Beijing’s top envoy in Macau given new role in ‘safeguarding national security’ – state media
Agence France-Presse, December 4, 2021
Monday, December 06, 2021
Macao (澳门)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
New Wave of Persecution Against Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Must Sound the Alarm
China Human Rights Defenders, December 6, 2021
维权人士郭飞雄妻子在美病危 国际呼吁北京准许郭探视 (Wife of rights defender Guo Feixiong is critically ill in the U.S.; international community urges Beijing to allow Guo to visit her)
Voice of America, December 6, 2021
四川维权人士陈云飞昨被当局构陷获刑4年 (Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei was sentenced to 4 years in prison yesterday)
Weiquanwang, December 4, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China tightens control of religion, with focus on national security
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2021
Peng Shuai and the Real Goal of Chinese Censorship
Wired, December 5, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
White House announces US diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
CNN, December 6, 2021
Beijing 2022 Olympics: China warns it will respond if US announces diplomatic boycott
Reuters, December 6, 2021
Europe hesitant over calls to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2021
外交抵制冬奥呼声高 20国拒签奥运休战协议 (As calls for diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics intensify, 20 countries refused to sign on to the “Olympic Truce” resolution)
Radio France Internationale, December 4, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
晚報：《華爾街日報》社評提出港人杯葛選舉，港府揚言保留採取行動權利(HKSAR gov't says it reserves the right to take action against Wall Street Journal for opinion piece urging Hong Kong people to boycott election)
Initium Media, December 6, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ
Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2021
Hong Kong protests: Telegram group operator jailed for nearly 5 years over incitement offences tied to 2019 clashes
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2021
【支聯會案】鄒幸彤第 9 次被拒保釋(HK Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung is denied bail for the ninth time)
Stand News, December 6, 2021
70 secondary schools include national education plans in annual pitches to parents in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2021
鄒幸彤獲頒「中國傑出民主人士獎」：香港發生的一切是對世界的警號(Chow Hang-tung, honored with Chinese Democratic Education Foundation's Award for Distinguished Democracy Activists, says: All that happened in Hong Kong is a warning sign to the world)
Stand News, December 6, 2021
Commentary (评论)
费加罗报：中国实施开放40年后，再次回到关闭状态 (Le Figaro: After 40 years of opening, China is closing its door again)
Radio France Internationale, December 6, 2021
评论｜刘青：习近平因何借尸还魂，偷听敌台罪诈尸变翻墙罪 (Liu Qing: Why Xi Jinping has resurrected the “listen to enemy radio crime” zombie and renamed it “circumvention crime”)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2021
Friday, December 03, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang: Twitter closes thousands of China state-linked accounts spreading propaganda
The Guardian, December 3, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
“为张展发出更强的声音”(Campaign: "Raise a stronger voice for Zhang Zhan”)
Deutsche Welle, December 3, 2021
上海万文英：酷刑及黑监狱报告——黑监狱50天，我被看守打断两根以上肋骨(Shanghai petitioner Wan Wenying has been detained in a black jail for 50 days and tortured, with at least two ribs broken)
Weiquanwang, December 3, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
‘Where is **?’: Fans in China Elude Censors to Talk About Peng Shuai
“XX在哪里？”中国网球迷躲避审查谈论彭帅事件
The New York Times, December 3, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
US, EU diplomats voice concern about China’s human rights abuses, aggression
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2021
China says it is more democratic than America
The Economist, December 4, 2021
China’s Communist Party is looking for a new generation of leaders. They’ll have to pass ‘the loyalty test’
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2021
Calls grow for probe into Beijing's influence after London Chinatown attacks
Radio Free Asia, December 2, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
美国国会启动奥运囚犯项目，在冬奥前突出中国的政治犯(U.S. Congress introduces the Olympic Prisoner Project highlighting Chinese political prisoners in lead up to Beijing Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, December 3, 2021
Related:
Chairs Introduce #OlympicPrisoner Project Highlighting Political Prisoners in China Leading Up to Beijing 2022 Olympic Games
U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, December 2, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Centrist candidates say cross-border campaigning ahead of Hong Kong Legco poll nearly impossible and new voting scheme only benefits rivals
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2021
3 student union leaders charged with advocating terrorism given bail as they do not pose further national security threat, Hong Kong judge says
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2021
Brain drain fears as Hong Kong secondary schools lose 4,500 pupils and 1,000 teachers in one academic year – survey
Hong Kong Free Press, December 3, 2021
立法會選舉｜民研調查：50%受訪者反對邊境票站安排(Survey shows 50% of respondents oppose to voting at the border)
Ming Pao, December 3, 2021
Related:
“We Hongkongers Survey” press conference cum mini-policy forum on the theme “People’s interest in Legislative Council election, inclination to vote and voting outside Hong Kong / at the border” along with the latest GGPI
香港民研舉行「我們香港人計劃」之「立法會選舉關注程度、初步投票意向及境外／邊境投票」調查新聞發佈會暨小型政策論壇及公佈最新限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, December 3, 2021
Commentary (评论)
China: WTA’s decision should push for effective investigation of sexual violence
Amnesty International, December 2, 2021
Why Peng Shuai Has China’s Leaders Spooked
为什么彭帅让中国领导人坐立不安
The New York Times, December 3, 2021
Thursday, December 02, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Leaked documents link top Chinese leaders to crackdown on Uyghurs
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2021
Nike, Patagonia, C&A named in Dutch criminal filing on Chinese forced labour in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
'Where is **?': Fans in China Elude Censors to Talk About Peng Shuai
The New York Times, December 2, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s Cultural Crackdowns: A guide
SupChina, December 2, 2021
‘China Day’ in New York: A Case Study in United Front Work
The Diplomat, December 2, 2021
WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng Shuai
彭帅事件持续发酵，WTA宣布暂停在中国所有赛事
The New York Times, December 2, 2021
Related:
China hits back at WTA boycott as IOC talks again to Peng Shuai
The Guardian, December 2, 2021
美国与欧盟举行第二次中国政策协调对话会 北京称反对“搞小圈子” (U.S. and EU to hold the 2nd dialogue on China policy coordination; Beijing says it opposes "small circles”)
Voice of America, December 2, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Is China Stacking the Technology Deck by Setting International Standards?
The Diplomat, December 2, 2021
Xinjiang: On technology and crimes against humanity
SupChina, December 1, 2021
China Is Winning the Big Data War
中国已成为大数据之战的赢家
The New York Times, December 2, 2021
Facebook removes Chinese network over fake ‘Swiss biologist’ coronavirus claims
Reuters, December 2, 2021
Related:
脸书：中国涉捏造“瑞士科学家” 宣传新冠假信息(Facebook: China involves in fabricating "Swiss scientist" to promote false information about Covid-19)
Deutsche Welle, December 2, 2021
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