Hong Kong (香港)

Groups that endanger national security to lose charities status, tax exemptions, Hong Kong’s financial services chief warns
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2021

Hong Kong gov’t seeks to strike Tiananmen Massacre vigil group off Companies Registry amid national security charges
Hong Kong Free Press, September 11, 2021

Related:
Mainland Chinese Dissidents Hit Out at Police Raid on Hong Kong Alliance
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2021

Members of Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union vote to disband after 47-year run
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2021

Related:
教協解散　教聯會另組新工會　稱不會包庇違法人士爭取「所謂權益」(Newly-formed pro-establishment teachers' union says it will not harbor lawbreakers striving for "so-called rights")
Stand News, September 12, 2021

Security law: Hong Kong pro-democracy heavyweight Albert Ho resigns from civil society groups amid probe
Hong Kong Free Press, September 13, 2021

Exclusive | ‘Unprecedented influence’: Hong Kong prisons chief accuses inmates held for national security, protest offences of stirring rebellion behind bars
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2021

Hong Kong activist Figo Chan faces fresh unauthorised assembly charges over Sept 2019 demo
Hong Kong Free Press, September 13, 2021

Hong Kong academics, community leaders start ‘apolitical’ NGO to support young people arrested over anti-government protests
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2021

American lawyer imprisoned in Hong Kong speaks out about his treatment
The Washington Post, September 12, 2021

Hong Kong district councillors have until 5pm Monday to hand over information to authorities scrutinising their oaths of office
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2021

Google handed user data to Hong Kong authorities despite pledge after security law was enacted
Hong Kong Free Press, September 11, 2021

開騷前遭取消租場　何韻詩堅持辦網上演唱會　「我唯一可以做嘅事，就係繼續唱下去」(Denise Ho holds online concert after venue cancels: “The only thing I can do is to continue singing”)
Stand News, September 12, 2021

曾質疑國安法打壓自由　《十年》策劃人兼〈本地蛋〉導演伍嘉良：已身處英國(Ng Ka-leung, director of "10 years" who once doubted national security law would suppress freedom, leaves Hong Kong for UK )
Stand News, September 11, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s fair trial rules are routinely ignored – and no offender is safe
Hong Kong Free Press, September 11, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

因联络海外亲人 维吾尔男子获刑十五年(Uyghur sentenced to 15 years in prison for contacting overseas relatives)
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

台湾最新民调显示：近9成民众反对“一国两制”(New polls in Taiwan show nearly 90% of population oppose ‘one country, two systems’)
Voice of America, September 10, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China has become a laboratory for the regulation of digital technology
The Economist, September 11, 2021

The Real Cause of China’s Alibaba Crackdown
The Diplomat, September 11, 2021

腾讯实行“一微两制” 境内外讯息交流随时中断(Tencent’s chat app implements ‘two version system,’ leads to interruption in communication between China and abroad)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil group leader denied bail over ‘inciting subversion’ national security charge
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2021

Related:
Mainland Chinese Dissidents Hit Out at Police Raid on Hong Kong Alliance
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2021

Government moves to strike HK Alliance from register
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 10, 2021

'June 4 truth for nation'
The Standard, September 10, 2021

Persecution of the Hong Kong Alliance makes a mockery of NSL promises
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil leaders plead not guilty to refusing national security data probe, bail denied
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2021

District councillors prepare for oath-taking ceremony in a first for Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong district councillor Peter Choi loses seat after failing to turn up at oath-taking ceremony
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2021

當局對楊雪盈梁柏堅等7名區議員宣誓有效存疑促交資料(Authorities send letters to 7 district councilors for additional information, questioning validity of their oaths)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 10, 2021

Hong Kong protests: teacher convicted of assaulting police officer jailed for 9 weeks after losing appeal
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2021

藝術中心取消租場拒賠償　反指演唱會主辦方毀約　何韻詩：面對打壓盡力抵抗(Hong Kong Art Centre refuses to compensate after terminating lease agreement for Denise Ho's concert, accuses organizer of breach of contract)
Stand News, September 10, 2021

斥神職人員探監時「煽動」　《大公》引消息指當局研檢討機制　牧師：主要講聖經(Pro-Beijing newspaper slams clergies over ‘incitement’ during visits to prisoners)
Stand News, September 10, 2021

Commentary (评论)

When Dictators Find God
习近平和威权主义新“宗教”
The New York Times, September 10, 2021

Incendiary Essay Ignites Guessing Over Xi’s Plans for China
习近平将把中国带向何方？李光满檄文走红引猜测
The New York Times, September 10, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

U.S.-CHINA CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS FOUNDER OVER XINJIANG SANCTIONS
China Digital Times, September 9, 2021

Two Scientific Journals Retract Articles Involving Chinese DNA Research
The New York Times, September 9, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

不给起诉原件 中国认定丁家喜涉颠覆国家政权(Rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi is indicted for being suspected of subverting state power, his lawyer is not allowed to give Ding’s family the original indictment)
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

研究: 亲中大外宣扩展规模 称美国为新冠起源地(Pro-China propaganda campaign expands its outreach, says U.S. is the origin of COVID-19)
Deutsche Welle, September 9, 2021

Related:
Pro-China social media campaign hits new countries, blames U.S. for COVID
Reuters, September 9, 2021

中国网游企业遭约谈 沉迷举报平台将上线(Heads of Chinese online game companies summoned by authorities, platform for reporting game addiction to be launched)
Deutsche Welle, September 9, 2021

文化整肃愈演愈烈 中国冻结新网络游戏审批(Cleanup of the cultural sector in China is intensifying, approval of new online games suspended)
Voice of America, September 9, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Xi Jinping's crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society
The Washington Post, September 9, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China and Big Tech: Xi’s blueprint for a digital dictatorship
Financial Times, September 9, 2021

Chinese tech tycoons’ retreat spurs speculation about true motives amid controversies and Big Tech crackdown
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activists convicted of unauthorised assembly over annual Tiananmen Square vigil after guilty pleas
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2021

Related:
In full: ‘Speaking truth to power’: Tiananmen Massacre Alliance vice-chair Albert Ho’s mitigation plea
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong national security police raid Tiananmen Massacre museum, a day after vigil group leaders arrested
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021

Related:
鄒幸彤親友引述律師：鄒幸彤遭警指控「煽動顛覆國家政權」(Chow Hang Tung is charged with inciting subversion, according to Chow's lawyer)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2021

【拒交資料】消息指支聯會常委徐漢光被捕　同被指違國安法實施細則(Sources say Hong Kong Alliance committee member Tsui Hon Kwong has been arrested for violating implementation rules of national security law)
Stand News, September 9, 2021

支聯會4人被捕　英外相指心寒　駐港公署批粗暴干涉香港事務(China's Foreign Ministry in HK criticizes UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab for interfering in HK affairs over a Twitter post saying arrests of Hong Kong Alliance members are chilling)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers urge gov’t to regulate crowdfunding after national security probe into protest legal fund
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021

Related:
612基金將退回本月3日至本周二期間31萬多元捐款(612 Humanitarian Relief Fund to return more than HK$310,000 received in donations)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong activist Gwyneth Ho says only open bail hearing can safeguard her ‘best interest’
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021

岑敖暉被加被控藐視法庭　與周梓樂逝世半年貼文有關(Former district councillor Lester Shum, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures arrested for subversion, is charged with contempt of court over a social media post about the death of HKUST student during 2019 protest)
Stand News, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong leaders apply national security law retroactively, US congressional panel hears
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2021

INSIDE THE PRO-BEIJING MEDIA ECOSYSTEM
The Atlantic, September 9, 2021

Commentary (评论)

“恶法非法”还是“恶法亦法”？一个伪问题(Is ‘evil law illegal’ or is ‘evil law also law’? That is a pseudo-problem)
Financial Times, September 8, 2021

‘Reversing Gears’: China Increasingly Rejects English, and the World
“开倒车”？中国弱化英语教育意味着什么
The New York Times, September 9, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

著名政治犯郭泉案将于9月9日在南京市江宁区看守所开庭审理 (The trial of well-known political prisoner Guo Quan is set for September 9 in Nanjing Jiangning District Detention Center)
Weiquanwang, September 8, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China Chases 'Rejuvenation' With Control of Tycoons, Society
Associated Press, September 8, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

UK orders national security review of graphene firm’s takeover by Chinese scientist
The Guardian, September 7, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

China seeks Italy’s support for Beijing Olympics in Xi-Draghi phone call
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2021

多个人权团体呼吁NBC等大电视公司拒绝转播北京冬奥会 (Human rights groups urge NBC and other broadcasters to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics)
Voice of America, September 8, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

4 members of Hong Kong group behind Tiananmen Massacre vigil arrested, a day after vowing to defy police probe
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong labels the host of Tiananmen vigil and other civic groups as ‘foreign agents’ to justify clampdown
GlobalVoices, September 8, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers take financial services chief to task over fund that supported anti-government protesters
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2021

Jailed Hong Kong opposition activist ditches bail plan after judge refuses to lift reporting restrictions
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2021

「社區前進」宣佈解散　前召集人林兆彬據報日前被廉署拘捕(Community March announces disbandment; sources say former convenor arrested by Independent Commission Against Corruption)
Stand News, September 8, 2021

探訪寫信續抗爭 朱古力釀特權 鄧炳強：危害國家安全(Secretary for Security Chris Tang claims chocolate privilege for prisoners is threatening national security)
inmedia.hk, September 7, 2021

Related:
China’s national security threatened by Hong Kong prisoners’ chocolates, hair clips, says security chief
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2021

Ahead of Hong Kong Elections, Companies Must Act to Protect Digital Rights
The Diplomat, September 7, 2021

New head of Hong Kong’s Law Society vows to ‘listen to different views’, plays down work for pro-establishment think tank
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2021

截至7月底警方拘10265人涉「黑暴」相關違法事件(As of end of July, 10265 people have been arrested in relation to the social unrest in 2019)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 8, 2021

Commentary (评论)

從四個角度看習近平的大動作 (Looking at Xi Jinping's big agenda from four perspectives)
Voicettank, September 3, 2021

中共完全搞錯學生學習壓力大的原因，「戒嚴補課」是滿盤皆輸的政策 (The CPC is wrong about the source of students' stress; the ‘ban on tutoring’ is a lose-lose policy)
The News Lens, September 8, 2021

余杰：为什么必须反思六四的失败？ (Yu Jie: Why reflecting on June Fourth's failure is a must?)
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Activists accuse C&A, Lidl, Aldi, Hugo Boss over Uyghur forced labour
Agence France-Presse, September 6, 2021

Xinjiang: another official transfers to sensitive region ahead of Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021

Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)

蒙古族正成为北京民族同化政策的下一个目标？ (Are ethnic Mongolians becoming the next target of Beijing's Sinicization policy?)
Radio France Internationale, September 4, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

传四川百名藏人被捕 疑与保存达赖喇嘛图像有关 (400 Tibetans arrested for allegedly keeping image of the Dalai Lama)
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2021

Tibet government in exile expresses willingness to talk to China
Taiwan News, September 7, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China's crackdown on business, media and entertainment sectors is packaged as a ‘profound revolution’
GlobalVoices, September 7, 2021

Chinese Social Media Site Suspends K-Pop Fan Accounts
微博大批禁言K-pop明星粉丝团帐号
The New York Times, September 7, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国打击“996”能否解决年轻人的“躺平”焦虑 (Can China's “996” crackdown relieve young people's “lying flat” anxiety?)
BBC News, September 3, 2021

Alibaba Manager Accused of Rape Is Released, Adding to China’s #MeToo Debate
阿里性侵事件涉案男员工获释，争议仍存
The New York Times, September 7, 2021

Families mark 1,000 days since China's detention of Canadians Spavor, Kovrig
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, September 5, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China Cracks Down on Tech Sector as Curbs on User Data Take Effect
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Beijing 2022: China readies for Winter Olympics as pressure grows
BBC News, September 4, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil organiser defies police demand for info, says requests are groundless
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong security chief vows ‘swift and efficient’ action against organiser of June 4 vigil over legal row as stand-off escalates
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2021

Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media group files for liquidation
The Guardian, September 6, 2021

Related:
National security law: Hong Kong authorities hit back at Next Digital, accuse it of trying to shift blame for decisions
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2021

Hong Kong fund supporting arrested protesters stops accepting donations amid police pressure
Hong Kong Free Press, September 6, 2021

Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union to hold special meeting to vote on disbanding and liquidation
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2021

香港教牧網絡宣布解散　寄語港人堅守真理拒絕謊言(Hong Kong Pastors Network disbands and sends last words to Hong Kong people to insist on truth and reject lies)
Stand News, September 4, 2021

Hong Kong Democratic Party may breach security law if it tells members not to run in election, warns pro-Beijing figure
Hong Kong Free Press, September 6, 2021

Hong Kong’s remaining district councillors must take oaths of loyalty to gov’t from Fri
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2021

Hong Kong: international companies reconsider future in wake of security law
The Guardian, September 7, 2021

英國更新香港旅遊建議﹕國安法適用於英國行為　疑犯可被大陸審訊(UK updates travel advice for HK saying NSL is applicable to acts in UK and suspects could be tried in China)
Stand News, September 6, 2021

Related:
Foreign travel advice: Hong Kong
UK government, September 6, 2021

【初選47人案】范國威高院申請保釋被拒 旁聽市民高呼「保重」(Former lawmaker Gary Fan, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures accused of subversion, is denied bail again)
inmedia.hk, September 7, 2021

【12.8 遊行】10 人被控《反恐條例》及串謀謀殺　控方首引《反恐》起訴可囚終身(10 charged under Anti-Terrorism Measures Ordinance for possessing firearms during the 2019 protests, face life imprisonment)
Stand News, September 6, 2021

港大生及地盤工非法集結罪成囚3個月　商人認刑毁拒捕囚10個月(HKU student and construction worker jailed for 3 months for participating in unauthorized assembly, a businessman sentenced to 10 months in jail for criminal damage and resisting arrest during 2019 protest)
Ming Pao, September 3, 2021

RTHK pulling plug on long-running Hong Kong current affairs show City Forum
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Patriotism should not lead to a single, Beijing-approved view of Hong Kong history
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2021

‘Foreign agent’ claims against Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil organisers defy understanding
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2021

时隔70年“公私合营”山雨又来？ (After 70 years, is “public-private partnership” on the return in China?)
Voice of America, September 4, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

First details emerge of China’s spy claims against Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021

Left-Wing Labor Rights Researcher Detained For 'Subversion' in China's Guangxi
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2021

黑龙江70岁访民刘杰被被举报单位宾县检察院正式批捕(70-year-old petitioner Liu Jie from Heilongjiang is officially arrested with approval of the local procuratorate he reported on)
Weiquanwang, September 3, 2021

广州五名异议人士因讨论时政 涉颠覆国家政权移送检察院起诉(5 dissidents in Guangzhou face “subversion of state power” indictment for discussing current affairs\)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

How Much Does Beijing Control the Ethnic Makeup of Tibet?
ChinaFile, September 2, 2021

传四川百名藏人被捕 疑与保存达赖喇嘛图像有关(London-based Tibet Watch reports detention of more than 100 Tibetans in Sichuan, believed to be related to possession of Dalai Lama’s picture)
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Xi Jinping Thought, for children
The Economist, September 4, 2021

Xi Jinping is aiming to redraw China’s social contract
Financial Times, September 2, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protests: 5 students found guilty of rioting, violating mask ban at 2019 Chinese University demonstration
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021

Hong Kong pro-Beijing lawmakers urge better moral education in schools
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2021

Security law baptism for uni students
The Standard, September 3, 2021

Chinese emblem must fly higher than all others under new flag-raising guidelines for Hong Kong international schools
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021

Hong Kong’s Civic Passion disbands citing ‘no way forward’ after chairman ousted from legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2021

聲援受罰囚友被指「滋事」　袁嘉蔚涉事　邵家臻：22人調「水飯房」單獨囚禁(Former district councilor Tiffany Yuen, accused of "making trouble" in support of other prisoners, is put in solitary)
Ming Pao, September 3, 2021

官立及津貼小學整體班級數目　較上個學年減至少50班(At least 50 classes are eliminated in public and subsidized primary schools amid emigration wave)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 3, 2021

National security law: can supporters of legal defence fund for Hong Kong protesters be prosecuted for donations? It depends, legal experts say
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国国企涉非法收购意大利军用无人机公司(Two Chinese state-owned companies are suspected of illegal acquisition of Italian military drone company)
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2021

中国关闭美国西南商会 美国务院批任意监管(China shuts American Chamber of Commerce in southwest China; U.S. State Department slams move as arbitrary regulation)
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2021

Related:
China shuts American Chamber of Commerce in Chengdu, organisation says
Reuters, August 31, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s civil society under fire: the candidates, the election, then the democracy movement itself
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uyghurs From Afghanistan Fear Deportation to China
Voice of America, September 1, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

美国军舰再入台湾海峡 中国施行《海上交通安全法》反制(China’s amended Maritime Traffic Safety Law takes effect in response to U.S. warship entering Taiwan Strait)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 2, 2021

Related:
U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait after Chinese assault drills
Reuters, August 27, 2021

Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (2021 Revision)
Peking University Law Database, June 25, 2021

欧洲议会：通过首份对台湾报告 将提升双边关系(European Parliament adopts report on enhancing EU-Taiwan relations)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2021

Related:
European Lawmakers Seek to Upgrade Ties With Taiwan
Bloomberg, September 2, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Canadian jailed in China accused of taking military photos
The Guardian, September 2, 2021

Journalist-Turned-Rights Attorney Held Incommunicado in China's Liaoning
Radio Free Asia, September 1, 2021

“996” RULED ILLEGAL YET LABOR RESEARCHERS, ACTIVISTS STILL ARRESTED
China Digital Times, September 1, 2021

专访吴有水律师：“长沙公益三子”被偷走的辩护权(Interview with lawyer Wu Youshui: Right to defense has been stolen from Changsha Three public interest activists)
Voice of America, September 2, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Weibo bans 52 accounts, some with millions of followers, in campaign against financial misinformation on social media
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021

Chinese netizens identify the Weibo supervisor system as a source of arbitrary censorship
GlobalVoices, September 2, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

EU foreign ministers set for first talks on China since sanctions blitz six months ago
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021

Why are China’s diplomats sometimes so undiplomatic?
Quartz, September 2, 2021

滴滴等11企业被当局约谈(Authorities have interviewed 11 ride-hailing companies including Didi)
Radio France Internationale, September 2, 2021

谭德赛：我们请求中国给出这些数据(WHO’s Tedros: We are asking China to provide data related to COVID’s origins)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2021

中国娱乐圈遭持续整肃 被批实施“法西斯美学”(As China continues to purge entertainment industry, scholar criticizes it as implementing "fascist aesthetics")
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

After Proudly Celebrating Women, Alibaba Faces Reckoning Over Harassment
大尺度破冰、性别歧视严重：阿里企业文化引质疑
The New York Times, September 2, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

8 Hong Kong activists who tried to flee to Taiwan appear in court
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2021

Hong Kong student who snatched police officer’s shotgun found guilty of rioting, faces up to 7 years in jail
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021

HKU lifts campus ban on 18 students, confirms others are barred over motion supporting attacker of policeman
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2021

Hong Kong protests: student who admitted rioting during 2019 PolyU siege jailed for 2½ years
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021

女助教天水圍非法集結拒捕囚5個月　官：針對警員案須考慮漣漪效應(Teaching assistant and student are sentenced to 5 months and 1 month in jail, respectively, over 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, September 2, 2021

Hong Kong Crackdown Continues With Canceled Concerts, Sentenced Activists
Associated Press, September 2, 2021

Over 90% of local schools sign up for gov’t’s on-site national security education workshops
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2021

楊潤雄︰正研究安排資助學校教師宣誓(Secretary of Education Kevin Yeung says gov't is considering oath-taking arrangement for teachers of subsidized schools)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 1, 2021

Commentary (评论)

How China’s Worldview Took Over Hong Kong
The Diplomat, September 1, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang genocide conference aims to up pressure on China
Associated Press, September 1, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

新学年习思想全面进入校园 十四万"督导员"进驻中小学 (New school year starts with Xi's Thoughts curricula along with 140,000 “supervisors”)
Radio Free Asia, September 1, 2021

中国下令艺文界学习习近平论述 (China orders art and literature sectors to study Xi Jinping's talks)
Radio France Internationale, August 31, 2021

China shuts American Chamber of Commerce in Chengdu, organisation says
Reuters, August 31, 2021

中共十九届六中全会将在11月召开 (The sixth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee will be held in November)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China rolls out new data law over ‘national security’ fears
Agence France-Presse, September 1, 2021

China’s 2021 internet sector in 5 snapshots, from tighter regulations to bumpy IPOs and shifting demographics
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2021

Chinese teens feel like they’re in the crosshairs of Beijing’s tech crackdown
Quartz, September 1, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong democracy activists jailed for illegal assembly in 2019 protests
Reuters, September 1, 2021

Hong Kong national security police eye foreign collusion case against fund that paid out HK$243 million to protesters
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2021

民主派47人案｜王百羽涉串謀顛覆國家政權罪　申保釋遭拒(Former district councilor Henry Wong, one of 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion, is denied bail)
Ming Pao, September 1, 2021

港大研究中國勞工博士生方然　被廣西國安帶走　涉「顛覆國家政權」被關押(HKU PhD student studying China labor issues is detained by China's national security police on suspicion of “subversion of state power”)
Stand News, September 1, 2021

Hong Kong Arts Centre pulls plug on Denise Ho concert days after Canto-pop star and activist attacked by pro-Beijing paper
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Feminist Activist Li Qiaochu Struggles With Mental Health in Detention
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2021

多名武汉访民举报当局私设黑监狱 在北京遭暴力截访失联 (Multiple Wuhan activists are forcibly disappeared in Beijing while attempting to file complaints against local authorities for setting up black jails)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2021

强迫失踪受害者国际日：在中国"被失踪"有六种可能 (On Int'l Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: 6 ways you may be forcibly disappeared in China)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

习思想进课堂 是教育革命还是复辟倒退？ (Xi Thoughts in the classroom—a great education revolution or a great step backward?)
Voice of America, August 31, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong police probe into Tiananmen Square vigil organisers not a ‘crackdown on civil society’, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2021

Security law: Hong Kong court denies bail to speech therapists behind kid’s book about sheep and wolves
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong Law Society will offer legal perspective only when it comes to social issues, new president says
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2021

Related:
張達明辭任律師會理事(HKU legal scholar Eric Cheung quits Law Society council citing personal reasons)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong district councillor who shot vid of riot police storming MTR 2 years ago receives threatening letter, blade
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2021

【光城者案】再多一人被控「串謀恐怖活動」　17 歲女子 9.1 西九提堂(Another 17-year-old is charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist activities in “Returning Valiant” case)
Stand News, August 31, 2021

【12.25 葵芳】元氣壽司外非法集結罪成　三人判囚 4 月　另三青年判入勞教和更生中心(Three sentenced to four months in jail and three to correctional centre over unauthorized gathering in the 2019 protests)
Stand News, August 31, 2021

大埔區議員姚鈞豪非法集結罪成　判囚3個月(Tai Po District Councilor Herman Yiu receives 3 months jail sentence over unauthorized assembly on anniversary of death of HKUST student Chow Tsz-lok who fell from a car park during the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 31, 2021

Hong Kong real name SIM card registration to roll out, but gov’t says it won’t regulate int’l roaming SIMs
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国官媒热捧反美反资本家文章 评论指为政策扫雷 (China’s official media double down on anti-U.S., anti-capitalism articles; commentator: They are paving way for new flood of policies)
Radio France Internationale, August 31, 2021

中国即将实施海上交通安全新规 剑指美法等国航舰自由航行？ (China to impose new maritime law to curb freedom of navigation in its claimed territorial waters)
Radio France Internationale, August 30, 2021

Related:
China Strengthens Claims Over Disputed Waters With New Maritime Law Against Foreign Ships
Newsweek, August 31, 2021

China Tightens Limits for Young Online Gamers and Bans School Night Play
中国进一步限制未成年人打网游，非节假日禁玩
The New York Tiimes, August 31, 2021

中国官媒: 一场"深刻变革"正在发生 蔡霞：文革回来了 (Chinese official media: A “deep transformation” is in the making; Cai Xia: Cultural Revolution is back)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s ‘surveillance creep’: how big data COVID monitoring could be used to control people post-pandemic
The Conversation, August 31, 2021

China’s Personal Information Protection Law and Its Global Impact
The Diplomat, August 31, 2021

Xi Jinping says Big Tech crackdown is making progress, calls for Communist Party to ‘guide’ companies
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2021

Commentary (评论)

史上最嚴「禁補令」：中國正在下一盤大棋，讓這些中產家庭老老實實地做一顆社會主義大機器上的螺絲釘 (The harshest “no tutoring order” in history: China's great gambit to turn middle income families into faithful cogs in the great socialism machine)
The News Lens, August 31, 2021

余英时留给中国的大哉问 (The passing of Yu Yingshi left China some big questions)
Financial Times, August 30, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China holds firm on Xinjiang as neighbouring Afghanistan poses security concerns
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

Shein: China fashion giant investigates 'false' anti-Uyghur job ads
BBC News, August 28, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

“国际强迫失踪者日” 台湾民间团体呼吁：让李明哲回家(International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: Taiwan civil society groups urge China’s authorities to release Taiwanese pro-democracy activist Lee Ming-che)
Voice of America, August 30, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese university appears to ask for lists of LGBTQ+ students for ‘investigation’
The Guardian, August 29, 2021

曾为狱中良心犯呼吁的四川公民肖春在福建被秘密审判 获刑4年 已送监服刑(Xiao Chun, Sichuan citizen who had advocated for prisoners of conscience, is sentenced to 4 years in prison in secret trial in Fujian)
Weiquanwang, August 29, 2021

案律师会见通报：出现幻听，需要长期服药，不后悔发声，坚信自己无罪(Report on lawyer’s first meeting with feminist and rights defender Li Qiaochu now nearly 7 months in detention: She hears things, needs long-term medications, doesn’t regret speaking out, and firmly believes in her innocence)
Weiquanwang, August 28, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国劳动市场“就业难招工难” 结构性矛盾日趋严重(Difficulties in finding jobs and workers in China's labor market highlight worsening structural contradictions)
Voice of America, August 30, 2021

Intelligence Review Yields No Firm Conclusion on Origins of Coronavirus
美新冠溯源报告部分解密，未就病毒起源下定论
The New York Times, August 30, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s Celebrity Culture Is Raucous. The Authorities Want to Change That.
中国扩大网络审查，整顿“饭圈”文化
The New York Times, August 30, 2021

网信办整改动作频频 不准“唱衰中国经济”( In flurry of actions, Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission bans "maligning China's economy")
Deutsche Welle, August 30, 2021

Related:
国家网信办启动清朗·商业网站平台和“自媒体”违规采编发布财经类信息专项整治(Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission of China launches special purification campaign to rectify illegal acquisition, editing, and publication of financial information by commercial website platforms and “self-media”)
Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, August 27, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s Generation N: the young nationalists who have Beijing’s back
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing has a new legal architecture for sweeping control over user data
Quartz, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union amends constitution to speed up disbandment under government pressure
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2021

Related:
‘I’ve got evidence’: Hong Kong police chief warns political groups disbanding will not help if they have broken the law
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong children’s books trio remanded in custody after being charged with conspiracy to distribute seditious material
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

曾任支聯會核數師　何鐵文蘇漢章梁樹賢會計師行：今年1月已辭任(Pro-Beijing Hong Kong daily questions Hong Kong Alliance's auditors on handling of funds involved in "collusion with foreign forces")
Ming Pao, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong director accused of flouting Covid-19 rules over screening to take case to court instead of paying fine
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

Related:
區議員在辦事處舉行電影放映會　食環署稱將作檢控(Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to pursue criminal prosecution of district councilor organizing film screening in office)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 28, 2021

《幻愛》放映會被發限聚令告票　導演周冠威：冇恐懼　分享電影　樂在其中(Director Kiwi Chow among those given violation tickets for joining film screening, says he has no fear and feels joy of sharing movie)
Stand News, August 28, 2021

Why Hong Kong’s Democratic Party is not worried about its future despite unseating of sole opposition lawmaker
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2021

Hong Kong independent bookstore Bleak House Books to close
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2021

A virtual Noah’s Ark: Hongkongers race to archive democracy movement amid city-wide purge
Agence France-Presse, August 28, 2021

Hong Kong protests: student faces up to 7 years in jail after pleading guilty to rioting over role in PolyU siege
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

2人參與反國歌法示威分別判社服令及監禁7個月(2 sentenced to community service and 7 month in jail, respectively, over 2020 anti-National Anthem Law protest)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 28, 2021

Hong Kong is eighth safest city in world overall, but ranks badly when it comes to personal and environmental security
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong Newspaper Treated as Agent of Foreign State in US
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2021

Commentary (评论)

China’s Foreign Policy: Inflexibility Rules
The Diplomat, August 29, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

台日党派高层会议 形容两地面对中国是“命运共同体”(In high level talks, Taiwan and Japan officials describe both countries as a "community with a shared destiny" facing China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 27, 2021

反感中国威胁 过半数美国人支持派军捍卫台湾(Reflecting negative view on China's threat, more than half of Americans support sending troops to defend Taiwan)
Voice of America, August 27, 2021

Related:
For First Time, Half of Americans Favor Defending Taiwan If China Invades
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, August 26, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

供奉达赖喇嘛法像 四川石渠约六十名藏人被捕(About 60 Tibetans are detained in Shiqu, Sichuan for possessing Dalai Lama’s picture)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s Celebrity Culture Is Raucous. The Authorities Want to Change That.
The New York Times, August 27, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Activist Plans Street Protest Over Forcible Vaccination Program
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Big Tech’s excessive 996 overwork culture in China is illegal without extra compensation, top court reminds employers
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2021

Explainer | How is China’s regulatory crackdown already hurting its economy?
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2021

A Chinese university seems to be making a list of LGBT+ students. No one knows what it will do with the information.
SupChina, August 26, 2021

UK watchdog fines banned Chinese broadcaster
Agence France-Presse, August 27, 2021

Related:
英国通信管理局再次对CGTN处以罚款(Chinese state broadcaster CGTN is fined again by Ofcom after it resumes broadcasting in UK)
Deutsche Welle, August 27, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese Police Kept Buying Cellebrite Phone Crackers After Cellebrite Said It Ended Sales
The Intercept, August 26, 2021

中国监管再出一招，直击网络科技巨头核心技术—算法(Chinese regulators target algorithm—core technology of Internet giants)
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 27, 2021

Related:
国家互联网信息办公室关于《互联网信息服务算法推荐管理规定（征求意见稿）》(Cyberspace Administration of China’s "Administrative Regulations on Recommendations of Internet Information Service Algorithms (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" )
Cyberspace Administration of China, August 27, 2021

华尔街日报：中国拟禁止数据密集型科技公司在美上市(WSJ: China to ban data-heavy tech firms from listing in U.S.)
Voice of America, August 27, 2021

Related:
China Plans to Ban U.S. IPOs for Data-Heavy Tech Firms
The Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong security chief levels ‘profiteering’ charge against fund set up to help 2019 protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: police information grab sparks fears over broad nature of powers and suspects’ rights
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2021

教協週六召開特別會員大會　決議修改會章放寬解散門檻(Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union to convene extraordinary general meeting on Saturday for resolution to lower threshold for disbanding)
Stand News, August 27, 2021

英最高法院院長指港仍有司法獨立、法治　與賀知義留任終院非常任法官(UK President of the Supreme Court Lord Reed of Allermuir says judicial independence and rule of law still exist in Hong Kong’s judiciary and will stay on as non-permanent judge in Court of Final Appeal together with Lord Hodge)
Stand News, August 27, 2021

Related:
Role of UK judges on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal - update
The UK Supreme Court, August 27, 2021

University of Hong Kong student leader granted bail pending national security ‘terrorism’ trial
Hong Kong Free Press, August 27, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Taiwan’s Foreign Minister: Time to Let Taiwan Work With the UN
The Diplomat, August 27, 2021

Clearer picture needed on film censorship
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

不顾北京反对 台日将举行安全对话(Taiwan and Japan to hold security dialogue—despite China’s opposition)
Deutsche Welle, August 26, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese Citizen Who Documented Wuhan Outbreak Falls Ill in Prison Hunger Strike
公民记者张展狱中绝食抗议，身体状况急剧恶化
The New York Times, August 26, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

How China's Ultra-Loyal Web Army Silences Beijing's Critics
Bloomberg, August 25, 2021

China streaming site cancels idol shows in industry crackdown
Radio France Internationale, August 26, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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

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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
「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

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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Commentary (评论)

拜登的「戰略清晰」並非口誤，美國協防台灣從來不是「要不要」，而是「說不說」 (Biden's “strategic clarity” is not a slip of the tongue; U.S. defending Taiwan is never a “need to or not,” but rather a “say it or not”)
The New Lens, August 25, 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