Authorities detain senior editors of Uyghur publishing house over “problematic” books
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2018
德外长不满北京政府维族政策
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas calls for China transparency over Uighur Muslims
Deutsche Welle, November 12, 2018
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德国外长批评中国新疆维族政策 (During visit to China, German foreign minister says “we will not accept re-education camps”)
Radio France Internationale, November 12, 2018
Deletion of Wu Gan’s Twitter posts reflects the urgent need to protect Chinese human rights activists’ “data ownership”
China Change, November 11, 2018
中国严控网络 20多天查封近万个自媒体帐号 (China tightens Internet further by blocking more than 9,800 independent media accounts in past 10 days)
Radio France Internationale, November 12, 2018
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国家网信办“亮剑”自媒体乱象，依法严管将成为常态 (CAC: Tight restrictions on online media will become norm)
The Paper, November 12, 2018
China is struggling to explain Xi Jinping Thought: Universities have been mobilised to help
The Economist, November 8, 2018
发条微信 中大博士生遭搜查传讯 (University student summoned for interrogation over a WeChat message about churches teaching Chinese socialism instead of Bible
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2018
中国加大对劳工抗议的打压
China extends crackdown on labour protests as activism spreads
Financial Times, November 12, 2018
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12名佳士声援者失踪：左派青年受压
Police detain Maoist labor activists on campuses across China: Group
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2018
China: Student activists reported missing after campaigning for workers’ rights
The Independent, November 13, 2018
Tibetan residents of Gansu protest water diversion scheme
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2018
Submission to UN on Yu Wensheng – November 8, 2018
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 8, 2018
宗教局查封山西家庭教會 官員：宗教信仰自由不代表宗教活動自由 (Shanxi family church banned, officials: Constitution protects freedom of religion, not freedom of religious activities)
The Stand News, November 12, 2018
China’s bankers grapple with new credit rules to private borrowers as officials sow confusion with flip-flopping policies
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2018
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam dismisses request from 17 former chiefs of Foreign Correspondents’ Club to clarify whether government considers it to be a neutral body
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2018
內地邊防部隊涉佔用香港土地 沙頭角建橋擅自過境
Hong Kong land occupied by Chinese border guards in Sha Tau Kok border area
FactWire, November 11, 2018
譚耀宗引述習近平：要求港澳「自覺維護國家安全」 納入國家治理新體系 (Xi Jinping tells Hong Kong and Macau representatives to be “self-conscious on protecting national security”)
The Stand News, November 12, 2018
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President Xi Jinping praises Hong Kong as ”unique and irreplaceable,” urges city to integrate with China
Hong Kong Free Press, November 12, 2018
過千學者組成 「國際第三部門研究學會」去信林鄭促撤陳健民檢控 (One thousand scholars ask Carrie Lam to drop charges against Occupy movement initiator)
The Stand News, November 12, 2018
【專訪】中國流亡作家馬建：文學也許軟弱無力 但總比沉默好 (Interview with exiled writer Ma Jian: literature might be weak, but it’s better than silence)
The Stand News, November 12, 2018
China’s pop idols are too soft for the Party
Foreign Policy, November 12, 2018
“Purify” or perish: the vulnerable lives of China’s Uyghur scholars
Hong Kong Free Press, November 10, 2018
“We are all Chinese”: Beijing’s message on Xinjiang shifts to ethnicity
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2018
中国驻德大使馆就新疆人权问题向德国议员施压 (Chinese embassy pressures German federal parliament on discussions of Xinjiang human rights issues
Radio France Internationale, November 10, 2018
孟宏伟辞职信真假再受聚焦 (Authenticity of Meng Hongwei’s resignation letter under scrutiny as Interpol “no choice but to accept” resignation)
Radio France Internationale, November 11, 2018
Locals fear Chinese officials more concerned with cover-up rather than clean-up after chemical spill
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2018
Chinese education officials sorry for announcing Mao-style political background check on students
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2018
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Political vetting before college entrance exam? Officials downplay controversial announcement
SupChina, November 9, 2018
自媒体冬寒骤降央视飙控6大罪状 (Independent media in China faces bitter winter under “six sins”)
Radio France Internationale, November 11, 2018
A very Chinese World Internet Conference
China Media Project, November 9, 2018
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Minitrue: No comment on open web access at World Internet Conference
China Digital Times, November 9, 2018
微信虚假新闻误导美国华裔 (Chinse community in U.S. falls victim to WeChat fake news)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2018
Celebrity Big Brother gets real as China orders less screen time for overhyped stars
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2018
湖南塵肺工人舉村深圳維權：我們不是拿命來拼，而是無命可拼 (A village of Hunan silicosis workers: we’re not fighting with our lives, we have no lives left to fight)
The Initium, November 10, 2018
中国多名倡导工人权利的年轻活动人士失踪
Young activists go missing in China, raising fears of crackdown
The New York Times, November 12, 2018
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Police “kidnap” 10 labour activists across China: Rights group
Agence France-Presse, November 11, 2018聲援佳士北大學生 疑遭黑衣人擄走 聲援團稱十多人被「綁架」(Jiashi student supporters attacked and kidnapped on campus in Beijing University, others taken from their homes)
The Stand News, November 11, 2018
流亡藏人哀悼及声援最新自焚者 (Exiled Tibetans mourn latest self-immolation)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2018
Coastal villagers count the cost of southeast China toxic chemical spill
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2018
The road ahead for China’s trade unions
China Labour Bulletin, November 8, 2018
Risking Beijing’s wrath, Taiwan to vote on removing “China” from name of its 2020 Olympic team
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2018
Beijing's secret plot to infiltrate UN used Australian insider
The Sydney Morning Herald, November 11, 2018
In China, desperate patients smuggle drugs. Or make their own.
The New York Times, November 11, 2018
China confounds all that western liberals believed about the net
The Guardian, November 11, 2018
Explaining the proliferation of China’s drones
The Diplomat, November 10, 2018
China’s “red line” for Hong Kong’s creative freedom
Quartz, November 11, 2018
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马凯 马建 巴丢草 香港言论自由“受制”的三件事 (Mallet, Ma Jian, Badiucao: three incidents of restrictions on Hong Kong’s freedom of speech)
BBC News, November 9, 2018
“Shocked and baffled”: Hong Kong’s ban on journalist a “threat to free society,” says press club as UK demands answers
Hong Kong Free Press, November 9, 2018
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Ban on Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet entering Hong Kong risks undermining business confidence, British minister warns
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2018The death knell for freedom of speech in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, November 9, 2018
Dissident author Ma Jian urges “courage” to defend free speech as Hong Kong leader denies involvement
Agence France-Presse, November 10, 2018
“It depends on allies”: Non-binary transgender activist Vincy Chan on pushing Hong Kong’s LGBT+ narrative forward
Hong Kong Free Press, November 11, 2018
Don’t silence sign language: call for dying medium to be revived and used as teaching tool for deaf in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2018
Two arrested as Tung Chung protesters clash over influx of visitors from mainland China to Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2018
Rampant racism in Hong Kong is why the government’s defence of its human rights record falls flat
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2018
Why won’t Muslim countries defend China’s Muslims?
Human Rights Watch, November 8, 2018
Signs of China (5): Tightening the Screws on China’s Foreign Reserves
China Change, November 8, 2018
Why is transparency so important for China’s development assistance?
The Diplomat, November 10, 2018
Hundreds of children of detained Uyghurs held in “closed school” in Kashgar prefecture
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2018
Xinjiang: Life during a people's war on terror
The Diplomat, November 9, 2018
Interpol says no option but to accept China's removal of its chief
The Guardian, November 8, 2018
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國際刑警：無權調查孟宏偉下落 只能鼓勵中國交代 (Interpol: no power to investigate Meng’s case, can only urge explanation from China)
The Stand News, November 9, 2018
Media, guests shut out of US-China cyber relations panel sessions at World Internet Conference in Wuzhen
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2018
Hong Kong art space Tai Kwun says it cannot become a political platform, after cancelling Ma Jian’s book events
Hong Kong Free Press, November 9, 2018
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馬建指無香港出版社願出《中國夢》 貝嶺：中文版明年台灣出版 (After refusal from all Hong Kong publishers, Ma Jian’s “China Dream” to be published in Taiwan next year)
The Stand News, November 9, 2018
Another Tibetan burns himself to death to protest Chinese rule
Voice of America, November 8, 2018
新修改的《中华全国妇女联合会章程》全文公布 (Xi Jinping Thought incorporated into amended constitution of All-China Women's Federation)
People’s Daily, November 9, 2018
Wife of detained Chinese rights lawyer stages protest, meets diplomats
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2018
Police in China's Shenzhen Beat, Pepper Spray Protesting Silicosis Sufferers
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2018
國際特赦組織發起全球一人一信行動 促港府撤回佔中九子控罪 (Amnesty International starts global petition to withdraw prosecution on 9 Umbrella Movement leaders
The Stand News, November 8, 2018
福建泉州：化学品泄漏导致生态灾难 (Chemical leak in Fujian covered up by authorities, disastrous damage to ecology and fishermen hospitalized)
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2018
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Chinese fishing village fears contamination cover-up after chemical leak
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2018
北京“砌砖”运动：保护历史还是夺去人们的生活？
Historic preservation or just ripping out a way of life in Beijing?
The New York Times, November 8, 2018
At China’s Internet Conference, a darker side of tech emerges
The New York Times, November 8, 2018
British journalist Victor Mallet denied entry to Hong Kong as tourist
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2018
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FT亚洲新闻主编马凯被香港拒绝入境
Senior FT editor refused entry to Hong Kong
Financial Times, November 8, 2018馬凱遭拒入境 民主派強烈譴責 毛孟靜：港府已成北京傀儡 (Pan-dems condemn entry-ban on FT editor, criticize government as Beijing’s puppet)
Inmediahk.net, November 9, 2018馬凱被拒入境 李家超：不公開評論個別個案 (Security chief refuses to “comment on individual cases” as FT editor is denied visitor entry)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 9, 2018
【封殺港獨】學生動源召集人元朗遇襲 成員家屬遭國安滋擾 (Leader of pro-independence student organization attacked on the way to school)
Apple Daily, November 9, 2018
Some nations may already see Hong Kong as “just another Chinese city”
Bloomberg, November 9, 2018
观点：尘肺病工人的拷问与中国人权的生存权 (Commentary: Silicosis patients and China’s right to life human right)
BBC News, November 8, 2018
Sexual harassment in China’s male-dominated civil service accepted as the norm, observers say
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2018
At U.N., China defends mass detention of Uighur Muslims
The New York Times, November 6, 2018
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Xinjiang camps scrutinized at U.N. rights review
China Digital Times, November 7, 2018China’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
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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
“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
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
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
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
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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
UN experts call for release of detained Chinese rights lawyers
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2018
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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
China’s flagship tech event marked by Silicon Valley absences
Financial Times, November 7, 2018
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Xi sends congratulatory letter to 5th World Internet Conference
Sina English, November 7, 2018
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
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
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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
West calls on China to close Uighur detention camps
Reuters, November 6, 2018
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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
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【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, 2018Joint 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 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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
Chinese activist Huang Qi will die in custody if denied medical treatment – rights groups
Agence France-Presse, November 5, 2018
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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
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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
Beijing now able to flag Weibo posts as “rumor”
Financial Times, November 4, 2018
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
Tencent to require all gamers to verify their identities with police database from next year
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2018
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
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
“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, 2018UN Human Rights Council must demand answers from China over Xinjiang mass internment camps
Amnesty International, November 2, 2018China is committing ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang – it's time for the world to stand up
The Guardian, November 3, 2018
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
Badiucao – the interview: “I think we are witnessing the dying of Hong Kong”
Hong Kong Free Press, November 4, 2018
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「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
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
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
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
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
Outcry in China after police refuse to pursue father allegedly abusing child on train
The Guardian, November 1, 2018
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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
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
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
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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
【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
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
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
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
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
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
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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 Chief Executive Carrie Lam will sit on panel to hear banned pro-independence party appeal
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2018
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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
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【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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Hong Kong Free Press, October 30, 2018
R.I.P. Jin Yong — Beloved martial arts novelist and newspaper editor
SupChina, October 30, 2018
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
China’s anti-terrorism tactics should not be seen as targeting Uyghurs, says “Eastern Nato”
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2018
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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Quartz, October 30, 2018
Peaceful advocacy of Hong Kong independence is “ordinary political activity,” says banned party in appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, October 29, 2018
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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
《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
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
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
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China to expel disgraced former Interpol chief from advisory body
Reuters, October 27, 2018
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
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
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
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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
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
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SupChina, October 26, 2018
Tougher laws pushed after massive Cathay data breach
The Standard, October 29, 2018
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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
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
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
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