China warns European Union against sanctions over Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, March 16, 2021
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China arrests girlfriend of detained legal activist Xu Zhiyong on subversion charge
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s Myanmar Mess
The Diplomat, March 16, 2021
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Why are Myanmar’s anti-coup protesters angry at China?
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China's tech giants fall under regulator's pressure
BBC News, March 16, 2021
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China tells Alibaba to sell off media assets in tech crackdown
The Guardian, March 16, 2021
Messaging app Signal no longer working in China
Agence France-Presse, March 16, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong gov’t pledges full steam ahead as it awaits electoral overhaul details from Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press, March 16, 2021
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Beijing all ears to views on HK electoral changes
The Standard, March 16, 2021
New boss at Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK confirms he pulled plug on several episodes of shows and vows to take more visible management approach
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2021
港全球學術自由指數大倒退 C級變D級低過越南 學者被捕惹關注 (Hong Kong slid to D from C in global academic freedom index; arrest of scholars is a concern)
Apple Daily, March 16, 2021
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Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action
Global Public Policy Institute, March 11, 2021
監警會：警員稱記者為「黑記」等6宗投訴屬實 (Independent Police Complaints Council confirms 6 complaints of police calling journalists “black journalists”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 16, 2021
Hong Kong protest film "Do Not Split” nominated for an Oscar
The Standard, March 16, 2021
香港民研：林鄭月娥民望再跌僅 29.5 分 逾 4 成受訪者評 0 分 料因人大修改選舉制度 (Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute: Carrie Lam’s popularity drops to 29.5 with over 40% giving score of 0)
Stand News, March 16, 2021
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最新民意調查 結果發佈會 (Results of newest public opinion survey)
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, March 16, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Electoral reform a time for Hong Kong’s democrats to reinvent themselves
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2021
Monday, March 15, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Australian parliament refuses to label China’s Xinjiang actions as genocide
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2021
Uyghur Women Are China's Victims—And Resistance
Foreign Policy, March 12, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
女权主义者李翘楚女士今被正式批准逮捕 (Feminist activist Li Qiaochu is formally arrested today)
Weiquanwang, March 15, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
中国是如何影响德国出版商收回一童书的？(How does China influence German publisher to pull a children's book?)
Deutsche Welle, March 15, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese Feminist, Anti-Camps Campaigner Honored With Rights Prize
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong court approves bail for three more democrats facing national security charges
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021
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National security law: Hong Kong judge revokes bail for two ex-lawmakers in subversion case
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021National security law: Hong Kong’s largest opposition party joins exodus from mass protest organiser Civil Human Rights Front
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2021
Activists in exile launch ‘2021 Hong Kong Charter’ solidarity movement to unite Hongkongers overseas
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021
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2021 Hong Kong Charter
2021hongkongcharter, March 2021
Hong Kong elections reform: Beijing to reveal detailed plan for overhaul so changes to local laws can be completed ‘by May’
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021
Hong Kong elections reform: why Beijing wants total control in Legislative Council and removal of risk and uncertainty
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021
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Video: ‘We must recalibrate’: Hong Kong opposition considers next move after arrests and political changes
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021
China trying to ‘erode democratic elements’, ‘eliminate dissenting voices’ in Hong Kong with electoral reform, G7 says
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021
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Hong Kong’s ‘alarming political deterioration’ criticised in scathing EU annual report
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021
Hong Kong: UK accuses China of breaching joint declaration
The Guardian, March 13, 2021
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Ex-Taiwan president says One Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong is ‘history’ amid election overhaul
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021
Hong Kong campus protest documentary screening cancelled hours before showing following attack by pro-Beijing paper
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021
Hong Kong brain drain threat as nearly quarter of university-educated under-35s say they plan to quit city for work overseas
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021
前賢學思政發言人任幹事長 浸大學生會內閣 6 人退選 失選舉資格 (6 Baptist University Students' Union cabinet members withdraw from election, relinquishing eligibility)
Stand News, March 13, 2021
理大衝突 警拘5人涉串謀暴動(5 more arrested over conspiracy to riot over PolyU protests in 2019)
Ming Pao, March 15, 2021
律政司國安檢控科負責人成謎 拒公開人手編制 消息指內部抽調人手組成 傳接觸退休高層回巢(Authorities refuse to disclose personnel of Dep’t of Justice’s national security division)
Stand News, March 15, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Ireland Reexamines Relations With China
Voice of America, March 13, 2021
美国在联合国人权理事会谴责中国虐待维吾尔和藏族人 (At UN Human Rights Council, U.S. condemns China for abuse of Uyghurs and Tibetans)
Voice of America, March 13, 2021
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U.S. condemns China at UN rights forum for abuse of Uighurs, Tibetans”
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ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China asks Alibaba to curtail media assets: Report
Channel News Asia, March 15, 2021
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Ant issues self-disciplinary rules, CEO resigns
SupChina, March 12, 2021
Five Chinese companies pose threat to U.S. national security: FCC
Reuters, March 12, 2021
How tech workers feel about China, AI and Big Tech’s tremendous power
Protocol, March 15, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong election system overhaul reveals Beijing’s displeasure with the pro-establishment camp
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021
Biden Goals Converge in Asia: Rebuilding Alliances and Countering China
拜登亚洲外交策略：重建盟友关系，联手对抗中国
The New York Times, March 15, 2021
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Xinjiang, 新疆
Chinese pressure upends Uighur refuge in Turkey
Radio France International, March 11, 2021
全球最大“挪威主权财富基金”：对可能涉及新疆强制劳工问题企业进行调查(Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, world’s largest, will probe companies for involvement in Xinjiang forced labor)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2021
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Norway wealth fund to probe whether firms could be using forced labour from China's Xinjiang
Reuters, March 10, 2021
Tibet, 西藏
China for decades waged campaign to destroy Tibet’s proud culture, history: Pelosi
The Hindu, March 11, 2021
佩洛西议长发表声明纪念西藏起义62周年 美国务院说北京不应参与达赖喇嘛转世问题(In statement, U.S. House speaker Pelosi marks 62nd anniversary of Tibetan Uprising; State Dep’t urges Beijing to not interfere in question of Dalai Lama’s reincarnation)
Voice of America, March 11, 2021
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Pelosi Statement on the 62nd Anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day
Speaker of the House, March 10, 2021Department Press Briefing – March 9, 2021
U.S. Department of State, March 9, 2021
Access to Information, 公众知情权
Foreign correspondents in China face growing restrictions
Deutsche Welle, March 11, 2021
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