Government Accountability (政府问责)

《环球时报》为新疆高压政策作辩护 (Global Times defends Xinjiang's high-pressure policy)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/333vW

福建:上半年问责47个党组织809名领导干部 (Fujian: 809 leading cadres of 47 party organizations are held accountable for misdeeds in first half of year)
People's Daily, August 13, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0813/c1001-30225377.html

UN rights panel grills China over mass detention of Uyghurs
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/panel-08102018165922.html

UN panel confronts China over reports that it holds a million Uighurs in camps
New York Times, August 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/asia/china-xinjiang-un-uighurs.html

Related:
U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps
Reuters, August 10, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un/u-n-says-it-has-credible-reports-that-china-holds-million-uighurs-in-secret-camps-idUSKBN1KV1SU

New evidence emerges of China forcing Muslims into “reeducation” camps
Washington Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/new-evidence-emerges-that-china-is-forcing-muslims-into-reeducation-camps/2018/08/10/1d6d2f64-8dce-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?utm_term=.cca097fbc376

China flat out denies the mass incarceration of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs as testimonies trickle out
Quartz, August 13, 2018
https://qz.com/1354447/china-flat-out-denies-the-mass-incarceration-of-xinjiangs-uyghurs-as-testimonies-trickle-out/

Related:
China to UN panel: No arbitrary detention in Uighur region
Voice of America, August 13, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-to-un-panel-no-arbitrary-detention-in-uighur-region/4526092.html

China denies violating minority rights amid detention claims
The Guardian, August 13, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/china-state-media-defend-intense-controls-xinjiang-uighurs

China Uighurs: Beijing denies detaining one million
BBC, August 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45173573

China threatens to demolish a mosque, the same day it faces questions at the UN over its treatment of Muslims
Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2018
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-mosque-20180810-story.html

Senior U.S. politician calls for Taiwan’s president to be granted trip to Washington
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2159508/senior-us-politician-calls-taiwans-president-be-granted

Related:
Taiwan leader still defiant as she goes overseas
Reuters, August 13, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198969&sid=6&sid=6

Kenya fraud charges over Chinese-funded $3bn railway
BBC, August 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45169690

China’s language and cultural centers are growing faster across Africa than we thought
Quartz, August 11, 2018
https://qz.com/africa/1351749/chinas-confucius-institutes-in-africa-spread-mandarin-culture/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China releases 3-year action plan for information technology consumption
Technode, August 13, 2018
https://technode.com/2018/08/13/china-it-3-year-action-plan/

Related:
《扩大和升级信息消费三年行动计划（2018-2020年）》解读 (How to read the 3-year Action Plan for Expanding and Upgrading Information Consumption (2018-2020))
Ministry of Information and Information Technology, August 10, 2018
http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146295/n1652858/n1653018/c6309226/content.html

研究人权 德国留学生被迫离开中国 (German student at Tsinghua University is forced to leave for research on human rights)
Radio France Internationale, August 12, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180812-研究人权-德国留学生被迫离开中国

A former Google China exec says the company’s plan to build a censored search engine in the country is likely a violation of human rights
Business Insider, August 10, 2018
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-china-exec-human-rights-2018-8

Related:
谷歌前高管批谷歌重返中国是“愚蠢”的决定 (Former Google exec criticizes Google’s decision to return to China as “stupid”)
Voice of America , August 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Google-China-Censorship-20180811/4524182.html

How Google is developing its censored search engine
China Digital Times, August 11, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/how-google-is-developing-its-censored-search-engine/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

State-run paper defends stepping up of security operations in China’s troubled Xinjiang region
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159416/state-run-paper-defends-stepping-security-operations

Hong Kong (香港)

专访陈浩天: 为了自由与尊严 坚持发表演讲 (Interview with Andy Chan: Will insist on giving speech for freedom and dignity)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/333cm

UN committee tells Hong Kong to show proof that education policy is helping ethnic minority children integrate into society
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2159545/un-committee-tells-hong-kong-show-proof-education-policy

Maria Tam denies Beijing intervened in Hong Kong separatist’s FCC speech, saying “there is zero tolerance for Hong Kong independence”
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159349/maria-tam-denies-beijing-intervened-hong-kong-separatists

Related:
Ex-leader CY Leung equates independence activist’s talk with Nazism, racism and Holocaust denial
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/13/ex-leader-cy-leung-equates-independence-activists-talk-nazism-racism-holocaust-denial/

How China's ire put global spotlight on Hong Kong activist Andy Chan
BBC, August 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45167660

Protesters were not committing a crime because they were not warned they were committing a crime, Hong Kong barristers argue
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2159538/protesters-were-not-committing-crime-because

Priced out and living above a rubbish dump: Where do Hong Kong’s rough sleepers go?
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2159361/priced-out-and-living-above-rubbish-dump-where-do-hong

“Baffling” discrepancies found in population estimates for 2015 Hong Kong district council elections
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159328/baffling-discrepancies-found-population-estimates-2015-hong

Commentary (评论)

A year on, lawyer’s disappearance highlights China’s escalating human rights disaster
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/13/year-lawyers-disappearance-highlights-chinas-escalating-human-rights-disaster/

习近平： 大权在握 麻烦多多 (Xi Jinping: Plenty of troubles come with holding big power)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/334Nh

中国工人运动观察报告2015-2017 (The Workers’ Movement in China 2015-2017): A new report from CLB
China Labour Bulletin, August 13, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/中国工人运动观察报告2015-2017-workers-movement-china-2015-2017-new-report-clb

UN approves former Chilean president as next human rights chief
Xinhua News Agency, August 11, 2018
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2018-08/11/content_58435340.htm

Can Taiwan counter China’s mounting pressure?
Deutsche Welle, August 10, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/can-taiwan-counter-chinas-mounting-pressure/a-45036932

社评：捍卫新疆和平稳定，就是最大的人权 (Global Times: “Preserving peace and stability in Xinjiang is the greatest human right”)
Global Times, August 12, 2018
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2018-08/12702719.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Star scholar disappears as crackdown engulfs western China
The New York Times, August 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rahile-dawut.html

Tens of thousands of Xinjiang’s Kuchar county residents held in political "re-education camps"
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kuchar-08092018124248.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

How Xi Jinping is shaping China’s universities
The Diplomat, August 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/how-xi-jinping-is-shaping-chinas-universities/

重庆官员因“购买私存反动杂志”落马 (Chongqing city official dismissed, expelled from party for possessing reactionary magazines)
Voice of America, August 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-chongqing-official-expelled-for-buying-reactionary-magazines-20180809/4520573.html

Japanese porn star Sora Aoi wears Young Pioneers’ red scarf at charity event sparking anger in China
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2159090/chinese-firm-apologies-letting-japanese-porn-star-sora-aoi-wear

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Thousands of Muslims protest demolition of Chinese mosque in rare moment of defiance
Associated Press, August 10, 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/10/thousands-muslims-protest-demolition-chinese-mosque-rare-moment/

Chinese Maoists join students in fight for workers’ rights at Jasic Technology
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158991/chinese-maoists-join-students-fight-workers-rights

Police swoop on activists as China's leaders gather at Beidaihe resort
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-swoop-on-activists-as-chinas-leaders-gather-at-beidaihe-resort-08102018113107.html

Police in China's Guangdong shut down factory of Liu Xiaobo supporter
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/factory-08102018111407.html

As #MeToo grows, a Chinese tech giant is accused of being an “imperial harem”
Quartz, August 10, 2018
https://qz.com/1353081/mobike-accused-of-harassment-as-metoo-hits-chinas-tech-industry/

Signs show “core leader” Xi facing rare domestic reproach
China Digital Times, August 9, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/signs-show-core-leader-xi-facing-rare-domestic-reproach/

中国性侵受害者不再隐忍 不惧封锁网上集结 (Victims of sexual assault in China rally online despite censorship)
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08092018104248.html

四川籍民主维权人士卫小兵（孤家寡哥）衣服工厂遭广东惠州当局查封 (Textile factory owned by Sichuan rights defender sealed by local government)
China Human Rights Defenders, August 9, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/blog-post_81.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China Uighurs: One million held in political camps, UN told
BBC, August 10, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45147972

Related:
A parallel NGO report by World Uyghur Congress
World Uyghur Congress, July 2018
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/CHN/INT_CERD_NGO_CHN_31745_E.pdf

Chinese corruption inquiry finds US$39 million in cash at homes of ex-boss of Huarong Asset Management
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159221/chinese-corruption-inquiry-finds-us39-million-cash

China says Pacific aid has no political strings
Channel NewsAsia, August 10, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-says-pacific-aid-has-no-political-strings-10607070

信访举报增幅明显 正风反腐不可松劲 (Number of letters and calls relating to corruption rises significantly as anti-corruption campaign continues)
People's Daily, August 10, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0810/c1001-30220685.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Tech “wolf” Huawei on the prowl
The Standard, August 10, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198927&sid=5&sid=5

Familiar feeling: A malware campaign targeting the Tibetan diaspora resurfaces
Citizen Lab, August 8, 2018
https://citizenlab.ca/2018/08/familiar-feeling-a-malware-campaign-targeting-the-tibetan-diaspora-resurfaces/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong denies entry to Japanese city councilor months after Beijing attacked him for supporting democrat
Hong Kong Free Press, August 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/10/hong-kong-denies-entry-japanese-city-councillor-months-beijing-attacked-supporting-democrat/

Related:
聲明：嚴厲譴責港府拒絕和田健一郎入境 (Statement by Demosistō regarding Mr. Kenichiro Wada's refused entry into Hong Kong)
Inmediahk.net, August 10, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058851

Journalists Assoc. expresses “extreme regret” over RTHK’s ban on live-streaming pro-independence activist’s talk
Hong Kong Free Press, August 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/10/journalists-assoc-expresses-extreme-regret-rthks-ban-live-streaming-pro-independence-activists-talk/

Related:
香港記者協會關注外交部駐港特派員公署向外國記者協會施壓
HKJA expresses concern over attempt by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to put pressure on FCC
CH: https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1656&lang=zh-TW
EN: https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1656&lang=en-US

申禁制令暫緩聆訊前執行一地兩檢　梁頌恆：今天是控制損失的最後機會 (Judicial review applicants ask for interim injunction to suspend co-location agreement as rail-link scheduled to open next month)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180810/s00001/1533871598499

More than 100 complaints but no compensation from MTR Corp for residents affected by sinking building site
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2159098/more-100-complaints-no-compensation-mtr-corp

深水埗居民填表入會換米　事後疑「被登記」做選民 (Sham Shui Po residents suspect personal information used by pro-Beijing union for registration as voters without permission)
Ming Pao, August 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180809/s00001/1533827288002

Commentary (评论)

A call for a UN investigation, and U.S. Sanctions, on the human rights disaster unfolding in Xinjiang
China Change, August 10, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/08/10/a-call-for-a-un-investigation-and-us-sanctions-on-the-human-rights-disaster-unfolding-in-xinjiang/

Domestic criticism may signal shrunken Belt and Road ambitions
Jamestown Foundation, August 10, 2018
https://jamestown.org/program/domestic-criticism-may-signal-china-scaling-back-its-bri-ambitions/?mc_cid=456d673538&mc_eid=a762503c8c

For now, there’s no shame in Hong Kong being a "city of public housing "
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2159008/now-theres-no-shame-hong-kong-being-city-public

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China to prosecute former official “obsessed with divination”
Channel NewsAsia, August 9, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-to-prosecute-former-official--obsessed-with-divination--10603226

Beijing artist under house arrest in remote corner of China's Yunnan
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/artist-08092018115740.html

Xinjiang political “re-education camps” treat Uyghurs “infected by religious extremism”: CCP Youth League
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/infected-08082018173807.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Can China fix its propaganda problem?
The Diplomat, August 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/can-china-fix-its-propaganda-problem/

撤「慰安婦」研討會 滬大學﹕外交部要求 (Shanghai Normal University cancels international academic conference on “comfort women” upon demands by Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Ming Pao, August 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180809/s00013/1533752255004

German student at Tsinghua University expelled for research on 709 lawyers
China Change, August 8, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/08/08/german-student-at-tsinghua-university-expelled-for-research-on-709-lawyers/

意识形态继续收紧 中外合办大学要建党委 (Chinese-foreign cooperative universities required to establish partycommittees)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/hj-08082018104707.html

China’s “MeToo” movement evades censors with #RiceBunny
Financial Times, August 8, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/61903744-9540-11e8-b67b-b8205561c3fe

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Hui Muslims rally to protect Weizhou Grand Mosque from government’s wrecking balls
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159047/chinese-hui-muslims-rally-protect-weizhou-grand-mosque

Video: The Window: The aftermath of the Tianjin explosion
ChinaFile, August 8, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/multimedia/video/aftermath-tianjin-explosion

Chinese millennials also hate being blamed for everything
SupChina, August 8, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/08/chinese-millennials-also-hate-being-blamed-for-everything/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ai Weiwei’s studio is demolished
Economist, August 9, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/08/11/ai-weiweis-studio-is-demolished

互金整治办要求报送P2P借款人逃废债名单，将纳入征信系统 (Office for Special Rectification on Risks in Internet Finance orders compilation of information on PSP creditors and bad debts for posting on Credit China)
The Paper, August 9, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2331523

Swiss airline switches Hong Kong flag to China’s on website “in accordance with international usage”
Hong Kong Free Press, August 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/09/swiss-airline-switches-hong-kong-flag-chinas-website-accordance-international-usage/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Why internet users chose Baidu over Google when it was in China
Quartz, August 9, 2018
https://qz.com/1352137/why-internet-users-chose-baidu-over-google-when-it-was-in-china/

China’s lead trade negotiator Liu He joins technology panel as Beijing refocuses its ambitions
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2159036/chinas-lead-trade-negotiator-liu-he-joins-technology-panel

Google reportedly using Chinese site it owns to develop search term blacklist
The Verge, August 8, 2018
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/8/17664956/google-chinese-site-search-blacklist-censored

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Ecuador’s all-seeing eye is made in China
Foreign Policy, August 9, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/09/ecuadors-all-seeing-eye-is-made-in-china/

Hong Kong (香港)

Public broadcaster RTHK bans staff from airing pro-independence activist’s press club speech
Hong Kong Free Press, August 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/09/public-broadcaster-rthk-bans-staff-airing-pro-independence-activists-press-club-speech/

Related:
Chan says he won't shut up after party ban
The Standard, August 9, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198846&sid=4&sid=4

【一地兩檢】申請司法覆核不獲批法援　梁頌恆擬上訴 (Disqualified legislator Baggio Leung considers appeal of denial of legal aid for judicial review against co-location agreement)
Ming Pao, August 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180808/s00001/1533731631263

香港团体谴责当局打压外国记者会 (Civil organizations condemn authorities for crackdown on Foreign Correspondents' Club)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp1-08082018100846.html

Related:
美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法 (American scholar warns successful ban on Hong Kong National Party is de facto implementation of article 23)
Radio France Internationale, August 8, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180808-美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法

梁振英撰文指《基本法》不容分裂國家或顛覆中央政府 (Former chief executive C.Y. Leung cites article 23 on scheduled talk by HKNP Andy Chan at Foreign Correspondents' Club, supports restriction of freedom despite lack of domestic legislation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1411445-20180809.htm

何君堯要求立即檢控戴耀廷 「第一要革走佢，第二要起訴佢」 (Legislator Junius Ho presses for dismissal, prosecution of Benny Tai after legal advice)
inmediahk.net, August 7, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058783

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Bodies in Birmingham exhibition could be executed Chinese prisoners, says doctor
The Guardian, August 8, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/bodies-in-birmingham-exhibition-could-be-executed-chinese-prisoners-says-doctor

美国政府关切中国教授在家参加VOA直播节目被警察带走 (U.S. concerned for Chinese professor, arrested during live VOA interview)
Voice of America, August 8, 2018
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/sun-case-20180807/4518268.html
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/us-concerned-chinese-professor-sun-wenguang-arrested-live-voa-interview/4518257.html

709案李昱函移送法院 健康堪忧 (Case of 709 lawyer Li Yuhan, detained for 10 months, is prosecuted, as health condition worsens)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-08082018100756.html

母親否認女兒有精神病　傳父繼續被軟禁　探望人士亦被扣 (Mother of “Ink woman” denies her daughter is mentally ill, father still under house arrest)
The Stand News, August 8, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/潑墨女孩-母親否認女兒有精神病-傳父繼續被軟禁-探望人士亦被扣/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese intellectuals urged to toe the party line after pushbacks on policy
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158679/chinese-intellectuals-urged-toe-party-line-after

Related:
中共发通知 知识分子须洗脑爱国 (Chinese scholars face brainwashing as two CPC organs issue notice of patriotic campaign)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql2-08022018101541.html

发改委：“双公示”要保护个人隐私，防止信息泄露 (Development and Reform Commission issues opinion on information disclosure for social credit, stresses “disclosure is the norm” while urging protection of privacy)
The Paper, August 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2329669

With a positive spin, Chinese news outlets cover Africa
Voice of America, August 8, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/positive-spin-china-news-outlets-cover-africa/4518628.html

A journalist just caught China in the act of revising its history
Quartz, August 8, 2018
https://qz.com/1351143/a-journalist-just-caught-china-in-the-act-of-revising-its-history/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

被指不实信息 疫苗家长公布受害者名单 (In China, parents of vaccine-sickened children call for answers)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/gf1-08072018101811.html
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-parents-08072018151909.html

中國寧夏清真寺被勒令清拆　引發穆斯林上街維權 (Muslims take to streets in Ningxia as mosque faces demolition order)
The Stand News, August 8, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/中國寧夏清真寺被勒令清拆-引發穆斯林上街維權/link

Related:
贫困县回民集血汗钱建寺 官方一句非法下令强拆 (Mosque built with civilian funding faces demolishment order as government claims building to be “unauthorized construction”)
Voice of America, August 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-muslim-20180807/4517845.html

广西公布一批涉嫌非法社会组织，“老乡会”等一律不予审批 (Guangxi declares villagers associations and chambers of commerce illegal, criticized for “wasteful socializing” and networking, successful registrations limited to alumni associations of prestigious universities)
The Paper, August 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2329140

Tibet’s Lithang horse race festival reopens after 10-year ban
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/reopens-08072018163735.html

广西爆发警民冲突 公安射塑弹镇压 (Guangxi police shoot rubber bullets at villagers during conflict)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-08082018100704.html

火车站严查乘客手机围堵P2P投资人 (Public security sets up cell phone checkpoints at all transportation hubs, prevent P2P investment victims from petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-08082018091713.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China vaccine scandal spreads as it recalls defective products which may have been sold overseas
The Independent, August 8, 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-vaccine-scandal-changchun-changsheng-pharmaceutical-overseas-a8482471.html

Fresh vaccine scandal surfaces in northern Chinese provinces
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/scandal-08082018112346.html

China emerges as second-largest aid donor in South Pacific: Think tank
Reuters, August 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pacific-debt-china/china-emerges-as-second-largest-aid-donor-in-south-pacific-think-tank-idUSKBN1KT1QJ?

China offers further evidence secretive annual leadership meet is happening
Reuters, August 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/china-offers-further-evidence-secretive-annual-leadership-meet-is-happening-idUSKBN1KT19N?

“Not allowed to receive African guests”: Discrimination at Guangzhou hotels
Sup China, August 8, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/08/not-allowed-to-receive-african-guests-discrimination-at-guangzhou-hotels

How China changed after 2008 Beijing Olympics
Deutsche Welle, August 8, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/how-china-changed-after-2008-beijing-olympics/a-44986744

山东省人大内务司法委员会原副主任委员张建华接受审查调查 (Former deputy director of Internal Affairs Judicial Committee of Shandong Provincial People's Congress investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, August 8, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0808/c1001-30217573.html

上海拿户口“抢人”点名要北大清华 被指有失公平 (Undergraduates from Peking, Tsinghua Universities allowed to skip assessment for hukou registration application, new policy criticized for bias)
Sina News, August 7, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2018-08-07/doc-ihhkuskt3272957.shtml

公安疑似动用激光武器对付访民 (Rights defender attacked by security officers with suspected “laser weapon”)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08072018100552.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google's China plans: Backtrack and backlash
The Diplomat, August 8, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/googles-china-plans-backtrack-and-backlash/

Chinese loudest in push to 5G
Reuters, August 8, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198805&sid=3&sid=3

Hong Kong (香港)

Trade war puts dent in Beijing’s plan to turn Hong Kong and surrounding cities into new Silicon Valley
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158873/trade-war-puts-dent-beijings-plan-turn-hong-kong-and

Occupy protest assault trial was a “circus,” retired Hong Kong police officer tells appeal court
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158854/occupy-protest-assault-trial-was-circus

Video: Two anti-independence protesters fined HK$3k each for assaulting passerby who tried to stop fight
Hong Kong Free Press, August 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/08/video-two-anti-independence-protesters-fined-hk3k-assaulting-passerby-tried-stop-fight/

Commentary (评论)

China doesn’t want to play by the world’s rules
Foreign Policy, August 8, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/08/china-doesnt-want-to-play-by-the-worlds-rules/

专访吴霭仪：30多年前“保存香港”呼吁者看当下“港独” (Interview with Margaret Ng: A “preserve Hong Kong” advocate’s views on independence)
BBC News, August 8, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45055901

美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法 (American scholar: Hong Kong National Party incident proves that the Hong Kong government is already exercising the mainland anti-subversion law)
Radio France Internationale, August 8, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180808-美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法

那些和“防火长城”一起长大的中国年轻人 (A generation grows up in China without Google, Facebook or Twitter)
New York Times, August 7, 2018
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20180807/china-generation-blocked-internet/
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/technology/china-generation-blocked-internet.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

More Xinjiang residents sent to re-education camps
China Digital Times, August 7, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/more-xinjiang-residents-sent-to-re-education-camps/

Related:
"No releases" of thousands held for years in Xinjiang township political "re-education Camps"
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/township-08062018145657.html

刘飞跃案开审公民围观被阻 (China tries veteran rights activist Liu Feiyue for subversion, detains supporters)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08072018100929.html EN:https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-08072018105544.html

Tibetan businessman detained by China still missing after five months
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/missing-08062018152928.html

Hangzhou introduces China’s first legal mechanism for combating on-campus sexual harassment
Sup China, August 6, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/06/hangzhou-introduces-chinas-first-legal-mechanism-for-combating-on-campus-sexual-harassment/

山东一“老赖”因被纳入失信名单滞留 (Credit defaulter stranded in Angola because blacklist banned him from buying plane tickets)
Legal Daily, August 6, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2018-08/06/content_7611119.htm?node=20908

Access to Information (信息公开)

早報：微信公號「土逗公社」、「削美麗」發布女工 MeToo 文章後被封號 (Civil society WeChat accounts banned after reblogging #MeToo article)
The Initium, August 7, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180807-morning-brief/

China online news outlet Q Daily shut down
China Digital, August 4, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/chinese-online-news-outlet-q-daily-shut-down/

Related:
Online press Q Daily cuts down coverage on public affairs to stay alive
Sup China, July 13, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/13/online-press-q-daily-cuts-down-coverage-on-public-affairs-to-stay-alive/

治理网络低俗内容 多家动漫音乐网站被点名 (Twenty seven anime and music websites named in fresh wave of “tidying up” vulgar content on the Internet)
Xinhua News, August 5, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-08/05/c_1123224731.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The People’s Daily: “Giving birth is not only a family matter but also a national issue”
SupChina, August 7, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/07/the-peoples-daily-giving-birth-is-not-only-a-family-matter-but-also-a-national-issue/

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生娃是家事也是国事 (Giving birth is both a family matter and a national issue)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/html/2018-08/06/content_1872810.htm

中国家庭教会终敢质疑官方打压 (House churches in China finally speak out against crackdown)
Radio France Internationale, August 5, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180805-中国家庭教会终敢质疑官方打压

Related:
北京錫安教會遭公安打壓　分堂全被關　僅餘總堂可運作 (Beijing Zion house church shut down, WeChat blocked, videos removed upon accusation of "foreign influence")
The Stand News, August 7, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/北京錫安教會遭公安打壓-分堂全被關-僅餘總堂可運作/

Christians in China's heartland face government suppression
Associated Press, August 7, 2018
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/0807/Christians-in-China-s-heartland-face-government-suppression

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Video: China cracking down on Christians
Associated Press, August 7, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmZy2HFNEoU

“There is no sign of life”: Fears for Uighur man after Germany mistakenly expels him to China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/07/no-sign-life-fears-uighur-man-germany-mistakenly-expels-china/

Related:
“We’re a people destroyed”: Why Uighur Muslims across China are living in fear
The Guardian, August 7, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/07/why-uighur-muslims-across-china-are-living-in-fear

中共原老干部声援深圳佳士工人组建工会 (Former veteran cadre of CPC supports Shenzhen workers right to form labor union)
Voice of America, August 7, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/More-Support-For-Shenzhen-Workers-20180807/4516870.html

Team China debuts at Gay Games in Paris
Sup China, August 6, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/06/team-china-debuts-at-gay-games-in-paris/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

警24小時駐守 廠區嚴管堪比軍營 (Police stationed around the clock at faulty vaccine factory)
Ming Pao, August 7, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180807/s00013/1533579315045

Related:
国务院调查组公布吉林长春长生公司违法违规生产狂犬病疫苗案件进展 (State Council investigation team of experts reports on vaccine company’s alleged legal violations)
Xinhua, August 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-08/07/c_1123236317.htm

Chinese vaccine maker found to have forged production data for over four years
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158699/chinese-vaccine-maker-found-have-forged-production-data

China tightens grip on foreign university joint ventures
Financial Times, August 7, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/dbb7b87e-99f7-11e8-9702-5946bae86e6d

江苏省连云港市人大常委会副主任郑平接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Deputy director of Lianyungang CPC Standing Committee is investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, August 7, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0807/c1001-30214276.html

河南通报6起涉黑涉恶腐败和“保护伞”案例 (Henan reports 6 cases of public security officers involved in corruption, “protective umbrella” cases)
People's Daily, August 7, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0807/c1001-30214594.html

中央巡视组原副部级巡视专员张化为受贿案一审开庭 (Central Inspection Commissioner goes on trial of first instance in bribery case)
Beijing News, August 7, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/07/498514.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google faces hurdles in China beyond censorship
Wired, August 6, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/google-faces-hurdles-in-china-beyond-censorship/

Related:
A Google-Tencent alliance makes for murky politics—but great business
Quartz, August 7, 2018
https://qz.com/1350165/a-google-tencent-alliance-in-china-makes-for-murky-politics-but-great-business/

On Google’s reported plan to work with Chinese censors
Human Rights in China, August 2, 2018
https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-comment/googles-reported-plan-work-chinese-censors

China: U.S. tech firms risk complicity in abuses
Human Rights Watch, August 7, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/07/china-us-tech-firms-risk-complicity-abuses

Stability prerequisite for China’s internet opening up
Global Times, August 5, 2018
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dQquBOx1jN0J:www.globaltimes.cn/content/1113992.shtml+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Related:
人民日报发推：欢迎Google回归，但前提是要遵守中国法律 (People’s Daily publishes article welcoming Google back, so long as it respects Chinese law)
Sohu.com, August 7, 2018
http://www.sohu.com/a/245673773_473283

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

U.S. firms’ sales to China’s police: Sales may not break the law – but are they defensible?
Human Rights Watch, August 6, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/06/us-firms-sales-chinas-police

Hong Kong (香港)

外交部重申堅決反對外部勢力干預香港事務 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates its resolute opposition to external forces intervening in Hong Kong affairs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 7, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1411085-20180807.htm

警隊爆 Metoo 醜聞　女警指控男上司搖動下半身露猥瑣笑容 (Hong Kong police force caught in #MeToo scandal)
The Stand News, August 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/society/警隊爆-metoo-醜聞-女警指控男上司搖動下半身露猥瑣笑容

Cease threats against Foreign Correspondents’ Club, press groups tell former Hong Kong leader CY Leung
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158706/cease-threats-against-foreign-correspondents-club-press

Related:
Ex-Hong Kong leader heightens pressure on journalists’ group
The New York Times, August 7, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/world/asia/hong-kong-cy-leung-fcc.html

Student protester carried airgun for “self defense”, court hears
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158690/student-protester-carried-airgun-self-defence

The odd-job volunteers “fixing” Hong Kong politics
Taipei Times, August 8, 2018
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2018/08/08/2003698186

囚菲港人鄧龍威胞兄請願　望政府提供鄧出境紀錄 (Family of Hong Konger jailed in Philippines petitions for border exit records to support case in final appeal)
Ming Pao, August 7, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180807/s00001/1533616873963

Failed asylum seekers left in limbo as countries drag their feet on helping Hong Kong deport 2,000
South China Moring Post, August 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158595/failed-asylum-seekers-left-limbo-countries

過百觀塘外判清潔工罷工6小時 抗議食環署嚴苛管理 (Outsourced FEHD cleaning-workers hold strike for 6 hours in protest of harsh management)
Inmediahk.net, August 6, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058756

外傭團體聯署促調升薪金　另盼訂明每日休息11小時 (Civil society organizations petition for minimum wage adjustment, mandatory 11-hour break for foreign domestic workers)
Ming Pao, August 7, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180807/s00001/1533624942493

調查：八成受訪者指零散工收入不足應付開支　團體促修例保障權益 (Alliance for Casual Workers urges legislative protection for day laborers)
Ming Pao, August 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180805/s00001/1533459231279

Commentary (评论)

Xi Jinping sees some pushback against his iron-fisted rule
Washington Post, August 2, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/08/02/xi-jinping-sees-some-pushback-against-his-iron-fisted-rule/?utm_term=.da17b9d9f51e

Hong Kong’s tourism chief is shamelessly sacrificing the city to please big bosses in Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/05/hong-kongs-tourism-chief-shamelessly-sacrificing-city-please-big-bosses-beijing/

Chris Yeung: A letter to students – to be, or not to be, a Hong Kong journalist?
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/07/chris-yeung-letter-students-not-hong-kong-journalist/

A visit to the Dalai Lama’s birthplace
The Diplomat, August 7, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/a-visit-to-the-dalai-lamas-birthplace/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

黄琦狱中病情危重 母亲促当局放人 (Dissident Huang Qi in critical condition in prison, mother urges his release)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08062018093111.html

Detained Chinese professor moved to unknown location
Voice of America, August 5, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-professor-sun-whereabouts-unknown/4514282.html

Related:
Arrest seen as part of China's efforts to crush criticism
Voice of America, August 4, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/observers-sun-wenguang-s-arrest-is-part-of-china-s-attempts-to-crush-anti-government-sentiments/4513653.html

Tibetan protest singer freed after serving more than three years in prison
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/singer-08032018153355.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chris Patten: China “wrong” to try to silence Hong Kong activist
Agence France-Presse, August 6, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/chris-patten-china-wrong-to-try-to-silence-hong-kong-activist

Some Ai Weiwei art will be lost to wrecking ball, artist’s assistant says as demolition work on his Beijing studio continues
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2158500/some-ai-weiwei-art-will-be-lost-wrecking-ball-artists

二季度全国政府网站抽查 共300人被问责 (Second quarter of government website spot-check holds 300 people accountable for website management, errors)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0806/c1001-30212376.html

环境监测数据造假 生态环境部约谈临汾市政府负责人 (Ministry of Ecology and Environment questions key municipal officials in Linyi air quality data fraud incident)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0806/c1001-30211937.html

Gay-themed drama is latest victim of China’s drive to purge “harmful and obscene” content from web
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2158196/gay-themed-drama-latest-victim-chinas-drive-purge-harmful-and

“Christopher Robin” won’t get a release in China, where Winnie the Pooh is a symbol of resistance
Quartz, August 4, 2018
https://qz.com/quartzy/1348099/christopher-robin-wont-get-a-release-in-china-where-winnie-the-pooh-is-a-symbol-of-resistance/

Is Western media biased against China? (Part Two)
Global Voices, August 3, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/08/03/is-western-media-biased-against-china-part-two/

Related:
Is Western media biased against China? (Part One)
Global Voices, July 26, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/07/26/is-western-media-biased-against-china-part-one/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Police thwart protest rallies by victims of China’s underground financial system
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2158533/police-thwart-protest-rallies-victims-chinas-underground

Related:
P2P 投资人北京集体维权遭维稳 (Mass of P2P fundraising victims from across China travel to petition in Beijing, demonstrations suppressed)
Voice of America, August 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-p2p-petitioners-blocked-20180806/4515240.html

Chinese P2P chief Yao Kunjie makes the Forbes high achievers list while under investigation
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2158299/chinese-p2p-chief-yao-kunjie-makes-forbes-high-achievers-list

辽宁氧化铝项目叫停 政府打压抗议者 (Environmental protests succeed in halting Liaoning aluminum oxidization plant project, authorities suppress protests)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf1-08062018100450.html

Cracks appear in “invincible” Xi Jinping's authority over China
The Guardian, August 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/04/cracks-appear-in-invincible-xi-jinpings-authority-over-china

Taipei-born actress Vivian Sung causes social media storm for calling Taiwan her “favorite country”
What’s on Weibo, August 3, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/taipei-born-actress-vivian-sung-causes-social-media-storm-for-calling-taiwan-her-favorite-country/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Taiwan national flag flies at Paris Gay Games opening despite pressure from China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/06/taiwan-national-flag-flies-paris-gay-games-opening-despite-pressure-china/

Taiwan considering countermeasures against airlines referring to island as part of China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/06/taiwan-considering-countermeasures-airlines-referring-island-part-china/

Related:
Taiwan: How airlines are being dragged into China’s bitter dispute over the island’s sovereignty
The Conversation, August 6, 2018
https://theconversation.com/taiwan-how-airlines-are-being-dragged-into-chinas-bitter-dispute-over-the-islands-sovereignty-100932

Shanghai Airport Authority boss under investigation for violating Party discipline and laws
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2158536/shanghai-airport-authority-boss-under-investigation-violating

Related:
上海机场（集团）董事长吴建融接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Chairman of board of Shanghai Airport Authority investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0806/c1001-30212395.html

陕西省纪委原预防腐败室主任胡传祥接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Director of Shaanxi Provincial Commission for Disciple Inspection, Hu Chuanxiang, investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 6, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201808/t20180806_177285.html

Worries grow in Singapore over China’s calls to help “motherland”
The New York Times, August 5, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/world/asia/singapore-china.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google eyes China cloud tie-ups
Bloomberg, August 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198687&sid=2&sid=2

British putting Huawei under spotlight over use of US firm’s ageing software
Reuters, August 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2158312/british-putting-huawei-under-spotlight-over-use-us-firms-ageing

Drones, facial recognition and a social credit system: 10 ways China watches its citizens
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2157883/drones-facial-recognition-and-social-credit-system-10-ways-china

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

In new admin error, Germany expels Uighur man to China
Channel NewsAsia, August 6, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/in-new-admin-error--germany-expels-uighur-man-to-china-10593792

Related:
德国误将维吾尔难民遣返回中国 音讯全无 (Germany mistakenly sends Uyghur refugee back to China)
Deutsche Welle, August 6, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/德国误将维吾尔难民遣返回中国-音讯全无/a-44967857?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp

Crackdown in Xinjiang: Where have all the people gone?
Financial Times, August 5, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/ac0ffb2e-8b36-11e8-b18d-0181731a0340

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s domestic helper groups push for 25 per cent pay rise as soaring loan charges and fees bite
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2158525/hong-kongs-domestic-helper-groups-push-25-cent-pay

As Hong Kong clamps down, a tiny political party finds itself in the spotlight
The New York Times, August 6, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/world/asia/hong-kong-political-party.html

Related:
Ex-leader CY Leung dares Foreign Correspondents’ Club to give up lease and make open bid for site as Andy Chan row escalates
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158527/ex-leader-cy-leung-dares-foreign-correspondents-club-give

Head of press club refutes claim it pays gov’t “token rent” amid independence activist censorship row
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/06/head-press-club-refutes-claim-pays-govt-token-rent-amid-independence-activist-censorship-row/

香港外國記者會：邀請嘉賓演講不代表支持或反對其立場 (FCC statement on Andy Chan event)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 6, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1410880-20180806.htm

Throwing glass towards ex-Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying could not have been assault, Wong Yuk-man says at appeal
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158495/throwing-glass-towards-ex-hong-kong-leader

Vandals take aim at satirical banners outside China office featuring Mao Zedong democracy quotes
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/04/vandals-take-aim-satirical-banners-outside-china-office-featuring-mao-zedong-democracy-quotes/

Mainland Chinese police to Hong Kong criminals: You can run, but you can’t hide here – as they hand back three suspects in HK$23 million jewelry robbery
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158290/mainland-police-tell-hong-kongs-criminals-you

Commentary (评论)

China’s global “community” falls short of rhetoric
Financial Times, August 6, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/08239ba2-997c-11e8-ab77-f854c65a4465

How China’s constitution ensured that the Basic Law remains pre-eminent in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2158137/how-chinas-constitution-ensured-basic-law-remains

Pooh ban shows China trapped in past
The Standard, August 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198675&sid=17&sid=17

The true purpose of banning the National Party
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2158351/true-purpose-banning-national-party

China’s attempts to bully Taiwan into submission are overbearing and ridiculous
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/04/chinas-attempts-bully-taiwan-submission-overbearing-ridiculous/

Google’s censored Chinese search engine: A catalogue of ethical violations?
The Conversation, August 3, 2018
https://theconversation.com/googles-censored-chinese-search-engine-a-catalogue-of-ethical-violations-101046

If Google goes back to China, it will be on the government's terms. What will that mean for human rights?
Global Voices, August 3, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/08/03/if-google-goes-back-to-china-it-will-be-on-the-governments-terms-what-will-that-mean-for-human-rights/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Ai Weiwei says Beijing studio wrecked without notice
Channel NewsAsia, August 3, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/ai-weiwei-says-beijing-studio-wrecked-without-notice-10587540

China asks Sweden to extradite man wanted on embezzlement charges
Reuters, August 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-extradition-china/china-asks-sweden-to-extradite-man-wanted-on-embezzlement-charges-idUSKBN1KO121

曾祭劉曉波　維權人士許光利被指毆維穩人員　「尋釁滋事」判囚4年10個月 (Rights activist who commemorated Liu Xiaobo is for assaulting “stability maintenance” personnel)
Ming Pao, August 3, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180803/s00004/1533291033677

在审判执行中切实维护残疾人合法权益 (Supreme People's Procuratorate and China Disabled Persons' Federation jointly issue opinion on protecting rights of disabled persons in legal process)
Legal Daily, August 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/02/content_7609419.htm?node=5955

蔺其磊律师、刘正清律师：秦永敏先生案件的进展通报 (Jailed veteran activist Qin Yongmin files appeal against conviction, is denied meeting with lawyer)
China Human Rights Defenders, August 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/201882.html

江西余干一女子拍摄传播被害人图片视频，被公安机关依法处理 (Bystander is detained for taking and posting pictures of murder victim on the Internet)
Shangrao Public Security Bureau WeChat, August 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2317615

Access to Information (信息公开)

Who is Chinese professor Sun Wenguang?
Voice of America, August 2, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/who-is-chinese-professor-wenguang-sun/4511975.html

Related:
孙文广接受外媒采访被破门带走 凸显中国人权状况恶化 (Sun Wenguang incident exemplifies deterioration of human rights conditions in China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45058881

孙文广教授据信被软禁在济南军区燕子山庄2号楼(Professor Sun Wenguang rumored to be held under house arrest in Jinan military district)
Voice of America, August 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-professor-sun-wenguang-detained/4512069.html

广东律协新规限制律师网络言论 (Guangdong Lawyers Association issues new regulations on online speech)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-08032018100520.html

威海发布“黑红名单”信息8400余条 (Weihai embeds residents’ city public credit scores into ID cards)
Legal Daily, August 3, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/03/content_7609565.htm?node=5955

Related:
南京打造市民“诚信身份证” (Nanjing implements "social credit ID" with monetary rewards for "good credit" citizens)
Legal Daily, August 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/02/content_7608556.htm?node=5955

晚報：稱台灣「最喜歡國家」惹大陸網民聲討，女星宋芸樺道歉並自稱中國人 (Taiwanese actress forced to apologize and identify as Chinese after uproar from mainland netizens)
The Initium, August 3, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180803-evening-brief/

China to require all places of worship to fly the national flag, expanding Xinjiang policy
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/flags-08022018145629.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Interview: “I felt that sense of threat very keenly”
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/threat-08022018111401.html

胡鞍钢被讽“给帝王唱赞歌” 千人联名要求清华将其开除 (Thousands sign petition to remove Tsinghua professor, stout advocate of China supremacy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45058201

Related:
胡鞍钢、中美贸易战与“厉害了，我的国” (Professor Hu Angang, trade war, and “My Superior Homeland”)
Deutsche Welle, August 3, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/32aVF

纽时称有谷歌员工不满公司推中国“净身版”搜寻器愤而辞职 (Google employees rumored to quit job and refuse to participate in developing censored version of search engine)
Radio France Internationale, August 3, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180803-纽时称有谷歌员工不满公司推中国净身版搜寻器愤而辞职

Government Accountability (政府问责)

焦点对话：习近平高层促维稳 (Xi urges stepped up stability maintenance in six fields: jobs, finance, foreign trade, foreign investment, investment, forecast)
Voice of America, August 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20180803-xi-jinping-and-politburo-on-economy-and-stability/4512539.html

上海海洋大学原副校长李延臣被开除党籍和公职 (Former Vice President of Shanghai Ocean University is arrested for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Official Website, August 3, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/08-03/8588468.shtml

山西省检察院副检察长秦文峰严重违纪被撤职，曾任纪检组长 (Former Deputy Attorney General of Shanxi People’s Procuratorate is removed from job for serious disciplinary violation)
The Paper, August, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2318645

检察机关依法对苏州市政协原主席高雪坤涉嫌受贿案提起公诉 (Former Chairman of Suzhou Political Consultative Conference is indicted for corruption charges)
Supreme People's Procuratorate, August 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2316648

安徽广德通报24名公职人员交通违法信息，含姓名单位车牌号 (Local government broadcasts traffic violations by public officials, including personal information such as license plate and work unit)
Anhui Net, August 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2319336

重磅！央企负责人重大决策将终身问责！ (State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission to remove statute of limitation for serious violations)
Economic Information Daily, August 2, 2018
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5MzcwMjgyMw==&mid=2651367873&idx=1&sn=f4bb803db4ab619d6c7dae630c02dc8c&chksm=bd6eff098a19761f38698f825a26cec0754fcb991b254501fe73922f583724b03cf850cea3b7&scene=0

范冰冰不见了？中国政府要修理娱乐圈？(Celebrities are banned from dissolving companies and studios amid tax evasion probe)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hj2-08022018105933.html

ICT and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Understanding China’s technological rise
The Diplomat, August 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/understanding-chinas-technological-rise/

Hong Kong (香港)

Judge ruling a blow to transgender rights in Hong Kong as inmates told they must do time according to their biology not what they identify as
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158230/judge-ruling-blow-transgender-rights-hong

Related:
準變性人囚犯不滿被囚男子監獄提覆核　獲裁部分勝訴(Transgender inmate receives partial victory in appeal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1410466-20180803.htm

Beijing tells Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club to call off talk by separatist party leader Andy Chan Ho-tin
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158188/beijing-tells-hong-kong-foreign-correspondents-club-call

Related:
“They are treating Hong Kong like parts of China”: Pro-independence activist Andy Chan condemns move to censor talk
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/03/treating-hong-kong-like-parts-china-pro-independence-activist-andy-chan-condemns-move-censor-talk/

聲援深圳佳士工人鬥爭 組織獨立工會無罪 (Socialist Action issues statement to support Shenzhen Jasic workers)
Inmediahk, August 3, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058720

中國「國家藝術基金」開放港澳台申請　重點資助謳歌黨國項目 (China National Arts Fund opens to applicants in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, encourages projects on praising Party and country)
The Stand News, August 3, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/art/中國-國家藝術基金-開放港澳台申請-重點資助謳歌黨國項目/

Court of Appeal calls on Hong Kong government to do more to investigate forced labor
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158052/court-appeal-calls-hong-kong-government-do

Hong Kong’s poor forced to eat food only fit “for pigs and dogs” as city’s money-hungry companies exploit need for basic items
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2158024/hong-kongs-poor-forced-eat-food-only-fit-pigs-and-dogs

Commentary (评论)

Remaking China’s civil society in the Xi Jinping era
ChinaFile, August 2, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/remaking-chinas-civil-society-xi-jinping-era

Outgoing UN rights chief: No regrets for speaking up
Washington Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-rights-chief-defends-speaking-out-against-rights-abuses/2018/08/02/3c40fe6a-96c1-11e8-818b-e9b7348cd87d_story.html?utm_term=.f60eb2386940

China’s AI giants can’t say no to the Party
Foreign Policy, August 2, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/02/chinas-ai-giants-cant-say-no-to-the-party/

China’s controversies create cracks in Xi’s facade
Financial Times, August 3, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/bf0227a2-96e4-11e8-b67b-b8205561c3fe

China finds things hard to contain in and out
The Standard, August 3, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198658&sid=5&sid=5

中式「自 high」的代價(Price of China’s self-claimed success)
The Stand News, August 3, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/中式-自-high-的代價/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Cheers as Kazakh court thwarts deportation of Chinese woman who fled “re-education camp ” in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/2157893/cheers-kazakh-court-thwarts-deportation-chinese-woman

Access to Information (信息公开)

文化和旅游部集中执法检查27家网站 (Ministry of Culture and Tourism investigates 27 websites, orders removal of allegedly inappropriate contents, including comments)
Legal Daily, August 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/02/content_7609428.htm?node=5955

中共党内两大体系发通知 知识分子面临洗脑教育 (Chinese scholars face brainwashing as two CPC organs issue notice of patriotic campaign)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql2-08022018101541.html

Related:
两部门负责人谈知识分子弘扬爱国奋斗精神活动：强化政治引领 (CPC Organization and Propaganda Departments push patriotic campaign among scholars)
People’s Daily, August 2, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2312892

“Profit before human rights”: NGOs slam Google’s reported plan to launch censored service in China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/02/profit-human-rights-ngos-slam-googles-reported-plan-launch-censored-service-china/

Google to develop AI-powered news-aggregation app for China in addition to mobile search
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2157946/google-said-also-develop-ai-powered-news-aggregation-app-china-addition-mobile

Related:
China’s numbers force Google to recalculate its morals
Wired, August 2, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/google-might-be-ready-to-play-by-chinas-censorship-rules

A Chinese activist was challenging Xi on live TV. The police came to stop him
The New York Times, August 2 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/world/asia/china-sun-wenguang-voa.html

Related:
中国教授家中接受美国之音采访 直播期间警察强行破门抓人
Chinese Police Remove Professor During Broadcast of VOA Program
Voice of America, August 2, 2018
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-professor-voa-20180801/4510276.html
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-police-remove-professor-during-broadcast-of-voa-program/4509815.html

“信用中国”网站让“老赖”无处遁形 (“Credit China” website to receive further upgrade as unified platform for information on social credit blacklists)
People’s Daily, August 2, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0802/c1001-30192803.html