China's Xi visits Tibet amid rising controls over religion
Associated Press, July 23, 2021
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习近平在对宗教日益严格的控制下访问西藏(Xi Jinping visits Tibet amid increasingly strict controls over religion)
Voice of America, July 23, 2021
Friday, July 23, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Two Changsha Funeng Activists Jailed For Two, Three Years
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2021
Couple Apply For Asylum in The Netherlands After Dramatic Rescue From Chinese Agents
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Ghost in the Machine: A Faceless, Famous Chinese Blogger Goes Silent
The Diplomat, July 23, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese web users are writing a new playbook for disaster response
Protocol, July 22, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong elections: voting hours slashed for Election Committee contest as authorities make dozens of changes to polls rule book
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
At least 60 face district ax with disqualifications
The Standard, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong women who ‘published seditious children’s books about sheep’ remanded in custody
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
六四集會案提訊 控方指8人擬不認罪、12人認罪(12 plead not guilty, 8 guilty over unauthorized Tiananmen massacre vigil in 2020)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 23, 2021
鄒幸彤涉煽惑六四集會 保釋覆核再被拒 旁聽人士高呼：錫晒你呀！(Hong Kong Alliance chairwoman and barrister Tonyee Chow Hang-tun is denied bail again for inciting others to participate in an unauthorized June 4th gathering)
inmedia.hk, July 23, 2021
李家超指正籌備 23 條立法 會比 03 年版本更嚴 處理「最極端」情況(Chief Secretary John Lee says gov't is preparing for Article 23 legislation, a harsher version than in 2003 to deal with "most extreme" circumstances)
Stand News, July 23, 2021
Academics in Hong Kong suffer curbs on their freedoms
The Economist, July 21, 2021
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兩名科大學者被指離職 李靜君：已約滿離任 成名： 仲喺科大(Report says two academics at University of Science and Technology quit)
Stand News,, July 23, 2021
Sample questions offer glimpse of how Hong Kong pupils will be tested in newly revamped liberal studies subject
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
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【公社科試卷】通識教師：流於背誦抄寫 難培養高階思維(Liberal studies teacher says revamped subject is limited to reciting and copying, difficult to nurture higher-level thinking)
Stand News,, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong youth’s patriotism undermined by relentless anti-China campaign conducted by ‘foreign forces’, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam scraps policy address town hall meetings over ‘lone wolf’ attack fears
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
London mayor to support Hongkongers moving to city with US$1.2 million fund
Associated Press, July 23, 2021
Exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activists urge US Congress to speed up ‘life boat’ status law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
9 Indicted in US for Being Illegal Agents of China
Voice of America, July 22, 2021
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九名“猎狐行动”参与者在美国被起诉 被控充当中国政府非法代理人(Nine in Operation Fox Hunt are indicted in U.S. for acting as illegal agents of the PRC)
Voice of America, July 23, 2021
遭中共长期迫害的著名公众知识分子李悔之（本名李立群）以死抗争 昨晚服毒自杀 今上午8时53分去世(Well-known public intellectual Li Huizhi (pen name of Li Liqun) commits suicide to protest long-term persecution by CPC)
Weiquanwang, July 23, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Chinese Authorities Must Release Three NGO Staff Sentenced by Changsha Intermediate Court, End Crackdown on Rights Advocacy
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 23, 2021
In Their Own Words (引言)
“You can leave Hong Kong, but it will never leave you.”
―Nury Vittachi, writer based in Hong Kong, from his book, Hong Kong: The City of Dreams (2006)
“你可以离开香港，但它永远不会离开你。”
——努雷·维塔奇（Nury Vittachi）
（常驻香港作家。引语出自其书：《香港：梦想之城》，2006年)
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Room for 10,000: Inside China's largest detention center
The Washington Post, July 22, 2021
Kodak Deletes Post by Photographer Who Called Xinjiang an ‘Orwellian Dystopia’
柯达删除涉新疆Instagram帖子引发争议
The New York Times, July 22, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
In China, Chinese Now Tops Tibetan
Human Rights Watch, July 21, 2021
中共被批关闭藏语学校持续推动西藏去藏化(Free Tibet accuses Chinese gov’t of closing Tibetan language schools and continuing to promote de-Tibetization of Tibet)
Voice of America, July 22, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
A legendary Chinese dissident blogger has suddenly fallen silent
Quartz, July 22, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China’s complicated relationship with LGBTQ+ rights
SupChina, July 22, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China denounces the W.H.O.’s call for another look at the Wuhan lab as ‘shocking’ and ‘arrogant.’
世卫提议再次调查武汉病毒所，中国称“不可能接受”
The New York Times, July 22, 2021
Related:
Covid: China rejects WHO plan for second phase of virus origin probe
BBC News, July 22, 2021
China must cut emissions to avoid climate ‘chaos’, warns US envoy Kerry
美气候特使克里：中国必须在2030年前削减排放
Financial Times, July 22, 2021
法国：中国黑客正向该国发起大规模网攻(France: China’s hackers are launching large-scale cyberattacks on the country)
Deutsche Welle, July 22, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s Regulatory Turf Wars
Protocol, July 22, 2021
Constant but Camouflaged, Flurry of Cyberattacks Offer Glimpse of New Era
黑客攻击新常态下，我们将迎来一个怎样的时代？
The New York Times, July 22, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Five arrested in Hong Kong for sedition over children’s book about sheep
The Guardian, July 22, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong national security police explain why children’s picture books about sheep are seditious
Hong Kong Free Press, July 22, 2021
Hong Kong protests: 7 guilty of Yuen Long MTR station assaults jailed for up to 7 years
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong Marks Second Anniversary of Bloody Yuen Long Attacks
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2021
Hong Kong court denies bail to 4 Apple Daily journalists on national security charges
Hong Kong Free Press, July 22, 2021
Hong Kong privacy law change will let government block social media
Financial Times, July 22, 2021
郭榮鏗出任哈佛甘迺迪亞洲學人 發表國安法下國際營商風險論文(Dennis Kwok, ex-lawmaker and current Harvard Kennedy School Asia Fellow, publishes essay on risks for int'l business under National Security Law)
Stand News, July 22, 2021
Related:
The Risks for International Business under the Hong Kong National Security Law
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard University Kennedy School, July 2021
美國報告稱國安法削香港自治 中方強烈不滿和堅決反對(Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly opposes U.S. report on National Security Law weakening Hong Kong's autonomy)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 22, 2021
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Kodak deletes Xinjiang photo from Instagram, vows to ‘respect Chinese gov’t’
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Biden Has Angered China, and Beijing Is Pushing Back
美中外交交锋升级，习近平能否找到有效反击战略？
The New York Times, July 21, 2021
早有预警？武汉病毒所领导在疫情前数月坦承实验室安全堪忧 (Director of Wuhan P4 lab wrote about concerning conditions months before the pandemic)
Voice of America, July 21, 2021
河南水灾：郑州暴雨已致25人丧生，医院停电，过去24小时发生了什么 (Severe flooding in Henan: 25 dead, power outage in hospitals, and other incidents over past 24 hours)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 21, 2021
毫无察觉的中国立体监控，令人“不禁想起1930年代的德国” (Undetected but pervasive surveillance in China “reminds one of Germany in the 1930s”)
Voice of America, July 21, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China Breached Dozens of Pipeline Companies in Past Decade, U.S. Says
美国指中国十年间多次攻击其油气管道网络
The New York Times, July 21, 2021
Beijing's costly plans for cybersecurity 'self-sufficiency'
Protocol, July 20, 2021
Beijing fines and warns big tech groups over explicit content
Financial Times, July 21, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong national security police arrest 3 former top staff of pro-democracy paper Apple Daily
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2021
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警方國安處撤銷兩人保釋 消息指兩人為陳沛敏及馮偉光(Police revoke bail for Apple Daily ex-associate publisher Chan Pui-man and ex-English news editor-in-chief Fung Wai-kong)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 21, 2021
Closing arguments at Hong Kong’s first security law trial, landmark verdict next Tue
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2021
Hong Kong protests: 2 students jailed for rioting over Chinese University clashes; 1 more handed prison term for violating mask ban
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2021
Goodbye district councils? Hong Kong’s area committees set to replace local bodies reeling from wave of resignations
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2021
Beijing transfers official from Macau liaison office to Hong Kong to oversee coordination between security agencies, sources say
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2021
Why Hong Kong’s proposed doxxing law alarms Google and Facebook
Quartz, July 21, 2021
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Hong Kong constitutional affairs minister defends anti-doxxing bill’s ‘reasonable balance’ as another group warns of potential for misuse
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2021
學苑：港大學生會遷出 今起再無會址(HKU students’ union moves out of Composite Building with no forwarding address)
Ming Pao, July 21, 2021
School fears up on brain drain
The Standard, July 21, 2021
Commentary (评论)
China: End Persecution of Free Speech with Frivolous Crimes
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 21, 2021
Hong Kong: Drop Charges Against Vigil Organizer
Human Rights Watch, July 21, 2021
Related:
NGO Joint Letter to Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Urging Release of Chow Hang-tung
Human Rights in China et al., July 20, 2021
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
台灣稱將在立陶宛設代表處 歐洲首個以台灣為名代表處 (Taiwan to establish its first European representative office in Lithuania)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 20, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Beijing calls out Amazon, ByteDance, NetEase for violating users’ rights in latest crackdown
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
How China Transformed Into a Prime Cyber Threat to the U.S.
中国是如何成为美国主要网络威胁的
The New York Times, July 20, 2021
Related:
Calling out China for cyberattacks is risky — but a lawless digital world is even riskier
The Conversation, July 20, 2021
U.S. Formally Accuses China of Hacking Microsoft
美国正式指控中国政府入侵微软邮件系统
The New York Times, July 20, 2021
Relate:
Four Chinese Nationals Working with the Ministry of State Security Charged with Global Computer Intrusion Campaign Targeting Intellectual Property and Confidential Business Information, Including Infectious Disease Research
The United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, July 19, 2021China: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union urging Chinese authorities to take action against malicious cyber activities undertaken from its territory
European Council, July 19, 2021Japan govt says companies targeted by China-backed cyber hacking group
Reuters, July 19, 2021Statement by the North Atlantic Council in solidarity with those affected by recent malicious cyber activities including the Microsoft Exchange Server compromise
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, July 19, 2021赵立坚说美国是全球最大网络攻击来源国
U.S. is world's largest source of cyber attacks: FM spokesperson
Xinhua, July 20, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong has no time for by-elections to fill more than 200 district council seats vacated by opposition: Carrie Lam
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
Small, obscure but newly powerful: a closer look at community groups that will help decide make-up of Hong Kong’s Election Committee
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam seeks refuge from city’s anti-bribery laws behind blanket of national security
Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2021
Landmark Hong Kong security trial wraps up in test for rule of law
Reuters, July 20, 2021
「傑斯」被控串謀作煽動行為等 10 罪 控方申案交國安法指定法官審理(Online radio host Giggs' case: Prosecution requests transfer to designated national security judge)
Stand News, July 20, 2021
Chan kin-man, co-founder of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Occupy movement, opts for Taiwan ‘retreat’
Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2021
US wanted Britain to ‘restrain’ Hong Kong opposition leader Martin Lee from holding 1997 handover protest, declassified records show
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
Staff at Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK ordered not to refer to Taiwan as a country, or its leader as president
Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2021
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【整頓港台】員工稱新聞部審查加劇 總監曾警告員工已簽聲明 可被指控不擁護政府(Staff says censorship in RTHK news department has intensified; head of news warns staff of being accused of insufficient loyalty to government)
Stand News, July 20, 2021
Now News exec. resigns, cites ‘turbulent times’ for Hong Kong media – reports
Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2021
理大衝突期間紅磡被捕男子暴動等罪成判囚3年9個月(31-year old man sentenced to 3 years, 9 months in prison for rioting in the 2019 PolyU siege)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 19, 2021
【六四和平集會案】梁凱晴刑滿出獄 短髮現身未有發言 同案 8 人擬不認罪 11 月開審(Former district councilor Janelle Leung is released from jail after finishing sentence over unauthorized Tiananmen vigil in 2020)
Stand News, July 20, 2021
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam shrugs off scenes of residents leaving at airport, says city has ‘prosperous future’ ahead
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2021
民研：五項核心社會指標均不合格 學者指民主已遙不可及(On scale of 1 to 10, survey shows popular ratings of below 5 for all five core social indicators; scholar says democracy is beyond reach)
inmedia.hk, July 20, 2021
Related:
POP release the five core social indicators and latest GGPI
民研計劃最新五項核心社會指標及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, July 20, 2021
Commentary (评论)
China’s Looming Succession Crisis
Foreign Affairs, July 20, 2021
蔡霞：中共百年，恐惧变成一种特殊的凝聚力 (Cai Xia on CPC's Centennial: Fear has become an unusual cohesive force)
Radio France Internationale, July 20, 2021
中國式歧視登峰造極，「人下人」的命不如「人上人」的狗 (Extreme discrimination with Chinese characteristics: Lives of underclass humans are worth less than those of upper class people's dogs)
The News Lens, July 20, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China has the most restrictions on cross-border data flows, says Washington think tank
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2021
Silenced in China: the COVID ‘truth-tellers’ and political dissent
The Conversation, July 17, 2021
Seeking China's New Narratives
China Media Project, July 16, 2021
Chinese Censors Shut Down Popular Science Social Media Accounts
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China-US relations: Beijing threatens to deal ‘head-on’ blow after latest sanctions over Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
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Companies in Hong Kong fear being crushed between China and US
Financial Times, July 19, 2021
美国及多个盟友联合声明：中国国安部雇佣犯罪分子实施恶意网络攻击(Joint statement by U.S. and allies: China’s Ministry of State Security hires criminals to carry out malicious cyberattacks)
Voice of America, July 19, 2021
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The United States, Joined by Allies and Partners, Attributes Malicious Cyber Activity and Irresponsible State Behavior to the People’s Republic of China
The White House, July 19, 2021
湖北拆迁户走头无路 袭击拆迁官员致两死一重伤(In attack on demolition officials, desperate Hubei residents kill two, seriously injure one)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China Spy Agency Blamed by US, Others of Using Contract Hackers
Voice of America, July 19, 2021
What China Expects of Businesses: Total Surrender
The New York Times, July 19, 2021
Related:
Chinese companies face uncertainty as data security hawks gain power
Financial Times, July 17, 2021Beijing’s decision to block Tencent’s Douyu-Huya merger deal marks end of freewheeling internet era in China
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2021
Confession of jailed Chinese internet tsar goes on display in new Communist Party museum
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
用以色列窃听软件 监控反对派及新闻记者(Many countries use Israeli spy software to monitor dissidents, journalists)
Deutsche Welle, July 19, 2021
多间互联网企业被整改 学者指影响大惹当局忧虑(Scholars say Chinese authorities are concerned over impact of their rectifications of Internet companies)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
No. of voters picking Hong Kong’s Election Committee plunges by 97% under ‘patriots only’ overhaul
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong gov’t to spend HK$38m on promoting upcoming legislative polls
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2021
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Hong Kong electoral changes: ‘national security law, patriots’ should be publicity theme of coming Legislative Council polls
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2021Hong Kong elections: vetting committee will weed out candidates ‘faking’ their loyalty pledges, John Lee says
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
Top Chinese official said to have 5 demands for Hong Kong’s national security
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2021
BNO holders rush out as emergency route ends
The Standard, July 19, 2021
US business chamber fears internet censorship in Hong Kong, urges guarantees on free flow of info
Agence France-Presse, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong police to conduct anti-terror drills, may investigate people for leaving flowers at site where officer’s attacker died, chief says
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2021
HKU student union may have violated security law for thanking police attacker, says Hong Kong top cop
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong protests: PolyU graduate jailed for rioting near the campus at height of 2019 unrest
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2021
Hong Kong schools prepare to include national security education in everything from English to music, physics and IT lessons
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
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教局更新指引 每 3 年查教師刑事紀錄 新入職須簽守則注意網上言論(In updated guidelines, Education Bureau checks teachers' criminal record every three years and requires applicants to pay attention to own online comments)
Stand News, July 19, 2021
Pro-Beijing lawmaker claims hit Hong Kong TV show featuring same-sex romance violates China’s national security law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong director has sold rights to protest documentary screened at Cannes, but says he won’t leave city in spite of risks
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong Book Fair vendors double down on selling works by opposition figures despite complaints citing legislation
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
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Hong Kong Book Fair: Two local publishers keep titles on sale despite security law complaints
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2021
修訂《入境條例》 8.1 生效 保安局：「預先通報旅客資料」會以附屬法例實施(Immigration Amendment Bill takes effect on August 1; Security Bureau says "Advance Passenger Information" will be implemented as subsidiary legislation)
Stand News, July 19, 2021
now 新聞部再地震 消息指副總裁鄭麗矜請辭 員工：多方面無法與陳鐵彪合作(Now News vice president Annie Cheng resigns; staff says it's hard to work with pro-Beijing head of news Chan Tit Piu)
Stand News, July 19, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Proposed doxxing law another case of legal overreach
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2021
Reasons to be fearful of China’s data-gathering
The Guardian, July 17, 2021
Dozens of my family members have disappeared – it’s time for the world to stop denying Uyghurs’ suffering
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2021
What China Expects From Businesses: Total Surrender
“听党话、跟党走”：中共想要怎样的私营企业？
The New York Times, July 19, 2021
“Tang Ping,” A New Form of Social Disobedience in China
Chinascope, July 13, 2021
Friday, July 16, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China to Hand Law Enforcement Powers to Local Officials Under 'Grid' System
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2021
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中共中央 国务院关于加强基层治理体系和治理能力现代化建设的意见 (Opinion of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Strengthening the Modernization of the Grassroots Governance System and Governance Capacity)
State Council of the People’s Republic of China, July 11, 2021
Chinese farmer who praised lawyers during crackdown on trial
Associated Press, July 15, 2021
孙大午案开庭: 与检方就证据与法律有巨大争议(Trial of prominent Chinese farmer Sun Dawu: Huge dispute between prosecution and defense over evidence and the law)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
In China’s publishing business, you have to duck and dive
The Economist, July 17th 2021 edition
Foreign Media Face a Trust Crisis in China
The Diplomat, July 16, 2021
China seeks to ban karaoke songs in new crackdown on music that ‘harms national unity’
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
How nationalism is making life harder for gay people in China
The Economist, July 17th 2021 edition
中国裁判文书网下架“敏感”裁判文书( Government repository “China Judgements Online” removes "sensitive" documents)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Covid: WHO urges China to co-operate better in virus origin probe
BBC News, July 16, 2021
Related:
China rebuffs WHO claims that it obstructed COVID-19 investigation
Agence France-Presse, July 16, 2021
众议院外委会通过抗衡中国的《鹰法》(U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee passes Eagle Act to counter China)
Voice of America, July 16, 2021
Related:
U.S. House committee advances China bill without Republican backing
Reuters, July 15, 2021
国际人权服务社呼吁各国抵御中国在联合国经济和社会事务部影响力(ISHR urges all countries to resist China's influence in UN ECOSOC)
Voice of America, July 16, 2021
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CHINA AND THE UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
ISHR, July 15, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Chinese regulators swoop on Didi offices to conduct security probe
中国七部门进驻滴滴展开安全审查
Financial Times, July 16, 2021
Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and 30 other Big Tech firms sign voluntary antitrust ‘self-discipline’ pledge at event
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2021
Genetic Data Collection by Chinese Company Presents Global Policy Challenge, Experts Say
Voice of America, July 16, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
National Security police search University of Hong Kong Student Union
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2021
Realted:
【清算學生會】國安警搜港大學生會、校園電視、學苑 消息：警循涉嫌宣揚恐怖主義方向調查 (Students' Union purge | National Security police raid HKU Students' Union, HKUSU Campus TV and publication “Undergrad”; source: Police search for suspected terrorism propaganda)
Stand News, July 16, 2021
割席继续 岭大宣布停止代收学生会会费 (Suppression of student unions continue: Lingnan University to stop collecting fees on behalf of students' union)
Deutsche Welle, July 15, 2021
US sanctions 7 Hong Kong liaison office officials, warns of dangers from national security law
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
US warns business of dangers from Hong Kong national security law
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
Risks and Considerations for Businesses Operating in Hong Kong
U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, Homeland Security, July 16, 2021
中国港澳办主任夏宝龙：香港管治架构应排除“反中乱港分子” (HKMAO director Xia Baolong: “Anti-China and Hong Kong” elements should be eliminated from Hong Kong governance structure)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 16, 2021
Hong Kong police ‘the world’s best’, says top Beijing official, as he hails national security law for crushing ‘colour revolution’ plot
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
香港民研：7成民主派支持者認為，警隊處理刺警案不專業 (PORI poll: 70% of democratic supporters say police handling of “police stabbing” case is unprofessionally)
Stand News, July 16, 2021
Hong Kong court to hear closing arguments for first national security trial next Tuesday
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2021
Explainer | Hong Kong’s district councils: with opposition members resigning in droves as oath looms, what happens next to these local bodies?
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
Hong Kong’s proposed anti-doxxing law far too broad and vague, critics argue
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2021
香港“反起底”修法细节：政府可强制要求本地及海外公司删除信息 (Details in the Hong Kong “anti-doxxing law” revision: Gov’t can demand domestic and int’l companies to delete information)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 16, 2021
‘Free from self-censorship’: Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot
Agence France-Presse, July 16, 2021
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【專訪】《時代革命》入圍康城 恐懼中堅持 周冠威：拍紀錄片而已，不需那麼快後退 (Special interview with Kiwi Chow, director of “Revolution of Our Times”; Chow: I'm only making a documentary, no need to back off so fast)
Stand News, July 16, 2021
【書展 2021】《元朗黑夜》、《逆權教師》等被投訴涉國安法 書商﹕沒有違法 不會下架 (Despite warning of possible violation of National Security Law, bookseller: There is no violation, will not remove books)
Stand News, July 16, 2021
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang
Reuters, July 15, 2021
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美参议院一致通过《防止强迫维吾尔人劳动法》将禁止进口新疆产品(U.S. Senate unanimously passes The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to prohibit the import of Xinjiang products)
Voice of America, July 15, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
美国军机据报今早短暂降落台湾 中国表示严重关切(U.S. military aircraft reportedly landed briefly in Taiwan; China raises serious concern)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 15, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China to Try Magnate Sun Dawu As Rights Group Calls For His Release
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2021
四川异议人士谢俊彪遭批捕 陈云飞案移送检察院起诉(Sichuan dissident Xie Junbiao is formally arrested; Chen Yunfei to face indictment)
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
世卫面对近2亿确诊者 谭德塞再促中国必须配合溯源调查(WHO facing nearly 200 million confirmed COVID cases, Director-General urges China to cooperate with origin probe)
Radio France Internationale, July 15, 2021
Related:
WHO chief asks China to be transparent and cooperate with coronavirus origin probe
Reuters, July 15, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
兰德智库：中国武器研发虽有进步，但模式使之难以跻身世界前列(RAND: Despite progress, R&D model presents hurdles for China’s weaponry in reaching world’s top)
Voice of America, July 15, 2021
Related:
Defense Acquisition in Russia and China
Rand, July 15, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong privacy watchdog may make arrests without warrants under proposed law against doxxing
Hong Kong Free Press, July 15, 2021
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Hong Kong authorities agree to lower threshold for prosecution under new anti-doxxing law after lawmakers voice concerns
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Hong Kong electoral changes: powerful vetting committee that will review hopefuls in coming polls holds first meeting
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Hong Kong activist ‘Grandma Wong’ sentenced to 1 month in jail for assaulting court security guard
Hong Kong Free Press, July 15, 2021
Journalism prof defends research on banned ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ slogan, as prosecutors call data ‘irrelevant’ at city’s first security law trial
Hong Kong Free Press, July 15, 2021
Hong Kong press group wants Beijing to rethink national security law after year of ‘unprecedented threats’
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2021
記協發表2021言論自由年報：新聞自由最壞一年 (Hong Kong Journalists Association’s 2021 annual press freedom report: Worst year of press freedom)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2021
Related:
2021 Annual Report: Freedom in Tatters
2021年言論自由年報《破碎的自由》
Hong Kong Journalists Association, July 15, 2021
記協反對立假新聞法 主席陳朗昇：在業界頭上加多把刀 (Hong Kong Journalists Association opposes fake news law; Chairman Ron Sing Chan: One more sword hanging over the industry)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2021
Self-censorship hits Hong Kong book fair in wake of national security law
Associated Press, July 15, 2021
Fifth Hong Kong university student union facing uncertain future, as school says it will no longer collect membership fees
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2021
學苑：港大要求學生會7日內遷離學生會綜合大樓 (HKU demands Students' Union to move out of Composite Building within 7 days)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2021
林鄭稱防賄條例修例一定走數 斥是衝著特首憲制定位 (Carrie Lam criticizes revision of Prevention of Bribery Ordinance as being at odds with the Chief Executive's constitutional position)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2021
Cannes Screens Bombshell Hong Kong Protest Doc as Late Addition to Official Program
The Hollywood Reporter, July 15, 2021
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
US warns companies on Xinjiang business, urges exit
Al Jazeera, July 14, 2021
Related:
China claims it has improved people’s lives in Xinjiang after US warning
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Measuring the Scale of Chinese Transnational Repression
The Diplomat, July 14, 2021
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells Xi Jinping: Xinjiang’s Uygurs must be treated as ‘equal citizens’ of China
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
Tibetans Defy China to Celebrate Dalai Lama's Birthday Online
藏人违抗中国政府，在网上为达赖喇嘛庆生
Voice of America, July 13, 2021
Macao (澳门)
Macau democrat banned from election over pics with Hong Kong opposition, Taiwan tour, and Tiananmen Massacre vigils
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2021
澳门立法会候选人遭集体DQ “爱国爱澳”面临重新定义 (“Love China, love Macau” faces redefinition after disqualification of all Legislative Assembly candidates)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 14, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
耶伦呼吁美欧共同应对中国劣行，中国表示“坚决反对” (Yellen urges U.S., EU to fight against China's bad behavior; China: “We strongly oppose”)
Voice of America, July 13, 2021
防堵中国窃取知识产权 加拿大要求大学通过国安评估 (Canada requires research partnerships to go through national security assessment to prevent intellectual property theft by China)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2021
欧盟对华强硬但不脱钩？专家称等待中国守规矩是“危险的选择” (EU to take tough actions against China without decoupling? Expert: Waiting for China to follow rules is a “dangerous choice”)
Voice of America, JUly 14, 2021
从新冠检测到产前检测 中国收集基因数据行为再遭质疑 (From COVID to pregnancy test, questions on China's DNA collection rise again)
Voice of America, July 14, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
The Chinese government must end its reprisals against agricultural entrepreneur and philanthropist Sun Dawu and his associates
National Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 14, 2021
Activists Remember Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo, Four Years After His Death
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
HKU student union members behind resolution ‘appreciating’ police attacker could face legal action next: government adviser
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
立法會通過修訂《議事規則》 限制委員會人數 若流會無有效理由缺席議員將扣薪 (LegCo revises Rules of Procedure that limits numbers of committee members, docks pay for absence preventing quorum)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2021
香港逾半民主派区议员辞职背后的挣扎与反思 (The struggle and reflection behind the resignations of over a half of Hong Kong’s district councillors)
British Broadcasting Corporation, JUly 14, 2021
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7月7至13日至少206區議員辭職【附名單】 (At least 206 district councillors have resigned from July 7 to 13 (name list attached))
Ming Pao, July 13, 2021
美國國務院：《港區國安法》持續損害香港法治 (U.S. Department of State: National Security Law continues to damage the rule of law in Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2021
‘Liberate Hong Kong’ slogan says independence ‘to some people,’ politics scholar tells first national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2021
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Hong Kong’s first national security trial is debating Malcolm X’s legacy
Quartz, July 14, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong court remands 3 more suspects in custody over alleged terrorist bomb plot
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Hong Kong Wikipedia editors take precautions amid fears mainland peers may report users to national security police
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2021
国安法下出版自由萎缩 香港书商慨叹出版业自我审查严重 (Hong Kong’s freedom to publish shrinks under National Security Law; booksellers lament industry’s heavy self-censorship)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2021
国安法下香港书展变成中共大外宣展场 (Hong Kong Book Fair becomes CPC's propaganda fair under National Security Law)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2021
Hong Kong and the Limits of Decoupling
Foreign Affairs, July 14, 2021
建制派狙擊港台 陸頌雄：報道稱蔡英文「總統」違一國原則 邱騰華：用字會守《約章》 (RTHK under attack from the pro-establishment camp; Michael Luk: Calling Tsai Ing-wen “president” is against the “one country” principle; Edward Yau: Will follow the RTHK Charter)
Stand News, July 14, 2021
獄中悼念劉曉波 鄒幸彤：不能辜負前⼈付出 在地頑抗不撤不退 (Tonyee Chow commemorates Liu Xiaobo while in prison: We must not fail those who came before us, be steadfast in our resistance, and not retreat)
Stand News, July 14, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Beijing pushes Chinese firms to report cybersecurity vulnerabilities early and often amid growing threats
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Facial recognition for gamers, app store bans for Didi: what’s behind China’s recent crackdown on big tech?
The Conversation, July 14, 2021
中国发布网络产品安全漏洞管理规定 禁止利用漏洞危害网络安全行为 (China publishes Network Product Security Vulnerability Management Measures banning harmful exploitations)
Reuters, July 13, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Climate Change Is Not a Reason to Give China a Pass on Human Rights
Slate, July 14, 2021
卢思位律师：我今天体验了一把无法呼吸的味道！ (Lawyer Lu Siwei: I experienced “I can't breathe” today!)
Weiquanwang, July 14, 2021
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
US renews China 'genocide' claims over Uyghur treatment
美公布种族灭绝年度报告 中国与缅甸为高风险国 (U.S. publishes annual report on genocide, highlights China and Burma as high risk countries)
Deutsche Welle, July 12, 2021
Related:
2021 Report to Congress Pursuant to Section 5 of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-441)
U.S. Department of State, July 12, 2021
The imprisonment of the ‘Lucky Family': How Chinese authorities detained and sentenced a whole birthday party
Global Voices, July 12, 2021
新疆专题遭中国大使馆威胁 法国少儿报纸拒绝撤回报导 (French newspaper for children, Mon Quotitien, refuses to take down its Uyghur special report despite pressure from Chinese embassy)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
Scattered Among the Himalaya, Glimpses of a Changing Tibet
漫游喜马拉雅，体验一个变化中的西藏
The New York Times, July 13, 2021
Macao (澳门)
China bans pro-democracy candidates in Macau elections
The Guardian, July 13, 2021
“一国两制”幻灭 澳门民主派无缘参选立法会 (The vanishing of “one country, two systems”: Macao democratic candidates are barred from Legislative Assembly election)
Voice of America, July 12, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
US sanctions on China will continue but Beijing ‘unlikely to escalate’ amid decoupling fears
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2021
除中国大陆外 全球多地悼念刘晓波逝世4周年 (Multiple cities across the globe commemorate the 4th anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s death, except in mainland China)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s Big Tech crackdown has opened a new front: national security
Quartz, July 12, 2021
A third of Britons fear TikTok would share data with Chinese state
The Guardian, July 13, 2021
用户超百万境外上市须审查 中国网信办修法带来的影响 (The impact of the revised Cybersecurity Review Measures: Operators with 1 million or more users must be reviewed before publicly listed abroad)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 13, 2021
China Called Finance Apps the Best Thing Since the Compass. No Longer.
撞上监管高墙，中国金融科技业何去何从？
The New York Times, July 13, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Article 23 moves have to ensure protection of legitimate rights
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2021
Commemorate Liu Xiaobo, Remember July 21
Toronto Association for Democracy in China, July 13, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong electoral changes: candidates and members of powerful Election Committee must say if they or spouse hold BN(O) and other passports
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2021
Full steam ahead on oath-taking as Hong Kong leader insists fully functioning district councils ‘not a factor’
Hong Kong Free Press, July 13, 2021
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Hong Kong authorities have weak legal case for demanding disqualified councillors return pay, but ‘tactic worked’, government sources say
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2021
Hong Kong gets serious on cyber harassment, but are tech giants right that proposed anti-doxxing law is too wide, too tough?
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2021
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Hong Kong ‘doxing’ crackdown stirs further fears for business
Financial Times, July 13, 2021
Biden to warn U.S. companies of risks of operating in Hong Kong - FT
Reuters, July 13, 2021
Boy, 15, likely to be charged under Hong Kong’s national security law over alleged terrorist plot, police source says
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2021
University of Hong Kong axes all links to student union, hours after chief exec. urges further action over ‘mourning’ row
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2021
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林郑敦促香港大学整肃学生组织 建议警方介入调查 (Carrie Lam urges HKU to purge student organizations, suggests involving police)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2021
Academic Freedom on The Wane in Hong Kong, One Year After Security Law
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2021
Self-censorship expected as Hong Kong book fair held under national security law
Reuters, July 13, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong commerce chief dismisses lawmakers’ calls to censor online films
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2021
Hong Kong’s Lam compares top officials breaking Covid rules at dinner party to receiving parking fine
Hong Kong Free Press, July 13, 2021
【國安教育】全港幼稚園 7 月派《國安讀本》 教育局：助幼兒認識中國人身分 (National Security Law Reader to be distributed to all kindergarten in Hong Kong, in move to “help children recognize the Chinese identity,” says Education Bureau)
Stand News, July 13, 2021
羅健熙：民主黨不會解散 撥款支持離任議員繼續地區工作 (Lo Kin-hei, chair of Democratic Party: Party will not disband, will continue funding resigned council members' work in districts)
inmediahk.net, July 13, 2021
Monday, July 12, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China’s 709 Crackdown Is Still Going On
The Diplomat, July 9, 2021
Related:
The Sixth Anniversary of "709 Crackdown": A Tribute to the Women Who Resist
Human Rights in China, July 8, 2021
广西人权律师覃永沛严重超期羁押625天仍未开庭 母亲今去世 母子终未能见最后一面(Detained 625 days without trial, Guangxi rights lawyer Qin Yongpei was not allowed to see his mother before her passing)
Weiquanwang, July 11, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese social media shutdown of LGBT student groups ‘highlights backlash against Western influences’
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2021
China's Nationalistic ‘Wolf Warriors’ Blast Foes on Twitter
Wired, July 10, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
常玮平、丁家喜获2021年中国人权律师奖(Civil society groups honor Chang Weiping, Ding Jiaxi with 2021 China Human Rights Lawyer Awards)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
What to Expect From China’s New Anti-Sanctions Law
The Diplomat, July 10, 2021
欧盟启动“连接全球”基础设施计划 路透社：与中国 “一带一路 ”抗衡(EU launches global infrastructure plan linking Europe to world; Reuters: A plan to contend with China's "Belt and Road")
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2021
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After G7 pledge, EU seeks to rival China's 'Belt and Road' with own infrastructure plan
Reuters, July 12, 2021
当“战狼”主导中国的外交声音(The Man Behind China’s Aggressive New Voice)
The New York Times, July 12, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Data, not arms, the key driver in emerging US-China cold war
The Guardian, July 10, 2021
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China’s Big Tech face wake-up call as country’s web of data protection laws grows more elaborate
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2021Beijing tightens grip on China tech with proposal for cybersecurity reviews on all foreign public listings
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2021
Why China is hobbling its tech sector
Agence France-Presse, July 11, 2021
中国出台《网络安全审查办法》：掌握百万以上用户信息运营商海外上市须审查(China promulgates Cyber Security Review Measures: Operators with personal information of more than one million users must be officially reviewed before listing in foreign exchanges)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2021
Related:
国家互联网信息办公室关于《网络安全审查办法（修订草案征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知Notice of Cyberspace Administration of China on Public Solicitation of Opinions on Cyber Security Review Measures (Revised Draft for Soliciting Comments)
Cyberspace Administration of China, July 10, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
China responds to UK’s call to boycott Beijing Olympics
SupChina, July 12, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Carrie Lam: Hong Kong’s new no.2 John Lee to focus on national security, not poverty, youth or ethnic minority issues
Hong Kong Free Press, July 12, 2021
Security law: Hong Kong police arrest 5 more including teenager over ‘terrorist plan’
Hong Kong Free Press, July 12, 2021
Uncertainty ahead for Hong Kong district councils as arrests, mass resignations deplete opposition ranks
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2021
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Hong Kong Democratic Party leader Lo Kin-hei becomes latest opposition figure to quit district council seat
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2021Hong Kong elections: candidates deemed ‘unpatriotic’ will be told disqualification reasons, No 2 official says, vowing transparency
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2021The mass arrest of Hong Kong’s opposition figures
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2021
Hong Kong No 2 says city weighing legal, regulatory options against ‘fake news’ as police chief blames it for stirring hatred against force
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2021
‘Growing risks’: Hong Kong pro-democracy group scales down
The Guardian, July 11, 2021
Hong Kong Student Politicism activist seeks ‘to bring hope’ despite multiple arrests
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2021
University of Hong Kong removes all posters from ‘Democracy Wall’ and student union premises
Hong Kong Free Press, July 12, 2021
Hong Kong leader vows to push ‘patriotic education’ in city’s schools to stop children being misled
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2021
Communist Party moves increasingly centre stage during Hong Kong crackdown
Agence France-Presse, July 10, 2021
Outlawed, branded a cult in mainland China, Falun Gong faces calls to be banned under Hong Kong’s national security law
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2021
Hong Kong Migrants Seek Fresh Start in U.K. After Crackdown
The New York Times, July 12, 2021
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