UPR of China（联合国对中国的普遍定期审议）

At U.N., China defends mass detention of Uighur Muslims
The New York Times, November 6, 2018

Related:
Xinjiang camps scrutinized at U.N. rights review
China Digital Times, November 7, 2018

China’s UPR: Will Concerns Raised over Ethnic and Religious Repression Lead to Accountability?
Human Rights in China, November 6, 2018

In a UN first, Hong Kong’s human rights situation singled out from China’s, with city’s global reputation at stake, 45 civil society groups say
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2018

“Disappearing HK freedoms now clear to the world”
RTHK, November 7, 2018

Related:
郭家麒批評張建宗於聯合國發言偏離事實　匪夷所思 (Civic Party legislator criticizes Matthew Cheung's explanation at UPR as outrageous and deviating from facts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 7, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

“这不是我想的中国”：一个维吾尔女子的逃亡 | 独家 (Video: “This is not the China I thought” - the escape of a Uyghur woman)
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

专访：黄琦85岁母亲希望有生之时见儿子一面 (Interview with Huang Qi’s mother: “I want to see my son before I die”
Deutsche Welle, November 7, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

重庆2019年高考11月7日开始报名 政审不合格者不能参加 (Students in Chongqing may not take 2019 university entrance exam without passing “political exam”)
Caixin, November 8, 2018

中国版图成国家机密？中国一公民状告外交部遭拒 (China-Russian border details marked state secret as MFA denies historian’s request for info)
BBC News, November 7, 2018

许章润：先生有话哪里说？ (Xu Zhangrun censored on Chinese search engines after criticizing CPC)
Deutsche Welle, November 7, 2018

Chinese exiled writer Ma Jian says Tai Kwun art space cancelled his talks at Hong Kong International Literary Festival
Hong Kong Free Press, November 8, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

王全璋家属敦促多国大使出席庭审 (Wang Quanzhang’s family urges embassy representatives to attend trial)
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2018

Related:
穿「釋放全璋」上衣赴法院　李文足堅拒遮蔽據理力爭 (Li Wenzu ordered to cover up “Release Quanzhang”  slogan on clothing at court)
The Stand News, November 8, 2018

塵肺病工人深圳索賠爆衝突 官方被指食言 毆打催淚彈驅散 (Shenzhen workers suffering pneumoconiosis demand compensation, protests meet violent teargas)
Ming Pao, November 8, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

UN experts call for release of detained Chinese rights lawyers
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2018

Related:
Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-second session, 20–24 August 2018 — Opinion No. 62/2018 concerning Wang Quanzhang, Jiang Tianyong and Li Yuhan (China)
Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, October 12, 2018

未入中國賽區 台電競隊初賽後遭DQ 主辦方：採聯國國家清單 選手：曾兩度台灣身分參賽 (Taiwan sports team disqualified from SE Asia tournament for not joining “China” region, organizers claim they “follow UN’s list of countries”)
Ming Pao, November 8, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s flagship tech event marked by Silicon Valley absences
Financial Times, November 7, 2018

Related:
Xi sends congratulatory letter to 5th World Internet Conference
Sina English, November 7, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

一項暴動罪今重審　梁天琦向支持者報以「韓式心心」 (Edward Leung attends re-trial of one count of rioting)
The Stand News, November 8, 2018

香港团体指国际关注香港人权状况恶化 (Hong Kong groups say international community is concerned with Hong Kong’s deteriorating human rights condition)
Voice of America, November 8, 2018

Chinese exiled writer Ma Jian says Tai Kwun art space cancelled his talks at Hong Kong International Literary Festival
Hong Kong Free Press, November 8, 2018

有還押人士稱懲教院所衛生惡劣　需穿舊鞋及沒全新內衣 (Concern group calls for awareness on sanitary conditions in Reception Centres for remanded detainees)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 7, 2018

Commentary (评论)

China, Xinjiang and UN Human Rights Review November 7, 2018
Jerome Cohen, November 7, 2018

Civil society space changing, not shrinking: Report
ChinaFile, November 7, 2018

Related:
Berthold Kuhn: Changing Spaces for Civil Society Organisations in China
Open Journal of Political Science, October 30, 2018

中国现代国际关系研究院李伟：联合国应主导协调网络反恐 (Chinese international relations scholar: UN should lead coordination on internet counterterrorism)
The Paper, November 8, 2018

UPR of China（联合国对中国的普遍定期审议）

West calls on China to close Uighur detention camps
Reuters, November 6, 2018

Related:
China’s UPR: Will Concerns Raised over Ethnic and Religious Repression Lead to Accountability?
Human Rights in China, November 6, 2018

China says UN criticism of human rights record is “politically driven”
The Guardian, November 6, 2018

China dismisses criticism about mass detentions at UN
Associated Press, November 7, 2018

聯合國審議中國人權　多國關注新疆再教育營　中方反斥偏離事實 (UN reviews China human rights, multiple states concerned over Xinjiang camps, China dismisses allegations as “lacking factual basis”)
The Stand News, November 7, 2018

多國關注港澳人權　張建宗：不必要、毫無根據、不成立 (Matthew Cheung: States’ concern with Hong Kong and Macau is unnecessary, groundless, and unfounded)
Ming Pao, November 7, 2018

“Political censorship”: United Nations removes submissions from int’l civil groups at China’s human rights review
Hong Kong Free Press, November 6, 2018

Related:
【疑中國施壓】交聯合國人權專員被删走　香港眾志報告書全文 (Deleted from UN OHCHR webpage: full Submission by Demosisto to High Commissioner for Human Rights for Universal Periodic Review of China)
The Stand News, November 7, 2018

Joint Press Statement: China UPR -- civil society deeply concerned by removal of key stakeholder information by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for upcoming Universal Periodic Review of China
Human Rights Watch, November 5, 2018

Video: China grilled over internment camps, civil rights and Hong Kong freedoms at UN review
Agence France-Presse, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang to relocate 160,000 farmers, herders in effort to tackle poverty
Sina English, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang’s Kashgar University students, teachers forced to give up Muslim dietary restrictions
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Democratic Taiwan battling disinformation from China ahead of elections
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2018

【又係抑鬱症？】人民日報旗下雜誌總編跳樓亡　陸媒稱患抑鬱症 (Chief editor of magazine under People’s Daily group commits suicide, reports of death initially censored, media cites depression)
The Stand News, November 7, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

被吊證維權律師成立「律師後俱樂部」　今早警察登門要求拆招牌 (Free legal advice club established by de-licensed 709 lawyers harassed by authorities)
The Stand News, November 6, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

上饒公安局：新《警察法》實施後　開槍不用警告　查身份證不需理由 (New police law to be passed: no warnings before gunshot, no reasons or explanations needed for ID checks)
The Stand News, November 6, 2018

国家拟修法惩治疫苗造假：药品上市许可持有人全过程担责 (New draft amendments on Drug Administration Law released in response to vaccine scandal)
Legal Daily, November 6, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Oracle confirms China Telecom internet traffic “misdirections”
Zero Day, November 6, 2018

Chinese surveillance grows stronger with technology that can recognise people from how they walk
The Telegraph, November 6, 2018

Related:
步态识别机：中国监控新武器？(China’s new surveillance weapon: walking-stance identifiers)
Radio Free Asia, October 6, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Majority of Hongkongers worried about cost of Lantau reclamation plan, survey finds
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2018

Hong Kong Pride Parade organisers expect record crowd, with theme of legal equality for local LGBT community in 2018
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2018

Young Hongkongers sceptical about city’s integration with mainland China, study finds
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2018

Commentary (评论)

China’s “perfect dictatorship” and its impact — an interview with Professor Stein Ringen
China Change, November 6, 2018

ChinaFile presents: The situation in Xinjiang
China File, November 6, 2018

UPR of China（联合国对中国的普遍定期审议）

人权审议 中国如何应对新疆再教育营问题 (Universal Periodic Review: How will China face questions on Xinjiang re-education camps)
BBC News, November 5, 2018

中国国家人权报告：人权事业以习近平思想为指导 (China’s national human rights report: human rights affairs to be led by Xi Jinping thought)
Voice of America, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

In China's Xinjiang, surveillance is all pervasive
Al, Jazeera, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang authorities detain prominent Uyghur philanthropist
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2018

Xinjiang’s re-education and securitization campaign: Evidence from domestic security budgets
Jamestown Foundation, November 5, 2018

Xinjiang’s re-education and securitization campaign: Evidence from domestic security budgets
Jamestown Foundation, November 5, 2018

Inside China’s campaign against the Uyghurs
Globe and Mail, November 4, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist Huang Qi will die in custody if denied medical treatment – rights groups
Agence France-Presse, November 5, 2018

Related:
Detained, ailing Chinese activist faces neglect, death in police detention: Groups
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2018

709案：王全璋妻痛批法官“故意违法” (Li Wenzu, wife of jailed 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang, criticizes judge for intentionally breaking the law)
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2018

Related:
709王全璋妻子李文足给法官林崑、周虹的一封信 (Open letter from Li Wenzu to judges of Wang Quanzhang’s case)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 5, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Beijing now able to flag Weibo posts as “rumor”
Financial Times, November 4, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists urge deep scrutiny of China at UN rights gathering this week
Reuters, November 4, 2018

In China, female pilots strain to hold up half the sky
Reuters, November 6, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京建网上政务服务总门户 年底前九成事项可网上办 (90 percent of governmental services could be done online in Beijing by end of 2018)
Beijing News, November 6, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Tencent to require all gamers to verify their identities with police database from next year
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

外国记者遭驱逐，香港未来蒙上阴影
Journalist’s expulsion casts shadow on Hong Kong’s future
The New York Times, November 5, 2018

Electronic tracking system set to help Hong Kong police counter detainees harm themselves in custody
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2018

Commentary (评论)

UN: Denounce China’s abuses in Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch, November 5, 2018

大眾傳媒如何塑造一個族群的標籤 (How popular media sculpts group-labelling)
The Stand News, November 5, 2018

UPR of China（联合国对中国的普遍定期审议）

“A campaign of systematic repression”: China faces grilling over internment camps at UN review
Agence France-Presse, November 4, 2018

Activists urge deep scrutiny of China at U.N. rights gathering this week
Reuters, November 4, 2018

China's human rights record to be examined in UN review
The Guardian, November 5, 2018

Related:
UPR China: Will Governments Stand Firm on Accountability and Universal Standards?
Human Rights in China, November 1, 2018

UN Human Rights Council must demand answers from China over Xinjiang mass internment camps
Amnesty International, November 2, 2018

China is committing ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang – it's time for the world to stand up
The Guardian, November 3, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

How China is trying to decimate Uyghur minds
Hong Kong Free Press, November 5, 2018

Mass detention of Muslims impacts agriculture in Xinjiang
Bitter Winter, November 3, 2018

“Ruined dreams”: The people locked up in China's desert “re-education” centres
The Age, November 2, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China: Immediately and unconditionally release Huang Qi & ensure access to prompt medical care for all detained human rights defenders
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 5, 2018

Why Interpol must keep up the pressure in the case of its missing ex-president Meng Hongwei
South China Morning Post, November 3, 2018

Academic freedom watchdog demands China unconditionally release prominent Uyghur scholar
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国网友因网上转发评论遭当局逮捕或判刑 (Chinese netizens jailed for reblogging criticisms on government and Xi Jinping)
Voice of America, November 3, 2018

深圳网友因订制郭文贵名言文化衫遭判刑一年半 (Shenzhen netizen jailed for 1.5 years for making tshirt bearing sensitive slogan)
Voice of America, November 3, 2018

Exiled Chinese writer says Hong Kong publishers “too afraid to bring out” Chinese version of his new novel”
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2018

中国学者盛洪被禁赴美参加改革开放40年研讨会 (Liberal Chinese scholar banned from attending Harvard conference on China’s reform history on grounds of “threatening national security”)
Voice of America, November 5, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China student speaks of harassment over protests
Financial Times, November 4, 2018

“Community spaces are the future”: political artist Sampson Wong finds inspiration and solace in “deteriorating” Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2018

Chinese students assaulted at pro-Marxist society protest
Reuters, November 2, 2018

Related:
南大学生学马列被禁 遭暴力清场 (Nanjing University bans Marxist society, student protest attacked by unidentified officials and scattered by police)
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2018

异议父子遭打压：史竟出境被阻 (Son of activist detained for attempting to go to Taiwan to observe election)
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

国际环保组织称中国生产违禁化学品 (International environmental organizations reveal China continues to produce chemical products banned by global warming treaties)
Voice of America, November 4, 2018

Chinese police chief kills himself after two former colleagues come under corruption cloud
South China Morning Post, November 2, 2018

China hosts UN Security Council visit to show support for peacekeeping
South China Morning Post, November 2, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

徐子軒：AI預測犯罪，誰會成為人工智能的眼中釘？(Who will be targeted if we use AI for predictive policing?)
The Initium, November 2, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Badiucao – the interview: “I think we are witnessing the dying of Hong Kong”
Hong Kong Free Press, November 4, 2018

Related:
「人人都可成 Pussy Riot」　無懼巴丟草展叫停　開幕講座移師深水埗 (“Everyone can be Pussy Riot”: opening talk of dissenter-artist Badiucao exhibition goes on despite forced cancellation)
The Stand News, November 4, 2018

巴丟草展覽被打壓　Pussy Riot 快閃中環抗議 (After threats from Chinese authorities shut down dissenter-artist exhibition, Pussy Riot organizes “flash-mob” in solidarity
The Stand News, November 4, 2018

Uber says it has changed its ways and is willing to partner with Hong Kong government to help smart city plan
South China Morning Post, November 4, 2018

香港曾是言論自由的避風港，現在卻配合中國驅逐外國記者 (Hong Kong used to be the safe haven for freedom of speech, but now cooperates with China to expel foreign journalists)
Time, November 3, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Human rights and the crackdown on Uyghurs’ religion and culture: Six questions for China’s UN delegation
Hong Kong Free Press, November 4, 2018

Hong Kong’s Basic Law is a constitution with Chinese characteristics, and not meant to lead to democracy
South China Morning Post, November 3, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

China expands Xinjiang network of detention camps, report says
Financial Times, November 1, 2018

For them, Afghanistan is safer than China
Foreign Policy, November 1, 2018

China’s frontier of fear
ABC Australia, November 1, 2018

China’s surveillance laboratory
Dissent Magazine, October 31, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

李明哲已达减刑门槛却被反复移监？台湾表达不满 (Jailed Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che transferred to new prisons multiple times without notice to family)
Voice of America, November 1, 2018

CLB calls for the immediate release of all Jasic workers and supporters
China Labour Bulletin, November 1, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Statement: Free Expression Week “Badiucao” art exhibition
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2018

Apple censors sensitive names and phrases from gadget engraving offer on Hong Kong and China websites
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2018

上海网信办重拳整治自媒体乱象，依法处理19个违规微信公号 (Shanghai CAC suspends and shuts down 19 Weixin public accounts over “illegal content”)
The Paper, November 1, 2018

As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, Taiwan emerges as Asia’s hub for foreign media
The Splice Newsroom, November 1, 2018

【南京大屠殺】南京立法要求民眾默哀　禁否認大屠殺歷史 (New law makes moment of silence for Nanjing massacre mandatory, bans speech that “injures feelings” of the people, dignity of the state)
The Stand News, November 1, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Outcry in China after police refuse to pursue father allegedly abusing child on train
The Guardian, November 1, 2018

Related:
Police statement on the molesting father story stirs up media backlash
SupChina, November 1, 2018

艾滋就业歧视法律咨询月：60律师发起
Chinese lawyers offer free legal advice to people living with HIV
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中央统战部副部长徐乐江：做好新形势下民营经济领域党建工作 (United Front Work Department to strengthen party work in private business sector)
The Paper, November 2, 2018

Chinese authorities require Tibetan monks and nuns to undergo political training, Human Rights Watch finds
Hong Kong Free Press, November 1, 2018

China’s public worries pointlessly about GM food
The Economist, November 1, 2018

India lodges “strong protest” against China and Pakistan's bus service passing through POK
The Wire, November 1, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. senators demand probe into China’s alleged hacking of tech giants’ supply chains
South China Morning Post, November 2, 2018

China is exporting its digital surveillance methods to African governments
Quartz, November 1, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Related: Hong Kong rule of law “very robust”: Japanese press quiz Chief Exec. Carrie Lam over expulsion of journalist
Hong Kong Free Press, November 1, 2018

毛孟靜要求保安局交代馬凱被逐議案　立法會否決 (Motion to question authorities on visa denial decision vetoed by pro-Beijing camp)
The Stand News, November 1, 2018

“Master meat cutter” murder suspect claims police officers beat him to force confession
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2018

Commentary (评论)

【專訪 Pussy Riot ‧ 上】挑戰普京威權　成員遭毒害　「縱然恐懼，我們仍要為俄羅斯奮鬥」(Interview with Pussy Riot (1) in HK: “Even though we are scared, we will still fight for Russia”)
The Stand News, November 1, 2018

Interview: “I did not believe I would leave prison in China alive”
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2018

It could be goodbye to the banks if WeChat takes over the world
The Sydney Morning Herald, November 1, 2018

What significance does China’s updated court law have?
Supreme People’s Court Monitor, November 1, 2018

The common goal of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping: “Drain The Swamp”
The Diplomat, November 1, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Mapping Xinjiang’s “re-education” camps
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, November 1, 2018

UK confirms reports of Chinese mass internment camps for Uyghur Muslims
The Guardian, October 31, 2018

Growing evidence forced China to acknowledge Xinjiang political “re-education camps”: researcher
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

代表律師「意外受傷」一度退出案件　王全璋親筆信為「困擾和麻煩」致歉 (Lawyer withdraws from Wang Quanzhang’s case, Wang apologizes for causing him “troubles”)
The Stand News, November 1, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

年年免费游中国，带回让党放心的宣传 (While some foreign journalists are banned and restricted in Xinjiang, overseas Chinese media are invited for free)
Voice of America, November 1, 2018

U.S. Embassy uses WeChat to air criticism of China on home turf
Bloomberg, October 31, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Wife of disappeared former Interpol president lawyers up in Europe
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2018

Background: Xu Lin
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 31, 2018

New political requirements for Tibetan monastics: Authorities “Sinicizing” religion
Human Rights Watch, October 30, 2018

Event: Pussy Riot, Joshua Wong & Sampson Wong to appear at first int’l exhibition of Chinese artist Badiucao this Sat
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

習近平稱要確保中國2020年消除絕對貧困 (China to eradicate absolute poverty by 2020, says Xi Jinping)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 1, 2018

Head of HKUST says new mainland campus will have autonomy, despite Communist Party secretary and gov’t funding
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2018

Beijing engages with Pakistan’s Uyghurs in “charm offensive”
Nikkei Asian Review, October 31, 2018

Exclusive: German firms urged to cut dependence on China
Reuters, October 31, 2018

China’s 12th National Women’s Congress opens
Sina, October 31, 2018

“China wants to buy country”: Sri Lankan minister slams Beijing amid tussle for power with Mahinda Rajapaksa
Agence France-Presse, October 30, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China is exporting the Great Firewall as internet freedom declines around the world
CNN, November 1, 2018

Super Micro tells U.S. lawmakers it found no Chinese spy chips, denying Bloomberg report
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

Kai-Fu Lee says U.S. tech companies aren’t ready for Chinese AI
Bloomberg, October 31, 2018

Related:
Develop and control: Xi Jinping urges China to use artificial intelligence in race for tech future
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

习近平：推动我国新一代人工智能健康发展 (Xi Jinping: Promote China’s new era of healthy development of artificial intelligence)
Xinhua, October 31, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam will sit on panel to hear banned pro-independence party appeal
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2018

Related:
Localist Andy Chan says officials wrong to ban Hong Kong National Party as it is run by a registered company subject to different laws
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

香港一地两检司法复核开审 李柱铭质疑港府错解基本法 (Constitutional challenge on co-location checkpoint begins, Martin Lee challenges gov’t interpretation of Basic Law)
Voice of America, October 31, 2018

Related:
【一地兩檢】政府代表指《基本法》須符中國憲法框架 司法受干預說法錯誤 (Judicial review on co-location: Counsel for government says Basic Law must follow Chinese constitutional framework, wrong to claim interference on judiciary)
Inmediahk.net, October 31, 2018

Hong Kong court cannot ignore Beijing’s decision over new rail terminal’s immigration checkpoint, says gov’t lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2018

A chapter closes: Last Hong Kong bookshop selling titles banned in China shuts
The Guardian, October 31, 2018

Security chief defends decision not to send money laundering alert to banks in Hong Kong, calling information “unverifiable”
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Hold Chinese government accountable for reprisals against human rights defenders cooperating with UN; aggressive moves target activists and NGOs in China & abroad
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 1, 2018

Hong Kong must show it is home to all races
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

Chinese state media’s intense “mind map” on Xi Jinping’s ideology may be lacking some detail
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2018

An interview with Xu Youyu: “The worst is yet to come”
China Change, October 31, 2018

China must stop making a mockery of the rights treaties it signs
Washington Post, October 30, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Kuaishou livestreamer detained for 15 days for mocking national anthem
TechNode, October 30, 2018

China's parliament expands use of in absentia trials targeting “absconders”
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2018

狂犬疫苗受害者、上海维权人士谭华被强迫失踪至今已57天 母亲也遭强迫失踪40天 (Vaccine victim rights defender and his mother forcibly disappeared)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 28, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

China steps up VPN blocks ahead of major trade, Internet shows
Reuters, October 30, 2018

Wolf Warrior comment backfires on Chinese doctor caught in Super Typhoon Yutu destruction
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2018

China tries to woo a sprawling global Chinese diaspora
NPR, October 29, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China stops more than 100 Christians from boarding planes for overseas event
Radio Free Asia October 30, 2018

80名艾滋感染者促规范检测消除歧视 (80 HIV-positive citizens urge revised HIV testing process to eliminate employment discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2018

As China prepares to revise its Civil Code, calls are renewed for legal recognition of same-sex marriage
SupChina, October 30, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

台灣擬限制大陸居住證人士被選舉權　國台辦斥不得人心 (Taiwan may restrict right to vote for those holding mainland residence permits)
RTHK, October 31, 2018

Deng Xiaoping’s son urges China to “know its place” in counterpoint to Xi's expansionist foreign policy
The Telegraph, October 30, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s Sharp Eyes surveillance system puts the security focus on public shaming
Associated Press, October 30, 2018

Chinese Apple Watch supplier under fire for “forcing students to work like robots”
Agence France-Presse, October 30, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Can Hong Kong’s activists for self-determination get a second chance in politics?
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

楊潤雄指院校有責任防止有人濫用大學資源推動港獨 (Head of education bureau calls on universities to bear responsibility and prevent students from advocating for independence)
RTHK, October 31, 2018

Hong Kong government damaged “one country, two systems” with “monster” co-location plan at express rail terminus, court told
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2018

Hong Kong justice minister confirms department advised official who barred activist Lau Siu-lai from contesting Legco by-election
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2018

Related:
Video: Democrat removed from legislature after demanding a no confidence motion against Justice Sec
Hong Kong Free Press, October 30, 2018

R.I.P. Jin Yong — Beloved martial arts novelist and newspaper editor
SupChina, October 30, 2018

Commentary (评论)

人民日报：铸牢中华民族共同体意识必须推广国家通用语言文字 (People’s Daily: Build unified Chinese ethnic community, propagate Mandarin as common language as stipulated in Party Constitution)
People’s Daily, October 31, 2018

China’s bad old days are back
Foreign Affairs, October 30, 2018

Insights into the social credit system on Chinese online media vs its portrayal in Western media
What’s On Weibo, October 30, 2018

Is China losing the opportunity to lead?
The Diplomat, October 30, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

China’s anti-terrorism tactics should not be seen as targeting Uyghurs, says “Eastern Nato”
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

NPCSC amends Criminal Procedure Law, overhauls judicial system organic laws, loosens stock buyback restrictions & designates SPC as national IP appeals court
NPC Observer, October 28, 2018

China's new surveillance program aims to cut crime. Some fear it’ll do much more
L.A. Times, October 27, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Cornell-Renmin exchanges suspended after student protest crackdown
China Digital Times, October 29, 2018

China’s king of Internet fluff wants to conquer the world
The New York Times, October 29, 2018

迎接“什么都不信”的时代 (Embracing the age of "believe nothing")
Financial Times, October 29, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“Ban women drivers”: China’s sexism surfaces after bus plunges into river
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2018

面对中国压制，台湾拟用公投正名
As China rattles its sword, Taiwanese push a separate identity
The New York Times, October 29, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国多地全面取缔家庭教会 (Across China, family churches banned, crosses demolished, state flags raised)
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2018

Abe voices concern over China’s human rights situation
The Mainichi, October 26, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China rolls out facial recognition scans on Guangzhou subway
Radio Free Asia, October 29, 2018

No WeChat, no access: How China’s digital revolution is leaving behind its elderly population
What’s on Weibo, October 29, 2018

China has been “hijacking the vital internet backbone of western countries”
Zero Day, October 26, 2018

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

澳智库报告：中国借西方大学之力攫取军工科技优势 (Australian think tank: China is exploiting Western universities to boost military tech)
Voice of America, October 29, 2018

Related:
Picking flowers, making honey - The Chinese military’s collaboration with foreign universities.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, October 30, 2018

Foreign universities are unwittingly collaborating with Chinese military scientists
Quartz, October 30, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Peaceful advocacy of Hong Kong independence is “ordinary political activity,” says banned party in appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, October 29, 2018

Related:
Security chief slammed for party ban
The Standard, October 30, 2018

【禁民族黨運作】陳浩天公開致林鄭上訴理據　重申民族黨不主張暴力　批保安局斷章取義 (HKNP’s Andy Chan makes public his grounds of appeal to Carrie Lam, emphasizes no-violence stance and criticizes Security Bureau for quoting out of context)
The Stand News, October 29, 2018

的士司機遭警箍頸致死 民權觀察促落實陪審團建議「警車裝閉路」(Taxi driver dies from police chokhold, rights group urges cameras in police cars)
Inmediahk.net, October 29, 2018

【佔旺藐視法庭案】73歲劉鐵民囚4個月　其餘14人緩刑1年至年半 (73-year-old homeless man jailed for 4 months in Mongkok Umbrella Movement contempt of court case, others under suspended sentences)
Citizen News, October 26, 2018

Commentary (评论)

《沒有安全感的強國》：把新疆抓得越緊，維吾爾的中國認同只會更低 (“Insecure China”: Tighter hold on Xinjiang will only lower Uyghurs’ acceptance of China)
The News Lens, October 28, 2018

中国的大跃退 (China’s great leap backward)
Foreign Policy, October 28, 2018

China's great leap backward
Foreign Policy, October 15, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

维吾尔人的逃亡：离开中国，却无法离开恐惧
They escaped China’s crackdown, but now wait in limbo
The New York Times, October 27, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China will prosecute graft, terror suspects even if they flee
Reuters, October 27, 2018

八九学运领袖周勇军被以“邪教罪”逮捕 (Tiananmen Student Movement leader Zhou Yongjun arrested for “cult” crimes
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

Convictions for rumors, torture follow tycoons’ disappearances
China Digital Times, October 26, 2018

Related:
China to expel disgraced former Interpol chief from advisory body
Reuters, October 27, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Still taboo in mainland China: The Cultural Revolution as seen through the lens of Li Zhensheng
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2018

Cornell halts China university ties over curbs on academic freedom
Financial Times, October 28, 2018

对抗大陆资讯战 台湾成最前线 (Taiwan is on the front line in the fight against China’s information warfare)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

“Honour of Kings” will require real-name registration for all users, starting in Beijing
China Film Insider, October 26, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Can citizen journalism work in China? Villagers give their verdict
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2018

湖南家長抗議 反對教育私有化 (Hunan parents protest privatization of education)
Inmedia.hk, October 27, 2018

Taiwan’s gay pride parade draws thousands, as votes on same-sex marriage near
The New York Times, October 27, 2018

颜伯均、刘兴联二人被劝离台湾 (Mainland dissidents Yan Bojun and Liu Xinglian persuaded under pressure to leave Taiwan after unsuccessful appeal for refugee status)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

哈佛学者奥弗霍尔特：“中国模式”处于辉煌与陨落的分水岭 (Harvard scholar: the “Chinese model” is at watershed moment)
BBC News, October 29, 2018

Botched Chinese railway project in Africa is a warning to belt and road investors
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2018

Related:
Belt and road meets international pushback
China Digital Times, October 27, 2018

中国在“干预”美国选举？ 美专家看法各异 (U.S. experts differ on whether China is illegally “intervening” or legitimately “influencing” U.S. elections)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

广州地铁启用人脸识别 社会形同大监狱？(Is facial recognition in Guangzhou metro making society one big prison?)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

Ramifications of China’s new blockchain rules hit home
Technode, October 24, 2018

Related:
Donna Dillenberger on blockchain technology in China
SupChina, October 26, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Tougher laws pushed after massive Cathay data breach
The Standard, October 29, 2018

Related:
Cathay Pacific data hack “probably the biggest” in industry
The Standard, October 29, 2018

給全體立法會議員的公開信：不要萬億人工島！反對《施政報告》致謝動議 (Demosisto sends LegoCo open letter opposing Lantau reclamation project)
Inmedia.hk, October 28, 2018

Commentary (评论)

The Hong Kong government claims it is fair to the LGBTI community: So prove it
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2018

How Beijing is using the Nazi propaganda playbook to justify its concentration camps to the world
Hong Kong Free Press, October 27, 2018

China’s Uyghur re-education centers in Xinjiang will not produce a loyal and obedient population
The Conversation, October 27, 2018

The fact Cathay Pacific does not have to notify anyone of a data breach is unacceptable. The law must change
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

无国界记者谴责中国报复封堵美国行业网站 (Reporters Without Borders condemns China’s reprisal on website reporting Xinjiang’s surveillance tech)
Voice of America, October 26, 2018

China locks up ethnic minorities in camps. It says so itself
The New York Times, October 25, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Screams from “Room 13”: Are China’s kids being electroshocked for internet “addiction”?
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Chinese man jailed for Koran burning as Islamophobia spreads online
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

北京如何让外国媒体也听党的话 (How Beijing makes foreign media listen to the CPC)
Voice of America, October 26, 2018

China gaming approval “green channel” halted after one CPC official’s promotion
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2018

Kuaishou returns to WeChat after 6-month ban
Technode, October 25, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“The pope doesn’t get China”: Underground church set for “annihilation,” Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen warns
Agence France-Presse, October 26, 2018

Related:
The Pope doesn’t understand China
The New York Times, October 24, 2018

海外人权组织在联合国审查中国前夕批人权恶化 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders criticizes deterioration of human rights conditions in leadup to China’s Universal Periodic Review)
Voice of America, October 25, 2018

HRIC 2018 UPR submission
Human Rights in China, March 2018

Frequent protests by veterans alarm China’s authorities
The Economist, October 25, 2018

Maoists call on China's official union to stand up for workers
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2018

The fear making Chinese women reluctant to have more children
The Conversation, October 25, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China bans major prayer festival in Larung Gar for third consecutive year
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2018

China replaces head of Peking University with CPC chief
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2018

How China’s political climate warps advice to leaders
China Digital Times, October 24, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China mocks report it tapped Trump’s iphone (and plugs its own competitor)
The New York Times, October 25, 2018

Is nowhere private? Chinese subway users upset by plans to install facial recognition systems
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing’s point man on law to step down
The Standard, October 26, 2018

Commentary (评论)

「一帶一路」下的新疆城市近況：烏魯木齊與霍爾果斯 (Xinjiang’s cities under One Belt One Road: Urumqi and Khorgas)
The News Lens, October 26, 2018

Hong Kong’s heightened crackdown on dissent
Human Rights Watch, October 25, 2018

What a new bridge says about Hong Kong’s relations with mainland China
The Economist, October 25, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

China's hidden camps -- What's happened to the vanished Uighurs of Xinjiang?
BBC News, October 24, 2018

Related:
寻找“消失”的维族人：BBC探访新疆“再教育营” (In search for the “missing” Uyghurs: BBC’s visit to Xinjiang “re-education camps”)
BBC News, October 24, 2018

Textbooks and tear gas: Equipment lists for Xinjiang “education” camps revealed
China Digital Times, October 24, 2018

China’s government has ordered a million citizens to occupy Uyghur homes. Here’s what they think they’re doing.
ChinaFile, October 24, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Where’s the proof? Chinese man accused of rape seeks justice after 23 years and four trials
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Four still held for subversion over Tiananmen Massacre liquor
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2018

刑讯打死香港富商刘希泳的司法官员低调获刑 (9 prosecutors receive jail sentences in tortured-confession case resulting in Hong Konger’s death)
Radio France Internationale, October 24, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

人权组织：文革再现新疆，将失去一代学者 (Scholars at Risk: Tactics in Xinjiang revive Cultural Revolution)
Voice of America, October 25, 2018

Related:
Free to Think 2018
Scholars at Risk, October 23, 2018

運營資格被凍結後，全球最大遊戲市場試圖「絕地求生」(World's biggest gaming market struggles for survival as Beijing cuts off video game licensing and tightens censorship)
The Initium, October 25, 2018

Related:
Beijing cuts off gaming licenses’ channel
The Standard, October 25, 2018

Two Chinese cities and legions of police disguised as “dancing aunties” and students on alert for presidential visit
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

写小说影射伊利集团？媒体人被跨省抓判 (Media veteran sentenced to 8 months imprisonment for writing online fiction that alludes to case of fugitive chief of Inner Mongolian dairy enterprise)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2018

Exclusive: Chinese state media journalist charged with assault by UK police following slapping incident
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2018

Translation: Big Brother is watching Big Brother
China Digital Times, October 24, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Thousands protest industrial waste processing plant plan in China's Guangdong
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2018

他帮助过数以万计的中国网民翻墙…… (He helped tens of thousands of netizens jump over the wall: Interview with Zou Chengfeng)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China fails to stop UN Security Council Myanmar briefing
Reuters, October 25, 2018

China says army will act “at any cost” to prevent Taiwan split
Reuters, October 25, 2018

U.S. law enforcers should stop China’s influence campaign, says key strategist Michael Pillsbury
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Related:
Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe demands U.S. retract allegations of interference
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Why democracies are turning against Belt and Road
Foreign Affairs, October 24, 2018

China to scrap population targets, health official says
Bloomberg, October 24, 2018

Chinese dairy giant Yili says disgraced former boss sheltered by public officials
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing tech firms in push to Hong Kong
The Standard, October 25, 2018

China tests facial recognition at border crossing of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

China Mobile eyes greater business opportunities in Silicon Valley
Sina English, October 24, 2018

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

Chinese and Russian spies eavesdrop on Donald Trump’s mobile phone calls, report says
Reuters, October 25, 2018

China’s counterterrorism teams “must work together” to keep mega bridge safe, expert says
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong National Party founders lodge separate appeals against ban in effort to avoid further legal action
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

Related:
【取締民族黨】陳浩天上訴　要求行政長官及八位行會成員避席 (HKNP’s Andy Chan files appeal on party ban, requests Carrie Lam and Executive Council members to recuse from case due to prior public adverse comments)
The Stand News, October 24, 2018

Witness in Hong Kong MTR construction scandal says worker “harassed” him before he was to testify on shoddy works
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Why Hong Kong needs fewer bridges to nowhere and more escalators, lifts and footbridges
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

当中国大学成了党的“坚强阵地
What happens when universities become "party strongholds"?
The New York Times, October 24, 2018

Free trade to Uyghurs, Anwar’s visit has a message for China
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

A slow death for Hong Kong’s separate identity in China
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

美专家：中国以隐蔽手段挑战民主自由 (U.S. thinktank: China is covertly challenging democracy and freedom)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Tear gas, tasers and textbooks: Inside China’s Xinjiang internment camps
Agence France-Presse, October 24, 2018

人權報告揭年半以來新疆 231 位維族學者「被失蹤」(Uyghur Human Rights Project report reveals 231 Uyghur scholars “disappeared” since April 2017)
The Stand News, October 23, 2018

Related:
The persecution of the intellectuals in the Uyghur region: Disappeared forever?
Uyghur Human Rights Project, October 22, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“缺席审判”条款引关注，有委员建议将涉黑犯罪纳入适用范围 (NPC Standing Committee member proposes to expand scope of “trials in absentia” provisions to include serious crimes, regardless of availability of defendant)
The Paper, October 24, 2018

两院组织法修订草案：委员“专门法院由谁设置、由谁任免、对谁负责、向谁报告应有明确规制” (NPC Standing Committee proposes clear rules on establishment, appointment, and accountability of special courts)
Beijing News, October 24, 2018

被精神病：网络作家被关两月 (Online writer detained in mental institute for two months for making statements critical of the state)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2018

Related:
中国精神病治疗乱象：被精神病 (Bedlam in mental health treatment in China: You are given a mental illness)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Ambiguity of Chinese words sparks charges of distortion as U.S.-China tensions rise
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

中國社科基金中選研究題目　習近平思想居前列 (Top 7 winners of CASS research funding are projects on Xi Jinping Thought)
The Stand News, October 24, 2018

China quietly opens door to more foreign films
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2018

中国或以反恐理由禁封KakaoTalk与NAVER (China blocks Korean chat app and blog site)
Radio France Internationale, October 23, 2018

A newspaper banned in China is now one of Trump’s biggest defenders
BuzzFeed, October 22, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Satirist compares Xi Jinping and Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to Winnie the Pooh and Piglet
Hong Kong Free Press, October 23, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese women golfers told to pull out of Taiwan event - sources
Reuters, October 23, 2018

China jails former prosecutors over tortured Hong Kong businessman Stephen Lau’s death in custody
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2018

Shanghai school food scare triggers city wide kitchen health check
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2018

China attempting to meddle in Taiwan elections: Intelligence chief
Focus Taiwan, October 22, 2018

Draft law revisions suggest public supervision on judicial work
Xinhua, October 22, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The Android phone maker that’s more popular than Apple isn’t selling its new iPhone rival in the US
Business Insider, October 22, 2018

Why China can do AI more quickly and effectively than the U.S.
Wired, October 23, 2018

Sri Lanka wants Chinese help to recover phone evidence over “assassination plot”
Reuters, October 24, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Lam plays down special place
The Standard, October 24, 2018

British gov’t urges Hong Kong to reconsider “politically motivated” expulsion of journalist
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2018

Related:
Hong Kong media should quell talk of independence, by-election hopeful Chan Hoi-yan says, insisting Victor Mallet case has nothing to do with press freedom
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2018

不受訪、不見敏感人士、不公開活動　入境處向劉曉波好友列三大入境條件 (HK Immigration Office sets three conditions for entry of Liu Xiaobo's friend: no interviews, no public activities, no meeting with “sensitive" individuals)
The Stand News, October 24, 2018

China tests facial recognition at border crossing of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

劇場編劇甄拔濤被拒入澳門　業界聯署促政府交待 (Drama industry requests “credible response” from Macau government for denying playwright’s entry on public security grounds)
The Stand News, October 24, 2018

Commentary (评论)

In Hong Kong, public consultations are effective – at keeping the public at bay
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

Being China means never having to say you’re sorry
The New York Times, October 23, 2018

“一带一路”是中国版马歇尔计划吗？ (Is BRI the Chinese version of Marshall Plan?)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2018