抗议强打疫苗 湖南公民拟在株洲市发动游行(Hunan citizens plan to launch demonstration in Zhuzhou City against forced vaccination)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2021
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Xi’s Prosperity Gospel
Foreign Policy, August 25, 2021
Explainer | What is China’s common-prosperity strategy that calls for an even distribution of wealth?
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021
The ‘window is rapidly closing’ to gather crucial evidence on the virus’s origins, scientists say.
科学家称新冠溯源调查陷入停滞，呼吁中国提供关键证据
The New York Times, August 26, 2021
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中国批评美国新冠病毒溯源报告是“抹黑中国”( China criticizes U.S. Covid-19 origin probe report as "smearing China")
Voice of America, August 26, 2021
哈里斯亚洲之行即将结束 对抗中国威胁主题贯穿始终(Theme of countering the China threat runs through Harris' Asia trip)
Voice of America, August 26, 2021
美日印澳四国海军开始年度马拉巴尔联合军演 共同应对中国威胁(Australia, Japan, India, and U.S. join naval forces in cooperative exercise MALABAR 2021 in response to China threat)
Voice of America, August 26, 2021
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Australia, India, Japan, and U.S. Kick-off exercise MALABAR 2021
U.S. Navy, August 25, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Spies for Hire: China’s New Breed of Hackers Blends Espionage and Entrepreneurship
诚招黑客：中国如何“升级改造”国家间谍机器
The New York Times, August 26, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
On icy luge tracks, Chinese and US Olympians navigate distractions, disruptions while training for Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong lawmaker Cheng Chung-tai unseated after failing patriotism test
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2021
立法會選舉押後 市民提覆核稱違憲 高院拒發許可稱港法院無權覆核人大決定(High Court rejects application for review of constitutionality of Legco election delay, citing lack of power to challenge NPC's decision)
Ming Pao, August 26, 2021
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organiser acted as agent for foreigners, national security police claim
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2021
EXCLUSIVE Hong Kong's former chief judge says upholding rule of law not political
Reuters, August 26, 2021
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「法治並非政治概念」 馬道立律師會周年大會發言全文(Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma’sfull speech at Law Society annual meeting)
Stand News, August 26, 2021
Hong Kong law change gives gov’t lawyers easier route to senior counsel status
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2021
楊潤雄稱會加強推動價值觀教育及國民教育(Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung vows to strengthen value and national education)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 26, 2021
【國安教育】教育局發信中小學 指國旗法通過修訂後 學校須每日升國旗(Education Bureau sends letter instructing schools to raise national flag every day following passage of National Flag and National Emblem Bill )
Stand News, August 26, 2021
Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao forced to register US arm as a foreign agent
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021
Nearly 65,000 Hongkongers have applied for BN(O) visa scheme so far amid exodus under national security law
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021
Commentary (评论)
中国新时代民族主义将走向何方？(Where is China's nationalism in the new era headed?)
Voice of America, August 26, 2021
Who is glorifying terrorism: Hong Kong students or the Chinese government?
GlobalVoices, August 26, 2021
China would rather be feared than defied
The Economist, August 28, 2021
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese Citizen Who Documented Wuhan Outbreak Falls Ill in Prison Hunger Strike
The New York Times, August 25, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China schools: 'Xi Jinping Thought' introduced into curriculum
BBC News, August 25, 2021
民间闻官方限售英语教材 家长恐慌忙抢购 (Parents in China panic buy English textbooks fearing rumored restrictions)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2021
中国推动教育 “国进民退” 八部门下令压缩私立学校 (8 departments issue order to further restrict private schools as China shifts focus to public schools)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2021
中国整治饭圈"野蛮生长" 吴亦凡、赵丽颖粉丝团遭关闭禁言 (Fan clubs of Kris Wu and Zhao Liying are shut down as authorities crack down on “uncivilized growth”)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
中国鼓励生育 “三孩政策” 写入法律 回顾人口政策四个痛点 (A look back on 4 painful spots in China’s population control as “3-child policy” becomes law)
BBC News, August 25, 2021
Rejecting Covid Inquiry, China Peddles Conspiracy Theories Blaming the U.S.
拒绝世卫第二波调查，中国力推美军实验室泄漏阴谋论
The New York Times, August 25, 2021
中国出重拳保护个人信息，维权人士：笑话！ (China goes all out on personal information protection; rights activists: What a joke!)
Voice of America, August 25, 2021
An ‘Early Test Case’ for a China-Led World
The Atlantic, August 24, 2021
China eyes $1.4 trillion of minerals with risky bet on Taliban
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 25, 2021
US, China accuse each other of 'bullying' nations
Channel NewsAsia, August 25, 2021
Joe Biden given inconclusive intelligence report on Covid origins
Agence France-Presse, August 25, 2021
不打疫苗就停低保？青海民和县一社区：指标没完成，吓唬吓唬 (No vaccine, no subsidies? Qinghai community’s scare tactic to boost vaccination rate)
The Paper, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong national security police demand info from Tiananmen Massacre vigil organiser
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong group behind annual Tiananmen Square vigil under investigation for suspected collusion with foreign forces
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong Law Society members with establishment ties now dominate its council after liberals suffer election defeat
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021
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律師會改選「親建制派」全勝 鄭若驊：望日後繼續合作(Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng looks forward to working with Law Society following big win by pro-establishment camp)
Stand News, August 25, 2021
Democratic Party chief hits back after Lam says political parties shunning Hong Kong elections are ‘strange’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021
過去 3 年 7 職工會自行解散 羅致光：若曾違法，定必嚴肅跟進(7 trade unions disbanded over last 3 years; Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong: Will look into any violations)
Stand News, August 25, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong’s PolyU tells student union to take magazine off shelves over ‘inappropriate’ content
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
China’s new data privacy law will create fresh challenges for Hong Kong businesses: former privacy chief
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong Gay Games ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ and threat to national security, lawmakers warn
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
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何君堯斥同運會「披著羊皮的狼」 自由黨：看法一致(Pro- Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho slams Gay Games as “a wolf in sheep's skin” that endangers national security)
inmedia.hk, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong student sentenced to more than 2 years in jail for rioting on night of Tiananmen Square vigil
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong creative industry ‘shrouded in worries and fears’ amid chilling effect of ‘red lines’ under national security law
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
【禁片年代】「不利國安」影片可禁映 張婉婷：業界好擔憂 學者：審查紅線更模糊(Academic raises concern over vagueness of "unfavorable to national security" film censorship redline)
Stand News, August 25, 2021
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight
猎狐行动：中国海外追逃内幕
ProPublica, August 18, 2021
Signs bubble up that a Chinese city is growing weary of lockdown.
中国“零容忍”防疫模式暴露局限性
The New York Times, August 24, 2021
“Common prosperity”: A lexicon of China’s tech crackdown jargon
Quartz, August 24, 2021
Harris rebukes China in speech on Indo-Pacific vision
Associated Press, August 24, 2021
中国踏进“帝国坟场” (Afghanistan: China is stepping into “the grave of empires”)
Radio France Internationale, August 23, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Unpacking China’s game-changing data law
Protocol, August 24, 2021
Alibaba Cloud data leak ‘violated Cybersecurity Law’ in 2019 and must rectify, local Chinese telecoms regulator says
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Group that organised annual June 4 Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong decides to disband
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
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據報支聯會常委通過解散 待特別會員大會通過 鄒幸彤：不評論(Sources say Hong Kong Alliance passes disbandment resolution)
Stand News, August 24, 2021
社總有「被解散」危機？張國柱：唔能夠排除(Could Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union be the next to disband? Former chair Peter Cheung: Can’t rule it out)
inmedia.hk, August 24, 2021
Hong Kong pro-democracy lobbying group in Washington DC sees leadership depart
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2021
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam questions value of political opposition that doesn’t contest elections, insists city’s system still open to differences of opinion
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
Hong Kong to amend law to step up film censorship
Associated Press, August 24, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong’s PolyU tells student union to take magazine off shelves over ‘inappropriate’ content
South China Morning Post, August 24 ,2021
Hundreds of ballots ‘stuck in administrative limbo’ add new layer of uncertainty to leadership poll for Hong Kong’s Law Society
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
Commentary (评论)
The evil of banal censorship
GlobalVoices, August 24, 2021
China’s ‘common prosperity’ should be about helping those who need it most
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
Monday, August 23, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
中国关闭美国在华劳工权益组织 反击强迫劳役指控(China shuts down U.S. labor rights organization in China to counter allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2021
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China Closes U.S. Auditor as Tensions Mount Over Forced Labor Allegations
The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2021
专栏 | 解读新疆：三位维吾尔文化人士分别遭到判刑与监禁(Xinjiang: Three Uyghur intellectuals are sentenced, imprisoned)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Blogger on Hunger Strike Loses Half Her Bodyweight in Chinese Prison
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2021
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公民记者张展体重急跌 家属要求保外就医被拒(Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan's weight plummets in prison; family’s request for medical parole is denied)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2021
周筱赟被控寻衅滋事 取保候审被拒(Zhou Xiaoyun, lawyer and commentator on current affairs, is denied bail on charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble”)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
How China’s top internet regulator became Chinese tech giants’ worst enemy
Quartz, August 23, 2021
China warns thousands of officials over links with businesses
Financial Times, August 23, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
媒体：中国或要求赴美上市公司交出数据控制权(Media: China may require Chinese companies wishing to be listed in U.S. to hand over data control)
Deutsche Welle, August 23, 2021
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EXCLUSIVE China eyes pushing U.S. IPO-bound firms to hand over data control –sources
Reuters, August 22, 2021
巴西启动双5G建设10月招标 国家网排除华为竞标(Brazil to start accepting bids for dual 5G construction in October, excluding Huawei)
Radio France Internationale, August 20, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Do not mistake delay to anti-sanctions law for Hong Kong as climbdown by China, analysts say, as targeted weapons against Western powers still in works
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021
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Beijing’s anti-sanctions law for Hong Kong: why is it being postponed? What do we know and don’t know about the delay?
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2021
Group behind Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong to hold discussion on future ‘in days’
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2021
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支聯會副主席鄒幸彤稱目前沒任何解散決定(Hong Kong Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung says there is no disbandment decision at the moment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 20, 2021
Council member of Hong Kong’s largest lawyers’ association withdraws re-election bid, citing safety fears as group makes police report over ‘threats’
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2021
Hong Kong protests: first aid volunteer cleared of rioting charge as judge rules helping the injured no ‘basis for conviction’
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2021
Hong Kong must speed up economic development and integration with nation, Beijing officials warn lawmakers
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2021
民主派初選47人案｜譚凱邦高院申保釋被拒(High court denies bail to Roy Tam, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged under the National Security Law)
Ming Pao, August 23, 2021
Hong Kong Court Sentences Minor to Training Center Over Role in 2019 Protests
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2021
‘It’s about self-censorship’: Hong Kong counsellors struggle to navigate security law concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2021
九龍塘站大堂及月台加裝多部國企大華 CCTV 港鐵：無人臉識別功能(Kowloon Tong railway station installs CCTVs made by state-owned Dahua, known for facial recognition tech for surveilling Uyghurs)
Stand News, August 20, 2021
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam faces public Q’s for first time in 2 years, hears 1 directly critical opinion from crowd largely selected by gov’t
Hong Kong Free Press, August 23, 2021
Hong Kong garrison of People’s Liberation Army launches land-air-sea exercise testing fugitive-hunting capability
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Beijing’s American Hustle: How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power
Foreign Affairs, September/October 2021
Yuan Yang, the British-Chinese journalist witnessing the decline of press freedom in China
Quartz, August 23, 2021
Britons do know – and care – about the plight of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, August 21, 2021
What to expect from elections for Hong Kong’s reformed legislature
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2021
The pressure’s on Hong Kong patriots in the new political landscape
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2021
Friday, August 20, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
Embrace Communist rule, China tells Tibet on 70th anniversary of invasion
The Guardian, August 20, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese human rights activist avoids imminent deportation from Germany
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2021
江西萍乡维权人士周彩凡因上访被强制送精神病院“治疗”(Zhou Caifan, rights defender in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, is taken to mental hospital for "treatment" for petitioning)
Weiquanwang, August 20, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Beijing unexpectedly postpones vote on adding anti-sanctions legislation to Hong Kong’s Basic Law
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021
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担忧港版反制裁法引发外资逃亡，中国人大紧急叫停表决(NPC abruptly halts vote on Hong Kong version of anti-sanctions law over concern for foreign capital flight)
Voice of America, August 20, 2021田飛龍：中央需評估美國與香港脫鈎風險(Tian Feilong, director of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies, says Beijing needs to assess U.S.-Hong Kong decoupling risks)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 20, 2021
7 Hong Kong democrats plead guilty to offences linked to 2019 protests
Hong Kong Free Press, August 20, 2021
Yuen Long mob attacks: Pro-gov’t YouTuber apologises as man, 87, arrested over internet ‘confession’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 20, 2021
Hong Kong protests: teen gets up to 3 years at training centre for carrying firebombs, role in 2019 demonstration
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021
兩男女涉製作派發港獨傳單 高院准17歲男生保釋(High Court grants bail to 17-year-old student over distributing Hong Kong independence leaflet after 2-month detention)
Ming Pao, August 20, 2021
‘Taiwan is not a country’: Hong Kong regulator raps broadcaster RTHK for referring to ‘nation’ in election story
Hong Kong Free Press, August 20, 2021
Former part-time RTHK journalist charged with possession of imitation firearms
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021
now 新聞台《時事全方位》再換主持 時事評論員王慧麟離任(Another commentator, Max Wong, quits Now News current affairs program after pro-Beijing news head Chan Tit Piu took office)
Stand News, August 20, 2021
學者黃偉國宣布已離港定居英國 曾不獲浸大續約、被左媒點名批評(Benson Wong, former assistant professor in political science who was attacked by state-controlled newspaper, leaves Hong Kong for UK)
Stand News, August 20, 2021
Hong Kong’s government is crushing the city’s pro-democracy unions
The Economist, August 21st 2021 edition
Hardline Beijing loyalist Arthur Li ‘honoured’ to be named to Hong Kong’s Basic Law Committee
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021
‘Law and order collapsed’: Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong on finding freedom in Taiwan
The Guardian, August 19, 2021
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
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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
Thursday, August 19, 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 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
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
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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
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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
Wednesday, August 18, 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
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《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, 2021Rubio 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
Tuesday, August 17, 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
Government Accountability (政府问责)
“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, 2021How did Chinese propaganda force Hong Kong's largest teachers union to disband?
GlobalVoices, August 17, 2021Hong 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, 2021China’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
Monday, August 16, 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, 2021Hong 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
Friday, August 13, 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
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
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
Thursday, August 12, 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
Wednesday, August 11, 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, 2021Human 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, 2021Questions 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
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
Tuesday, August 10, 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
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