The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Monday, December 21, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Yang Hengjun: Australian writer's espionage trial in China delayed by three months
The Guardian, December 21, 2020

Human rights in China: dissident poet Wang Zang and wife could face trail soon, lawyer says
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s new data privacy law ‘will state how facial recognition can be used’
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2020

美两党议员发起《停止强摘器官法案》(Bi-partisan U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to stop enforced organ harvesting)
Voice of America, December 19, 2020

Related:
Smith, Suozzi, Cotton unveil bill to combat forced organ harvesting
United States House of Representatives, December 16, 2020

推新外资审查机制 中国:不是搞保护主义 (China on new foreign investment review mechanism: We don’t want protectionism)
Deutsche Welle, December 19, 2020

Related:
外商投资安全审查办法
The National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China, December 19, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. lawmakers back $1.9 billion to replace telecom equipment from China's Huawei, ZTE - sources
Reuters, December 21, 2020

Zoom Executive Accused of Disrupting Calls at China’s Behest
Zoom高管被起诉,涉嫌干扰“六四”纪念会议

The New York Times, December 21, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

香港人民自由與選擇法案未獲美國參議院通過 共和黨參議員克魯茲反對:憂致中國間諜進入美國 (U.S. senate votes down the Hong Kong People's Freedom and Choice Act; republican senator Ted Cruz fears it would facilitate China’s spies entering U.S.)
Ming Pao, December 19, 2020

Hong Kong's top court rules 2019 mask ban constitutional
香港法院裁定《禁蒙面法》合宪 民主派质疑北京施压 (Hong Kong court rules mask ban law constitutional; democrats suspect pressure from Beijing)
Deutsche Welle, December 21, 2020

【12港人】家屬促入境處協助 盼能北上聽審:想見佢一面 (Families of 12 detained Hong Kongers seek assistance from Immigration Department to attend hearing in mainland China)
inmedia.hk, December 21, 2020

12港人扣內地|蓬佩奧促放12港人 斥中共將香港變東柏林 特區政府:罔顧事實混淆是非 (Pompeo urges release of 12 detained Hong Kongers, criticizes CPC for turning Hong Kong into East Berlin; HKSAR gov't: U.S. criticism ignores facts, confuses right and wrong)
Ming Pao, December 19, 2020

香港紫荆党:亲北京商人筹组新党为确保“百年一国两制”? (Hong Kong Bauhinia Party: Pro-Beijing businessmen found new party to ensure 100 years of “one country, two systems”?)
BBC, December 21, 2020

Commentary (评论)

中國高票當選聯合國人權理事會成員,這是讓縱火犯領導消防隊! (Electing China to UN Human Rights Council is akin to letting arsonist lead firefighters!)
The News Lens, December 21, 2020

Friday, December 18, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

欧洲议会就新疆问题发声 谴责中国 呼吁制裁(European Parliament speaks out on Xinjiang, condemns China and calls for sanctions)
Deutsche Welle, December 18, 2020

Related:
EU Parliament condemns China over Uyghur 'exploitation'
CNN, December 17, 2020

对新疆议题默不作声 伊斯兰国家与奥委会遭批(Muslim states and IOC criticized for silence on Xinjiang issues)
Deutsche Welle, December 18, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese Journalist Who Documented Communist History Is Detained in Beijing
New York Times, December 18, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

智库:中共通过微信控制澳洲中文媒体(Think Tank: CPC controls Australian Chinese media through WeChat)
Deutsche Welle, December 18, 2020

Related:
The influence environment: A survey of Chinese-language media in Australia
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, December 17, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

智库发布人类自由指数排名 中国排名129(China ranks 129 in think tank human freedom index of 162 countries)
Voice of America, December 18, 2020

Related:
The Human Freedom Index 2020
Cato Institute and Fraser Institute, December 17, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Senior China diplomat urges US to stop 'arbitrary suppression' of Chinese companies
Channel News Asia, December 18, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. charges China-based Zoom executive with disrupting Tiananmen crackdown commemorations
Reuters, December 18, 2020

China's Alibaba 'dismayed' by Uighur facial-recognition software
Radio France Internationale, December 18, 2020

U.S. blacklists dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC, DJI
Reuters, December 18, 2020

美国新制裁 中芯国际遭瞄首当其冲(Chipmaker SMIC among additional 60 Chinese companies now on U.S. trade blacklist)
Radio France Internationale, December 18, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Three suspects, including student, 16, arrested over petrol bomb attack at Hong Kong police sports club
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2020

公務員事務局稱基本法無對公務員國籍或護照訂明要求 (Civil Service Bureau says Basic Law does not specify nationality, passport requirements of civil servants)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 18, 2020

US travel warning treats Hong Kong the same as China citing danger of arbitrary arrest under security law
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2020

Related:
Hong Kong Travel Advisory
U.S. Department of State, December 17, 2020

全家人信用卡帳戶「消失」 許智峯斥政治報復 警借「洗黑錢」造謠謀殺人格 (Ted Hui says credit card accounts of entire family "vanished" in political retaliation, and police spread rumors of "money laundering" in character assassination)
The Stand News, December 18, 2020

黃之鋒被控 10.5 非法集結、違蒙面法 押後下月再訊 (Joshua Wong to be tried next month for Oct 5 illegal assembly, violation of mask ban)
The Stand News, December 18, 2020

黎智英遭鐵鏈鎖手 轉往高設防赤柱監獄續還柙 (Jimmy Lai is transferred to Stanley maximum security prison)
The Stand News, December 18, 2020

'They are willing to sacrifice everything': Ai Weiwei pays tribute to the Hong Kong protesters
The Guardian, December 18, 2020

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uighur lawyers collecting new evidence to back ICC case
Radio France Internationale, December 16, 2020

European Parliament resolution would seek sanctions on Chinese officials in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2020

Taiwan (台湾)

195万中共党员名单外泄 渗透台达电、台塑等台企(Leaked list of 1.95 million CPC members reveals infiltration into Taiwanese companies, including Delta, Formosa Plastics)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国公民记者张展案12月28日开庭(Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan to be tried on December 28)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

WHO-led team expected in China in January to probe COVID-19 origins: Experts
Channel News Asia, December 17, 2020

新冠疫情爆发近一年,世卫称下月将赴中国武汉调查病毒源头(Nearly a year after COVID-19 outbreak, WHO announces trip to Wuhan, China next month to investigate source of virus)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 17, 2020

联合国批北京打压维权律师 吁释放常玮平(UN condemns Beijing's crackdown on human rights lawyers, calls for Chang Weiping’s release)
Deutsche Welle, December 17, 2020

Related:
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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alibaba Uyghur Recognition As A Service
The Authority On Video Surveillance, December 16, 2020

德国对华为设置高门槛(Germany sets high hurdle for Huawei)
Financial Times, December 17, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protests: three opposition figures charged over unauthorised rally say they will not admit to allegations
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2020

Hong Kong authorised over 1,300 cases of surveillance and interception last year
Hong Kong Free Press, December 17, 2020

海外港人宣布发起成立“香港影子议会”(Overseas Hong Kongers announce establishment of "Hong Kong Shadow Parliament”)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 020

七一遊行 8民主派被起訴 禁止離港、收護照 (8 pro-democracy figures officially charged for July 1 march, banned from leaving Hong Kong and passports confiscated)
inmediahk.net, December 17, 2020

建制團體發公開信促整頓中大 倡推國安教育、管理層問責制 (In open letter, pro-establishment groups urge CUHK rectification: promote national security education and management accountability)
inmediahk.net, December 17, 2020

美參院聽證會討論協助港人 羅冠聰籲加快難民審批 參議員冀推動強硬對華戰略 (U.S. Senate hearing discusses assisting Hong Kong residents: Nathan Law urges quick greenlight for refugees from Hong Kong; senators hope to see tough bipartisan strategy toward China)
The Stand News, December 17, 2020

Related:
Supporting Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement Through U.S. Refugee Policy
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, December 16, 2020

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

报告:五十多万新疆维族遭剥削沦“现代奴隶”(Report: More than half a million Uyghurs in Xinjiang have been exploited and turned into "modern slaves")
Deutsche Welle, December 16, 2020

Related:
Coercive Labor in Xinjiang: Labor Transfer and the Mobilization of Ethnic Minorities to Pick Cotton
The Center for Global Policy, December 14, 2020

新疆哈萨克族记者获家人探监 教育营黑幕曝光(Jailed Xinjiang Kazakh journalist gets visit from family, exposes dark side of re-education camp)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2020

Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)

Flipping the script: China school reforms spark Mongolian writing revival
Radio France Internationale, December 16, 2020

Taiwan (台湾)

台湾拟修《港澳条例》防“假港资丶真中资”(Taiwan to amend "Hong Kong and Macau Ordinance" to prevent Chinese capital disguised as from Hong Kong)
Deutsche Welle, December 16, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

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

Related:
Record number of journalists jailed worldwide
Committee to Protect Journalists, December 15, 2020

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Access to Information (公众知情权)

中國教育部:學者不可因追求國際發表論文 刻意矮化醜化中國 (China's Ministry of Education: Scholars must not seek publication of dissertations abroad that deliberately denigrate China)
Stand News, December 15, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“中国酷吏举报清算中心”在美成立 焦距基层官员 ("China Torture Officials Whistleblower Center" established in U.S., focused on lower-level officials)
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

Related:
【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

Commentary (评论)

通識教育和蘇格拉底之死 (Death of General Studies and Socrates)
Ming Pao, 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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Taiwan (台湾)

首宗网路国安案件 台湾人赴中国受训加入网军 假造公文传播 (In first online national security case, Taiwanese, trained in China’s “cyber army,” is accused of forging official documents)
Radio Free Asia, 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, 2020

FCC 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

Related:
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

Taiwan (台湾)

China launches 'grey-zone' warfare to subdue Taiwan
Channel News Asia, December 10, 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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Access to Justice (司法公正)

世界人權日在即 多名維權律師家屬被堵門禁足 李文足帶家人赴醫院受阻 (In lead up to Human Rights Day, rights defense lawyers blocked from leaving home; Li Wenzu and family prevented from going to hospital)
Stand News, 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

全國人大常委會發言人:將向美方相關人員實施對等制裁 (NPC Standing Committee spokesperson threatens to impose reciprocal sanctions on U.S. officials)

Related
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

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

Related:
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

Access to Justice (司法公正)

陕西人权律师常玮平人身安全恐受威胁 引发国际社会关注 (International concern rises over personal safety of Shaanxi human rights lawyer Chang Weiping)
Voice of America, 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, 2020

CBP Issues Detention Order on Cotton Products Made by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Using Prison Labor
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, December 2, 2020

China says U.S. fabricating news of forced labour in Xinjiang
Reuters, December 3, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

北京“假照”风波未息 澳总理微信发言遭屏蔽 (WeChat blocks Australian Prime Minister’s clarification post on Beijing’s fake photo)
Deutsche Welle, 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

Related:
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, 2020

China'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, 2020

Hong 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