Uyghurs in Turkey file criminal complaint against Chinese officials
Reuters, January 5, 2022
Wednesday, January 05, 2022
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Information (公众知情权)
转载｜江雪：长安十日(Repost｜Jiang Xue: Ten Days in Chang'an)
NGOCN, January 4, 2022
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China rolls out new regulation to rein in algorithms used on apps as Beijing continues to clip wings of Big Tech firms
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2022
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Faced With Questions About Forced Labor in China, the I.O.C. Is Tight-Lipped
面对中国人权质疑，一个保持沉默的国际奥委会
New York Times, January 5, 2022
Olympic Committee Becomes Latest Target of Critics of Treatment of Uyghurs
Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2022
Related:
华尔街日报称：国际奥委会成维吾尔族人权组织发难目标 (Wall Street Journal: ICO is target of Uyghur human rights organization)
Radio France Internationale, January 5, 2022
Hong Kong (香港)
Online platform Mad Dog Daily shuts down, becoming second Hong Kong media outlet to fold after Stand News arrests
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2022
網站公告 (inmedia.hk, online news outlet, disables public submission function)
inmedia.hk, January 4, 2022
《立場》前董事吳靄儀入稟要求警方歸還部分檢取資料 禁查閱取用 (Former board member of defunct Stand News files for return of, access ban to materials seized by police)
inmedia.hk, January 5, 2022
Incumbent president of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council Andrew Leung re-elected unopposed
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2022
Commentary (评论)
第四權 (The fourth estate)
Ming Pao, January 5, 2022
Excerpt:
新聞自由的環境跟過去已大不相同，大家都心裏有數。太多的「不確定性」，令人如履薄冰，如果說新聞界沒有擔憂，相信只是自欺欺人。(The environment for press freedom is very different from the past, and everyone knows it well. Too much "uncertainty" is making people walk on thin ice. To say the press does not have to worry is, I believe, just deceiving ourselves.)
2022年的命運 (Our fate in 2022)
Ming Pao, January 5, 2022
Excerpt:
躺平、沉默都會引來責難，看來這就是香港人在2022年的命運。(Even lying flat and staying silent will invite censure: this is the fate of the Hong Kong people in 2022)
Tuesday, January 04, 2022
Xinjiang (新疆)
New Xinjiang party chief pledges to follow President Xi Jinping’s policy on the sensitive region
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
One Free Press Coalition spotlights rising imprisonment of journalists in China
Deustche Welle, January 3, 2022
CHRISTMAS AS USUAL: CCP DETAINS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
China Digital Times, December 30, 2021
Concerns grow for health of rights lawyer, dissident detained in Xiamen crackdown
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2021
Counterterrorism (反恐)
Confronting China’s International Counterterror Regime: Pay Attention to the SCO
The Diplomat, December 28, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
新冠溯源：从自然来源论向实验室泄露论的转折是如何完成的？(Covid-19 origin probe: From nature to laboratory leaks)
Radio France Internationale, January 3, 2022
Even in secret, China’s leaders speak in code
The Economist, January 1, 2022
The Chinese Communist Party’s Big Year
Foreign Policy, December 28, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
美媒：中国网监触角伸向国外 用数据分析工具压制网上异见声音(U.S. media: Chinese Internet surveillance tentacles reach abroad, using data analysis tools to suppress online dissent)
Voice of America, January 1, 2022
Related:
China harvests masses of data on Western targets, documents show
The Washington Post, December 31, 2021
年终报道：中国是全球新冠虚假信息攻势的领头者(Year-end summary: China is frontrunner of global Covid-19 disinformation offensive)
Voice of America, December 31, 2021
China’s cybersecurity watchdog unveils two-month campaign to stamp out social media manipulation as part of industry crackdown
South China Morning Post, December 24, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
What Is the I.O.C. Doing About Forced Labour in China? It Won't Say.
The New York Times, January 4, 2022
Global Imams Council prohibits Muslims from competing in, attending Beijing Winter Olympics
Armenian News-NEWS.am, January 3, 2022
Related:
GIC STATEMENT ON THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS
The Global Imams Council, December 30, 2021全球伊玛目理事会发声明抵制北京冬奥 (Global Imams Council issue statement on boycotting Beijing Winter Olympics)
Deutsche Welle, January 2, 2022
Human Rights Watch Germany asks IOC chief Bach to resign
Netherlandsnewslive.com, January 3, 2022
Tory peer to lead boycott of Coca-Cola over role in Beijing Winter Olympics
The Guardian, January 2, 2022
Japan says ‘no plans’ for gov’t officials to attend Beijing Olympics, calls on China to respect human rights
Agence France-Presse, December 24, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Tiananmen vigil: Hong Kong activist jailed for 10 extra months following second incitement conviction over banned June 4 gatherings
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2022
Related:
煽惑六四集結罪成 鄒幸彤：無論法庭如何審判我的文字 都不是停止寫作的理由 (Chow Hang-tung, convicted of inciting June Fourth assembly: How the court judges my words is not a reason to stop writing)
Inmedia.hk, January 4, 2022
Stand News closes, content deleted following arrests and police raid; Chief Sec. slams ‘evil elements’
Hong Kong Free Press, December 29, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong police chief says more Stand News arrests possible
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2022早報：《立場新聞》鍾沛權和林紹桐申請保釋被拒，何韻詩等四人獲保釋(Stand News senior staffs Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam are denied bail, four former board members are granted bail)
Initium Media, December 31, 2021《立場》英國分社停運 楊天帥辭任分社主任(Stand News UK branch halts operations; UK officer Yeung Tin Shui resigns)
inmedia.hk, December 30, 2021《立場新聞》已移除網站及社交專頁內容(Stand News removes all website and social media content)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 30, 2021
Hong Kong’s Citizen News to close citing fears for staff safety
The Guardian, January 3, 2022
Related:
《眾新聞》宣布後日停運：身在風眼，須確保船上人平安 (Citizen News announces suspension Jan 4: In the eye of the storm, we must ensure safety of people on board)
inmedia.hk, January 2, 2022How Beijing Has Muted Hong Kong's Independent Media
The New York Times, January 3, 2022
Hong Kong's Lam: Media closures unrelated to press freedom
The Washington Post, January 4, 2022
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and ex-Apple Daily journalists face additional charge over ‘seditious publications’
Hong Kong Free Press, December 28, 2021
Hong Kong protests: 5 convicted of rioting, resisting police during clashes on National Day in 2019
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2021
Lawmakers in Hong Kong new ‘patriots-only’ legislature sworn in by Chief Executive Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2022
New rule kicks in for Hong Kong schools to hold regular flag-raising ceremonies, some campuses seek training help from police
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2022
Pro-Beijing teachers’ group in Hong Kong granted vacant school premises to set up centre for patriotic, national education
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2021
Commentary (评论)
煽動苛法無邊 傳媒岌岌可危 (Boundless harsh incitement laws pose imminent danger to media)
Ming Pao, January 4, 2022
2021年香港回顾：那些年让港人耳熟能詳的人、物、事 (2021 Hong Kong in Review: People and things once familiar to the Hong Kong people)
BBC, December 31, 2021
Speed of Stand News shutdown sends chilling signal to Hong Kong’s media
The Guardian, December 29, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong: Downward spiral for press freedom continues after arrests
Amnesty International, December 29, 2021
In 2022, The World Must Hold China to Account for Genocide
The Diplomat, December 31, 2021
【网络文摘】方方亲笔撰文：我为什么不发声了[Fang Fang: Why I don't speak out anymore)
Radio France Internationale, December 31, 2021
Why So Many Democracies Are Floundering
民主国家面临的最大困境是什么？
The New York Times, December 30, 2021
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Intel faces backlash in China after banning products and labour from Xinjiang
Reuters, December 23, 2021
拜登签署法案，禁止从新疆进口商品，除非证明不涉及强制劳动(Biden signs bill to ban imports from Xinjiang unless the importer can prove they are not made with forced labor)
Radio France Internationale, December 23, 2021
Related:
Biden signs Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law
The Washington Post, December 23, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Fury in China After an Outspoken Teacher Disappears
New York Times, December 23, 2021
中国怎么了？两名女教师一个遭开除，一个“被精神病”( What's wrong with China? Two female teachers: one is expelled, the other is "mentally ill")
Voice of America, December 23, 2021
中国瞄准在线平台寻求“清理”互联网(China takes aim at online platforms, seeking to "clean up" the Internet)
Radio Free Asia, December 23, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China contemplates better laws to promote gender equality, but remains hostile to ‘radical’ feminist campaigns
SupChina, December 22, 2021
对付中国 日本第一次任命国际人权特别顾问供国会议员咨询(To deal with China, Japan appoints for the first time an int’l human rights special adviser for members of parliament to consult)
Radio France Internationale, December 23, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
When Chinese tech firms like Lenovo get caught in a nationalist social media storm
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2021
Pro-China misinformation group continues spreading messages, researchers say.
研究称亲中国虚假信息传播网络仍在积极活动
The New York Times, December 23, 2021
合作反制中国 美日澳携手支持南太平洋5G建设(Cooperating to counter China, U.S., Japan, Australia join in supporting 5G construction in the South Pacific)
Voice of America, December 23, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Winter Olympics: NHL will not send players to Beijing
BBC News, December 23, 2021
北京冬奥会能源转型 太阳能板占农田 农民抗议遭关押(Peasants protesting solar panels on their farmland—installed to show energy transition for Beijing Winter Olympics—get beaten)
Radio France Internationale, December 22, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Outcry as Hong Kong University memorial to Tiananmen Square victims is removed
The Guardian, December 23, 2021
Hong Kong must wake up from ‘myth of American-style democracy’, says top Beijing diplomat
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2021
Hong Kong Justice Dep’t denies ‘political prosecutions,’ omits mention of national security in annual report
Hong Kong Free Press, December 23, 2021
通訊局就法庭對一集《頭條新聞》節目所作裁決提出上訴(Communications Authority appeals court ruling on one episode of Headliner)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 22, 2021
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