Beijing Winter Olympics: organisers feel ‘great pressure in epidemic prevention and control’
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021
Monday, October 04, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law: Hong Kong’s biggest opposition trade union votes by overwhelming majority to disband
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2021
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Hong Kong Security Bureau warns disbanded groups will remain criminally liable, after pro-democracy union coalition folds
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021
香港職業治療師工會通過解散動議 即時啟動相關程序兩周後停運(Union of Hong Kong Occupational Therapists passes disbandment resolution, to cease operation in two weeks)
Ming Pao, October 4, 2021
Hong Kong activists stage demonstrations worldwide during China’s national day
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021
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Hongkongers in Taiwan Spray Chinese Leader's Portrait Black on Day of Oct. 1 Protests
Radio Free Asia, October 1 2021
Hong Kong officials urged to speed up delivery of Article 23 security law to counter foreign interference
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021
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New Hong Kong security law – Article 23 – will only affect ‘a small group of people,’ says top official
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021
Exclusive | No timetable for Hong Kong anti-sanctions law, finance chief Paul Chan says
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021
Third group of Hong Kong district councillors take oath of office, but questions remain over how many will be unseated
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2021
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監誓人對16名區議員今日宣誓有效性存疑問(Oaths of 16 district councilors questioned by authorities)
inmedia.hk, October 3, 2021陳珮明宣誓前請辭 公民黨區議員歸零(Shatin district councilor Mike Chan resigns before oath-taking, leaving Civic Party with zero representation)
inmedia.hk, October 3, 2021區議員宣誓｜余浚寧宣布已辭任西貢區議員(Sai Kung district councillor Tsunning Yu resigns before oath-taking)
Ming Pao, October 4, 2021民主黨黃凱盈缺席宣誓 曾列初選林卓廷名單第二位(Democratic Party district councilor of Northern district Irene Wong absent from oath-taking ceremony)
inmedia.hk, October 4, 2021
Hong Kong lawyers create court database of protest-related cases in bid to safeguard rule of law
Hong Kong Free Press, October 3, 2021
Commentary (评论)
《尚气》获全球赞誉却踢到中国民族主义铁板(Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi wins global praise but is shunned in China amid rising nationalism)
Voice of America, October 4, 2021
Friday, October 01, 2021
Xinjiang, 新疆
China appoints new Xinjiang governor amid abuse accusations
The Washington Post, October 1, 2021
How is Xinjiang’s economy holding amid US sanctions, and can China keep supporting its ‘great burden’?
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese prosecutors deny request to formally arrest trio, including lawyers, on ‘picking quarrels’ charge
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
两名加拿大公民获释 王炳章家属呼吁营救王炳章 (Following release of “two Michaels,” family of imprisoned dissident Wang Bingzhang appeals to Canadian government to rescue him)
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2021
北京坐实人质外交 在华外商度日如年 (As Beijing sticks to hostage diplomacy, foreign businesses in China draft emergency rescue plans for employees)
Radio France Internationale, October 1, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Lawmaker asks LinkedIn, Microsoft why they censored US journalists’ accounts in China
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
Xi Jinping’s clampdowns herald a tense political year in China
The Economist, October 2, 2021
报道武汉疫情失踪600天 公民记者陈秋实现突然现身 (Disappeared for 600 days for chronicling Wuhan epidemic, citizen journalist Chen Qiushi is back online)
Deutsche Welle, October 1, 2021
Arabophone Chinese influencer divides public opinion in Egypt
GlobalVoices, October 1, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s ambassador warns Belgian lawmakers as they debate resolutions on Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
The End of China’s Rise
Foreign Affairs, October 1, 2021
When China wants to be feared
The Economist, October 2, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China to block ‘core’ industrial, telecoms data from leaving the country
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong on ‘right track’ after electoral overhaul, Carrie Lam says at security-focused National Day celebration
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2021
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CE's speech at National Day reception
HKSAR government, October 1, 2021Hong Kong media outlets barred from media sector’s National Day celebration
Hong Kong Free Press, October 1, 2021多名成員繫獄 社民連十一如常示威 陳寶瑩：堅守崗位(League of Social Democrats holds annual protest on National Day despite members in prison)
inmedia.hk, October 1, 2021HKFP Lens: Chinese patriots turn Hong Kong into a sea of red on National Day
Hong Kong Free Press, October 1, 2021
宣誓前夕 沙田區議員陳諾恒辭職(Shatin district councilor Chandler Chan resigns before oath-taking)
Stand News, October 1, 2021
Ex-Apple Daily journalists could face life in prison as national security case to be moved to Hong Kong’s High Court
Hong Kong Free Press, October 1, 2021
Journalists Sound Alarm Over New Guidelines For Radio Television Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong schools lose 81 Primary One classes as wave of emigration saps student population
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
China pushes back against Xinjiang criticism in event hosted by its UN delegation
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021
‘There’s cameras everywhere’: testimonies detail far-reaching surveillance of Uyghurs in China
The Guardian, September 30, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
被判无期徒刑的藏族企业家多吉扎西自述酷刑细节(Tibetan entrepreneur Dorje Tashi, sentenced to life imprisonment, details torture in writing)
Weiquanwang, September 30, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
河南维权人士李玉凤被控寻衅滋事罪今获刑4年(Henan rights defender Li Yufeng is sentenced to 4 years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble")
Weiquanwang, September 30, 2021
许志永“颠覆罪”起诉书被指“荣誉勋章” 人权律师常玮平再遭酷刑(Xu Zhiyong's “subversion” indictment, sealed by the prosecution, is leaked; rights lawyer Chang Weiping is tortured again)
Voice of America, September 30, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China’s clampdown on pop culture: curbing unhealthy values… or boosting ideological control?
Agence France-Presse, September 30, 2021
教育语言大纲移除"尊重少数民族"条款 规定从小学汉语("Respect for ethnic minorities" is removed from gov’t-issued child development syllabus; added: “strengthen promotion of national language”)
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Decoding China’s latest World Internet Conference
Protocol, September 29, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
China Plans ‘Closed-Loop’ Bubble for Winter Olympics
北京冬奥会公布防疫政策，将实施闭环管理
The New York Times, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong passes new anti-doxxing law – violators face HK$1m fine and 5 years jail
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021
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立會通過修例刑事化 賦權私隱專員移除社媒起底內容(LegCo passes new law to criminalize "doxxing"; privacy commissioner is empowered to request removal of "doxxing" contents online)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong seeks to resurrect legislation to further crush dissent
The Guardian, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong police to mobilise more than 8,000 officers for National Day
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021
Defendant refuses to give evidence or summon witness at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021
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‘Give me liberty or give me death’: T-shirts submitted as evidence at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong national security law: 6 former Apple Daily executives face High Court trial with possible life sentences
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021
7 charged with conspiring to incite subversion, incl. Hong Kong’s youngest national security defendant aged 15
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021
【支聯會案】鄒幸彤第 4 次被拒保釋 指懲教禁穿「 同抗爭 」「人民不會忘記」上衣出庭(Chow Hang-tung, former vice-chair of disbanded Hong Kong Alliance, is denied bail for the 4th time and forbidden to wear T-shirt with protest slogans in court hearing)
Stand News, September 30, 2021
嶺大：客席副教授羅永生、許寶強合約9月終結 羅永生：校方單方面終止合約(Lingnan University ends contracts of adjunct associate professors Lo Wing-sang and Hui Po-keung, citing "risk management")
Stand News, September 30, 2021
宣誓前夕 潘智鍵及王德源退出屯門社區網絡(District councilors Gary Poon and Wong Tak-yuen quit Tuen Mun Community Network before oath-taking)
inmedia.hk, September 30, 2021
Hong Kong’s ‘loyal critic’ faces tough test as Beijing targets media
Financial Times, September 30, 2021
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
CHINESE GOVERNMENT SEIZED AND SOLD ASSETS OF XINJIANG DETAINEES
China Digital Times, September 28, 2021
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