林榮基留台簽證延至10月 正籌備在西門町開書店 (With visa stay extended until October, Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee plans to open new bookshop in Taiwan by end of year)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 23, 2019
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Government Accountability (政府问责)
UK will monitor Hong Kong probe into assaults against protesters; internal police inquiry “not sufficient”
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2019
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Donald Trump says Xi Jinping “acted responsibly” in Hong Kong extradition bill protests
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2019
China to release new white paper on national defense: What to expect
The Diplomat, July 23, 2019
习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研讨会在巴库举行 (Members of Azerbaijani political party, think tanks, and media attend conference to study Xi Jinping Thought in Baku)
People’s Daily, July 23, 2019
Taiwan foreign minister calls for “genuine democratic elections” in Hong Kong
Agence France-Presse, July 22, 2019
Hong Kong, trade war likely to feature at Chinese leaders’ secret political retreat
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Huawei helped North Korea build wireless network and secretly collected Czech data, separate reports say as Western nations consider 5G ban
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2019
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特朗普承诺将迅速处理恢复向华为供货的申请
Trump promises tech CEOs quick decision on supplying Huawei
Financial Times, July 23, 2019
Google faces new wave of scrutiny over China ties
China Digital Times, July 22, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
“Where were the police?” Hong Kong outcry after masked thugs launch attack
The Guardian, July 22, 2019
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王永平形容元朗暴力事件是有預謀及有計劃「恐怖襲擊」(Former government official describes Yuen Long incident as a planned “terrorist attack”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 23, 2019【元朗襲擊】朱凱廸質疑元朗事件早已部署 (Yuen Long attacks planned, directed by Liaison Office, says lawmaker Eddie Chu)
Ming Pao, July 23, 2019【元朗懷疑警黑勾結事件】中年漢：畀我哋趕佢走 八鄉指揮官李漢民：心領嘅，唔使擔心 (“I appreciate your efforts”: Police commander filmed chatting with triad member after refusing to answer reporters’ questions)
The Stand News, July 22, 2019Hong Kong police chief defends officers arriving 35 minutes after first reports of Yuen Long mob violence against protesters and MTR passengers
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2019
Hong Kong press associations “strongly condemn” attacks on journalists at Yuen Long MTR station
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2019
【元朗群毆市民】警拘 6 男 部分有黑社會背景 全部涉非法集結 (Police arrest 6 for illegal assembly connected to Yuen Long attacks)
The Stand News, July 23, 2019
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Hong Kong police to launch raids on white-clad thugs, including members of 14K and Wo Shing Wo triad gangs, who unleashed terror on protesters and bystanders in Yuen Long
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2019
Video: Office of Hong Kong pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho trashed as dozens protest response to Yuen Long attacks
Hong Kong Free Press, July 22, 2019
Hong Kong commerce chamber joins protesters on bill withdrawal
Bloomberg, July 22, 2019
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香港總商會：元朗駭人襲擊深惡痛絕 必須立刻成立調查委員會 不稱職官員必須問責 (Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce urges full withdrawal of extradition bill, independent commission of inquiry, and negligent officials to step down)
The Stand News, July 22, 2019
Commentary (评论)
何白：警黑合作是唯一不可抗拒的推論 (Collaboration between police and triad is the only logical conclusion to draw from the Yuen Long attacks)
Inmediahk.net, July 23, 2019
Hong Kong enters China's danger zone
The National Interest, July 22, 2019
Hong Kong: Failure in political leadership inflames situation
Amnesty International, July 22, 2019
The U.S. should defend Hong Kong: America’s recently departed envoy warns that Beijing poses a dire threat to the city’s cherished freedoms
Bloomberg, July 22, 2019
Monday, July 22, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
China says Xinjiang “inseparable” despite attempts to distort history
Reuters, July 21, 2019
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Uygurs in Xinjiang didn’t choose to be Muslims, China says in white paper
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2019
Over 2,000 Uyghurs secretly relocated to prisons in Henan
Bitter Winter, July 22, 2019
The main dangers in Xinjiang
China Change, July 18, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Yang Hengjun: Australia “deeply disappointed” at criminal detention of writer in China
The Guardian, July 19, 2019
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Yang Hengjun: China tells Australia to stop interfering in writer’s detention
Australian Associated Press, July 19, 2019
Chinese couple, 91 and 81, detained after fighting for their property rights
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Migrant workers forced out as one of Shenzhen’s last “urban villages” faces wrecking ball
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2019
A new political party vows to turn Taiwan into a “normal country”
Inkstone, July 19, 2019
Translation: A better world for our children
China Digital Times, July 19, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
“I refused to go to Seoul”: One relative exposes the CCP’s plot
Bitter Winter, July 22, 2019
Deal for naval outpost in Cambodia furthers China’s quest for military network
Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
How China’s persecuted people are paying the price for Johannesburg’s sense of security
Daily Maverick, July 21, 2019
Chinese corner: They’re coming for Chinese schoolchildren’s brains
SupChina, July 12, 2019
Chinese smart card firm collecting Hong Kong people’s data at border checkpoints
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
As it happened: Hong Kong police fire rounds of tear gas in heart of city, while violence breaks out in Yuen Long
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2019
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721全紀錄：示威者塗污中聯辦，上環警方開槍驅散，元朗白衣人無差別襲擊市民 (Full record of July 21: Liaison Office sprayed with black paint; protesters in Sheung Wan dispersed by rubber bullets; citizens attacked by triad gangs in Yuen Long)
The Initium, July 21, 2019
Central Hong Kong becomes battleground as riot police clash with protesters after third major march against extradition bill and siege of Beijing’s liaison office
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2019
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Hong Kong activists hurl eggs, ink balloons at top China office, after huge anti-extradition law demo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2019
Chaos and bloodshed in Hong Kong district as hundreds of masked men assault protesters, journalists, residents
Hong Kong Free Press, July 22, 2019
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Hong Kong police made no arrests after mob assaulted commuters, protesters, journalists in Yuen Long
Hong Kong Free Press, July 22, 2019林卓廷質疑警方蓄意不履行職責保護市民 (Legislator Lam Cheuk-ting injured in Yuen Long attack, questions police’s deliberate failure to act)
Now News, July 22, 2019“Servants of triads”: Hong Kong democrats claim police condoned mob attacks in Yuen Long
Hong Kong Free Press, July 22, 2019
Taiwan struggling to deal with influx of Hong Kong protesters seeking refuge
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2019
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For Hong Kong students in Taiwan, island’s freedom and democracy appeal
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2019
Hong Kong police find explosives on eve of latest protests
The Guardian, July 20, 2019
Police looking for more than 700 “core” extradition bill protesters involved in recent clashes in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2019
Hong Kong’s approach to protesters: No more concessions
The New York Times, July 19, 2019
Heavyweight backing for independent inquiry into Hong Kong extradition bill clashes
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2019
Commentary (评论)
On the “Yuen Long Dark Night” mob attacks on July 21, 2019
The Office of Raymond Chan, Member of the Legislative Council, Hong Kong, July 22, 2019
If Carrie Lam cannot quit over the extradition bill crisis, other heads in her cabinet must roll
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2019
US Congressman Ted Yoho: Mass protests in Hong Kong show limits of Chinese Communist Party’s power
Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2019
We must keep up pressure on China over abuse of Turkic Muslims
Sydney Morning Herald, July 20, 2019
Far from forsaking Hong Kong’s rule of law, extradition bill protesters are trying to defend it
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2019
Friday, July 19, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Saudi Arabia defends letter backing China’s Xinjiang policy
Reuters, July 18, 2019
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China is building a global coalition of human rights violators to defend its record in Xinjiang; what is its endgame?
The Conversation, July 18, 2019
“Stain of the century”: US denounces China’s treatment of Uighurs
Al Jazeera, July 18, 2019
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Trump meets survivors of religious persecution, jailed Uyghur professor Ilham Tohti’s daughter
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Yang Hengjun: Australian writer detained in China expected to be charged, lawyer says
The Guardian, July 18, 2019
Prosecutors in China’s Sichuan pin “illegal business” charge on Early Rain pastor
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2019
Background: Fu Changguo 付常国
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 18, 2019
Background: Ke Chengbing (柯成冰), Wei Zhili (危志立), Yang Zhengjun (杨郑君)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 18, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Taiwan independence hardliners set to form new party to challenge President Tsai Ing-wen
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2019
外交争论继续 捷克布拉格市长：中国不是可信的商业伙伴 (“China is not a trustworthy trade partner,” says Czech mayor who was criticized for supporting Taiwan)
Radio France Internationale, July 19, 2019
Thousands more expelled from Sichuan’s Yachen Gar Buddhist Center
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2019
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang to take over US and Canada affairs office
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2019
Report flags how China conducts influence operations in Singapore
The Straits Times, July 18, 2019
China to tackle corruption in Belt and Road initiatives
Financial Times, July 18, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Two-thirds of Canadians reject closer ties to China and want Huawei banned from 5G networks, as attitudes rapidly harden, poll finds
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2019
Is Huawei a security threat? Vietnam isn’t taking any chances
The New York Times, July 18, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Tsai Ing-wen says “friends from Hong Kong” will be considered for asylum on humanitarian grounds
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2019
European Parliament adopts resolution calling for export controls on tech “used to violate basic rights” in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2019
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欧洲议员：“香港的自治并非单纯中国内政” (European Parliamentarian: Hong Kong’s autonomy is not simply a matter of Chinese internal affairs)
Deutsche Welle, July 18, 2019
“Infinity war”: Hong Kong’s protesters dig in for a long summer of discontent
Reuters, July 18, 2019
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Police remove fences and bus stops from near Hong Kong march site ahead of extradition bill protest planned for Sunday
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2019
Hong Kong police demand march organisers answer 32 questions before getting go-ahead, prompting fears freedom of assembly is being undermined
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2019
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Hong Kong anti-extradition law demo set for Sunday, as pro-Beijing lawmakers urge gov’t to ban protests till Sept
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2019
What Hong Kong’s man without a mask wants you to know
Christian Science Monitor, July 18, 2019
Commentary (评论)
一名中二學生的詰問：成立獨立調查委員會這樣普通的事 為什麼政府都不做 (Questions from a secondary school student: Why does the government refuse to do something as simple as set up an independent commission of inquiry?)
Stand News, July 19, 2019
Hong Kong’s police violence is stamped “Made in U.K.”
Foreign Policy, July 18, 2019
為保連儂隧道，手臂遭打斷三截，週一做手術，今日出院 蔡先生：「我係中國人，我反送中。」(Man who had arm broken while defending Lennon Wall: “I am Chinese. I oppose the extradition bill”)
Inmediahk.net, July 18, 2019
Is Duterte really asking for U.S. aid against China?
Foreign Policy, July 18, 2019
How to confront an advancing threat from China: Getting tough on trade is just the first step
Foreign Affairs, July 18, 2019
What happened when I opted out of face scanning at Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2019
Much ado about data: How America and China stack up
Macro Polo, July 16, 2019
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