The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, October 21, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Xinhua: China needs Big Tech to grow but companies should avoid ‘winner takes all’
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021

美国政府将禁止向中国和俄罗斯出口黑客技术(U.S. gov’t to ban export of hacking tools to China, Russia)
Deutsche Welle, October 21 2021

Related:
Commerce Department announces new rule aimed at stemming sale of hacking tools to Russia and China
The Washington Post, October 20, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Details of ‘safe haven’ programme for Hongkongers in the US are released
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2021

16 more Hong Kong democratically-elected district councillors ousted over loyalty oaths, as democrats left in the minority
Hong Kong Free Press, October 21, 2021

Related:
【區議員宣誓】建制派7區翻盤 民主派全港只餘63席(Pro-establishment camp takes back 7 district councils, leaving only 63 pro-democracy seats)
inmedia.hk, October 21, 2021

鄒幸彤等涉拒交資料 控方申押後訊遭拒(Judge rejects prosecution's request to adjourn cases of Chow Hang-tung, others for failing to hand over information requested by national security police)
Ming Pao, October 21, 2021

Hong Kong’s reputation takes hit after national security law imposed but foreign forces to blame, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021

接受《01》專訪  鄧炳強:正研 23 條是否須設立陪審團 竊密罪傳媒無豁免(Security Secretary: Gov’t examining whether trials under Article 23 legislation will have jury; media are not exempt from espionage charges)
Stand News, October 21, 2021

Australian rock lobsters a national security threat, says Hong Kong customs chief
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2021

Hong Kong man jailed for 7 years after attempting to grab police gun during 2019 protest
Hong Kong Free Press, October 21, 2021

FIVE-YEAR PRISON TERMS FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS DEEPEN FEARS OF RETROACTIVE USE OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
China Digital Times, October 20, 2021

Hong Kong police complaints body accuses press group of airing misinformation over misconduct investigations
Hong Kong Free Press, October 21, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Tightening Up
ChinaFile, October 20, 2021

The Way China Runs Its Economy Won’t Ever Satisfy Free-Market True Believers
走出对中国经济的认识误区

The New York Times, October 21, 2021

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Macao (澳门)

News outlet Macau Concealers closes and deletes content, blames ‘unprecedented environmental changes’
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

辽宁人权律师李昱函案今在沈阳开庭 法庭不允许王宇律师作为辩护人出庭辩护 (Shenyang court bars lawyer Wang Yu from representing Liaoning rights lawyer Li Yuhan in hearing)
Weiquanwang, October 20, 2021

两名迈克尔从中国获释,但另一名加拿大人则没那么幸运 (Two Michaels are released from China; the other Canadian is not so lucky)
Voice of America, October 20, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China updates official news sources list to tighten information oversight
Reuters, October 20, 2021

Malaysian rapper Namewee breaks the hearts of mainland Chinese ‘little pinks’
GlobalVoices, October 19, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Fourteen rights activists say they will seek candidacy in Beijing district elections
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2021

709家属参选北京基层人大 “想做一个能找得到的人大代表” (Wives of “709” lawyers run for local people's congresses in Beijing; one says: “I want to be a people's representative that you can find”)
Voice of America, October 20, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

US lawmakers seek further actions to provide safe harbour to Hongkongers and Uygurs
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021

中国军媒鼓动“朝阳大妈”和“捞铜渔民”抓美国间谍 (China military press encourages citizens to catch U.S. spies)
Voice of America, October 20, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s tech crackdown will see ‘more substantial progress’ by year’s end, Beijing vows
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021

China’s antitrust agency looks to boost headcount as Beijing amends Anti-Monopoly Law to target internet platforms
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021

Tencent to set up privacy oversight committee, a requirement of China’s personal information law starting next month
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2021

At least 13 phone firms hit by suspected Chinese hackers since 2019, say experts
The Guardian, October 19, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

The Olympic Torch Arrives in Beijing Under Cloud of Protests, Covid
The New York Times, October 20, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong judge bars man from court as activist Tam Tak-chi’s sedition trial continues
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2021

Hong Kong protests: technician jailed for 4 years and 7 months for desecrating flag, burning barriers
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021

男子前年在旺角示威現場意圖搶警槍及襲警 判囚7年(31-year-old construction worker sentenced to 7 years in prison for attempt to assault and snatch gun from police in 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 20, 2021

倡剔除支聯會公司註冊 鄧炳強:建議交特首、行會考慮(Security Secretary Chris Tang proposes to remove Hong Kong Alliance from Companies Registry)
Stand News, October 20, 2021

鄧炳強稱研究基本法23條立法將同時檢視社團條例(Security Secretary Chris Tang says Societies Ordinance will be reviewed together with Article 23 legislation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 20, 2021

Hong Kong’s HK$8 billion national security ‘Special Fund’ is independently audited, but annual report gives no details
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2021

‘This should not be rushed’: expansion of Hong Kong discrimination laws to cover mainland Chinese must be balanced, experts say
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021

Police reject 26 out of 27 complaints submitted by Hong Kong press group as ‘not pursuable’
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2021

兩名獄中區議員宣誓突然被取消 梁錦威團隊轟「徐英偉,你玩完未?」(Home Affairs Bureau cancels oath-taking arrangement for two pro-democracy district councillors in remand at last minute)
inmedia.hk, October 20, 2021

美大學「唐英傑案」報告:國安法首案裁決理由並無保障人權(Georgetown University law analysis: Human rights protection missing in first national security verdict )
Stand News, October 20, 2021

Related:
The Tong Ying Kit NSL Verdict: An International and Comparative Law Analysis: A GCAL Briefing Paper
Center for Asian Law, Georgetown University, October 20, 2021

Commentary (评论)

From Fighting for Democracy to Fighting Against It
The Atlantic, October 20, 2021

China’s Bullying Is Becoming a Danger to the World and Itself
中国的霸凌行为可能害人害己

The New York Times, October 20, 2021

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Chinese effort to gather ‘micro clues’ on Uyghurs laid bare in report
The Guardian, October 19, 2021

Related:
The architecture of repression
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, October 19, 2021

Communist Party’s picks to join Xinjiang leadership point to focus on security
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021

Xinjiang officials overseeing detention camps studied at Harvard
Financial Times, October 19, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

China promotes its most sanctioned official to Tibetan Communist Party chief
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police say he killed two people in a land dispute. On the Internet, he was seen as another victim.
The Washington Post, October 19, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Covid-19: Global attack on freedom of expression is having a dangerous impact on public health crisis
Amnesty International, October 19, 2021

Related:
Silenced and misinformed: Freedom of expression in danger during Covid-19
Amnesty International, October 19, 2021

中国记者每年接受90小时“继续教育” 分析:明确要求记者“对党忠诚” (China requires annual 90-hour “continuing education” for all journalists; experts: This is an explicit demand for “loyalty to the Party”)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2021

As Evergrande Teeters, Chinese Media Walks a Fine Line
“消失”在中国新闻里的恒大危机

The New York Times, October 19, 2021

中国媒体指令曝露国家新闻审查的细节 (China's dictates to media reveal details of news censorship)
Voice of America, October 19, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中共将召开六中全会, “第三个历史决议”成焦点 (CPC's Sixth Plenary Session spotlight: “The third historical resolution”)
BBC News, October 19, 2021

中国人大常委会三审家庭教育促进法草案 孩子犯事将惩戒家长 (China’s NPC Standing Committee on the third review of the draft of Family Education Promotion Law: Parents to be responsible for children's offences)
Voice of America, October 19, 2021

中国加速民族同化步伐 藏蒙疆人恐强力反弹 (China speeds up ethnic assimilation; experts anticipate strong resistance from Tibetans, Mongolians, Uyghurs)
Voice of America, October 19, 2021

中国向宗教开战 迫害法轮功变本加厉 (China wages war on religion, intensifies persecution of Falun Gong)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

北京實施多項調整 允許外資投入VPN服務 (Beijing implements multiple policy adjustments, allows foreign businesses to use VPN)
Deutsche Welle, October 19, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

5 Hong Kong ex-students sentenced to nearly 5 years’ jail for rioting during 2019 campus clashes
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2021

Related:
【二橋衝突|詳盡報導】中大女生解僱律師親自陳詞:極權下的法律只是規範人民的不流血手段(In plea in mitigation, CUHK student fires lawyer, says, "law in a totalitarian state is merely a means to confining people without shedding blood")
inmedia.hk, October 19, 2021

Chanting ‘Hongkongers, add oil’ or calling government ‘tyrannical’ could be seditious, court hears
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021

Hong Kong protests: apprentice electrician gets 4 months’ jail for taking part in unlawful assembly in 2019
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021

Court rulings free Hong Kong police to probe older offences under security law
Reuters, October 19, 2021

中大聯合書院學生會幹事會解散 全部內閣成員請辭(CUHK United College student union disbands and all committee members resign)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 18, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers urge gov’t to work out plans for mainland-based voters in Dec election
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2021

Member of Hong Kong’s biggest pro-Beijing party appointed undersecretary for constitutional and mainland affairs
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021

Hong Kong universities must also hold weekly flag-raising ceremonies, education chief reveals
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021

Book supporting Western powers' 1900 invasion of China disappears from Hong Kong bookstores
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2021

Monday, October 18, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Biden links policies targeting Uygurs in Xinjiang to the Holocaust
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2021

ChinaFile Presents: In the Camps—China’s High-Tech Penal Colony
China File, October 15, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Will Beijing sharpen its laws to punish ‘Taiwan separatists’?
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

律师第三次会见 “厦门聚会案”常玮平狱中现多种疾病 (Arrested “12.26 Citizen Case” lawyer Chang Weiping shows signs of torture during 3rd lawyer visit)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2021

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 Justice (司法公正)

疑因“20大”维稳, 江苏镇江维权人士蒋湛春被镇江当局以“寻衅滋事罪”判刑3年6个月(Jiangsu rights activist Jiang Zhanchun’s 3 years, 6 months prison sentence for "picking quarrels and provoking troubles" may be result of police action ahead of 20th CPC Congress)
Weiquanwang, October 15, 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, 2021

LinkedIn 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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

北京14名公民以独立候选人身份参选区县级人大代表(14 Beijing citizens run as independent candidates for district, county-level people's congress deputies)
Weiquanwang, October 15, 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

Related:
晚報:港府研官津校入職教師必經國安法考核,未來或擴至直資學校和幼稚園(Gov't considers compulsory National Security Law exam for new public school teachers, with possible extension to subsidized schools and kindergartens in future)

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 Justice (司法公正)

天津法轮功学员李国庆一家三口被同时被判12年、10年、7年的重刑(Tianjin Falun Gong practitioner Li Guoqing is sentenced to 12 years in prison; his wife and daughter receive 10 and 7 years, respectively)
Weiquanwang, 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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

A shared spreadsheet reveals working hours at China’s biggest internet companies
SupChina, October 13, 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, 2021

National 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)

长沙公益案程渊已被入监湖南津市监狱 吴葛健雄已被秘密送至湖南衡州监狱 亲属吁“寄明信片陪他们渡过坐监的黑暗”(Updates on Changsha Three: Cheng Yuan is imprisoned in Hunan Jin City Prison; Wu Gejianxiong has been sent to Hunan Hengzhou Prison; relatives urge supporters to send postcards to "keep them company through darkness of imprisonment")
Weiquanwang, October 11, 2021

TOP POLICE OFFICIALS PURGED IN LEGAL-POLITICAL RECTIFICATION CAMPAIGN
China Digital Times, October 8, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

台湾庆双十国庆,蔡英文演说:“四个坚持”不向中国屈服(Taiwan celebrates National Day on Oct. 10; in "Four Perseverances" speech, Tsai Ing-wen vows no submission to China.)
Voice of America, October 10, 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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

湖北潜江维权人士彭峰等到市人大要求行使民主选举权利(Human rights activists in Qianjiang, Hubei, demand exercise of democratic election rights at municipal people's congress)
Weiquanwang, October 10, 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

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

卸任前德国政治家呼吁"外交抵制"北京冬奥(Before leaving office, German politician calls for "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympics)
Deutsche Welle, October 11, 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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

湖南省怀化市托口水库移民集体要求基本医疗保障与养老社保 (Hunan residents displaced by Huaihua Tuokou Reservoir demand basic medical insurance, social security)
Weiquanwang, October 8, 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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

微信回应“后台读取相册”:便于快速发图,新版本中将取消 (Responding to concerns over “background photos reading,” WeChat will discontinue quick image-sharing function in next app update)
The Paper, 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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Why China Is Alienating the World
Foreign Affairs, 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, 2021

Locked 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, 2021

Hong 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

Xinjiang (新疆)

'Some are just psychopaths': Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs
CNN, October 5, 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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆和田逾百维吾尔族被扣查 罪名 : 消极对待国庆(More than 100 Uyghurs in Hotan, Xinjiang are detained for investigation; their offense: passivity on National Day)
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

美国吁北京停止挑衅后 解放军再出动56架次扰台刷新纪录(After U.S. urges Beijing to stop its provocation, PLA dispatches 56 planes into Taiwanese airspace, setting new record)
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Related:
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