Flooding in southern China causes deaths, damage and anger
The Washington Post, July 7, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/flooding-landslides-causing-deaths-anger-in-southern-china/2017/07/07/f10682de-62ce-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html?utm_term=.3a6ac8b74780
China prosecutes former provincial party boss over graft
Reuters, July 7, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN19S0WN?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
“Disappointed”: Joshua Wong’s party accuses Asia Society of self-censorship following “ban”
Hong Kong Free Press, July 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/07/disappointed-joshua-wongs-party-accuses-asia-society-self-censorship-following-ban/
Hong Kong activists to lodge complaint with watchdog over police tactics during Xi visit
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2101602/hong-kong-activists-lodge-complaint-watchdog-over-police
醫院深夜再出聲明 指免疫治療欠足夠臨牀證據不宜用 (Hospital: immunotherapy cannot be used to treat Liu Xiaobo because of lack of clinical evidence)
Mingpao, July 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170707/s00004/1499385532333
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China is frantically trying to make sure Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo doesn’t die during the G20
Quartz, July 7, 2017
https://qz.com/1022428/china-is-frantically-trying-to-make-sure-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-doesnt-die-during-the-g20/ Friends of ailing Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo ask to see him one last time
The Guardian, July 7, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/07/liu-xiaobo-friends-chinese-dissident-ask-see-him-one-last-time 刘晓波肝功能恶化家属接病危通知 (Liu Xiaobo’s liver function worsens, family receives critical illness notice)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07062017085919.htmlLiu Xiaobo, China's most famous political prisoner, “close to death”
Liu Xiaobo vigil: doctors tell Chinese Nobel laureate’s family to prepare for his death
The Guardian, July 6, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/06/liu-xiaobo-china-political-prisoner-close-to-death-friends-say
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101588/liu-xiaobo-vigil-doctors-tell-chinese-nobel-laureates 欧洲议会通过决议 呼吁中国大陆释放刘晓波和李明哲 (European Parliament passes resolution urging China to release Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx2-07062017120742.html
人权组织呼吁中国停止迫害维权律师 (Human rights organization calls China to stop persecuting rights lawyers)
Voice of America, July 7, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-human-rights-group-calling-china-to-end-2-year-crackdown-20170706/3931074.html
A human rights lawyer’s notes on the “709 Incident,” two years on
China Change, July 7, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/07/a-human-rights-lawyers-notes-on-the-709-incident-two-years-on/
Veteran labor activist Liu Shaoming sentenced to four and a half years for his activism
Hong Kong Free Press, July 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/06/speculation-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobos-condition-xi-jinping-heads-g20-summit/
International NGOs' China operations hit by registration delays under new law
Reuters, July 6, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-ngo-analysis-idUSKBN19S00V
中国百律师和公民联署《看守所法》公民意见书 (Over 100 lawyers and citizens in China sign letter expressing opinions on Law on Detention Centers)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07062017105459.html
Egyptian police said to detain Chinese Uighurs in wide sweep
Associated Press, July 6, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/egyptian-police-said-to-detain-chinese-uighurs-in-wide-sweep/3930651.html
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埃及警方拘捕一批新疆维吾尔留学生 (Egyptian police detain dozens of Uyghur students)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-07062017111124.html
劉兆佳：不急於一兩年內推23條立法 (Liu Zhaojia: there is no hurry to enact Article 23 in the next one year or two)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 7, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340662-20170707.htm
林鄭月娥：23條立法一定要做 惟看幾時及如何去做 (Carrie Lam: Article 23 must be enacted, it’s only a matter of when and how)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 6, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340498-20170706.htm
香港民阵批评警黑联手打压示威集会 (Civil Human Rights Front criticizes police and triads for joining forces and suppressing demonstration)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-07062017110726.html
There is a gulf between Hong Kongers and the Communist Party
The Economist, July 6, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21724824-xi-jinpings-trip-territory-showed-it-getting-wider-there-gulf-between-hong-kongers
林鄭月娥的懷柔詭計 (Carrie Lam’s conciliation trick)
Inmediahk, July 7, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1050541
不能讓歪理說得理直氣壯 (False reasoning can’t be allowed to laid out in a righteous way. Beijing should not ask Hong Kong to respect or be fearful of China)
Mingpao, July 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170707/s00022/1499389586000
加害者譴責受害者 (The perpetrator criticizes the victim. Criticism of Great Britain and Chris Patten)
Mingpao, July 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170707/s00022/1499389654110
【劉曉波肝癌】與劉霞相擁微笑新照片流傳 好友：病情急轉直下 (12:24) (New photos of Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia embracing and smiling spread online, friends: Liu Xiaobo’s condition worsens)
Mingpao, July 6, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170706/s00004/1499314389827
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National team of medical experts treat Liu Xiaobo as abdominal swelling worsens
Global Times, July 6, 2017
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1055163.shtml “Time running out” terminally ill Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
The Guardian, July 5, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/05/liu-xiaobo-china-invites-foreign-doctors-to-treat-critically-ill-dissident香港支联会寄近千明信片至沈阳医院 为刘晓波“打气” (Hong Kong Alliance sends 1,000 postcards to Shenyang hospital in support of Liu Xiaobo)
欧洲议会今天针对刘晓波案人权问题进行辩论及投票 (European Parliament to debate and vote on the human rights case of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wsw-07052017103043.html
Radio France Internationale, July 5, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170705-欧洲议会今天针对刘晓波案人权问题进行辩论及投票 挪威首相及外交大臣拒回應劉曉波事件 任內促進中挪恢復正常關係 (Norwegian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister decline to answer questions about Liu Xiaobo)
Post852, July 5, 2017
http://www.post852.com//221702/挪威首相及外交大臣拒回應劉曉波事件 任內促進/ How China ensured a lasting legacy for Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2101151/how-china-ensured-lasting-legacy-nobel-peace-laureate-liu
最高检机关检察官司法办案权力清单印发 (The Supreme People’s Procuratorate issues list of powers of prosecutors)
The Supreme People’s Procuratorate of the PRC, July 3, 2017
http://www.spp.gov.cn/zdgz/201707/t20170703_194538.shtml
王宇包龙军一家三口仍被严控 (Wang Yu and Bao Longjun’s family still under strict control)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-07042017092420.html
“Released” Chinese rights lawyers remain under 24-hour surveillance with teen son
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-07052017105324.html
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Announcing the Inaugural China Human Rights Lawyers’ Day
China Change, July 4, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/04/announcing-the-inaugural-china-human-rights-lawyers-day/ Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, May 11, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi
As Taiwan legalized gay marriage, China shut down its most iconic lesbian social media platform
Quartz, July 4, 2017
https://qz.com/1020474/as-taiwan-legalized-gay-marriage-china-shut-down-its-most-iconic-lesbian-social-media-platform/
Internet controls tighten with VPN shutdown
China Digital Times, July 3, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/07/great-firewall-gets-tougher-popular-vpn-shut/
Two jailed amid rising public anger over South China flood response
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/flood-response-07052017122640.html
Civic groups to announce new move to support detained activist
Focus Taiwan, July 5, 2017
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201707050015.aspx
官方封锁消息删灾民求救贴 湖南宁乡娄底灾民游行抗议 (Officials censor information on Hunan disaster, Ningxiang villagers march in protest)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07042017092153.html
京广和公司成员持续维权 江西当局瓦解打压 (China Electronics Shenzhen Company employees continue protest, face suppression from Jiangxi authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07042017092239.html
李克强：根治“屡审屡犯”顽症要靠建立长效机制 (Li Keqiang: eradicating reoccurring auditing problems needs long-term mechanism)
Central People's Government of the PRC, July 5, 2017
http://www.gov.cn/guowuyuan/2017-07/05/content_5208240.htm
Chinese family dragged out of home and tied up while house is demolished
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2101499/chinese-family-dragged-out-home-tied-while-house-demolished
For many Chinese internet users, it’s time to get a new VPN
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101435/many-chinese-internet-users-its-time-get-new-vpn
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to plead guilty
Al Jazeera, July 6, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-plead-guilty-170706044751660.html
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涉阻執達主任被控藐視法庭 黃之鋒出庭前表示將會認罪 (Joshua Wong, charged with obstructing police officers in execution of their duties, says that before going to court he will plead guilty to contempt of court)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 6, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340432-20170706.htm
Hong Kong political bodies connected to foreign or Taiwan political orgs may be banned, says gov’t
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/05/hong-kong-political-bodies-connected-foreign-taiwan-political-orgs-may-banned-says-govt/
New Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says lobbying is job of ministers alone, amid claims of Beijing meddling
South China Morning Post, July 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2101319/dont-let-anyone-else-lobby-lawmakers-new-hong-kong-leader
“Failure to honour your promise”: Journalism watchdog lambastes Carrie Lam’s continuing digital media ban
Hong Kong Free Press, July 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/04/failure-honour-promise-journalism-watchdog-lambastes-carrie-lams-continuing-digital-media-ban/
Video: “Police face a lot of stress” –Chief Exec. Carrie Lam says no evidence of abuse by officers
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/05/police-face-lot-stress-chief-exec-carrie-lam-says-no-evidence-abuse-officers/
If you can’t toe the red line, Hong Kong is not the place to be
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2101266/if-you-cant-toe-red-line-hong-kong-not-place-be
Chinese hospital invites cancer experts to help treat Nobel laureate
中国邀请美德专家加入刘晓波治疗团队
The New York Times, July 4, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/world/asia/liu-xiaobo-cancer-treatment-nobel-china-prison.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170705/liu-xiaobo-cancer-treatment-nobel-china-prison/
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医院邀请美、德专家来华参加刘晓波医疗小组 (Hospital invites a group of American and German experts to come to China to help the small group treating Liu Xiaobo)
Shenyang Bureau of Justice, July 5, 2017
http://www.syssfj.gov.cn/cms/201707/149921593939945.html 外交部：冀西方國家尊重中國司法主權 勿干涉中國內政 (Foreign Ministry: We expect the West to respect the judicial sovereignty of China and not interfere with China’s internal affairs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 5, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340292-20170705.htm 联合国人权官会见中国官员关注刘晓波夫妇 (UN human rights official meets with Chinese official concerning Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia)
Voice of America, July 5, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/un-liu-20170704/3928155.html 藏人行政中央司政促中国允刘晓波出国就医 (Tibetan gov’t in exile urges China to allow Liu Xiaobo to go abroad for treatment)
Voice of America, July 5, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/tibet-liu-20170704/3928234.html China’s ignoble treatment of a Nobel laureate
自由的人民应该为刘晓波的自由大声疾呼
The New York Times, July 3, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/opinion/liu-xiaobo-china-political-prisoner.html CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20170704/liu-xiaobo-china-political-prisoner/zh-hant/
German town awards 2017 Human Rights Prize to Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti
Hong Kong Free Press, July 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/04/german-town-awards-2017-human-rights-prize-uyghur-academic-ilham-tohti/
Chinese internet giant limits online game play for children over health concerns
Agence France-Presse, July 4, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/04/chinese-internet-giant-limits-online-game-play-for-children-over-health-concerns