The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

High-speed rail passengers’ personal data will be transferred “outside Hong Kong”
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/12/high-speed-rail-passengers-personal-data-will-transferred-outside-hong-kong/

Related:
私隐不保:高铁港客资料直送北京 (High-speed rail passengers’ data sent to Beijing, concerns over privacy as wifi collects personal data “regardless of border”)
Radio France Internationale, September 11, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/社会/20180911-私隐不保高铁港客资料直送北京

Former Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung threatens to launch legal action in the UK against city lawmaker
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163743/former-hong-kong-chief-executive-cy-leung-threatens-launch

Related:
Leung brings libel battle to UK
The Standard, September 12, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=200104&sid=4&sid=4

Pro-Beijing politician’s attack on Hong Kong judges as “sinners of society” earns stiff rebuke from leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, September 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163689/pro-beijing-politicians-remarks-calling-hong-kong-judges

Commentary (评论)

「歐威爾式帝國」(Orwellian Empire)的宗教網絡管控 (Religious network control in style of Orwellian Empire)
inmediahk.net, September 12, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059429

观点:高铁“一地两检”──中国的强势 港人的无力 (Commentary: High-speed rail and co-location arrangement—China’s might, Hong Kong’s powerlessness)
BBC News, September 12, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45480618

Interview: “The U.S. is taking the issue of the concentration camps quite seriously”
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/wuc-sanctions-09112018160816.html

Is the trade war hurting Xi Jinping politically?
ChinaFile, September 10, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/trade-war-hurting-xi-jinping-politically

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Fan Bingbing: Vanished Chinese star “not socially responsible”
BBC, September 10, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45426882

Sister of veteran rights activist evicted, detained in China's Guangdong
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/sister-09102018111015.html

公安部拟新规“维护警察权威” (Ministry of Public Security plans to issue new regulation to “maintain police authority”)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xql-09102018104014.html

潑墨女失蹤65天 傳中國高層下令:不能讓她活著離開 (High-level authorities are rumoured to order not letting “ink woman” Dong Yaoqiong leave psychiatric detention alive)
Liberty Times Net, September 9, 2018
http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/2546228

Access to Information (信息公开)

无国界记者强烈谴责中国当局虐待公民记者黄琦 (Reporters Without Borders condemns ill-treatment of detained citizen reporter Huang Qi)
Voice of America, September 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-rsf-condemns-violence-against-detained-huang-qi-20180910/4565328.html

Related:
China: RSF press freedom laureate falls victim to violence in detention again
Reporters Without Borders, September 10, 2018
https://rsf.org/en/news/china-rsf-press-freedom-laureate-falls-victim-violence-detention-again

自由再受限 中国拟控管网路宗教资讯 (New draft regulations on religious information online poses risks to religious freedom)
Deutsche Welle, September 11, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34ePa

Related:
China to crack down on “chaotic” online religious info: Media
Reuters, September 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion/china-to-crack-down-on-chaotic-online-religious-info-media-idUSKCN1LQ2QC?

Xi stresses following path of socialist education with Chinese characteristics
Sina English, September 11, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-09-11/detail-ihiixzkm7110366.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Barred Tsinghua student studying under registered foreign NGO’s scholarship program
China NGO Project, September 10, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/latest/barred-tsinghua-student-studying-under-registered-foreign-ngos-scholarship-program

Escape from Xinjiang: Muslim Uighurs speak of China persecution
Al Jazeera, September 10, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/escape-xinjiang-muslim-uighurs-speak-china-persecution-180907125030717.html

Related:
专访人权观察:习近平强压 新疆最甚 (Interview with Human Rights Watch: Xinjiang suffers extreme degree of repression under Xi Jinping)
Deutsche Welle, September 11, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34fK4

Chinese police ban activist's planned visit to democratic Taiwan
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taiwan-09102018110050.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Bible-burning seen as Chinese Christians squeezed
The Standard, September 11, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=200070&sid=3&sid=3

Related:
【嚴打教會】河南鄭州教會遭查封 傳道人被指講道無備案 (Crackdown on churches in Henan continues, preachers accused of “illegal religious activity” for not obtaining approval from authorities)
The Stand News, September 10, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/嚴打教會-河南鄭州教會遭查封-傳道人被指講道無備案/

Senior Chinese diplomat highlights “path of human rights development with Chinese characteristics”
Sina English, September 11, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-09-11/detail-ihiycyfw8716255.shtml

Related:
Chinese representative vows to further pursue multilateralism
Sina English, September 11, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2018-09-11/detail-ihiycyfw8381758.shtml

U.S. weighs sanctions against Chinese officials over Muslim detention camps
美国考虑就新疆拘留营对中国实施制裁
The New York Times, September 10, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180911/us-china-sanctions-muslim-camps/dual/

吉林省纪委副书记、省监委副主任邱大明接受审查调查(Deputy secretary of Jilin Provincial Commission for Disciple Inspection investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
The Paper, September 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2427927

China prepared to resist if U.S. adds support for Taiwan’s foreign relations
Voice of America, September 10, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/taiwan-diplomatic-allies/4564622.html

Related:
China urges U.S. not to “gesticulate” about countries abandoning Taiwan
Channel NewsAsia, September 11, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-urges-us-not-to--gesticulate--about-countries-abandoning-taiwan-10702080

中方提醒個別國家勿忘承認一中原則 妥善處理涉台問題 (China reminds “individual countries” to recognize one China principle in handling Taiwan matters)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 10, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1417053-20180910.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google is handing the future of the Internet to China
Foreign Policy, September 10, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/10/google-is-handing-the-future-of-the-internet-to-china/

“Made in China 2025”: Is Beijing’s plan for hi-tech dominance as big a threat as the West thinks it is?
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2163601/made-china-2025-beijings-plan-hi-tech-dominance-big-threat

Related:
Why “Made in China 2025” triggered the wrath of President Trump
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2018
https://multimedia.scmp.com/news/china/article/made-in-China-2025/index.html

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

澳门特区拟制订《网络安全法》(Macao SAR to formulate “Network Security Law”)
Xinhua, September 11, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-09/11/c_129951532.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

民陣發起十一遊行 要求全面徹查沙中綫、陳帆下台 (Civil Human Rights Front plans march on National Day to demand comprehensive probe of Shatin-Central transit Link scandal and call for resignation of Secretary of Transport and Housing)
inmediahk.net, September 11, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059417

Protesters have to be more “organised and disciplined” to avoid jail, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Raphael Wong says
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163556/protesters-have-be-more-organised-and-disciplined-avoid-jail

Hong Kong Bar Association open to restarting Peking University course but only if school says why two human rights lawyers were barred from teaching
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163597/hong-kong-bar-association-open-restarting-peking-university

Video: Hong Kong democracy activists march with “Xi the Pooh” in national anthem protest
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/10/video-hong-kong-democracy-activists-march-xi-pooh-national-anthem-protest/

全日制學生自殺率 5年升逾七成 港大:學校預防屏障功能或漸失 (Student suicide rate soars 70% over 5 years, study suggests improving education system)
Citizen News, September 10, 2018
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/14904/自殺-葉兆輝-香港大學-14904/全日制學生自殺率-5年升逾七成-港大:學校預防屏障功能或漸失

Commentary (评论)

Commentary: The trouble with “Made in China”
Channel News Asia, September 11, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/made-in-china-us-trade-war-great-power-competition-10626054

香港和台灣政治的第三條路(The third political path for Hong Kong and Taiwan)
inmediahk.net, September 11, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059406

佳士工潮:中国左翼传统的复活 (Jasic workers' movement: Resurrection of Chinese left-wing tradition)
New York Times, September 11, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180911/china-students-workers-unite/

Podcast: Should African governments welcome or be wary of Chinese infrastructure investment?
ChinaFile, September 10, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/china-africa-project/should-african-governments-welcome-or-be-wary-of-chinese-infrastructure

Monday, September 10, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

涉嫌严重违纪违法,河北省公安厅原副厅长陈庆恩退休5年被查 (Former deputy director of Hebei public security bureau investigated 5 years after his retirement for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
The Paper, September 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2422094

Kunshan self-defense case: Justice, or stability maintenance?
China Digital Times, September 7, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/09/kunshan-self-defense-case-justice-or-stability-maintenance/

Ailing rights activist “beaten” by prosecutor in China's Sichuan: Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/huangqi-beating-09072018132253.html

Related:
四川维权人士黄琦看守所内遭迫害 (Sichuan activist Huang Qi tortured in detention as authorities attempt to coax confession, family calls for medical parole as health deteriorates)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-09072018092220.html

Prominent Chinese rights activist “released” on bail, but surveillance continues
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/prominent-chinese-rights-activist-released-on-bail-09072018094248.html

代理肺结核案 陈科云将失律师资格 (Guangzhou lawyer Chen Keyun disqualified for representing tuberculosis victims in rights defense case)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-09072018092746.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国修改历史教科书 习近平姿态惹注意 (CPC amends history textbooks, Cultural Revolution no longer narrated as "mistake," classified under "difficult explorations")
Voice of America, September 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-mao-becomes-mistakes-free-again-in-chinese-history-textbooks-20180909/4563936.html

陕西重拳打击“假记者、新闻敲诈” (Shaanxi launches special campaign for the centralized rectification of public opinion, cracking down on fake journalists and news extortion)
Beijing Youth Daily, September 10, 2018
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2018-09/10/nw.D110000zgqnb_20180910_3-08.htm

天津庭审央视刘芳菲港商丈夫遭检察院酷刑致死案 (State media gagged as trial begins on death of Hong Kong businessman Liu Xiyong following torture, wife's Weibo posts deleted)
Voice of America, September 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/case-of-cctv-anchor-husband-in-tianjin-20180908/4563090.html

As China faces record-breaking flood levels, authorities arrest two women for spreading “rumors” [H1] of health risks
Global Voices, September 7, 2018
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2018/09/07/as-china-faces-record-breaking-flood-levels-authorities-arrest-two-women-for-spreading-rumors-of-health-risks/

Related:
China clamps down on public discussion of African swine flu outbreaks
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/outbreaks-09072018110830.html

Fake news is in the eye of the beholder: China is centralizing efforts to stop online “rumors”
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/08/fake-news-eye-beholder-china-centralising-efforts-stop-online-rumours/

China arrests Uighur editor, newspaper directors for being "two-faced"
Committee to Protect Journalists, September 7, 2018
https://cpj.org/2018/09/china-arrests-uighur-editor-newspaper-directors-fo.php

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China outlaws large underground Protestant church in Beijing
Reuters, September 10, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion/china-outlaws-large-underground-protestant-church-in-beijing-idUSKCN1LQ07W?

Related:
Crackdown on Christian churches intensifies in China
Voice of America, September 7, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/crackdown-on-christian-churches-intensifies-in-china/4561700.html

北京、成都、郑州三家庭教会同日被查封 (Three family churches in Beijing, Chengdu and Zhengzhou were closed down on the same day)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-09102018095043.html

四川老兵继续维权与警察冲突遭喷辣椒水 (Sichuan veterans are sprayed with pepper water by police during petitioning)
Voice of America, September 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-sichuan-veterans-clashed-with-police-whiling-demanding-rights-20180910/4564714.html

聲援深圳工運學生悼「毛」被帶走 (Jasic protest supporters taken away from gathering on Mao Zedong’s memorial)
Ming Pao, September 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180910/s00013/1536517466359

Wife of Chinese activist locked up over June 4 liquor labels on a mission to ensure he is not forgotten
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163328/mainland-chinese-woman-mission-ensure-husband-locked-2016

Rights groups urge release of Chinese anti-censorship activist facing subversion charge
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/07/rights-groups-urge-release-chinese-anti-censorship-activist-facing-subversion-charge/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.N. rights chief Bachelet takes on China, other powers in first speech
Reuters, September 10, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-rights/rights-chief-bachelet-takes-on-china-other-powers-in-first-speech-idUSKCN1LQ0QI

Related:
联合国人权高专对中国关押大批维吾尔人的指称“深感不安” (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is "deeply disturbed" by allegations of a large number of Uighurs detained in China)
Voice of America, September 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-bachelet-takes-on-china-eu-us-and-saudi-led-coalition-in-first-speech-20180910/4564682.html

阻拦强拆反被打 报警却被指骚扰(Attempt to stop forced demolition brought beating, calling for police help led to harassment charge)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-09102018094946.html

「被噤聲」的中國P2P受害者:抗議遭毆打、回家被監控,只好自殺留下遺書 (Silenced P2P victim beaten and under surveillance scorns government in suicide note, family complains of forced cremation)
The News Lens, September 9, 2018
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/103750

US recalls top diplomats after three Taipei allies in Latin America switch recognition to Beijing
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2163345/us-recalls-diplomats-countries-switched-ties-taiwan-beijing

Related:
Panama seeks “respect” for Taiwan snub after US recalls envoys
Hong Kong Free press, September 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/10/panama-seeks-respect-taiwan-snub-us-recalls-envoys/

北京疏散大坂机场旅客台湾人要认“中国人”方可获救 (Taiwanese tourists stranded in Osaka Kansai airport requested to admit they are "Chinese" before Chinese embassy offers help)
Radio France Internationale, September 7, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180907-北京疏散大坂机场旅客台湾人要认中国人方可获救

China Is detaining Muslims in vast numbers. The goal: “Transformation”
The New York Times, September 8, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/world/asia/china-uighur-muslim-detention-camp.html
CN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180908/china-builds-a-vast-network-of-detention-camps-to-transform-muslims/zh-ha/

Related:
China: Massive crackdown in Muslim region
Human Rights Watch, September 9, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/09/china-massive-crackdown-muslim-region

Chinese authorities continue to destroy mosques in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/chinese-authorities-continue-to-destroy-mosques-in-xinjiang-09072018171910.html

维族人受迫害 人权组织要求制裁中国 (In just-released report, Human Rights Watch states that China should be condemned and sanctioned by international community for persecution of Uyghurs)
Deutsche Welle, September 10, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34bxX

“Palau against China!”: The tiny island standing up to a giant
The Guardian, September, 8, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/08/palau-against-china-the-tiny-island-defying-the-worlds-biggest-country

美议员致信蓬佩奥 要求谴责中国打压维吾尔人 (In joint letter, U.S. senators urge Secretary of State to condemn Chinese authorities’ crackdown on Uyghurs)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hj-09072018110034.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Is Taiwan becoming a surveillance state[H2] ? Privacy advocates sound alarm
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2163365/taiwan-becoming-surveillance-state-privacy-advocates-sound-alarm

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

上海官方工会文件首次将“境外敌对势力”与境外NGO挂勾(For the first time, official Shanghai union document links "outside hostile forces" with foreign NGOs)
Radio France Internationale, September 9, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180909-上海官方工会文件首次将境外敌对势力与境外ngo挂勾

民警依法履职致公民权益受损拟不担责 (New draft regulations to exempt police officers from liability if violation of civil rights was in course of rightful execution of duty)
Beijing News, September 9, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/09/09/503966.html

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/

Hong Kong (香港)

Sacrifices Hong Kong made for high-speed rail to mainland China: Is it worth it?
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2163423/sacrifices-hong-kong-made-high-speed-rail-mainland

Related:
Passengers blacklisted by mainland will not be able to buy high-speed rail tickets from Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/08/passengers-blacklisted-mainland-will-not-able-buy-high-speed-rail-tickets-hong-kong/

林鄭月娥冀市民不要排斥單程證制度 審批權一直在內地 (Carrie Lam warns mention of “sovereign area” steps on China's red line as citizens suggest retaking One-way Permit approval powers)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1416876-20180909.htm

Commentary (评论)

Why Beijing will sacrifice its middle class in trade war with Donald Trump
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/china-economy/article/2163165/why-beijing-will-sacrifice-its-middle-class-trade-war

Hong Kong must bravely confront the problems of “one country, two systems”
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2163267/hong-kong-must-bravely-confront-problems-one

Clean out your wardrobes: Hong Kong Occupy activist convicted partly on the evidence of his shirt
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/09/clean-wardrobes-hong-kong-occupy-activist-convicted-evidence-shirt/

周日話題﹕709,中國法治史黑暗的一章 (709: the darkest chapter in China’s rule of law)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180909/s00005/1536430176205

What to say when you’re a Chinese Communist Party official
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/08/say-youre-chinese-communist-party-official/

Bolder plans on schools, health and tax needed for Chinese to benefit from reforms
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2163248/bolder-plans-schools-health-and-tax-needed-chinese-benefit-reforms

When freedom takes some strange forms in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2163374/when-freedom-takes-some-strange-forms-hong-kong

废除死刑路漫漫 (Abolishing death penalty is a long, winding road)
Deutsche Welle, September 8, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34Uue

Friday, September 07, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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/

Related:
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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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

Related:
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/

Related:
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/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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

Hong Kong (香港)

【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

Related:
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

Commentary (评论)

“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

Thursday, September 06, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Related:
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.html

Urgent 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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

Related:
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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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/

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

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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Commentary (评论)

“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

Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Access to Information (信息公开)

【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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

Related:
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 (香港)

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/

Related:
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

Commentary (评论)

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

Tuesday, September 04, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Related:
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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

Related:
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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Related:
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

Related:
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/

Related:
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/

Commentary (评论)

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

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Related:
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?

Related:
China launches official online rumor information platform
Xinhua News Agency, August 30, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/29/c_137428781.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

Related:
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

Related:
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

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

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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Related:
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/

Commentary (评论)

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

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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/

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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

Related:
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/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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/

Related:
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/

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

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

Related:
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/

Hong Kong (香港)

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/

Commentary (评论)

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

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“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?

Related:
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/

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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?

Related:
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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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

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

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