaign hits new countries, blames U.S. for COVID
Reuters, September 9, 2021
中国网游企业遭约谈 沉迷举报平台将上线(Heads of Chinese online game companies summoned by authorities, platform for reporting game addiction to be launched)
Deutsche Welle, September 9, 2021
文化整肃愈演愈烈 中国冻结新网络游戏审批(Cleanup of the cultural sector in China is intensifying, approval of new online games suspended)
Voice of America, September 9, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Xi Jinping's crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society
The Washington Post, September 9, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China and Big Tech: Xi’s blueprint for a digital dictatorship
Financial Times, September 9, 2021
Chinese tech tycoons’ retreat spurs speculation about true motives amid controversies and Big Tech crackdown
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong activists convicted of unauthorised assembly over annual Tiananmen Square vigil after guilty pleas
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2021
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In full: ‘Speaking truth to power’: Tiananmen Massacre Alliance vice-chair Albert Ho’s mitigation plea
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021
Hong Kong national security police raid Tiananmen Massacre museum, a day after vigil group leaders arrested
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021
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鄒幸彤親友引述律師:鄒幸彤遭警指控「煽動顛覆國家政權」(Chow Hang Tung is charged with inciting subversion, according to Chow's lawyer)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2021【拒交資料】消息指支聯會常委徐漢光被捕 同被指違國安法實施細則(Sources say Hong Kong Alliance committee member Tsui Hon Kwong has been arrested for violating implementation rules of national security law)
Stand News, September 9, 2021支聯會4人被捕 英外相指心寒 駐港公署批粗暴干涉香港事務(China's Foreign Ministry in HK criticizes UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab for interfering in HK affairs over a Twitter post saying arrests of Hong Kong Alliance members are chilling)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2021
Hong Kong lawmakers urge gov’t to regulate crowdfunding after national security probe into protest legal fund
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021
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612基金將退回本月3日至本周二期間31萬多元捐款(612 Humanitarian Relief Fund to return more than HK$310,000 received in donations)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 9, 2021
Hong Kong activist Gwyneth Ho says only open bail hearing can safeguard her ‘best interest’
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021
岑敖暉被加被控藐視法庭 與周梓樂逝世半年貼文有關(Former district councillor Lester Shum, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures arrested for subversion, is charged with contempt of court over a social media post about the death of HKUST student during 2019 protest)
Stand News, September 9, 2021
Hong Kong leaders apply national security law retroactively, US congressional panel hears
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2021
INSIDE THE PRO-BEIJING MEDIA ECOSYSTEM
The Atlantic, September 9, 2021
Commentary (评论)
“恶法非法”还是“恶法亦法”?一个伪问题(Is ‘evil law illegal’ or is ‘evil law also law’? That is a pseudo-problem)
Financial Times, September 8, 2021
‘Reversing Gears’: China Increasingly Rejects English, and the World
“开倒车”?中国弱化英语教育意味着什么
The New York Times, September 9, 2021
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China Chases 'Rejuvenation' With Control of Tycoons, Society
Associated Press, September 8, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
UK orders national security review of graphene firm’s takeover by Chinese scientist
The Guardian, September 7, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
China seeks Italy’s support for Beijing Olympics in Xi-Draghi phone call
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2021
多个人权团体呼吁NBC等大电视公司拒绝转播北京冬奥会 (Human rights groups urge NBC and other broadcasters to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics)
Voice of America, September 8, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
4 members of Hong Kong group behind Tiananmen Massacre vigil arrested, a day after vowing to defy police probe
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2021
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Hong Kong labels the host of Tiananmen vigil and other civic groups as ‘foreign agents’ to justify clampdown
GlobalVoices, September 8, 2021
Hong Kong lawmakers take financial services chief to task over fund that supported anti-government protesters
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2021
Jailed Hong Kong opposition activist ditches bail plan after judge refuses to lift reporting restrictions
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2021
「社區前進」宣佈解散 前召集人林兆彬據報日前被廉署拘捕(Community March announces disbandment; sources say former convenor arrested by Independent Commission Against Corruption)
Stand News, September 8, 2021
探訪寫信續抗爭 朱古力釀特權 鄧炳強:危害國家安全(Secretary for Security Chris Tang claims chocolate privilege for prisoners is threatening national security)
inmedia.hk, September 7, 2021
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China’s national security threatened by Hong Kong prisoners’ chocolates, hair clips, says security chief
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2021
Ahead of Hong Kong Elections, Companies Must Act to Protect Digital Rights
The Diplomat, September 7, 2021
New head of Hong Kong’s Law Society vows to ‘listen to different views’, plays down work for pro-establishment think tank
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2021
截至7月底警方拘10265人涉「黑暴」相關違法事件(As of end of July, 10265 people have been arrested in relation to the social unrest in 2019)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 8, 2021
Commentary (评论)
從四個角度看習近平的大動作 (Looking at Xi Jinping's big agenda from four perspectives)
Voicettank, September 3, 2021
中共完全搞錯學生學習壓力大的原因,「戒嚴補課」是滿盤皆輸的政策 (The CPC is wrong about the source of students' stress; the ‘ban on tutoring’ is a lose-lose policy)
The News Lens, September 8, 2021
余杰:为什么必须反思六四的失败? (Yu Jie: Why reflecting on June Fourth's failure is a must?)
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2021
Tuesday, September 07, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Activists accuse C&A, Lidl, Aldi, Hugo Boss over Uyghur forced labour
Agence France-Presse, September 6, 2021
Xinjiang: another official transfers to sensitive region ahead of Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
蒙古族正成为北京民族同化政策的下一个目标? (Are ethnic Mongolians becoming the next target of Beijing's Sinicization policy?)
Radio France Internationale, September 4, 2021