A rare form of quartz is key to Xinjiang’s solar boom, and almost all of it is in the US
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China Targets Extreme Internet Fandoms in a New Crackdown
Wired, October 26, 2021
国家网信办拟规范互联网用户账号名称信息，六类情形被禁止 (CAC to regulate online account names, banning 6 “situations”)
The Paper, October 26, 2021
又甩锅美国龙虾？牛津专家揭亲中社媒账号新冠虚假信息攻势 (Oxford expert: China's fake news accounts are blaming COVID on U.S. lobsters)
Voice of America, October 26, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
As the rest of the world abandons ‘Zero Covid,’ China holds out.
世界逐步走向开放，中国为何坚持“零感染”政策
The New York Times, October 26, 2021
中国驻欧使馆频频出手 阻碍文化界活动 (Chinese embassies in European countries frequently interfere in cultural events)
Voice of America, October 26, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Why the Beijing Winter Olympics are facing political pressure
Bloomberg, October 26, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Chinese Censorship Is Going Global
Foreign Policy, October 26, 2021
黃雪琴：“哪有记者不发声” (Independent journalist Huang Xueqin: What journalists won’t speak up?)
NGOCN, October 26, 2021
维权评论：全国律协禁止“违规炒作”，律师再上紧箍咒！ (Weiquanwang Commentary: All China Lawyers Association further restricts lawyers by banning “illegal hyping”)
Weiquanewang, October 26, 2021
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中华全国律师协会关于禁止违规炒作案件的规则（试行） (All China Lawyers Association's regulation regarding ban on illegally hyping cases (trial))
All China Lawyers Association, October 20, 2021
長平觀察：荒誕的媒體管制越來越緊 (Chang Ping: China's absurd media regulation is getting tighter)
Deutsche Welle, October 24, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s new rules on accessing gov’t records put journalists at ‘unnecessary’ risk, press group says
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2021
公司及土地查冊下月起須實名 記協憂新聞工作者蒙受不必要法律風險(Company, land record searches require real name registration; Journalists Association fears undue legal risks to reporters)
Ming Pao, October 25, 2021
Ex-head of Hong Kong protest group to spend extra month behind bars after latest conviction for joining illegal rally
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
‘Premature, unnecessary’: Tiananmen Massacre activist hits back as Hong Kong gov’t strikes vigil group from Companies Registry
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2021
【光城者案】涉串謀煽動顛覆國家政權 兩未成年被告申保釋被拒(Two underaged defendants accused of conspiring to incite subversion are denied bail)
Stand News, October 26, 2021
Hong Kong’s national security law no concern for law-abiding groups, Carrie Lam says after Amnesty International reveals exit plans
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
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保安局稱任何指國安法侵蝕自由的指控與事實完全不符(Security Bureau: Claims of National Security Law eroding freedom are inconsistent with facts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 25, 2021
How Beijing’s top agency in Hong Kong plans to build national identity in city with architects’ help
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
80 per cent of Hong Kong teachers struggling with national security education, survey finds
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
大律師公會主席夏博義稱原則上支持修改法援制度建議(Bar Association chair Paul Harris says he supports legal aid amendment suggestions in principal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 26, 2021
UK bank Standard Chartered declines to say if it supports free speech in Hong Kong after marathon runners targeted
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2021
Monday, October 25, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chengdu police summon, question Early Rain Protestant preacher
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2021
陈紫娟（常玮平律师妻子）：常玮平遭酷刑程度远超想象——一度产生被害妄想症(Chen Zijuan, wife of rights lawyer Chang Weiping says torture suffered by husband exceeded imagination, resulted in delusional episode)
Weiquanwang, October 23, 2021
著名媒体人、网络大V罗昌平因言获罪被正式批准逮捕(Luo Changping, well-known media personality and big V, is formally arrested for his "illegal remarks")
Weiquanwang, October 22, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
G7 says there is no place for ‘state-sponsored’ forced labour in veiled dig at China’s Xinjiang policies
Kyodo, October 23, 2021
In the Camps: Life in China’s High-Tech Penal Colony — a damning account
Financial Times, October 25, 2021
报告称北京在新疆建立了压制性的治理体系(Report finds China has established a repressive governance system in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, October 23, 2021
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Exposing the Chinese government’s oppression of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, October 19, 2021
43国发声明 吁中国尊重新疆人权(43 countries call on China to respect human rights in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2021
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43 countries criticize China at UN for repression of Uyghurs
ABC News, October 21, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese lawyers banned from discussing cases in public in latest move to tighten control over legal sector
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s 50 years at UN: Xi Jinping says international rules and order must not be dominated by one power
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2021
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US wants to help Taiwan participate ‘meaningfully’ in UN, as China prepares to mark key anniversary
Reuters, October 24, 2021
Communist Party No 3 hails superiority of ‘Chinese democracy’ and warns against Western influences
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
U.S. Warns of Efforts by China to Collect Genetic Data
美国就中国收集全球基因数据发出警告
The New York Times, October 25, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
With New Conviction, Hong Kong Uses Security Law to Clamp Down on Speech
The New York Times, October 25, 2021
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第二代美國隊長示威叫「光時」等口號 區院裁煽動分裂國家罪成(Second national security defendant is convicted of inciting secession in District Court over chanting protest slogans)
Ming Pao, October 25, 2021
Hong Kong rights lawyer invokes Tiananmen 'tank man' at trial
Agence France-Presse, October 25, 2021
Self-exiled Hong Kong democrat Ted Hui faces four more charges after failing to show up to court
Hong Kong Free Press, October 25, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong woman stands trial accused of targeting police by dropping metal post from height at Times Square shopping centre
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2021
Amnesty to close two Hong Kong offices, cites security law
Al Jazeera, October 25, 2021
Hong Kong banks to disclose related property of clients who breach security law
Reuters, October 24, 2021
Hong Kong is holding its Legislative Council election in two months and campaigning has begun – very quietly, behind the scenes
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2021
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【立會選戰】民協無人出選 民主派政黨參選人「清零」(No one from pro-democracy camp is running for Legco election as Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood sends no candidate)
inmedia.hk, October 23, 2021
As Hong Kong's Civil Society Buckles, One Group Tries to Hold On
The New York Times, October 24, 2021
被指煽惑六四晚會 鄒幸彤親自作供：香港人「煽惑」了我按良知行事(HK Alliance former vice-chair Chow Hang-tung testifies as own witness: The Hong Kong people "incited" me to act according to my conscience)
inmedia.hk, October 25, 2021
Why proposed overhaul to Hong Kong’s legal aid has some lawyers worried and raised fears opposition figures will suffer
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2021
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大律師公會：任何改革應考慮基本法提及有權選擇律師(Bar Association: Any legal aid reform should consider rights to choose lawyer as provided in Basic Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 22, 2021
Hong Kong police tell marathon runners to cover up ‘political’ clothing and tattoos
The Guardian, October 25, 2021
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【渣打馬拉松】「香港加油」成禁語 跑手被要求更衣、遮紋身 大會 7 度稱「不希望涉政治」避答("Hong Kong add oil" is banned in HK marathon; runners are asked to change clothes, cover up tattoos)
Stand News, October 24, 2021
中大善衡書院學生會內閣全體請辭(CUHK S.H. Ho College student union committee members resign)
Stand News, October 23, 2021
被指天橋上拆鐵欄 19 歲理大女生囚 4 個月 官：無悔意(19-year-old student is sentenced to 4 months in jail over dismantling iron railings in 2019 protests)
Stand News, October 25, 2021
Some Hong Kong schools still wary of police engagement despite progress since 2019 protests, security chief says
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2021
Explainer: How Hong Kong sought to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, October 23, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing set for 100-day Olympic countdown but boycott calls, virus weigh
Agence France-Presse, October 25, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong’s witchfinders are making ‘national security’ an all-purpose offence
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2021
China’s Sham Meritocracy Has Created a Burned-Out Generation
Foreign Policy, October 23, 2021
Friday, October 22, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
More countries criticise China at UN for repression of Uighurs
Al Jazeera, October 22, 2021
Related:
Cross-regional joint statement on Xinjiang
Permanent Mission to France to the United Nations in New York, October 21, 2021China tells France it will lose respect if it ‘submits’ to US after Paris plays lead role in UN statement on Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2021
In Xinjiang, officials are trying to stamp out Uyghur identity
The Economist, October 21, 2021
美议员要求海关禁止进口支持使用新疆棉的公司产品 (U.S. lawmakers urge Customs to block products of companies that use Xinjiang cotton)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
'Fragile' song pillorying China's online troll army gets millions of views
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2021
中国“自干五”博主：民族主义崛起下弄潮的“爱国”网红 (China's rising nationalism also boosts popularity of “patriotic” online influencers)
BBC News, October 22, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Fight terror risks in overseas projects with shared intelligence, Chinese ex-security official says
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
US intelligence officials warn companies in critical sectors on China
Financial Times, October 22, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Five ex-leaders of Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil group granted bail but 2 try to decline it on free speech grounds
Hong Kong Free Press, October 22, 2021
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前支聯會4常委獲准保釋 鄒幸彤因涉另一宗案件續還柙(Four former Hong Kong Alliance committee members granted bail; Chow Hang-tung remains in custody for another case)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 22, 2021
US, Britain and EU voice objections to Hong Kong’s disqualification of opposition district councillors
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2021
政府撤銷香港言語治療師總工會登記(Gov’t cancels trade union registration of General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists)
inmedia.hk, October 22, 2021
Hong Kong magistrate orders prosecutors to hand over unedited footage from national security police head’s visit to unlicensed massage parlour
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021
BILLIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PENSION FUNDS SUPPORT ABUSES IN CHINA; HONG KONGERS FLEE WITH THEIR OWN PENSIONS
China Digital Times, October 21, 2021
Post video series China’s Rebel City earns another top prize for coverage of Hong Kong protests with win at Online Journalism Awards
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2021
Hong Kong Marathon warns runners against breaking law with political slogans in first mass participation sports event of national security era
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021
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