Government Accountability (政府问责)

China supports Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Bitter Winter, February 10, 2019

首宗「一帶一路」項目鬧上香港法庭 招商局港口被指無視特許經營權吉布地建新碼頭
Legal battle for control of Djibouti ports comes to Hong Kong
Factwire, February 10, 2019

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【一帶一路】傳真社：迪拜世界入稟高院控招商局港口　違反港口特許經營權 (Factwire: Belt and Road project in Djibouti challenged in Hong Kong courts; Chinese state owned company sued by port operator for causing revocation of port exclusivity rights)
Ming Pao, February 10, 2019

China link possible in cyber attack on Australian Parliament computer system, ABC understands
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, February 8, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The Internet, divided between the U.S. and China, has become a battleground
Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2019

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5G economics: Is the Internet in danger of splitting?
Al Jazeera, February 9, 2019

Huawei deals for tech will have consequences, U.S. warns EU
Bloomberg, February 8, 2019

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Huawei threatens lawsuit against Czech Republic after security warning
The New York Times, February 8, 2019

China-EU 5G research project to continue despite growing concerns about Huawei
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong doctors join localist protest against one-way permit scheme, as mainland migrant influx blamed for stretched hospitals
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2019

Related:
To mainland Chinese “Hong Kong drifters,” the allure of becoming a permanent resident in the city is fading
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2019

Explainer: Why doctors and nurses say Hong Kong’s health system is sick
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2019

Hong Kong protesters call for better elderly, land and labour policy on third day of Lunar New Year
Hong Kong Free Press, February 8, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Shopping with friends, and fracas, in China's Xinjiang
Sydney Morning Herald, February 10, 2019

焦点对话：中国监控领先世界，一人两个摄像头？(“Pro and Con”: China leads world in surveillance, 2 cameras watching each person)
Voice of America, February 9, 2019

The road out of poverty and to gender equality in Hong Kong starts at school
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2019

ChinaFile conversation: Where is China’s foreign policy headed?
ChinaFile, February 8, 2019

Beijing’s Olympics paved the way for Xinjiang’s camps
Foreign Policy, February 8, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

These Uyghurs fled to Australia to escape persecution but Beijing’s crackdown followed them
The Washington Post, February 8, 2019

She fled China’s camps, but she’s still not free
Foreign Policy, February 6, 2019

新疆各地强迫穆斯林过春节及吃猪肉
Chinese officials force Muslims to drink, eat pork at festival
Radio Free Asia, February 6, 2019

Related:
The future of Uyghur cultural — and halal — life in the year of the pig
SupChina, February 6, 2019

Protest in New York over fate of China’s Uyghurs
Agence France-Presse, February 7, 2019

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Uyghurs demand an end to mass incarcerations ahead of 22nd anniversary of Ghulja Massacre
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2019

UNHRC set to blast Israel 7 times, but mum on China’s Muslim imprisonment
The Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2019

Related:
UN: Act to end China’s mass detentions in Xinjiang
Amnesty International, February 4, 2019

Rights groups urge UN to probe China’s “severe abuse” in Muslim Xinjiang
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2019

The learning curve: How Communist Party officials are applying lessons from prior “transformation” campaigns to repression in Xinjiang
Jamestown Foundation, February 1, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Jailhouse informants and wrongful convictions
Dui Hua Human Rights Journal, February 7, 2019

China denies secret approach to jailed bookseller’s daughter
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2019

Related:
桂民海女兒稱有大使代表聲稱可安排見父親　條件要噤聲 (Daughter of detained Gui Minhai approached by representative of Chinese embassy in Sweden, offered meeting with father on condition of silence)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 8, 2019

Chinese dissidents to be resettled in Canada, Thai lawyer says
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese state media giant CGTN registers as foreign agent in U.S.
Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2019

U.S. town arts center removes paintings depicting president Xi Jinping
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

緬甸萬人上街促擱中資水壩工程　轟中國經濟參與形同霸凌 (Citizens in Myanmar protest China’s dam construction project, economic bullying)
The Stand News, February 8, 2019

China faces barrage of criticism over jailing of human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang
South China Morning Post, February 7, 2019

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六大国际律师协会声讨北京：王全璋无罪 (Lawyers associations from six countries confront Beijing over Wang Quanzhang)
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2019

维权律师家属望团聚 来年充满风险
Wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer spends new year outside jail
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2019

Wife of Taiwan activist Lee Ming-che, jailed by China, will attend Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech
The Washington Post, February 6, 2019

Mothers of jailed Chinese rights defenders shine light on sons’ cases and “injustice”
Voice of America, February 4, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

NSW Liberals took donations from figure linked to pro-Beijing group and Huang Xiangmo
The Guardian, February 7, 2019

Related:
Australia bans politically connected Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo
Hong Kong Free Press, February 6, 2019

What gave Beijing an edge in 2022 Olympics decision? “Everything is easier in dictatorships” says world ski chief Gian Franco Kasper
Agence France-Presse, February 5, 2019

自由之家报告：新疆再教育中心遭谴责
China slammed in global freedom, democracy report
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2019

Related:
Freedom in the world 2019: Democracy in retreat
Freedom House, February 5, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

How Facebook’s tiny China sales floor helps generate big ad money
The New York Times, February 7, 2019

Any Western country using Huawei or other Chinese tech makers in major projects will risk consequences, U.S. ambassador warns
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2019

Related:
China hacked Norway software firm Visma to steal client secrets, cybersecurity company says
Straits Times, February 6, 2019

German ministers meeting to discuss how to deal with Huawei in 5G auction: Source
Reuters, February 6, 2019

Denmark expels two Huawei workers over work permits, as Norway warns of espionage risk
Agence France-Presse, February 5, 2019

Trump likely to sign executive order banning Chinese telecom equipment next week
Politico, February 8, 2019

海康威视、大华技术被点名，美议员称其为北京“木偶” (Video: Hikivision, Daihua tech named in U.S. senator’s warning against Chinese surveillance tech)
Voice of America, February 7, 2019

Millions are on the move in China, and Big Data is watching
Sydney Morning Herald, February 6, 2019

U.S.-China tech rivalry creating “splinternet”
China Digital Times, February 6, 2019

How hackers used a PowerPoint file to spy on Tibet’s government-in-exile
Cyberscoop, February 4, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Calmer political days in Hong Kong result in drop in donations for pro-democracy groups at Lunar New Year fair
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2019

Concern group urges mainland tourists not to come to Hong Kong during protest at cross-border bus stop
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2019

Commentary (评论)

130 American Muslim imams, scholars and community leaders sign a statement on the ongoing oppression of Uyghur Muslims
Muslim Matters, February 7, 2019

We can’t tell if Chinese firms work for the Party
Foreign Policy, February 7, 2019

Still the Heritage Foundation’s darling: Hong Kong has the freest poor people in the world
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2019

Don’t let China take the world hostage
Bloomberg, February 6, 2019

Whose hearts, livers and lungs are transplanted in China? Origins must be clear in human organ research
The Conversation, February 6, 2019

Hong Kong’s policies are outdated and inhumane: Transgender people deserve better treatment
Hong Kong Free Press, February 6, 2019

China’s human rights abuses threaten the state of our union
The Washington Post, February 5, 2019

A holiday in Xinjiang: What it’s like being a tourist inside a police state
The Diplomat, February 4, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Blackwater founder’s new company strikes a deal in China. He says he had no idea.
The New York Times, February 1, 2019

Related:
Xinjiang: Ex-Blackwater chief's security firm linked to China training centre
BBC News, February 1, 2019

再教育营内情曝光：每周都有人突然消失 (More details inside the camps: disappearances every week)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

住所外被裝人臉識別門禁　李文足：年卅晚到看守所高牆外陪全璋過年 (Facial recognition cameras installed outside Li Wenzu’s residence)
The Stand News, February 4, 2019

Yang Hengjun: lawyers denied access to Australian held in China
The Guardian, February 3, 2019

Related:
中國拘澳洲籍作家　律師要求會面被拒 (China denies lawyer’s request to see jailed Australian author Yang Hengjun)
The Stand News, February 3, 2019

李净瑜赴美求助：丈夫被大陆强劳 (Wife of jailed activist Lee Ming-che calls for international aid as she is banned from visiting, says he lacks warm clothes, food, and is overworked)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

北大法学教授张千帆传遭检举鼓吹西方 宪法学导论被失踪 (Peking U professor Zhang Qianfan’s textbooks on constitutional law taken off-shelf under tightened scrutiny against Western influence)
Radio France Internationale, February 2, 2019

Story of Yanxi Palace: how China finds fresh political drama in lavish Qing dynasty epics
South China Morning Post, February 3, 2019

寒门状元之死背后：中国言论寒冬中的自媒体窘境 (How a fictionalized historical account that went viral gets branded a fabrication reveals the difficulties of independent media inside China)
BBC News, February 1, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“我其实比他们更自由”
“I’m actually freer than they are”
Human Rights Watch, February 3, 2019

周永康儿媳再推文指在北京处境不安全 (Daughter-in-law of jailed former security chief says she is “not safe,” apologizes for failing to protect integrity of the law when she enjoyed “special privileges”)
Radio France Internationale, February 3, 2019

年关将至 美国华人吁中共释放政治犯 (Protests outside Chinese embassy in San Francisco against political imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国称至少80名长春问题疫苗涉案官员受到处理 (China says at least 80 officials disciplined over vaccine scandal)
Voice of America, February 3, 2019

The Church of Almighty God: Nearly 11,000 arrested in 2018
Bitter Winter, February 2, 2019

Chinese “underground” bishop gains official recognition: State media
Channel NewsAsia, February 2, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese app names and shames bad debtors
Financial Times, February 4, 2019

New site tracks gaps in Apple’s Chinese app store
China Digital Times, February 3, 2019

Happy Lunar New Year: how big security data is scanning the holiday crowds in China
South China Morning Post, February 2, 2019

Exclusive: Mobile network operator's body GSMA considers crisis meeting over Huawei
Reuters, February 2, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong journalist sues police for damages after alleged assault during 2016 unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2019

【旺角大衝突】三大學生會偕港獨組織辦三周年集會　不忌諱參加者論港獨 (Student organizations hold 3rd anniversary event for Fishball conflict)
Ming Pao, February 2, 2019

司法覆核爭改性別敗訴　跨性別男將上訴終院 (Transgender man to appeal court decision that full sex-change surgery is mandatory to change gender on official documents)
The Stand News, February 1, 2019

Related:
Transgender people must have full sex change surgery to switch gender on gov’t ID, court affirms
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2019

Hong Kong: Court ruling a setback in fight for equality for transgender people
Amnesty International, February 1, 2019

朱凱廸提選舉呈請 質疑鄉郊選舉主任無權政治審查 (Eddie Chu files election petition to challenge disqualification from rural representative election)
Inmediahk.net, February 1, 2019

Commentary (评论)

“熊猫的利爪”：加拿大媒体人警示中国渗透 (“Claws of the Panda”: Veteran Canadian journalist warns of China’s influence)
Radio Free Asia, February 2, 2019

What do the Huawei indictments mean for the future of global tech?
ChinaFile, February 2, 2019

【專訪】社工盧浩元：殘疾人士是最有需要一群　又是被社會遺漏一群 (Interview with Hong Kong social worker: Persons with disabilities are the neediest, yet the most forgotten in society)
The Stand News, February 1, 2019