Will Beijing sharpen its laws to punish ‘Taiwan separatists’?
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2021
Monday, October 18, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese military newspaper calls for ‘people’s war’ to counter US spies after CIA sets up new China unit
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
「709大抓捕」維權律師家屬：參選北京區人大代表 (Wives of “709” lawyers among 14 independent candidates vying for local people’s congresses in Beijing)
Deutsche Welle, October 18, 2021
呼吁抵制“996”，“公司作息表”嗨翻中国互联网 (China tech workers share their schedules online in protest of “996” work culture, creating a stir)
Voice of America, October 16, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Nato to expand focus to counter rising China
Financial Times, October 18, 2021
‘It Was Like Having the Chinese Government in the Room With Us’: China’s method for blocking sanctions regimes
Foreign Policy, October 15, 2021
嚴管少數民族文字教材 教育部：堅持正確政治方向 (China Ministry of Education tightens oversight on ethnic minority language textbooks to maintain political correctness)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2021
人权组织发旅游风险警报 (Human rights organization issues travel risk advisory for dissidents)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2021
Related:
China Travel Risk Advisory for dissidents
Safeguard Defenders, October 17, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Is the shutting down of Chinese LinkedIn the end of foreign big tech’s engagement with China?
Global Voices, October 18, 2021
中國App Store下架亞馬遜有聲書和古蘭經等應用 (China orders Amazon and Apple to remove Quran audiobooks and apps)
Deutsche Welle, October 16, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing Olympics: two arrested in Greece for protest on eve of torch lighting
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021
Will the United States Boycott the Beijing 2022 Olympics?
Foreign Policy, October 18, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Seven Hong Kong democrats jailed for up to 12 months over banned protest against security law
Hong Kong Free Press, October 18, 2021
譚得志涉發表煽動文字表證成立 辯方專家：光時意指要香港回歸更理想(Tam Tak-chi to answer sedition case; defendant's expert says protest slogan means make HK better after handover)
Ming Pao, October 18, 2021
Hong Kong man arrested on suspicion of desecrating Chinese flag on National Day
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
US law firm Mayer Brown will no longer represent University of Hong Kong on removing Tiananmen Massacre statue
Hong Kong Free Press, October 16, 2021
Related:
Former Hong Kong leader CY Leung weighs in on Tiananmen statue row, calls for boycott of US law firm for reportedly cutting ties with university
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2021
Hong Kong elections: only opposition party to allow members to run for Legislative Council ‘unlikely to make an impact’ even with candidates
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
《文匯》指控解悶信、連登晚報阻礙更生 鄧炳強：採取一切方法防止(Pro-Beijing newspaper slams prison letter-writing projects; Secretary for Security: “Will take all measures to prevent” these activities)
inmedia.hk, October 18, 2021
‘Apolitical’ Hong Kong barristers emerge as possible candidates to run Bar Association, thaw frosty relations with Beijing
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021
遭舉報違反《國安法》，港誠品下架《八國聯軍乃正義之師》(Bookstore chain takes down book accused of violating National Security Law)
The News Lens, October 17, 2021
Hong Kong’s Bleak House Books writes its final chapter
Hong Kong Free Press, October 16, 2021
港大要求移除《國殤之柱》 丹麥外相：已向北京表達關注(Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod expresses concern to Beijing over HKU's request to remove Pillar of Shame)
Ming Pao, October 15, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Article 23 laws must not restrict rights unnecessarily
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2021
Friday, October 15, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uygur man awaits Morocco ruling as China seeks extradition after Interpol snub
South China Morning Post, October 14, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese media returns fire in info war with video of ‘captured Indians’
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
MINITRUE: NO INDEPENDENT COMMENT FROM BAR ASSOCIATIONS ON NATIONAL LAWYERS CONGRESS
China Digital Times, October 14, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Xi Jinping says China’s ‘democratic’ political system is a ‘great creation’ that holds key to international success
South China Morning Post, October 14, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Microsoft to shut LinkedIn in China amid Beijing tech clampdown
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2021
Related:
LinkedIn’s Exit From China Cuts Another East-West Bridge
Wired, October 14, 2021LinkedIn Loses Its China Connection
Foreign Policy, October 15, 2021
One of the world’s most popular iOS apps right now was developed by Chinese police
Quartz, October 15, 2021
Burned out Chinese tech workers start viral online campaign
Protocol, October 13, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
No-nonsense masks, strict bubble: What to expect from China’s Winter Olympics
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong lawmakers in race against time to push through bills after Typhoon Kompasu shuts Legislative Council
South China Morning Post, October 14, 2021
Hong Kong pro-democracy grassroots group allows members to stand in ‘patriots only’ legislative election
Hong Kong Free Press, October 15, 2021
Ousted Hong Kong district councillor told to repay HK$110,000 in allowances to government
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong security chief accuses media outlet of ‘demonising’ Article 23 national security legislation
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong protests: Polytechnic University scientist who tried to help protester shot by police jailed for a year
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
Security law: Ex-Student Politicism spokesperson granted bail, three others remain in custody pending trial
Hong Kong Free Press, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong national security law: teenage activist bailed ahead of subversion trial, but 3 other members of student group told they must remain behind bars
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021
49歲男涉十一縱火燒國旗被捕 另一人在逃(49-year-old man is arrested for setting national flag on fire on National Day; police is pursuing another)
inmedia.hk, October 15, 2021
4港大生涉宣揚恐怖主義 10.28轉介區院續准保釋(Court allows bail for 4 HKU students charged with "promoting terrorism" while case is transferred to District Court)
inmedia.hk, October 15, 2021
高院同意為公眾利益將壹傳媒清盤 稱做法公正公平(High Court permits liquidation of Next Digital Limited for sake of public interest)
Ming Pao, October 15, 2021
3 前區議員被指違限聚令全部無罪 官質疑警證供 陳劍琴：為公民社會活動還公道(3 district councilors found not guilty of violating gathering ban as judge questions statement by police)
Stand News, October 15, 2021
More Hong Kong teachers to be tested on Basic Law, as schools face axe due to falling birth rate
Hong Kong Free Press, October 15, 2021
Hong Kong Continues to Hemorrhage People Amid Ever-Widening Political Controls
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2021
Commentary (评论)
How Xi Jinping’s China differs from Mao’s
The Economist, October 14, 2021
Sweden Should Press China to Release Swedish Book Publisher
Human Rights Watch, October 14, 2021
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Amid U.S.-China Chill, Harvard Moves a Top Language Program to Taiwan
美中交流降温，哈佛大学中文项目将迁往台湾
The New York Times, October 14, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese war blockbuster fuels anger in South Korea
Deutsche Welle, October 14, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
新冠溯源：世卫新工作组被视为最后机会，专家促开放武汉血液样本(Covid-19 origin probe: New WHO working group is seen as last chance; experts urge China to release Wuhan blood samples)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 14, 2021
China’s Power Problems Expose a Strategic Weakness
电力短缺问题暴露中国战略弱点
The New York Times, October 14, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing Games ready for Olympia flame but wary of protests
Reuters, October 14, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
UN experts urge review of Hong Kong security law; say arrests ‘incompatible’ with human rights and int’l law
Hong Kong Free Press, October 14, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong: Arrests under security law are serious concern, UN experts call for review
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 12, 2021National Security Law in line with international practice of safeguarding national security
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, October 13, 2021
高志活擬遷國殤之柱至歐美展出 批港大要求移走雕塑「羞恥」(Danish artist Jens Galschiot plans to move "Pillar of Shame" to Europe or U.S., calls HKU’s demand for its removal "shameful")
Ming Pao, October 14, 2021
Would-be Hong Kong civil servants set to be tested on national security law
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2021
Hong Kong protests: second mega court for clearing backlog of cases to accommodate 250 people
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2021
泰晤士世界大學排名 港 3 大學法律系排名大跌 中大跌出首百名(Three HK universities' law schools drop in Times Higher Education World University Rankings)
Stand News, October 14, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Forget the ‘small minority,’ the national security law has silenced Hong Kong society
Hong Kong Free Press, October 14, 2021
Does China’s Remaining Non-State Media Have a Future?
The Diplomat, October 13, 2021
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Darren Byler on Life in Xinjiang, ‘China’s High-Tech Penal Colony’
The Diplomat, October 13, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
北京东城法院：女网民侮辱董存瑞“引发广大人民群众的强烈愤慨”重判7个月(Netizen sentenced to 7 months for "insulting" revolutionary martyr Dong Cunrui in social media post)
Radio France Internationale, October 13, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Feminist responses on Weibo aim to fight the misrepresentation of women during COVID-19 in China
The Conversation, October 13, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing Winter Olympics: IOC vice-president says China human rights ‘not within’ its remit
Agence France-Presse, October 13, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
University of Hong Kong told to contact Tiananmen Massacre statue artist as removal ultimatum nears, despite T8 typhoon
Hong Kong Free Press, October 13, 2021
Related:
Artist behind Tiananmen crackdown memorial at University of Hong Kong seeks diplomatic help to relocate Pillar of Shame overseas
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2021
港區國安法｜聯合國人權專家對鄒幸彤被捕表關切 稱國安法不符國際法 律政司：不應評論待決案件(UN human rights experts express concern over arrest of Chow Hang-tung and National Security Law’s non-compliance with international law; DoJ says no comment on pending case)
Ming Pao, October 13, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong: Arrests under security law are serious concern, UN experts call for review
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 12, 2021
UN Special Rapporteurs’ communication to China on the erosion of the right to freedom of speech, education, and academic freedom in Hong Kong
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 13, 2021, made public October 12, 2021
HRIC submission to UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Koumbou Boly Barry: “Concerns regarding the right to education and academic freedom in Hong Kong since the implementation of the National Security Law”
Human Rights in China, February 18, 2021
Hong Kong protests: police to trial new anti-riot weapon for tackling violent disorder
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2021
公務員入職考試 明年中要考《國安法》(Civil servants recruitment exam to include National Security Law next year)
Stand News, October 13, 2021
Commentary (评论)
On Internet Freedom, China and Taiwan Are Worlds Apart
The Diplomat, October 12, 2021
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
How “Terror Capitalism” Links Uyghur Oppression to the Global Economy
The Nation, October 12, 2021
Explainer | Xinjiang timeline: key dates, events as China denies Western forced labour allegations
South China Morning Post, October 9, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
TOP POLICE OFFICIALS PURGED IN LEGAL-POLITICAL RECTIFICATION CAMPAIGN
China Digital Times, October 8, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China wants an even more dominant state monopoly on the media
Quartz, October 11, 2021
Related:
关于《市场准入负面清单（2021 年版）》 有关情况的说明 (Negative Market Access List)
National Development and Reform Council, October 8, 2021
Chinese Social Sites Ban Online Influencers Capitalizing on Buddhism
China Film Insider, October 11, 2021
CHINESE STATE-BACKED DISINFORMATION ON COVID-19 ORIGINS DOMINATES SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS
China Digital Times, October 8, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
As US returns to the UN Human Rights Council, it confronts an increasingly forceful China
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s probe into Didi is aimed at addressing national security risks arising from New York listing, Xinhua says
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2021
Facebook’s troubles stir debate over internet control and whether Beijing may have a point in keeping social media giant out
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party poised to skip election for first time in decades after window closes on nominations
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2021
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam dismisses suggestion Beijing officials in city have formed shadow government
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2021
Hong Kong lawmakers support plan to bar those convicted under security law from social work
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021
Hong Kong police to enhance cybersecurity against threat of violent members of anti-government movement ‘going underground’
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2021
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to mark 1-year in remand as transfer to High Court delayed to Dec
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021
【羊村繪本案】言語治療師工會 5 人被控煽動 3 人再申保釋再遭拒 旁聽人士呼生日快樂(Three members of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists arrested for seditious children’s books are denied bail again)
Stand News, October 12, 2021
民主派初選47人案｜王百羽被拒保釋 官稱不信保釋後「不再」危害國安(In denying bail to Henry Wong, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures arrested under the National Security Law, judge says he does not believe Wong would not harm national security if granted bail)
Ming Pao, October 11, 2021
University of Hong Kong’s Wed deadline for removal of 2-ton Tiananmen Massacre statue remains despite two typhoons
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021
Related:
Sculptor sounds warning on removal of iconic HKU statue
The Standard, October 11, 2021
Hong Kong schools must hold national flag ceremonies at least once a week under new Education Bureau rules
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2021
'This Drop Came So Quickly': Shrinking Schools Add to Hong Kong Exodus
The New York Times, October 11, 2021
Hong Kong press group apologises for ‘suspected theft’ of members’ info as Beijing-backed paper publishes shredded papers
Hong Kong Free Press, October 11, 2021
Hong Kong’s bookshops, losing readers and struggling through economic slump, try to read between ‘red lines’ of national security law
South China Morning Post, October 9, 2021
24歲男認中環暴動囚3年4個月 分析員認非法集結等囚9個月(24-year- old man sentenced to 3 years, 4 months after pleading guilty to rioting; 34-year-old bank analyst gets 9 months in jail for unauthorized assembly in 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, October 11, 2021
蕭澤頤：「假新聞」處心積累煽動群眾 有人立心不良以文化藝術「播毒」(Police Commissioner Raymond Siu says "fake news" is used deliberately to incite public and some people use arts and culture to "spread poison")
Stand News, October 10, 2021
Commentary (评论)
China: UN must act on Xinjiang atrocities after petition shows mass global outrage
Amnesty International, October 11, 2021
Hong Kong policy address: why the gap between elite and public opinion on the blueprint?
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2021
The Tiananmen Massacre statue and the purging of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021
Friday, October 08, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
NEW ACCOUNTS DESCRIBE TORTURE, FORCED LABOR FACING XINJIANG DETAINEES
China Digital Times, October 7, 2021
China’s Xinjiang faces hidden risk from debt-heavy XPCC, with spending tipped to rise after US withdrawal from Afghanistan
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021
US judge rejects Esquel Group’s request to remove Xinjiang unit from ‘entity list’
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Luo Changping Detained in China After Criticizing 'The Battle at Lake Changjin'
The New York Times, October 8, 2021
人权律师常玮平遭陕西地方官报复，酷吏名单曝光 (Exposed: Shaanxi officials who brutalized rights lawyer Chang Weiping)
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
CIA Creates Working Group on China as Threats Keep Rising
The Diplomat, October 7, 2021
C.I.A. Reorganization to Place New Focus on China
中情局将成立“中国任务中心”，应对中国挑战
The New York Times, October 8, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
17 opposition Hong Kong district councillors have oaths of allegiance challenged; 20 more disqualified
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021
Related:
區議員宣誓｜新界西及離島區議員宣誓17人須補交資料 4人缺席宣誓即時離任(Oaths of 17 district councilors from New Territories West and Outlying Islands questioned by authorities; 4 absent from oath-taking ceremony ousted immediately)
Ming Pao, October 8, 2021
Chinese emblem appears on Hong Kong gov’t websites under updated flag law, local emblem shrinks
Hong Kong Free Press, October 8, 2021
Beijing officials in Hong Kong urge public to embrace national pride, support integration with mainland China
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021
Hong Kong's oldest university orders Tiananmen statue removal
Agence France-Presse, October 8, 2021
Chinese University Student Union ‘forced to dissolve in such an ugly way,’ ex-leader says
Hong Kong Free Press, October 8, 2021
Related:
中大學生會解散 民主牆遭圍封有學生批扼殺言論自由(CUHK’s “Democracy Wall” shut down following disbandment of students’ union; students call it strangling of freedom of speech)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 7, 2021
National security law: police arrest couple, seize pistol and 92 bullets during raid on northern Hong Kong flat
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021
Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK refuses to say why it deleted story about proposed law criminalising insults
Hong Kong Free Press, October 8, 2021
曾被《文匯》轟「放生暴徒」 據報法官沈小民提早退休移英 司法機構拒評(Judge Sham Siu-man, attacked by pro-Beijing newspaper for light sentences to 2019 protestors, to emigrate to UK in early retirement)
Stand News, October 8, 2021
Thursday, October 07, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang exports rattled by coronavirus outbreaks in Central Asia as risks from US sanctions loom
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Xu Zhiyong — A Full Translation
China Change, October 6, 2021
Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Ding Jiaxi — A Full Translation
China Change, October 6, 2021
Chinese Labor’s 'Dark Web'
Protocol, October 6, 2021
人权公益人士广州遭抓捕 恐被控“煽动颠覆国家”罪 (Two human rights and public interests activists arrested in Guangzhou may face “inciting subversion” charges)
Voice of America, October 7, 2021
Counterterrorism (反恐)
After the Fall of Kabul, the US Needs to Reject China’s Narrative on Terrorism
The Diplomat, October 6, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
‘Profound regret’: Chinese University of Hong Kong’s student union dissolves after 50 years amid pressure
Hong Kong Free Press, October 7, 2021
National security law: 7 Hong Kong activists, ex-lawmakers plead guilty to unauthorised assembly charges over July 1 rally
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2021
Hong Kong plans megacourt to deal with protest arrests backlog
The Guardian, October 7, 2021
New law could ban insults against all Hong Kong civil servants, not just police, city leader says
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2021
屯門社區網絡宣布解散(Tuen Mun Community Network announces disbandment)
Ming Pao, October 7, 2021
Policy address: requirement for Hong Kong teachers to pass test on Basic Law to expand to subsidised schools
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Why did Hong Kong need 8,000 police to help it celebrate National Day?
Hong Kong Free Press, October 7, 2021
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
New role for Tibet’s chairman in countdown to China’s Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
蔡英文今要北京克制避免擦枪走火 (Tsai Ing-wen urges Beijing to exercise restraint, avoid misfiring)
Radio France Internationale, October 6, 2021
Biden says he and China's Xi agree to abide by Taiwan agreement
Reuters, October 5, 2021
台湾防长：2025年中国将具全面攻台能力 (Taiwan Minister of Defense: By 2025, China will become fully capable of launching attacks on Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, October 6, 2021
不顾北京反对 法澳政治人物接续访台 (Despite Beijing's objection, French and Australian politicians continue visiting Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, October 6, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China’s Top Disciplinary Body Moves Against Ex-Security Officials Fu Zhenghua, Sun Lijun
The Diplomat, October 6, 2021
China’s missing #MeToo and labour activist pair held by police, family told
South China Morning Post, October 5, 2021
China Holds Thousands Annually in Incommunicado Detention to Get 'Confessions'
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2021
Related:
“保护卫士”发布中文报告 揭露指定居所监视居住实况 (Report from Safeguard Defenders exposes the reality of China's designated residential surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2021Locked Up: report on China's secret jails now out in Chinese language
最新中文插图报告揭露中国指定居所监视居住秘密监狱内部实况
Safeguard Defenders, October 5, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
中共“人质外交”下 中外公民如何自保？ (How do Chinese/foreign citizens protect themselves under CPC's “hostage diplomacy”?)
Voice of America, October 5, 2021
习近平继续进行大清洗 (Xi Jinping continues the great purge)
Radio France Internationale, October 5, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong Policy Address: Emotional Carrie Lam hails ‘new era,’ vows to bolster national security measures
Hong Kong Free Press, October 6, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong Policy Address: Lam’s speech was aimed at Beijing and not Hongkongers, say democrats
Hong Kong Free Press, October 6, 2021Hong Kong Policy Address: Gov’t examining plan to allow Hongkongers in China to vote in Dec legislative election
Hong Kong Free Press, October 6, 2021【施政報告】林鄭：積極推展23條立法、打擊假新聞(Chief Executive Carrie Lam vows to push forward Article 23 legislation and fight against "fake news")
inmedia.hk, October 6, 2021
Hong Kong police banned Tiananmen vigil ‘by default’, barrister accused of incitement tells court
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2021
Hong Kong’s top court adjourns verdict over whether ‘joint enterprise’ applies to rioting cases
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2021
Hong Kong protests: China flag desecrator faces jail after court rejects defence he was affected by behavioural condition
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2021
Hong Kong social workers convicted of national security offence will be struck off under new government proposal
South China Morning Post, October 5, 2021
《立場》、《眾》等被拒出席「北部都會」簡介會 創新辦：非記者會，視乎情況邀請相關人員(Stand News, Citizen News and others are denied access to gov’t press conference on "Northern Metropolis")
Stand /news, October 6, 2021
Commentary (评论)
TRANSLATION: CHANG PING ON THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE AND THE FIGHT TO SAVE HISTORICAL MEMORY
China Digital Times, October 5, 2021
解放軍機接連擾台「破紀錄」，為什麼選在這個時候？ (PLA’s “unprecedented” harassment of Taiwan—why now?)
The News Lens, October 5, 2021
Tuesday, October 05, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
蔡英文：台湾若落入中国手中将是一场灾难 (Tsai Ing-wen: It will be a disaster if Taiwan falls into China's hand)
Deutsche Welee, October 5, 2021
Related:
Taiwan and the Fight for Democracy
Foreign Affairs, October 5, 2021
中国出动创纪录的93架次军机靠近台湾，美国予以警告
Record Chinese Aircraft Sorties Near Taiwan Prompt U.S. Warning
The Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China Probes Another High-Ranking Enforcer From 'Suspect' Domestic Security Apparatus
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2021
深圳11.15大抓捕案中获刑5年的李江鹏已获释出狱 (Shenzhen rights activist Li Jiangpeng is released after 5 years in prison for “subversion”)
Weiquanwang, October 1, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
LINKEDIN CENSORS MORE JOURNALIST PROFILES IN CHINA, SUGGESTS SELF-CENSORSHIP AS SOLUTION
China Digital Times, October 4, 2021
Patriotic films dominate China’s National Day holiday as industry faces pileup of unreleased titles
SupChina, October 4, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
What Washington’s China Consensus Obscures
The Atlantic, October 5, 2021
日相对中国申请加入CPTPP表达疑虑 (Japanese PM expresses great concerns over China's application to join CPTPP)
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s TMZ comes for politics, then censors come for it
Protocol, October 4, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
16 more democratically elected district councillors face disqualification over Hong Kong gov’t loyalty oaths
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2021
專訪｜六四工人領袖韓東方擬出選 信港未玩完：民主黨參選尋可能 (Interview: 1989 labor rights leader Han Dongfang and Democratic Party member plans to run for LegCo, believes game is not over)
HK01, October 5, 2021
No new voters? No problem: Beijing ‘unlikely to blame’ Hong Kong’s pro-establishment camp for lack of interest in coming poll
South China Morning Post, October 5, 2021
‘Immature’ activist chanted slogans to prove Hong Kong security law protects free speech, not to incite secession, say lawyers
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2021
Ex-chief of Hong Kong’s disbanded Tiananmen Massacre vigil group pleads not guilty to incitement charge
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2021
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam ‘not involved’ in deciding whether Tiananmen crackdown statue can remain on university campus
South China Morning Post, October 5, 2021
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Democrat urges University of Hong Kong not to remove Tiananmen Massacre statue amid rumours it will go
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021
消息稱《反外國制裁法》本地立法擱置 林鄭月娥：未收到中央任何立法時間表(Sources say local legislation of anti-foreign sanction law is shelved; Chief Executive Carrie Lam says Beijing doesn't have a timetable)
Ming Pao, October 5, 2021
【區議員宣誓】屯門潘智鍵、王德源 宣布不出席周五宣誓(Tuen Mun district councilors Gary Poon and Wong Tak-yuen will not attend oath-taking ceremony on Friday)
Stand News, October 5, 2021
Schools 'responsible' for national security
The Standard, October 5, 2021
民研：五成人認同傳媒自我審查 新聞公信力創回歸以來新低(Survey shows over half of respondents think news media practice self-censorship; credibility of media reaches new low since 1997)
inmedia.hk, October 5, 2021
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HKPOP releases the Top 5 Executive Councillors People’s Appraisal of News Media and GGPI
香港民研發放五大行政會議成員評分新聞傳媒評價及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, October 5, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
China’s Bubble Operation Olympics: What is the “Closed Loop Management System”?
What's on Weibo, October 4, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Urgent Actions Needed to Stop Cultural Rights Violations Against Uyghurs
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 5, 2021
Are Hong Kong’s leaders speaking the same language as the people?
South China Morning Post, October 5, 2021
‘Hostage diplomacy’ in the Two Michaels case shows China’s legal system is a sham
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2021
从“强制堕胎”到“强制生育” 评论:中共为达目的不择手段 (From “enforced abortion” to “enforced reproduction”: CPC stops at nothing to achieve its goals)
Voice of America, October 5, 2021
Monday, October 04, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese citizen journalist held incommunicado after COVID reporting reappears
GlobalVoices, October 4, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese blogger rails against Communist Party enemies and rattles business, intellectuals with reminders of past
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
专家警告：中国未来5年或频繁出现更严重缺电(Experts warn worsening power shortage in China in next 5 years)
Radio France Internationale, October 4, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Chinese AI gets ethical guidelines for the first time, aligning with Beijing’s goal of reining in Big Tech
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2021
China tightens political control of internet giants
Associated Press, October 4, 2021
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网络安全、反垄断、再分配：中共加强控制互联网巨头(Cybersecurity, antitrust, redistribution: CPC strengthens control of Internet giants)
Deutsche Welle, October 4, 2021
China’s plan to block export of ‘core’ data raises questions over implementation
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021
美参议员：领英封禁美国记者的中国页面是对中共“公然绥靖”(U.S. Senator: LinkedIn’s blocking of U.S. journalists’ China pages is ‘blatant appeasement’ of CPC)
Voice of America, October 2, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing Winter Olympics: organisers feel ‘great pressure in epidemic prevention and control’
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law: Hong Kong’s biggest opposition trade union votes by overwhelming majority to disband
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2021
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Hong Kong Security Bureau warns disbanded groups will remain criminally liable, after pro-democracy union coalition folds
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021
香港職業治療師工會通過解散動議 即時啟動相關程序兩周後停運(Union of Hong Kong Occupational Therapists passes disbandment resolution, to cease operation in two weeks)
Ming Pao, October 4, 2021
Hong Kong activists stage demonstrations worldwide during China’s national day
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021
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Hongkongers in Taiwan Spray Chinese Leader's Portrait Black on Day of Oct. 1 Protests
Radio Free Asia, October 1 2021
Hong Kong officials urged to speed up delivery of Article 23 security law to counter foreign interference
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021
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New Hong Kong security law – Article 23 – will only affect ‘a small group of people,’ says top official
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021
Exclusive | No timetable for Hong Kong anti-sanctions law, finance chief Paul Chan says
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021
Third group of Hong Kong district councillors take oath of office, but questions remain over how many will be unseated
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2021
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監誓人對16名區議員今日宣誓有效性存疑問(Oaths of 16 district councilors questioned by authorities)
inmedia.hk, October 3, 2021陳珮明宣誓前請辭 公民黨區議員歸零(Shatin district councilor Mike Chan resigns before oath-taking, leaving Civic Party with zero representation)
inmedia.hk, October 3, 2021區議員宣誓｜余浚寧宣布已辭任西貢區議員(Sai Kung district councillor Tsunning Yu resigns before oath-taking)
Ming Pao, October 4, 2021民主黨黃凱盈缺席宣誓 曾列初選林卓廷名單第二位(Democratic Party district councilor of Northern district Irene Wong absent from oath-taking ceremony)
inmedia.hk, October 4, 2021
Hong Kong lawyers create court database of protest-related cases in bid to safeguard rule of law
Hong Kong Free Press, October 3, 2021
Commentary (评论)
《尚气》获全球赞誉却踢到中国民族主义铁板(Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi wins global praise but is shunned in China amid rising nationalism)
Voice of America, October 4, 2021
Friday, October 01, 2021
Xinjiang, 新疆
China appoints new Xinjiang governor amid abuse accusations
The Washington Post, October 1, 2021
How is Xinjiang’s economy holding amid US sanctions, and can China keep supporting its ‘great burden’?
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese prosecutors deny request to formally arrest trio, including lawyers, on ‘picking quarrels’ charge
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
两名加拿大公民获释 王炳章家属呼吁营救王炳章 (Following release of “two Michaels,” family of imprisoned dissident Wang Bingzhang appeals to Canadian government to rescue him)
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2021
北京坐实人质外交 在华外商度日如年 (As Beijing sticks to hostage diplomacy, foreign businesses in China draft emergency rescue plans for employees)
Radio France Internationale, October 1, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Lawmaker asks LinkedIn, Microsoft why they censored US journalists’ accounts in China
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
Xi Jinping’s clampdowns herald a tense political year in China
The Economist, October 2, 2021
报道武汉疫情失踪600天 公民记者陈秋实现突然现身 (Disappeared for 600 days for chronicling Wuhan epidemic, citizen journalist Chen Qiushi is back online)
Deutsche Welle, October 1, 2021
Arabophone Chinese influencer divides public opinion in Egypt
GlobalVoices, October 1, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s ambassador warns Belgian lawmakers as they debate resolutions on Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
The End of China’s Rise
Foreign Affairs, October 1, 2021
When China wants to be feared
The Economist, October 2, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China to block ‘core’ industrial, telecoms data from leaving the country
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong on ‘right track’ after electoral overhaul, Carrie Lam says at security-focused National Day celebration
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
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CE's speech at National Day reception
HKSAR government, October 1, 2021Hong Kong media outlets barred from media sector’s National Day celebration
Hong Kong Free Press, October 1, 2021多名成員繫獄 社民連十一如常示威 陳寶瑩：堅守崗位(League of Social Democrats holds annual protest on National Day despite members in prison)
inmedia.hk, October 1, 2021HKFP Lens: Chinese patriots turn Hong Kong into a sea of red on National Day
Hong Kong Free Press, October 1, 2021
宣誓前夕 沙田區議員陳諾恒辭職(Shatin district councilor Chandler Chan resigns before oath-taking)
Stand News, October 1, 2021
Ex-Apple Daily journalists could face life in prison as national security case to be moved to Hong Kong’s High Court
Hong Kong Free Press, October 1, 2021
Journalists Sound Alarm Over New Guidelines For Radio Television Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong schools lose 81 Primary One classes as wave of emigration saps student population
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
China pushes back against Xinjiang criticism in event hosted by its UN delegation
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021
‘There’s cameras everywhere’: testimonies detail far-reaching surveillance of Uyghurs in China
The Guardian, September 30, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
被判无期徒刑的藏族企业家多吉扎西自述酷刑细节(Tibetan entrepreneur Dorje Tashi, sentenced to life imprisonment, details torture in writing)
Weiquanwang, September 30, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
河南维权人士李玉凤被控寻衅滋事罪今获刑4年(Henan rights defender Li Yufeng is sentenced to 4 years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble")
Weiquanwang, September 30, 2021
许志永“颠覆罪”起诉书被指“荣誉勋章” 人权律师常玮平再遭酷刑(Xu Zhiyong's “subversion” indictment, sealed by the prosecution, is leaked; rights lawyer Chang Weiping is tortured again)
Voice of America, September 30, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China’s clampdown on pop culture: curbing unhealthy values… or boosting ideological control?
Agence France-Presse, September 30, 2021
教育语言大纲移除"尊重少数民族"条款 规定从小学汉语("Respect for ethnic minorities" is removed from gov’t-issued child development syllabus; added: “strengthen promotion of national language”)
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Decoding China’s latest World Internet Conference
Protocol, September 29, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
China Plans ‘Closed-Loop’ Bubble for Winter Olympics
北京冬奥会公布防疫政策，将实施闭环管理
The New York Times, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong passes new anti-doxxing law – violators face HK$1m fine and 5 years jail
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021
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立會通過修例刑事化 賦權私隱專員移除社媒起底內容(LegCo passes new law to criminalize "doxxing"; privacy commissioner is empowered to request removal of "doxxing" contents online)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong seeks to resurrect legislation to further crush dissent
The Guardian, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong police to mobilise more than 8,000 officers for National Day
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021
Defendant refuses to give evidence or summon witness at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021
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‘Give me liberty or give me death’: T-shirts submitted as evidence at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong national security law: 6 former Apple Daily executives face High Court trial with possible life sentences
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021
7 charged with conspiring to incite subversion, incl. Hong Kong’s youngest national security defendant aged 15
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021
【支聯會案】鄒幸彤第 4 次被拒保釋 指懲教禁穿「 同抗爭 」「人民不會忘記」上衣出庭(Chow Hang-tung, former vice-chair of disbanded Hong Kong Alliance, is denied bail for the 4th time and forbidden to wear T-shirt with protest slogans in court hearing)
Stand News, September 30, 2021
嶺大：客席副教授羅永生、許寶強合約9月終結 羅永生：校方單方面終止合約(Lingnan University ends contracts of adjunct associate professors Lo Wing-sang and Hui Po-keung, citing "risk management")
Stand News, September 30, 2021
宣誓前夕 潘智鍵及王德源退出屯門社區網絡(District councilors Gary Poon and Wong Tak-yuen quit Tuen Mun Community Network before oath-taking)
inmedia.hk, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong’s ‘loyal critic’ faces tough test as Beijing targets media
Financial Times, September 30, 2021
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
CHINESE GOVERNMENT SEIZED AND SOLD ASSETS OF XINJIANG DETAINEES
China Digital Times, September 28, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Police in China's Guangdong Move to Arrest Rights Lawyer Zhou Xiaoyun
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2021
女权人士李翘楚案进展通报（2021年9月29日） (Case update on women's rights activist Li Qiaochu: Bail request denied; prosecutors ask Linyi public security bureau for additional investigation)
Weiquanwang, September 29, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China draws up plan to bring algorithms under state control in sign of tightened censorship
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2021
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关于印发《关于加强互联网信息服务算法综合治理的指导意见》的通知 (Notice on publication of the “Guidance of Enhanced Comprehensive Governance of Internet Information Services Algorithms”)
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 29, 2021
Microsoft’s LinkedIn censors US journalist over China content, makes ‘disturbing offer’ for reinstatement
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2021
Counterterrorism (反恐)
China: removing ‘Arab-style’ features from country’s biggest mosques the latest move in campaign of Muslim assimilation
The Conversation, September 29, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
How the Huawei Case Raised Fears of ‘Hostage Diplomacy’ by China
孟晚舟案引发对中国“人质外交”担忧
The New York Times, September 29, 2021
中国煤价暴涨电荒持续，当局表示要把保障供电当成最重要政治任务 (As coal costs rise and power shortage continues, China prioritizes securing power supply as key political task)
Voice of America, September 29, 2021
China and Evergrande Ascended Together. Now One Is About to Fall.
从恒大的崛起与坠落看中国经济未来
The New York Times, September 29, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Is China exporting its surveillance state to Venezuela?
GlobalVoices, September 28, 2021
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