China’s underground churches head for cover as crackdown closes in
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2110433/chinas-underground-churches-head-cover-crackdown-closes
Activists send postcards in support of detained Chinese anti-censorship campaigner
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/postcards-09082017105721.html
吉林：7至8月查处违反中央八项规定精神问题179起 (Jilin province investigates 179 cases of Party principle violation in July and August)
CCTV, September 11, 2017
http://news.cctv.com/2017/09/11/ARTIz9nGxCGVpy2nH7lENtTD170911.shtml
Fancy a well-paying job that requires no prior experience? Cybersecurity in China may be your answer
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2110519/fancy-well-paying-job-requires-no-prior-experience
China wants to build a credit score that dings online chat group users for their political views
Quartz, September 8, 2017
https://qz.com/1072660/china-wants-to-build-a-credit-score-that-dings-online-chat-group-users-for-their-political-views/
What to make of the explosive new WeChat and QQ spying revelations?
China Change, September 10, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/09/10/what-to-make-of-the-explosive-new-wechat-and-qq-spying-revelations/
13 student unions condemn chief executive and university authorities over campus banner controversy
Hong Kong Free Press, September 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/11/13-student-unions-condemn-chief-executive-university-authorities-campus-banner-controversy/
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Ban advocacy of Hong Kong independence, Beijing mouthpiece says amid banner row
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110585/ban-advocacy-hong-kong-independence-beijing-mouthpiece-says
Cyberattackers hack website of Hong Kong pro-democracy party Demosisto
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2110477/cyberattackers-hack-website-hong-kong-pro-democracy-party
Jailed activist Nathan Law says the future of his Demosisto party is unclear
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110553/jailed-activist-nathan-law-says-future-his-demosisto-party
Jail time tests mettle of Hong Kong democrats
Financial Times, September 11, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/7e7b0d5a-8ef9-11e7-9084-d0c17942ba93
人民日报刊文评香港高校现“港独”海报：任何自由都有底线 (People’s Daily on the pro independence posters at HK universities: there is a bottom line in any kind of freedom)
People’s Daily, September 11, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1790522
Xi Jinping is about to face a constitutional crisis
Foreign Policy, September 7, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/07/xi-jinping-is-about-to-face-a-constitutional-crisis/
Human rights and Chinese culture: The nation has stood up; the individual, so far, has not
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/10/human-rights-chinese-culture-nation-stood-individual-far-not/
Rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, missing for weeks, now in police custody in Beijing: Brother
高智晟失踪近月 最新消息指被警带往北京
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/gao-police-09072017170316.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/gao-09072017080106.html
Taiwanese rights activist to stand trial in mainland China
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/2110153/taiwanese-rights-activist-stand-trial-mainland-china
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李明哲案11号开庭 李净瑜赶办证赴陆 (Lee Ming-che faces subversion trial on September 11, as wife arranges document to go to the mainland)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-09072017104624.html
“黑老大”袁诚家获6.79亿国家赔偿 (Jailed “mafia head” Yuan Chengjia receives 679 million yuan in state compensation)
The Beijing News, September 8, 2017
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2017-09/08/content_694792.htm?div=-1
“老赖”辱骂法官被依法拘留 (A “deadbeat” detained for insulting the judge)
People’s Court Daily, September 7, 2017
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2017-09/07/content_129907.htm?div=-1
打通“最后一公里” 让信息化全覆盖——新疆高院关于人民法庭信息化建设情况的调研报告 (Xinjiang High Court Research Report on Informatization of People’s Courts)
People’s Court Daily, September 7, 2017
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2017-09/07/content_129925.htm?div=-1
Despite censorship, China has some cool bookshops
The Economist, September 7, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21728652-government-ambivalent-about-them-despite-censorship-china-has-some-cool-bookshops
Chinese rights lawyer writes to China's leaders calling for amnesty
709律师公开信促放政治犯开民主之路
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/amnesty-09072017120542.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-09072017104948.html
China’s regulation on volunteer services to take effect in December
The State Council of the PRC, September 6, 2017
http://english.gov.cn/policies/latest_releases/2017/09/06/content_281475840642814.htm
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李克强签署国务院令公布《志愿服务条例》(Li Keqiang signed State Council decree and published Regulation on Volunteer Services)
Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council of the PRC, September 7, 2017
http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/art/2017/9/7/art_2_206163.html 志愿服务条例 (Regulation on Volunteer Services)
Ministry of Civil Affairs of the PRC, August 22, 2017
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/gk/fg/shgzyzyfw/201709/20170900005823.shtml
全国“民代幼”教师1000余人进京上访维权讨公道 (Over 1,000 teachers go on petition trip to Beijing in an effort to defend rights)
Weiquanwang, September 7, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/1000.html
求见中央督察组 山东数百老兵遭驱离 (Hundreds of veterans dispersed by police after failed petition to the central government’s inspection group)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-09072017105107.html
国家互联网信息办公室公布《互联网群组信息服务管理规定》(Cyberspace Administration of China Published Management Rules of Internet Group Information Services)
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 7, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/07/c_1121624277.htm
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互联网群组信息服务管理规定 (Management Rules of Internet Group Information Services)
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 7, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/07/c_1121623889.htm
国家互联网信息办公室公布《互联网用户公众账号信息服务管理规定》 (Cyberspace Administration of China Published Management Rules of Internet User Public Account Services )
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 7, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/07/c_1121623848.htm
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互联网用户公众账号信息服务管理规定 (Management Rules of Internet User Public Account Services)
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 7, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/07/c_1121624269.htm
China tightens regulation of religion to “block extremism”
Reuters, September 7, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion/china-tightens-regulation-of-religion-to-block-extremism-idUSKCN1BI1IH
Students clash over Hong Kong independence posters, as Chinese University chief claims “idea” is unconstitutional
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/08/students-clash-hong-kong-independence-posters-chinese-university-chief-claims-idea-unconstitutional/
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More Hong Kong universities remove pro-independence slogans as student unions decry interference
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/07/hong-kong-universities-remove-pro-independence-slogans-student-unions-decry-interference/ 陸生張貼海報還撃 周竪峰喝罵再掀衝突 (Mainland students post on Democracy Wall at CUHK against HK independence and get into brawl with former student union chief Ernie Chow)
The Stand News, September 8, 2017
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/陸生張貼海報還撃-周竪峰喝罵再掀衝突/
撕中大民主牆標語女生 內媒轉載共青團中央微博力撐 (Mainland student gets support from Communist Youth League after tearing down pro HK independence poster on Democracy Wall at CUHK)
Mingpao, September 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170907/s00001/1504795875164
教大學生會已移除民主牆諷刺蔡若蓮兒子墮樓身亡大字報 (Education University of Hong Kong student union removes poster that mocks the suicide of education deputy’s son)
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1352987-20170908.htm
李明哲案將開庭 李凈瑜7日辦赴陸證件 (Lee Ming-che to face trial in Hunan, as wife will soon arrange travel document to go to the mainland)
Central News Agency, September 6, 2017
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201709065015-1.aspx
山东祝圣武律师被指涉嫌发表危害国家安全言论遭调查 或被吊销律师执业证书 (Lawyer Zhu Shengwu under investigation in Shandong for making statements that endanger national security, as Department of Justice looks to revoke his license)
Weiquanwang, September 6, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/blog-post_43.html
维权人士甄江华被刑拘 律师会见遭拒并受骚扰 (Rights defender Zhen Jianghua criminally detained and not allowed to meet with lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-09062017112120.html
黄琦案退侦 律师求见遭拒 老母忧心 (Prosecutor sends website founder Huang Qi’s case back for further investigation, as lawyer still not allowed to meet with him)
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-09062017102954.html
云南当局以“邪教罪”逮捕、起诉二十余名基督徒 (Over 20 Christians in Yunnan arrested and charged of “sabotaging legal enforcement by organizing and using evil religion”)
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-09052017110712.html
Chinese debate medical rights after pregnant woman's suicide
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 7, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-41172675
Chinese poet Langzi detained after commemorating late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/07/chinese-poet-langzi-detained-commemorating-late-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo/
联合国人权专家敦促中国释放江天勇 (UN human rights experts urge China to free Jiang Tianyong)
Voice of America, September 7, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/un-human-rights-expert-on-china-lawyer-jiang-tianyong-20170906/4017914.html
Chinese general reported to be facing corruption probe off military delegation to party congress
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109959/chinese-general-reported-be-facing-corruption-probe
安徽:查处6986起违反中央八项规定精神问题 (Anhui province investigates 6,986 cases of party principle violation)
People.com.cn, September 7, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0907/c1001-29520887.html
In quest for “ideological security”, China pushes to extend Communist Party influence inside tech firms
Global Voices, September 6, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/09/06/in-quest-for-ideological-security-china-pushes-to-extend-communist-party-influence-inside-tech-firms/
Blocked in China, Facebook is said to seek a Shanghai office
知情人士称Facebook欲在上海设立办公室
The New York Times, September 6, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/technology/facebook-china-shanghai-office.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20170907/facebook-china-shanghai-office/
Petition to oust Occupy co-founder Benny Tai from university post attracts 80,000 signatures
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110047/petition-oust-occupy-co-founder-benny-tai-university-post
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何君堯收集逾8萬簽名 將再致函港大要求辭退戴耀廷 (Lawmaker Junius Ho collects over 80,000 signatures and writes to HKU demanding Benny Tai to be dismissed)
Sing Tao Daily, September 6, 2017
https://www.singtao.com.au/172-即時/163265-何君堯收集逾8萬簽名-將再致函港大要求辭退戴耀廷/
學生會堅守最後一張「香港獨立」標語 陸生多擁護言論自由 「香港本身就係一個大家都可以發聲嘅地方。」 (Student union stands by the last HK independence banner at CUHK, as mainland students support freedom of speech)
Inmediahk, September 7, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051926
China’s “super” anti-corruption agency set to repeat past abuses
Hong Kong Free Press, September 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/06/chinas-super-anti-corruption-agency-set-repeat-past-abuses/
China to prosecute activist over support for letter calling on president to step down
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/sichuan-huang-09052017124727.html
Why Australian universities have upset Chinese students
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 5, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41104634
China censors discussion of North Korea's bomb test
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 4, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41152784
网友忧朝鲜核爆，“氢弹”却成中国网络敏感词 (“Hydrogen bomb” gets censored on Chinese social media as netizens worry about the nuclear test in North Korea)
Voice of America, September 5, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/nokor-bomb-20170904/4014969.html
臨近選舉 Telegram失靈「澳門限定」？ 竟要翻牆先上到 (Telegram goes offline in Macau as election closes in, and users need VPN to log in)
Macau Concealers, September 5, 2017
https://www.facebook.com/macauconcealers/photos/a.158212900914486.37247.153478958054547/1423428511059579/
北京下发中小学生“三年养成计划”：1年级小学生会唱国歌 (Beijing education authority issues a “three year cultivation plan”, requiring first graders to be able to sing the National Anthem)
Legal Evening News, September 5, 2017
http://www.fawan.com/2017/09/05/446911t185.html?kuaixun
湖北省潜江市近百民师在市教育局示威 (Nearly 100 teachers in Hubei protest at local education authority for social security and official status)
Weiquanwang, September 5, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/blog-post_41.html
石渠县藏人要求当局交代洛桑仁波切下落 (Tibetans in Sichuan write open letter to local gov’t demanding the whereabouts of a detained eminent monk)
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-09052017111449.html
China seeks to silence critics at U.N. forums: rights body report
Reuters, September 5, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights/china-seeks-to-silence-critics-at-u-n-forums-rights-body-report-idUSKCN1BG0QP
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The costs of international advocacy
Human Rights Watch, September 5, 2017
https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/09/05/costs-international-advocacy/chinas-interference-united-nations-human-rights China’s rights crackdown is called “most severe” since Tiananmen Square
人权观察：中国打压人权“天安门事件以来最严重"
The New York Times, September 5, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/world/asia/china-human-rights-united-nations.html CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170906/china-human-rights-united-nations/
南昌３家幼儿园疑似发生食物中毒 (120 kindergarteners in Jiangxi hospitalized after suspected food poisoning)
Xinhua News Agency, September 6, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2017-09/06/c_1121613998.htm
Activists, academics and politicians establish independent fund to provide assistance to jailed protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/04/activists-academics-politicians-establish-independent-fund-provide-assistance-jailed-protesters/
BBC “disappointed” after Hong Kong’s RTHK replaces World Service with state-run Chinese station
Hong Kong Free Press, September 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/05/bbc-disappointed-hong-kongs-rthk-replaces-world-service-state-run-chinese-station/
Chinese feminism beyond borders: Past, present and future
Wagic, August 24, 2017
https://www.wagic.org/blank-2/2017/08/24/chinesefeminismbeyondborders
A comprehensive bibliography of Liu Xiaobo’s writings
China Change, September 5, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/09/05/a-comprehensive-bibliography-of-liu-xiaobos-writings/
广州诗人浪子的友人助印制展览图录被刑拘 (Friend of detained poet Langzi put under criminal detention in Guangzhou for introducing printing factory to him)
Voice of America, September 4, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-chinese-pen-urges-release-of-poet-langzi-and-his-friend-20170904/4014220.html
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Chinese police detain associate of poet who tried to commemorate Liu Xiaobo
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-lxb-09042017113238.html
卖翻墙软件 判刑9个月 (Man sentenced to nine months in prison in Guangdong for selling VPN)
Deutsche Welle, September 4, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/卖翻墙软件-判刑9个月/a-40357228
维族被囚学者伊力哈木再获国际人权奖 (Jailed Uygur scholar Ilham Tohti receives another international human rights award)
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-09042017110447.html
湖南广电”娱乐立台”被批党性不足 多个节目下架整改 (Criticized for focusing on entertainment and not having enough Party spirit, Hunan Television ordered to take down and reform many TV programs)
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-09042017110606.html
电视剧管控进一步加强 吁“讴歌党国”宣扬主旋律 (Control over TV series tightens as Chinese authorities call for more promotion of the Party and the state)
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/gf2-09042017110648.html
China to unleash flood of TV dramas singing Communist Party’s praises
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109736/china-unleash-flood-tv-dramas-singing-communist-partys
China curbs online debate after Beijing condemns North Korea's nuclear test
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/northkorea-reaction-09042017091744.html
China rewrites history with new censorship drive
Financial Times, September 4, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/4ffac53e-8ee4-11e7-9084-d0c17942ba93
Labor activist Meng Han released after 21 months in prison
China Labor Bulletin, September 5, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/labour-activist-meng-han-released-after-21-months-prison
Senior Chinese military officer questioned over suspected graft: sources
Reuters, September 4, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-defence/senior-chinese-military-officer-questioned-over-suspected-graft-sources-idUSKCN1BF0Z6
Student face and voice scans the new keys to Chinese university dorms
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2109640/chinese-university-tells-students-use-voice-and-facial
為在囚抗爭者成立基金 目標籌得$400萬 (Hong Kong groups set up fund to raise four million HKD in support of the jailed activists)
Apple Daily, September 4, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170904/57167297
Former student leader and ousted lawmaker Nathan Law lodges final appeal against jail sentence
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2109759/former-student-leader-and-ousted-lawmaker-nathan-law-lodges
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羅冠聰就刑期覆核案提出上訴 (Nathan Law lodges appeal against his sentencing)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 4, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1352302-20170904.htm
“The law favors the privileged”: Jailed democracy activist Alex Chow criticizes gov’t for “deceiving” Hongkongers
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/04/law-favours-privileged-jailed-democracy-activist-alex-chow-criticises-govt-deceiving-hongkongers/
香港中大开学典礼校园多处出现港独横幅 (Pro HK independence banners appear in CUHK before opening ceremony)
Voice of America, September 4, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-pro-independent-banners-appear-in-uk-20170904/4014264.html
Guangzhou in 48 minutes? Hong Kong critics of high-speed rail plan urge pulling TV commercial over claim
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2109771/guangzhou-48-minutes-hong-kong-critics-high-speed-rail-plan
Hong Kong’s autonomy is slipping away
香港会成为下一个西藏吗？
The New York Times, September 1, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/opinion/hong-kong-china-political-prisoners.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20170904/hong-kong-china-political-prisoners/
Widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo “fighting to stay in Beijing,” friend says
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/04/widow-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-fighting-stay-beijing-friend-says/
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成功與劉霞通話 野渡﹕劉霞希望長期留在北京 (Friend: Liu Xia expresses hope to stay in Beijing for the long-term over phone)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1352088-20170903.htm 傳返回北京家 民運信息中心：成功通話半小時，劉霞哭泣，每天吃抗憂鬱藥 (Information Center for Human Rights & Democracy: Liu Xia cries over 30-minute phone call and says she has to take anti-depressants everyday)
Stand News, September 2, 2017
https://thestandnews.com/china/返回北京家-民運信息中心-成功通話半小時-劉霞哭泣-每天吃抗憂鬱藥/
Chinese rights lawyers fear tighter control after “lecture” by justice minister
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109383/chinas-justice-minister-promises-harsh-loving
广东维权人士甄江华被警方带走及抄家 (Human rights defender Zhen Jianghua taken by police in handcuffs from Guangdong residence; phone and computer confiscated)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/arrest-09032017094953.html
福建周宁一干部挪用扶贫款放高利贷 获刑4年2个月 (Official in Fujian sentenced to 50 months in prison for embezzling poverty relief fund to become loan shark)
China News, September 3, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/09-03/8321050.shtml
Law criminalizing insults to national anthem passed by China’s legislature, with detention for offenders
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2109381/law-criminalising-insults-national-anthem-passed-chinas
12,000 officials disciplined and 18,000 companies punished in China’s sweeping crackdown against pollution
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109342/top-level-china-pollution-inspections-wrapping
Overseas Chinese Affairs Office deputy Li Gang removed from his post
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109403/overseas-chinese-affairs-office-deputy-li-gang-removed
From ale to jail: facial recognition catches criminals at China beer festival
Agence France-Presse, September 1, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/01/facial-recognition-china-beer-festival
Memorial event for Liu Xiaobo held on Hong Kong beach, calls for release of his widow
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2109562/memorial-event-liu-xiaobo-held-hong-kong-beach-calls-release
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香港支联会海祭刘晓波促还刘霞自由 (Hong Kong Alliance mourns Liu Xiaobo by the sea and presses for Liu Xia’s freedom)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-09032017092747.html
200人遊行聲援在囚政治犯 高喊袁國強下台 (200 people march in support of jailed political prisoners and demand Rimsky Yuen to step down)
Inmediahk, September 3, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051851
Demosisto party slams gov’t teaching materials on Chinese national identity
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/02/demosisto-party-slams-govt-teaching-materials-chinese-national-identity/
Hong Kong scraps 24-hour BBC World Service radio channel despite criticism
Reuters, September 4, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-media-bbc/hong-kong-scraps-24-hour-bbc-world-service-radio-channel-despite-criticism-idUSKCN1BF0EG
周永康狱中家书：没有民主何来法治 (Alex Chow’s letter to family from prison: no democracy, no rule of law)
Inmediahk, September 2, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170903-周永康狱中家书没有民主何来法治
HK independence banners fly at CUHK
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 4, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1352211-20170904.htm
Our universities are a frontline in China's ideological wars
Australian Financial Review, August 30, 2017
http://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/our-universities-are-a-frontline-in-chinas-ideological-wars-20170830-gy74br
Democracy and human rights are vital for the rule of law—and so is legality
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2109596/democracy-and-human-rights-are-vital-rule-law-and-so
The Hong Kong gov’t’s new, poisonous political culture: All criticism is politics, all critics are ill
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/02/governments-new-poisonous-political-culture-criticism-politics-critics-ill/
司法部为维权律师授课 再否定“三权分立” (Department of Justice lectures rights lawyers and denies separation of powers once again)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08312017103425.html
新疆阿勒泰逾20人被捕 两哈族女大学生被抓 (More than 20 arrested in Xinjiang, including two female Kazakh students who tried to wear Islamic clothing and pray at universities)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08312017103303.html
Gao Yu tweets show continued surveillance
China Digital Times, August 31, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/gao-yu-tweets-show-state-surveillance-intimidation/
中国大陆新学年起用“红色教材”遭质疑 (Mainland China dictates “red textbooks” in primary and middle schools for the coming semester)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-08312017103507.html
Science suffers as China’s Internet censors plug holes in Great Firewall
Science Mag, August 30, 2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/science-suffers-china-s-internet-censors-plug-holes-great-firewall
Another Hong Kong reporter barred from entering storm-hit Macau, as gov’t denies journalist ban
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/31/another-hong-kong-reporter-barred-entering-storm-hit-macau-govt-denies-journalist-ban/
China’s effective greens and gaps in climate activism
The Diplomat, September 4, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/08/chinas-effective-greens-and-gaps-in-climate-activism/
Date set for China’s most important political event: the Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2108979/date-set-chinas-communist-party-congress
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中共中央政治局会议建议中国共产党第十九次全国代表大会10月18日在北京召开 (Politburo suggests the 19th National Congress of the CPC to be held on October 18)
People’s Daily, September 1, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0901/c1001-29508053.html
“A whirlwind of charisma!”: China propaganda blitz hails Xi, the Great Statesman
The Guardian, September 1, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/01/a-whirlwind-of-charisma-china-propaganda-blitz-hails-xi-the-great-statesman
Jailed Hong Kong student activist Alex Chow lodges final appeal
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2109268/jailed-hong-kong-student-activist-alex-chow-lodges-final
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律政司：收到周永康就刑期上訴通知 (Department of Justice: received the notice of Alex Chow’s appeal over sentencing)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 31, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1351640-20170831.htm 港大学生会长吁新生向入狱校友周永康学习 (HKU student union chief calls freshmen to learn from the imprisoned Alex Chow)
Radio France Internationale, August 31, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr//中国/20170831-港大学生会长吁新生向入狱校友周永康学习
Will the protest movement in Hong Kong be tamed by the jailing of Occupy trio?
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2109184/will-protest-movement-hong-kong-be-tamed-jailing-occupy-trio
Outgoing HKU vice-chancellor rejects calls to sack Occupy leader and legal scholar Benny Tai
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2109021/outgoing-hku-vice-chancellor-urged-sack-occupy-leader-and
李卓人：誰是香港猶太人——寫在劉曉波尾七 (Lee Cheuk-yan: who are the Jews in Hong Kong—49 days after Liu Xiaobo’s death)
Inmediahk, September 1, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051801
VOA连线(高文谦)：中共确定19大召开日期 挑战何在？ (Gao Wenqian: CPC sets date for the 19th National Congress and what are the challenges?)
Voice of America, August 31, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20170831-connect-19th-ccp/4009872.html
广州原副市长曹鉴燎受贿案二审：驳回上诉，维持原判无期徒刑 (Charged with receiving bribes, former vice mayor of Guangzhou loses appeal and gets sentenced to life)
The Paper, August 31, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1780166
广东将立法防治校园欺凌和暴力问题 (Guangdong will establish laws to prevent bullying and violence in schools)
Chinanews, August 30, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/08-30/8318361.shtml
Rights groups, victims' families call for action over China's enforced disappearances
8.30国际反强迫失踪日 人权团体吁中国停止“合法失踪”
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/disappeared-victims-08302017140357.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08302017103304.html
China’s war on dissent
The Diplomat, August 30, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/08/chinas-war-on-dissent/
Keep it positive: Macau editorial staff told to minimize critical reporting after typhoon, says media watchdog
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/30/keep-positive-macau-editorial-staff-told-minimise-critical-reporting-typhoon-says-media-watchdog/
Are young Chinese liberalizing as China's political leaders crack down?
Public Radio International, August 28, 2017
https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-08-28/are-young-chinese-liberalizing-chinas-political-leaders-crack-down
伍立娟:19大前全国四大行下岗职工在黑龙江、四川、河南各地在省社保局、省政府进行维权 (Over 60 laid-off bank workers in Henan protest for social insurance at local human resources and social security authority)
Weiquanwang, August 30, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/19.html
In Pictures: Hong Kong supporters bid final farewell to Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo; urge China to release widow Liu Xia
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/31/pictures-hong-kong-supporters-bid-final-farewell-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-urge-china-release-widow-liu-xia/
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刘晓波“尾七”香港团体促中国释放刘霞 (Hong Kong groups march and call on China to free Liu Xia 49 days after Liu Xiaobo’s death)
Voice of America, August 30, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/HK-groups-mourn-death-of-liu-xiaobo/4006608.html
“We expect people to take responsibility for their actions,” says outgoing HKU chief on jailed student activist
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/30/expect-people-take-responsibility-actions-says-outgoing-hku-chief-jailed-student-activist/
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回應周永康入獄 馬斐森冀學生要自己行為承擔後果 (HKU Vice-Chancellor on the jailing of Alex Chow: we expect people to take responsibility for their actions)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 30, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1351413-20170830.htm
Hong Kong activists fear Chinese anthem law is latest curb on freedom
The Guardian, August 31, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/31/hong-kong-activists-fear-chinese-anthem-law-is-latest-curb-on-freedom
Court finally releases English version of judgment that jailed Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2108919/court-finally-releases-english-version-judgment-jailed-hong
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30/08/2017 Caar4x/2016 Secretary for Justice v. Wong Chi Fung and Others
Court of Appeal, The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, August 30, 2017
https://multimedia.scmp.com/2017/graphics/assets/111053.pdf
“Let love win over hate”: Activist Raphael Wong thanks democracy protesters in letter from prison
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/30/let-love-win-hate-activist-raphael-wong-thanks-democracy-protesters-letter-prison/
Our universities are a frontline in China's ideological wars
Financial Review, August 30, 2017
http://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/our-universities-are-a-frontline-in-chinas-ideological-wars-20170830-gy74br
Here’s what lies ahead for Hong Kong after the 19th Party Congress
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2108950/heres-what-lies-ahead-hong-kong-after-19th-party-congress
清算雨傘第三步：消滅戴耀廷教授 (The third step to clearing the accounts with the Umbrella Movement: Destroying Professor Benny Tai)
Inmediahk, August 31, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051783
放下哀傷 繼承遺志 為生者爭自由 為死者討公道 (Let go of sadness and inherit Liu Xiaobo’s legacy; fight for freedom of the living and demand justice for the dead)
Inmediahk, August 31, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051774
Drinking tea with China’s "National Treasure": Five questions
chuangcn.org/blog, August 28, 2017
http://chuangcn.org/2017/08/drinking-tea/
Widow of late Chinese dissident “in Yunnan” as traditional mourning period ends
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liuxia-yunnan-08292017163909.html
Related:
Liu Xiaobo’s death breathes life into China-Norway trade talks
The Diplomat, August 28, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/08/liu-xiaobos-death-breathes-life-into-china-norway-trade-talks/
Aug 30 2017: @HKA1989 protest on 49th day since Liu Xiaobo's death, the end of the traditional mourning period, and call to release Liu Xia pic.twitter.com/9tOTWgmP2R
— HRIC 中国人权 (@hrichina) August 30, 2017
澳門司警以涉刑事案為由拘民間公投委員 (Macau police arrest referendum activists on criminal charges)
Apple Daily, August 29, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20140829/52846932
法检两院组织法迎来大修 (Organic Law of the People's Courts and People's Procuratorates to be revised)
Legal Daily, August 28, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/28/content_7297044.htm
司法部副部长：进一步完善法律援助制度 确保各项改革任务落地生效 (Vice Minister of Justice: further improve legal aid system, ensure various reforms implemented)
Central People’s Government, August 28, 2017
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017-08/29/content_5221343.htm
Missing Chinese rights lawyer’s brother detained, released by police
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/brother-08282017173233.html
中国多所大学成立党委教师工作部改善意识形态“薄弱” (Several universities in China set up Party committee work groups for teachers to address the problem of ideological “weakness”)
Radio France Internationale, August 29, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170829-中国多所大学成立党委教师工作部改善意识形态薄弱
Typhoon Hato aftermath: Macau arrests two people for “spreading rumors”, as ex-Observatory chief investigated
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/29/typhoon-hato-aftermath-macau-arrests-two-people-spreading-rumours-ex-observatory-chief-investigated/
新闻出版广电总局要求规范报刊单位及其所办新媒体采编管理 (SAPPRFT demands to regulate editorial management of newspaper units and their new media platforms)
The Paper, August 28, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1778329
Press groups slam Macau's ban on four Hong Kong journalists
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/macau-journalists-08292017152210.html
网友呼吁为中国维权律师获国际人权奖投票 (Netizens call for voting for Wang Quanzhang for international human rights award)
Voice of America, August 29, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/netizens-call-for-voting-for-wang-quanzhang-for-international-award/4004924.html
投诉：三百多参加核试的退伍兵再次到陕西省政府上访 (Over 300 veterans from nuclear weapon squad petition at local gov’t in Shaanxi for better pension and healthcare)
Weiquanwang, August 29, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/blog-post_57.html
黑龙江省“五大生”和民代教师共300多人在省信访局上访维权 (Over 300 teachers in Heilongjiang petition at provincial bureau for letters and visits for pensions and healthcare)
Weiquanwang, August 29, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/300.html
China urged to end illegal practice of enforced disappearances
Voice of America, August 29, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-enforced-disappearances/4005098.html
在上海，B站等互联网企业都在推进党建工作：企业带着责任感，产品充满正能量 (In Shanghai, popular video streaming website and other Internet enterprises push forward in party building)
Shanghai Observer, August 28, 2017
http://www.shobserver.com/news/detail?id=63352
Chinese tech firms are at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence—But at what cost?
Global Voices, August 28, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/08/28/chinese-tech-firms-are-at-the-cutting-edge-of-artificial-intelligence-but-at-what-cost/
The evolution of China's Great Firewall: 21 years of censorship
Global Voices, August 30, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/08/30/the-evolution-of-chinas-great-firewall-21-years-of-censorship/
七名新疆哈萨克族留学生逃抵土耳其 (Seven Kazakh students from Xinjiang evade Egyptian police and arrive in Turkey)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-08292017103701.html
饒戈平：香港不能以自治為由 免除實施《國歌法》責任 (Chinese Basic Law Committee official: Hong Kong can’t be exempted from the responsibility of implementing the National Anthem Law on autonomy grounds)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 29, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1351245-20170829.htm
Disqualified lawmakers say they will not stand for re-election or fight request to repay wages in court
Hong Kong Free Press, August 28, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/28/disqualified-lawmakers-say-will-not-stand-re-election-fight-request-repay-wages-court/
“This is a joke”: Hong Kong democratic lawmaker Helena Wong latest to be denied entry to Macau
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/30/joke-hong-kong-democratic-lawmaker-helena-wong-latest-denied-entry-macau/
How many times can the world turn its head…The case for Wang Quanzhang
China Law and Policy, August 30, 2017
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2017/08/30/how-many-times-can-the-world-turn-its-head-the-case-for-wang-quanzhang/
China is risking the lives of political prisoners by denying them medical care
ChinaFile, August 28, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/china-risking-lives-of-political-prisoners-denying-them-medical-care
Political storm: Macanese rebuff judging eyes from Hong Kong, as army aids typhoon clean-up
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/29/political-storm-macanese-rebuff-judging-eyes-hong-kong-army-aids-typhoon-clean/
中国大陆异议人士杨天水脑瘤手术结束 (Chinese dissident Yang Tianshui, aka Yang Tongyan, receives brain surgery to treat his brain tumor)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-08282017103516.html
司法部邀維權律師研討 「點名」通知出席 部長授課 (Department of Justice in China invites rights lawyers to seminar and attend classes taught by head of the Department)
Mingpao, August 29, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170829/s00013/1503943342287
深圳前政法委書記蔣尊玉受賄8522萬 囚終身充公財產 (Jiang Zunyu, former Secretary of the Shenzhen Political and Legal Affairs Commission sentenced to life for accepting bribes of RMB 8.52 million)
Mingpao, August 28, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170828/s00004/1503913243064
2長者被捕！涉WeChat謠傳政府瞞停車場5死 (Two seniors arrested in Macau for sending WeChat messages about gov’t concealing the number of typhoon victims)
Apple Daily, August 28, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170828/57139771
维权律师刘尧被判刑20年 将提上诉 (Rights lawyer Liu Yao sentenced to 20 years in prison, his lawyer says he will appeal)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08282017101044.html
在华外企也要加强党的领导 (Foreign companies in China will beef up Party leadership)
Deutsche Welle, August 27, 2017
http://www.dw.com//zh/在华外企也要加强党的领导/a-40239826
酷刑报告：四川维权人士陈明燕在雅安看守所被管教虐待的控告状 (Sichuan rights defender Chen Mingyan sues detention center in Ya’an for torture)
Weiquanwang, August 27, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/blog-post_45.html
China law threatens 15 days of jail for improper anthem use
Associated Press, August 28, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-law-threatens-15-days-in-jail-for-improper-anthem-use/4003551.html
Chinese universities tighten ideological control of teaching staff
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2108597/china-universities-tighten-ideological-control-teaching
China's censors cut off social media access for ethnic Mongolian activist couple
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-censors-cut-off-social-media-access-for-ethnic-mongolian-activist-couple-08282017114715.html
辽宁民师近100人到省教育厅上访维权 (Nearly 100 teachers petition at education authority in Liaoning for pension schemes)
Weiquanwang, August 28, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/100.html
Hotel workers fight back in low paid service jobs
China Labor Bulletin, August 28, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/hotel-workers-fight-back-low-paid-service-jobs
Corrupt officials holding back China’s drive to eliminate poverty
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2108613/corrupt-officials-holding-back-chinas-drive-eliminate
China merging state-owned energy giants
The Hindu, August 28, 2017
http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/china-merging-state-owned-energy-giants/article19575917.ece
Demolish the factories—China's violent economy helps iron ore prices
The Australian Financial Review, August 29, 2017
http://www.afr.com/business/manufacturing/demolish-the-factories--chinas-violent-economy-helps-iron-ore-prices-20170827-gy4ztp
Concerns over planned law to prevent abuse of Chinese national anthem in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2108678/concerns-over-planned-law-prevent-abuse-chinese-national
Related:
林鄭月娥：國歌法應透過本地立法在本港實施 (Carrie Lam: the National Anthem Law should be implemented in Hong Kong through local legislation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 29, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1351104-20170829.htm
Ousted Hong Kong lawmaker Yau Wai-ching shows remorse for “arrogance and rashness”
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2108515/ousted-hong-kong-lawmaker-yau-wai-ching-shows-remorse
Freedom of expression NGO “deeply troubled” by RTHK’s cancellation of BBC World Service relay
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/29/freedom-expression-ngo-deeply-troubled-rthks-cancellation-bbc-world-service-relay/
Alleged recording of Hong Kong activist Lee Sin-yi surfaces, months after she “fled” to Taiwan ahead of Mong Kok protest trial
Hong Kong Free Press, August 28, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/28/alleged-recording-hong-kong-activist-lee-sin-yi-surfaces-months-fled-taiwan-ahead-mong-kok-protest-trial/
Cambridge University Press censorship attacks are misguided
The Guardian, August 24, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/cambridge-university-press-censorship-attacks-are-misguided
Behind bars, Hong Kong political activist Joshua Wong remains in good spirits
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2108624/behind-bars-hong-kong-political-activist-joshua-wong-remains
云南网民“诋毁国家领导人”被行拘 “知乎”成立党支部 (Netizen in Yunnan detained for commenting on state leaders on WeChat; Online community Zhihu sets up Party branch)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08272017105801.html
被加罪刘飞跃拒认罪 律师将提交不起诉意见书 (Liu Feiyue, founder of msguancha.com, refuses to confess and denies charges; Lawyer will submit non-prosecution opinion to prosecutor)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-08272017123524.html
Founder of Chinese rights watch website may face life sentence if convicted of additional charge—Amnesty
Hong Kong Free Press, August 28, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/28/founder-chinese-rights-watch-website-may-face-life-sentence-convicted-additional-charge-amnesty/
Chinese rights lawyer to appeal against 20-year prison sentence
Financial Times, August 27, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/03790572-8aed-11e7-a352-e46f43c5825d?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6
Detained Chinese rights activist calls for information on “disappeared” wife
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/qinyongmin-wife-08252017132526.html
Person of the week: Gao Zhisheng
China Digital Times, August 25, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/person-week-gao-zhisheng/
中国加强审查视听娱乐严控网络 禁用VPN翻墙 (China bans TV series with strong entertainment elements and of sensitive subjects during prime time, while the ban on VPNs and the demand of real name identification of comment posters continue)
Voice of America, August 27, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/beijing-tightens-up-censorship-control-20170827/4002471.html
禁港媒入境 澳門保安司長：非針對職業，如何威脅安全要保密 (Hong Kong journalists denied access into Macau; Macau head of security: Not targeting people with specific professions, how they endanger social security is confidential)
Stand News, August 27, 2017
https://www.thestandnews.com/澳門/禁港媒入境-澳門保安司長-依法拒影響社會治安人士-非針對任何職業/
Cambridge university press censorship storm continues, despite reversal
China Digital Times, August 25, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/cambridge-university-press-censorship-storm-continues-despite-reversal/
China bans major crimes, disasters, mass protests ahead of Party Congress
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/congress-bans-08252017140457.html
Provocative forever: Ai Weiwei turns 60
Deutsche Welle, August 28, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/provocative-forever-ai-weiwei-turns-60/a-40201567
中央纪委驻财政部纪检组组长莫建成接受组织审查 (Senior Central Commission for Discipline Inspection official Mo Jiancheng put under Party investigation)
People.com.cn, August 28, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0828/c1001-29497964.html
Germany says Chinese rights activist won't get fair hearing
Reuters, August 25, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-germany-idUSKCN1B517
In Tibetan Buddhist heartland, Communist Party takeover threatens religious academy’s soul
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108308/tibetan-buddhist-heartland-communist-party-takeover-threatens
The great U.S.-China biotechnology and artificial intelligence race
The Diplomat, August 23, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/08/the-great-us-china-biotechnology-and-artificial-intelligence-race/
Chinese users posting comments online must register real names
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2108356/china-targets-illegal-information-online-comments
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国家互联网信息办公室公布《互联网跟帖评论服务管理规定》(Cyberspace Administration of China issues Management Rules of Internet Following Post and Commenting Service)
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 25, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/25/c_1121541481.htm 国家互联网信息办公室有关负责人就《互联网跟帖评论服务管理规定》答记者问 (Spokesman of Cyberspace Administration of China responds to journalists’ questions on Management Rules of Internet Following Post and Commenting Service)
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 25, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/25/c_1121541844.htm
国家互联网信息办公室公布《互联网论坛社区服务管理规定》(Cyberspace Administration of China issues Management Rules of Internet Forum and Community Service)
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 25, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/25/c_1121541536.htm
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国家互联网信息办公室有关负责人就《互联网论坛社区服务管理规定》答记者问 (Spokesman of Cyberspace Administration of China responds to journalists’ questions on Management Rules of Internet Forum and Community Service)
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 25, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/25/c_1121541845.htm
China is trying to give the Internet a death blow
Foreign Policy, August 25, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/25/china-is-trying-to-give-the-internet-a-death-blow-vpn-technology/
Judiciary in the dock: jailing of student activists opens door to debate
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2108186/judiciary-dock-jailing-student-activists-opens-door-debate
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Imprisoned but not forgotten: New group seeks to support Hong Kong’s jailed democracy activists
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/27/jailed-not-forgotten-new-group-seeks-support-hong-kongs-jailed-democracy-activists/ Stand on the side of justice: Condemn the HK government's political persecution against young democracy fighters
White House Petitions, August 25, 2017
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stand-side-justice-condemn-hk-governments-political-persecution-against-young-democracy-fighters
我再說：「香港沉淪了」！(Joseph Zen, sixth Bishop of Hong Kong: Hong Kong has fallen!)
Personal blog, August 25, 2017
http://oldyosef.hkdavc.com/?p=853
18歲李倩怡被控暴動潛台 網傳錄音：不信香港有法治 獲台灣獨派協助 (18-year-old charged of rioting in Mong Kok flees to Taiwan, saying she doesn’t believe there is rule of law in Hong Kong and now receives help from Taiwan independence group)
Mingpao, August 27, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170827/s00001/1503844053292
China is threatening the rule of law in Hong Kong
The Economist, August 24, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21727069-britains-silence-deafening-china-threatening-rule-law-hong-kong
Ousted pro-independence Hong Kong lawmakers to sit out Legco by-elections
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2108576/ousted-pro-independence-hong-kong-lawmakers-sit-out-legco
Why China hurts itself more than others with censorship
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2108337/why-china-hurts-itself-more-others-censorship
Hong Kong’s first political prisoners? A stormy fortnight for the SAR’s core values
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/27/hong-kongs-first-political-prisoners-stormy-fortnight-sars-core-values/
How can Hong Kong’s courts, gov’t, and media be so deaf to the global chorus of criticism?
Hong Kong Free Press, August 28, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/28/can-hong-kongs-courts-govt-media-deaf-global-chorus-criticism/
UK minister sees no political factors in Hong Kong’s jailing of democrats? Here are ten…
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/26/uk-minister-sees-no-political-factors-hong-kongs-jailing-democrats-ten/
打人就是上班: "领工资的人"狂殴湖北鄂州家庭教会信徒 (“Beating people up is my job” –Dozens of men attack family church members in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-08242017110730.html
父亲上访获刑四年 女儿替父伸冤遭刑拘 (Daughter of jailed petitioner gets criminally detained in Shandong for demanding justice for her father)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-08242017111014.html
政治犯秦永敏羁押逾两年首次见律师 要求公开庭审 (Political prisoner Qin Yongmin meets with lawyer for the first time after being detained more than two years ago and demands open trial)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-08242017110839.html
全国律协：反对给律师乱贴“官派律师”“死磕律师”标签 (All China Lawyers Association: Reject randomly labeling lawyers as “officially-appointed lawyers” and “diehard lawyers”)
China.com, August 24, 2017
http://news.china.com.cn/txt/2017-08/24/content_41468114.htm
律师协会“两个中心”维权与惩戒并举 受理维权申请178件 接待投诉2362件 (The “Two Centers” of lawyers associations handled 178 rights defense cases and 2362 complaint cases)
Legal Daily, August 24, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/24/content_7293694.htm
中国裁判文书网总访问量破百亿 (Total traffic of China Judgments Online over 10 billion)
Supreme People’s Court of the PRC, August 24, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-57042.html
Canadian journalist briefly detained in Xinjiang
China Digital Times, August 24, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/canadian-journalist-briefly-detained-xinjiang/
At Beijing book fair, publishers admit to self-censorship to keep texts on Chinese market
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2108095/beijing-book-fair-publishers-admit-self-censorship-keep
One of China's Feminist Five denied permission to leave China over 2015 detention
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/feminist-studies-08242017131509.html
姜立军致中国国家主席习近平的公开信——免于酷刑和恐惧是每个公民的中国梦 (Jiang Lijun writes open letter to President Xi Jinping—to be free from torture and fear is every citizen’s China dream)
Weiqanwang, August 25, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/blog-post_39.html
黑龙江4000民办教师省城上访:要求并不高 (4,000 teachers at private schools in Heilongjiang petition at local gov’t for pensions and medical care)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08242017110807.html
Exclusive: In China, the Party’s push for influence inside foreign firms stirs fears
Reuters, August 24, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-companies-idUSKCN1B40JU
十八大以来17名中央委员落马 最高受贿1.46亿被判无期 (Since the 18th Party Congress, 17 members of Central Committee dismissed, the highest bribe reach RMB 146 million and that member jailed for life)
Legal Daily, August 25, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/24/content_7293140.htm
China military warns against return to bad old ways in graft fight
Reuters, August 25, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-defence-idUSKCN1B508D
In China’s war on graft, television is a double-edged sword
The Economist, August 24, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21727064-some-scriptwriters-have-minds-their-own-chinas-war-graft-television-double-edged
微信淘宝等隐私条款接受“考核”：不得违背约定采集个人信息 (Privacy provisions of WeChat, Taobao got reviewed: shall not collect personal information violating permissions)
The Paper, August 24, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1773557
China’s regulators announce real-name system for online commenting
Financial Times, August 25, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/1c18614e-eab6-3571-a5fb-c9d7259d3a73
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网信办：网站不得向未实名认证的用户提供跟帖评论服务 (Chinese cyberspace authority: websites must not provide comment services to users without real name identification)
People.com.cn, August 25, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0825/c1001-29494919.html
Ousted Hong Kong lawmakers Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching lose final bid to reinstate seats
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2108243/ousted-hong-kong-lawmakers-baggio-leung-and-yau-wai-ching
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梁游宣誓案 終極上訴申請被拒 (Pro-independence lawmakers rejected by HK Court of Final Appeal and fail to get reinstated)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 25, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1350302-20170825.htm
Hong Kong’s judicial independence still intact following jailing of democracy activists, says UK’s Asia minister
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/25/hong-kongs-judicial-independence-still-intact-following-jailing-democracy-activists-says-uks-asia-minister/
Education chief Kevin Yeung: Implementing national education “a must”
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/25/education-chief-kevin-yeung-implementing-national-education-must/
解放軍首出動澳門救災 千人十月初五街、大馬路清雜物 (1,000 PLA soldiers dispatched to help with disaster relief in Macau, the first time in both Special Administrative Regions’ history)
Mingpao, August 25, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170825/s00001/1503631063762
葉劉淑儀倡港人可自願參軍 讓青年了解國家 (Regina Ip: Young Hong Kongers could join the Chinese army voluntarily and know about the country)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 25, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1350297-20170825.htm
政府製造香港的少年劉曉波 (The young versions Liu Xiaobo are made by the HK gov’t)
Mingpao, August 25, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170825/s00022/1503581572581
Why you should care about China’s VPN crackdown
The Conversation, August 22, 2017
https://theconversation.com/why-you-should-care-about-chinas-vpn-crackdown-82222
Hong Kong’s new normal
Dissent Magazine, August 23, 2017
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hong-kong-new-normal-joshua-wong-student-leaders-prison
Twilight for Hong Kong’s democracy?
American Interest, August 24, 2017
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/08/24/twilight-hong-kongs-democracy/
Topless protester “disappears” in Beijing after solo protest over official corruption
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protester-08232017110440.html
“共产主义接班人”不得参加教会活动 (Juniors banned from joining church activities in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-08232017103223.html
709家属 金变玲: 天勇，家门永远为你敞开 (Jin Bianling, 709 family member, writes open letter to her husband: Tianyong, you are always welcome to come home)
Weiquanwang, August 23, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/709_23.html
Cambridge University Press re-posts censored articles
Al Jazeera, August 23, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/cambridge-university-press-posts-censored-articles-170822075543589.html
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Odd inclusions on Chinese censors’ crude Cambridge University Press blacklist
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2107686/odd-inclusions-chinese-censors-crude-cambridge
Chinese film critic feared fired after damning review of “Wolf Warrior II”
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-film-critic-feared-fired-after-damning-review-of-wolf-warrior-II-08232017111401.html
贵阳活石教会案：行政复议申请书 (Jailed priest lodges administrative review against local religious authority for interfering with church activities)
Weiquanwang, August 23, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/blog-post_48.html
灵魂争夺战 自由之家批评北京严控宗教 (Struggle of the soul: Freedom House criticizes Beijing's control over religion)
Voice of America, August 23, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/beijing-religion-report-20170822/3996475.html
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中国灵魂争夺战：习近平治下的宗教复兴，压制和抵抗 (China's struggle of the soul: Religious revival, repression and resistance under Xi Jinping)
Freedom House, 2017
https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-reports/china-religious-freedom-traditional-chinese
政府官员管理色达喇荣佛学院 境内外藏人哗然 (Tibetans inside and outside of China appalled as gov’t appoints public security official to high-level position at local Buddhist academy in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-08232017115435.html
吉林省公安厅整治微腐败：惩处104名民警，通报20例典型 (Jilin province punishes 104 police officers for “micro corruption”)
The Paper, August 23, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1771988
2017年中央部门决算公开工作取得新进展 (Central agencies make new progress in publishing financial statements in 2017)
Central People’s Government, August 23, 2017
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017-08/23/content_5219896.htm
知乎成立党支部并召开第一次党员大会，全体66名党员参加 (Zhihu establishes party branch and hosted first meeting, 66 party members participate)
The Paper, August 23, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1772345
哈萨克妇女回国探亲被拘 伊宁“政治学习中心”羁押上千人 (Kazakh woman detained in Xinjang while visiting family and taken to “Political Study Center” where 1,500 people are being held)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08232017103138.html