Hong Kong (香港)

BREAKING: Insufficient evidence to convict ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung of $50million deal, says Dept. of Justice
Hong Kong Free Press, December 12, 2018

Related:
Hong Kong won’t prosecute ex-leader over claims of conflict of interest
The New York Times, December 12, 2018

【佔中九子案】戴耀廷犯人欄內結案陳詞：若我有罪，罪名是散播希望 (Benny Tai’s closing submission: If I am guilty, my crime is spreading hope)
Inmediahk.net, December 12, 2018

Related:
“I will never give up”: Law professor Benny Tai takes the stand in trial of 2014 pro-democracy activists
Hong Kong Free Press, December 12, 2018

建制狙擊港台　何君堯倡與新聞處合併　何俊賢促扣薪對付踩紅線 (Pro-Beijing camp attacks RTHK, proposes salary reduction to “punish” acts that cross red line)
The Stand News, December 12, 2018

Leaders of banned Hong Kong National Party to face three-man Exco panel for appeal
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2018

Commentary (评论)

The year China's luck ran dry
Channel NewsAsia, December 12, 2018

抵抗中國不只是「國家安全」問題，更是全人類必須共同面對的「人類安全」問題 (Resisting China is not only a matter of “national security”, but a “human security” challenge for all humans)
The News Lens, December 12, 2018

What France’s “yellow vests” can teach Hong Kong activists about political protests and the use of violence
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2018

互联网可能分裂成四块
The internet risks fracturing into quarters
Financial Times, December 12, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Rights groups urge global pressure on China over abuse of Uyghurs on anniversary of UN rights declaration
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2018

Related:
Joint press statement — UN human rights declaration: 70 year milestone – Stand up for human rights for all people under Chinese rule
World Uyghur Congress, December 10, 2018

Uyghur scholar arrested over politically sensitive book
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2018

再教育營守則曝光　武警負責保安　被囚者致電親友限時 5 分鐘　全程監控 (Regulations in re-education camps exposed: armed police for security, 5-minute limit on monitored family calls, prison-like behavior guidelines)
The Stand News, December 11, 2018

Related:
Yingye’er Re-education Camp Managed Like Prison (Video)
Bitter Winter, December 11, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

黄琦八旬母北京上访被殴打下落不明
Mother of detained Chinese rights activist “disappears” after detention in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2018

Chinese police detain prominent pastor and over 100 protestants
The New York Times, December 10, 2018

Third 2018 self-immolation in Chinese-ruled Tibet reported
Tibetan Review, December 10, 2018

Will revisions to the Lay Assessors Law help limit the number of executions in China?
Dui Hua, December 10, 2018

徐琳寻衅滋事罪成判刑三年(Online composer, activist sentenced to three years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”)
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese police accused of brutality by kneeling on woman’s neck – next day she thanks their “sincere assistance”
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2018

Minitrue: No coverage of China’s 5G development
China Digital Times, December 10, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China arrests 10 for rioting
Associated Press, December 11, 2018

Related:
官方定调：平度老兵维权是暴力犯罪(Official calls Pingdu veterans’ rights protest a violent crime, sentencing 10 to criminal coercive measures)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2018

Bar associations urge Chinese leader to release prominent lawyer
Reuters, December 10, 2018

Related:
全球16個律師組織之聯名請願信—要求中國政府立即釋放王全璋律師(16 lawyers groups issue open letter asking Chinese government to immediately release Wang Quanzhang)
Inmediahk.net, December 10, 2018

成都教会遭查封 信徒被带走(Family church in Chengdu shut down, more than 100 attendees taken away by police)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

人类自由指数排行榜 中国位列第135名(China ranks 135th among 162 in Human Freedom Index)
Voice of America, December 11, 2018

Canadian said to be detained in China, Huawei CFO due back in court
Reuters, December 11, 2018

Related:
【中國報復？】加拿大前外交官被中國拘留　曾駐香港北京工作 (Former Canadian diplomat detained in China as officials threaten "consequences" for Huawei's CFO)
The Stand News, December 11, 2018

Tibet gets a warmer reception as world wakes to Beijing’s methods
Sydney Morning Herald, December 11, 2018

University of Michigan to end agreement with Confucius Institute next year
University Record, December 10, 2018

Will China dare challenge the UDHR?
Le Monde Diplomatique, December 10, 2018

Chinese couple hope to be reunited with daughter snatched by officials 32 years ago
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2018

大赦国际：中国的社会信用体系是监控错位（Amnesty International calls for vigilance against Chinese social credit system’s challenge to human rights standards）,br> Deutsche Welle, December 10, 2018

西安235名党员干部因涉黑涉恶腐败问题被处理（235 party cadres in Xi'an punished due to corruption）
People's Daily, December 10, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Human rights groups press Google on China plans ahead of Pichai testimony
The Verge, December 10, 2018

Related:
NGO joint letter to Google CEO on Project Dragonfly
Human Rights in China, December 11, 2018

谷歌总裁面临美国会议员质询 (Google’s CEO expected to face harsh questions from members of Congress during hearing)
Voice of America, December 11, 2018

China's efforts to build the semiconductors at AI's core
New America, December 7, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam says Sabrina Meng passport clarification could be seen as double standard after refusal to explain rejection of Victor Mallet’s visa
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2018

Trial of Umbrella Movement activists enters final stretch as prosecution makes argument for public nuisance
Hong Kong Free Press, December 11, 2018

Civil group slams lackluster consultation paper on Hong Kong archives law
Hong Kong Free Press, December 11, 2018

Lawmakers charged with obstruction
The Standard, December 11, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Google’s China problem is America’s China problem
Bloomberg, December 10, 2018

5 questions for Google about controversial China search project
Human Rights Watch, December 10, 2018

No sign of political reform in China since “Charter 08”
Deutsche Welle, December 10, 2018

Human Rights Day: It’s time for global sanctions on China to end the Uyghur human rights crisis
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2018

Courage comes from prison
China Change, December 10, 2018

美国大使布兰斯塔德撰文批评中国人权状况(US ambassador criticizes China's human rights)
Voice of America, December 10, 2018

The Chinese state’s repression of Jasic workers and their supporters, and the international response
NGOs in China, December 9, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Chinese Arabic school to close as areas with Muslim populations are urged to study the Xinjiang way
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2018

Video: In full – Ex-Xinjiang detainee Mihrigul Tursun’s full testimony at the U.S. congressional hearing
Hong Kong Free Press, December 8, 2018

One man’s fight to get Congress to care about China’s Uyghurs
Vice, December 8, 2018

Uyghur refugee: I'm not very optimistic
Al Jazeera, December 8, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China detains 10 after October protests by military veterans
Reuters, December 9, 2018

Marital rape: A crime left unseen and unspoken in the Chinese legal system
The Diplomat, December 8, 2018

China jails Guangdong musician who sang about Liu Xiaobo
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese police shut down 1,100 social media accounts: Xinhua
Reuters, December 8, 2018

Minitrue: Control reports on Zhejiang gaokao results
China Digital Times, December 8, 2018

Government think tank’s defense of China’s economic model points to reluctance to change tack in face of U.S. pressure
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China gender and sexuality center shuts down as censorship chill spreads
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ai Weiwei: “The mood in Germany is like the 1930s”
The Guardian, December 10, 2018

Huawei arrest tests China’s leaders as fear and anger grip elite
The New York Times, December 7, 2018

Related:
China summons U.S. envoy to protest “unreasonable” arrest of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou, threatens to retaliate
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s core AI industry to exceed U.S. $145 billion by 2030
Sina English, December 9, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

As disqualifications pile up, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy politicians are careful what they call themselves
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2018

Related:
Lawmakers should consider extending allegiance requirement to district councils and rural bodies in Hong Kong, says Beijing loyalist Maria Tam
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2018

Two Hong Kong lawmakers to face charges over joint checkpoint protests at the legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2018

Hong Kong public to be consulted on a new access to information law
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2018

Related:
Tapes, photos and meeting arrangements made via WhatsApp should all fall under proposed archives law, former Hong Kong official says
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Stand up for all the rights and freedoms without discrimination
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 10, 2018

International Human Rights Day: Presenting the 2018 Outstanding Citizen Award to Pu Wenqing
China Change, December 10, 2018

Why does the Communist Party continue operating illegally in Hong Kong?
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2018

“Read this quickly before it’s gone”: How China’s media covered or ignored the arrest of Huawei executive
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uyghur leaders warn China's actions could be “precursors to genocide”
The Guardian, December 7, 2018

Spying on the Uyghurs: A first-person account from a Han Chinese student
Initium, December 4, 2018

Hong Kong’s anti-terrorism task force goes to Xinjiang to study local methods, as China rejects international calls to investigate mass internment centres
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2018

Related:
【向新疆學反恐】保安局副局率反恐專責組　訪問新疆考察反恐措施 (Hong Kong security chief leads task force to Xinjiang to study counter-terrorism methods)
The Stand News, December 6, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Inside China’s audacious plan for global media dominance
The Guardian, December 7, 2018

China cools Meng Wanzhou arrest story
China Media Project, December 6, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

#MeToo in China: “If we lose, there might be no more women speaking out for years”
Financial Times, December 6, 2018

Guangzhou Gender and Sexuality Education Center shuts down
SupChina, December 6, 2018

Related:
Chinese anti-sexual violence center shuts down
Inkstone News, December 7, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

The Tiananmen crackdown ignited a decade of debate on the Chinese military’s role, and where its loyalties should lie
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2018

China’s “nationalist bubble” partly to blame for suspicions over global role, envoy to U.S. concedes
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2018

Uruguay halted visa-free entry due to PRC pressure
Taipei Times, December 7, 2018

“天网”行动已追回外逃人员4833人 (Skynet campaign catches almost five thousand people from over 120 countries)
People’s Daily, December 7, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google faces internal rift over Chinese re-entry
China Digital Times, December 6, 2018

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

日本拟禁止本国政府采购华为与中兴的电信产品--读卖新闻
Japan to ban Huawei, ZTE from government contracts: Sources
Reuters, December 7, 2018

Related:
美国为何封杀华为？安全只是其一 (Why did the U.S. ban Huawei? Security is only one reason)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong student leader warns of “dire situation” for city's democracy
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2018

Small fraction of Occupy protesters were there because of calls from movement’s founding trio, trial hears
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2018

Major Hong Kong drinks manufacturers join forces with green groups for initiative aimed at increasing city’s dismal recycling rate
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2018

Related:
Vitasoy told to take responsibility for recycling after sample shows 74 per cent of drinks cartons in Hong Kong landfills from firm
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2018

Commentary (评论)

反思佳士运动背后的经济与社会矛盾 (A reflection on the economic, social conflicts behind the Jasic movement)
Financial Times, December 6, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆模式扩散 甘肃关闭阿拉伯语学校 (Xinjiang model spreads as Gansu Province shuts down Arabic school)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2018

Related
Gansu shuts down Arabic school over regulations
Global Times, December 4, 2018

UN seeking access to China's re-education camps in Xinjiang - Bachelet
Reuters, December 5, 2018

China “rejects German human rights delegation’s request” to visit Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2018

Related:
German human rights commissioner to visit Tibet
The Washington Post, December 5, 2018

“As if you’ve spent your whole life in prison”: Starving and subdued in Xinjiang detention centers
SupChina, December 5, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China holds top journalist, family under criminal detention
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

How Australians set up Communist China's official propaganda tool
Sydney Morning Herald, December 5, 2018

第十三届孔子学院大会在成都举行，孙春兰出席并致辞 (Vice Premier of State Council: Confucius Institutes contribute to “community of shared future”)
The Paper, December 4, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s hotel and catering workers need strong trade union support too
China Labour Bulletin, December 5, 2018

In Taiwan's upset election, a complicated message for Beijing
Christian Science Monitor, December 5, 2018

一个针对同性扭转“治疗”的抗议计划 (“Lovers”: A protest project against conversion therapy in China)
Matters, November 30, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

International China-watchers express alarm over Brady affair
New Zealand Herald, December 6, 2018

Related
New Zealand professor Anne-Marie Brady who wrote about China’s foreign influence seeks government protection after year-long harassment campaign
The Guardian, December 6, 2018

Huawei C.F.O. is arrested in Canada for extradition to the U.S.
The New York Times, December 5, 2018

Students who fail anti-religion test may not graduate
Bitter Winter, December 5, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Britain’s BT to strip China's Huawei from core networks, limit 5G access
Reuters, December 5, 2018

How the Chinese government is helping Google sell ads in China
The Information, December 5, 2018

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

Canadian Security Intelligence Service director warns of state-sponsored espionage threat to 5G networks
Globe and Mail, December 4, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping convicted in U.S. court on 7 of 8 counts in bribery and money-laundering case
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2018

Hong Kong cardinal praises commitment of Occupy protest leaders in court
Agence France-Presse, December 5, 2018

Hong Kong is planning a $60 billion city in the sea nearly everyone opposes
Quartz, December 6, 2018

Commentary (评论)

“East Turkestan through the eyes of a Tibetan” by Woeser
High Peaks Pure Earth, December 5, 2018

EU: Suspend deportations of Turkic Muslims to China
Human Rights Watch, December 3, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang authorities holding hundreds from Kyrgyz village in “political” re-education camps
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Infamous Chinese scientist who created gene-edited babies has now gone missing
Shanghaiist, December 4, 2018

China to prevent major tax evaders from leaving the country
ECNS, December 4, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

澳洲大学因中国施压取消放映《假孔子之名》(Australian university cancels screening of documentary exposé of Confucius Institutes due to pressure from Chinese embassy)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2018

China partly censors U.S. Embassy statement on trade truce
Bloomberg, December 3, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China steps up nationwide crackdown to silence Twitter users – the unmediated story
China Change, December 5, 2018

Translation: Peking University student investigates classmate’s disappearance
China Digital Times, December 4, 2018

“六四光明行”发起人李小玲取保获释 (Organizer of June Fourth memorial activity released on bail)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2018

中国高调宣传“宪法日” 民众怨权比法大 (Citizens: High profile “Constitution Day” propaganda belies CPC power over law)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

UK Asia minister grilled in Parliament over “disturbing” ban of Hong Kong independence party
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2018

美参议院外委会通过《西藏旅行对等法》 (U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee sends Tibet reciprocal travel bill to full Senate)
Voice of America, December 1, 2018

Related:
H.R.1872-Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018
Congress.gov

Why is the Chinese government trying to buy a school in New Jersey?
NPR, November 29, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Wanted: Communist Party members for high-paying jobs at internet giants
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2018

Public security ministry aligns with Chinese data protection regime in draft rules
New America, December 3, 2018

The race is on to protect data from the next leap in computers. And China has the lead.
The New York Times, December 3, 2018

Twitter of China Weibo eyes expansion to overseas “Chinese-speaking world”
Agence France-Presse, December 3, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Emotions run high at Occupy hearing
The Standard, December 5, 2018

Related:
佔中九子庭審筆記：封橋與催淚彈——警方928部署有否影響佔中走向？(Notes on Occupy trial: What role did bridge-block, tear gas play in the movement?)
The Initium, December 2, 2018

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker barred from running in local election
Reuters, December 3, 2018

Related:
民主派抗議DQ朱凱廸　梁君彥提早結束特首答問　林鄭上任首次 (Legislators protest disqualification of Eddie Chu causing Q&A session with Chief Executive to end early)
Ming Pao, December 5, 2018

英国解密档案：北京收回香港前寻求三合会协助 (Declassified UK documents show Beijing established relations with Triad associations before handover as United Front strategy to undermine rule of law)
Radio France Internationale, November 30, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Taiwan, Asia’s leading democracy, cannot escape Beijing’s watchful gaze
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2018

Who are Xi Jinping’s enemies?
Jamestown Foundation, December 4, 2018

當我們連沉默的權利也失去 (When we lose the right to be silent)
Inmediahk.net, December 4, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

The Muslim world remains largely mute on Uyghurs’ plight
The Diplomat, December 4, 2018

美议员呼吁特朗普在新疆问题上对习近平施压(U.S. congressmen urge Trump to press Xi Jinping on Xinjiang issue during G20 Meeting)
Voice of America, December 1, 2018

Uninvited guests keep watch for China in Uighur homes
Associated Press, November 30, 2018

Related:
Video: Uninvited guests keep watch in Uighur homes
Associated Press, November 29, 2018

Xinjiang authorities arrest leading Kyrgyz historian for “undecided” crime
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Jasic crackdown extends to trade union officials and lawyers
China Labour Bulletin, December 4, 2018

Related:
China: Release workers, student activists
Human Rights Watch, December 3, 2018

人权观察:中国应立即释放佳士工人维权者(Human Rights Watch calls on Chinese government to release Jasic factory rights demanding workers and the supporters)
Deutsche Welle, December 4, 2018

Police detain rights lawyer linked to labor movement in China’s Guangdong
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2018

Chinese police arrest witnesses to beating, stripping of rights lawyer
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: Delete article on Li Keqiang’s AIDS prevention comments
China Digital Times, December 3, 2018

疑因官场不稳当局厉禁官场小说(Ban on novels about officials may be due to instability of political arena)
Radio France Internationale, December 1, 2018

Made-in-China fake news overwhelms Taiwan
Global Voices Advox, November 30, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China makes lawyers swear oath of loyalty or face sanctions
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2018

Related:
中国十万律师被要求集体宣誓(China asks 100,000 lawyers to take collective oath)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2018

香港启动“圣诞卡送暖行动”(Hong Kong human rights groups urge citizens to sign Christmas cards to support imprisoned rights dissidents and families on mainland)
Voice of America, December 1, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

The impact of Chinese espionage on the United States
The Diplomat, December 4, 2018

八项规定实施6周年 逾20万人受到党纪政务处分(In six years, more than 200,000 have been punished under CPC’s disciplinary "eight regulations" )
People's Daily, December 4, 2018

China cracks down on increasingly lavish weddings for being anti-socialist
The Telegraph, December 3, 2018

Chinese police detain two after death of pollution inspector: China Daily
Reuters, December 2, 2018

Evaluating China’s influence in the U.S.
China Digital Times, November 30, 2018

China wants academics and think tank members to help defuse tensions with US
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2018

Chinese corruption suspect returned from EU state for first time
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2018

Ex-Interpol chief facing corruption charges is expelled from Chinese government advisory body
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

How will Google plug into China’s all-encompassing internet censorship regime?
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2018

China’s Weibo eyes global expansion, foreign-language products
Hong Kong Free Press, December 1, 2018

The booming industry of Chinese state internet control
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2018

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

北京打压穆斯林扩展至宁夏(China’s suppression of Muslims expands to Ningxia)
Radio Free Asia, December 3, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Safeguard China’s constitution and sovereignty, any challenge will not be tolerated, top Beijing legal official tells Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2018

Student leaders did not want Occupy founders to be part of their protest, Hong Kong court told
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2018

Related:
Occupy founder tearfully describes from the dock how he and his comrades parted ways with the movement they started
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2018

“Gov’t wants everyone to be thought police”: Democrat Eddie Chu to consider legal action after village election ban
Hong Kong Free Press, December 3, 2018

Related:
香港民主派议员资格再被褫夺(HK Legco member elected village representative is disqualified for not opposing "Hong Kong independence")
Radio Free Asia, December 3, 2018

Hong Kong lawmaker Eddie Chu’s ban from village election based on shaky argument, legal scholars say
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2018

Commentary (评论)

China reneges on its deals. The Vatican is learning that the hard way.
The Atlantic, December 4, 2018

CRISPR babies and other ethical missteps in science threaten China’s global standing
The Conversation, December 4, 2018

Related:
In China, gene-edited babies are the latest in a string of ethical dilemmas
The New York Times, November 30, 2018

China is “going further backwards” under Xi Jinping, say [sic] veteran democracy activist Wei Jingsheng
Agence France-Presse, December 3, 2018

Why are so many Chinese officials killing themselves?
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2018

China’s crackdown on Hong Kong’s freedoms is bad for business
The Diplomat, December 1, 2018

Propaganda in the era of “post-truth”
China Media Project, November 30, 2018

Kill the chickens to scare the monkey: As Taiwan liberalises, freedoms retreat in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Multimedia: Tracking China’s Muslim gulag
Reuters, November 29, 2018

Uyghur woman shares “horrendous” China crackdown details with U.S. Congress
Deutsche Welle, November 29, 2018

Chinese Muslim poet held, questioned over religious freedom tweet
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2018

Fears China's internment camps could spread as area home to Muslim minority signs “anti-terror” deal
Telegraph, November 29, 2018

China stays tough on Xinjiang policy despite growing global outcry
The Diplomat, November 29, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Canadian couple recounts “survival story” of their detention in China
Globe and Mail, November 28, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

China to adopt unified criterion for internet and TV video programs
English China News Service, November 29, 2018

Related:
国家广电总局局长聂辰席：《网络短视频平台管理规范》和《网络短视频内容审核标准细则》100 条，近期将向社会公布 (SARFT to adopt standards for video content)
National Business Daily, November 29, 2018

China cracks down on political fiction, calling it a subculture that “creates negative social impacts”
SupChina, November 29, 2018

Related:
各文学网站清理整改官场亚文化等不良倾向网络小说情况通报 (China Writers’ Association asks online literature sites to cleanse themselves of “political fiction subculture")
The Paper, November 27, 2018

VOA dismisses Mandarin service chief over interview with Chinese exile
Voice of America, November 29, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Taiwan activists: Marriage-equality movement setback not the end
Al Jazeera, November 29, 2018

Guangzhou factory workers seek support from the trade union: The union lets them down
China Labour Bulletin, November 29, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Call the deer a horse: The CCP in Sweden
China Digital Times, November 28, 2018

Joseph Wu: Taiwan is a model of democracy
Al Jazeera, November 29, 2018

中国常驻联合国代表：中方反对在安理会讨论人权问题 (China’s permanent representative to UN: China opposes discussing human rights issues at Security Council)
Voice of America, November 30, 2018

中国问题专家警告北京影响美国社会的活动 (China specialists warn of Beijing’s influence on American society)
Voice of America, November 30, 2018

CECC听证会：宗教人士在中国受打压 呼吁“特习会”谈人权 (U.S. Congressional-Executive Committee on China holds hearing on religious repression in China, co-chairs call for human rights discussion in Trump-Xi meeting)
Voice of America, November 30, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chip wars: China, America and silicon supremacy
The Economist, December 1, 2018

Chinese tech firm unveils the first satellite in its ambitious plan to provide free worldwide Wi-Fi
Daily Mail, November 29, 2018

Macau: Facial recognition and license plate tracking to be added to security cameras in 2019 - Secretary for Security
Macau News Agency, November 29, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy Central founders begin defense at public order trial in Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2018

Chinese constitution should apply in Hong Kong and Basic Law is only a supplement, Beijing legal scholar Wang Zhenmin argues
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2018

大陆学生在港大学成立党支部是否违法香港官员不敢回答 (Hong Kong government afraid to say whether it is illegal for mainland students to set up CPC branches at local universities)
Radio France Internationale, November 29, 2018

選管會押後抽籤 稱有參選人未能確認資格 朱凱廸表示憤怒 (Election for village representative delayed after Eddie Chu questions legality of probing questions on political stance)
Inmediahk.net, November 29, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Book review: The dilemmas of competing with Xi Jinping’s China
War on the Rocks, November 29, 2018

Report: The Party does not yet rule over everything: Assessing the state of online plurality in Xi Jinping’s “new era”
MERICS, November 29, 2018

Huawei for dummies: China’s tech company and why it’s been banned by our spies
Stuff, November 29, 2018

Can the Communist party get out of China’s bedrooms now, please?
The Guardian, November 29, 2018

Why Xinjiang governance is worthy of copying
Global Times, November 29, 2018

香港權貴暗地影響或操縱政府土地決策 (Stealth influence or control of government land policies by Hong Kong’s rich and powerful)
The Stand News, November 29, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

保护记者委员会要求中国立即恢复摄影师卢广的自由 (Committee to Protect Journalists urges China to restore freedom of Lu Guang, photographer detained in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, November 29, 2018

“A community in unbelievable pain”: The terror and sorrow of Australia’s Uyghurs
The Guardian, November 28, 2018

“I begged them to kill me,” Uyghur woman describes torture to U.S. politicians
Telegraph, November 28, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

上海维权人士丁德元被“妨害公务罪”上诉一案被上海市第一中级法院突然取消开庭 (Shanghai rights defender Ding Deyuan’s court hearing cancelled without explanation)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 28, 2018

How China uses “exit bans” on relatives to force suspected fugitives to return
Telegraph, November 28, 2018

American citizen Wendell Brown’s sentence reduced on appeal
Dui Hua, November 27, 2018

Multimedia: Chinese prison camps: The dark system
Der Spiegel, November 25, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists demand China release Taiwanese human rights worker
Focus Taiwan, November 28, 2018

Related:
李明哲妻子探监申请4度遭拒 海基会：不合法 (Wife of Lee Ming-che denied visit for 4th time)
Radio France Internationale, November 29, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi Jinping targets grass roots in push to extend Communist Party control
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2018

China’s aging migrant workers are facing a return to poverty
Sixth Tone, November 28, 2018

China specialists who long supported engagement warn of Beijing’s efforts to influence American society
Washington Post, November 28, 2018

Video: China accused of political meddling after Taiwan local elections
Al Jazeera, November 28, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s ZTE cheated on deal with U.S. by installing Dell hardware for Venezuela, senators tell White House
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2018

China’s Bilibili pitches itself as international production partner
Variety, November 28, 2018

反对帮助中国网控 谷歌员工吁挡下“蜻蜓” (Hundreds of Google employees sign public letter against Project Dragonfly)
Deutsche Welle, November 28, 2018

Related:
We are Google employees. Google must drop Dragonfly.
Google Employees Against Dragonfly, November 27, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

斯诺登逃亡香港期间的律师称自己被迫离港 (Lawyer for Snowden in Hong Kong says he left city under pressure)
The New York Times, November 29, 2018

Audit report: Hong Kong police bought HK$4.6 million worth of tactical gear at short notice ahead of Xi Jinping’s visit for handover anniversary
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2018

Explicitly recognise Communist Party as China’s rulers, Hong Kong legislators tell government
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2018

再覆選舉主任　朱凱廸：提問內容違基本法對言論自由保障　超出選舉條例要求 (Eddie Chu responds to new questions in village election confirmation process, challenges them under free speech principles)
The Stand News, November 28, 2018

Related:
Government gives village election hopeful 4-hour deadline to answer new questions on Hong Kong independence
Hong Kong Free Press, November 28, 2018

Beijing exceeded its power when altering Hong Kong oath laws, court of appeal hears
Hong Kong Free Press, November 29, 2018

Commentary (评论)

The right to speak: Discourse and Chinese power
Party Watch, November 28, 2018

Is the Chinese billionaire Jack Ma using AI to create dystopian cities?
The Guardian, November 28, 2018

Mind control in China has a very long history
The New York Times, November 28, 2018

China is violating Uyghurs’ human rights; the U.S. must act
Foreign Policy, November 28, 2018

Eddie Chu already proved his eligibility
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2018

For China, Islam is a “mental illness” that needs to be “cured”
Al Jazeera, November 27, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

China will retaliate to any U.S. sanction over Muslim Uyghurs: Envoy
Reuters, November 28, 2018

China’s mass detention of Muslims is a test for Trump
The Atlantic, November 28, 2018

Video: Even in the U.S., they’re not safe from China
The Atlantic, November 27, 2018

China-EU panelists face awkward human rights question in Hamburg
Bloomberg, November 27, 2018

中国摄影师卢广失联 妻子称其被新疆国保带走
Lu Guang: Award-winning Chinese photographer disappears in Xinjiang
BBC, November 27, 2018

Ningxia learns from Xinjiang how to fight terrorism
Global Times, November 27, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

声援佳士 大学生“寻滋”被监视居住 (Jasic student supporters under residential surveillance at designated location)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Popular Chinese news app Jinri Toutiao offers rewards to stories that quash rumours amid government campaign to “clean up” online content
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2018

China to launch first “Constitution Week” campaign
Sina English, November 27, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

喬姆斯基等學者呼籲抵制中國的馬克思主義大會
Noam Chomsky joins academics boycotting China Marxism conferences
Financial Times, November 28, 2018

李文足获颁国际人权奖 袁伟静代领 (Li Wenzu bestowed “Edelstam Prize” human rights award in Sweden)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2018

Related:
Background information on the Edelstam Prize Laureate 2018: Li Wenzu
Edelstam Laureate, November 28, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Worldwide calls for New Zealand government to speak up on China
Newsroom, November 27, 2018

There is no grand bargain with China: Why Trump and Xi can’t meet each other halfway
Foreign Affairs, November 27, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

New Zealand rejects Huawei's first 5G bid citing national security risk
Reuters, November 28, 2018

Related:
PNG upholds deal with Huawei to lay internet cable, derides counter-offer
Reuters, November 26, 2018

Video: “A dangerous precedent”: Google workers want plug pulled on plan for censored China search
Agence France-Presse, November 28, 2018

How will Google plug into China’s all-encompassing internet censorship regime?
Global Voices, November 27, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Lawyer for Snowden in Hong Kong says he left city under pressure
The New York Times, November 28, 2018

【村代表選舉】朱凱廸覆選舉主任：港人應自決命運　《基本法》保障和平主張港獨權利 (Eddie Chu replies to election officials: Hong Kong people should decide their own fate, Basic Law protects peaceful advocacy for independence)
The Stand News, November 27, 2018

Foreign journalists fear visa rejection after Hong Kong ousted Financial Times editor, says press club chief
Hong Kong Free Press, November 27, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Kill the chicken to scare the monkey
Agence France-Presse, November 28, 2018

To get a China visa, Swedish journalist have to answer questions on Gui Minhai, the CCP and me
InBeijing, November 28, 2018

梁一夢：「把時局弄得更糟，就可能擊敗威權政府？」焦土戰術真的能讓香港民主再出發嗎？ (Can “scorched-earth” strategy bring Hong Kong’s democracy forward?)
The Initium, November 28, 2018

China’s most popular app is full of hate: WeChat groups have become a major vector for anti-Muslim conspiracy theories
Foreign Policy, November 27, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

New exclusive video: Another “transformation through education” camp for Uyghurs exposed in Xinjiang
Bitter Winter, November 26, 2018

新疆“再教育营”幸存者： 宁死不愿受此折磨 (Survivor of Xinjiang camp: “I would rather die than suffer this torment again”)
Voice of America, November 27, 2018

Hundreds of scholars condemn China for Xinjiang camps
Reuters, November 27, 2018

Related:
Statement by Concerned Scholars on China’s Mass Detention of Turkic Minorities
November 26, 2018

Veteran editor of Uyghur publishing house among 14 staff members held over “problematic books”
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2018

应付国际压力 新疆一教育营又成学校 (Under international pressure, Xinjiang camp is converted back to high school, detainees sent to other camps)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2018

The West begins to stir over China’s massive abuse of Muslims
The Economist, November 22, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

China shutters one of its only independent economic think tanks
Financial Times, November 26, 2018

中国大外宣：收买亚非媒体记者 (China buys journalists from Asia, Africa through “scholarship” scheme)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2018

Chinese spokespersons discuss press innovation in new era
Xinhua, November 25, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China defends holding fugitive businessman's U.S. children
BBC, November 27, 2018

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf pulls out of a trip to mainland China and Hong Kong as Stockholm presses for release of detained bookseller Gui Minhai
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google employees sign letter against censored search engine for China
Guardian, November 27, 2018

Related:
We are Google employees. Google must drop Dragonfly.
Google Employees Against Dragonfly, November 27, 2018

Amnesty International to stage worldwide protests against Google’s “dystopian” censored search for China
The Intercept, November 27, 2018

Related:
Google must not capitulate to China's censorship demands
Amnesty International, November 27, 2018

Technology companies strengthen CPC committee role in management, development
Global Times, November 21, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

朱凱廸參選村代表　選舉主任要求交代港獨自決立場 (Legislator Eddie Chu asked to clarify stance on independence, self-determination in village representative election)
The Stand News, November 26, 2018

【佔中9人案開審】時任指揮官稱別無選擇放催淚彈　相信不會煽動人佔領金鐘 (Police commander defends use of tear gas against Umbrella Movement protesters, relied on news reports of violence)
Ming Pao, November 26, 2018

被禁法援三年　上訴庭拒郭卓堅上訴至終院申請　須賠 3 萬元訟費 (Veteran judicial review activist banned from applying for legal aid for 3 years)
The Stand News, November 26, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Feminism and femininity in Xi Jinping’s “New Era”
Lowy Institute, November 26, 2018

Chinese courts give domestic abusers a pass
Human Rights Watch, November 26, 2018

Taiwan: Referendum results rejecting marriage equality a “bitter blow”
Amnesty International, November 24, 2018

UPR of China（联合国对中国的普遍定期审议）

In full: How the world responded to China’s human rights record at the UN
Hong Kong Free Press, November 25, 2018

China deals another blow to the international human rights framework at its UN Universal Periodic Review
China Change, November 25, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Muslims pushed to the fringes of housing market
Bitter Winter, November 25, 2018

Muslim Uyghur children taught the “forbidden language,” far from their restive homeland in China’s Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2018

The Uyghurs and China’s long history of trouble with Islam
New York Review of Books, November 23, 2018

China’s model village of ethnic unity shows cracks in facade
Associated Press, November 22, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Related:
CCTV complaint to OFCOM
RSDL Monitor, November 19, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Related:
China cheers results of Taiwan elections as independence-leaning DPP gets hammered at the polls
Shanghaiist, November 26, 2018

Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council urges China not to misjudge vote outcome
Taipei Times, November 26, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Dozens of Maoist activists held in China after fresh nationwide police raids
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2018

Related:
Translation: Student violently beaten on Peking University campus
China Digital Times, November 23, 2018

Xi Jinping tells China’s trade union to put workers first, but will it take any notice?
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

Related:
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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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

Hong Kong (香港)

Pro-Beijing candidate Rebecca Chan wins Hong Kong legislative seat as democrats fail to regain veto power
Hong Kong Free Press, November 26, 2018

Related:
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

Commentary (评论)

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

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon join forces to imply Beijing involvement in Wang Jian’s death
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2018

Related:
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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing pioneering citizens' “points” system critics brand “Orwellian”
Reuters, November 20, 2018

Related:
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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Commentary (评论)

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

Xinjiang (新疆)

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

Related:
Chinese city tells Muslims who consider alcohol forbidden to hand themselves in to authorities
The Independent, November 19, 2018