China’s tactic to catch a fugitive official: Hold his two American children
The New York Times, November 25, 2018
“My ordeal haunts me”: UK regulator must ban Chinese state TV, says man who appeared in “forced confession”
Hong Kong Free Press, November 23, 2018
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CCTV complaint to OFCOM
RSDL Monitor, November 19, 2018
Minitrue: Do not report black lung protests
China Digital Times, November 25, 2018
Chinese newspaper editors fined over “major political error” – putting 3 extra characters into Xi Jinping Thought
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2018
Fake news: How China is interfering in Taiwanese democracy and what to do about it
Taiwan News, November 23, 2018
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China cheers results of Taiwan elections as independence-leaning DPP gets hammered at the polls
Shanghaiist, November 26, 2018Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council urges China not to misjudge vote outcome
Taipei Times, November 26, 2018
Dozens of Maoist activists held in China after fresh nationwide police raids
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2018
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Translation: Student violently beaten on Peking University campus
China Digital Times, November 23, 2018Xi Jinping tells China’s trade union to put workers first, but will it take any notice?
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2018
Toxic chemical spill in southern China 10 times worse than previously disclosed
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2018
中国驻卡拉奇总领事馆遇袭背后的俾路支解放军 (Balochistan Liberation Army insurgents warn against China’s control over resources through CPEC, threaten additional attacks)
BBC News, November 26, 2018
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Armed insurgents attack Chinese consulate in Karachi
The Diplomat, November 24, 2018
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged to protect China critic after “harassment”
The Guardian, November 25, 2018
China hosts a Thanksgiving trip for UN envoys
Bloomberg, November 22, 2018
Beijing plans an AI Atlantis for the South China Sea, without a human in sight
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2018
Alphabet董事长称谷歌回归中国市场可能违背公司“核心价值” (Alphabet’s CEO admits Google’s return to China might violate company’s “core values”
Voice of America, November 24, 2018
Silicon Valley’s Chinese Dream
The Baffler, November 21, 2018
Pro-Beijing candidate Rebecca Chan wins Hong Kong legislative seat as democrats fail to regain veto power
Hong Kong Free Press, November 26, 2018
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看不到的大數據告訴我們 建制派疑已啟動網上選舉機器助陳凱欣 (Unseen big data reveals how pro-Beijing camps might have used Internet “apparatus” to help candidate’s election campaign)
The Stand News, November 24, 2018
Hong Kong legislature rejects step towards same-sex unions
Reuters, November 25, 2018
China is buying good press across the world, one paid journalist at a time
The Print, November 26, 2018
從法律到歷史的審判：重寫雨傘運動的關鍵詞 (Rewriting key terms of the Umbrella Movement)
Ming Pao, November 26, 2018
Why the Swedish King is cancelling his China trip over Gui Minhai
InBeijing, November 25, 2018
The Chinese export we really should be worried about: Repression
The Guardian, November 23, 2018
【人權法理論】人權豈是強權可壟斷？談人權法理論的兩種解讀 (Can human rights be monopolized by might? Two theoretical interpretations of human rights law)
Inmediahk.net, November 22, 2018
Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon join forces to imply Beijing involvement in Wang Jian’s death
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2018
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郭文贵爆海航王健案黑幕 (Guo Wengui reveals Beijing involvement in Wang Jian case, establishes foundation for mainlanders under prosecution)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2018
手机电脑地毯搜查？桂林高校“手太长” (Guilin University criticized for “police state” policy to check devices, as concerns spread that practice is already secretly in place in other schools)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2018
孙文广失联百日 据信被囚禁在家 (Professor Sun Wenguang held incommunicado for over 100 days after interview with VOA, believed to be under house arrest)
Voice of America, November 20, 2018
採訪碳九事故 女記者被深夜查房「抓嫖」 公安局罕有道歉 認執法不當 (Female journalist investigating chemical leak harassed at night by police on “prostitution hunt,” public security issues rare apology)
The Stand News, November 20, 2018
Beijing pioneering citizens' “points” system critics brand “Orwellian”
Reuters, November 20, 2018
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北京推出中国式个人信用评分 被批离奥威尔时代又近一步 (Beijing launches individual credit scores for citizens, criticized as step towards Orwellian state)
Voice of America, November 20, 2018
西藏开展宪法知识在线考试 (Tibet pioneers constitution law test for all government officials)
People’s Daily, November 21, 2018
中国代表：世贸组织需要改革 中国将提出自己的改革方案 (China rep: WTO needs to change, China to make reform proposals)
Beijing News, November 21, 2018
Reports of China hacking “credible” as New Zealand professor reports car-tampering
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2018
台文化部长：期待中国政府能尊重电影工作者不做政治表态的自由 (Taiwan Minister of Culture calls for China to respect filmmakers’ freedom to not make a political stance)
Voice of America, November 20, 2018
US, China at odds over UN push to fund African peacekeeping
Agence France-Presse, November 21, 2018
China’s melting glaciers are a “wake-up call for the world”, Greenpeace says
Reuters, November 20, 2018
Alphabet chairman struggles with Google CEO's China strategy
Bloomberg, November 21, 2018
China surveillance firms face backlash amid Xinjiang crackdown
Al Jazeera, November 21, 2018
議事規則委員會過半議員同意修正議員行為不檢處罰機制 (Committee agrees changes to be made on penalty mechanisms for LegCo members’ “misconduct,” but no details yet)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2018
平機會工作被國際機構評為C級 陳章明承認可做得更好 (Equal Opportunities Commission ranked among bottom 10 by international alliance, Chief blames limited resources)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2018
陳凱欣：傳媒訪問陳浩天等同宣揚港獨 (Pro-Beijing by-election candidate: Media interviewing Andy Chan is equivalent to spreading Hong Kong independence)
The Stand News, November 21, 2018
佔中九子微紀錄片：他們的傘後時代 (Mini-documentary on the “Occupy Nine”: their post-Umbrella era)
The Initium, November 20, 2018
Taiwanese filmmakers can’t escape Beijing’s grip
Foreign Policy, November 20, 2018
ChinaFile Conversation: Has the world lost sight of Tibet?
ChinaFile, November 20, 2018
The ideological continuum between Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping
China Change, November 19, 2018
新疆限涉恐者30日內投案 私自講經、葬禮不繫白腰帶皆要自首 (Xinjiang urges “surrender” of Muslims “poisoned” by three forces, including preaching in private, alcohol-ban in weddings, and not wearing white belts at funerals)
The Stand News, November 19, 2018
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Chinese city tells Muslims who consider alcohol forbidden to hand themselves in to authorities
The Independent, November 19, 2018
维权人士双十出外跑步被逮捕
Guangdong rights activist redetained over marking of 1911 revolution
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2018
人权观察：国际刑警组织应就孟宏伟一案对中国政府施压 (Human Rights Watch urges Interpol to pressure China on Meng disappearance)
Voice of America, November 20, 2018
China's Oscars: Beijing cuts live coverage after winner calls for independent Taiwan
The Guardian, November 20, 2018
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Minitrue: No Live Broadcast of Golden Horse Awards
China Digital Times, November 19, 2018
How China controls Hollywood scripts
The Sydney Morning Herald, November 19, 2018
北大被抓学生获释 各高校戒备森严 (Peking University students released but surveillance remains strong, two student supporters still missing)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2018
湖南维权人士朱承志为林昭扫墓被押半年后遭逮捕 (Six months into detention, Hunan activist is arrested, but denied access to lawyers on grounds of “endangering national security”)
Voice of America, November 18, 2018
国际奥委会对台下通牒：“东奥正名公投”若成，台湾恐被除籍 (IOC warns Taiwan that change in its team name “Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC)” may result in disqualification)
The Paper, November 19, 2018
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From rugby to painting, China using global stage to diminish Taiwan
Channel NewsAsia, November 19, 2018
Gov’t move to restrict access to protest hotspot “Civic Square” was unconstitutional, Hong Kong court rules
Hong Kong Free Press, November 20, 2018
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限制使用公民廣場違憲 林鄭指律政司研判辭 否認告錯雙學三子 (Limits on public access to “Civic Square” ruled unconstitutional restriction on freedom of assembly, Carrie Lam denies prosecution of Umbrella student leaders was wrong)
The Stand News, November 20, 2018
Press club slams tightening controls on expression as new vice-president nominated to replace Victor Mallet
Hong Kong Free Press, November 19, 2018
Hong Kong’s Occupy leaders on trial: who they are and what they’re accused of
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2018
Protesters rally against plans to relocate disabled centre as Chief Exec. Carrie Lam concedes poor communication
Hong Kong Free Press, November 19, 2018
佔中九子微紀錄片：他們的傘後時代 (Mini-documentary on the “Occupy nine”: Their post-Umbrella era)
The Initium, November 20, 2018
Taiwanese filmmakers can’t escape Beijing’s grip
Foreign Policy, November 20, 2018
ChinaFile Conversation: Has the world lost sight of Tibet?
ChinaFile, November 20, 2018
The ideological continuum between Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping
China Change, November 19, 2018
Chinese city urges those 'poisoned by extremism', who follow conservative Islam to confess crimes
Reuters, November 19, 2018
China says ambassadors concerned over Muslim re-education camps should not 'interfere'
The Independent, November 17, 2018
Prominent Uyghur language researcher disappears, feared in China’s re-education camps
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2018
Outcry as Chinese erotic writer jailed for more than 10 years over gay sex scenes in novel
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2018
妻子探监才得知：新疆前法官黄云敏被判十年 (Former Xinjiang judge jailed for ten years for teaching legal knowledge to petitioners, wife found out sentence during prison visit)
Radio Free Asia, Novmeber 16, 2018
广州受辱女律师反遭行政处罚
Police in China's Guangzhou threaten beaten lawyer with punishment
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2018
How China’s desperate petitioners are blocked from seeking justice
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2018
Chinese authorities clamp down on Twitter activity
Agence France-Presse, November 19, 2018
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中国清网殃及海外推特 (China’s online clean-up spreads to Twitter
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 20-18Activist detained, fired in China's Jiangsu over Twitter posts
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2018
China's Xi makes push into Pacific; scores “own goal” with block on media
Reuters, November 16, 2018
How a Chinese #MeToo musical whipped up a storm before the censors stepped in
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2018
China’s street dance scene thrives despite TV censorship of ‘immoral’ hip hop
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2018
Taiwan warned it could be kicked out of Olympics if name change that angers Beijing goes ahead
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2018
“Simply not true”: China rejects claims Apec diplomats tried to “barge” in on PNG minister’s office to influence communique
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2018
Video: China's spying eyes
Al Jazeera, November 15, 2018
鲁比奥：威权中国输出中兴科技，支持外国独裁者 (U.S. lawmaker: Authoritarian China exporting ZTE tech to support foreign dictatorships)
Voice of America, November 15, 2018
Hong Kong “Occupy” protest leaders deny public nuisance charges
Reuters, November 19, 2018
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佔中九子「不認罪」聲明：抗政治檢控 還歷史一個公道 (Statement on not-guilty plea: Fight political prosecution, return justice to history)
The Stand News, November 19, 2018”We were always willing to be sacrificed”: Hong Kong Umbrella Movement leaders go on trial
Agence France-Presse, November 19, 2018
【佔中9人案開審．短片】英議員動議譴責 林鄭批干預內部事務非常不可取 (British MPs move to condemn HKSAR government for prosecution of Occupy leaders with “vague charges.” Carrie Lam calls it interference with internal affairs)
Ming Pao, November 19, 2018
【補選臨近】自由黨突棄提23條議案 盼改討論中美貿易戰 否認受政府遊說 (Pro-Beijing lawmaker abandons motion on national security law)
The Stand News, November 19, 2018
In Pictures: “Call for the law, equality for all” – Hong Kong Pride attendees demand greater LGBT+ legal protection
Hong Kong Free Press, November 18, 2018
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Christian and gay: LGBT church group first to worship at Hong Kong Pride Parade
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2018
9 in 10 Hong Kong primary school children on welfare are not having basic needs met, says Society for Community Organisation ahead of World Children’s Day
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2018
Censorship in Hong Kong since the 2014 Umbrella Movement: an overview and tally
Hong Kong Free Press, November 17, 2018
The UN Security Council in China: One million Uighurs in detention deserve world’s attention
Human Rights Watch, November 19, 2018
香港已不再是香港
Benny Tai Yiu-ting: Hong Kong isn’t what it was, nor what it’s supposed to be
The New York Times, November 18, 2018
阿離：#MeToo第一案，為香港帶來了甚麼？(What did the first #MeToo case in Hong Kong bring for the city?)
The Initium, November 17, 2018
十五位驻华大使联名致函陈全国 要求面谈新疆人权 (15 embassies issue letter to China requesting meeting with XUAR officials on human rights situation)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2018
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環時社評：新疆穩定勝取悅西方 斥西方「應對無辜平民冤魂感羞愧」(Global Times: Stability in region trumps pleasing the West)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2018
专访：联邦议院讨论新疆问题具有重要意义 (Interview with German Federal Commissioner for Human Rights: The importance of the German parliament’s discussion of Xinjiang crisis)
Deutsche Welle, November 15, 2018
陳浩天律師團隊遭網絡攻擊 機密通訊疑被大陸黑客截取 (Hong Kong National Party leader Andy Chan’s lawyers attacked by mainland hackers, Bar Association urged to respond as police face conflict of interest)
The Stand News, November 15, 2018
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Cyber-attackers reportedly target lawyers for Andy Chan, leader of banned pro-independence party
Hong Kong Free Press, November 16, 2018
广州荔湾警方继非法抓捕、酷刑审讯目击证人后，欲处罚孙世华律师 (After illegal arrest, assault, detention of key witnesses, Guangzhou police proceed to punish assaulted rights defense lawyer Sun Shihua)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 16, 2018
中国网监出台新规定 全面彻底扼杀网络不同声音 (Cyberspace Administration of China issues new regulation stifing opinion on Internet)
Voice of America, November 15, 2018
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国信办：具舆论属性或社会动员能力的网信服务应开展安全评估 (New Cyberspace Administration of China regulation mandates security evaluation for services with “public opinion” nature or “social mobilization” capabilities, including blogs, chatrooms, communication applications, and livestreams)
The Paper, November 15, 2018
Peking University warns students to avoid activism with labour-rights group or face arrest
Agence France-Presse, November 16, 2018
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北大校园公安暴力事件持续发酵 校方加强思想管控 (Police violence and abduction on Peking University campus continues to brew as university tightens thought control)
Voice of America, November 16, 2018
中梵协议难挡温州地下教会主教再失踪 (Vatican-Beijing agreement fails to prevent bishop of underground church being disappeared)
Voice of America, November 16, 2018
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Detention of bishop in China's Zhejiang casts doubts on Vatican deal
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2018
China chemical spill: 7 arrested as fishermen wait for news on compensation
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2018
China offers Myanmar support over Rohingya issue after U.S. rebuke
Reuters, November 16, 2018
【監管加辣】《王者榮耀》啟用「賬號時長共享」、人臉識別 (Tencent tests implementation of facial recognition to access mobile game, in cooperation with government attempts to limit play time)
Ming Pao, November 15, 2018
Can China take a lesson from Estonia in using public data?
Deutsche Welle, November 15, 2018
“Death knell” of press freedom in Hong Kong has been a long time coming
CNN, November 16, 2018
撐盡早為 23 條立法 田北俊：愈遲愈辣，中央幾年後更強勢 (“The earlier the better”: In backing motion on national security law, Liberal Party James Tien cites fears of worsening pressure from CPC if matter is dragged out)
The Stand News, November 16, 2018
“Another Chinese city?”: Review Hong Kong’s status as a separate customs area for tech exports, urges U.S. report
Hong Kong Free Press, November 15, 2018
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Changing trade policy on Hong Kong will hurt U.S. just as much, city’s leader Carrie Lam says in response to critical congressional report
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2018Top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong Kurt Tong says congressional report calling for reassessment of city’s trade status “certainly deserves careful review”
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2018
UN rights review gives Hong Kong a chance to uphold core values
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2018
讀者來函：為何佳士聲援團會被扣上「非法組織」的帽子？ (Why are Jasic worker supporters labeled as an “illegal organization”?)
The Initium, November 16, 2018
On statehood: Xinjiang autonomy and its enemies
Brown Political Review, November 14, 2018
Exclusive: In rare coordinated move, Western envoys seek meeting on Xinjiang concerns
Reuters, November 15, 2018
China issues white paper on cultural protection, development in Xinjiang
Sina English, November 15, 2018
China says foreign concerns over Muslim rights unwarranted
Associated Press, November 15, 2018
U.S. measure to urge possible China sanctions over Xinjiang crackdown
Reuters, November 14, 2018
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维吾尔人权政策法案：美参议员联署提案
U.S. lawmakers unveil bill calling for release of Uyghurs from China’s detention camps
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2018
噩梦般的旧日重现 – 为何习近平加强镇压
China’s bad old days are back: Why Xi Jinping is ramping up repression
Foreign Affairs, November 14, 2018
Minitrue: Charges related to Lau Hei-wing case
China Digital Times, November 14, 2018
University in Hong Kong “surprised” as mainland Chinese judges hold Communist Party meeting on its campus
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2018
Even propagandist Eric X. Li falls victim to a new censorship campaign
SupChina, November 14, 2018
Chinese university “rethinking” checks on students’ electronic devices after privacy complaints
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2018
Chinese bishop “missing” despite historic deal between Beijing and Vatican
Agence France-Presse, November 15, 2018
Shenzhen commits to compensate protesting pneumoconiosis workers
China Labour Bulletin, November 14, 2018
Trade war has little impact so far on factory worker protests in China
China Labour Bulletin, November 14, 2018
Scandals catch up to private Chinese hospitals, after fortunes are made
The New York Times, November 15, 2018
Lies and fears: How a chemical leak in China spilled out of control
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2018
Chinese government official in hot water after missing phone calls
Reuters, November 15, 2018
China steps up online crackdown, seeks detailed user data
Al Jazeera, November 15, 2018
Facebook refuses to rule out a return to China despite human rights concerns
The Telegraph, November 14, 2018
U.S. panel warns China tech prowess threatens U.S. security
Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2018
Hong Kong freedoms under scrutiny as “Occupy” democracy leaders face trial
Reuters, November 15, 2018
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Students at Chinese University of Hong Kong use graduation ceremony for protest against activist jailings
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2018Occupy co-founder Chan Kin-man wonders whether Chinese people need to live in authoritarian society in farewell lecture days before he is due to stand trial
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2018
Lantau plan hit as “upside down” solution
The Standard, November 15, 2018
香港大律師公會就馬凱事件之聲明
Statement of the Hong Kong Bar Association on Victor Mallet
Hong Kong Bar Association, November 15, 2018
【港府死撐】美國會報告促檢視港獨立關稅區地位 港府稱指控失實表遺憾 (U.S. report urges review of Hong Kong as independent tax zone due to regressing freedom, HKSAR government refutes allegations and criticizes foreign influence on internal affairs)
The Stand News, November 15, 2018
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Hong Kong government hits back after U.S. report warns Beijing’s “encroachment” on city’s freedoms could erode its status as global business hub and affect import of American technology
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2018
中大社工系畢業生默哀 悼港自由淪喪 籲毋忘政治犯 (Chinese University of Hong Kong students protest against National Anthem Bill, mourn Hong Kong’s loss of freedoms at graduation ceremony)
Inmediahk.net, November 15, 2018
Hong Kong and Shenzhen officials can’t agree where the border is — or if a river has moved
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2018
Sri Lanka turmoil points to China’s increasing role
Financial Times, November 15, 2018
Glaring omission in security council plan to visit China
Human Rights Watch, November 15, 2018
Freedoms are being compromised in Hong Kong, why can’t Carrie Lam just own up to that?
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2018
Hong Kong: Drop case against “Umbrella 9”: Democracy leaders on trial for 2014 non-violent protest
Human Rights Watch, November 14, 2018
It’s time to get loud about academic freedom in China: American schools should pull out of partnerships with schools that persecute students.
Foreign Policy, November 13, 2018
Why I will no longer write for the South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Free Press, November 13, 2018
联合国官员谴责中国拘禁穆斯林
U.N. rights officials criticize China over Muslim internments
The New York Times, November 14, 2018
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Letter by 6 UN Mandate Holders on Xinjiang
Full text via International Service for Human Rights, November 12, 2018
美两党议员即将推出有关新疆人权的法案 (Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers to introduce bill on Xinjiang)
Voice of America, November 14, 2018
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New bill aims to expose China's treatment of Muslims
Politico, November 13, 2018Rubio, Menendez, Colleagues Introduce Legislation In Response To China's Human Rights Abuses Of Uyghurs
Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator for Florida, November 14, 2018
China tells world to ignore "gossip" about Xinjiang
Reuters, November 13, 2018
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中国外长呼吁国际社会不要理会有关新疆的“小道消息” (China’s foreign minister tells international community to ignore “gossip” about Xinjiang)
Voice of America, November 13, 2018
Investigation: Uyghur poet detained for editing problematic book
Radio Free Asia, November 13, 2018
人权组织向UN控告中国虐待六四天网创建人黄琦 (Reporters Without Borders petitions UN Special Rapporteur on Torture on reported torture, denial of medical treatment in custody of activist Huang Qi)
Voice of America, November 14, 2018
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Record of Meeting with Huang Qi
Human Rights in China, November 12, 2018
China abolishes top Beijing law firm known for human rights cases
Radio Free Asia, November 13, 2018
近万中国自媒体账户被删 惹怒网民 (Large-scale ban of online media accounts causes uproar from netizens)
Radio Free Asia, November 13, 2018
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中國「自媒體」的寒冬來了？20多天內近萬帳號被查封 (Bitter winter for Chinese independent media as almost 10K accounts banned in 20 days)
The News Lens, November 13, 2018
China censorship moves from politics to economics
Financial Times, November 14, 2018
Minitrue: Downplay “dispute” between lawyer and police
China Digital Times, November 13, 2018
Chinese campus crackdown on young Marxist activists expands in major cities
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2018
塵肺工人遣返湖南 深圳派錢安撫 政府允一個月內定賠償方案 (Silicosis workers returned to Hunan as government promises finalized compensation scheme within one month)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2018
李文足晤德國外長 冀向中方提出無罪釋放王全璋 (Li Wenzu, wife of detained rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, urges German foreign minister to press for his release)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 13, 2018
China’s new inconvenient truth: how much lottery money corrupt officials stole
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2018
Australia’s prime minister “surprised” by state’s secret deal with China
The New York Times, November 13, 2018
广东信宜22名信徒被批捕 山西霍州教会遭取缔 (22 followers arrested in Guangdong while Shangxi churches banned with notice: religious freedom is only for psychological, not physical, activities)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2018
Pro-Beijing lawmaker tables motion urging action on enacting national security law in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, November 13, 2018
大陆法官在香港高校设党支部 (Mainland judge studying in Hong Kong sets up Party Committee at City University, hold public party meeting to teach CPC policy)
Radio Free Asia, November 13, 2018
”The gov’t has no shame”: Hong Kong Umbrella Movement democracy trio prepare for trial
Agence France-Presse, November 13, 2018
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佔中三子案下周開審 法新社專訪戴耀廷：港府重新定義「法治」(In interview with AFP on occupy leaders’ upcoming trial, Benny Tai says HKSAR government is trying to redefine rule of law)
Ming Pao, November 13, 2018
Hong Kong gov’t to investigate reports of Chinese border guards occupying land in border zone
Hong Kong Free Press, November 13, 2018
China’s mass incarceration of Muslims cannot be left unchallenged
The Guardian, November 13, 2018
紅線的復歸：今天打壓外國記者新聞自由，與當年六四有多相似? (The return of the Red Line: How similar is today’s suppression of foreign press freedom to measures taken after June Fourth?
The Initium, November 14, 2018
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