Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing’s “baleful influence” on Hong Kong’s freedom of speech
Al Jazeera, April 30, 2019

Hong Kong man at centre of extradition legal row jailed for 29 months, may be out as early as October
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2019

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【逃犯條例】陳同佳判囚 29 個月　民主派：有足夠時間撤回方案 (“Enough time to retract amendment bill,” say democrats on sentence for Taiwan murder suspect in money laundering case)
The Stand News, April 29, 2019

楊岳橋指政府若緊張台灣殺人案　應接納日落條款等方案 (If government is really concerned with Taiwan murder case, they should accept alternatives, says Civic Party Alvin Yeung)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 29, 2019

Hong Kong’s Lam defends extradition law after thousands protest
Bloomberg News, April 29, 2019

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Protesters vow to escalate action and surround legislature if Hong Kong presses on with China extradition law
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2019

Why the big difference in estimates for crowd size by police and organisers of Sunday’s protest march in Hong Kong?
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2019

Falun Gong members from Taiwan barred from Hong Kong ahead of extradition protest – report
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2019

Commentary (评论)

As the US ramps up accusations, China stops appealing to “the feelings” of its people and gets to work on alliances
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2019

【專訪】從六四到佳士　社會學者潘毅的鬥爭 (Interview: From June 4 to Jasic— the fight of sociologist Pan Yi)
The Stand News, April 30, 2019

以「煽惑」作檢控的幽暗意圖 (The darker intentions behind using “incitement” to prosecute Umbrella Movement activists)
The Stand News, April 29, 2019

王菁：從紐西蘭慘案到斯里蘭卡爆炸，中國的仇穆情緒從何而來？(From New Zealand to Sri Lanka, where did China’s anti-Muslim sentiment come from?)
The Initium, April 29, 2019

June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)

On this day — April 29, 1989: Politburo discussion: At a Politburo meeting on this day in 1989, Zhao Ziyang makes suggestions to address official corruption in response to popular discontent. Li Peng opposes them.
See HRIC chronology and resources.

30 years ago: 150,000 march in Beijing
China Digital Times, April 27, 2019

六四30周年：香港六四纪念馆新址重新开放，负责人仍担忧其未来 (Hong Kong June Fourth Museum reopens ahead of 30th anniversary of massacre, but worries still loom for its future)
BBC, April 26, 2019

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How low have we sunk? Tiananmen Massacre museum rent-a-mob “protesters” are not really concerned about fire safety
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2019

“王维林挡坦克”大型雕塑 将在美落成 (Life-sized sculpture of “Tank Man” Wang Weilin, to be placed in California’s Liberty Sculpture Park)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2019

Tiananmen Square protests and China’s fight for internet control
Al Jazeera, April 26, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China’s Xinjiang crackdown on its Muslim minority is at the heart its Belt and Road project
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2019

UN chief silent on Uighur plight in visit to China
Al Jazeera, April 27, 2019

Uyghur inmates in iconic Xinjiang detention camp photo identified
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

王晨出席青年普法志愿者法治文化基层行活动时强调 加大全民普法力度 建设社会主义法治文化 (Chairman of China Law Society Wang Chen urges young volunteers mobilized to “popularize” legal education to build “socialist rule of law culture”)
Legal Daily, April 29, 2019

The dangers of having guests over
Bitter Winter, April 28, 2019

“I am out of town traveling right now”: Where is Gao Yu?
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2019

福建“赤脚律师”纪斯尊刑满未获释 (Fujian barefoot rights defense lawyer Ji Sizun finishes prison sentence, but is not yet free)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2019

Tibetan ex-detainee dies after years of bad health following release
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2019

Two more ethnic Mongolians jailed in China, WeChat groups deleted
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

利用网盘大肆传播淫秽视频 百余名群组管理员被抓获 (Office for “eradicating pornography and illegal publications” conducts cross-county crackdown, 103 people arrested for sharing pornographic videos in private group on Baidu cloud )
Legal Daily, April 28, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“We must carry on”: Chinese government critic and liberal icon Xu Zhangrun vows to keep saying “what needs to be said”
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2019

曾聲援佔中九子　傳廣州維權人士被刑拘 (Guangzhou activist detained for wearing “civil disobedience” t-shirt to support Hong Kong Umbrella activists who were sentenced last week)
The Stand News, April 28, 2019

Foxconn tycoon’s bid for Taiwan presidency hits feminist storm
Agence France-Presse, April 26, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

丝绸之路沿线民间组织合作网络成员已达310家，涉及69国 (Beijing-backed China NGO Network for International Exchanges says 310 civil organizations from 69 countries have joined Belt and Road civil cooperation network)
The Paper, April 28, 2019

加专家:加拿大应展现强硬态度，正面迎击中国的挑衅 (Four months into Michael Kovrig’s detention, Canadian expert urges stronger measures to counter China’s provocation)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2019

China installed its top cop to steer Interpol. Then he disappeared.
Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2019

维族代表遭逐出联合国 中籍前官员: 捍卫祖国利益 (Former Under-Secretary-General to the UN, Wu Hongbo, confirms he ordered the chairman of World Uyghur Congress to be expelled from a UN forum in 2017)
Deutsche Welle, April 26, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

How Huawei’s leaked involvement in 5G network shows UK out of step with allies on dangers of China
Independent, April 28, 2019

“No country poses a broader, more severe intelligence collection threat than China,” says FBI chief Christopher Wray
Agence France-Presse, April 27, 2019

「海康威視」監控鏡頭入侵英國政府國會　議員憂國安要求禁用 (Reports: Hikvision security cameras to be installed in U.K. government buildings, MPs raise concerns)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Crowds return to Hong Kong streets to protest extradition law
Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2019

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【逃犯條例】13萬人上街反送中 民陣：如不撤回將包圍立法會 (Protest march organizer Civil Human Rights Front says it will have no choice but to call for encircling LegCo extradition law amendment is not retracted)
Inmediahk.net, April 28, 2019

反送中遊行萬人空巷　張建宗：人數多寡非重點　有必要堵塞法律漏洞 (Standing by extradition law, Matthew Cheung, Chief Secretary for Administration: “It doesn’t matter how many people” march)
The Stand News, April 28, 2019

In Pictures: 130,000 protest looming China extradition law, say organisers, after Hong Kong jails Umbrella Movement leaders
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2019

Give Hong Kong legislators power to veto fugitive deals as extra safeguard amid controversy over proposed extradition changes, says law professor Simon Young
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2019

逃離《逃犯條例》第一天，林榮基抵台：「不回香港了」(Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee flees to Taiwan over extradition fears, declares, “I’m not coming back to Hong Kong”)
The Initium, April 27, 2019

Occupy ringleaders to be sent to maximum security prisons, as scholars call on University of Hong Kong to delay disciplinary proceedings against Benny Tai
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2019

Commentary (评论)

To recover from the Occupy protests, we need to remember how Hong Kong got into this mess
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2019

Reporting on China in Africa is too binary. What needs to be done to fix it
The Conversation, April 28, 2019

法夢：六問解讀佔中案量刑判決 (Law Lay Dream: 6 questions to understand sentencing in Occupy Central case)
The Initium, April 27, 2019

Amid China’s storm, Hong Kong holds fast to its umbrella
Globe and Mail, April 27, 2019

June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)

On this day — April 26, 1989: The state-run paper People’s Daily carries Deng Xiaoping’s speech labeling the student movement as an anti-party, anti-socialist upheaval as an editorial, which also proclaims all further demonstrations illegal. In a rare challenge, the official Chinese Democratic League calls on the government to refrain from using force.
See HRIC chronology and resources.

“No need to worry”: Hong Kong museum commemorating 1989 Tiananmen Massacre opens amid protests
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2019

【六四30周年】《人民日報》4.26社論　劉銳紹感嘆：影響禍國殃民，今日香港見鬼魂 (Veteran journalist speaks about People’s Daily’s editorial published on April 26, 1989: Its influence ruined the country and its people, and its ghost is seen in Hong Kong today)
Citizen News, April 26, 2019

Veteran of 1989 democracy movement in Tiananmen Square dies suddenly
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2019

30 years ago: China bans pro-student newspaper
China Digital Times, April 25, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

UN Secretary-General should press Xi on mass detentions: Publicly urge end to repression of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch, April 25, 2019

Shawn Zhang: Clarification of Keriya Etika Mosque’s current situation
Medium, April 22, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

维权人士吴淦家人为其申诉 (Jailed 709 lawyer Wu Jian tortured in prison, family seeks lawyer to pursue legal claim)
Voice of America, April 25, 2019

China slaps travel ban on another human rights lawyer
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2019
HRIC Note: Cheng Hai is a human rights lawyer who has represented other lawyers ensnared by the 709 crackdown, including Wang Quanzhang, as well as members of the Falun Gong.

Access to Information (信息公开)

The Chinese Communist Party’s latest propaganda target: Young minds
The Diplomat, April 26, 2019

China wants to use the power of global media to dispel Belt and Road debt risks
Quartz, April 26, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese construction worker left jobless after exposing the dangers of flimsy safety helmets
What’s On Weibo, April 25, 2019

Tibetan advocacy group demands China release Panchen Lama ahead of his 30th birthday
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2019

Activists say new Canadian group supporting China's control of Tibet is a front for Beijing
National Post, April 24, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国重塑调整“一带一路”，回应外界批评
China retools vast global building push criticized as bloated and predatory
The New York Times, April 26, 2019

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孔杰荣等呼吁北京在一带一路峰会期间宣布解决海外劳工权利问题计划 (Jerome Cohen and other scholars urge Beijing to take action on labor rights of overseas workers for Belt and Road projects)
Voice of America, April 25, 2019

教育部副部长：积极推动“一带一路”沿线国家中外合作办学 (China to promote education collaboration with Belt and Road countries, says Ministry of Education)
The Paper, April 25, 2019
HRIC Note:According to Vice Minister Tian, China is developing a “coalition” of higher education. In 2018, more than 40,000 students in Belt and Road countries were awarded Chinese government scholarships, China signed agreements on mutual recognition of academic qualifications with two dozen countries, and China has built 154 Confucius Institutes in 54 countries.

Taiwan to review issue of Chinese government subsidies: Mainland Affairs Council
Focus Taiwan, April 25, 2019

Three-self church destroyed to the ground in minutes
Bitter Winter, April 25, 2019

北京：坐地铁“霸座”、饮食等或将纳入个人信用不良信息 (Beijing proposes amendments to transport regulations: Conduct in subway such as eating and drinking, fare evasion, and taking another’s seat to be entered in social credit score)
The Paper, April 25, 2019

Beijing’s P2P owners and senior executives hit with travel ban as China cracks down on online lending
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2019

China’s efforts to cut pollution in Beijing may make it worse overall
New Scientist, April 24, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Malcolm Turnbull says he urged Trump to develop 5G mobile networks
The Guardian, April 26, 2019

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How the U.S. can prepare to live in China’s 5G world
IEEE Spectrum, April 23, 2019

What are the main security risks of using Huawei for 5G?
Financial Times, April 25, 2019

Who owns Huawei? The company tried to explain. It got complicated.
The New York Times, April 25, 2019

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Huawei fights back against claim in research paper that it is government funded and controlled
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Democrat Alvin Yeung puts forward last-ditch plan to counter Hong Kong’s China extradition law update
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2019

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【逃犯條例】楊岳橋提私人草案　修例賦域外法權處理殺人案 (Civic Party’s Alvin Yeung files private bill proposing extraterritorial jurisdiction of Hong Kong courts to handle murder case that happened in Taiwan, as counter-proposal to government’s amendments)
Ming Pao, April 25, 2019

反同婚民建聯鄭泳舜　獲林鄭委任平機會成員 (Carrie Lam appoints pro-Beijing legislator who vocally opposes same-sex marriage as committee member of Equal Opportunities Commission)
The Stand News, April 26, 2019

Possible appeal for jailed Umbrella Movement activists as lawyers question long prison term
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2019

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In pictures: Hundreds flock to in candlelight event in solidarity with jailed Umbrella Movement activists
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2019

接受內地官媒訪問　曾偉雄：若再聞違法達義，必直斥其非　裁決警醒市民 (Former police chief who oversaw Umbrella Movement says any future suggestions of “achieving justice by violating the law” must be criticized, conviction is a warning to Hong Kong citizens)
The Stand News, April 25, 2019

何君堯去信港大校委會主席李國章　要求立即革除戴耀廷 (Legislator Junius Ho writes to council of University of Hong Kong demanding immediate dismissal of Benny Tai following conviction)
The Stand News, April 25, 2019

Hong Kong’s new ombudsman tells government to get a move on with “freedom of information” law her office recommended
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2019

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Paperwork destroyed by Hong Kong government would be five times higher than the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa if stacked together
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2019

Amnesty International Hong Kong says it has been targeted by sophisticated state hackers
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2019

Commentary (评论)

China’s Uyghur “re-education” centers and the ghosts of totalitarians past
War on the Rocks, April 25, 2019

吳宗鑾：九子量刑，「悔意」和「公民抗命」有待法庭釐清 (Court’s use of “regret” and “civil disobedience” in sentencing of Umbrella 9 calls for explanation, says Chris Ng of Progressive Lawyers Group)
The Initium, April 25, 2019

The missing voices at China’s Belt and Road summit
The Diplomat, April 25, 2019

谷歌前工程师：我为何反对“蜻蜓”项目
I used to work for Google. I am a conscientious objector
The New York Times, April 26, 2019