湖南娄底市政协原副主席肖扬被诉：12年间受贿数额特别巨大 (Former vice chairman of Loudi’s Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference indicted for bribery involving vast sums over 12 years)
The Paper, September 7, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2418860
原黑龙江肇东书记赵胜利获刑12年：中央党校学习时还在受贿 (Party secretary in Zhaodong sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribery)
The Paper, September 7, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2417642
又一波区块链公号被封，有人筹备海外内容，强监管下区块链自媒体前路未卜 (More blockchain public accounts suspended)
Beijing News, September 7, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/09/07/503860.html
杜绝妄议中央官网习消息切断评论留言功能 (Official websites cut off comment function related to Xi Jinping’s speech of supporting Africa)
Radio France Internationale, September 7, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180907-杜绝妄议中央官网习消息切断评论留言功能
騰訊手遊將啟動嚴格實名制 《王者榮耀》接入公安數據庫 (Tencent implements strict real-name verification for mobile games, to be linked with public security database for monitoring gaming habits)
The Stand News, September 6, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/finance/騰訊手游將啟動嚴格實名制-王者榮耀-接入公安數據庫/
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China’s Tencent plans ID system to limit minors’ video game usage
Financial Times, September 6, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/81a8b948-b197-11e8-8d14-6f049d06439c
Police in China's Wuhan beat, detain protesters angry over power project
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protest-beatings-09062018124710.html
吁疫苗立法 受害儿童家长遭打压 (Parents calling for vaccine legislation are detained, put under surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf1-09062018093346.html
留学生发公开信吁释放维吾尔学者伊力哈木 (Overseas students issue open letter calling for release of Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti)
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-09062018110133.html
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An Open Letter on Ilham Tohti’s Life
China Change, September 4, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/09/04/an-open-letter-on-ilham-tohtis-life/
Young #MeToo activists broaden calls for equality
China Digital Times, September 6, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/09/young-metoo-activists-broaden-calls-for-equality/
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China’s online #MeToo is changing the offline world, even if just a little
TechNode, September 6, 2018
https://technode.com/2018/09/06/chinas-metoo-is-changing-reality/
全球死刑执行数量减少 中国仍居榜首 (The number of death penalty executions in the world is decreasing. China still tops the list)
Deutsche Welle, September 7, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34Sla
China’s little-noticed “new police law” gives vastly expanded legal powers to public security apparatus
China Change, September 6, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/09/06/chinas-little-noticed-new-police-law-gives-vastly-expanded-legal-powers-to-public-security-apparatus/
最高法出台互联网法院审理案件规定 明确案件管辖范围等内容 (Supreme Court issues provisions on Internet court specifying rules on mechanisms, case contents, appeals)
Beijing News, September 7, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/09/07/503763.html
Sieren's China: The race for 5G coverage
Deutsche Welle, September 6, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/sierens-china-the-race-for-5g-coverage/a-45388011
【東北案終極上訴】13示威者上訴得直 即時釋放 (13 activists jailed for protest against New Territories development freed immediately in successful final appeal)
Inmediahk.net, September 7, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059343
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Pro-democracy activists freed by Hong Kong's highest court on grounds that they suffered a grave injustice after jailing for “extremely violent” protest
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/2163223/pro-democracy-hong-kong-activists-jailed-over-extremely
Ousted Hong Kong lawmaker says pro-democracy groups in city forming alliance to help her as she considers Legco comeback
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163119/ousted-hong-kong-lawmaker-says-pro-democracy-groups-city
Hong Kong independence advocacy will be regulated under Article 23 law, says Chinese official
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/07/hong-kong-independence-advocacy-will-regulated-article-23-law-says-chinese-official/
法国专家抵港向香港警方提供水炮车使用培训 (Hong Kong police receives training on newly purchased riot-control trucks with water cannons)
Radio France Internationale, September 6, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180906-法国专家抵港向香港警方提供水炮车使用培训
英外交部报告忧香港言论自由受压 (U.K. half-year report on Hong Kong warns of pressure on autonomy and freedom of speech)
Deutsche Welle, September 6, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34SPK
“娘炮”讨论与缺席的性别平等教育 (Discussion on "Sissy" and the absence of sexual equality education in China)
Financial Times, September 7, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001079305?full=y
維權怎麼就是鬧事了？ 佳士工友組建工會被捕的前因後果 (Does rights defense equal troublemaking? The cause and effect of the arrest of Jasic workers demanding to form trade union)
Mingpao, September 7, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180907/s00022/153632054374
Why do people in China give so little to charity? The Communist Party is too afraid of letting NGOs flourish
The Economist, September 6, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/09/08/why-do-people-in-china-give-so-little-to-charity
“Human impulses run riot”: China’s shocking pace of change
The Guardian, September 6, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/06/human-impulses-run-riot-chinas-shocking-pace-of-change
Taiwan: Spies, Lies and Cross-straits Ties
Al Jazeera, September 6, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2018/09/taiwan-spies-lies-cross-straits-ties-180906054720310.html
时事大家谈：耒阳冲突：中国教育百年大计出了什么问题？ (The conflict in Leiyang: What’s wrong with the 100-year education plan in China?)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20180906-io-what-did-protests-over-city-s-school-plans-in-leiyang-revealed/4560415.html
Chinese activist who shared anti-censorship techniques in secret trial
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-trial-09062018130014.html
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人权网站网主甄江华遭秘密庭审 国际特赦促无条件释放 (Human rights website owner was secretly tried, Amnesty International urges unconditional release)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Chinese-Citizen-Journalist-Secretly-Tried-Facing-Long-Sentence-20180906/4560032.htmlUrgent action: Chinese rights defender faces 15 years in jail
Amnesty International, September 6, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ASA1790492018ENGLISH.pdf
珠海原市长李泽中涉嫌受贿、国有公司人员滥用职权案被公诉 (Former mayor of Zhuhai indicted for bribery and abuse of power)
The Paper, September 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2415062
公安系统反腐加码：两月内超20名局长副局长被查，多人涉黑 (Public security system strengthens anti-corruption action: Over 20 directors and deputy directors investigated in two months)
The Paper, September 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2413895
民法典各分编草案5日公布，开始向社会公开征求意见 (Civil code draft opens for public consultation)
The Paper, September 5, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2412946
报告：中国打压学术自由影响西方学者对华研究 (Report: Suppression of academic freedom in China affects Western scholars' research on China)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/academic-china-20180905/4559100.html
Inspired by #MeToo, student activists target inequality in China
Reuters, September 5, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-students-labour-insight/inspired-by-metoo-student-activists-target-inequality-in-china-idUSKCN1LL0FB
Professor fired after tweeting that Chinese “lie, commit fraud and poison each other”
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xiamen-professor-09042018130814.html
河南強拆4000教會十字架 官方教會亦難避劫 強制掛國旗 (Henan authorities forcibly replace crosses from 4000 churches with national flag and socialism paintings)
Ming Pao, September 6, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180906/s00013/1536172035299
菏泽市委原常委、宣传部部长王永江受贿千万，一审获刑11年 (Shandong Heze city head of propaganda department sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for graft of RMB 10 million)
The Paper, September 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2413986
记者来鸿：新疆“再教育营”受害者恐怖经历(Victim from Xinjiang “re-education camp” tells of horrific experience)
BBC, September 6, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/fooc-45434483
US-Taiwan council risks Beijing’s anger by inviting Taipei minister to defense industry conference
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2162973/us-taiwan-council-risks-beijings-anger-inviting-taipei-minister
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US senators introduce legislation to punish Taiwan allies who switch sides, accusing Beijing of “bullying”
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2162961/us-senators-introduce-legislation-discourage-taiwan-allies-switching
Bloomberg forum in Beijing for business elites is put off, Chinese hosts confirm
The New York Times, September 5, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/world/asia/beijing-forum-economic-bloomberg.html
中国政法系统办网军 “五毛”有望收编整合(“Fifty-cent party” stands to be integrated into expanded online presence of CPC's Political and Legal Affairs system)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-build-up-web-forces-20180906/4560222.html
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defend Chinese partnerships to US Congress probe into foreign efforts to influence politics
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2162957/facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey
Chinese company says they are bringing Google Cloud to China then swiftly denies the news
Technode, September 5, 2018
https://technode.com/2018/09/05/google-cloud-china-capital-online/
外国学者：中国以反恐为名推广国家安全政策 (Scholar: China is pushing national security policies in name of counterterrorism efforts)
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/hj-09052018203157.html
律师黄思敏被禁出境 维权危害国家安全？(Authorities bar 709 lawyer from leaving China, say her exit would "endanger national security")
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf-09052018092633.html
Beijing official pushes Article 23 enactment
The Standard, September 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=199901&sid=4&sid=4
鄧龍威已向菲方提交上訴書 (Hong Konger jailed in Philippines files appeal after receiving new entry-record evidence from government)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 6, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1416337-20180905.htm
Chinese officials attend editorial meeting of Hong Kong newspaper
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/newspaper-09052018110721.html
“Talking politics”
China Media Project, September 5, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/09/05/talking-politics/
A people’s banana republic: Peak Xi Jinping
China Heritage, September 5, 2018
http://chinaheritage.net/journal/a-peoples-banana-republic/?lang=zh
709律师余文生案审查起诉再延期 (Deadline for decision to prosecute further delayed in 709 lawyer Yu Wenshen's case)
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-09042018093932.html
【甄江華案】檢察院上月宣布已開庭審理後刪帖 關注群批：鬼鬼祟祟 (Rights defender Zhen Jianghua still held incommunicado as notice of her “open” trial in August is deleted)
The Stand News, September 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/甄江華案-檢察院上月宣布已開庭審理後刪帖-關注群批-鬼鬼祟祟/
坚持“八种理念”实现“八个转变”加快政法网络新媒体创新发展 (Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on need to accelerate innovative use of new media to shape narratives, serve CPC)
Legal Daily, September 5, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-09/05/content_7637863.htm?node=5955
Overseas social scientists “face real repression” during research in China
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2162950/overseas-social-scientists-face-real-repression-during-research
China’s workers aren’t fighting a trade war–they’re fighting a labor war
The Nation, September 4, 2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/chinas-workers-arent-fighting-a-trade-war-theyre-fighting-a-labor-war/
Beijing targets independent religions as party control tightens
Financial Times, September 5, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/1f7264b0-b0af-11e8-8d14-6f049d06439c
司法局副局长王文生被查(Deputy director of Guangzhou Justice Bureau investigated for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
Guangzhou Daily, September 5, 2018
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/pc/html/2018-09/05/content_99278_541499.htm
专访: 中国系统性干预外国大学自主(Interview: China systematically interferes with autonomy of foreign universities)
Deutsche Welle, September 5, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34JNO
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Beijing accused of pressuring Spanish university to drop Taiwanese cultural event
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2162875/beijing-accused-pressuring-spanish-university-drop-taiwanese
China’s Repression of Muslim Uighurs is Apparently Growing More Intense
NPR, September 4, 2018
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/04/644617905/chinas-repression-of-muslim-uighurs-is-apparently-growing-more-intense
Hong Kong Journalists Assoc. protests lack of media invites to joint checkpoint ceremony
Hong Kong Free Press, September 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/05/hong-kong-journalists-assoc-protests-lack-media-invites-joint-checkpoint-ceremony/
學術自由學者聯盟：聯署反對以法律訴訟箝制批評(Scholars' Alliance for Academic Freedom: Objection to silencing criticisms through lawsuits)
inmediahk.net, September 5, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059312a
外交部官員旁聽《南早》編採會議 無國界記者憂慮干預 (Reporters Without Borders raises concerns over Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials attending SCMP editorial meeting)
The Stand News, September 4, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/外交部官員旁聽-南早-編採會議-無國界記者憂慮干預/
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RSF concerned about the presence of Chinese officials at Hong Kong daily SCMP’s editorial meeting
Reporters Without Borders, September 4, 2018
https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-concerned-about-presence-chinese-officials-hong-kong-daily-scmps-editorial-meeting
內地「失信人名單」制度 港高鐵適用 (Mainland's credit blacklist system applicable to high-speed rail Hong Kong section despite MTR's objections)
Sing Tao Daily, September 4, 2018
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1868116&target=2
The Other Political Correctness
The New Republic, September 5, 2018
https://newrepublic.com/article/150476/american-elite-universities-selfcensorship-china
检察机关频频提前介入大要案侦查 专家建议 (The pros and cons of early intervention by procuratorate in criminal investigation)
Legal Daily, September 3, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-09/03/content_7636777.htm?node=5955
湖北省政协原副主席刘善桥受贿案一审宣判 (Former vice chair of Hubei Political Consultative Conference sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribery)
People’s Daily, September 4, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0904/c1001-30272051.html
江西广播电视台党委委员、副台长李建国接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Deputy director of Jiangxi Radio and Television Station and Party committee member investigated for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
People's Daily, September 4, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0904/c1001-30272049.html"
As MeToo unnerves China, a student fights to tell her story
Associated Press, September 3, 2018
https://www.apnews.com/188ddcd956c94cb58af5b260463fe69f/As-MeToo-unnerves-China,-a-student-fights-to-tell-her-story
人权人士徐秦取保候审 获有限自由 (Human rights activist Xu Qin is released on bail, freedom still restricted)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-09032018091307.html
China officially bans ABC website, claims internet is "fully open"
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, September 3, 2018
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-03/china-officially-bans-abc-website/10193158
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法媒：中国屏蔽澳广ABC网站 (China officially bans ABC website, claims internet is "fully open")
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34CCH
言论对党有害? 厦门大学解除周运中教职 (Xiamen University dismisses professor for "erroneous" online speech criticizing Chinese people)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xql-09032018110219.html
中国新闻管控升级 “触线”记者遭噤声 (Local reporters who "crossed the line" silenced as control over press freedom tightens)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql2-08312018091337.html
Chinese university hires "patriotic," "politically educated" mentors for foreign students
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-university-hires-patriotic-politically-educated-mentors-08312018095625.html
聲援佳士北大學生遭跨省追捕(Student supporters of Jasic protests arrested after issuing public letter condemning violent eviction)
Ming Pao, September 4, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180904/s00013/1535999456645
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Jasic not an isolated case: Rare spike in arrests and violent police intervention to dissolve protests across China
China Labour Bulletin, September 3, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/jasic-not-isolated-case-rare-spike-arrests-and-violent-police-intervention-dissolve-worker深圳佳士工人声援团成员遭清场后被限制自由 (Clamp down on Jasic protests supporters continues after rally forcefully dispersed)
Voice of America, September 2, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-supporters-of-shenzhen-workers-harassed-and-put-under-house-arrest-20180902/4554476.html
China police detain 46 after violent protest over schooling
Associated Press, September 3, 2018
https://www.apnews.com/4b48f438b7b8434d849b6b60bbdf20a3/China-police-detain-46-after-violent-protest-over-schooling
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湖南耒阳家长抗议 与警方爆冲突(Students' parents in Hunan clash with police during protest)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34AwD
China’s Muslim crackdown extends to those living abroad
The Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-muslim-crackdown-extends-to-those-living-abroad-1535718957
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Chinese paper blames West for encouraging Xinjiang extremists
Reuters, September 1, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-xinjiang/chinese-paper-blames-west-for-encouraging-xinjiang-extremists-idUSKCN1LH33X"No factual basis": China disputes UN report on Uighur discrimination
Hong Kong Free Press, September 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/01/no-factual-basis-china-disputes-un-report-uighur-discrimination/
Tibetan pilgrim sees restrictions, heavy police presence in Lhasa
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/lhasa-08312018165307.html
林鄭譴責大學學生會講港獨 批歪風入校園 不容衝擊習近平所說底線 (Carrie Lam condemns university student unions' speeches on independence, stresses no tolerance for challenges to Xi Jinping's bottom-line)
Ming Pao, September 4, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180904/s00001/1536027789963
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學生動源：大陸執法部門曾扣查成員家屬 警告不能再參與政治活動 (Mainland authorities warn relatives of pro-independence student association members against political participation, threaten "further action")
The Stand News, September 1, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/學生動源-大陸執法部門扣查成員家屬-要求停止參與政治活動Speak up against those who advocate ‘absurd’ idea of Hong Kong independence, Carrie Lam tells university students and leaders
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2162693/hong-kong-independence-absurd-citys-leader-carrie-lam-says
Unscheduled departure: China’s legal reach extends to Hong Kong rail station
Reuters, September 4, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-rail/unscheduled-departure-chinas-legal-reach-extends-to-hong-kong-rail-station-idUSKCN1LK0J4
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Mainland Chinese laws enforced in Hong Kong’s high-speed rail terminus as concerns rise over fresh issues
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/04/mainland-chinese-laws-enforced-hong-kongs-high-speed-rail-terminus-concerns-rise-fresh-issues/
香港16个团体抗议中国政府在新疆严酷打压维族(16 Hong Kong groups protest mainland government’s harsh suppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, September 2, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-hongkong-protest-china-xinjiang-20180902/4554564.html
UN committee recommends Hong Kong widen racial discrimination law, collect hate speech statistics
Hong Kong Free Press, September 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/01/un-committee-recommends-hong-kong-widen-racial-discrimination-law-collect-hate-speech-statistics/
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非政府組織代表團回應聯合國消除種族歧視委員會就香港報告的結論性意見(Joint reply by civil society organizations on CERD Committee's Concluding Observations on Hong Kong)
Inmediahk.net, August 31, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059234
Five Hongkongers found guilty of criminal contempt for blocking clearance of Occupy Mong Kok site
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/31/five-hongkongers-found-guilty-criminal-contempt-blocking-clearance-occupy-mong-kok-site/
China’s Jaw-Dropping Family Separation Policy
The Atlantic, September 4, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/09/china-internment-camps-uighur-muslim-children/569062/
中国陪审制度，沦为党管法陪衬? (Chinese jury system: Will it become an instrument to enhance CPC’s control of the law?)
Voice of America, September 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-reform-jury-system-20180903/4555624.html
Hidden but not forgotten: Int’l Day of the Disappeared shines light on Tibet’s dark prison secrets
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/30/hidden-not-forgotten-intl-day-disappeared-shines-light-tibets-dark-prison-secrets/
维权人士黄燕获准延期暂居台湾 (Rights defender and refugee Huang Yan granted extended stay in Taiwan pending third country intake)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-08292018095614.html
Tokyo protests Beijing’s exclusion of Sankei Shimbun reporter from covering diplomatic meeting
Japan Times, August 30, 2018
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/30/national/tokyo-protests-beijings-exclusion-sankei-shimbun-reporter-covering-diplomatic-meeting/#.W4gndyRKjGh
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日本就中国阻碍《产经新闻》记者采访提出抗议 (Japan protests China for refusing Sankei Shimbun reporters access to interview)
Voice of America, August 30, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Japan-Protests-As-Reporter-Blocked-From-Covering-China-FM/4550453.html
China launches platform to stamp out "online rumors"
Reuters, August 30, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet/china-launches-platform-to-stamp-out-online-rumors-idUSKCN1LF0HL?
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China launches official online rumor information platform
Xinhua News Agency, August 30, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/29/c_137428781.htm
China’s Hui mosque protests blamed on “reckless” local officials
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/poliitics/article/2162037/chinas-hui-mosque-protests-blamed-reckless-local-officials
Authorities say Chinese mosque dispute “under control”
Associated Press, August 30, 2018
https://www.apnews.com/11aafda3ddcf47348542f28d07578856/Authorities-say-Chinese-mosque-dispute-'under-control'
“China’s Twitch” Huya bans live streaming of passengers by ride-hailing drivers after public backlash
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2161966/chinas-twitch-huya-bans-live-streaming-passengers-ride-hailing-drivers-after
How social media is helping gay Chinese men fight HIV
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2161858/how-social-media-helping-gay-chinese-men-fight-hiv
UN panel “alarmed” by reports over Xinjiang
Deutsche-Welle, August 30, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/un-panel-alarmed-by-reports-over-xinjiang/a-45293724
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UN calls on China to free Uighurs from “re-education camps”
Reuters, August 30, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un/u-n-calls-on-china-to-free-uighurs-from-re-education-camps-idUSKCN1LF1D6聯合國促中國立即釋放新疆「再教育營」被囚人士 (UN urges China to immediately release prisoners in “re-education camps” in Xinjiang)
The Stand News, August 30, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/聯合國促中國立即釋放新疆-再教育營-被囚人士/
新疆频传人权侵害 美议员要求制裁中国 (U.S. lawmakers demand sanctions on Chinese officials over Xinjiang human rights violations)
Deutsche Welle, August 30, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/新疆频传人权侵害-美议员要求制裁中国/a-45285697?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp
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Chairs lead bipartisan letter urging administration to sanction Chinese officials complicit in Xinjiang abuses
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, August 29, 2018
https://www.cecc.gov/media-center/press-releases/chairs-lead-bipartisan-letter-urging-administration-to-sanction-chinese
China says U.S. has no right to criticize its minorities policies
Reuters, August 30, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-rights-xinjiang/china-says-u-s-has-no-right-to-criticize-its-minorities-policies-idUSKCN1LF0MS
China rejects US lawmakers’ sanctions call over Muslim camps
The Republic, August 30, 2018
http://www.therepublic.com/2018/08/30/as-china-us/
China officials “faked water tests with bottled water”
BBC News, August 30, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45355948
Beijing unimpressed by United Airlines’ “flexible” approach to Taiwan
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2162022/beijing-unimpressed-united-airlines-flexible-approach-taiwan
今年10位高校“一把手”落马:有人“深耕”几十年 (10 top leaders of universities investigated for disciplinary, legal violations this year)
Beijing Youth Daily, August 30, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-08-30/doc-ihikcahh1824524.shtml
Supply chains: the dirty secret of China’s prisons
Financial Times, August 30, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/1416a056-833b-11e7-94e2-c5b903247afd
China says it is helping Afghanistan with defense, counterterrorism
Reuters, August 30, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-afghanistan/china-says-it-is-helping-afghanistan-with-defense-counterterrorism-idUSKCN1LF13H
Section of Hong Kong’s new train station will effectively become Chinese territory next Tuesday
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/30/section-hong-kongs-new-train-station-will-effectively-become-chinese-territory-next-tuesday/
陳浩天FCC宣揚港獨 成取締民族黨新「罪證」(Andy Chan's talk at FCC becomes new "criminal evidence" for banning the National Party)
Singtao, August 30, 2018
http://www.stheadline.com/inews-content.php?cat=a&nid=195982
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FCC演講加去信特朗普 社團主任「加料」促保安局取締民族黨 (After China Vice Premier comment, police tenders further evidence in support of ban on Hong Kong National Party)
The Stand News, August 30, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/fcc演講加去信特朗普-社團主任-加料-促保安局取締民族黨
教大學生會：會長開學禮講辭提港獨 校方大聲播音樂騷擾 譴責張仁良不尊重 (Hong Kong University of Education Student Union issues statement condemning school for playing loud music during student speech mentioning independence)
The Stand News, August 30, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/教大學生會-會長開學禮講辭提港獨-校方大聲播音樂騷擾-譴責張仁良不尊重/
Can China convince the world to like it?
Quartz, August 30, 2018
https://qz.com/1369639/can-china-convince-the-world-to-like-it/
对“正当防卫”机械化认定，是对现有法律的错误解释 (Mechanical application of right of self-defense leads to misapplication of law)
Beijing News, August 30, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/opinion/2018/08/30/502181.html
The many-headed hydra of Chinese censorship
Financial Times, August 30, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/481a5282-ab1f-11e8-89a1-e5de165fa619
河南男子被羁押九年多获无罪，申请1232万余元国家赔偿 (Man detained for over 9 years is acquitted, applies for state compensation of 12.32 million RMB)
The Paper, August 29, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2386948
倪玉兰夫妇上房产中介“黑名单”被拒租房 (Beijing rights defenders on real estate blacklist, are refused rental)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jingmao/ql2-08292018095133.html
Video: Six policemen came to the home of a young woman and seized her for interrogation
China Change, August 28, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/08/28/video-six-policemen-came-to-the-home-of-a-young-woman-at-night-and-seized-her-for-interrogation-subtitled/
网络大V被拉清单 当局网紧文字狱 (Henan authorities compile list of internet “Big Vs” with more than 10k followers as step-up of internet surveillance regime)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-08282018091530.html
Trump’s Google threat smacks of Chinese government-style Internet control
Washington Post, August 28, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/08/28/trumps-google-threat-smacks-of-chinese-government-style-internet-control/?utm_term=.1f04e8e938f9
家人呼吁外界关注狱中江天勇生死 (Jiang Tianyong’s family calls for worldwide concern for his situation in prison)
Voice of America, August 29, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-health-of-jailed-rights-attorney-deteriorated-20180829/4548863.html
深圳佳士维权：声援团成员披露被警方带走过程 (Some released supporters of Jasic worker rights reveal process of being taken away by the police, but core members of solidarity team are still without contact)
BBC, August 29, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45341005
World leaders quiet on China’s human rights record and focus on money, says censored author Yan Lianke
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2161840/world-leaders-quiet-chinas-human-rights-record-and
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World leaders ignore human rights in China, censored author Yan Lianke says
Agence France-Presse, August 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/29/world-leaders-ignore-human-rights-china-censored-author-yan-lianke-says/
Taiwan grateful to United Airlines for imaginative website solution to “one China” rule
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161888/taiwan-grateful-united-airlines-imaginative-website
P2P平台新联在线涉嫌非法吸收公众存款被立案侦查 (P2P platform Xinlian Online under investigation for illegally absorbing public deposits)
Beijing News, August 29, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/08/29/501946.html
少林寺升国旗 佛家弟子争爱党 (National flags fly at Shaolin monasteries as monk brought into patriotism campaign)
Voice of America, August 29, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/shaolin-20180828/4548211.html
全国上半年共查处扶贫领域腐败和作风问题4.53万个处理6.15万人 (In first half of year, 45,300 poverty alleviation corruption cases are investigated, 61,500 held accountable)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 29, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201808/t20180829_178674.html
World’s leading human rights groups tell Google to cancel its China censorship plan
The Intercept, August 28, 2018
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/28/google-china-censorship-plan-human-rights/
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Advocacy groups condemn Google’s “alarming capitulation on human rights” over plan to build censored search engine in China
Agence France-Presse, August 28, 2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6107759/Advocacy-groups-criticize-Googles-alarming-capitulation-censored-China-search-engine.html
Open letter: Google must not capitulate on human rights to gain access to China
Amnesty International, August 28, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/open-letter-to-google-on-reported-plans-to-launch-a-censored-search-engine-in-china/
北京警方首次依据《反恐法》处罚入住不实名登记宾馆 罚款10万元 (Beijing police punish hotel without real-name registration in first case under counterterrorism law)
Beijing News, August 29, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/29/501913.html
China denies planning military base in Afghanistan
Reuters, August 29, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-afghanistan/china-denies-planning-military-base-in-afghanistan-idUSKCN1LE0X0
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China “building military base in Afghanistan” as increasingly active army grows in influence abroad
The Telegraph, August 28, 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/29/china-building-military-base-afghanistan/
How a letter from prison turned into a Hong Kong ministry serving over 600 asylum seekers
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/29/letter-prison-turned-hong-kong-ministry-serving-600-asylum-seekers/
Authorities accused of confiscating hospitalized cardboard collector’s belongings, including 10,000 HKD cash
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/29/authorities-accused-confiscating-hospitalised-cardboard-collectors-belongings-including-hk10000-cash/
China and human rights: Is Australia “making a difference”?
Sydney Morning Herald, August 30, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/china-and-human-rights-is-australia-making-a-difference-20180829-p500g0.html
China’s Silicon Valley threatens to swallow up Hong Kong
Bloomberg, August 29, 2018
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-08-28/bridge-to-china-s-silicon-valley-may-swallow-up-hong-kong
了解中國的自我審查「術」，就知道85度C聲明一點用都沒有 (Looking at China’s self-monitoring “jutsu” from the 85°C cafe incident)
The News Lens, August 29, 2018
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/102935
China’s predictable squeezing of Taiwan hasn’t had the desired effect, and it may be time for Beijing to rethink its strategy as a U.S. backlash gathers pace
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2161642/chinas-predictable-squeezing-taiwan-hasnt-had-desired
澳门拟设立“维护国家安全委员会”批评者称“用牛刀杀鸡” (Comments on Macao’s plan for a national security committee)
Radio France Internationale, August 29, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180829-澳门拟设立维护国家安全委员会批评者称用牛刀杀鸡
China’s partners should not turn a blind eye to fate of Uighurs
Financial Times, August 28, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/ddd9db26-a610-11e8-926a-7342fe5e173f
“禁止性骚扰”拟写入民法典人格权编 (Sexual harassment embargo written into draft Civil Code)
Beijing News, August 28, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/28/501564.html
China police detain two men for offensive online remarks about Didi victim
Reuters, August 28, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-didi-remarks/china-police-detain-two-men-for-offensive-online-remarks-about-didi-victim-idUSKCN1LD0C7?
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Chinese netizen arrested for insulting Didi murder victim on social media
What’s on Weibo, August 28, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/chinese-netizen-arrested-for-insulting-didi-murder-victim-on-social-media/
微博：账号@一点资讯 未能对其评论进行必要管理，被禁言7天 (News app Weibo account silenced for 7 days for failure to manage its comments)
The Paper, August 28, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2386336
China’s bid to silence poet highlights “human rights disaster” of Xinjiang camps
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-xinjiang-08272018171939.html
Some Chinese student activists released after police raid
Reuters, August 28, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-labour/some-chinese-student-activists-released-after-police-raid-idUSKCN1LD1DQ?
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Hong Kong labor rights group denies mainland Chinese media report claiming it helped organize Jasic Technology strike
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2161701/hong-kong-labour-rights-group-denies-mainland-chinese-media
聯署聲討中共政權｜行動聲援佳士工人 (Joint Statement from Hong Kong civil society: “Stop the Suppression! Release All Arrested Jasic Workers and Their Supporters Now!”)
Inmediahk.net, August 28, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059167
Ikea under fire for listing Taiwan as a country on its packaging
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161728/ikea-under-fire-listing-taiwan-country-its-packaging
黑龙江省林业厅原厅长杨国亭一审被判处有期徒刑八年 (Former director of Heilongjiang forestry department sentenced to 8 years in prison for bribery and corruption)
The Paper, August 28, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2388168
辽宁省财政厅副厅长金允坤涉嫌严重违纪 接受调查 (Deputy director of Liaoning department of finance of investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, August 28, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0828/c1001-30256843.html
不仅疫苗有假真疫苗疑也不管用 狂犬病居然列中国传染病死亡率第四 (In addition to false vaccines, real vaccines seem not work; rabies ranks 4th in China’s infectious disease mortality rate)
Radio France Internationale, August 28, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180828-不仅假疫苗真疫苗疑也不管用-狂犬病居然列中国传染病死亡率第四
江苏淮安市原副市长、公安局原局长倪兴余因受贿罪获刑十年半 (Jiangsu Huaian city former deputy-mayor jailed for 10.5 years over corruption charges)
The Paper, August 28, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2386790
中國拒絕向美國提供H7N9禽流感病毒樣本
China has withheld samples of a dangerous flu virus
New York Times, August 28, 2018
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/health/20180828/china-flu-virus-samples/zh-hant/
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/health/china-flu-virus-samples.html
Interview: China-Africa telecom cooperation could receive a boost
Sina English, August 28, 2018
http://english.sina.com/buz/b/2018-08-28/detail-ihikcahe7025284.shtml
China is “building a training camp in Afghanistan” to fight terrorism
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161745/china-building-training-camp-afghanistan-fight
呼和浩特首起非法持有宣扬恐怖主义、极端主义物品案一审宣判 (Hohhot court delivers first verdict on illegal possession of terrorist, extremist goods)
The Paper, August 28, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2387738
No evidence pair from Joshua Wong’s Demosisto party were detained by Chinese security services, Hong Kong leader says
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2161657/no-evidence-demosisto-pair-were-detained-chinese-security
“Rude, arrogant, unreasonable”: Barrister slams Peking University over common law course row
Hong Kong Free Press, August 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/28/rude-arrogant-unreasonable-barrister-slams-peking-university-common-law-course-row/
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港律师赴北大授课被取消 香港舆论高度关注 (Hong Kong lawyers’ course cancelled by Peking University, garners much attention among Hong Kong public)
Voice of America, August 28, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-beijing-tightening-hk-control-20180828/4547370.html
Hong Kong gov’t should handle pro-independence party in accordance with law, state leader says
Hong Kong Free Press, August 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/28/hong-kong-govt-handle-pro-independence-party-accordance-law-state-leader-says/
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林鄭：23條立法不可迴避 「有些工作現在進行中」(Chief Executive Carrie Lam: Article 23 is inevitable, “some work is in progress”)
Ming Pao, August 28, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180828/s00001/1535423440982韓正促紀律部隊全面準確理解貫徹「一國兩制」方針 Vice Premier Han Zhang urges Hong Kong security chief to deal with HKNP in accordance with law and implement One Country Two Systems)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 27, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1414820-20180827.htm
曾鈺成牽頭智庫 倡基本法確立中聯辦地位 以名正言順履行職務 (Think tank led by ex-legislator Jasper Tsang proposes Basic Law amendments to validate Liaison Office legal status and consultation for national security legislation)
The Stand News, August 26, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/曾鈺成牽頭智庫-倡基本法確立中聯辦地位-以名正言順履行職務/
眾志調查揭教科書「染紅」 促中聯辦停干預香港教育 (Pro-democracy party Demosistō reveals that Liaison Office gradually “stains red” Hong Kong textbooks)
The Stand News, August 24, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/眾志調查揭教科書-染紅-促中聯辦停干預香港教育/
Google: Safeguard rights in China: Firm should protect whistleblowers
Human Rights Watch, August 28, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/28/google-safeguard-rights-china
时事大家谈：洪灾肆虐，猪瘟蔓延，背后隐藏多少人祸？(Hot topic: The floods are raging, the swine plague is spreading, and how many man-made disasters are hidden behind them?)
Voice of America, August 28, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20180828-io-flooding-and-swine-flu-in-china/4547391.html
面對言論自由受衝擊，我責無旁貸——回應梁振英給我的兩封律師信 (In the face of the impact of freedom of speech in Hong Kong, I am duty-bound to respond to the two letters sent by the lawyer of C.Y. Leung)
Inmediahk.net, August 27, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059143
流动的未来：流动儿童教育难题为何难以破解？(Future of mobility: Why is the education problem of migrant children difficult to solve?)
Financial Times, August 27, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001079106?full=y
谷歌的中国雄心不止于搜索引擎 (Alphabet’s plans for a China comeback go beyond Google search)
New York Times, August 27, 2018
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20180827/google-china-waymo/
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/technology/google-china-waymo.html
上海维权人士丁德元不服2年6个月枉法判决 已委托纪中久律师提起上诉 (Shanghai rights defender Ding Deyuan to file appeal against conviction)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 25, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/26_25.html
China pressures family of Australian-based corruption suspect to ensure his return
Sydney Morning Herald, August 25, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-pressures-family-of-australian-based-corruption-suspect-to-ensure-his-return-20180824-p4zznf.html
甘肃省检察院撤销庆阳女生遭猥亵“不起诉”决定，检方将公诉 (Gansu province procuratorate reverts earlier decision not to prosecute teacher for sexual assault of student who committed suicide)
The Paper, August 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2376940
Mainland Chinese university bars two Hong Kong human rights lawyers from teaching regular course there
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2161531/mainland-chinese-university-bars-two-hong-kong-human-rights
网上留言遭严打 鲁粤网民被拘留 (Shandong netizens detained for spreading “plague rumors” for warning others via WeChat to avoid consuming pork after flood for fear of contracting viruses)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql2-08272018102247.html
佳士工潮：广东跨省抓人 毛左网站遭禁 (Jasic workers’ rights movement: Office of “Red Reference” in Beijing searched, staff arrested by Guangdong authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08272018101614.html
《未成年人节目管理规定》征求意见：禁止宣传、介绍电子游戏 (National Radio and Television Administration releases new draft administration provisions for comment, proposes comprehensive content restrictions on programs for minors)
The Paper, August 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2379216
Chinese Communist Party is stepping up efforts to stifle dissent abroad, U.S. officials are told
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2161306/chinese-communist-party-stepping-efforts-stifle-dissent
内蒙古一网民在直播平台传播暴恐视频图片，获刑3年6个月 (Inner Mongolian netizen sentenced to 3.5 years imprisonment for sharing “violent and bloody” images, videos of terrorism)
The Paper, August 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2380683
Remaking history as reform anniversary approaches
China Digital Times, August 24, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/remaking-history-as-reform-anniversary-approaches/
Beijing to take action to tackle P2P lending, stock market leverage risks
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2161562/beijing-take-action-tackle-p2p-lending-stock-market-leverage
河南逼迫基督教 十字架大规模被拆 (Christian church crosses in Henan demolished on large scale)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-08272018102651.html
高智晟获“沙赫巴兹·巴蒂自由奖” (Missing human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng granted Shahbaz Bhatti Freedom Award)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-08252018132817.html
The public education project that targets the “taboo” subject of child sexual abuse in China
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2160915/public-education-project-targets-taboo-subject-child-sexual-abuse
“No one can resist the tides of history”: Detained activist Yue Xin on the Jasic workers
China Digital Times, August 24, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/no-one-can-resist-the-tides-of-history-detained-activist-yue-xin-on-the-jasic-workers/
China targets rumors, religion in updated party rules
Reuters, August 27, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption/china-targets-rumors-religion-in-updated-party-rules-idUSKCN1LC0AQ
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《中国共产党纪律处分条例》修订前后对照表 (Comparison chart of amendments on Regulation of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Actions)
People’s Daily, August 27, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0827/c1001-30253493.html
修订后的党纪处分条例印发 (CPC Central Committee issues revised disciplinary measures ordinance)
Beijing News, August 27, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/27/501335.html
三部委在交通出行领域开展严重失信行为专项治理，覆盖网约车 (National Development and Reform Commission to expand social credit system on transport regulation violations)
The Paper, August 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2382802
Xi Jinping says belt and road plan isn’t about creating a “China club”
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161580/xi-jinping-says-belt-and-road-plan-isnt-about-creating
“When is it going to end?”: Taiwan condemns China for demanding Spanish university cancel cultural events
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/27/going-end-taiwan-condemns-china-demanding-spanish-university-cancel-cultural-events/
Chinese media says “Australian hawks” to control foreign affairs
Sydney Morning Herald, August 27, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/chinese-media-says-australian-hawks-to-control-foreign-affairs-20180827-p5000w.html
China may scrap limit on number of children: Report
Agence France-Presse, August 27, 2018
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-may-scrap-limit-on-number-of-children-report/article24794046.ece
河北省邢台市人大常委会原副主任李俊良涉嫌受贿罪遭检方逮捕 (Deputy secretary of Xingtai People’s Congress Standing Committee arrested for bribery)
People's Daily, August 27, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0827/c1001-30254243.html
黑龙江省交通运输厅原副厅长朱金玉被"双开 (Former deputy director of transportation department of Heilongjiang investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, August 27, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0827/c1001-30253983.html
As China detains Muslim Uyghurs, its economic clout mutes world criticism
Christian Science Monitor, August 24, 2018
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/0824/As-China-detains-Muslim-Uyghurs-its-economic-clout-mutes-world-criticism
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More than 1 in 10 residents of Xinjiang township held in political “re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/township-08242018143331.html
China leader calls for “anti-separatism efforts” in Tibet
Associated Press, August 27, 2018
https://apnews.com/f326e94682554cdb9ea8b3064aeef0c8
Chinese state police seized members of Hong Kong political party during mainland visits – claims Demosisto founder Joshua Wong
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2161573/chinese-state-police-seized-members-hong-kong-political
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Detention of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists when visiting mainland China must be investigated
Amnesty International, August 27, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/hong-kong-detention-in-mainland-pro-democracy-activists/
Hong Kong pro-democracy group denounces Chinese agents “scare tactics”
Reuters, August 27, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics/hong-kong-pro-democracy-group-denounces-chinese-agents-scare-tactics-idUSKCN1LC17D
Hong Kong Bar Assoc. axes its Peking University legal course after two members barred from teaching
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/27/hong-kong-bar-assoc-axes-peking-university-legal-course-two-members-barred-teaching/
HKU scholar Eric Cheung says ex-leader CY Leung accused him of libel in legal letters
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/27/hku-scholar-eric-cheung-says-ex-leader-cy-leung-accused-libel-legal-letters/
Event: NGO Justice Centre accepts submissions for the 2018 Human Rights Arts Prize
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/25/event-ngo-justice-centre-accepts-submissions-2018-human-rights-arts-prize/
上海:外逃24年的贪污犯罪嫌疑人倪小沪回国投案 (Corruption suspect who hid overseas for 24 years returns to China, surrenders)
People's Daily, August 24, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0824/c1001-30250055.html
It’s too easy to wind up in a Chinese psychiatric hospital, and far too hard to get out
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/its-too-easy-wind-chinese-psychiatric-hospital-and-far-too-hard-get-out
“护苗·网络安全课”全国讲师培训活动举办 (Office for “Eradicating pornography and illegal publications” holds training for teachers to raise student awareness)
Legal Daily, August 24, 2018
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20180824/Articel06009GN.htm
疫苗受害者家属记者会被迫延期
China deploys police, “interceptors” to warn off, detain parents of substandard vaccine victims
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-08232018101435.html
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-parents-08232018120743.html
【佳士工潮】聲援團住處突遭防暴警清場 逾50名工人及學生被帶走 (Shenzhen police evict Jasic protest supporters from apartment, more than 50 students and workers arrested)
HK01, August 24, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/即時中國/226897/佳士工潮-聲援團住處突遭防暴警清場-逾50名工人及學生被帶走
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Student activists disappear after police raid as China clamps down on labour movement
Reuters, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2161288/student-activists-disappear-after-police-raid-china
NGO reports custodial deaths, tortures in China's Xinjiang
Suryaa, August 24, 2018
http://www.suryaa.com/52532-ngo-reports-custodial-deaths-tortures-in-chinas-xinjiang.html
Students revolt over “Taiwan, China” switch for English language test
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161167/students-revolt-over-taiwan-china-switch-english
The simple but ingenious system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws
MIT Technology Review, August 21, 2018
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611816/the-simple-but-ingenious-system-taiwan-uses-to-crowdsource-its-laws/
翟岩民因穿“江天勇”T恤衫三度被传唤 (Rights defender summoned 3 times in 2 days for wearing shirt displaying name of imprisoned rights lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-08242018102403.html
What satellite images can show us about “re-education” camps in Xinjiang: A Q&A with Shawn Zhang
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/features/what-satellite-images-can-show-us-about-re-education-camps-xinjiang
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UBC student uses satellite images to track suspected Chinese re-education centers where Uyghurs imprisoned
The Globe and Mail, July 8, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-ubc-student-uses-satellite-images-to-track-suspected-chinese-re/
网曝河南安徽强迫民众承诺放弃基督教 (Priest reveals Anhui provincial authorities forced Christians to sign declaration to abandon religion)
Voice of America , August 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-some-local-authorities-in-china-force-people-to-give-up-religion-20180823/4541253.html
U.S. “deeply concerned” after China denies BuzzFeed reporter visa
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161124/us-deeply-concerned-after-china-denies-buzzfeed
Young son of Uyghurs held in Xinjiang political “re-education camps” dies in drowning incident
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/drowning-08232018135551.html
中梵或将进入新一轮谈判 大陆教友不抱期望 (Chinese Catholics remains pessimistic at possible new round of China-Vatican negotiations)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-08232018101133.html
Germany stops deporting Uygurs after asylum seeker is mistakenly sent to China, then vanishes
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2161091/concerned-about-rights-germany-halts-deportation-uygurs-china
White House criticizes China over El Salvador recognition
The New York Times, August 24, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/world/asia/taiwan-el-salvador-china.html
京东发布反腐公告：4人被刑拘16人遭辞退 (4 detained, 16 dismissed: Chinese e-commerce company JD.com issues anti-corruption announcement)
Beijing News, August 24, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/08/24/501036.html
广东省湛江市委原常委、政法委原书记陈吴接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Former secretary of Zhanjiang CPC Political and Legal Affairs Committee investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 24, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201808/t20180824_178408.html
Waymo sets up subsidiary in Shanghai as Google plans China push
Reuters, August 24, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-waymo-china/waymo-sets-up-subsidiary-in-shanghai-as-google-plans-china-push-idUSKCN1L90BP
China’s surveillance network moves into the country to catch farmers illegally burning straw
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2161225/chinas-surveillance-network-moves-country-catch-farmers-illegally
扎西文色二审维持原判 法院：煽动分裂国家 (Tibetan education advocate Tashi Wangchuk’s second instance trial upholds 5-year sentence for “inciting splittism”)
Deutsche Welle, August 24, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/2y631
Airport breached safety regulations by granting special treatment to ex-leader CY’s daughter, court rules
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/24/airport-breached-safety-regulations-granting-special-treatment-ex-leader-cys-daughter-court-rules/
Woman takes unprecedented step to advance LGBT cause in Hong Kong and sues government over civil partnerships ban
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2161287/woman-takes-unprecedented-step-advance-lgbt-cause-hong-kong
Ex-leader CY Leung sues Stand News and university professor for defamation
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/24/ex-leader-cy-leung-sues-stand-news-university-professor-defamation/
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梁振英控告鍾劍華及《立場新聞》誹謗 記協：極度關注 (Former chief executive of Hong Kong sues media, journalist for defamation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 24, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1414405-20180824.htm
We need to be careful about how we use the word “Chinese”
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/we-need-be-careful-about-how-we-use-word-chinese
美參議員將提「反斷交法案」：不只為了台灣，更防中國「有機可乘」(U.S. senator to propose “Taiwan Act 2018”: Not just for Taiwan, but also to guard against China)
The News Lens, August 24, 2018
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/102661
American moral indifference to human rights in China
Intermountain Jewish News, August 23, 2018
https://www.ijn.com/american-moral-indifference-to-human-rights-in-china/
從前他們追着人做結紮，如今他們求着人生二胎 (They used to chase people to do ligation, and now they’re begging them for a second child)
Initium, August 22, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180824-mainland-birth-control-staff/
中国的精神卫生、强制收治和任意拘留 (Mental health, compulsory treatment, arbitrary detention in China)
Ftchinese, August 24, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001079108?full=y
China’s re-education camps for a million Muslims: What everyone needs to know
SupChina, August 22, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/22/xinjiang-explainer-chinas-reeducation-camps-for-a-million-muslims/
Legislator says “hukou” system is squandering China’s labor
Caixin, August 22, 2018
https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-08-22/legislator-says-hukou-system-is-squandering-chinas-labor-101317613.html
尘肺工人的困惑：我的赔偿金该找谁要？(Workers suffering from lung disease have no adequate avenue to seek compensation)
Worker.cn, August 23, 2018
http://media.workercn.cn/sites/media/grrb/2018_08/23/GR0501.htm
Ex-journalist questions legality of security checks
The Sixth Tone, August 23, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002808/ex-journalist-questions-legality-of-security-checks
China arrests three for fake reports about smog crackdown
Reuters, August 23, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution/china-arrests-three-for-fake-reports-about-smog-crackdown-idUSKCN1L80CP?
“Single’s tax”: A hot term that is banned on Weibo now
What’s On Weibo, August 23, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/singles-tax-a-hot-term-that-is-banned-on-weibo-now/
Xi calls for better fulfilling missions of publicity work
Sina English, August 23, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-08-23/detail-ihhzsnec3025432.shtml
国家网信办：要让网络短视频充满正能量 (Cyberspace Administration of China wants short videos to be filled with “positive energies,” suspends Kuaishou for 15 days)
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 23, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-08/23/c_1123318088.htm
Top Chinese Buddhist monk Xuecheng faces police investigation after #MeToo sexual harassment claims upheld
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2160975/top-chinese-buddhist-monk-xuecheng-faces-police-investigation
Group: China denies Tibet activist’s appeal of jail sentence
Washington Post, August 23, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/group-china-denies-tibet-activists-appeal-of-jail-sentence/2018/08/23/18a45cc2-a6c5-11e8-ad6f-080770dcddc2_story.html