China: Shock at continued crackdown on human rights defenders and lawyers – UN expert
中国：联合国专家对持续打压人权维护者和律师的行为感到震惊
UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, December 16, 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Access to Information (公众知情权)
2020年: 中国在迫害记者排行榜上拿下两个全球第一（2020: China wins two global firsts in persecuting journalists）
Voice of America, December 16, 2020
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Record number of journalists jailed worldwide
Committee to Protect Journalists, December 15, 2020
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2020 World Press Freedom Index: “Entering a decisive decade for journalism, exacerbated by coronavirus”
Reporters without Borders, December 15, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Family in China who survived Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak demands the truth over government’s slow actions
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s Digital Silk Road Grows With 5G in the Middle East
The Diplomat, December 16, 2020
How WeChat is helping the CCP control Australian media outlets
The Sydney Morning Herald, December 17, 2020
MSCI chops Chinese firms from global indexes, but will keep them elsewhere
Reuters, December 16, 2020
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MSCI指数将剔除7家中国企业（MSCI drops 7 Chinese companies from its indices）
Financial Times, December 16, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
China Charges Hong Kong Activists Caught Fleeing to Taiwan
New York Times, December 16, 2020
【12港人】已成年10人被正式起訴 有家屬盼可豁免14天檢疫到場聽審 (Hong Kong 12: 10 adults formally charged; families hope to attend hearing, exempt from quarantine)
inmediahk.net, December 16, 2020
Hong Kong social worker cleared of obstructing police during 2019 demo
Hong Kong Free Press, December 16, 2020
周庭保釋遭拒 高院今頒理由：以儆效尤判監正確 社服令或緩刑非考慮之列 (High court explains Agnes Chow bail denial: Prison sentence is correct; community service or probation was never considered)
inmediahk.net, December 16, 2020
Hong Kong civil servants begin making loyalty oaths
Radio France Internationale, December 16, 2020
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香港政府强逼香港公务员宣誓效忠（Hong Kong gov’t forces civil servants to swear allegiance）
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2020
This is the year Hong Kong began speaking the Communist Party’s authoritarian language
Quartz, December 16, 2020
居港美作家政治新書被禁賣 嘆國安法逼出版界自我審查 續批評時弊 新書轉台灣出版 (U.S. writer speaks out on self-censorship in Hong Kong under NSL, as publisher breaks contract, bookstore chain declines to carry book)
The Stand News, December 16, 2020
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang: more than half a million forced to pick cotton, report suggests
The Guardian, December 15, 2020
Coercive Labor in Xinjiang: Labor Transfer and the Mobilization of Ethnic Minorities to Pick Cotton
Center for Global Policy, December 14, 2020
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调查显示新疆棉花生产大多来自强迫劳动 NGO呼吁服装企业切断与新疆关联 (Investigation shows most Xinjiang cotton production comes from forced labor; NGOs urges apparel companies to cut ties with Xinjiang)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2020
I.C.C. Won’t Investigate China’s Detention of Muslims
New York Times, December 15, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
诗人王藏夫妇被以煽颠罪起诉 (Poet Wang Zang and wife are formally charged with inciting subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Chinese professor, despite no remorse, to return home after guilty plea in Huawei theft case
中国教授在华为窃取美国技术案认罪后将返回中国
Reuters, December 14, 2020
Coronavirus: ‘transparency’ of China vaccine questioned by Brazil’s drug agency
Agence France-Presse, December 15, 2020
Chinese Communist Party database leak reveals infiltration into Western companies
Daily Telegraph, December 14, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Revealed: China suspected of spying on Americans via Caribbean phone networks
The Guardian, December 15, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law: Hongkonger charged with secession over alleged independence chants denied bail for second time
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2020
周梓樂死因研訊播放片段 黑影墜落後一分鐘另一人出現 (Chow Tse-lok death investigation: Footage shows person appearing 1 minute after shadow fell)
RTHK, December 15, 2020
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【周梓樂死因研訊】警未能破解梓樂iPhone11 兩度要求蘋果公司協助不果 裁判官籲TG成員作供 (Chow Tse-lok death investigation: Apple twice declined assistance to police to crack Chow’s iPhone11; magistrate judge urges Telegram group members to provide evidence)
CitizenNews, December 15, 2020
Hong Kong’s Bookazine refuses to stock political title by HKFP columnist citing security law fears
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2020
香港民研：繁榮指標創1997年有紀錄以來新低 (Hong Kong Public Opinion Research institute,PORI, shows new low in confidence in prosperity since 1997)
Inmediahk, December 15, 2020
香港中共党员“地上化”？“紫荆党”的七个政治启示
(New Bauhinia Party—localization of CPC members in Hong Kong?)
Deutsche Welle, December 15, 2020
Monday, December 14, 2020
Taiwan (台湾)
Pro-China TV Station Goes Off Air in Taiwan After Losing Broadcast License
The Diplomat, December 14, 2020
Taiwan ‘in talks’ ahead of application to join trans-Pacific trade pact
Reuters, December 14, 2020
Tibet (西藏)
‘The worst form of torture I experienced’: China’s war against Tibetan Buddhism
Independent, December 13, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
著名人权律师唐吉田2020年12月9日遭警方带走 现音信全无 (Well-known rights lawyer Tang Jitian taken by police on Dec. 9, whereabouts unknown)
Weiquanwang, December 10, 2020
专栏 | 西藏纵览：多名藏族维权人士被捕下落不明 (Tibet: Many rights activists detained, whereabouts unknown)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2020
EU urges China to give detained Bloomberg staffer access to a lawyer
Bloomberg, December 13, 2020
Related:
彭博中國女記者北京被拘留 歐盟促中國准聯繫律師及家人並給予醫療照顧 (EU urges China to contact lawyers, family members of detained Bloomberg journalist and provide medical attention)
Stand News, December 13, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
记者无疆界：2020年全球拘押记者387人 中国蝉联榜首 (Reporters Without Borders: 387 journalists detained worldwide in 2020; China tops the list of jailers)
Radio France Internationale, December 14, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Secretive deal allowing Chinese officials to enter Switzerland to interrogate Chinese nationals put dissidents at risk, NGO says
Agence France-Presse, December 14, 2020
中国民族主义者眼中的世界：中国崛起，西方衰落
China’s Combative Nationalists See a World Turning Their Way
The New York Times, December 14, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Soccer Star Griezmann Breaks with Huawei Over “Anti-Uyghur” Technology
Bitter Winter, December 13, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai denied bail
The Guardian, December 12, 2020
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黎智英下周三向高院申請保釋 (Jimmy Lai to apply for bail next Wednesday at High Court)
Ming Pao, December 14, 2020
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黎智英被加控勾结外国罪 国安法实施后首宗检控可送中审 (Jimmy Lai charged with collusion with foreign country in first such case under National Security Law; may be transferred to mainland)
Voice of America, December 13, 2020
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蓬佩奧要求釋放黎智英 律政司不點名批評：不尊重司法、企圖干預中國內政 (U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo urges release of Jimmy Lai; Secretary for Justice calls it an attempt to interfere in China's internal affairs, flouting justice)
Stand News, December 12, 2020
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港區國安法｜藍韜文籲香港當局停止針對黎智英 (UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urges Hong Kong authorities to stop targeting Jimmy Lai)
Ming Pao, December 14, 2020
Hong Kong independence activist Andy Chan acquitted of assaulting police, says case is proof of ‘indiscriminate arrests’
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2020
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警呈陳浩天15張不同角度相 官︰犯案人戴口罩無特徵、難證同一人判陳兩罪不成立 (Andy Chan To-tin acquitted of two charges; judge: identity of masked offender in 15 photos presented by police cannot be determined)
HKCnews, December 12, 2020
12港人家属再收家书要求请律师代认在港控罪 律师质疑中方套料 (Letters from 12 Hong Kongers detained in China ask families to hire lawyers to handle confession; lawyer fears ploy by Chinese authorities)
Voice of America, December 13, 2020
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朱凱廸稱部分官派律師聯絡12港人家屬講解案情 (Eddie Chu: Several appointed lawyers for the Hong Kong 12 contacted families members to discuss cases)
RTHK, December 14, 2020
港府将推公务员签效忠声明 据报道拒签可能被要求离职 (Hong Kong gov’t to push for allegiance statements from civil servants; refusal may lead to removal, according to sources)
Voice of America, December 14, 2020
Hong Kong student activist Tony Chung found guilty of desecrating flag, taking part in unlawful protest
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2020
Commentary (评 论)
香港通识教育“异化病”必须根治（香江观察）(Hong Kong’s General Studies suffers from psychological "alienation," must be cured)
People’s Daily, December 14, 2020
Why Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong’s democracy advocates need Biden’s public support right now
Washington Post, December 13, 2020
肥佬黎「勾結」了誰？(With whom did Jimmy Lai “collude”?)
Inmediahk, December 13, 2020
離開香港的路，也許早已注定 (My departure from Hong Kong had perhaps been preordained)
Stand News, December 14, 2020
專訪｜卸大律師公會主席 戴啟思：遺憾無法訪京 未定再戰立會否 (Philip Dykes, HKBA chair, in interview: Regret not being able to visit Beijing, unsure about standing for LegCo election next year)
HK01, December 14, 2020
Friday, December 11, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Australian man hugs son for first time, after China allows Uygur family to leave
Reuters, December 11, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China Authorities Detain Bloomberg News Beijing Staff Member
Bloomberg News, December 11, 2020
“长沙富能”负责人程渊家属遭株连被监居半年 (Wife of Cheng Yuan, head of Changsha Funeng, has been under residential surveillance for more than half year)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
传播圣经构成“非法经营”罪 中共当局垄断圣经出版发行 (In CPC monopoly, dissemination of Bible constitutes crime of "illegal business”)
Voice of America, December 11, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
美國務院制裁 17 名外國官員及其直系家屬 包括涉侵犯法輪功信眾人權的中國公安 (U.S. sanctions 17 foreign officials and their immediate family members, incl. public security official for rights violations of Falun Gong practitioners)
Stand News, December 11, 2020
Related:
Public Designations of Current and Former Government Officials Under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act Due to Involvement in Gross Violations of Human Rights
U.S. Department of State, December 10, 2020
疫情爆发一年后 武汉人民吐露心声(Wuhan residents speak out on anniversary of coronavirus outbreak)
Deutsche Welle, December 11, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
US FCC moves against Huawei and China Telecom, citing security
Bloomberg, December 11, 2020
Related
美国电信管理部门确认华为是国家威胁 将对中国电信展开审查 (U.S. FCC confirms Huawei as national threat, to scrutinize China Telecom)
Voice of America, December 11, 2020FCC rejects Huawei appeal of national security threat designation
The Hill, December 10, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law: Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai charged with foreign collusion
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2020
Disproportionate use of crowd-control gear by Hong Kong police akin to torture – Amnesty report
Hong Kong Free Press, December 11, 2020
Related:
Ending the Torture Trade: The Path to Global Controls on the 'Tools of Torture'
Amnesty International, December 11, 2020
All civil servants will have to pledge allegiance to Hong Kong, Basic Law from as early as next month – and could face dismissal for refusing
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2020
Chinese officials linked to Hong Kong arrests escape UK sanctions
The Guardian, December 10, 2020
【黃盔黑旗飄揚國會】梁頌恆出獄後遭跟蹤 赴華盛頓尋庇護 盼參與影子議會延香港民主理念 (Former LegCo member Baggio Leung Chung-hang seeks asylum in U.S., looks forward to joining shadow council to promote democracy in Hong Kong)
CitizenNews, December 12, 2020
鄭文傑組織英國港僑協會 發表港人赴英調查報告 指9成受訪者憂國安法下人身安全 (Report by Hongkongers in Britain finds 90% of interviewees fear for personal security under National Security Law)
CitizenNews, December 11, 2020
Related:
Coming for Hope: Policy Study on British National (Overseas) Holders Intending to Come to the UK - Project Result Findings and recommendations
Honghongers in Britain, December 11, 2020
Commentary (评论)
客座评论：香港正笼罩墓地般沉寂 (Hong Kong is shrouded in grave silence)
Deutsche Welle, December 9, 2020
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
“阿克苏名单” 披露更多新疆监控内情 (Leaked "Aksu List" reveals more internal information about repression in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, December 9, 2020
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中国：新疆穆斯林成为大数据计划目标 (China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims)
Human Rights Watch, December 8, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Citizen journalist detained over Wuhan reporting 'restrained and fed by tube'
The Guardian, December 10, 2020
Chinese human rights lawyers grounded ahead of Human Rights Day
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2020
China: Canadians Kovrig and Spavor 'tried for spying'
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2020
For Canadians Held in China, Two Years of Isolation and Uncertainty
被中国拘留两年后，两名加拿大人仍命运难料 (Two years into detention in China, fate of two Canadians still hangs in balance)
The New York Times, December 10, 2020
山西维权人士郝劲松案“人权日”开庭遭取消 (Shanxi rights defender Hao Jinsong's trial on Human Rights Day is cancelled)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
U.S. blacklists Chinese crime boss, others in anti-corruption sanctions
Reuters, December 9, 2020
美国制裁中共政协委员兼有组织犯罪集团首领 (U.S. sanctions CPPCC member, leader of organized crime group)
Voice of America, December 10, 2020
Related:
Treasury Sanctions Corrupt Actors in Africa and Asia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, December 9, 2020
中国外交部回应“战狼外交”：就做战狼又何妨？ (China Foreign Ministry spokesperson responds to “wolf-warrior diplomacy” label: So what?)
Reuters, December 10, 2020
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2020年12月10日外交部发言人华春莹主持例行记者会
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on December 10, 2020
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, December 10, 2020
美国当选总统拜登在国际人权日发布声明 (U.S. President-elect Biden issues statement on International Human Rights Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2020
Related:
Statement by President-elect Joe Biden on Human Rights Day
Biden-Harris Transition, December 10, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
华为内部报告坐实参与族群歧视人工智能系统测试 (Huawei's internal report shows test of AI system for ethnic discrimination)
Radio France International, December 9, 2020
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Huawei tested AI software that could recognize Uighur minorities and alert police, report says
The Washington Post, Dec. 8, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
China strikes back at US diplomats after fresh national security law sanctions
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2020
中國取消美國持外交護照人員臨時港澳免簽
China revokes HK visa exemption for US diplomats
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 10, 2020
Exiled HK protest leader Nathan Law holds first meeting with UK government
Channel News Asia, December 10, 2020
UN rights chief decries Hong Kong’s ‘shrinking civic space’ under security law
Agence France-Presse, December 10, 2020
Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uighur detentions in China 'turbocharged' by technology
Deutsche Welle, December 9, 2020
Related:
China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims
Human Rights Watch, December 9, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Sinovac: What do we know about China's Covid-19 vaccine?
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 9, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow denied bail pending appeal against 10-month jail term over 2019 demo
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2020
Fraud and money laundering probe as Hong Kong police raid churches, homeless shelters linked to protest support group
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2020
More than 90 per cent of 500 Hong Kong teachers polled say liberal studies reform politically motivated
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2020
《香港国安法》如何改变民主活动人士的生活？ (How has the National Security Law changed activists' lives?)
BBC, December 9, 2020
Pompeo Warns Businesses Over Hong Kong as U.S.-China Tensions Rise
The Wall Street Journal, December 8, 2020
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全国人大常委会发言人就美国国务院宣布制裁全国人大常委会副委员长发表谈话 (Spokesperson of the National People's Congress Standing Committee responds to announced U.S. sanction of vice chair)
Xinhua, December 9, 2020
Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
中国抗疫胜利故事下 孤独的他们 (Those left behind by China's COVID-19 victory)
Deutsche Welle, December 8, 2020
Scandal Dogs China’s ‘King of Vaccines,’ Partner to AstraZeneca
中国“疫苗之王”：成功与财富幕布下的丑闻与争议
The New York Times, December 7, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China removes TripAdvisor, 104 other apps from stores under cleansing campaign
Reuters, December 8, 2020
Germany blocks Chinese takeover of satellite firm over national security concerns
Reuters, December 8, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong police arrest 8 more opposition figures, inc. ‘Long Hair’, Eddie Chu, Figo Chan, Wu Chi-wai
Hong Kong Free Press, December 8, 2020
Hong Kong police raid church hours after pastor said HSBC froze accounts
The Guardian, December 8, 2020
Security guard arrested for allegedly inciting Hongkongers to raid police headquarters, kill force’s top brass
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2020
欧盟谴责香港局势恶化 英国国会要求启动法律制裁 (EU condemns deterioration in Hong Kong; UK parliament urges sanctions on Hong Kong and Chinese officials)
Radio Free Asia, December 8, 2002
Commentary (评论)
香港 北京的死结 (Hong Kong, Beijing's deadlock)
Radio France International, December 7, 2020
Monday, December 07, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
有新疆人憂被關進「再教育營」 決意逃離家園 (More Uyghurs fleeing home in fear of being sent to re-education camps)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 7, 2020
Taiwan (台湾)
'Stronger together': Taiwan foreign minister urges new alliance against China
The Guardian, December 6, 2020
美敲定国防授权法最终版本 重申“挺台压中” (Final version of 2021 National Defense Authorization Act reiterates “contain China, support Taiwan” strategy)
Deutsche Welle, December 5, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Activist held in China after retweeting ‘ink girl’ video of defaced Xi Jinping poster
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
House Votes To Open US Doors To Hong Kong Residents
Agence France-Presse, December 7, 2020
Related:
美國眾議院通過香港人民自由與選擇法案
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 8, 2020
Hong Kong national security police unit puts university campus in cross hairs with arrest of three students over rally
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2020
Lifetime ban a possibility for at least one more Hong Kong teacher, education chief says
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2020
Hong Kong crackdown: 14 officials face US sanctions, travel ban
Al Jazeera, December 7, 2020
香港前立法会议员许智峯流亡海外后银行户口遭冻结的来龙去脉 (Story behind former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui's frozen bank account)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 7, 2020
國安法官蘇惠德收恐嚇 中聯辦譴責損法治挑戰國安法 (Designated National Security Law judge Victor So Wai-tak receives death threat; Liaison Office condemns act as undermining rule of law)
Ming Pao, December 7, 2020
建制政黨「紫荊黨」低調成立 創辦人為瑞信董事 內地出生曾撐國安法 (New pro-establishment Bauhinia Party established by Li Shan, mainland-born supporter of National Security Law)
Stand News, December 6, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
反制中国大外宣 蓬佩奥宣布终止五项美中交流计划 (Pompeo announces end of 5 U.S.-China exchange programs to counter China's global propaganda campaign)
Voice of America, December 5, 2020
Pompeo slaps visa restrictions on Chinese accused of quashing dissent
Reuters, December 4, 2020
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蓬佩奥针对中共统战部人员做出新一轮签证限制 (Pompeo imposes new visa restrictions on CPC United Front personnel)
Voice of America, December 5, 2020
China Peddles Falsehoods to Obscure Origin of Covid Pandemic
中国兜售虚假信息，推动新冠病毒海外起源论
The New York Times, December 7, 2020
EU adopts human rights sanctions framework styled after Magnitsky Act
Axios, December 7, 2020
Australian Parliamentary Committee Recommends Global Magnitsky Type Legislation
The Diplomat, December 7, 2020
美参院情报委员会两党领袖指“中国为最大威胁” (Bipartisan acting chair, vice chair of U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: “China is the greatest threat”)
Radio France International, December 6, 2020
Related:
Rubio, Warner Joint Statement on National Security Threat Posed by China
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, December 4, 2020
“千人计划”只是冰山一角 中国人才引进需要系统审视 ( “Thousand Talents Plan” is only tip of iceberg; problems involving Chinese scientific experts overseas require systematic scrutiny)
Voice of America, December 5, 2020
Friday, December 04, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uighurs forced to eat pork as China expands Xinjiang pig farms
Al Jazeera, December 4, 2020
‘Don't come back, or you will disappear': Uyghur mother pleads with her daughter abroad
Global Voices, December 4, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s Female Civil Service Applicants Ask: Where Are Our Seats at the Table?
Sixth Tone, December 3, 2020
A new law would unshackle China’s coastguard, far from its coast
The Economist, December 5, 2020
Trump's intelligence chief warns China is the greatest threat to US since WWII
CNN, December 3, 2020
Related:
China hits back at US spy chief's 'greatest threat to freedom' claim
The Guardian, December 4, 2020
China’s grass-roots party members must fall in line to maintain economic stability, President Xi’s top aide says
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2020
德人权报告：中、俄、土状况恶化 (German gov’t human rights report: Deterioration in China, Russia, Turkey)
Deutsche Welle, December 3, 2020
China’s Xi Jinping declares victory on poverty alleviation, but warns of ‘unbalanced’ development
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Viral video of man evading facial recognition leads to surveillance bans in Chinese cities
SupChina, December 3, 2020
How China Is Buying Up the West’s High-Tech Sector
Foreign Policy, December 3, 2020
美国国防部将中芯国际等4家中资企业列入黑名单（Pentagon adds 4 companies owned or controlled by Chinese military, including top chipmaker, SMIC, to defense blacklist
Voice of America, December 4, 2020
Related;
United States adds China's SMIC and CNOOC to Defense blacklist
Reuters, December 3, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Top Beijing official hails Hong Kong security law, but tweaks needed so people ‘follow it of their own accord’
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2020
Hong Kong police officer who watched as colleagues assaulted prisoner in hospital found guilty of misconduct
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2020
国务卿蓬佩奧谴责港府政治迫害活动人士（U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo condemns Hong Kong gov’t's political persecution of activists
Voice of America, December 4, 2020
Related:
On the Political Persecution of Hong Kong Democracy Advocates
U.S. Department of State, December 3, 2020總辭之後「新嘗試」 公民黨立會大樓外搞例行記者會論政 (After mass resignation, Civic Party holds regular press conference outside Legco building in "new attempt" to discuss politics)
inmediahk.net, December 4, 2020快必案交國安法指定法官審理 網媒記者申覆核 斥濫用程序 (Online media reporter requests review of case to be tried by designated national security judge, denounces procedural abuse)
inmediahk.net, December 4, 2020
Hong Kong education officials may step up classroom inspections to keep tabs on teaching of revamped liberal studies course
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2020
Commentary (评论)
The Party That Failed - An Insider Breaks With Beijing
失败的党——一个体制内人士与北京决裂
Foreign Affairs, December 4, 2020
何桂藍：吞噬香港抗爭者——黃之鋒、黎智英、快必案揭示的「法治」黑洞 (Rule-of-law “black hole” devouring Hong Kong protesters will soon be revealed in cases of Joshua Wong, Jimmy Lai)
Initium Media, December 4, 2020
Home for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy supporters has always been elusive
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2020
Thursday, December 03, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
U.S. bans cotton imports from China producer XPCC citing Xinjiang 'slave labor'
Reuters, December 2, 2020
Related:
美国对新疆生产建设兵团强迫劳动生产的棉花及棉制品发出暂扣令 (U.S. issues temporary detention order on cotton products made by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps using prison labor)
Voice of America, December 3, 2020CBP Issues Detention Order on Cotton Products Made by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Using Prison Labor
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, December 2, 2020China says U.S. fabricating news of forced labour in Xinjiang
Reuters, December 3, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
China #MeToo trial grinds to a halt after accused fails to turn up
Financial Times, December 3, 2020
中国央视前实习生诉“名嘴”朱军案今日开庭 (China's #MeToo trial—former CCTV intern v. Zhu Jun, "Famous Mouth"—opens today)
Voice of America, December 3, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms
Associated Press, December 3, 2020
U.S. Tightens Visa Rules for Chinese Communist Party Members
美国限制中共党员及家属赴美旅行
The New York Times, December 3, 2020
Chinese Companies to Face More Scrutiny as Bill Clears House
美国会通过法案，在美上市中企面临更多审查
The New York Times, December 3, 2020
Related:
S.945 - Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act
congress.gov, December 2, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail, remanded in custody over alleged fraud
Hong Kong Free Press, December 3, 2020
Democrat Ted Hui denies he is seeking asylum in Denmark despite facing charges in Hong Kong; family ‘leaves city’
Hong Kong Free Press, December 3, 2020
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許智峯宣布流亡兼退出民主黨：永不移民，我的家只有香港 (Exiled and exited from Democratic Party, Ted Hui vows never to emigrate: My home is in Hong Kong only)
inmediahk.net, December 3, 2020
Commentary (评论)
What is China thinking?
SupChina, December 2, 2020
Mr. Biden, Keep the Pressure on Hong Kong
拜登先生，请继续对香港施压
The New York Times, December 3, 2020
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
自“709”案一直无法正常执业 维权律师王宇被北京当局注销执照 (Unable to practice law normally since the 709 Crackdown, rights lawyer Wang Yu just learned her license has been revoked)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2020
Father of detained Chinese human rights lawyer speaks out about ‘inhumane’ treatment
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Beijing controls Chinese-language media agencies in Australia, says intel agency
Sydney Morning Herald, December 2, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese #MeToo pioneer Zhou Xiaoxhuan gets her day in court as she sues TV host Zhu Jun for allegedly sexually harrassing her
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
The Wuhan files - Leaked documents reveal China's mishandling of the early stages of Covid-19
CNN, December 1, 2020
北京下令年底为所有贫困县摘帽 真正贫困户因此失去补助 (Beijing orders all poor counties to remove status by end of year; families living below poverty line fear losing gov’t assistance)
Radio Free Asia, December 2, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow Are Sentenced Over Hong Kong Protest
黄之锋因2019年抗议活动获刑13个半月
The New York Times, December 2, 2020
20 police officers arrest Hong Kong student leader over purchase of laser pointers during 2019 demos
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2020
Current affairs not suitable for teaching in revamped liberal studies, Hong Kong education chief says
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2020
National security law: Hong Kong education minister says schools should call police if they cannot handle students’ violations
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2020
i-Cable’s China reporters resign in protest after 40 colleagues sacked
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2020
Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker asks Europe to provide ‘safe haven’
Associated Press, December 2, 2020
Is Hong Kong Heading Toward a Russian-Style Electoral System?
The Diplomat, December 2, 2020
Hong Kong national security law: Legco exodus, loyalty oaths, liberal studies overhaul mark legislation’s fifth month
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2020
美國會委員會指港人被專制統治 籲華府降簽證門檻 港府反駁：一國兩制非國際義務 (USCC report says Hong Kongers are under authoritarian rule, urges US to remove visa barriers; HK gov't: “One country, two systems” is not an international obligation)
Stand News, December 2, 2020
Related:
2020 Annual Report to Congress
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, December 1, 2020特區政府強烈反駁美中經濟與安全審議委員會報告
HKSARG vehemently refutes groundless accusations of report by United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, December 2, 2020外交部驻港公署批驳美涉港报告：谎话连篇 废纸一张
Office of the Commissioner of PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong: US report attacking Hong Kong is a piece of waste paper full of lies
Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, December 2, 2020
【送中第 101 日】18 國共 150 政要聯署 促林鄭月娥向北京要求釋放 12 港人 (150 prominent politicians from 18 countries urge Carrie Lam to request release of Hong Kong 12)
Stand News, December 1, 2020
Related:
155 parliamentarians from 18 countries publish open letter to Carrie Lam on case of 12 HK youths, 100 days after they were detained in Shenzhen
Hong Kong Watch, December 1, 2020
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong protests: show arrested youth some mercy, to begin the healing process in society
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2020
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Australian researcher hits back at Chinese tabloid over Xinjiang report
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Worker’s plea for help spurs local trade union into action
China Labour Bulletin, December 1, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Leadership of U.N. Human Rights Body Becomes Proxy Battle for World Powers
The New York Times, November 29, 2020
中国拟放宽生育限制 继续政府干预还是给予生育选择权？ (As China plans to relax population control, will gov’t continue to intervene in or grant reproductive choices?)
Voice of America, December 1, 2020
China refuses to apologise to Australia for fake soldier image
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 1, 2020
Related:
China refutes Australia's accusation of tweeting "fake image"
Xinhua, December 1, 2020China's patriotic media continues tirade against Australia
Sydney Morning Herald, December 1, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong official who resigned over history exam question reveals ‘immense political pressure’
Hong Kong Free Press, December 1, 2020
Hong Kong protests: student who suffered fatal injuries in car park fall last year was alone at the time of accident, court hears
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2020
In Pictures: Hongkongers commemorate Prince Edward MTR incident despite police ban on laying flowers
Hong Kong Free Press, December 1, 2020
Explainer: How the national security law changed Hong Kong – month 5
Hong Kong Free Press, December 1, 2020
“表现恶劣”：中国宣布制裁四名美国人 (China announces sanctions on 4 Americans who “behaved badly” on Hong Kong-related issues)
Deutsche Welle, November 30, 2020
Related:
2020年11月30日外交部发言人华春莹主持例行记者会
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on November 30, 2020
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, November 30, 2020
Hong Kong's i-Cable TV Fires Dozens of Its Best Journalists
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2020
Related:
記協質疑裁《刺針》以節流為名減敏感報道 (Hong Kong Journalists Association questions Hong Kong Cable Television cut News Lancet to reduce reporting on sensitive issues in name of resource crunch)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 1, 2020
Commentary (评论)
History shows the dangerous folly of Carrie Lam’s unopposed governance
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2020
China is humiliating Australia as an example to others - but the bullying won't last
Sydney Morning Herald, December 2, 2020
Monday, November 30, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uighurs: China rebuffs Pope's criticism as 'groundless'
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 25, 2020
維族學者與弟弟失聯4年 北京證實遭判刑9年 (Uyghur scholar learns that her brother, missing for 4 years, has been sentenced by authorities to 9-year sentence for “splittism”)
Deutsche Welle, November 30, 2020
Taiwan (台湾)
Exiled bookseller: 'If they can take Hong Kong back, the next place is Taiwan'
The Guardian, November 29, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China Looks Set to Prosecute Hong Kong 12 For 'Illegal Border Crossings'
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2020
Chinese Rights Activist Who Opposed Hong Kong Security Law 'Tortured'
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China should be 'totally ashamed': Scott Morrison demands China take down post
Sydney Morning Herald, November 30, 2020
China bars four US NGO workers from entry in Hong Kong tit-for-tat
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2020
Beijing Takes Its South China Sea Strategy to the Himalayas
延续南海策略，中国在喜马拉雅争议地区建村庄
The New York Times, November 30, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Privacy in China: the growth of facial recognition technology in the private sector raises concerns about security and identity
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s Courts Are Still Independent. Some Want to Rein Them In.
香港的司法体系还能保持独立多久？
The New York Times, November 30, 2020
Related:
戴啟思憂北京將猛攻香港司法系統 或修改《基本法》DQ法官 (Philip Dykes, head of Hong Kong Bar Association, fears Beijing will aggressively attack Hong Kong's judicial system or amend Basic Law to disqualify judges)
Stand News, November 26, 2020
Hong Kong student who suffered fatal injuries in car park fall near protest site last year was unlikely to have lost balance, inquest hears
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2020
Hong Kong liberal studies to be renamed and reformed – more China content, less focus on current affairs
Hong Kong Free Press, November 27, 2020
Related:
Hong Kong to rename liberal studies and require students visit mainland China under wide-reaching reforms to subject
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2020Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defends liberal studies reform, and says subject was not meant to be debate exercise on current affairs
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2020
'Remarkably effective': Carrie Lam praises Hong Kong national security law
The Guardian, November 25, 2020
Related:
LIVE: Chief Exec. Carrie Lam’s Hong Kong Policy Address 2020 & press conference
Hong Kong Free Press, November 25, 2020
AP Interview: HK lawmaker says democracy fight needs rethink
Associated Press, November 29, 2020
‘Be water’ licence plate banned by Hong Kong Transport Dep’t as it ‘may cause danger’ to road users
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2020
Carrie Lam interview: Hong Kong’s leader in her own words on protests, political turmoil and what next for the city
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2020
Commentary (评论)
No stone left unturned: The Basic Law Hongkongers thought they knew is being demolished
Hong Kong Free Press, November 28, 2020
What’s left of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council must show it can work for city’s interests
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2020
議員資格外，常委會決定值得注意的地方：中國憲法52和54條
Besides DQ, What Was Overlooked in NPCSC Decision
CitizenNews, November 26, 2020
Reports of Hong Kong’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
香港民主运动未死
The New York Times, November 26, 2020
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uyghur Convicted of Terrorism in Indonesia Pleads For Asylum After Comrades Deported to China
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2020
Taiwan (台湾)
First of four accused Taiwanese spies sentenced to prison in China
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China Detains Five Prominent Democracy Activists in Guangzhou Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong ‘held in solitary confinement’
Hong Kong Free Press, November 25, 2020
Hong Kong leader vows to restore political order in key speech
Radio France Internationale, November 25, 2020
香港《施政报告》：建制派赞 “正本清源”，民主派称缺乏愧疚 (Hong Kong Policy Address: Pro-establishment camp says it “clearly addresses the fundamental issues”; democratic camp slams it as devoid of remorse)
BBC, November 25, 2020
林郑月娥再向中央表忠 施政方针全面配合北京 (Carrie Lam pledges allegiance again with policy direction matching Beijing’s)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2020
The Chief Executive's 2020 Policy Address
行政長官2020年施政報告
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of china, November 25, 2020
【12 港人送中】葡國環保部長致函北京 要求探望郭子麟 表明無休止關注事件 (EU parliamentarian Isabel Santos seeks visit with Kok Tsz-lun of the detained Hong Kong 12, vows unwavering concern)
The Stand News, November 25, 2020
【區選一年】資深區議員蔡澤鴻憂最差情況：區議會被削權 分區會取而代之 (Choy Chak-hung, senior district councillor, fears worst-case scenario: district councils will be overtaken by area committees)
CitizenNews, November 24, 2020
国安法：两名被整肃的香港教师和校园里的高压线 (Hong Kong National Security Law: 2 punished teachers and red line in schools)
BBC, November 25, 2020
Related:
Free to Think 2020: Report of the Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project
Scholars at Risk Network, November 18, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China tightens grip on booming livestreaming sector
中国加强对直播行业的管理
Financial Times, November 24, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Surveillance in China: artist who hides from security cameras in Beijing wants to highlight invasions of privacy
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2020
Commentary (评论)
Cooperative Competition Is Possible Between China and the U.S.
中美构建合作–竞争关系是可能的
The New York Times, November 24, 2020
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Pope says for first time that China's Uighurs are 'persecuted'
The Guardian, November 24, 2020
Taiwan (台湾)
台湾立法院人权促进会成立 推动台湾版马格尼茨基法 (Taiwan Parliamentary Human Rights Commission established to promote Magnitsky Act of Taiwan)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Most people in China believe corruption falling, says Transparency International
The Guardian, November 24, 2020
China gives pledge on access for COVID origins probe: WHO
中国已保证将尽快安排一国际专家组赴华调查新冠病毒起源--WHO
Reuters, November 23, 2020
中国逾八百贫困县脱贫 李克强吁地方政府讲真话 (Li Keqiang urges local officials to tell the truth after they claimed more than 800 counties lifted from poverty)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2020
China Says It Remains Open to the World, but Wants to Dictate Terms
习近平推动中共特色全球化：让世界遵守中国规则
The New York Times, November 24, 2020
黄之锋忧港人安危 瑞士议员促终止与中国国安合作 (Swiss MP urges ending “secret agreement” that allows Chinese officials to launch investigations in Switzerland)
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s first national security law prosecution for pro-independence chanting launches at West Kowloon Court
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2020
UK mulls pulling judges from Hong Kong in wake of security law
Al Jazeera, November 24, 2020
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam says she’s very willing to meet the public, calls legislature without opposition ‘more rational’
Hong Kong Free Press, November 24, 2020
香港民主派人士: 藉立法會參政已成絕路 (Hong Kong democratic figures: LegCo is now a dead end for political participation)
Deutsche Welle, November 24, 2020
警修改傳媒定義 網媒記者申覆核：網媒同《明報》、《蘋果》一樣重要 (Online media journalist applies for judicial review of police’s new definition of media representatives; argues online media is as important as Ming Pao and Apple Daily)
inmediahk.net, November 24, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
India bans 43 more Chinese apps in latest salvo at Beijing
Radio France Internationale, November 24, 2020
Walmart-exclusive router and others sold on Amazon & eBay contain hidden backdoors to control devices
CyberNews, November 23, 2020
Commentary (评论)
China Disappeared My Professor. It Can’t Silence His Poetry.
中国拘禁了我的维吾尔老教授，但关不住他的诗
The New York Times, November 24, 2020
Monday, November 23, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
China Obscures Probes Into Xinjiang Cotton Supply Chain
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2020
Tibet (西藏)
Tibetan Government Leader Makes Historic White House Visit
Voice of America, November 21, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
逃亡美国，仍似在北京的手掌心: 一个“红通犯“的自白 (The “freedom” of a Chinese exile in U.S.: Feels like I’m still in Beijing’s palm)
Voice of America, November 21, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Coronavirus: China Calls for Global QR Code System to Track International Travel amid Pandemic
Independent, November 23, 2020
中国“人脸识别首案”宣判 ： 强制刷脸违约 (In China's first facial scanning case, court rules additional demand for facial data a violation of contract)
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2020
乌镇世界互联网大会今开幕 习近平促网络安全 (Xi urges cybersecurity in message to the opening of a scaled-down World Internet Conference in Wuzhen)
Radio France International, November 23, 2020
Related:
Xi Focus: Xi sends congratulatory letter to World Internet Conference - Internet Development Forum
Xinhua, November 23, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong opposition trio Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam, and Agnes Chow face jail after pleading guilty to charges over police headquarters siege
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2020
Hong Kong radio host ‘Giggs’ arrested under national security law and for money-laundering in funding drive for protesters to study in Taiwan
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2020
Two Hong Kong district councillors among trio arrested by commercial crime police over election expenses
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2020
Related:
The Six-monthly Report on Hong Kong 1 Juanary to 30 June 2020
UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, November 23, 2020回應英發布《香港半年報告書》批立國安法違反聯合聲明 林鄭批「雙重標準」 (In semi-annual report on Hong Kong, UK criticizes the National Security Law for violating Sino-British Joint Declaration; Carrie Lam: Double standards)
The Stand News, November 24, 2020
Friday, November 20, 2020
Taiwan (台湾)
US environment protection chief to visit Taiwan in December
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2020
中共文宣集中攻击苏贞昌 台湾民众不以为然（CPC propaganda concentrates attack on Taiwan’s premier Su Tseng-chang; no one cares in Taiwan）
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2020
Tibet (西藏)
'The United States Stands With Tibet': US Special Coordinator for Tibet
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
重庆民营企业家李怀庆煽颠等罪成判囚20年资产冻结（Chongqing private entrepreneur Li Huaiqing sentenced to 20 years in prison and asset freeze for “inciting subversion of state power” and other crimes）
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2020
公安加紧调查耿潇男案 律师申请会面多次碰壁（Lawyers are repeatedly denied meeting with Geng Xiaonan, publisher and supporter of Xu Zhangrun, as police step up investigation）
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2020
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