As China cracks down on Uighurs, a Uighur American joins the White House
Foreign Policy, August 14, 2019
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Wife of disappeared human rights lawyer speaks of “endless suffering” for family
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2019
Tibetan monk sentenced, two others missing in detention
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2019
许艳:余文生律师案情况通报 (Xu Yan: Yu Wensheng’s case report)
Weiquanwang, August 14, 2019
內地騰訊財經頻道前編輯涉尋釁滋事被刑事拘留 (Former editor of Tencent media detained in Guiyang)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 14, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Some Hong Kongers have phones checked for protest photos at mainland China border amid anti-government unrest
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019
China is keeping a closer eye on citizens traveling to Hong Kong
Bloomberg, August 14, 2019
中国官媒造谣？香港抗议的不同版本 (Official Chinese whispers: Differing versions of Hong Kong protests)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2019
Lay Zhang Yixing, Chinese K-pop star, warns Calvin Klein to respect “one China” policy
Korea Times, August 14, 2019
Hong Kong: The propaganda is working
SupChina, August 14, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Hong Kong airport attacks trigger nationalist frenzy in mainland China
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
Australian universities become battleground over Hong Kong extradition bill protests
Agence France-Presse, August 14, 2019
多家律师团体联署声明 促中国停止行政打压维权律师 (Lawyers’ associations issue joint statement condemning revocation of Chinese human rights defenders’ law licenses, including that of Li Jinxing)
Voice of America, August 14, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Germany’s Angela Merkel, France’s foreign minister call for dialogue to defuse Hong Kong tensions after China rejects EU statement on protests
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019
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法政府望香港问题得到和平解决 (France urges peaceful resolution in Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, August 15, 2019
State Dept. “deeply concerned” by China threats as unrest in Hong Kong grows
Politico, August 14, 2019
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US politician to introduce law to suspend sale of crowd control gear to Hong Kong, as UN criticises police use of force
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2019US lawmakers vow “swift consequences” if Chinese military cracks down in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019
Chinese hospital staff accused of illegal organ harvesting
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
国民党派员赴北京洽谈恢复赴台个人游国台办表示为难 (Taiwan officials meet with Beijing representatives regarding individual travel ban to Taiwan)
Radio France Internationale, August 14, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
日本向香港發出旅遊警示 香港回歸以來首次 (Japan issues travel warning for Hong Kong for first time since handover)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2019
“Risks still too big” for China to send in troops to quell Hong Kong unrest
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019
“Frightened, angry and exhausted”: Hong Kong protesters apologise for airport violence
The Guardian, August 14, 2019
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香港机场示威者就冲突事件致歉 (Hong Kong airport demonstrators apologize for conflict)
Voice of America, August 15, 2019
Extradition bill crisis: How the Hong Kong government had the “perfect” listening mechanisms, but turned a deaf ear to public sentiment
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
Hong Kong police fire tear gas as anti-government protesters gather outside Sham Shui Po station, pointing laser beams and chanting “black cops” and “return the eye”
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
Hong Kong pair go to High Court to challenge need for anti-government protesters to ask police permission before demonstrating
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
Hong Kong watchdog urges mainland Chinese reporters to show credentials clearly, after journalist accosted
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2019
300多屯院醫護實名聯署 譴責警方鬧市開槍草菅人命 (Over 300 medical professionals sign open letter condemning police use of weapons in populated areas)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 14, 2019
Young, educated and furious: A survey of Hong Kong’s protesters
Agence France-Presse, August 14, 2019
“Retake Hong Kong”: A movement, a slogan and an identity crisis
The New York Times, August 14, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong’s crisis: What do lawyers have to do with it?
Jerome A. Cohen, August 15, 2019
台灣看待香港「反送中」運動的四個謬誤 (Taiwan’s view of the extradition movement: Four fallacies)
The News Lens, August 15, 2019
To tackle China’s hidden epidemic of child sex abuse, a national child protection network is needed
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019
How Carrie Lam could end the Hong Kong turmoil in a single speech – with an amnesty for protesters and police, an independent inquiry and more social welfare
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019
Hong Kong: Police should exercise restraint
Human Rights Watch, August 14, 2019
How close is Hong Kong to a second Tiananmen?
Foreign Policy, August 14, 2019
Beijing’s game plan for crushing the Hong Kong protests is now clear
The Guardian, August 14, 2019
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uighur man held after leaking letters from Xinjiang camp inmates, says family
The Guardian, August 13, 2019
China, Kyrgyzstan conclude joint counter-terrorism drill
Xinhua, August 14, 2019
Aussie varsities under scrutiny over research with China entities
The Straits Times, August 14, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Court in China's Hubei jails activists after altercation with state security police
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2019
高智晟再度失踪两周年，耿和要求中共公布丈夫的下落 (At second anniversary of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng disappearance, wife demands information from authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2019
人权组织呼吁中国释放劳工权利活动人士危志立 (Rights group calls for release of jailed labor activists)
Voice of America, August 12, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Swarovski becomes latest luxury brand to apologise to China for calling Hong Kong separate country on website
Agence France-Presse, August 14, 2019
Related:
From Versace to Calvin Klein: Major brands apologize for undermining China’s territorial sovereignty
SupChina, August 13, 2019The impossible politics of doing business in “China”
SupChina, August 13, 2019
Free speech over HK protests stifled in Australia, New Zealand
China Digital Times, August 14, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Sanitation worker protests escalate in China over the summer
China Labour Bulletin, August 13, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China rejects US request for American warships to visit Hong Kong as protests rock city
Agence France-Presse, August 14, 2019
Inside China’s vast influence network – how it works, and its reach in Australia
The Conversation, August 13, 2019
Donald Trump accused of being soft on China over Hong Kong protests
Agence France-Presse, August 14, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Court order bans protests at Hong Kong airport, apart from designated areas, as airlines in recovery mode after demonstration chaos
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
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Hong Kong: flights resume at airport after clashes between protesters and police
The Guardian, August 14, 2019Hong Kong: airport protests descend into violence – video report
The Guardian, August 13, 2019
《環時》記者機場被圍遇襲 總編引述記者現場稱：我支持香港警察，你們可以打我了(Global Times journalist attacked by protesters: “I support Hong Kong police, you can hit me”)
Stand News, August 14, 2019
【機場集會】被質疑是公安 男子遭包圍數小時 警到場後起衝突 被毆警曾拔槍 (Police officer on scene to rescue man surrounded by protestors is ambushed and pulls out revolver)
Stand News, August 14, 2019
民陣星期日總動員「和理非」再遊行 岑子杰：今日不是政見分歧，是良知問題 (Civil Human Rights Front calls peaceful march on August 18: “Not a matter of political differences, but a matter of conscience”)
Inmediahk.net, August 13, 2019
Carrie Lam’s PR chief pays price for Hong Kong leader’s plummeting reputation amid anti-government protests
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
Hong Kong protests: As police and protesters change tactics, is more violence inevitable?
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
China flaunts military muscle as it seeks to quell Hong Kong's “colour revolution”
The Guardian, August 13, 2019
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Beijing unlikely to intervene in Hong Kong but police under pressure to end protests, analysts say
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
More than 1,000 health care staff stage sit-in to condemn “excessive use of force” by Hong Kong police on anti-government protesters
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
香港困局：极端立场下，抗议者与中共难和解
Protests put Hong Kong on collision course with China’s Communist Party
The New York Times, August 13, 2019
Commentary (评论)
不要叫他們「細路」（文：黃任匡）(Don’t call them “kids”: Trust, diversity, unity in Hong Kong’s protests)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2019
To end the violence, both sides must step back but it’s up to Carrie Lam, as Hong Kong’s leader, to broker a ceasefire
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
China must pick the least bad option to resolve Hong Kong crisis. A PLA crackdown is not it
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2019
End impunity for state-sanctioned violence in Hong Kong
Human Rights in China, August 13, 2019
The Guardian view on Hong Kong: On the brink
The Guardian, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong’s protesters have shown courage, creativity and thoughtfulness. Will the city still have a place for them when this is over?
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
Refuse Hong Kong’s protesters everything, and they will fight to the bitter end
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
Beijing’s paranoia sees the CIA under every rock
Foreign Policy, August 13, 2019
Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That’s a problem
The Conversation, August 12, 2019
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Protest art to highlight Chinese urban village dwellers’ plight earns Shenzhen artist a visit from police
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
China's top court issues new guidelines for death penalty
China Daily, August 10, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
China is waging a disinformation war against Hong Kong protesters
The New York Times, August 13, 2019
In Africa, China is the news
Foreign Policy, August 13, 2019
China’s online army shows foreign brands who’s in charge
Bloomberg News, August 13, 2019
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Versace’s Chinese brand ambassador quits over a t-shirt
Bloomberg, August 13, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
One Child Nation: looking back at China's horrifying policy
The Guardian, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong pro-democracy protest message sparks online storm in a Starbucks coffee cup
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
Rights group slams police
The Standard, August 13, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China tells U.S. to back off after lawmakers condemn Hong Kong violence
Reuters, August 13, 2019
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China urges U.S. to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs
Sina News, August 13, 2019
Australian university staff refuse China’s request for passport information to teach joint class in Sydney
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
Australian prime minister disputes Chinese claim that HK protests showing “signs of terrorism”
Sydney Morning Herald, August 13, 2019
Surge in arrests, deportations of foreign teachers in China
Channel News Asia, August 13, 2019
China child models strut into controversy
The Standard, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
“Something extraordinarily bad is about to happen”: Huge Chinese military build-up filmed on Hong Kong border amid airport clashes
Independent, August 13, 2019
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China moving troops to Hong Kong border, Donald Trump claims, citing US intelligence
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
U.N. urges Hong Kong to use restraint, investigate excessive force against protesters
Reuters, August 13, 2019
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Press briefing note on Hong Kong, China
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 13, 2019China hits back at UN rights boss over Hong Kong remarks
Channel News Asia, August 13, 2019
Clashes erupt at Hong Kong airport as flights disrupted
Al Jazeera, August 13, 2019
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Protesters force Hong Kong airport to cancel departing flights
Bloomberg, August 13, 2019Thousands of Black-Shirted Protesters Bring Hong Kong Airport to a Standstill
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong Airport, a city’s symbol of pride, is now its hub of unrest
The New York Times, August 13, 2019
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Ten dramatic images from the Hong Kong airport protests and clashes with police
USA Today, August 13, 2019
Cathay manager Swire vows support for China; shares plumb 10-year lows
Reuters, August 13, 2019
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Cathay Pacific’s majority shareholder pressed into condemning “violent” Hong Kong protests
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019Cathay warns staff as it hits heavy China turbulence
The Standard, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong police show off water cannon (video)
Bloomberg News, August 13, 2019
Protester may lose right eye
The Standard, August 13, 2019
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記者圍攻質疑警暴 林鄭月娥：圖片有好多款 祝傷眼少女早日康復 籲報案調查 (Carrie Lam urges protester who was shot in the eye by bean bag round to report to police to commence investigation on what happened)
Stand News, August 13, 2019Police to probe woman's eye injury
The Standard, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam defends police, criticises protests, dodges question over ‘autonomy’ of decision-making
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2019
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Carrie Lam faces onslaught at combative press conference
Agence France-Presse, August 13, 2019
Chinese state media ups ante over Hong Kong “mobsters”
Agence France-Presse, August 13, 2019
Undercover cops in radical ranks
The Standard, August 13, 2019
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Hong Kong police admit “disguising” themselves in protests
Channel News Asia, August 13, 2019In photos: Hong Kong airport protests turn violent after standoff over suspected undercover officer
Channel News Asia, August 13, 2019
What do the Hong Kong protesters want?
The Guardian, August 13, 2019
"Chinese intervention in Hong Kong would be a “catastrophe,” says ex-governor Chris Patten
Agence-France Press, August 13, 2019
UK should give British nationality to Hong Kong citizens, Tugendhat says
The Guardian, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong protests on agenda in London talks between Boris Johnson and John Bolton
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
Chinese pop star Lay Zhang Yixing calls off Hong Kong concert over security fears
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong NGO alliance calls for peaceful march on Sunday against police use of force, as medics stage sit-in
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2019
Related:
Medical professionals hold silent rallies in 13 hospitals to denounce police violence and government’s refusal to listen to society)
Stand News, August 13, 2019
Funds for “brutality” ads swiftly pile up
The Standard, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong leader says rule of law being damaged, city's recovery will take long time
Reuters, August 12, 2019
Canada's Trudeau extremely concerned about Hong Kong, urges China to be careful
Reuters, August 12, 2019
Hong Kong’s next crisis may be economic as protest fallout grows
Bloomberg News, August 12, 2019
【第三次民間記者會】譴責 8.11 警方武力 斥釀「人道災難」 涉酷刑罪 (August 11 Citizens’ Press Conference on Police Brutality: The police has created a humanitarian crisis)
Stand News, August 12, 2019
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警方使用催淚彈橡膠子彈屢違國際準則 強硬手挑起敵對情緒 (Amnesty International: Police’s use of tear gas and rubber bullets violates international standards and is inciting hostility)
Stand News, August 12, 2019
Commentary (评论)
【逆權運動】烏克蘭女生在港首嚐催淚煙 憶Winter On Fire：警察隨時把你擊斃 就是人民革命的原因 (A Ukranian’s first taste of tear gas in Hong Kong: “When the police can shoot you any time, that’s a reason for revolution”)
Apple Daily, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong protesters: how could China intervene?
BBC News, August 13, 2019
Hong Kong’s future hangs by a thread
Financial Times, August 13, 2019
Views from behind bars: can Hong Kong’s imprisoned activists make their voices heard?
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2019
Opinion: Chinese military intervention in Hong Kong would be costly
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2019
Commentary: Why it’s not in Beijing’s interest to rock the Hong Kong boat
Channel News Asia, August 13, 2019
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