Government Accountability (政府问责)

Prague ditches Beijing for Taipei in new sister city deal
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2019

Pakistan halts investigation into sale of 629 brides to China 'because of financial ties to Beijing'
Telegraph, December 4, 2019

Asian Governments 'Adopting China's Authoritarian Tactics': Report
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2019

当心!政府推广“清洁煤” 河北多人中毒死亡 (6 villagers dead in mass-poisoning after burning "clean coal" provided by Hebei authorities in place of traditional coal at home during winter)
Radio France Internationale, December 4, 2019

Chinese Government Says it Will Sanction U.S. NGOs in Hong Kong
ChinaFile NGO Project, December 3, 2019

With Election On The Horizon, Taiwan Fights Back Against Beijing’s Influence
China Media Project, December 3, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

华为起诉美国联邦通信委员会
Huawei Sues the F.C.C., Ramping Up Fight With Critics and Foes
The New York Times, December 5, 2019

德国有可能法律禁止华为参与5G (Germany to consider legal ban on Huawei to prevent participation in country's 5G plans)
Radio France Internationale, December 4, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

法改會倡以「未經同意插入」取締「強姦」　涵蓋肛交、口交　新罪行防誘識兒童 (Law Reform Commission suggests replacing "rape" with "non-consensual penetration" in proposed reforms to expand scope and address stigma)
Stand News, December 5, 2019

工聯會轟勞工處針對催淚煙 處方疑受壓叫停職安指引 (Labour Department pressured by pro-Beijing party to pause release of safety guidelines in response to widespread tear gas toxins)
Inmediahk.net, December 4, 2019

Hong Kong health chief says no big increase in harmful pollution, despite release of 10,000 tear gas rounds
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2019

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烧烤毒素高于催泪弹？港官再拒公开催泪弹成分 (Hong Kong authorities once again refuse to disclose tear gas ingredients, say barbeque releases more toxins)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2019

Officer sitting on arrested student’s head was using minimum necessary force, say Hong Kong police
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2019

Related:
Photograph of Hong Kong policewoman sitting on 14-year-old who was resisting arrest goes viral
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2019

Pan-democrats launch bid in legislature to remove Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam from office
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2019

‘Freedom of speech is in the present tense’: Protests send Hongkongers to Taiwan in search of new lives
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2019

【訪問】任職交銀 14 年被迫離職　羅家聰：連觀點都想控制，咩都唔講得，點做嘢？(Analyst pressured to resign from bank says Chinese-funded companies don't like Hong Konger representing them anymore)
Stand News, December 5, 2019

Related:
Chinese bank accused of forcing Hong Kong employee to quit over protests
Financial Times, December 3, 2019

Commentary (评论)

裁本地法律「違基」否 法庭是唯一機關（文：郭榮鏗）(Hong Kong judiciary is the only institution that can declare local law to be in violation of Basic Law)
Ming Pao, December 5, 2019

If Beijing can’t quit blaming foreigners for its problems, Hong Kong will forever be the site of foreign contagion
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2019

Bonnie Glaser on the Future of US-China Relations, Taiwan, and Indo-Pacific Strategy
The Diplomat, December 4, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

US House passes Uyghur Act calling for tough sanctions on Beijing over Xinjiang camps
CNN, December 4, 2019

Related:
U.S. House Passes Xinjiang Bill, Prompting Threat From China
Bloomberg, December 3, 2019

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Remarks on the US House of Representatives Passing the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, December 4, 2019

中国用DNA绘制维吾尔人面部图像
China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West
The New York Times, December 3, 2019

China considers banning 'odious' US politicians over Xinjiang criticism
The Guardian, December 3, 2019

Xinjiang leaks embolden critics of Chinese internment programme
Financial Times, December 2, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese court upholds conviction of four cult members
Sina English, December 3, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China Gets First “Common Destiny” Center
China Media Project, December 3, 2019

How China-US rivalry is dividing the internet
BBC, December 3, 2019

Meet The Chinese Diplomat Who Got Promoted For Trolling The US On Twitter
BuzzFeed News, December 2, 2019

Intelligentsia in the Crosshairs: Xi Jinping’s Ideological Rectification of Higher Education in China
China Leadership Monitor, December 1, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Riot Police Win Back Control of Protest Town in China's Guangdong
Radio Free Asia, December 2, 2019

Hong Kong Economist Says His Views on China Cost Him His Job
Bloomberg, December 2, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

French police clear 600 Tibetan migrants from camp outside Paris
Agence France-Presse, December 3, 2019

NATO must tackle China's rise: Alliance chief
Agence France-Presse, December 3, 2019

非官方宗教书籍成禁書 购买者遭秋后算账 (Religious books not officially published are banned, purchasers face punishment)
Radio Free Asia, December 3, 2019

涉收中共全国政协委员政治献金 台湾退役中将获刑两年半 (Retired Taiwanese military officer jailed for 2.5 years for receiving money from China)
Radio France Internationale, December 3, 2019

中华人民共和国和萨尔瓦多共和国联合声明 (China, El Salvador issue joint statement reiterating complete support for One China Policy)
People's Daily, December 3, 2019

Related:
El Salvador cuts Taiwan links as island loses yet another ally
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2019

China Imposes Sanctions On U.S. NGOs Over Hong Kong Bill
China Digital Times, December 2, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

TikTok owns up to censoring some users' videos to stop bullying
The Guardian, December 3, 2019

Huawei invites detained former employee to sue
China Labour Bulletin, December 3, 2019

California Class-Action Lawsuit Accuses TikTok of Illegally Harvesting Data and Sending It to China
The Daily Beast, December 2, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

網傳土瓜灣蒙面便衣警拘多名學生　女生遭疑喬裝警坐肩制服 (Plainclothes officers arrest students on their way to school in To Kwa Wan)
Stand News, December 4, 2019

一地兩檢 皇崗新口岸料2022年建成 (Co-location customs arrangement to be adopted at Shenzhen border when renovations are completed in 2022)
Ming Pao, December 4, 2019

Hong Kong democrats draft bill to amend unlawful assembly and rioting laws and reduce sentences
Hong Kong Free Press, December 3, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong district council elections: pan-democrats pledge to broadcast meetings, scrap proxy votes and review costly projects
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2019

Hong Kong’s freedom has not been eroded, says leader Carrie Lam says [sic] after US passes law in support of protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, December 3, 2019

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Hong Kong's Lam to visit China and meet Xi on December 16: Cable TV
Reuters, December 3, 2019

公民黨倡區議會改革：取消授權票、改革增選委員、提供直播及實名會紀 (Civic Party announces agenda to push for District Council reforms)
Inmediahk.net, December 3, 2019

Hong Kong protests: students sentenced to correctional training and to pay HK$285,000 in total for damaging rail facilities
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2019

Breaches in Hong Kong police surveillance operations ‘shocking’, says lawmaker James To, warning trust in force is already at rock bottom
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2019

Commentary (评论)

一场与中国的新冷战已经开始
The New Cold War? It’s With China, and It Has Already Begun
The New York Times, December 4, 2019

【專訪】右眼失明印尼記者：中槍改變人生　堅持訴訟為阻警暴重演 (Interview with Veby Mega Indah, Indonesian reporter shot blind in one eye by police: Filing criminal prosecution is not just for myself, but also for other Hong Kongers and frontline reporters)
Stand News, December 3, 2019

Six powerful reasons for Beijing to rethink how Hong Kong should be governed, in the interests of long-term stability
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2019

區選結果的意義及長遠作用 (The long-term significance and utility of district council election victories)
Stand News, December 3, 2019

China Will Outpace US Artificial Intelligence Capabilities, But Will It Win The Race? Not If We Care About Freedom
Forbes, December 3, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Former head of Xinjiang jailed for life over graft
Agence France-Presse, December 2, 2019

Related:
新疆自治区前主席努尔-白克力获刑无期 (Former Xinjiang chief receives life imprisonment over bribery charges)
Radio France Internationale, December 2, 2019

Xinjiang leaks: Reporting on China's detention camps
Al Jazeera, December 2, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

'Unacceptable': Australia criticises China detention of writer
Al Jazeera, December 2, 2019

Related:
律师称澳籍作家杨恒均被中国当局隔离审讯
China Is Aiming to ‘Break’ Detained Australian Writer, Lawyers Say
The New York Times, December 2, 2019

Man Jailed For 'Insulting Country's Leaders, Ruling Party' in China's Shaanxi
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2019

Detained Huawei executive spends Canada bail reading and painting as two Canadians denied lawyer in China
Telegraph, December 2, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Expat Hong Kongers rally on 'keyboard frontline'
Agence France-Presse, December 2, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China Hits Back at U.S. Over Hong Kong Bill in a Mostly Symbolic Move
The New York Times, December 2, 2019

Related:
China suspends U.S. military visits to Hong Kong, sanctions U.S.-based NGOs
Reuters, December 2, 2019

外交部稱一批美國非政府組織支持反中亂港分子 (China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces sanctions against U.S. NGOs for supporting Hong Kong protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 2, 2019

In face of China threat, Taiwan to invite U.S. experts to bolster defenses
Reuters, December 2, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Big Brother is watching: Chinese city with 2.6m cameras is world's most heavily surveilled
The Guardian, December 2, 2019

Huawei under fire in China over employee detained for eight months
The Guardian, December 2, 2019

A new Chinese app allows people to use facial verification on their friends and acquaintances
Quartz, December 2, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong advertising sector workers rally to kick-start five-day strike
Hong Kong Free Press, December 3, 2019

Related:
1,500名廣告人牽頭罷工五日：廣告界從今不會缺席 ("We will not be absent": 1,500 advertising industry workers strike for five days this week)
Inmediahk.net, December 3, 2019

【再爆警謊】消防紀錄揭11.18人叠人66傷 警拖逾2小時才分流 逾半先送警署 (Leaked Fire Services Department record shows 66 injured in stampede on November 18 while police deny incident happened; officers delayed medical attention for 2.5 hours and then requested half of injured to be sent to police station before hospital)
Apple Daily, December 3, 2019

Hongkongers make BN(O) passports an election issue for British foreign secretary Dominic Raab
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2019

Hong Kong protests: opposition lawmakers Eddie Chu and Au Nok-hin launch bid to reform ‘draconian and out of date’ Public Order Ordinance
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2019

Related:
公安條例暴動罪不符公義（文：區諾軒）(Public Order Ordinance and rioting crime is unjust)
Ming Pao, December 3, 2019

Indonesian woman who covered Hong Kong protests as a citizen journalist deported over visa issue
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2019

Funeral home denies it refused services for family of Hong Kong student who died following fall near protest
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2019

Hong Kong protests: Indonesian journalist who lost her eye while covering action in Wan Chai keen to pursue case against police
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2019

Commentary (评论)

傘運勇武派為少年重上前線：覺得欠咗佢哋 ("Radical" in Umbrella Movement returns to frontlines for younger comrades: "I owe them")
Citizen News, December 3, 2019

除了購物，香港人還想在商場看連儂牆、討論時事 (Malls as a public space: Other than shopping, Hong Kongers want to see Lennon Walls and discuss current affairs in city's shopping malls)
The Initium, December 3, 2019

李家翹：世界城市與國家領土性——香港，面對著怎樣的中國？(Global city and territoriality: What kind of China is Hong Kong dealing with)
The Initium, December 2, 2019

China Releases Professor, But Travel Concerns Persist: A recent detention has implications for China-Japan relations
The Diplomat, December 2, 2019

Why We Should Not Condemn Violence by the Hong Kong Protesters
China Change, December 1, 2019

理大圍城之戰 (In depth: The siege of Poly U)
The Initium, November 29, 2019

Hong Kong: Sometimes you have to fight for freedom
The Times, November 28, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

‘Suspension won’t silence me’: Teen speaks out after embedding message about Xinjiang Uyghurs in TikTok make-up vid
Hong Kong Free Press, November 27, 2019

Related:
Tiktok Apologises And Attempts To Explain Why It Took Down Viral Makeup Video On Uighur Muslim Detention Camps
Independent, November 28, 2019

TikTok owner ByteDance and Huawei are helping China's campaign to repress Uighur Muslims, report finds
Straits Times, November 29, 2019