Hong Kong (香港)

The new thing in Hong Kong’s public schools: White students
New York Times, August 22, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/world/asia/hong-kong-schools-.html

Mainland Chinese officials have arrived to set up in port area of West Kowloon terminus of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2160902/mainland-chinese-officials-have-arrived-set-port-area-west

Hong Kong secondary student convicted of carrying air pistol near Legco protest
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2160886/hong-kong-secondary-student-convicted

【反釋法遊行案】督察否認阻示威者到中聯辦閘外 辯方質疑故意刁難 (In unlawful assembly trial, demonstrators argue police provided inadequate march route)
Inmediahk.net, August 22, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059055

港大民意调查显示18至29岁港青有60%赞成台独 (Hong Kong University poll shows 60% of city’s youth 18-29 favor Taiwan independence)
Radio France Internationale, August 22, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180822-港大民意调查显示18至29岁港青有60赞成台独

Commentary (评论)

The secret story behind disappearing Deng Xiaoping
Channel NewsAsia, August 22, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/dissapearing-deng-xiaoping-rising-xi-jinping-10618566

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Evidence of abuse, deaths in Xinjiang camps emerges
China Digital Times, August 21, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/evidence-of-abuse-deaths-in-xinjiang-camps-emerges/

China made “absolutely no deals” for Liu Xia’s release, German envoy says
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2160553/china-made-absolutely-no-deals-liu-xias-release-german

Access to Information (信息公开)

微博处置涉时政有害信息账号1895个，涉黄4255个 (Weibo censored 1,895 accounts for “harmful messages” relating to current affairs, up to 130,000 posts blocked or deleted)
The Paper, August 21, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2366315

China's government censors shut down references to Mao-inspired labor movement
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/movement-08212018103956.html

多家区块链自媒体公众号被停止使用 (Several blockchain public WeChat accounts suspended)
Beijing News, August 21, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/08/21/500475.html

Chinese police threaten Muslim poet who tweeted about Xinjiang camps
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-xinjiang-08202018152709.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

京沪深三地P2P苦主追血汗钱 (Authorities suppress P2P investment victims from Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen hoping to recover their hard-earned money)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-08212018101035.html

广东吴川城管殴越战老兵 民众震怒 (Public outrage as Guangdong urban management personnel beat Vietnam War veterans)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08212018100813.html

广州一家庭教会连遭当局冲击骚扰 (Family church in Guangzhou continuously harassed by authorities)
Voice of America, August 21, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-guangzhou-christan-church-harassed-by-authorities-20180821/4537610.html

维权人士：中国刁难麦加朝觐者 (Activists: Chinese government blocks Muslim citizens from pilgrimage to Mecca)
Deutsche Well, August 21, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/维权人士中国刁难麦加朝覲者/a-45157958?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp

深圳佳士14人被拘 北大学生声援吁调查 (14 Jasic workers remain in custody as student supporters face investigation and possible reprisal from universities)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xql-08202018112249.html

维权两年无望 多名伤残女工自杀身亡 (Disabled worker commits suicide as rights defense attempts fail)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08202018101220.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Changchun mayor resigns after vaccine scandal: Report
Channel NewsAsia, August 21, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-s-changchun-mayor-resigns-after-vaccine-scandal-report-10636782

Taiwan further isolated as El Salvador switches allegiance to China
The Guardian, August 21, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/taiwan-further-isolated-as-el-salvador-switches-allegiance-to-china

Related:
Taiwan “won't bow to pressure,” president says amid China tensions
Reuters, August 21, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/taiwan-wont-bow-pressure-president-says-amid-china-164248215.html

China names former internet tsar Xu Lin as new international propaganda chief
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2160623/china-names-former-internet-tsar-xu-lin-new

China to launch national probe into policy implementation: Media
Reuters, August 21, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-policy/china-to-launch-national-probe-into-policy-implementation-media-idUSKCN1L52A0?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Malaysia's Mahathir cancels China-backed rail, pipeline projects
Reuters, August 21, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/malaysian-pm-mahathir-says-china-backed-rail-pipeline-052029863.html

十二部门联合发文要求治理擅自利用互联网销售彩票行为 (12-department joint notice requires governance of unauthorized online sales of lottery tickets)
People's Daily, August 21, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0821/c1001-30242317.html

Young Tibetan refugees who fled China seeking education arrive in India
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/refugees-08202018134718.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

AI system recognizes porn through voice recognition
Xinhua, August 20, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/20/c_137404770.htm

六部门：网络直播应落实用户实名制度 (Office for “Eradicating pornography and illegal publications” removes anonymity for webcasters, imposes comprehensive surveillance of webcast content)
People's Daily, August 20, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0820/c1001-30239769.html

中国开发网攻技术介入邻国政治？ (Is China developing Internet technologies to interfere with politics in neighboring countries?)
Radio France Internationale, August 20, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180820-中国开发网攻技术介入邻国政治

Hong Kong (香港)

立會行管會入稟　追游蕙禎逾百萬薪津連利息 (LegCo Commission files claim against ousted legislator Yau Wai-ching for over HKD 1 million in salary, office expenses, interest)
The Stand News, August 21, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/立會行管會入稟-追游蕙禎逾百萬薪津連利息/

Maternity leave in Hong Kong: Government considering subsidies to help businesses offset cost of giving new mothers 14 weeks off
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2160565/maternity-leave-hong-kong-government-considering

Commentary (评论)

观点：中国学者不应再做错误生育政策的吹鼓手 (Opinion: Chinese scholars should not again advocate wrong birth policy)
BBC, August 21, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/45255411

Reflections of a Chinese reporter in foreign media
Sup China, August 21, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/21/reflections-of-a-chinese-reporter-in-foreign-media/

人权主席警告 五大国造成联合国失能 (U.N. human rights chief says Security Council members risk U.N.’s survival)
Deutsche Welle, August 21, 2018
CH: https://www.dw.com/zh/人权主席警告-五大国造成联合国失能/a-45151510?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp
EN: https://www.dw.com/en/un-human-rights-chief-says-security-council-members-risk-uns-survival/a-45150493

Not all about the money: Why the one child generation isn’t keen on having more babies
What’s On Weibo, August 21, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com. Read more at: https://www.whatsonweibo.com/op-ed-not-all-about-the-money-why-the-one-child-generation-arent-keen-on-having-more-babies/

There's Jim Crow in China, but no one seems to care
Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2018
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-china-jim-crow-20180821-story.html#

Why Is the NBA in Xinjiang?
Slate, August 20, 2018
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/08/xinjiang-the-nba-is-running-a-training-camp-in-the-middle-of-one-of-the-worlds-worst-humanitarian-atrocities.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国安徽网友被控网上发布“不法言论”遭刑拘 (Anhui netizen arrested for “illegal statements,” including “Shinzo Abe is my father”)
Voice of America, August 17, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voanews-20180817-china-anhui-detained-for-speech/4532684.html

记者手记: 采访孙⽂广遭国保绑架纪实 (VOA reporter's notes on Sun Wenguang being kidnapped by domestic security during interview)
Voice of America, August 20, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/reporters-notebook-sunwenguang-20180819/4535203.html

Xinjiang authorities detain Uyghur philanthropist, three others, over alleged ties to education fund
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/philanthropist-08172018150501.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

六部门出实招加强网络直播行业基础管理 (Crackdown on indecent Internet content to focus on livestreams)
Legal Daily, August 20, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/20/content_7623081.htm?node=5955

What do “low-quality people” watch on tv?
China Media Project, August 20, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/08/20/what-do-low-quality-people-watch-on-tv/

China’s museums rewrite history to boost Xi
Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sleight-at-the-museum-china-rewrites-history-to-boost-xi-1534766405

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The proliferation of online organizing tools used by China’s workers
China Labour Bulletin, August 20, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/proliferation-online-organising-tools-used-china%E2%80%99s-workers

Related: Student activists and China’s evolving labor movement
China Digital Times, August 17, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/student-activists-and-chinas-evolving-labor-movement/

The birth rate debate in China is out of control
SupChina, August 20, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/20/the-birth-rate-debate-in-china-is-out-of-control/

Mr. Gay World cancels Hong Kong event citing concerns over LGBTQ crackdown in mainland
Hong Kong Free Press, August 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/20/mr-gay-world-cancels-hong-kong-event-citing-concerns-lgbtq-crackdown-mainland/

“一旦开战你愿为祖国捐多少” 网友回答亮眼 (Netizens’ eye-opening responses to: “If China goes to war, how much of your savings would you donate to the motherland?”)
Epoch times, August 14, 2018
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/18/8/13/n10635467.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi Jinping calls for “absolute loyalty” from Chinese army
Guardian, August 20, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/20/xi-jinping-calls-for-absolute-loyalty-from-chinese-army

Mahathir calls for “fair trade” in China, warns of “new colonialism”
Sydney Morning Herald, August 20, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/mahathir-calls-for-fair-trade-in-china-warns-of-new-colonialism-20180820-p4zymq.html

“Foreign forces” can’t control religion, Chinese official says amid Vatican talks
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2160307/foreign-forces-cant-control-religion-chinese-official

China’s Uighur camps swell as Beijing widens the dragnet
Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-uighur-camps-swell-as-beijing-widens-the-dragnet-1534534894

公安部公布9起打击整治网络乱象典型案例：知乎360等上榜 (Ministry of Public Security publishes 9 typical cases on Internet clean-up project)
The Paper, August 20, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2357390

国家药监局：坚决拥护中央决定 将抓紧起草完善疫苗管理体制改革方案 (Food and Drug Administration to press for draft reforms on vaccine regulatory regime)
Beijing News, August 17, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/17/499955.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Apple is doing everything it can to keep China on-side
Vice News, August 20, 2018
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/bjbadw/apple-china-app-store-gambling

Google executives misled staff in meeting on China censorship. Here are 13 questions they must answer
The Intercept, August 17, 2018
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/17/internal-meeting-reveals-how-google-bosses-misled-staff-on-their-china-censorship-plan-here-are-the-questions-they-must-answer/

Related: 谷歌CEO向员工澄清“重返中国”计划 (Google CEO confirms plan to return to China, says search product not close to launching )
Radio France Internationale, August 18, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180817-谷歌ceo皮查伊出面避谣中国版搜索引擎尚在探索阶段

Anger grows over Google’s China Plans
China Digital Times, August 17, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/anger-grows-over-googles-china-plans/

(Can’t) picture this: An analysis of image filtering on WeChat moments
CitizenLab, August 14, 2018
https://citizenlab.ca/2018/08/cant-picture-this-an-analysis-of-image-filtering-on-wechat-moments/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

New mainland China ID card for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan residents will be revoked if holders pose threat to country, documents reveal
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2160383/new-mainland-china-id-card-hong-kong-macau-and-taiwan

Uyghurs’ present is the future for most Chinese
The Diplomat, August 18, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/uyghurs-present-is-the-future-for-most-chinese/

Hong Kong (香港)

“Not enough evidence to prosecute Hong Kong separatist Andy Chan”: Beijing loyalist Maria Tam adopts different stance from top official Zhang Xiaoming
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2160447/not-enough-evidence-prosecute-hong-kong-separatist-andy-chan

被禁申法援三年　郭卓堅上訴被駁回　將再上訴至終院 (Veteran judicial review applicant turns to CFA to appeal 3-year ban from legal aid for alleged abuse)
The Stand News, August 20, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/被禁申法援三年-郭卓堅上訴被駁回-將再上訴至終院/

中联办书商出教科书要学生服从因“政府不会与激进妥协” (Liaison Office-owned textbook publisher accused of adding contents that deter civic participation)
Radio France Internationale, August 19, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180819-中联办书商出教科书要学生服从因政府不会与激进妥协

More than one in five women living in Hong Kong’s subdivided flats claim to have been sexually harassed, study shows
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2160393/more-one-five-women-living-hong-kongs

Hong Kong student who was disciplined over Baptist University’s mandatory Mandarin requirement launches legal challenge against suspension
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2160274/hong-kong-student-who-was-disciplined-over-baptist

Equality groups criticise Hong Kong leader for “ignoring” LGBT questions during live Q&A
Hong Kong Free Press, August 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/19/equality-groups-slam-hong-kong-leader-ignoring-lgbt-questions-live-qa/

民主派議員憂民政專員向選管會提意見或涉政治考慮 (Democrats express concern on impartiality of District Officers in suspected gerrymandering)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 19, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1413403-20180820.htm

Commentary (评论)

美国继续关闭更多孔子学院：软实力变锐实力背后 (U.S. to close more Confucius Institutes: What’s behind soft power turned sharp)
BBC News, August 20, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-45237598

The court of Xinhua: Do not dare claim the truth for yourself; it is the Party’s through and through
Hong Kong Free Press, August 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/20/court-xinhua-not-dare-claim-truth-partys/

Press for freedom? So much for Hong Kong media’s united response against China’s tyranny
Hong Kong Free Press, August 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/20/press-freedom-much-hong-kong-medias-united-response-chinas-tyranny/

“Ruling through ritual”: An interview with Guo Yuhua
ChinaFile, August 18, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/nyrb-china-archive/ruling-through-ritual-interview-guo-yuhua

The dark side of the China Dream: Erasing ethnic identity
The Diplomat, August 17, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/the-dark-side-of-the-china-dream-erasing-ethnic-identity/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

內地評論員陳杰人辯護律師稱新華社報道是未審先判 (Chen Jieren’s lawyer criticizes Xinhua article as verdict before trial, invasion of privacy)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 17, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1412936-20180817.htm

Related:
陈杰人案辩护律师关于新华社长篇通讯的声明 (Statement by Chen Jieren’s defense lawyer on Xinhua article)
China Human Rights Defenders, August 17, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/blog-post_25.html

Chinese landlord rents to Uyghurs, is arrested on “terror” charge
Boxun, August 17, 2018
http://en.boxun.com/2018/08/17/chinese-landlord-rents-to-uyghurs-is-arrested-on-terror-charge/

18岁马鞍山男子在绵阳警方账号发表不良言论被刑拘 (18-year-old detained for Weibo comments about the police)
Beijing News, August 17, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/17/499977.html

China moves ahead with subversion trial of rights lawyer in Jiangsu
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/trial-08162018112812.html

关注自焚获罪 青海藏人刑满出狱 (Teacher convicted for sharing videos of self-immolation finishes 6-year prison sentence)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-08162018092835.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

同样的中国历史 不同的两岸教科书 (Same Chinese history, told differently in textbooks in China, Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 17, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-45195207

全国“扫黄打非”办：打击网络淫秽色情信息工作持续推进 (Office for “Eradicating pornography and illegal publications” continues large-scale crackdown on indecent contents on Internet, 1834 individuals arrested)
The Paper, August 17, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2355377

China’s state media publish “confessions” of detained journalist Chen Jieren
Boxun, August 17, 2018
http://en.boxun.com/2018/08/17/chinas-state-media-publish-confessions-of-detained-journalist-chen-jieren/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

深圳佳士工人维权发酵：左翼青年与政治诉求 (Shenzhen Jasic protests continue to brew with rising participation of leftist youths and political demands)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 16, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45204596

China police detain man for asking why can't Taiwan be called a country
Reuters, August 17, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-internet/china-police-detain-man-for-asking-why-cant-taiwan-be-called-a-country-idUSKBN1L210O?

批评“公款养党” 学者杨绍政被贵州大学开除 (Scholar dismissed from Guizhou University for saying “the party is supported with public funds”)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-08172018093618.html