Xinjiang (新疆)

UK MPs declare China is committing genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang
The Guardian, April 22, 2021

Related:
China hits out at British parliament after it declares Xinjiang’s Uygurs are subject to genocide
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021

Heretic, separatist, traitor: Uyghur activist Halmurat Harri’s in-between life
SupChina, April 22, 2021

北京再发起新疆大外宣 意图指控海外维族人散播谣言(Beijing renews large-scale external propaganda on Xinjiang, aimed at accusing overseas Uyghurs of spreading rumors)
Deutsche Welle, April 23, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Police in China's Chengdu Detain Children in Early Rain Church Raid
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2021

欧洲律师协会致函习近平呼吁释放陕西律师常玮平(In letter to Xi Jinping, European Bar Ass’n urges release of Shaanxi lawyer Chang Weiping)
Radio France Internationale, April 22, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

奥斯卡：示威纪录片《不割席》入围，香港不播颁奖仪式(Documentary film “Do Not Split” on Hong Kong protests is nominated for Oscar; TVB will not broadcast award ceremony)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 23, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

快讯：“恶俗维基” 牛腾宇案二审维持原判 律师、家长被禁止出庭(Lawyers and mother are barred from second instance trial of EsuWiki webmaster Niu Tengyu; court upholds original sentence of 14 years in prison)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2021

China’s central bank fights Jack Ma’s Ant Group over control of data
Financial Times, April 23, 2021

Jack Ma Shows Why China’s Tycoons Keep Quiet
“消失”的马云给中国富豪带来的启示
The New York Times, April 22, 2021

UK's GCHQ spy chief says China could win control of the world's 'operating system'
Reuters, April 23, 2021

中国IPv6地址数量超美国 专家将来一人一IP 监控更容易(Number of IPv6 addresses in China exceeds that in U.S.; experts say in future one person, one IP will make monitoring easier)
Radio France Internationale, April 23, 2021

FCC下令美国广播机构识别外国政府资助的节目 中俄遭点名(FCC orders U.S. broadcasters to identify foreign government-funded programs; China and Russia are named)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2021

Related:
FCC orders U.S. broadcasters to identify foreign-government sponsors of programs
Reuters, April 22, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

‘Still a man of interest to foreign powers’: Judiciary reveals why Hong Kong democrat was denied bail under security law
Hong Kong Free Press, April 23, 2021

Related:
National security law: US defends diplomats in Hong Kong after judge says invitations from consulate led her to revoke ex-lawmaker’s bail
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021

Election revamp: Urging people not to vote or spoil ballots may be criminalised, even without proof of intent to sabotage poll
Hong Kong Free Press, April 23, 2021

Hong Kong magistrate’s suggestion for database-searching journalists ‘unworkable’, as critics question RTHK contributor’s conviction
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong press club urges police chief to clarify comments about action against ‘fake news’
Hong Kong Free Press, April 23, 2021

Will national security law force exodus of Hong Kong’s teachers, students over fears of shrinking academic freedom?
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021

Related:
Older Hong Kong students to learn about national security when studying range of subjects, including accounting, chemistry and even physics
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2021

香港國家安全教育課程框架(Hong Kong national security education framework)
Education Bureau, April 23, 2021

職工盟：有公務員沒交簽署聲明遭停職　未能返辦公室取門匙露宿街頭　環保署：提出代取被拒(30-year veteran civil servant is suspended for not signing loyalty oath and barred from retrieving house keys from office; spent several nights in street)
Ming Pao, April 23, 2021

區諾軒原被判社會服務令律政司覆核　法庭改判囚9星期(On appeal by Dep’t of Justice, court increases sentence for pro-democracy ex-lawmaker Au Lok-hin to 9 weeks in jail)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 23, 2021

「香港民族陣綫」盧溢燊管有炸藥　判囚12年(Member of Hong Kong National Front Lo Yat Sun jailed for 12 years for possessing explosives)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 23, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong protests: pro-independence group member jailed for 12 years over explosives find wanted to ‘create terror’ in city, judge says
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021

China's national security office to open permanent base in Hong Kong
Reuters, April 23, 2021

Commentary (评论)

The Rollback of Autonomy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong
Centre for International Policy Studies, April 12, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Panel recommends that U.S. officials not go to China's Olympics
Reuters, April 21, 2021

Related:
China-Germany relations: engage, don’t isolate, foreign ministers urge European Union
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2021

谴责北京种族灭绝行为 美众院外委会通过两项涉新疆人权议案(Condemning China’s genocide, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee passes two bills involving human rights in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, April 22, 2021

Related:
H.R.1155 - Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
U.S. Congress, April 21, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

王藏、王丽芹夫妇煽动颠覆国家政权案将于2021年4月27日上午9时在云南省楚雄州中级法院开庭审理(Case of poet Wang Zang and wife Wang Liqin, accused of inciting to subversion of state power, will be heard April 27)

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China Not Discriminating Against Foreign Journalists, Envoy Says
Associated Press, April 21, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

美再提抗中法案 人权与经济战略双管齐下(U.S. passes bill to pressure China on human rights and economic fronts)
Deutsche Welle, April 22, 2021

Related:
U.S. lawmakers intensify bipartisan efforts to counter China
Reuters, April 22, 2021

澳大利亚总理: 取消维多利亚州“一带一路”协议是出于国家利益(Australian Prime Minister: Cancellation of Victoria state’s Belt and Road agreement is based on national interest)
Voice of America, April 22, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

涉习家泄密专案二审即将宣判 牛腾宇母亲呼唤公平正义(On eve of appeal verdict, mother of Niu Tengyu, EsuWiki webmaster convicted of leaking information about Xi Jinping's daughter, calls for fairness and justice)
Voice of America, April 22, 2021

云南昆明民主人士徐昆被中共当局以“寻衅滋事罪”判刑2年(Arrested for Twitter posts in support of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, activist Xu Kun is sentenced to 2 years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble")
Weiquanwang, April 22, 2021

Back To Work And Back To Surveillance In China
Protocol, April 21, 2021

China feminists face clampdown, closure of online accounts
Deutsche Welle, April 21, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Guilty Verdict for Hong Kong Journalist as Media Faces ‘Frontal Assault’
The New York Times, April 22, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong gov’t ‘appalled’ at warning that security legislation threatens press freedom, says nobody is above the law
Hong Kong Free Press, April 22, 2021

就《鏗鏘集》編導蔡玉玲查冊案裁決　8 個新聞工會及團體聯合聲明(Joint statement by 8 journalists labor unions, associations on Choy Yuk-ling’s conviction)
Stand New, April 22, 2021

Former Hong Kong chief justice raises concerns about ‘strange’ national security provision allowing chief executive to assign judges
Apple Daily, April 22, 2021

教聯會調查：「國安教育日」逾 8 成小學升國旗唱國歌　7 成半學校擬國安教育融入學科(Survey shows 80% of primary schools raised flag and sang anthem on National Security Education Day; 75% plan to include national security education in curricula)
Stand News, April 22, 2021

Commentary (评论)

The EU’s Cynical Hong Kong Proposal
The Diplomat, April 22, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

The Missing Uyghur Children
The Diplomat, April 21, 2021

China rejects Xinjiang accusations
Associated Press, April 20, 2021

China’s Solar Dominance Presents Biden With an Ugly Dilemma
新疆棉争议可能重演？美国在太阳能领域陷入两难
The New York Times, April 21, 2021

世维会敦促德国在新疆问题上有所行动 (World Uyghur Congress urges Germany to take actions on Xinjiang issues)
Deutsche Welle, April 21, 2021

Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)

Japanese Lawmakers Form Alliance in Support of Mongolians in China
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Beijing’s Military-Heavy Approach to Taiwan Locks the US and China in a Security Dilemma
The Diplomat, April 20, 2021

美两党议员提出法案 支持台湾国际参与 (U.S. drafts bipartisan bill to support Taiwan's international participation)
Voice of America, April 21, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

'I Will Treat The Chinese Consulate as My Husband's Cemetery'
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2021

陕西人权律师常玮平家属控告宝鸡两级公安违法取证 (Family of lawyer Chang Weiping sues police for illegal gathering of evidence)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese President Xi Jinping to Appear at US-Led Global Climate Summit
Voice of America, April 21, 2021

Australia Cancels China’s Belt and Road Deal With State
Bloomberg, April 21, 2021

Related:
‘China is not a cow’: embassy chief accuses Australia of working with US to ‘illegally’ hamper Huawei
The Guardian, April 21, 2021

Duterte: Philippines Prepared to Send Navy to Defend South China Sea Resources
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China tech groups hire ex-regulators to fend off Beijing’s crackdown
Financial Times, April 21, 2021

Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers spied on US, European targets: cybersecurity expert
Associated Press, April 21, 2021

Related:
疑似来自中国的黑客对欧美进行间谍活动 (Hackers from China are suspected of spying on U.S. and European national defense, finance departments)
Deutsche Welle, April 21, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee and Albert Ho to appeal protest convictions
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2021

New Hong Kong elections rule allows postponement of contests in specific Legislative Council constituencies
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong government bars campaign spending refunds for legislative candidates investigated for national security offences
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2021

SPECIAL REPORT Hong Kong activists retreat as China-style justice comes to their city
Reuters, April 21, 2021

Related:
【專訪】夏博義：和平示威受阻或致暴力　民眾政權情緒續升溫　借鏡北愛歷史憂現冤假錯案(Hong Kong Bar Association chair Paul Harris says hindering peaceful protests may result in violence)
Stand News, April 21, 2021

Hong Kong police chief wants ‘fake news’ law as he ramps up attacks on newspaper he accused of inciting hatred
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong broadcaster RTHK rejects media award for TV doc about police handling of mob attack
Hong Kong Free Press, April 21, 2021

有文章稱入境條例修訂削出入境自由　保安局責失實誤導(Article says Immigration Amendment Bill reduces freedom to enter and leave Hong Kong; Security Bureau slams as false and misleading)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 21, 2021

Related:
4.28「鎖港條例」一旦通過　必削港人出入境自由(Freedom to enter, leave Hong Kong will be greatly reduced if Immigration Amendment Bill is passed on April 28)
Stand News, April 21, 2021

保安局強烈譴責於網媒刊登有關《2020年入境（修訂）條例草案》文章內容失實及誤導(Security Bureau strongly condemns online media article as false and misleading)
HKSAR government, April 21, 2021

China's 'Oscar ban' draws attention to a film on Hong Kong protests
Deutsche Welle, April 21, 2021

Related:
Opposition-leaning Hong Kong union that screened protest documentary accused of violating national security law by pro-Beijing politician
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2021

美国众院压倒性通过支持香港民主自由130号决议案 (In landslide bipartisan vote, U.S. House of Representatives passes resolution to condemn China's violation of rights and freedoms of Hong Kong’s people)
Radio France Internationale, April 20, 2021

Related:
House votes to condemn Chinese government over Hong Kong
The Hill, April 19, 2021

H.Res.130 - Condemning the continued violation of rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong by the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Congress.gov, April 19, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Labor pushes Morrison government to clarify whether it views Xinjiang human rights abuses as genocide
The Guardian, April 19, 2021

China’s treatment of Uighurs is ‘crimes against humanity’: Report
Al Jazeera, April 19, 2021

Related:
"Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots"
Human Rights Watch, April 19, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan seizes chance to host foreign reporters kicked out of China
Financial Times, April 20, 2021

Taiwanese men who attacked Hong Kong bookseller get longer jail terms after appeal
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

A Prison Called Tibet
Foreign Affairs, May/June 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

The Chinese government must cooperate with investigation into the suspicious death of activist Guo Hongwei
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 20, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Oppression of journalists in China ‘may have been factor in Covid pandemic’
The Guardian, April 20, 2021

2021全球新闻自由指数 中国倒数第四 (China ranks 4th from bottom in Reporters Without Borders' 2021 World Press Freedom Index)
Deutsche Welle, April 20, 2021

Related:
2021 World Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Borders, April 20, 2021

China censors ex-premier Wen Jiabao's article ahead of Communist Party anniversary
Reuters, April 20, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

‘Stop bossing others’: Xi Jinping’s not-so veiled rebuke to the US
Sydney Morning Herald, April 20, 2021

China’s Belt and Road Initiative faces increased political risk in participating countries, report warns
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China and Artificial Intelligence
The Diplomat, April 19, 2021

Tencent pledges 50b yuan toward public initiatives
Reuters, April 20, 2021

Huawei denies spying accusation in the Netherlands
BBC News, April 19, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong pro-Beijing lawmakers challenge ‘unfair’ rule which curtails their power if they lose election
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong pro-democracy district councillor steps down, abandons legal bid to overturn his disqualification
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2021

譚凱邦和袁浩倫辭去區議員職務(Tam Hoi-pong, one of the 47 pro-democracy detainees, resigns from his district councilor post; another district councilor, Yuen Ho-lun, refuses to take oath and resigns)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 20, 2021

【初選47人案】李嘉達辭任觀塘區議員 區會主席稱感難過：佢唔應該咁被對待(Li Ka-tat, one of the 47 pro-democracy detainees, resigns from his district councilor post)
inmediahk.net, April 19, 2021

Hong Kong protests: woman in doxxing case jailed for three years, becomes first person in two decades sentenced using colonial-era sedition law
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong protests: High Court rejects union’s bid to intervene in legal challenge by former city leader CY Leung to identify teachers guilty of misconduct
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2021

Hong Kong protests: prosecutors urge court to proceed with trial of student in her absence, after she fled city following arrest, but judge questions fairness
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2021

【11.12 中大衝突】四學生被控暴動　控方：憑裝束、身處現場、逃跑　肯定親身參與暴動(Four students charged with rioting over siege of Chinese University in 2019)
Stand News, April 20, 2021

Hong Kong security law cited as ‘grave threat’ in new Reporters Without Borders 2021 Press Freedom Index report
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2021

Related:
2021 World Press Freedom Index: Hong Kong
Reporters Without Borders, April 20, 2021

Hong Kong press freedom curbs ‘will speed up,’ warns journalist group chair as state-run press attacks Apple Daily
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2021

‘He has not bowed’: Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong’s future
The Christian Science Monitor, April 19, 2021

Beijing won total control over Hong Kong. Now, the ‘brainwashing’ begins.
The Washington Post, April 20, 2021

Commentary (评论)

China: Totalitarianism’s Long Shadow
Journal of Democracy, April 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Campaigners call for global response to ‘unprecedented’ oppression in Xinjiang
The Guardian, April 19, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan says seeking long-range cruise missiles from U.S
Reuters, April 19, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Exclusive | China blocks US think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies website following critique on sanctions
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021

中国前总理温家宝撰文忆母谈公平正义 遭禁止转发(Authorities disable reposting of article by former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's article in memory of his mother which discusses fairness and justice)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 19, 2021

反制冰岛：北京制裁批评中国的冰岛律师(Countering Iceland: Beijing sanctions Icelandic lawyer who criticizes China)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

四川甘孜六名藏人被捕 当局封锁消息原因不明(Six influential Tibetans including writers and monks in Ganzi, Sichuan are arrested recently for unknown reasons)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Rights Attorney Formally Arrested For 'Subversion' in China's Shaanxi: Wife
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2021

Related:
陕西律师常玮平被捕遭异地羁押 余文生狱中遭群殴(Shaanxi lawyer Chang Weiping is formally arrested; lawyer Yu Wensheng is beaten in prison)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2021

中国紧缩言论空间 多位学者返国后被捕或失踪(China tightens space for speech, many overseas scholars are arrested or missing after returning to China)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Despite Tensions, U.S. and China Agree to Work Together on Climate Change
搁置分歧，美中同意合作应对气候变化
The New York Times, April 19, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

California lawsuit against Chinese tech giant raises a thorny question: Can the plaintiffs remain anonymous?
The Washington Post, April 19, 2021

Huawei ‘may have eavesdropped on Dutch mobile network’s calls’
The Guardian, April 19, 2021

What's next for Jack Ma's Ant Group after China orders revamp?
Reuters, April 19, 2021

The limits of China’s taming of tech
Financial Times, April 18, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong elections overhaul: pro-establishment lawmakers urge government to require candidates to publicly disclose foreign citizenship
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021

Related:
Nearly 130 civil servants fail to take required pledge of allegiance to Hong Kong government, with most facing dismissal
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021

Mass Prosecutions Send Chills Across Hong Kong’s Political Spectrum
The Diplomat, April 17, 2021

Related:
Vice minister backs jailing of Lai, others
The Standard, April 19, 2021

譚得志申終止聆訊　指煽動罪違憲條文籠統　官：有旁聽者舉政治手勢　法庭非遊樂場(Tam Tak Chi applies for permanent stay of proceedings, says sedition charges breach Basic Law and provisions overly broad)
Stand News, April 19, 2021

UK urges China to stop prosecuting HK democracy activists
Agence France-Presse, April 18, 2021

Beijing hits back at Western criticism of Hong Kong court’s hefty sentences for Jimmy Lai, opposition figures
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2021

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai and his media empire face uncertain future
The Guardian, April 16, 2021

Related:
Next Digital group enters negotiation to sell firm which owns Taiwan’s Apple Daily newspaper
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2021

觀塘區議員李煒林　宣布退出公民黨　一星期三區議員退黨或辭職(District councilor Li Wai Lam quits Civic Party, becomes one of three quitting the party or post in a week)
Stand News, April 19, 2021

Two more bureaucrats join management at Hong Kong’s RTHK amid government-mandated editorial overhaul
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021

Some parents, educators question why children were allowed to play with toy guns at Hong Kong police event, while force’s chief hits out at critics and slams doxxing of school
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2021

Related:
人民日報批評港大學生會抹黑國安教育和「一國兩制」(People's Daily slams HKU student union for “smearing” national security education and "one country, two systems")
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 19, 2021

Exclusive | Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong takes over second hotel
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2021

Trudeau Visa for Hong Kongers Gets Over 500 Applications
Bloomberg, April 17, 2021

Exclusive: Hong Kong gov’t spent millions on failed lobbying bid to defeat Washington’s Human Rights and Democracy Act
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang: will the West’s sanctions on China force the issue or unravel?
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2021

Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)

中共中央政治局常委汪洋访内蒙：再强调民族共同体意识(CPC Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Yang visits Inner Mongolia, reemphasizes firm establishment of national community)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

China's massed drills near Taiwan take aim at Washington audience
Reuters, April 16, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

凯迪网关闭多个版面 声明与公知“划清界限”(After closing many pages, well-known Chinese cultural, political commentary website Kaidi parts with public intellectuals)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

EU drops plans to punish China over Hong Kong electoral reform
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2021

要钱还是要命？中国强推自产疫苗护照(As China pushes self-produced vaccine passports, foreigners face choice between business and health)
Voice of America, April 16, 2021

维权律师高智晟强制失踪逾千日其妻活要见人死要见尸(Wife of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, forcibly disappeared for over a thousand days, demands to see him—dead or alive)
Radio France Internationale, April 16, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s record fine against Alibaba spells the end of big tech’s romance with the state
The Conversation, April 16, 2021

罗马尼亚政府批准法案 实际将禁止中国和华为参与5G网络(Romania approves bill to ban China and Huawei from participating in its 5G networks)
Voice of America, April 16, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong electoral overhaul: corporate voters’ mainland China ties raise concerns over Beijing’s influence on city polls
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2021

Hong Kong pro-democracy figures given jail terms of up to 18 months
The Guardian, April 16, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai slapped with extra national security law charge, also accused of perverting justice over fugitive’s escape to Taiwan
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2021

Jimmy Lai: The Hong Kong billionaire's last interview as a free man
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 16, 2021

Hong Kong: Jailing of opposition figures over protests is violation of international law
Amnesty International, April 16, 2021

Hong Kong police, security chief issue ‘fake news’ warnings over media coverage of national security events
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2021

Related:
Violence against Hong Kong media ‘encouraged’ by official silence over printing press sledgehammer attack, watchdog says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 16, 2021

China-Backed Hong Kong Paper Calls For 'Ban' on Pro-Democracy Apple Daily
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2021

穿防暴警服的泰迪熊：香港加强宣传国家安全
Key Chains and Teddy Bears in Riot Gear: Hong Kong Promotes National Security
New York Times, April 15, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong Protesters Call For Repeal of Security Law Amid Warnings Over 'Confrontation'
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2021

【國安教育】教局派國安參考書　引例敘利亞幼童偷渡遇難　指國安不保「人權自由只是空中樓閣」(Education Bureau distributes national security reference books to schools; says if national security not guaranteed, human rights and freedom are only castles in the air)
Stand News, April 16, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Commons to vote on declaration of genocide in Xinjiang province
The Guardian, April 14, 2021

Exclusive | Xinjiang cotton ban, forced labour claims push China to step up plans for domestic Better Cotton Initiative
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan says China’s activities threaten regional stability
Al Jazeera, April 15, 2021

Related:
Taiwan and China Are Locked in Economic Co-Dependence
The Diplomat, April 14, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Beijing Revises 'Correct' Version of Party History Ahead of Centenary
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2021

Related:
新版《党史》淡化文革，颂习内容占四分之一 (New version of CPC history downplays Cultural Revolution; devotes one-quarter to praises for Xi Jinping)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国女权运动再遭打压 运动人士忧“政治污名化”(In renewed crackdown on China's feminist movement, activists fear "political stigma")
Deutsche Welle, April 15, 2021

Her Boss Sent Harassing Texts. So She Beat Him With a Mop.
黑龙江女公务员不堪上司性骚扰，用拖把殴打回击
The New York Times, April 15, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Whitsun Reef: Philippines files new diplomatic protest against China
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2021

Related:
Chinese, US Military Exercises Are New Norm in Disputed Asian Sea
Voice of America, April 14, 2021

Will Japan Confront China? A Visit to Washington May Offer a Clue.
The New York Times, April 14, 2021

美报告提出应对中俄专制威胁策略，建议拜登政府制定国家民主战略(U.S. report urges Biden administration to formulate national democratic strategy as response to threat of authoritarianism from China, Russia)
Voice of America, April 15, 2021

Related:
Reversing the Tide: Towards a New US Strategy to Support Democracy and Counter Authoritarianism
Freedom House, April 14, 2021

收到电视认罪受害者投诉 挪威断播中国环球电视CGTN (Norway cuts off CGTN after receiving complaints from victims of forced TV confessions)
Radio France Internationale, April 14, 2021

Related:
大外宣遇挑战：强迫电视认罪受害者吁全球电视供应商采取行动(Challenge to China’s external propaganda: Victims of forced TV confessions call on global TV suppliers to take action)
Radio France Internationale, April 14, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Is Alibaba's fate a warning to China’s tech giants?
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2021

Related:
China’s Tech Crackdown Isn’t About Xi Vs. Ma
Protocol, April 15, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s new Election Committee gets packed with even more Beijing allies, removing risks of uncertain outcome in chief executive race
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong legal sector influence ‘diluted’ in Election Committee under election revamp plan, says lawmaker
Hong Kong Free Press, April 15, 2021

Criminalising encouraging Hong Kong voters to boycott elections or spoil ballots will create ‘real constitutional problems’, legal experts warn
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2021

楊岳橋郭家麒譚文豪李予信四人提出解散公民黨(Four former Civil Party lawmakers who are among the 47 pro-democracy figures charged under National Security Law suggest disbandment of the party)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 15, 2021

Hong Kong protests: trio’s mere presence at National Day unrest makes them guilty of rioting, judge rules
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2021

Related:
China reveals foreigner jailed for 11 years, mainland students arrested over Hong Kong protests
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2021

Hong Kong children schooled in national security as city ‘celebrates’ new laws
The Guardian, April 15, 2021

Related:
National Security Education Day: China will teach interfering foreign forces a lesson, says Beijing’s top man in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, April 15, 2021

HKU bid to protect freedom amid law fears
The Standard, April 15, 2021

EU mulls end to extradition treaties with China over Hong Kong electoral reform, but not every member state agrees
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2021

彭定康率 103 名英國會議員去信英揆　要求制裁香港官員(Chris Patten and 103 UK MPs call for sanction of Hong Kong officials)
Stand News, April 15, 2021

Related:
Patten-led group of over 100 MPs + Peers call for sanctions on HK officials
Hong Kong Watch, April 14, 2021

Commentary (评论)

New Hong Kong electoral offence risks backfiring amid ‘blank vote’ furore
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Risk of China-Turkey tension as Beijing protests against refusal to extradite Xinjiang accused
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2021

U.S. senators match House bill to assist Uighur refugees
Reuters, April 13, 2021

Related:
US-China ties: Washington funded terrorists in Xinjiang, Beijing says
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

China tells US 'not to play with fire' over Taiwan
Deutsche Welle, April 13, 2021

Related:
China’s military to hold live-fire drills off Taiwan as US delegation visits the island
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

余文生律师家属致信南京监狱：双手颤抖残疾 申请保外就医 (Families requests medical release of lawyer Yu Wensheng from Nanjing prison, now unable to care for self)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2021

维权人士探望江天勇律师： 遭软禁775天 没有人身自由 (Rights defender successfully visits lawyer Jiang Tianyong who has spent 775 days under house arrest)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

A Chinese platform erased accounts promoting “radical” feminist views shunning men
Quartz, April 14, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China Poses Biggest Threat to U.S., Intelligence Report Says
美情报报告：中国对美国构成最大威胁
The New York Times, April 14, 2021

Related:
2021 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community
US Office of the Director of National Intelligent, April 13, 2021

John Kerry Heads To China for First High-Level Talks Under Biden
The New York Times, April 14, 2021

China Trademarked the Entire South China Sea
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2021

研究报告显示中国推行债务外交 (Research shows China is pursuing debt-trap diplomacy)
Radio France Internationale, April 13, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese researchers say they’ve developed an AI text censor that is 91 per cent accurate
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Exclusive | Hong Kong elections: national security police are drafting protocols for screening candidates, security chief reveals
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong plans to reduce transparency of electoral roll
Hong Kong Free Press, April 14, 2021

Concession or control? Beijing’s electoral overhaul for Hong Kong and what it means for opposition strongholds
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2021

聲明:記協對政府再以防止「起底」為名收緊傳媒查閱選民登記冊資料表示極度遺憾(Statement: Journalists Association expresses deep regret over gov’t restrictions on access to electoral register in name of preventing "doxxing")
Hong Kong Journalists Association, April 13, 2021

Ousted democrat Dennis Kwok officially resigns from Civic Party after leaving for Canada
Hong Kong Free Press, April 14, 2021

Related:
Five councillors fly out of Hong Kong
The Standard, April 14, 2021

Hong Kong’s Activists in Exile
The Diplomat, April 13, 2021

【初選47人案】毛孟靜高院申保釋被拒 散庭後向公眾席揮手(High Court revokes bail for Claudia Mo, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged under National Security Law)
inmediahk.net, April 14, 2021

Hong Kong university's guidelines on security law stoke fears over freedoms
Reuters, April 14, 2021

Hong Kong Protester Sentenced as Terminally Ill Rights Activist Starts New Jail Term
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Do China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomats really have any bite?
Financial Times, April 13, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang court to hear defamation case against German researcher Adrian Zenz over forced labour claims
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Largest Chinese breach of Taiwan air zone in a year after US warning
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2021

Related:
Taiwan launches shipbuilding program amid China threats
Associated Press, April 13, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

维权人士郭洪伟死亡疑点重重，八旬父母要调查到底
Family Voices Doubts Surrounding Activist's Death in China's Jilin
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

THE CCP’S 2021 PROPAGANDA BLUEPRINT
China Media Project, April 13, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Japan, Germany hold first security talk to deter China
Associated Press, April 13, 2021

Related:
Philippines summons Chinese ambassador over reef dispute
Channel News Asia, April 13, 2021

What can a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics achieve?
Quartz, April 13, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China tech groups given a month to fix antitrust practices
Financial Times, April 13, 2021

US-China tech war: supercomputer sanctions on China begin to bite as Taiwan’s TSMC said to suspend chip orders
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2021

China’s Digital Silk Road and the Global Digital Order
The Diplomat, April 13, 2021

互聯網專用通道開通 海南自貿港可上境外網站 (Hainan Free Trade Port launches Internet Data Dedicated Channel, allegedly no restrictions on foreign websites)
Mingpao, April 13, 2021

人脸识别进社区：“刷脸”背后的隐私安全之问 (Facial recognition in gated communities: Privacy concerns over face-scanning)
Beijing News, April 13, 2021

人脸识别黑产：真人认证视频百元一套 (Facial recognition dark market: Videos for real person verification are sold for only 100 yuan)
Beijing News, April 13, 2021

Ant Group Announces Overhaul as China Tightens Its Grip
中国加强管控互联网巨头，蚂蚁集团宣布彻底整改
The New York Times, April 13, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Urging people to spoil or cast blank ballots in elections to become a crime in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, April 13, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong electoral changes: up to three years’ jail proposed for publicly urging residents to boycott polls or spoil ballots
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2021

Election Overhaul Plan Threatens to Sideline Hong Kong's Opposition
The New York Times, April 13, 2021

Mainland training looms for entry into civil service
The Standard, April 13, 2021

Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021
2021年完善選舉制度(綜合修訂)條例草案
HKSAR government, April 13, 2021

Former Hong Kong lawmakers facing prosecution under national security law hit with fresh charges of contempt of Legislative Council
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2021

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 4 months over 2019 demo
Hong Kong Free Press, April 13, 2021

幼稚園生收「國家安全日」文宣　羅列深海安全、極地安全等「國家安全重點領域」(Kindergarten students receive National Security Day promotion materials)
Stand News, April 12, 2021

Related:
香港小学教材删除“中华民国政府"(Primary school text book removes "Government of the Republic of China")
DW News, April 12, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese Political Prisoner Dies Amid Suspicion of Torture, Mistreatment
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2021

Related:
维权人士郭宏伟狱中死亡 生前曾遭虐待(Human rights activist Guo Hongwei dies in prison and was tortured before death)
Radio France Internationale, April 11, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Chinese Shows Blur Western Brands Over Xinjiang Dispute
打上马赛克的运动鞋：西方品牌因新疆棉遭中国综艺审查
The New York Times, April 12, 2021

新疆棉花：四大跨国企业在巴黎遭人权诉讼(Xinjiang Cotton: Four major transnational companies face human rights lawsuits in Paris)
Radio France Internationale, April 11, 2021

Related:
Forced labor of Uyghurs: filing of a complaint in France against multinationals for concealment of forced labor and crimes against humanity
Sherpa, April 12, 2021

China’s Crackdown on Islam Brings Back Memories of 1975 Massacre
Foreign Policy, April 11, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan to stage live-fire drills as fears of possible PLA attack grow
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China's Propaganda Against Foreign Media Increases 
Voice of America, April 9, 2021

China launches hotline to report ‘illegal’ comments about Communist party
Reuters, April 12, 2021

Related:
中共网信办开通热线举报“历史虚无”言论 严禁怀疑中共历史(In move to forbid questioning of CPC’s version of history, Cyberspace Administration of China launches hotline for netizens to report "historical nihilism" speech)
Voice of America, April 12, 2021

抗议中国制裁 特里尔大学孔子学院停课(In protest against Chinese sanctions of European scholars and think tanks, University of Trier suspends classes at its Confucius Institute)
Deutsche Welle, April 12, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Top Beijing official admits efficacy of China’s Covid vaccines is low
The Guardian, April 11, 2021

China Turning South China Sea Supply Ships into Mobile Surveillance Bases
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2021

‘Forced confession’ victims urge Chinese TV channels ban
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2021

Related:
强迫自白受害者联署 敦促欧洲禁播中国CGTN (In joint letter, forced confession victims urge Europe to ban broadcast of Chinese CGTN)
Deutsche Welle, April 12, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Record Alibaba Fine Shows China’s Big Tech Can’t Fight Back
Bloomberg, April 11, 2021

Related:
China Fines Alibaba $2.8 Billion in Landmark Antitrust Case
阿里巴巴遭182亿元重罚，这透露出什么信号？
The New York Times, April 12, 2021

Ant ordered to restructure by Chinese regulators
Financial Times, April 12, 2021

China's competition watchdog bulks up
Reuters, April 12, 2021

Chinese tech start-ups pull IPO plans as Beijing tightens scrutiny
Channel News Asia, April 12, 2021

Anti-fraud app from Chinese police sees soaring downloads amid complaints of forced installs
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2021

The anatomy of a Chinese online hate campaign
Protocol, April 9, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong elections: can blank votes be outlawed and will Beijing be embarrassed by low turnout?
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2021

前年區選逾6百名落選者　約2百人獲委任入各區委員會(200 candidates who lost in 2019 district council elections are appointed members of area committees; may join CE Election Committee)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 12, 2021

Related:
人力反對宣誓 區議員溫子眾退黨：不能輕言放棄既有陣地 (People Power opposes loyalty oath; its district councilor Wan Chi-chung resigns from party)
inmediahk.net, April 12, 2021

民主派初選47人案｜岑子杰高院申保釋被拒 (High Court again revokes bail application of Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit, one of the 47 pro-democracy detainees )
Ming Pao, April 12, 2021

Hong Kong schools told to do more to promote national security awareness, with flag-raising ceremony among suggestions from city’s education minister
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2021

Hong Kong’s Legislative Council paid out HK$13.3 million in end-of-service gratuities to resigned opposition lawmakers
South China Morning Post, April 9, 2021

'Stand tall': Hong Kong media tycoon Lai writes letter from jail
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2021

London making it easier for Hongkongers to apply for visas through BN(O) scheme
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2021

Ousted Hong Kong democrat Dennis Kwok surfaces in Canada
Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2021

Commentary (评论)

AI companies are enabling genocide in China
Washington Post, April 12, 2021

战狼外交之策略 专家：把民情转化为抵抗“外侮”的武器(Experts: Wolf warrior diplomacy strategy turns people’s sentiments into weapons of resistance against "foreign humiliation")
Voice of America, April 12, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

UN Chief Should Support Remote Investigation in Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch, April 8, 2021

国际社会呼吁中共立即释放维族企业家(International community calls on Chinese gov’t to immediately release Uyghur entrepreneur Ekpar Asat)
Voice of America, April 9, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

中共西藏当局颁布边境新禁令 防止外部渗透(Chinese authorities in Tibet issue new border rules to prevent external infiltration)
Voice of America, April 8, 2021

四川阿坝一藏族僧侣遭羁押一年半后 被以“分裂”罪名判刑(Tibetan monk in Aba, Sichuan, is convicted of “splittism” after 1.5 years in detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

US Bill to pressure China on trade and rights, back Taiwan
Agence France-Presse, April 9, 2021

Related:
Japan Toughens on China as Beijing Issues Threats
Foreign Policy, April 9, 2021

Philippines Welcomes US Backing to Help Defend Manila in South China Sea
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

US sanctions Chinese computer makers in widening tech fight
Associated Press, April 9, 2021

美国制裁中国七家超级计算机实体 中方称美国恶意打压(U.S. sanctions 7 Chinese supercomputing entities; China alleges malicious crackdown)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 9, 2021

Related:
Commerce Adds Seven Chinese Supercomputing Entities to Entity List for their Support to China’s Military Modernization, and Other Destabilizing Efforts
U.S. Department of Commerce, April 8, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Exclusive | Don’t undermine Hong Kong’s rule of law by politicising presence of foreign judges, ex-justice minister Elsie Leung cautions Western countries
South China Morning Post, April 9, 2021

Pro-democracy pair to quit Hong Kong district council seats over new allegiance oath
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2021

Hong Kong judiciary reveals bail decision reasons in cases linked to city’s largest national security law crackdown
South China Morning Post, April 9, 2021

Related:
District Court does have jurisdiction to hear sedition cases, Hong Kong judge rules, despite questions raised by national security law
South China Morning Post, April 9, 2021

Hong Kong university student charged with inciting secession under the national security law
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2021

Hong Kong defends plan to reduce corporate database transparency
Agence France-Presse, April 9, 2021

Andrew Wan charged over interference of Legco panel election
The Standard, April 9, 2021

【整治港台】鏗鏘集原有班底製作題材被叫停拍攝　僅一集內容獲「放生」(RTHK orders Hong Kong Connection production team to stop filming programs already in progress; only one episode is approved)
Stand News, April 9, 2021

香港民研：七成人指選舉改革是民主倒退 六成人反對資格審查(Hong Kong public opinion poll: 70% view electoral overhaul as democratic regression; 60% oppose candidate eligibility review)
Stand News, April 9, 2021

Related:
「我們香港人計劃」有關全國人大常委會修改後的香港選舉制度的調查發佈會暨第九次小型政策論壇
“We Hongkongers Survey” press conference cum our ninth mini-policy forum about HKSAR Electoral System by NPCSC
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, April 9, 2021

曾國衞︰考慮是否將資審會審查延伸至區議會(Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang says the gov’t is considering extending candidate eligibility review to district council level)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 8, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China’s Hard and Soft Lines on Xinjiang
The Diplomat, April 8, 2021

Related:
The challenge of blocking Chinese cotton to help the Uyghurs
Financial Times, April 8, 2021

‘I Never Thought China Could Ever Be This Dark’
The Atlantic, April 8, 2021

China Moves to Correct ‘Lies’ and ‘Misinformation’ In Australian Reporting on Uyghurs
Voice of America, April 8, 2021

Related:
‘We will respond in kind’: China’s ambassador warns Australia not to join Xinjiang sanctions
The Guardian, April 7, 2021

新疆人权：BBC专访中国制裁名单上的英国议会外交委员会主席图根哈特(Human Rights in Xinjiang: BBC Interviews with Tugendhat, British MP and Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, on China’s sanctions list)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 8, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan says it will fight to the end if attacked as China sends more jets
The Guardian, April 7, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

一组国际科学家呼吁对新冠病毒的源头展开新的调查(International scientists call for new probe into Covid-19 origins)
Voice of America, April 8, 2021

Related:
Scientists call for new probe into COVID-19 origins - with or without China
Reuters, April 7, 2021

中国官媒CGTN被英国吊销牌照后又在法国遭起诉(Chinese official media CGTN is sued in France after UK revokes its license)
Radio France Internationale, April 8, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

安徽“猪头人身”漫画作者张冬宁再遭判囚(Comic strip artist Zhang Dongning is sentenced to one year in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble")
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s Techno-Authoritarianism Has Gone Global
Foreign Affairs, April 8, 2021

疑似中国黑客为何能入侵微软：可能通过挖掘事先获得的个人信息(How did suspected Chinese hackers break into Microsoft: Possibly by mining personal information obtained in advance)
The Wall Street Journal, April 8, 2021

Related:
Suspected China Hack of Microsoft Shows Signs of Prior Reconnaissance
The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2021

Milk Tea Alliance: Twitter creates emoji for pro-democracy activists
BBC News, April 8, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong gov’t moves quickly to implement political changes ordered by Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press, April 8, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong electoral changes about driving city back to straight and narrow, says senior mainland Chinese official
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong defendant challenges jury exclusion for first trial under Beijing-imposed legislation
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2021

Related:
National security law: Hong Kong student accused of weapons possession charged with secession offence
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2021

UK announces HK$460 million package to help new arrivals from Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, April 8, 2021

Related:
Beijing accuses Britain of ‘sheltering criminals’ by granting asylum to fugitive Hong Kong activist Nathan Law
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2021

百多名公務員未簽署效忠聲明　當局將要求相關人員解釋(Over 100 civil servants who declined to take oath will be called to explain)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 8, 2021

黎銘澤宣布拒絕宣誓　將辭任區議員　無交代離港傳聞(Sai Kung district councilor Lai Ming Chak refuses to take oath, resigns; silent on rumor of him leaving Hong Kong)
Stand News, April 8, 2021

反修例事件2521人涉司法程序　614人被定罪(2521 under judicial proceedings involving Anti-ELAB incidents, 617 convicted)
Stand News, April 8, 2021

12港人案丨李子賢鄭子豪完成檢疫出庭　還押候訊(Hong Kong 12 Case: Li Tsz Yin and Cheng Tsz Ho finish quarantine, remanded in custody)
Stand News, April 8, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Here’s How to Handle the ‘Genocide Olympics’ in Beijing
北京冬奥会为我们带来应对习近平的筹码
The New York Times, April 8, 2021

Anti-China is not anti-Asian
Washington Post, April 6, 2021