Hong Kong (香港)

Jimmy Lai among three Hong Kong democracy activists convicted over Tiananmen vigil
Agence France-Presse, December 9, 2021

TG群組涉煽惑「三罷」反對安心出行及投白票 4人被捕(4 arrested over inciting "three strikes": opposing Leave Home Safe app, casting blank ballots, rejecting vaccines)
inmedia.hk, December 9, 2021

廉署再拘3人涉互聯網轉載籲立法會選舉投白票(Independent Commission Against Corruption arrests 3 over reposting on Internet urging voters to cast blank ballots)
Ming Pao, December 9, 2021

It ‘does not mean anything’: Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam says low election turnout may mean gov’t is credible and doing well
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2021

Hong Kong police, think tank separately publish teaching guides on Chinese culture, history to boost students’ sense of national identity
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Biden’s Democracy Conference Is About Much More Than Democracy
拜登“民主峰会”真正的意义
The New York Times, December 9, 2021

Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil convictions an affront to human rights and international law
Amnesty International, December 9, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

彭博中国籍员工被拘留满一年 至今仍下落不明(Bloomberg Chinese employee has been detained for one year with her whereabouts still unknown)
Radio France Internationale, December 7, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

“THIS TIME, I STAND WITH THE WTA,” AKA “THE WOMEN’S TABLELESS PING PONG ASSOCIATION”
China Digital Times, December 7, 2021

China is biggest captor of journalists, says report
BBC News, December 8, 2021

调查：中国新闻业大跃退成“讯息黑洞” 恐成世界威胁(Investigation: China's journalism retreats into "information black hole," may constitute threat to the world)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2021

Related:
An unprecedented RSF investigation: The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in China
Reporters Without Borders, December 7, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese social media users slam state media for failure to expose sex abuses
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Decoding Xi Jinping
Foreign Affairs, December 8, 2021

Ahead of Biden’s Democracy Summit, China Says: We’re Also a Democracy
北京发布《中国的民主》白皮书反击拜登“民主峰会”
The New York Times, December 8, 2021

无声的镇压 人权团体指控中共系统性剥夺被告法律权益(Silent suppression: human rights group accuses CPC of systematically depriving defendants of their legal rights)
Voice of America, December 8, 2021

Related:
Access Denied 3: China’s Legal Blockade
Safeguard Defenders, December 7, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China to tighten rules for tech companies seeking foreign funding
Financial Times, December 8, 2021

Apple’s ugly China deal mostly bought time
Reuters, December 8, 2021

苹果与中共千亿秘密协议曝光，舆论哗然(Apple and CPC's $275 billion secret deal causes uproar in public opinion)
Voice of America, December 8, 2021

Related:
Inside Tim Cook’s Secret $275 Billion Deal with Chinese Authorities
The Information, December 7, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics, citing human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, December 8, 2021

How Many Countries Will Follow the U.S. Official Snub of Beijing's Olympics
The New York Times, December 7, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Barring legal aid recipients from choosing own lawyer could breach Hong Kong’s Basic Law and Bill of Rights, barristers say
Hong Kong Free Press, December 8, 2021

男子穿「HongKonger」黃傘衛衣被拒入庭　稱為查證是否有人「揸住雞毛當令箭」　涉撞傷女保安被捕(Man wearing jacket with "HongKonger" logo and yellow umbrella graphic is denied entry to court)
Ming Pao, December 8, 2021

Hong Kong press freedom is in ‘free fall’ as China’s journalism crackdown goes global, says Reporters Without Borders
Hong Kong Free Press, December 8, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Court in China's Chengdu jails veteran rights activist on 'trumped-up charge'
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2021

中國異議人士郭飛雄傳失聯 在美癌末妻籲中方放行 (Chinese dissident Guo Feixiong is reportedly out of contact; wife in U.S. suffering from late-stage cancer urges China to let him go)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

女律师坚持改进中国女权，在美获奖 (Chinese lawyer Guo Jianmei wins Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for advancing women's rights in China)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

习近平重申宗教中国化 被批实质是"宗教党化" (Xi Jinping’s renewed emphasis on “sinicization” of religion is criticized as “party-ization” of religion in fact)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Microsoft Seizes 42 Websites From a Chinese Hacking Group
微软从中国黑客组织手中夺取42个网站
The New York Times, December 7, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Biggest pro-democracy party stiffens stance on Hong Kong’s ‘patriots-only’ election
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2021

The young and the restless: first-time Legco candidates put Hong Kong’s ageing functional constituency lawmakers in crosshairs
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2021

【立法會爭位】香港民研：36% 受訪者傾向不投票　投票意欲創歷年民調新低(Survey shows 36% of respondents are inclined not to vote in LegCo election, a record low)
Stand News, December 7, 2021

Related:
HKPOP releases the results of a new round of LC Election Survey, popularities of CE and Secretaries of Departments as well as Five Core Social Indicators along with GGPI
香港民研發放新一輪立法會選舉調查結果、特首及司長民望數字、五項核心社會指標以及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, December 7, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Peng Shuai, Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, Covid – the issues overshadowing Beijing Olympics
Agence France-Presse, December 7, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: China criticises US diplomatic boycott
BBC News, December 7, 2021

Related:
Beijing Olympics: What can a diplomatic boycott achieve?
外交抵制北京冬奧：美國這招能達到什麼效果？
Deutsche Welle, December 6, 2021

美国宣布外交抵制北京冬奥会 背后意味着什么 (What is the meaning behind U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics?)
BBC, December 7, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s National Security Law Made Amnesty International’s Departure All But Inevitable
ChinaFile, December 6, 2021

谁让习主席成了国际笑柄 (Who made Xi into the butt of an international joke?)
Radio France Internationale, December 7, 2021

北京为香港选举设政治规矩 评论：借此宣示中国式“民主” (Commentators: Beijing is using a Hong Kong election bound by political rules to promote Chinese style "democracy")
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2021

中國「硬核防疫」充滿《美麗新世界》般的魔幻，利用科學理性的手段鍛造「人間鐵籠」 (China's hardcore epidemic prevention is full of Brave New World-style magical illusions, using scientific and rational means to create “human cages”)
The News Lens, December 7, 2021

Macao (澳门)

Beijing’s top envoy in Macau given new role in ‘safeguarding national security’ – state media
Agence France-Presse, December 4, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China attacks ‘US-style democracy’ prior to Biden summit
The Guardian, December 6, 2021

中国多地延长产假至半年 女性“职场歧视”或加剧 (Multiple regions in China extend maternity leave up to 6 months; many fear it may intensify “workplace discrimination”)
BBC, December 3, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

New Wave of Persecution Against Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Must Sound the Alarm
China Human Rights Defenders, December 6, 2021

维权人士郭飞雄妻子在美病危 国际呼吁北京准许郭探视 (Wife of rights defender Guo Feixiong is critically ill in the U.S.; international community urges Beijing to allow Guo to visit her)
Voice of America, December 6, 2021

四川维权人士陈云飞昨被当局构陷获刑4年 (Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei was sentenced to 4 years in prison yesterday)
Weiquanwang, December 4, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China tightens control of religion, with focus on national security
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2021

Peng Shuai and the Real Goal of Chinese Censorship
Wired, December 5, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

White House announces US diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
CNN, December 6, 2021

Beijing 2022 Olympics: China warns it will respond if US announces diplomatic boycott
Reuters, December 6, 2021

Europe hesitant over calls to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2021

外交抵制冬奥呼声高 20国拒签奥运休战协议 (As calls for diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics intensify, 20 countries refused to sign on to the “Olympic Truce” resolution)
Radio France Internationale, December 4, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

晚報：《華爾街日報》社評提出港人杯葛選舉，港府揚言保留採取行動權利(HKSAR gov't says it reserves the right to take action against Wall Street Journal for opinion piece urging Hong Kong people to boycott election)
Initium Media, December 6, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ
Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2021

Hong Kong protests: Telegram group operator jailed for nearly 5 years over incitement offences tied to 2019 clashes
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2021

【支聯會案】鄒幸彤第 9 次被拒保釋(HK Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung is denied bail for the ninth time)
Stand News, December 6, 2021

70 secondary schools include national education plans in annual pitches to parents in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2021

鄒幸彤獲頒「中國傑出民主人士獎」：香港發生的一切是對世界的警號(Chow Hang-tung, honored with Chinese Democratic Education Foundation's Award for Distinguished Democracy Activists, says: All that happened in Hong Kong is a warning sign to the world)
Stand News, December 6, 2021

Commentary (评论)

费加罗报：中国实施开放40年后，再次回到关闭状态 (Le Figaro: After 40 years of opening, China is closing its door again)
Radio France Internationale, December 6, 2021

评论｜刘青：习近平因何借尸还魂，偷听敌台罪诈尸变翻墙罪 (Liu Qing: Why Xi Jinping has resurrected the “listen to enemy radio crime” zombie and renamed it “circumvention crime”)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang: Twitter closes thousands of China state-linked accounts spreading propaganda
The Guardian, December 3, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“为张展发出更强的声音”(Campaign: "Raise a stronger voice for Zhang Zhan”)
Deutsche Welle, December 3, 2021

上海万文英：酷刑及黑监狱报告——黑监狱50天，我被看守打断两根以上肋骨(Shanghai petitioner Wan Wenying has been detained in a black jail for 50 days and tortured, with at least two ribs broken)
Weiquanwang, December 3, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

‘Where is **?’: Fans in China Elude Censors to Talk About Peng Shuai
“XX在哪里？”中国网球迷躲避审查谈论彭帅事件
The New York Times, December 3, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

US, EU diplomats voice concern about China’s human rights abuses, aggression
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2021

China says it is more democratic than America
The Economist, December 4, 2021

China’s Communist Party is looking for a new generation of leaders. They’ll have to pass ‘the loyalty test’
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2021

Calls grow for probe into Beijing's influence after London Chinatown attacks
Radio Free Asia, December 2, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

打击亲政府假讯息 推特移除超过2000个亲中帐号(Cracking down on pro-government fake messages, Twitter removes more than 2,000 pro-China accounts)
Deutsche Welle, December 3, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

美国国会启动奥运囚犯项目，在冬奥前突出中国的政治犯(U.S. Congress introduces the Olympic Prisoner Project highlighting Chinese political prisoners in lead up to Beijing Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, December 3, 2021

Related:
Chairs Introduce #OlympicPrisoner Project Highlighting Political Prisoners in China Leading Up to Beijing 2022 Olympic Games
U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, December 2, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Centrist candidates say cross-border campaigning ahead of Hong Kong Legco poll nearly impossible and new voting scheme only benefits rivals
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2021

3 student union leaders charged with advocating terrorism given bail as they do not pose further national security threat, Hong Kong judge says
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2021

Brain drain fears as Hong Kong secondary schools lose 4,500 pupils and 1,000 teachers in one academic year – survey
Hong Kong Free Press, December 3, 2021

立法會選舉｜民研調查：50%受訪者反對邊境票站安排(Survey shows 50% of respondents oppose to voting at the border)
Ming Pao, December 3, 2021

Related:
“We Hongkongers Survey” press conference cum mini-policy forum on the theme “People’s interest in Legislative Council election, inclination to vote and voting outside Hong Kong / at the border” along with the latest GGPI
香港民研舉行「我們香港人計劃」之「立法會選舉關注程度、初步投票意向及境外／邊境投票」調查新聞發佈會暨小型政策論壇及公佈最新限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, December 3, 2021

Commentary (评论)

China: WTA’s decision should push for effective investigation of sexual violence
Amnesty International, December 2, 2021

Why Peng Shuai Has China’s Leaders Spooked
为什么彭帅让中国领导人坐立不安
The New York Times, December 3, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Leaked documents link top Chinese leaders to crackdown on Uyghurs
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2021

Nike, Patagonia, C&A named in Dutch criminal filing on Chinese forced labour in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

中国猎捕海外台湾人 人权组织吁国际社会遏阻(China hunts overseas Taiwanese, human rights group urges international community to take action against violation of Taiwan’s sovereignty)
Voice of America, December 2, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

'Where is **?': Fans in China Elude Censors to Talk About Peng Shuai
The New York Times, December 2, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Cultural Crackdowns: A guide
SupChina, December 2, 2021

‘China Day’ in New York: A Case Study in United Front Work
The Diplomat, December 2, 2021

WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng Shuai
彭帅事件持续发酵，WTA宣布暂停在中国所有赛事
The New York Times, December 2, 2021

Related:
China hits back at WTA boycott as IOC talks again to Peng Shuai
The Guardian, December 2, 2021

美国与欧盟举行第二次中国政策协调对话会 北京称反对“搞小圈子” (U.S. and EU to hold the 2nd dialogue on China policy coordination; Beijing says it opposes "small circles”)
Voice of America, December 2, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Is China Stacking the Technology Deck by Setting International Standards?
The Diplomat, December 2, 2021

Xinjiang: On technology and crimes against humanity
SupChina, December 1, 2021

China Is Winning the Big Data War
中国已成为大数据之战的赢家
The New York Times, December 2, 2021

Facebook removes Chinese network over fake ‘Swiss biologist’ coronavirus claims
Reuters, December 2, 2021

Related:
脸书：中国涉捏造“瑞士科学家” 宣传新冠假信息(Facebook: China involves in fabricating "Swiss scientist" to promote false information about Covid-19)
Deutsche Welle, December 2, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court is urged not to engage in ‘trial of speech’
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2021

Hong Kong protests: judge urges social media users to ‘reflect’ on online speech as he jails man for 7 months over anti-police Facebook comment
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2021

Hong Kong public broadcaster to ‘pause’ social media pages of 12 shows
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2021

Shuttered Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily and founder Jimmy Lai win press freedom award
Agence France-Presse, December 1, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Olympics: Protect Peng Shuai
Human Rights Watch, December 1, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

专访：新疆文件为追责提供有力新证据(Interview: Xinjiang documents provide forceful new evidence for accountability)
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Beijing 'hunts' Taiwan citizens overseas, gets hundreds sent to China: report
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Missing Tennis Star Peng Shuai
The New York Times, December 1, 2021

EU wants China to prove tennis star Peng Shuai is safe
Deustche Welle, November 30, 2021

Related:
What the Peng Shuai Scandal Is Really About
The Atlantic, November 30, 2021

China’s Silence on Peng Shuai Shows the Limits of Beijing’s Propaganda
彭帅事件揭示中国宣传机器并非万能
The New York Times, December 1, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

谢燕益：致国家卫健委——健康码信息公开申请书(Xie Yanyi: Letter to National Health Commission of China—Request for disclosure of health code law-related information)
Weiquanwang, December 1, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

妻子张青在美身患绝症来日无多，中国维权人士郭飞雄吁李克强放行探视(Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong urges China’s premier Li Keqiang to let him visit his dying wife in U.S.)
Voice of America, December 1, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

美英警告中国将量子计算用于破解机密情报(U.S., UK warn that China will use quantum computing to decipher classified intelligence)
Voice of America, December 1, 2021

Related:
The Chines Threats in the Quantum Era
Booz Allen Hamilton, November 30, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

China urges US business groups to ‘speak out’ as calls for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics grow
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2021

北京冬奥两大挑战：疫情与外交抵制声浪(Two challenges for Beijing Winter Olympics: Pandemic and diplomatic boycott)
Voice of America, December 1, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Exclusive | Hong Kong Bar chief Paul Harris ‘removed’ from national security trial by legal aid officials against activist client’s wish
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2021

Schools to add empathy, law-abidingness, diligence and ‘loving China and Hong Kong’ to moral education
Hong Kong Free Press, December 1, 2021

Hong Kong ex-civil servant lodges legal bid against government for ordering his retirement after he questioned need for oath
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2021

Hong Kong ranks last for political stability, housing affordability in expat survey on world’s best cities to live
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Leaked papers link Xinjiang crackdown with China leadership
The Guardian, November 29, 2021

Related:
The Xinjiang Papers: An Introduction
Uyghur Tribunal, November 27, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

中国三年间引渡600多名台湾人至中国 破坏台湾主权 (Extradition of 600 overseas Taiwanese to China in 3 years undermines Taiwan’s sovereignty)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2021

Related:
China's Hunt for Taiwanese Overseas: use of extradition and deportation to undermine Taiwanese sovereignty
Safeguard Defenders, November 30, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s Silence on Peng Shuai Shows the Limits of Beijing's Propaganda
The New York Times, November 30, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Subnational Influence at Work in the New York State Legislature
The Diplomat, November 29, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese province targets journalists and students in planned surveillance system
Reuters, November 29, 2021

Related:
Punishing Journalists PRC Province's Latest Mass Surveillance Project, Won by Neusoft Powered By Huawei
IPVM, November 29, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

无国界记者呼吁报道冬奥的媒体记者防范中国政府的监控 (Reporters Without Borders urges journalists covering Beijing Winter Olympics to protect themselves against surveillance by Chinese gov’t)
Voice of America, November 30, 2021

Related
Beijing Winter Olympics: RSF urges press to protect themselves against surveillance
Reporters Without Borders, November 29, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Public, media barred from observing ballot counts at special Hong Kong-mainland border voting stations
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2021

Security law: Dozens of Hong Kong democrats to spend festive season in detention – subversion trial date still unclear
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2021

Related:
民主派初選47人案押後明年3月4日提訊(National security case of 47 pro-democracy figures is adjourned until March 4 next year)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2021

Hong Kong schools must infuse civic, moral values into all subjects under new framework to be revealed soon
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2021

Related:
【杜絕躺平？】教育局推價值觀課程架構　增培育「勤勞」價值　刪「尊重人權」、「以批判思維認識祖國」(In new values education framework, EDB removes "respect human rights,” "understand motherland through critical thinking" from guidelines)

曾代理「12 港人」案　內地人權律師梁小軍被釘牌(Mainland human rights lawyer Liang Xiaojun, who once represented case of "12 Hong Kongers," is stripped of license)
Stand News, November 30, 2021

Some opinion survey questions could breach Hong Kong law, anti-graft chief warns
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

EU set to renew sanctions on Chinese officials for alleged Xinjiang abuses
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Sichuan rights activist Huang Qi's dying mother fears she will never see him again
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2021

CAPA Controversy Continued: Li Xuezheng Won’t Be Silenced
What's on Weibo, November 27, 2021

许志永律师梁小军被告知吊销执照 (Liang Xiaojun, Xu Zhiyong's lawyer, is told his license is suspended)
Radio France Internationale, November 27, 2021

郭飞雄妻子自感时日不多 希望中国释放丈夫 (Wife of Guo Feixiong is gravely ill, hopes China will release her husband)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2021

中国持不同政见诗人王藏夫妇被控“煽动颠覆”一案再度延期审理 (Dissident poet Wang Zang and his wife's “inciting subversion” trial is postponed again)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Beijing Keeps Trying to Rewrite History
The Atlantic, November 27, 2021

中国娱乐业正经历彻底改造，大明星小网红都要成为政治宣传员 (China is revamping its entertainment industry, requiring celebrities and online influencers to be part of its propaganda machine)
Voice of America, November 25, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s nominee wins Interpol seat despite concerns of human rights groups
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2021

全国妇联权益部发布《家庭暴力受害人证据收集指引》 (All-China Women's Federation Rights Department publishes “Domestic Violence Victim Evidence Collection Guideline”)
Beijing News, November 25, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

US-China tech war: Beijing draws up three-year plan to revamp state technology system
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Pressure over China’s human rights abuses mounts ahead of Beijing Olympics
The Washington Post, November 26, 2021

Do Sports Still Need China?
体育界的新问题：在中国做生意还值得吗？
The New York Times, November 25, 2021

In I.O.C.’s ‘Quiet Diplomacy,’ Critics See Whitewash of China’s Actions
被指帮助中国粉饰彭帅事件，国际奥委会遭抨击
The New York Times, November 29, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Functional constituencies in Hong Kong’s Legco will all be contested for first time, but is the competition just for show?
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2021

Hong Kong to deploy over 10,000 police to ensure ‘patriots-only’ legislative polls run smoothly
Hong Kong Free Press, November 29, 2021

Hong Kong elections: only 3 Legislative Council candidates identify as ‘pro democracy’, demand universal suffrage in official poll statements
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2021

廉署通緝許智峯及丘文俊　涉煽惑市民投白票及不投票(Exiled Ted Hui and Yau Man-chun wanted by ICAC for inciting citizens to cast blank votes and not vote)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 29, 2021

Hong Kong court to hear challenge to national security law conviction next March
Hong Kong Free Press, November 26, 2021

Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK does not have the right to freedom of expression, High Court rules
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2021

Related:
法庭裁定通訊局對《頭條新聞》部分裁決不成立(Court rules Communications Authority's decision against RTHK's Headliner is wrong in part)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 25, 2021

Hong Kong protests: Telegram group administrator pleads guilty to 9 incitement charges tied to violent 2019 clashes
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2021

National security law: why have Hong Kong’s activist groups fallen like dominoes? Who is to blame and can civil society rebuild itself?
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2021

鄒幸彤控煽動顛覆國家政權　第八次申請保釋被拒(Chow Hang-tung, charged with inciting subversion, is denied bail for the eighth time)
Ming Pao, November 26, 2021

Exclusive | Priscilla Wong, police watchdog chief, set to head governing body of University of Hong Kong, city’s top tertiary institution
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2021

Hong Kong film on 2019 protests wins prize for best documentary at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Xi Is Bending Chinese Law to His Will
Foreign Affairs, November 24, 2021

中共需要的不是更多「歷史決議」，而是權力制衡 (The CPC needs checks and balances, not more historical resolutions)
Voicettank, November 22, 2021

What Future for International NGOs in China?
ChinaFile, November 24, 2021

The Death Knell for Hong Kong’s Democracy
“国殇之柱”被移除：香港民主的丧钟
The New York Times, November 25, 2021

People’s disconnection from Legco election could spell trouble for Beijing, Hong Kong officials
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

紧急关注：谢阳律师11月23日晚上在上海失联 (Urgent update: Lawyer Xie Yang lost contact in Shanghai on the night of November 23)
Weiquanwang, November 23, 2021

黄琦母亲癌症晚期病情恶化 盼见儿最后一面 (Mother of jailed activist Huang Qi is suffering from last stage cancer—seeing her son is her last wish)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2021

After 4 Years as Pawn in China-US Game, Seattle Man Is Home
The Diplomat, November 24, 2021

「彭帥事件」連鎖效應 專家聚焦北京「強迫失蹤」作法 (The ripple effect from Peng Shuai's disappearance: Experts focus on Beijing's “enforced disappearance”)
Deutsche Welle, November 24, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Keep out fake news in age of Covid-19, Chinese propaganda chief urges world media
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Quest for Greater ‘Discourse Power’
The Diplomat, November 24, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese tech philanthropy in the age of ‘common prosperity’
SupChina, November 23, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Peng Shuai: Human Rights Watch accuses IOC of sportswashing in case of Chinese tennis star
CNN, November 23, 2021

Peng Shuai to Xinjiang - the issues dogging the Beijing Olympics
Agence France-Presse, November 24, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Poll finds only half of Hongkongers inclined to vote in upcoming legislative race – a record low
Hong Kong Free Press, November 24, 2021

Related:
【立法會爭位】《大公報》點名追擊民研　斥民調煽惑不投票　鍾劍華：學術研究沒理由構成煽動(Pro-Beijing newspaper accuses HKPORI LegCo election survey of inciting to not vote)
Stand News, November 24, 2021

HKPOP releases the first round of LegCo Election Survey results, the latest popularities of CE and SAR Government along with PSI and GGPI
香港民研發放發放第一輪立法會選舉調查結果、特首及政府民望、民情指數以及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, November 23, 2021

Hong Kong to revive bill bolstering copyright law as minister warns satire and parodies must toe national security line
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

欧盟今再敦促中国释放张展 (EU again urges China to release Zhang Zhan)
Radio France Internationale, November 23, 2021

江西“国保”凌驾于法律之上，律师要求会见肖青山遭拒 (Domestic security denies lawyer's visit to rights activist Shao Qingshan)
Weiquanwang, November 22, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

响应印太战略哈利法克斯国际安全论坛移师台湾 (In response to the Indo-Pacific framework, Halifax Forum will be held in Taiwan)
Radio France Internationale, November 23, 2021

Related:
HFX ANNOUNCES WINTER 2022 TAIPEI FORUM
Halifax International Security Forum, July 21, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Why Peng Shuai Frustrates China's Propaganda Machine
The New York Times, November 23, 2021

Related:
彭帥微笑現身等於沒事? 外界不買單 (Peng Shuai re-emerging with a smile means she's safe? People aren't buying it)
Deutsche Welle, November 23, 2021

中国召开“网络文明大会” 何谓“网络文明”？ (China hosted Internet Civilization Conference, but what is “Internet Civilization”?)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2021

Little red children and ‘Grandpa Xi’: China’s school textbooks reflect the rise of Xi Jinping’s personality cult
The Conversation, November 23, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

國際刑警組織選舉新領導 阿聯酋、中國人選受質疑 (Interpol new leader election: UAE and China candidates spark concerns)
Deutsche Welle, November 22, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

National security law: student activist who advocated Hong Kong independence jailed for 43 months
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2021

唐英傑就定罪及刑期上訴　周五開庭索取法庭指示(Tong Ying Kit, first person sentenced under national security law, to appeal conviction and sentence)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 23, 2021

Hong Kong to set up polling booths at border checkpoints; Lam evades question over legality of protest votes
Hong Kong Free Press, November 23, 2021

Commentary (评论)

West weighs up costs of boycotting China’s Winter Olympics
The Guardian, November 22, 2021

Olympics: Don’t Promote Chinese State Propaganda
Human Rights Watch, November 22, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China: Journalist jailed for COVID reporting seriously ill, must be released – UN experts
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, November 22, 2021

Immediately release sick Chinese journalist, rights experts urge
联合国人权专家敦促中国政府释放公民记者和人权捍卫者张展
UN News, November 22, 2021

UN urges China to free seriously ill journalist jailed over Wuhan Covid reporting
Agence France-Presse, November 20, 2021

联合国呼吁中国当局立即释放公民记者张展(UN calls on Chinese authorities to immediately release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2021

Related:
Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado on China
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, November 19, 2021

联合国人权事务高级专员发言人玛塔·乌尔塔多对中国的评论
Human Rights in China (Chinese translation), November 19, 2021

Peng Shuai's call with Olympic chief not enough to ease concerns: WTA
Reuters, November 22, 2021

国际奥委会被斥配合中共玩宣传特技表演 漠视彭帅遭张高丽性侵指控(IOC is criticized for cooperating with CPC to in propaganda, ignoring Peng Shuai's allegations of sexual assault by CPC senior official)
Voice of America, November 22, 2021

China’s disappeared: high-profile figures who have gone missing in the past decade
The Guardian, November 19, 2021

七国人权官员会见许艳 关注余文生一案(Human rights officials from 7 countries meet with Xu Yan, expressing concern for her husband Yu Wensheng)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

中国决定降级与立陶宛外交关系，“严正抗议”在该国设立台湾代表处(China downgrades diplomatic relations with Lithuania in "solemn protest" of Taiwan representative office in that country)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 21, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Censors, legal hurdles stifle China’s #MeToo movement
Agence France-Presse, November 22, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Explainer | China’s e-commerce crackdown: timeline of Beijing’s actions to bring tech giants in line with national policy
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

When athletes get political: Support for the Uyghurs ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics
GlobalVoices, November 19, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong elections: pollster group moves ahead with survey on voter sentiment for Legco race, drops popularity rankings
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2021

Hong Kong centrists test the waters as Beijing tries to avoid the appearance of a stage-managed election
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong labour minister says social workers board must join other public officials in taking oath of allegiance to city
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2021

Hong Kong protests: tossed water bottle lands factory worker in prison for 2½ years
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2021

Hong Kong teachers avoiding ‘sensitive topics’ in revamped liberal studies subject to keep out of trouble
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2021

立法會選舉｜丁健華將成立「香港教師工會」　助因專業失當遭DQ教師上訴(LegCo election education sector to set up "Hong Kong Teachers' Trade Union" to help appeal by disqualified teachers accused of “professional misconduct”)
Ming Pao, November 21, 2021

Exclusive: Hong Kong public libraries purge 29 titles about the Tiananmen Massacre from the shelves
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2021

Two Hong Kong movie showings axed under new gov’t national security film censorship rules
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2021

Commentary (评论)

The Chinese Communist Party Still Thinks It Owns the Future
Foreign Policy, November 21, 2021

Hong Kong gov’t has to admit its failings over 2019 protests to win back public trust
Hong Kong Free Press, November 20, 2021

Concern and Anger Build Over Missing Athlete’s Sexual Assault Allegations
彭帅事件对网球的未来意味着什么？
The New York Times, November 22, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

台湾驻立陶宛代表处挂牌：北京强烈抗议称“后果自负”(Taiwan's representative office in Lithuania is open: Beijing strongly protests, saying "at your own risk")
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 19, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

A weird email from Chinese state TV stirred more questions about a tennis star’s safety
Quartz, November 19, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

The Show Goes On, Even After China Tried to Shut It Down
无视中国压力，意大利为华裔政治漫画家巴丢草办个展
The New York Times, November 19, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中共政治局会议审议《国安战略报告》 明确提出国家及金融等五大安全(The Politburo of CPC reviews National Security Strategy Report, puts forward five major security issues, including national and financial security)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

US-China tech war: Xi Jinping doubles down on ‘technology security’ measures as part of nation’s five-year plan
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

U.S. Is ‘Considering’ Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympics, Biden Says
拜登称美国正考虑对北京冬奥会进行外交抵制
The New York Times, November 19, 2021

Related:
China calls talk of diplomatic boycott of Olympics a distraction
The Washington Post, November 19, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

資審委裁定153名立法會選舉候選人資格有效1人無效(Candidate Eligibility Review Committee approves 153 LegCo election candidates, disqualifies 1)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 19, 2021

7 young Hong Kong activists facing national security charges – inc. 4 minors – to return to court in Jan
Hong Kong Free Press, November 18, 2021

Hong Kong’s chief justice condemns recent threats against judges and urges respect for rule of law
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2021

黎智英獲頒「伊菲爾新聞自由獎」　四子黎崇恩：以父為榮(Jimmy Lai awarded Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award; Lai's son Sebastien: I'm proud of my dad)
Stand News, November 19, 2021

Related:
CPJ's 2021 IPFA: Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Awardee Jimmy Lai
Committee to Protect Journalists, November 19, 2021

‘Daily torture’: Pro-democracy retail chain Chickeeduck to exit Hong Kong in 2022 citing pressure, threats
Hong Kong Free Press, November 19, 2021

國殤之柱創作人高志活公開3D掃描圖 冀散落全球延續悼念(Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt opens "Pillar of Shame" 3D scanning file source)
inmedia.hk, November 19, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Steve Vines: The future of press freedom in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, November 19, 2021

Biden Thinks He Can Have It Both Ways on China. He’s Wrong
拜登在中国问题上想两全其美，他错了
The New York Times, November 19, 2021

Chinese Tennis Star’s Disappearance Is Warning for Olympics
Human Rights Watch, November 18, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China making example of jailed Wuhan Covid journalist, says lawyer
The Guardian, November 18, 2021

Furor Over Peng Shuai's #MeToo Accusation Challenges China
The New York Times, November 18, 2021

安徽合肥著名民运人士沈良庆在遭羁押2年半后 昨获刑3年有期徒刑(Shen Liangqing, noted Anhui pro-democracy activist, is sentenced to 3 years in prison after being detained for 2.5 years)
Weiquanwang, November 18, 2021

Women’s Tennis Challenges China’s Narrative Over Missing Player
中国官媒刊登“彭帅声明”，国际女子网球协会表示质疑
The New York Times, November 18, 2021

张展获无国界记者新闻自由勇气奖(Chinese citizen reporter Zhang Zhan wins 2021 RSF Press Freedom Award)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2021

Related:
Chinese journalist, Palestinian journalist and Pegasus Project receive 2021 RSF Press Freedom Awards
Reporters Without Borders, November 17, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s historical resolution puts focus on rising national security threats, pledges ‘fight to the end’
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2021

布林肯认定中国等10国为宗教自由侵犯国(U.S. designates China, 9 other countries as violators of religious freedom)
Voice of America, November 17, 2021

Related:
US Designates China, Russia, 8 Others as Violators of Religious Freedom
Voice of America, November 17, 2021

澳大利亚修改法律反击中国渗透和干预大学校园(Australia amends laws to counter China’s infiltration, interference at universities)
Voice of America, November 17, 2021

Related:
Australia toughens rules on foreign interference at universities
Reuters, November 16, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing is speeding up foreign tech phase-out
The Standard, November 18, 2021

Beijing to discuss efforts to clean, control the internet at ‘cyberspace civilisation’ conference
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong anti-corruption watchdog to monitor social media for ‘incitement’, deploying 800 officers on polling day
Hong Kong Free Press, November 18, 2021

Fake news in Hong Kong: who should serve as arbiter of what is true and false?
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2021

Hong Kong official says media should take steps to boost its credibility
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2021

Political slogans banned at Hong Kong Cyclothon and harbour swim race, organisers may involve police
Hong Kong Free Press, November 18, 2021

港區國安法｜美國報告指國安法影響香港社會政治　港府強烈譴責反駁指控(HK gov't denounces U.S. report saying national security law affects HK's society, politics)
Ming Pao, November 18, 2021

Related:
2021 REPORT TO CONGRESS of the U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, November 18, 2021

HKSARG strongly opposes the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission report
HKSAR government, November 18, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China’s Xinjiang cotton is banned in the U.S. but still making it to store shelves, says report
The Washington Post, November 17, 2021

Related:
Laundering Cotton: How Xinjiang Cotton is Obscured in International Supply Chains
Sheffield Hallam University Helena Kennedy Centre, November 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

著名人权捍卫者、“民生观察网”创建人刘飞跃5年刑期已满 今获释到家 (Liu Feiyue, human rights defender and founder of Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, returns home after 5 years in prison for subversion)
Weiquanwang, November 17, 2021

德國政府呼籲北京釋放張展 (Germany urges Beijing to release Zhang Zhan)
Deutsche Welle, November 16, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s Content Manipulation Reaches New Frontiers
The Diplomat, November 16, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China, US agree to ease restrictions on journalists
BBC News, November 17, 2021

U.S. and China Agree to Ease Restrictions on Journalists
美中同意放宽记者签证限制
The New York Times, November 17, 2021

Cultural Revolution was a catastrophe and Mao was responsible, China’s Communist Party upholds in landmark statement
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2021

习近平为什么三不提 (Why did Xi Jinping omit these three things in the Historical Resolution?)
Radio France Internationale, November 17, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese news groups warned of penalties for internet information violations
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong authorities will criminalise ‘fake news’ only as a last resort, city’s No 2 official says
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2021

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil symbolised ‘struggle of memory against forgetting,’ says democrat in mitigation
Hong Kong Free Press, November 17, 2021

Related:
六四31年集會案 李卓人哽咽求情「一生無悔」 提創立職工盟感觸落淚(In plea in mitigation, Hong Kong Alliance ex-chairman Lee Cheuk-yan says "I have no regrets in my life")
inmedia.hk, November 17, 2021

【47 人案】律政司申延至明年再訊　據悉羅德泉拒絕　促控方交代進度　維持本月 29 日提訊(Magistrate Peter Law rejects DoJ's request to delay the case of 47 pro-democracy figures charged under National Security Law, urges prosecution to explain progress)
Stand News, November 17, 2021

【理大兩年】流亡英國青年：由金鎖匙變地底泥(Interviews with three youngsters who were inside the 2019 PolyU siege now in self-exile in UK)
CitizenNews, November 17, 2021

Ex-Hong Kong law prof Benny Tai set to plead guilty in election expenses case
Hong Kong Free Press, November 17, 2021

香港立法会选举“非建制派”倾巢而出 学者：两面不是人 选情难乐观 (“Non pro-establishment” candidates go all-out for LegCo election; scholars not optimistic: They don’t belong to neither side)
Voice of America, November 17, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Justice for the Uyghurs: What the US Can Do
The Diplomat, November 16, 2021

康美药业后，中国式集体诉讼还可以走多远？ (After the first successful class-action win against Kangmei Pharmaceutical, will there be more?)
Financial Times, November 16, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

中国网民实地拍摄新疆再教育营视频 (A Chinese YouTuber provides the latest glimpse of Xinjiang re-education camp)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2021