Huawei: US grants more exemptions to Chinese phone ban
BBC, November 20, 2019
China's Megvii seeks approval for Hong Kong IPO despite U.S. blacklist: sources
Reuters, November 19, 2019
Thursday, November 21, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Hong Kong (香港)
Despair and destruction at Hong Kong's Polytechnic University - in pictures
The Guardian, November 22, 2019
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【圍困理大】警開咪嘲留守者要食生命麵包 網民發起「和你食包」：食包唔可恥，Popo 你食屎 (Daily "Lunch With You" protesters eat plain bread today to show solidarity after police mock starving students trapped in PolyU)
Stand News, November 22, 2019民間記者會引述理大抗爭者：校內非人生活 轟警「想殺死我哋」("They're trying to kill us": Letter from trapped PolyU student slams inhumane treatment by police, "peaceful resolution" just ends in over 200 arrests)
Inmediahk.net, November 22, 2019
Abuse and acrimony as crisis-hit Hong Kong holds district polls
Channel NewsAsia, November 22, 2019
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網民發表《連登共同宣言》：11.24 絕不破壞，齊齊投票 (Joint declaration circulated on LIHKG urging protesters to vote on district elections on Sunday)
Stand News, November 22, 2019'Police election presence needed to make voters feel safe'
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 22, 2019趙家賢永世記得耳廓被扯甩聲音 至今仍感陣痛頭暈 ("I will always remember the sound": District elections candidate who had ear bitten off by attackers leaves hospital, prepares for election)
Ming Pao, November 22, 2019
被捕人士庭上稱遭警狂毆 鄧炳強指非新鮮事：成日都有 ("Complaints like these happen all the time," says new Police Commissioner after hundreds of protesters brought to court claim beaten by police and magistrate urged authorities to act)
Inmediahk.net, November 22, 2019
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【圍困理大】首批被告 19 人控暴動 投訴警毆打推倒至手掌骨折 延 42 小時送院 (First batch charged with rioting in PolyU siege raise complaints of police brutality and 42-hour delay in being sent to hospital)
Stand News, November 22, 2019
Hong Kong hospitals find themselves on protest frontlines
Reuters, November 22, 2019
西灣河被槍傷男子被控非法集結 警方不排除加控罪行 (Protester shot in abdomen by live round charged with illegal assembly)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 22, 2019
15 學者、宗教人士宣布絕食 要求警方和平解決理大事件 (Scholars and religious leaders start hunger strike to demand independent investigation of police violence, peaceful resolution and dropping of rioting charges in PolyU crisis, and go-ahead for district council elections)
Stand News, November 21, 2019
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社福界下月罷工3日促查警暴設獨立調查委員會 1215遊行路線待定 (Social welfare sector to go on strike for three days in December urging establishment of independent commission to investigate police violence)
Ming Pao, November 21, 2019
Hong Kong protests: call for peace from son of Luo Changqing, killed by brick hurled during Sheung Shui clash
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2019
人民日報轟港法院判刑輕 倡設特別法庭快審快判 再斥高院廢《禁蒙面法》(People's Daily urges setting up special court to speed up prosecution of protesters, slams Hong Kong courts for light sentencing and "exceeding authority" in anti-mask law ruling)
Stand News, November 22, 2019
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北京警告可能干预香港司法裁决
In Warning to Hong Kong’s Courts, China Shows Who Is Boss
The New York Times, November 21, 2019
Commentary (评论)
China Must Free Huang Xueqin and End Harassment Against Women Human Rights Defenders
Frontline Defenders, November 21, 2019
International humanitarian norms are violated in Hong Kong
The Lancet, November 21, 2019
“新疆文件”说明了什么？
Between the Lines of the Xinjiang Papers
The New York Times, November 21, 2019
In Hong Kong, Beijing’s tough talk could spark a constitutional crisis: The rule of law is at the heart of the protests
Washington Post, November 21, 2019
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang ‘Pair Up’ Campaign Highlights Power Imbalance Between Chinese ‘Relatives,’ Uyghur Hosts
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Four Tibetan Monks are Detained After Calling for Tibet’s Independence
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2019
NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commissions Criticizes Hong Kong Court’s Mask Ban Ruling, Signals Possible NPCSC Intervention
NPC Observer, November 18, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Senior CPC official stresses high-quality development of Chinese movies
Xinhua, November 20, 2019
How China Influences Media in Central and Eastern Europe
The Diplomat, November 19, 2019
Hong Kong: How Chinese media are reporting the crisis
Deutsche Welle, November 19, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Beijing officials deny permit for show of Chinese-American artist amid political tensions
The Art Newspaper, November 19, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
U.S. Senate unanimously passes Hong Kong rights bill backing protesters
Reuters, November 20, 2019
11th China-US Political Party Leaders Dialogue opens in Beijing
China Internet Information Center, November 19, 2019
Some passenger trains between mainland China and HK suspended: Global Times
Reuters, November 19, 2019
Taiwan president alleges Chinese electoral interference
Associated Press, November 19, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
EU Poised to Send Warning to China on 5G
Bloomberg, November 19, 2019
Zuckerberg’s Anti-China Rhetoric Roils Facebook Employees
The Information, November 19, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Former U.K. Consulate Employee Says Chinese Secret Police Tortured Him
The Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2019
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英領館職員稱內地被拘留遭虐待盤問 逼供出英助港示威情報 返港「被辭職」正尋庇護 (British consulate staff Simon Cheng seeks asylum, says he was tortured while detained in mainland for intelligence that UK was supporting Hong Kong's protests)
Ming Pao, November 20, 2019
稱警方怕影響部署 拒公開催淚彈成分 陳肇始：示威者縱火、擲汽油彈產生二噁英 (Department of Health says tear gas chemical ingredients should not be disclosed because it would "affect police deployment," claims carcinogenic dioxins came from fires started by protesters)
Stand News, November 20, 2019
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清潔工硬食催淚彈二噁英 團體促改派專業人員執手尾 (Government's cleaners sent out to work without proper gear for tear gas toxins, labor rights groups urge Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to hire professionals)
Inmediahk.net, November 20, 2019
Hong Kong lawyers, democrats warn against Beijing intervention after court rules mask ban unconstitutional
Hong Kong Free Press, November 20, 2019
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禁蒙面法被判違憲 民主派：律政司建議法庭暫緩執行裁決，容許法例續生效 (Department of Justice to apply to court to allow anti-mask law to remain in force pending appeal on ruling on its constitutionality)
Stand News, November 20, 2019Hong Kong mask law: Beijing claim on ‘unconstitutional’ ruling could spell end of ‘one country, two systems’, legal heavyweights warn
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2019
Hardcore protesters holed up in Hong Kong PolyU campus for fourth day
Agence France-Presse, November 20, 2019
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李家超：以暴動罪拘捕所有離開理大人士 檢控須研證據 (All personnel who leave besieged PolyU will be arrested for rioting, says Secretary for Justice)
Ming Pao, November 20, 2019【圍困理大】李家超稱 900 人離開校園「自首」 中學校長指不符警承諾 感愕然 (Headmasters surprised that authorities said students who left PolyU "surrendered," urge clarification on deal that underage students will not be arrested)
Stand News, November 20, 2019Hong Kong Protests: Over 1,000 Detained at a University, and a Warning From Beijing After a three-day standoff with the police, about 50 protesters remained on the campus of a besieged university
The New York Times, November 18, 2019
Hundreds of Protesters Released From Besieged Hong Kong University: ‘I Feel Lucky to Get Out’
Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2019
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理工大遭封锁，香港学生抗议者父母走上“前线”
Parents of Besieged Hong Kong Protesters Come to the Front Lines
The New York Times, November 20, 2019Taiwan schoolgirl at Hong Kong Polytechnic campus was ‘too scared to leave’
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2019
Hong Kong police drop ‘pride and care’ motto, now vow to serve with ‘honour, duty and loyalty’
Hong Kong Free Press, November 20, 2019
Albert Ho ambushed, beaten by men with 'canes'
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 19, 2019
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong banned by Hong Kong court from travelling to London to receive human rights award from British parliament
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2019
Commentary (评论)
My beloved Hong Kong has become a war zone and daily life is full of anxiety
The Guardian, November 20, 2019
Hong Kong Was Never Built to Stand Up to China
The Nation, November 19, 2019
Hong Kong: ‘You either have the rule of law or you don’t’
Financial Times, November 19, 2019
External forces and black hands
China Media Project, November 19, 2019
What the Hong Kong protests can teach the world about enduring social movements
Quartz, November 19, 2019
Hong Kong has declared war against its young people
The Guardian, November 19, 2019
Hong Kong’s Silent Majority Can Speak at the Ballot Box
Foreign Policy, November 19, 2019
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
中国回应时报新疆报道，为镇压穆斯林辩护
China Defends Crackdown on Muslims, and Criticizes Times Article
The New York Times, November 19, 2019
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The language used to justify Xinjiang’s camps is being echoed in Hong Kong
Quartz, November 18, 2019
Uyghur Trader Who Went Missing in Xinjiang Ahead of Travel to Turkey Died in Detention
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2019
Two Chinese representatives dropped from UBC business forum amid anger from Uyghur groups in Canada
The Globe and Mail, November 17, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Background: Zhou Yuanzhi 周远志
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 18, 2019
Leniency from China court in Dying to Survive cancer drug case
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
From Hong Kong to the military: the Communist Party’s top new talking points
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2019
Chinese Professor Claims Bank Harassed Him Over ‘Incomplete Map’
Sixth Tone, November 15, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Vietnam Activists Urge Government to Back Off Over China Protest T-Shirt
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2019
“He refused”: China sees online tributes to an official who freed Muslims in Xinjiang
Quartz, November 18, 2019
Chinese netizens think Mark Zuckerberg betrayed China
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2019
The shifting patterns of transport worker protests in China present a major challenge to the trade union
China Labour Bulletin, November 18, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Sweden honours imprisoned writer despite Chinese threats
Agence France-Presse, November 16, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
字节跳动高管：TikTok不是一个威胁
TikTok’s Chief Is on a Mission to Prove It’s Not a Menace
The New York Times, November 18, 2019
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The Technology 202: Josh Hawley escalates war with TikTok with new bill to limit U.S. data in China
Washington Post, November 18, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
全国人大常委会法工委就香港法院有关司法复核案判决发表谈话 (National People's Congress Standing Committee says it is the only body that can judge and decide whether Hong Kong laws are constitutional)
The Paper, November 19, 2019
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China attacks Hong Kong ruling to overturn mask ban
Financial Times, November 19, 2019民主派要求政府立即撤銷所有根據《禁蒙面法》起訴的案件 (Democratic Party demands authorities to immediately drop all charges in anti-mask law cases)
Inmediahk.net, November 18, 2019
Hong Kong’s district council elections must proceed as planned, European Union urges
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2019
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Violent clashes ‘reduce chance’ of Sunday’s local elections going ahead, says top Hong Kong minister
Hong Kong Free Press, November 19, 2019
In Hong Kong, Daring Escapes From a Violent Siege at a University
The New York Times, November 18, 2019
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Hong Kong: police say surrender is only option for protesters: Hundreds trapped inside Polytechnic as demonstrators try to break campus siege
The Guardian, November 18, 2019【救救理大孩子】一眾靜坐父母最想說：要平安回家 我們為你自豪 (Parents hold sit-in near PolyU as students remain trapped: Come home safe and peacefully, we're proud of you)
Stand News, November 18, 2019警油麻地拘至少 60 人 曾傳巨響閃光 多人受傷 據報曾「人踩人」(60 arrested in Yau Ma Tei: riot police use stun grenades, reports of stampede near MTR station)
Stand News, November 18, 2019
警拘51名義務醫護及記者 指揮官辯稱只針對逗留理大的人 (Police confirm 51 first-aiders and journalists arrested in PolyU siege)
Inmediahk.net, November 18, 2019
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Hong Kong police arrest 51 who ‘claimed to be medics or journalists’ near besieged PolyU campus
Hong Kong Free Press, November 18, 2019
星火同盟：匯豐戶口周五停運作 將以其他方式接收款項 支援工作如常 (HSBC terminates bank account of Spark Alliance's legal fund supporting arrested protesters)
Stand News, November 19, 2019
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HSBC to close corporate account being used to support Hong Kong protesters through crowdfunding
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2019
Rights Groups Blame Hong Kong Police For 'Fanning Flames' of Violence
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2019
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Hong Kong: Police must defuse campus standoff to avoid more tragedy
Amnesty International, November 18, 2019Hong Kong SAR Government Must Ensure Effective De-escalation of Dangerous Police Action at PolyU
Human Rights in China, November 17, 2019
走进抗议冲突前线的香港大学校园
Inside Hong Kong’s Battle-Ready Campuses
The New York Times, November 18, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Why are Hongkongers so angry? Because their baby boomer leaders are living in a parallel universe
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2019
China’s Internet Freedom Hit a New Low in 2019, and the World Could Follow: No user or platform is safe from the leadership’s insatiable appetite for ideological conformity
The Diplomat, November 19, 2019
Sieren's China: Europe must speak with one voice
Deutsche Welle, November 18, 2019
The Guardian view on Hong Kong: a city on the brink
The Guardian, November 18, 2019
Hong Kong is Xi Jinping’s failure: The revolt raises questions about the Chinese president’s entire project
Financial Times, November 17, 2019
Monday, November 18, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
泄露文件揭示中国如何组织对穆斯林大规模拘禁
‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims
The New York Times, November 16, 2019
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誰發明了新疆再教育營？《紐約時報》獲400頁文件揭其政治動員過程 (Who invented Xinjiang's camps? Uncovered internal documents reveal mobilization process)
The Initium, November 16, 2019
She survived a Chinese internment camp and made it to Virginia. Will the U.S. let her stay?
The Washington Post, November 17, 2019
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