ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s sweeping Personal Information Protection Law to come into effect on November 1
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021

中国通过个人信息保护法 称世界最严隐私保护(China passes law on protection of personal information, reportedly world's most stringent)
Radio France Internationale, August 20, 2021

Related:
中华人民共和国个人信息保护法(Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Personal Information)
The National People's Congress of China, August 20, 2021

Beijing has a plan for automated governance
Protocol, August 19, 2021

Commentary (评论)

South Koreans Now Dislike China More Than They Dislike Japan
韩国人对中国负面看法加深，年轻人尤甚
The New York Times, August 20, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

The Chinese government drives support among ambassadors of Muslim countries for the Uyghur genocide
GlobalVoices, August 19, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

China pushes adoption of language, cultural symbols in Tibet
Associated Press, August 19, 2021

汪洋出席西藏"解放"七十年庆典 流亡藏人：共产党踩在藏人尸体上庆贺入侵(Wang Yang, member of Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee, attends the 70th anniversary celebration of Tibet's "Liberation"; Tibetans in exile: CPC tramples on corpses of Tibetans to celebrate invasion)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

陈紫娟（常玮平妻子）：常玮平第二次被抓300天了没有家属律师见过他！众亲属家门口被装监控摄像头(Chen Zijuan, wife of rights lawyer Chang Weiping: 300 days into detention, Chang is denied meetings with lawyers and family; surveillance cameras are installed at the door of relatives' homes)
Weiquanwang, August 19, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China Aims Its Propaganda Firehose at the BBC
Wired, August 18, 2021

Researchers Jailed Over Github Stash of Pandemic Content Banned in China
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国领导人要重新分配财富 “调节过高收入”引热议(Chinese leaders want to redistribute wealth; "regulation of excessively high income" ignites hot debate)
Deutsche Welle, August 18, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

内幕：北京强迫世卫专家在实验室泄漏问题上为北京背书的行为震惊世卫(Insider: China’s actions forcing WHO experts to endorse its narrative on coronavirus origins shocked WHO)
Voice of America, August 19, 2021

Related:
How Chinese pressure on coronavirus origins probe shocked the WHO — and led its director to push back
The Washington Post, August 19, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

公民实验室：苹果在中国的审查渗入港台(Citizen Lab: Apple's China censorship spreads to Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, August 19, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activist Andy Li and paralegal plead guilty to foreign collusion conspiracy with media mogul Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong Free Press, August 19, 2021

Hong Kong court denies bail to 3 student leaders charged under national security law with ‘advocating terrorism’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 19, 2021

Related:
港區國安法｜4港大生控宣揚恐怖主義還押下月再訊　一人原准保釋惟遭律政司提覆核(DoJ immediately appeals bail granted to one of four HKU students charged under national security law; all four are remanded in custody)
Ming Pao, August 19, 2021

Hong Kong protests: opposition activists plead guilty to incitement over unauthorised march, which they claim more than 350,000 people attended
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2021

Hong Kong police arrest 87-year-old man in connection with 2019 Yuen Long MTR station assault
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2021

Society liberals deny political hijacking bid
The Standard, August 19, 2021

Hong Kong protests: radicalisation of youth to commit illegal acts ‘alarming’ since 2019 unrest, ex-leader CY Leung says
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2021

港台新聞報高雄選舉　指「全國一千八百多票站」　遭通訊局強烈勸諭：台灣不是國家(RTHK is strongly advised by Communications Authority not to refer to Taiwan as a country in connection with news reporting on Kaohsiung city magistrate election)
Stand News, August 19, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Top Chinese internet censor who ‘lost faith in party’ facing trial for corruption
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

How Should Australia Respond to China’s Arbitrary Detentions?
The Diplomat, August 18, 2021

China says will protect legal incomes, 'rationally adjust' excessive ones - state media
Channel NewsAsia, August 17, 2021

北京市要在校外培训机构设党组织 (Beijing City to require CPC organizations to be set up inside tutoring businesses)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2021

China steps up tech scrutiny with rules over unfair competition, critical data
Reuters, August 17, 2021

Related:
《禁止网络不正当竞争行为规定》 征求意见 (Rules on Stopping Online Unfair Competition Activities” are open for public comments)
People's Daily, August 18, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China set to pass new law to protect ‘legitimate rights’ on personal data
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

China’s ‘ultimate collection’ of tech abuses
Financial Times, August 17, 2021

Headlines From China: Does Beijing’s War On Big Tech Help Or Harness China’s Internet?
ChinaFilmInsider, August 18, 2021

Apple exports PRC censorship to Hong Kong and Taiwan, report says
Protocol, August 18, 2021

Related:
Engrave Danger: An Analysis of Apple Engraving Censorship across Six Regions
The Citizen Lab, August 18, 2021

Beijing takes stake, board seat in ByteDance's key China entity - The Information
Reuters, August 16, 2021

Related:
Beijing Tightens Grip on ByteDance by Quietly Taking Stake, China Board Seat
The Information, August 16, 2021

Rubio wants Biden to block TikTok after Chinese govt stake in subsidiary of parent company
Reuters, August 18, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

National security law: 3 of 4 University of Hong Kong students arrested over motion mourning police assailant expected to be charged with advocating terrorism
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2021

【學生會辭職】中大臨政、學生報等逾十人辭職　臨政主席：已做唔到啲咩(More than 10 members of the Provisional Executive Committee of the Chinese University students' union and its newspaper resign)
Stand News, August 18, 2021

Humanitarian fund helping arrested Hong Kong protesters will halt operations by October 31
Hong Kong Free Press, August 18, 2021

3 opposition activists to plead guilty to charges arising from unauthorised rally on July 1, 2020
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

【立法會】教育局申請新職位監察學校執行國安教育　公社科科主任要為教材問責(Education Bureau to set up new position for monitoring national security education at schools; Citizenship and Social Development subject heads are accountable for teaching materials)
Stand News, August 18, 2021

律師會理事斥林鄭抹黑：非常嚴重嘅威脅(Law society council member slams Carrie Lam for smearing)
inmedia.hk, August 18, 2021

Explainer | China’s anti-sanctions law: what is it, how will it take effect in Hong Kong and should the business community worry?
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2021

Hong Kong authorities evade questions over ‘retrospective’ security law, despite Lam comments to UN
Hong Kong Free Press, August 18, 2021

Commentary (评论)

‘In the Same Breath’ Review: Wuhan 2019, or When Normalcy Ended
《同呼吸》：武汉危机与世界常态消失前的最后一刻
The News York Times, August 18, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Detainee Says China has Secret Jail in Dubai, Holds Uyghurs
Associated Press, August 17, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Imprisoned Chinese citizen journalist not well, lawyer says
Associated Press, August 17, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China is policing speech that supports “living with Covid”
Quartz, August 17, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s Digital Nationalism and Activism
The Diplomat, August 17, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国怒放的民族主义 - 告密，揪叛徒愈演愈烈 (China's explosive nationalism: Intensified reporting on and catching of traitors)

“共存说”被网暴后论文又遭举报 张文宏得罪了谁? (Why do Chinese netizens attack Zhang Wenhong for raising the “coexistence [with COVID-19] theory”? )
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

明星又遭爱国主义铁拳？ 张哲瀚游靖国神社丢代言 (Another celebrity kicked by nationalism? Yasukuni Shrine visit costs Zhang Zhehan all of his sponsors)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

那些被中国制裁的境外势力都做了什么？ (What has those foreign forces sanctioned by China done?)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s new draft rules to further tighten control on tech sector
Al Jazeera, August 17, 2021

內地部門稱信息設施營運產生的個人重要數據應存儲境內 (Mainland authorities announce requirement to store in China sensitive personal data generated in the course of operation of information facilities)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 18, 2021

Chinese tech entrepreneurs grow wary of foreign funding
Financial Times, August 17, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Calls intensify for a boycott of Beijing 2022
SupChina, August 16, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Leader: Groups Crossing 'Red Lines' Should Disband
Associated Press, August 17, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong security chief warns disbanded teachers’ union and protest organiser can still be investigated for crimes
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2021

How did Chinese propaganda force Hong Kong's largest teachers union to disband?
GlobalVoices, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong leader warns top legal body to stay out of politics
Agence France-Presse, August 17, 2021

言語治療師總工會接「擬取消職工會登記通知書」(General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists receives notice of registration cancellation from Labour Department)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam reveals government has opened talks on implementing China’s anti-sanctions law, but timetable for enacting this year ‘extremely tight’
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

Related:
China or the US: Hong Kong firms could soon face difficult choice
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2021

China’s anti-sanctions law raises risks for global banks and financial firms in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong activist Tong Ying-kit to challenge national security case verdict and 9-year jail term
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2021

Beijing officials to host first seminar for Hong Kong lawmakers at Legislative Council, brief on 14th five-year plan
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong's Population Falls For Second Year Running Amid Exodus
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

Related:
Brain drain both a boon and a curse
The Standard, August 17, 2021

張崑陽宣布留美申政庇　將於約翰霍普金斯大學讀碩士(Activist Sunny Cheung, in self-exile, applies for political asylum in U.S., to pursue graduate studies at Johns Hopkins)
Stand News, August 17, 2021

以永久離港為由提早提取強積金申索金額按年升兩成七(Total amount of Provident Fund withdrawal due to "permanently leaving HK" increased by 27%)
Stand News, August 17, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Journalists call for the release of Cheng Lei who has spent a year in detention in China
GlobalVoices, August 17, 2021

中共不承認「內卷」，更不容忍青年「躺平」退出這場倖存者遊戲 (CPC denies "involution," does not tolerate young people’s exiting the survival game by “lying flat”)
The News Lens, August 17, 2021

In China, ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Is the Only Accepted Religion
The Diplomat, August 17, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

西藏七十年劫难 出逃藏人控诉不被当人看(Tibetans who fled detail being treated as less than human)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

端点星案两志愿者被拘禁近500天后获释(After nearly 500 days in prison, two volunteers convicted for backing up deleted reports and articles during COVID-19 are released)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

提“与病毒共存”有罪？ 江西教师被拘十五天 张文宏挨批美国走狗(For suggestion to consider "living with the virus," Jiangxi teacher is detained for 15 days while infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong is criticized as an American “running dog”)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China should tighten its grip on video games that distort history, says the country’s top radio broadcaster
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

‘You follow the government’s agenda’: China’s climate activists walk a tightrope
The Guardian, August 16, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese Media’s Conflicting Narratives on the Myanmar Coup
The Diplomat, August 14, 2021

South China Sea, Xinjiang muddy water of fishing subsidies debate as WTO faces ‘crucial test’
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

New draft of China’s personal information protection law adds restrictions on how apps collect personal data
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Organiser of mass Hong Kong demos Civil Human Rights Front disbands citing ‘unprecedented challenges’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong protests: as Civil Human Rights Front folds, police and Beijing warn legal troubles far from over
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

Hong Kong: Closure of prominent rights group signals worrying domino effect
Amnesty International, August 15, 2021

民陣宣布解散　約160萬元資產會捐給合適團體(Civil Human Rights Front to donate HK$1.6million worth of assets to suitable orgs following its disbandment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2021

葉國謙認為民陣解散不代表香港今後沒有大型遊行(Executive Council member Ip Kwok-him believes disbandment of Civil Human Rights Front doesn't mean Hong Kong will no longer have mass protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2021

Explainer: A 48-year-old union gone in 11 days – how Hong Kong teachers lost a powerful voice
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021

Hong Kong’s Justice Sec. warns law societies to steer clear of politics after Chinese state media blasts barristers
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2021

How Beijing Has Buried Hong Kong's Last Vestige of Democracy
The New York Times, August 15, 2021

Hong Kong Election Committee’s mainland China-linked ‘patriotic force’ likely to dampen influence of property tycoons
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

Analysis: How almost everyone running for Hong Kong’s new election committee will get a seat automatically
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2021

Officers working with Hong Kong privacy watchdog won’t always need warrant to search phones or computers under doxxing law
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Hong Kong must implement China’s anti-sanctions law but status as international business hub will be taken into account, finance chief Paul Chan says
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

港大新生註冊日　校方禁宣傳學生會　部分學會遮「SU」字眼(HKU freshmen registration day bans promotion of students’ union; some student societies hide “SU” wording)
Stand News, August 15, 2021

教育局資助幼稚園3000元買國旗及旗杆　盼增師生國家意識(Education Bureau funds kindergartens to purchase national flags and flagpoles to raise national consciousness)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2021

7．21元朗襲擊案　一白衣人暫控暴動明提堂(One more white-clad man charged for rioting over the 2019 Yuen Long mob attack)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2021

涉前年破壞交通燈　4人判囚4個月　1人入勞教中心(Four sentenced to 4 months in jail and one to correctional center for damaging traffic lights in the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 16, 2021

王婆婆獄中親筆信：不會放棄我應該要做的事情(“Grandma Wong” in letter from prison: I won’t give up what I should do.)
Stand News, August 15, 2021

Commentary (评论)

The Tong Ying-kit case: First show trial of Hong Kong’s new mainland-style legal regime
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021

索罗斯：习近平已经将自己变成了独裁者(Soros: Xi Jinping has turned himself into a dictator)
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2021

Related:
Xi’s Dictatorship Threatens the Chinese State
The Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2021

从吴亦凡到阿里巴巴, “我也是”与女权运动在中国取得进步?( From Kris Wu to Alibaba: "Me too" and the feminist movement have made progress in China?)
Voice of America, August 16, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Hi-tech tools may keep forced-labour goods out of US market as top brands brace for Xinjiang ban
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

美国记者秘访藏区：“我一分钟都不想活在中国人的压迫下”(American journalist’s secret visits in Tibetan areas: "I don't want to live under Chinese oppression for one minute")
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

‘I pray for her’: Australian broadcaster Cheng Lei no closer to release a year after being detained in China
The Guardian, August 12, 2021

女权人士李翘楚案已经移送检察院审查起诉 律师会见申请及羁押必要性审查申请均遭驳回(Case of feminist Li Qiaochu has reached the procuratorate; lawyer is denied meeting and review of grounds for detention)
Weiquanwang, August 13, 2021

耿和（高智晟律师妻子）：8.13高智晟被绑架四年家属声明(Lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s wife Geng He: Statement on 4th anniversary of Gao Zhisheng’s kidnapping)
Weiquanwang, August 13, 2021

澳关注华裔记者被拘一年 代表律师至今无法会面(Australia is concerned over Chinese-Australian journalist’s year-long detention with no access to lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Two Chinese activists sentenced to 15 months’ jail for archiving censored internet material
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Researchers Spot Deep Fake Profile Photos Linked to Pro-China Twitter Accounts
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2021

世卫吁中国分享原始数据 北京：反对政治溯源(WHO urges China to share raw data on early Covid-19 cases; Beijing opposes “politically-motivated” COVID origin probe)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China rejects need for further WHO probe into COVID-19 origins
Agence France-Presse, August 13, 2021

瑞士外交部：中国假新闻错误报道影响大(Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Disinformation by China via fake news has great impact)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China tech crackdown: Beijing’s soft touch on tax for Big Tech is set to end as it seeks more focus on science
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Are suspensions on new users a big deal for Chinese tech?
Protocol, August 12, 2021

Alibaba Rape Allegation Reveals China Tech’s Seamy Side
阿里性侵丑闻再揭中国科技业阴暗面
The New York Times, August 12, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Record number of uncontested seats for Hong Kong Election Committee polls – and Li Ka-shing is not throwing his hat into ring, for the first time since 1997
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021

Beijing-controlled paper labels Hong Kong press union an ‘anti-govt political organisation’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2021

Related:
Fears About National Security Law Chill Hong Kong Media
Voice of America, August 12, 2021

Hong Kong activists, unions vow to fight on ahead of expected break-up of protest group
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Hong Kong prosecutor leading national security law case against 47 opposition figures takes key justice department role
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Hong Kong activist charged under security law was given ‘benefit of the doubt’ over bail application: judge
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2021

Hong Kong court denies ex-Apple Daily chief editor bail in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2021

國安法指定法官彭寶琴升官　獲委任高院上訴庭法官(National security designated judge Anthea Pang is promoted as judge at Court of Appeal of the High Court)
Stand News, August 13, 2021

新生註冊前夕　港大派員清除學生會物品(HKU clears up students' union trace before freshmen registration)
Stand News, August 13, 2021

【英國專訪】曾覺離港太荒謬的傳媒人　Steve Vines：沒遇過更惡劣情況，不敢想起永不能回港(Steve Vines—Ex-RTHK English program host who once thought leaving HK was absurd: Never experienced anything worse, and dare not think of never returning to HK)
Stand News , August 13, 2021

辭職後留守　民主派前區議員開舖、賣酒續做區　「唔想公民社會崩潰得太誇張」(Resigned pro-democracy district councilors continue to serve their communities; some turn offices into stores)
Stand News , August 13, 2021

‘Can we ever return?’ Tears and heartbreak as Hongkongers leave for a new life in the UK
The Guardian, August 13, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong saw net outflow of 90,000 residents over the last year
Agence France-Presse, August 12, 2021

醫管局憂移民挖角令醫護流失　組織料流失率進一步上升(Hospital Authority faces outflow of medical staff amid wave of emigration, expects worsening situation)

Roll-out of Britain’s visa scheme for Hong Kong BN(O) passport holders ‘slow’ and ‘inefficient’, shadow minister for Asia says
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Belarus and Hong Kong Are Building the 21st Century’s Berlin Walls
Foreign Policy, August 13, 2021

Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)

Banning Mongolian From Kindergartens Part of China's 'Cultural Genocide': Activists
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Why Taiwanese books are being iced out of Chinese markets
Associated Press, August 11, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Weibo public relations executive arrested on bribery charges as China takes aim at online opinion manipulation
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021

中国将禁止卡拉OK场所播放“危害国家安全”的曲目(China to ban karaoke venues from playing songs that "endanger national security")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Why China Keeps Spinning COVID-19 Conspiracies
Foreign Policy, August 11, 2021

中国拟起草国安法和反垄断法(China to draft new national security and antitrust laws)
Voice of America, August 12, 2021

Related:
中共中央 国务院印发《法治政府建设实施纲要（2021－2025年）》(CPC Central Committee and the State Council issue the "Implementation Outline for the Construction of a Government under the Rule of Law (2021-2025)")
Xinhua, August 11, 2021

报告：中企业海外扩张带来人权等负面影响不利中国成为负责任大国的愿景(Report: The negative human rights impact of Chinese companies' overseas expansion is detrimental to China’s vision of becoming a responsible major power)
Voice of America, August 12, 2021

Related:
"Going out" responsibly: The human rights impact of China's global investments
负责任地“走出去”： 中国全球投资的社会、环境和人权影响
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, August 11, 2021

中国教育部取消286个中外合作办学机构及项目 其中黑龙江取消121个 (China Ministry of Education cancels 286 Chinese-foreign cooperative education institutions and projects)
Sina.com, August 12, 2021

Related:
已批准终止办学的本科及以上层次中外合作办学机构及项目名单 (List of approved terminated Sino-foreign cooperative education institutions and projects at the undergraduate level and above)
Information platform for the supervision of Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools (Ministry of Education), August 12, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing hints that its Big Tech antitrust scrutiny could be permanent with new five-year blueprint
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021

A Struggle for Information Control Between China’s Government and the Tech Giants
The Diplomat, August 11, 2021

Chinese Big Tech's #MeToo Moment
Protocol, August 11, 2021

腾讯和微信：中国互联网巨头为何遭遇罕见的公益诉讼(Tencent and WeChat: Why are Chinese Internet giants facing rare public interest lawsuits？)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong to outlaw acts desecrating Chinese flag on the internet
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2021

Hong Kong’s Professional Teachers’ Union saw no choice but to ‘disband after Beijing emissaries warned it could no longer exist’
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021

China’s anti-sanctions law a new headache for banks in Hong Kong
Agence France-Presse, August 12, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: judge bails defendant in subversion case so activist can finish nursing degree
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021

社民連支聯會遊行至中聯辦　聲援被打壓內地維權人士(League of Social Democrats and Hong Kong Alliance march to Liaison Office in support of mainland rights defenders)
Stand News, August 12, 2021

Hong Kong protests: unlawful assembly defendant acquitted after magistrate finds police officer’s account ‘impossible’
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021

香港人口年減 8.7 萬　同期永久離港提強積金 66 億元(Hong Kong population decreased by 87,000; HK$6.6 billion provident fund withdrawn by those permanently leaving the city in same period)
Stand News, August 12, 2021

Commentary (评论)

香港傳媒急增 它們是何方神聖？(Surge of Hong Kong media outlets—who are they?)
Ming Pao, August 12, 2021

從神壇跌落的「廉政公署」：過去捍衛香港法治，如今淪為中共打手(The fall of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC): Defender of Hong Kong’s rule of law has now become CPC’s henchman)
The News Lens, August 12, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

藏族老师因用藏语教学而被中国当局逮捕 (Tibetan teacher arrested for teaching the Tibetan language)
Voice of America, August 11, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Michael Spavor: Canadian jailed for 11 years in China on spying charges
BBC News, August 11, 2021

China Sentences Canadian Businessman to 11 Years in Prison
中国以间谍罪名判处加拿大商人11年有期徒刑
The New York Times, August 11, 2021

Activist Dies in China's Hunan After Years Campaigning Over Brother-in-Law's 'Suicide'
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2021

丁家喜案进展通报：已被以颠覆国家政权罪提起公诉 律师今联系临沂市中级法院但查案无果 (Ding Jiaxi case update: Lawyer's inquiry at Linyi Intermediate Court yields no result despite official notice of subversion of state power indictment)
Weiquanwang, August 10, 2021

两名中国律师被跨省抓捕 坚称无罪 (2 lawyers detained in cross-province police action maintain innocence)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Chinese state media has seized on a Swiss scientist critical of a covid origins probe. The one problem: He might not exist.
The Washington Post, August 11, 2021

China to ban karaoke songs with ‘illegal content’ that endangers national unity
Reuters, August 11, 2021

中国大陆统一中小学教材，习近平思想成为灵魂指导 (China unifies textbooks for primary schools; Xi Jinping Thoughts becomes the spiritual guide)
Voice of America, August 11, 2021

煽动对外媒敌意的同时，中国谎称外媒在华报道环境“开放、自由” (While inciting hostility toward foreign media, China falsely claims environment for foreign reporting in China is “free and open”)
Voice of America, August 11, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Alibaba's rape allegation is a milestone in China’s #MeToo movement
Protocol, August 10, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s investment abroad undermined by human rights claims, report finds
Reuters, August 11, 2021

Related:
“Going out” responsibly: THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF CHINA’S GLOBAL INVESTMENTS
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, August, 2021

Human rights abuses claimed in hundreds of China belt and road projects
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021

Is China’s New U.S. Ambassador a ‘Wolf Warrior’—or a Fox?
Foreign Policy, August 10, 2021

新冠疫情：中国加码全球疫苗供应 “疫苗外交”再升温 (Covid19 updates: China increases vaccine production to step up “vaccine diplomacy”)
BBC News, August 11, 2021

立陶宛与中国起摩擦 环球时报：不排除断交可能 (On China-Lithuania tension, Global Times: Will not rule out breaking diplomatic ties)
Deutsche Welle, August 11, 2021

中国电信网络布局非洲 政治影响力不断扩大 (China uses telecom infrastructure to expand political influence in Africa)
Voice of America, August 11, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union ‘seeks to speed up dissolution by changing its rules’ as Beijing attack continues
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021

Related:
‘Heartbreaking but expected’: members of Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union mourn loss of their defender
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021

Questions over remaining teacher union caseload, as pro-Beijing figures hail disbandment
Hong Kong Free Press, August 11, 2021

Hong Kong protest group to disband, as pressure mounts amid police investigation into its activities
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021

Related:民陣或解散　消息：上周曾討論　料本周五作出決定(Source says Civil Human Rights Front will make decision whether to disband on Friday)
Stand News, August 11, 2021

Hong Kong’s RTHK will become state media after partnership with China’s CCTV, says press group chief
Hong Kong Free Press, August 11, 2021

Hong Kong man to apply for appeal against 7-year jail term for Yuen Long mob attack
Hong Kong Free Press, August 11, 2021

政府擬修訂國旗國徽條例　明確禮儀及釐清罪行條文等(Gov't to amend National Flag and National Emblem Bill to clarify requirements on etiquette, respect, etc.)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 11, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing’s Big Tech crackdown stirs a debate over whether it’s hurting or helping the sector compete with US rivals
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Canada athletes may not be safe at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, opposition leader says
The Guardian, August 11, 2021

Commentary (评论)

What price martyrdom?
Jeromecohen.net, August 11, 2021

Patriot games: it’s not the job of Hong Kong’s Chief Secretary to help vet candidates
Hong Kong Free Press, August 11, 2021

The anaconda in the chandeliers: The Hong Kong National Security Law and its implications for middle powers
SupChina, August 10, 2021

维权评论：周筱赟律师遭跨省抓捕，转发一段视频何罪之有？ (Weiquanwang commentary: On lawyer Zhou Xiaoyun's cross-province arrest—Is reposting video a crime?)
Weiquanwang, August 11, 2021

Ying-shih Yu, Renowned Scholar of Chinese Thought, Dies at 91
史学泰斗余英时去世，坚守中国传统与自由价值
The New York Times, August 11, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

蔡英文：台湾绝不接受一国两制也不在未来选项中 (Tsai Ing-wen: Taiwan will never accept “one country, two systems”—not an option for the future)
Radio France Internationle, August 10, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China: Canadian citizen loses appeal against death penalty
BBC News, August 10, 2021

Police in China's Shanxi Detain Nine Protestant House Church Members
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

中国出手清理卡拉OK违规曲目 (China to remove songs deemed harmful from all Karaoke menus)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

向德国申请政治庇护被拒 中国异议人士恐遭遣返 (Chinese dissident fears deportation after Germany denies asylum application)
Deutsche Welle, August 10, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China recalls Lithuania ambassador in Taiwan diplomatic office row
The Guardian, August 10, 2021

Taming the wolf warrior — China’s rising aggression
Financial Times, August 10, 2021

中国三智库狠批美国抗疫失败 疫情溯源是「恐怖主义」 (3 Chinese think tanks slam U.S. for failure to fight COVID-19 pandemic, call “act of terrorism” its origin )
Radio France Internationale, August 10, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing prosecutor’s public interest lawsuit against Tencent raises new concerns for China’s Big Tech sector
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2021

Related:
Another headache for Chinese Big Tech: public interest lawsuits
Protocol, August 9, 2021

Chinese internet firms’ funding should be led by Chinese investors for data security, state-owned newspaper says
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

As Activists Increase Pressure, Beijing Olympics Sponsors Remain Largely Silent
Voice of America, August 10, 2021

多数加拿大人支持抵制北京奥运 专家称柏林奥运悲剧不该重演 (Poll shows most Canadians oppose Beijing Winter Olympics; expert: There must be no repeat of the Berlin Olympics tragedy)
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s largest teachers’ union to disband following pressure from gov’t and Chinese state media
Hong Kong Free Press, August 10, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong: Disbandment of teachers’ union signals intensifying crackdown on independent labour organizations
Amnesty International, August 10, 2021

教育局不評論教協決定　稱與名副其實教育專業團體合作(Education Bureau: No comment on PTU disbandment, will work with real education professional groups instead)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 10, 2021

馮偉華指情況惡劣看不到前景　近日作出解散決定是突然(Professional Teachers’ Union’s head Fung Wai-wah says union saw no future)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 10, 2021

Hong Kong legislature should apply anti-sanctions law in city, depriving ‘foreign forces’ of talking point, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2021

Related:
Multinationals in Hong Kong fear fallout from new law
Financial Times, August 9, 2021

Hong Kong police cite ‘privacy’ in refusing Access to Info request, despite appeal to redact personal info
Hong Kong Free Press, August 10, 2021

【10.13牛頭角】4 人非法集結罪成判囚 4 至 10 月　官：從旁支持罪責相同(Four sentenced to 4-10 months in jail for participating in an unauthorized assembly during the 2019 protests)
Stand News, August 9, 2021

Commentary (评论)

What next for the workers laid off from Hong Kong’s Apple Daily?
China Labour Bulletin, August 10, 2021

Should foreign judges continue to serve in Hong Kong?
Jeromecohen.net, August 9, 2021

Cambodia: China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Dam is a Rights Disaster
柬埔寨：中国‘一带一路’水电站带来人权灾难
Human Rights Watch, August 10, 2021

捨小家、顧大家：安徽洩洪保江浙滬，提醒中國人要隨時做好被犧牲的準備 (Little sacrifice for a greater good: China flooding Anhui to protect the Shanghai region is a reminder that Chinese citizens should always prepare to sacrifice themselves)
The News Lens, August 10, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China Stops Issuing New Passports, Slaps Entry, Exit Curbs on Citizens
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2021

Alibaba Suspends Employees After Rape Accusation
阿里解雇涉嫌强奸下属员工，受害人称此前向公司反映无果
The New York Times, August 9, 2021

山西临汾教会九人被捕 多年抗拒加入三自教会(9 house church members are arrested in Linfen, Shanxi for refusing to join state-controlled church)
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China Imposes Mandarin-Language Teaching on Kindergartens in Ethnic Minority, Rural Areas
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Wolf vs panda: is China at a crossroads over how to spread its global message?
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2021

Related:
Growling Back at the West
China Media Project, August 8, 2021

Australia flags democracies’ trade swing from China to India
Associated Press, August 9, 2021

Related:
不满北京贸易霸凌，澳大利亚拟以印度“完美取代”中国(Dissatisfied with Beijing's trade bullying, Australia to replace China with India)
Voice of America, August 9, 2021

众议院外委会共和党人有关新冠病毒起源和武汉病毒所的调查报告(全文翻译)(Full text translation of House Foreign Affairs Committee Minority Staff report on the origins of Covid-19 and Wuhan Institute of Virology)
Voice of America, August 7, 2021

Related:
The Origins of Covid-19: An Investigation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology
U.S. House Foreign Affairs committee, August 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

There’s a religious revival going on in China – under the constant watch of the Communist Party
The Conversation, August 6, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

MASS RESIGNATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OVER ETHICALLY FRAUGHT CHINA GENETICS PAPERS
Intercept, August 4, 2021

Related:
中国要建7亿男性基因库震惊世界，美科学刊物众编委怒而辞职(China to build DNA collection of all 700 million males; 8 editorial board members of American scientific publication resign in anger)
Voice of America, August 7, 2021

北京检方就微信“青春模式”对腾讯提起诉讼(Beijing prosecutors indict Tencent over WeChat’s “Youth Model”)
Voice of America, August 7, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Attacks on foreign journalists in China cast shadow over Beijing’s upcoming Olympics
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 7, 2021

All eyes on Beijing Winter Games as 'most challenging' Olympics close
Agence France-Presse, August 9, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Every nominee for Hong Kong election committee will have past words, deeds, interviews probed – Chief Sec.
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2021

Related:
Establishment-leaning Hong Kong education group registers for Election Committee polls, vows to break opposition ‘monopoly’
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2021

From Olympians to tycoons and filmmakers, who are the ‘patriotic sector’ voters of Hong Kong’s powerful Election Committee?
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2021

香港民研：逾半人不認識新選制 鍾劍華：真係冇辦法認為呢個係一個選舉(Survey shows over half of respondents are unfamiliar with the revamped election system; academic: Hard to consider this an election)
inmedia.hk, August 6, 2021

“We Hongkongers Survey” press conference on the theme “Election Committee Elections under the New Election System” cum mini-policy forum
「我們香港人」倡導計劃的有關新選舉制度下的選委會選舉調查新聞發佈會暨小型政策論壇
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, August 6, 2021

Hong Kong man accused of displaying ‘seditious’ posters to threaten judges in national security case, bail denied
Hong Kong Free Press, August 9, 2021

Hong Kong Democratic Party vice-chairman Lee Wing-tat leaves for London, will not return ‘within short period of time’
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2021

Hong Kong minister signals path to adopting China anti-sanctions law
Reuters, August 8, 2021

Hong Kong’s RTHK to partner with state-owned China Media Group, air more mainland China-produced shows, city leader says
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2021

Hong Kong Arts Development Council members quit after Chinese state media attacks
Hong Kong Free Press, August 9, 2021

No evidence Hong Kong’s largest teachers’ union breached national security law, says top adviser to leader
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2021

【專訪】製作裁判法院示威案資料庫　年輕律師結合民間力量　填補香港歷史空白(Young lawyers compile database of 2019 protests-related Magistrates' Court cases)
Stand News, August 7, 2021

Related:
《香港裁判法院示威案件判例匯編》(Compendium Project)
Compendium Project, August 7, 2021

‘UK not doing enough to support those fleeing Hong Kong, advocacy group says
The Guardian, August 8, 2021

Related:
‘Employers seem baffled by this visa’: Hongkongers who have fled to UK
The Guardian, August 8, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong district councils: The rule of law and the rule of Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2021

China’s Growing Censorship Is Training the Public to Be Online Snitches
Foreign Policy, August 8, 2021

China’s soft technology power is as important as its physical hardware that launches rockets
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2021

China: Authorities must immediately release imprisoned Changsha Funeng staff
Amnesty International, August 6, 2021

Germany must stop deportation of Chinese Activist Liu Bing
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 6, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China’s military names new commander for troubled Xinjiang region
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

China’s efforts to lift Xinjiang’s economy may smother it
The Economist, August 7th, 2021 edition

Taiwan (台湾)

US Senate supports Taiwan’s WHO bid
Taipei Times, August 6, 2021

Related:
美参议院通过法案要求政府制定策略协助台湾重获WHA观察员身分(U.S. Senate passes bill requiring State Dep’t to formulate strategy to help Taiwan regain WHA observer status)
Radio France Internationale, August 6, 2021

Is Taiwan Next?
台湾会是下一个香港吗？
The New York Times, August 6, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Lawyers detained in China over courtroom video of prosecutor admitting errors
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2021

丁家喜、许志永已被起诉到临沂市中级人民法院(New Citizens Movement advocates Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong have been indicted, to face trial in Linyi Intermediate Court)
Weiquanwang, August 6, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

中共发起打击“假新闻” 加压社交媒体平台(CPC cracks down on “fake news,” puts pressure on social media platforms)
Deutsche Welle, August 6, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Australia’s proposed Magnitsky-style sanctions law could target China: analysts
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2021

Why the Quad Alarms China
Foreign Affairs, August 6, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s Tech Sector Regulations Are Costly But Not Shocking
The Diplomat, August 6, 2021

UK-published technology report says products sold by US tech firms help China’s surveillance state
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2021

Related:
China's Surveillance State: A Global Project
TOP1QVPN, August, 2021

社交媒体：一个虚假帐号矩阵如何推动亲中宣传和叙事(Social media: How a matrix of fake accounts promotes pro-China propaganda and narrative)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 6, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Biden grants ‘safe haven’ to Hongkongers in US amid China crackdown
Associated Press, August 5, 2021

Related:
National security law: Beijing slams US ‘safe haven’ offer to Hongkongers as ‘plot to stir up trouble’, interference in city affairs
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2021

Hong Kong politics: Election Committee nominations kick off, but sources say many seats will go uncontested to pro-Beijing camp
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2021

Related:
Explainer | What you need to know about Hong Kong’s Election Committee, with key polls on the horizon and nominations opening
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2021

【選民查冊】《立場》揭三公司疑停運仍成功做選民　未被選舉處 DQ(Stand News finds three defunct companies still eligible to vote for Election Committee)
Stand News, August 5, 2021

Hong Kong education chief urges teachers to reassess union membership in open letter
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong’s embattled teachers’ union forms working group to foster students’ ‘affection for home and country’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2021

教協網教材全線下架　包括介紹本港政制發展、八九民運、劉曉波資料(Professional teachers' union website takes down all education materials including contents about development of Hong Kong’s political system, 1989 Democracy Movement, and Liu Xiaobo)
Stand News, August 6, 2021

7 members of HKU ruling body urge reversal of student campus ban
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2021

李家超：香港新的国安立法将侧重打击外国间谍活动(Chief Secretary John Lee: Article 23 legislation to focus on combating foreign espionage)
Radio France Internationale, August 6, 2021

【起底刑事化】私隱專員無手令仍可搜查電子器材　鍾麗玲：只會望一望(Anti-doxxing law permits privacy commissioner to search electronic devices without warrant)
Stand News, August 6, 2021

美籍律師襲休班警囚4.5月　官准保釋等候上訴(American lawyer granted bail pending appeal over attacking off-duty police during 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, August 6, 2021

Commentary (评论)

东京奥运: “可信、可爱、可敬”的中国形象?(Tokyo Olympics: "Trustworthy, adorable, venerable" Chinese image?)
Voice of America, August 6, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

东亚会议上布林肯关切香港新疆问题，王毅发飙：你们死了这条心吧 (U.S. Blinken raises concern over Xinjiang, Hong Kong in East Asia Summit; PRC Foreign Minister Wang Yi: “Just give up already”)
Voice of America, August 5, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Calls Grow For Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist on Hunger Strike
Radio Free Asia, August 5, 2021

Court in China's Anhui Jails Rights Activist Over Foreign Funding
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2021

长沙富能公益案之程渊被判刑5年有期徒刑(Cheng Yuan, Changsha anti-discrimination activist, is sentenced to 5 years in prison for "subversion of state power")
Weiquanwang, August 5, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

How a fake network pushes pro-China propaganda
BBC News, August 5, 2021

Related:
Revealed: coordinated attempt to push pro-China, anti-Western narratives on social media
Centre for Information Resilience, August 5, 2021

China launches campaign against ‘fake news’ as Beijing seeks to purify online information, targeting social media
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Buoyed by rising nationalism, China’s keyboard warriors take aim at Olympic athletes
The Washington Post, August 5, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Social Media Is Still A Social Force
Protocol, August 4, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

The Biden Administration’s China Sanctions Dilemma
The Diplomat, August 4, 2021

拜登下令对新冠病毒限期溯源 中共党报连刊文章批美政治病毒不得人心(Biden’s deadline on finding Covid-19 origin nears; People’s Daily launches attack on U.S. “political virus”)
Radio France Internationale, August 5, 2021

美国参议员在罕见的公开听证会上强调来自中国的国家安全威胁(U.S. senators stress national security threats from China in rare public hearing)
Radio France Internationale, August 5, 2021

Related:
Senators highlight national security threats from China during rare public hearing
The Hill, August 4, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Data privacy in China: Zhejiang province proposes rule to ‘destroy’ personal data collected during emergencies
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Tencent resumes new user sign-ups on WeChat after ‘security upgrade’ last week
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

腾讯被中国官媒点名后股价大跌，市场如何变惊弓之鸟(Tencent share price plummets after being targeted by Chinese state media as markets jitter)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 5, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s largest teachers’ union withdraws from Brussels-based federation amid criticism over joining foreign support for protests
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Related:
教協宣佈退出職工盟　即時生效(Professional Teachers' Union quits Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 4, 2021

教協設中史文化工作組　前會長張文光任顧問　推動師生認識國情(Professional Teachers' Union sets up Chinese history and culture work group to motivate teachers and students to learn about China)
Ming Pao, August 4, 2021

Legal scholar Eric Cheung quits HKU governing body after student leaders barred from campus
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2021

Vice-chair of June 4 vigil organiser wins bail at Hong Kong High Court
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre museum relaunches online after curators of ‘unauthorised’ physical site fined
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2021

Hong Kong drops charges against Cantopop star and pro-democracy politician over election performance
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2021

Centrist party finds it hard to pass first hurdle in Hong Kong’s new ‘patriots only’ political era
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2021

Exclusive | China’s move to impose anti-sanctions law in Hong Kong will not be immediate as local legislation still needed: sources
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Canada warns its citizens in Hong Kong about risk of China-style exit bans
Agence France-Presse, August 5, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Nike’s former supplier Esquel Group scores a rare win in a bid to remove Xinjiang unit from US forced-labour sanctions list
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2021

Repression by Any Other Name: Xinjiang and the Genocide Debate
The Diplomat, August 3, 2021