Access to Justice (司法公正)

內地維權律師余文生被審查起訴　妻子稱感無助及悲傷 (Mainland rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is indicted, wife feels helpless and sad)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1412683-20180815.htm

法制课丨八旬老太申请保外就医被拒，高龄罪犯有哪些从宽制度 (Analyzing the rules of leniency for elderly prisoners)
The Paper, August 15, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2346968

程海被注销执业证 中国维权律师继续受压 (Cheng Hai pursues administrative reconsideration of disbarment as human rights lawyers face shrinking space)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hj-08142018104703.html

Fears grow for detained Chinese activist “cut off from supply of medicine”
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-08142018110625.html

Tibetan freed after serving six years on “separatism” charge
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/charge-08142018154619.html

河南两农民因盗抢服刑十余年后获无罪：事实不清，证据不足 (Henan farmer’s conviction overturned for insufficient evidence, served over 10 years of sentence)
The Paper, August 14, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2345605

Access to Information (信息公开)

中共打压奏效 除南早外主要媒体统统冷处理陈浩天演说 (CPC crackdown effective, as all major media outlets except South China Morning Post cold-shouldered Hong Kong independence speech)
Radio France Internationale, August 15, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180815-中共打压奏效除南早外主要媒体统统冷处理陈浩天演说

Retired professor, wife, home from detention in China's Shandong
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/home-08142018131139.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's student activists cast rare light on brewing labor unrest
Reuters, August 15, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-labour-protests-insight/chinas-student-activists-cast-rare-light-on-brewing-labor-unrest-idUSKBN1L0060?

Senior Chinese monk resigns amid sexual misconduct claims
The Guardian, August 15, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/15/senior-chinese-monk-shi-xuecheng-resigns-sexual-misconduct-claims

Related:
#Metoo在中国：佛界一号人物释学诚辞职 (#Metoo in China: Prominent Buddhist monk resigns)
BBC, August 15, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45194172

Chinese activists set up party that wants independence — for Shanghai
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-activists-set-up-party-that-wants-independence-for-shanghai-08152018111643.html

Chinese begin to vent discontent with President Xi and his policies
Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-begin-to-vent-discontent-with-president-xi-and-his-policies-1534350856

中国“慰安妇”老人背后的守护者： 为让日本道歉 他们拼命努力 (The guardians behind “comfort women” fight for an official apology)
Global Times, August 15, 2018
http://world.huanqiu.com/exclusive/2018-08/12719727.html

上海民主维权人士季孝龙因“厕所革命”7月27日被刑事拘留 (“Toilet revolution” activist detained for writing in toilet stalls)
China Human Rights Defenders, August 14, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/727.html

Chinese Hui mosque protest ends after authorities promise to consult community
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159722/chinese-hui-mosque-protest-ends-after-authorities

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Central Asia struggles with fallout from China’s internment of minorities
Foreign Policy, August 15, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/central-asia-struggles-with-fallout-from-chinas-internment-of-minorities/

Taiwan company bows to China after boycott threat
Channel NewsAsia, August 15, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/taiwan-company-bows-to-china-after-boycott-threat--10619808

Related:
China accused of pressuring Taiwanese bakery as it bows to mainland backlash over gift bag for Taiwanese president
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159911/china-accused-pressuring-taiwanese-bakery-it-bows

China’s vaccine scandal: Firm made 500,000 substandard doses, twice as many as first thought, state media says
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159892/chinas-vaccine-scandal-firm-made-500000-substandard

Related:
国务院调查组要求继续做好长春长生公司不合格百白破疫苗处置工作 (State Council team continues investigation of Changsheng vaccine)
Xinhua, August 15, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-08/15/c_1123275281.htm

Confucius Institute closed at U.S. university amid concerns about Chinese influence on campuses
Reuters, August 15, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2159888/confucius-institute-closed-us-university-amid

China: What it means for Australia and the rest of the world
The Age, August 15, 2018
https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/china-what-it-means-for-australia-and-the-rest-of-the-world-20180815-p4zxn4.html

浙江省财政厅原厅长钱巨炎出庭受审，被控受贿1395万 (Zhejiang provincial finance bureau chief tried for corruption involving RMB 13 million)
The Paper, August 14, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2346355

纪委副书记被“双开” 纪检监察机关不是“保险箱” (Prosecution of Anhui province CDI deputy secretary shows CDI is not “safety box” for breaches)
People's Daily, August 15, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0815/c1001-30229864.html

贵州省粮食局党组书记、局长黄秋斌接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Party secretary and director of Guizhou provincial food bureau investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Beijing News, August 15, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/15/499667.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

《人民日报》关注人脸识别技术：发展势头好 提升生产力 (Facial recognition tech permeates society)
People's Daily, August 15, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0815/c1001-30229330.html

Join forces with China for a new robotics future, top trade official urges
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159907/join-forces-china-new-robotics-future-top-tradelink

建信用体系 多地打出诚信建设“组合拳” (Building social credit system by combining Internet, big data, creative punishments)
Legal Daily, August 14, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/15/content_7618805.htm?node=5955

The data arms race is no excuse for abandoning privacy
Foreign Policy, August 14, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/14/the-data-arms-race-is-no-excuse-for-abandoning-privacy/

China’s Communist Party published a guide to blockchain, despite its dislike of decentralization
Quartz, August 15, 2018
https://qz.com/1356575/chinas-communist-party-published-a-book-about-blockchain-for-members/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China accused of using Belt and Road Initiative for spying
Financial Times, August 15, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/d5ccb654-a02c-11e8-85da-eeb7a9ce36e4

Chinese cops now spying on American soil
The Daily Beast, August 15, 2018
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinese-police-are-spying-on-uighurson-american-soil?ref=wrap

Hong Kong (香港)

【陳浩天演講】梁美芬：如無法例就要研究　批FCC違遊戲規則　指護國安是普世價值 (Basic Law committee Priscilla Leung on Andy Chan's talk: “If there are no laws breached, government needs to make one”)
Ming Pao, August 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180815/s00001/1534296414731

Related:
“港独”陈浩天争议中演讲 批评者目标何在 (As Andy Chan gives talk amid controversy, what is the agenda of his attackers?)
BBC News, August 14, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45179011

邀港独人士演讲后 香港外国记者会官网疑被黑 (Foreign Correspondents’ Club website shut down by malware attacks)
Voice of America, August 15, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-fccc-concerned-about-detention-of-voa-journalist-20180814/4528230.html

記協對政府轟FCC表遺憾　要求釐清轉載港獨言論會否被控 (Hong Kong Journalists Association demands clarification of whether charges will be raised for sharing speeches on Hong Kong independence)
The Stand News, August 15, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/記協對政府轟fcc表遺憾-要求釐清轉載港獨言論會否被控/

Beijing can instruct Hong Kong over handling of independence movement, says top adviser
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/15/beijing-can-instruct-hong-kong-handling-independence-movement-says-top-adviser/

Related:
Andy Chan’s pro-independence speech at FCC shows Hong Kong’s “inadequacies” in upholding China’s national security, says top Beijing official
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159923/andy-chans-pro-independence-speech-fcc-shows-hong-kongs

Hong Kong man serving 40-year jail term in the Philippines given crucial records that show he wasn’t in the country when surveillance took place
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2159906/hong-kong-man-serving-40-year-jail-term

Hong Kong “cardboard granny” has case overturned
BBC, August 15, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-45200364

Commentary (评论)

观点：韦州清真寺对峙可能惹怒“模范”的回族穆斯林 (Opinion: The plan to demolish Weizhou mosque may anger the “model” Hui Muslims)
BBC, August 15, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45199104

國家安全不是人言人殊 (“National security” cannot be defined individually)
inmediahk.net, August 15, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058948a

中国“米兔”何以创造历史 (How #Metoo made history in China)
New York Times, August 15, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180815/how-metoo-matters-in-china/

专访吴国光：修宪后的中国与世界权力变局 (Interview with scholar Wu Guoguang: Paradigm shift in Chinse politics after constitutional amendment)
BBC News, August 15, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45166336

An overview of workers’ collective protests in China
China Labour Bulletin, August 15, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/overview-workers%E2%80%99-collective-protests-china

Xi Jinping Thought is facing a harsh reality check
Foreign Policy, August 15, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/xi-jinping-thought-is-facing-a-harsh-reality-check/

港獨作耙子，言論表達及新聞自由才是目標 (“Hong Kong independence” is just bait, real targets are freedoms of speech, press)
Inmediahk.net, August 14, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058921a

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China lets Swedish doctor see detained bookseller Gui Minhai 8 months after he was arrested in Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159548/china-allows-swedish-doctor-see-detained-publisher

Related:
中国准许在押铜锣湾书店老板桂民海见医生 (China permits detained bookseller Gui Minhai to see Swedish doctor)
Voice of America, August 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Gui-Minhai-Visited-By-Swedish-Doctor-20180814/4527655.html

84岁老太申请保外就医被拒 狱中自发性骨折 (Imprisoned woman aged 84 with lumbar spine fracture is refused medical parole)
Beijing News, August 14, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/14/499472.html

Chinese landlord rents to Uyghurs, is arrested on “terror” charge
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/rents-08142018094509.html

Veteran human rights lawyer Cheng Hai disbarred
China Change, August 13, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/08/13/veteran-human-rights-lawyer-cheng-hai-disbarred/

拒绝认罪 维权人士刘家财刑满出狱 (Hubei rights defender who refused to plead guilty completes prison sentence)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-08132018093816.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

美国政界、人权组织和活动人士谴责中国当局扣押VOA记者 (VOA reporters freed after hours-long detention by Chinese authorities)
Voice of America, August 13, 2018
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-reporters-freed-after-hours-long-detention-by-chinese-authorities-/4526885.html
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/reactions-to-yebing-detention-20180813/4526989.html

Related:

原始视频实录: VOA记者济南采访时被强行带走始末 (Raw footage: VOA reporter forcibly taken away during interview with retired Shandong University professor in Jinan)
Voice of America, August 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/raw-footage-voa-reporters-taken-away-20180813/4527439.html

广电总局对“快手”、“今日头条”系APP作出警告和罚款 (State Administration of Radio and Television warns and fines Kuaishou, Jinri Toutiao apps)
Beijing News, August 14, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/08/14/499484.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

苏州维权人士被羁押两年健康恶化 (Suzhou rights defender’s health deteriorates during 2-year detention without trial)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08142018093556.html

流亡藏人组织批评中国施压联合国弃置有关西藏报告 (Tibetans-in-exile organization criticizes China for pressuring UN to remove from its website NGO report for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination review of China)
Voice of America, August 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-free-tibet-criticize-china-over-report-on-tibet-20180814/4527726.html

Chinese activist who wrote “down with the Communist Party” in toilet disappears
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/toilet-08132018125207.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

外交部：新疆各民族和諧相處　任何造謠抹黑都是徒勞 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ethnic groups in Xinjiang live in harmony; spreading rumors is futile)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 14, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1412297-20180814.htm

Related:
UN’s claim China holds 1 million Uygurs in Xinjiang camps has ulterior motives, repeats Beijing
Reuters, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159639/uns-claim-china-holds-1-million-uygurs-xinjiang-camps

Warm, high-profile welcome for Taiwanese president in the United States
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2159677/warm-high-profile-welcome-taiwanese-president-united

东亚奥委会回函拒绝台中市所提申复林佳龙将寻求国际仲裁 (East Asian Games committee rejects Taiwan’s appeal over loss of right to host, Taichung mayor to seek international arbitration)
Radio France Internationale, August 13, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180813-东亚奥委会回函拒绝台中市所提申复林佳龙将寻求国际仲裁

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing enters 5G network era with China Unicom's experimental sites
Sina English, August 14, 2018
http://english.sina.com/buz/b/2018-08-14/detail-ihhtfwqq8823911.shtml

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

“Project Dazzling Snow”: How China’s total surveillance experiment will cover the country
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/12/project-dazzling-snow-chinas-total-surveillance-experiment-set-expand-across-country/

Related:
中国加大力度建设“雪亮工程” 将实现农村全覆盖 (“Project Dazzling Snow” to cover all rural areas)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/wy-06222018105535.html

Hong Kong (香港)

黄之锋等3名学运领袖上诉得直 终审法院裁定港府须付诉讼费 (Court of Final Appeal rules in favor of Joshua Wong, other student leaders; government must pay legal fees)
Radio France Internationale, August 14, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180814-黄之锋等3名学运领袖上诉得直终审法院裁定港府须付诉

Hong Kong separatist party leader Andy Chan Ho-tin calls China “a threat to all free peoples in the world” in fiery Foreign Correspondents’ Club speech
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159652/hong-kong-separatist-party-leader-andy-chan-ho-tin-calls

Related:
In Pictures: Hong Kong is “being annexed and destroyed by China,” says independence activist Andy Chan
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/14/pictures-hong-kong-annexed-destroyed-china-says-independence-activist-andy-chan/

【陳浩天演講】政府聲明：外國記者會提供平台予「港獨」深表遺憾 (HKSAR Government statement after Andy Chan’s talk: “deep regrets” on FCC providing platform for advocating Hong Kong independence)
Inmediahk.net , August 14, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058917

【陳浩天演講】工聯會促終止香港外國記者會租約 (Political party calls for government to terminate FCC’s property lease in protest against Andy Chan’s talk)
Inmediahk.net, August 14, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058913

Hong Kong activist decries “colonial invasion” in defiant speech
Associated Press, August 14, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/hong-kong-activist-andy-chan-decries-china-colonial-invasion-defiant-speech

“Very substantial” financial loss: Hong Kong court rejects application to halt controversial joint checkpoint plan
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/14/substantial-financial-loss-hong-kong-court-rejects-application-halt-controversial-joint-checkpoint-plan/

Commentary (评论)

全世界都知道：習近平才是中美貿易戰的罪魁禍首 (Entire world knows Xi Jinping is the chief culprit in the Sino-U.S. trade war)
The News Lens, August 14, 2018
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/101855

The gender imbalance in China’s PhD studies: Why women make up only a third of the cohort
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2159295/gender-imbalance-chinas-phd-studies-why-women-make-only-third

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China tries leading members of banned religious group “Almighty God”
Reuters, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2159474/china-tries-leading-members-banned-religious-group-almighty-god

Chinese professor detained during VOA interview reportedly returns home
Voice of America, August 12, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-professor-detained-during-voa-interview-reportedly-returns-home/4525809.html

Tasting freedom: Liu Xia regains her health as she settles into new life in Germany
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159053/tasting-freedom-liu-xia-regains-her-health-she-settles

Access to Information (信息公开)

China state media justify Muslim Uighur crackdown to prevent “China's Syria”
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/china-state-media-justify-muslim-uighur-crackdown-to-prevent-chinas-syria/a-45055678

Related:
China has prevented “great tragedy” in Xinjiang, state-run paper says
Channel NewsAsia, August 13, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-has-prevented--great-tragedy--in-xinjiang--state-run-paper-says-10611542

China expels German journalism student who wrote about rights lawyers
Associated Press, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159460/china-expels-german-journalism-student-who-wrote-about

Users in China found Reddit blocked over the weekend
Quartz, August 13, 2018
https://qz.com/1354441/china-blocked-reddit-but-access-is-returning-for-some-users/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

內地律師協會：律師不應過激表達訴求 (Mainland lawyers association: lawyers should not be overly expressive in expressing their demands)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1412038-20180813.htm

浙江教会唱红歌 当局酱缸基督教 (Authorities continue to assimilate churches, require them to sing revolutionary songs and hang national flag)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-08132018093547.html

佳士员工遭酷刑 声援团成员被失踪 (Detained Jasic workers are tortured and members of solidarity team are missing)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08132018093447.html

China delays plan to demolish Weizhou Grand Mosque after protest by Hui Muslims
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159345/china-delays-plan-demolish-weizhou-grand-mosque-after

Related:
宁夏清真寺抗议风波 官方暂时妥协 (Ningxia protest against mosque demolition strikes temporary win)
Deutsche Welle, August 12, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/331jX

被政府盯上的穹顶 宁夏韦州清真大寺对峙事件原委
China mosque demolition sparks standoff in Ningxia
BBC News , August 10, 2018
CH: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45146943
EN: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45140551

中国学者异议人士吁关注新疆人权灾难 (Chinese scholars call for attention on Xinjiang human rights crisis)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hj-08102018162956.html

「最後人民公社」村民抗議村官賣地 (Villagers rally to protest sale of land to government)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180813/s00013/1534096995703

「上海民族党」在纽约成立 反共并要求上海独立 (“Shanghai Nation Party” registers in New York, seeks Shanghai self-governance)
Radio France Internationale, August 12, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180812-上海民族党在纽约成立-公开要求上海独立

How peer-to-peer lending turned middle-class Chinese dreamers into angry protesters
Quartz, August 11, 2018
https://qz.com/1351198/how-p2p-lending-turned-middle-class-chinese-dreamers-into-angry-protesters/

Religion must obey Chinese law: Paper
Taipei Times, August 12, 2018
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2018/08/12/2003698405

Government Accountability (政府问责)

《环球时报》为新疆高压政策作辩护 (Global Times defends Xinjiang's high-pressure policy)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/333vW

福建:上半年问责47个党组织809名领导干部 (Fujian: 809 leading cadres of 47 party organizations are held accountable for misdeeds in first half of year)
People's Daily, August 13, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0813/c1001-30225377.html

UN rights panel grills China over mass detention of Uyghurs
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/panel-08102018165922.html

UN panel confronts China over reports that it holds a million Uighurs in camps
New York Times, August 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/asia/china-xinjiang-un-uighurs.html

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U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps
Reuters, August 10, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un/u-n-says-it-has-credible-reports-that-china-holds-million-uighurs-in-secret-camps-idUSKBN1KV1SU

New evidence emerges of China forcing Muslims into “reeducation” camps
Washington Post, August 10, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/new-evidence-emerges-that-china-is-forcing-muslims-into-reeducation-camps/2018/08/10/1d6d2f64-8dce-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?utm_term=.cca097fbc376

China flat out denies the mass incarceration of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs as testimonies trickle out
Quartz, August 13, 2018
https://qz.com/1354447/china-flat-out-denies-the-mass-incarceration-of-xinjiangs-uyghurs-as-testimonies-trickle-out/

Related:
China to UN panel: No arbitrary detention in Uighur region
Voice of America, August 13, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-to-un-panel-no-arbitrary-detention-in-uighur-region/4526092.html

China denies violating minority rights amid detention claims
The Guardian, August 13, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/china-state-media-defend-intense-controls-xinjiang-uighurs

China Uighurs: Beijing denies detaining one million
BBC, August 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45173573

China threatens to demolish a mosque, the same day it faces questions at the UN over its treatment of Muslims
Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2018
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-mosque-20180810-story.html

Senior U.S. politician calls for Taiwan’s president to be granted trip to Washington
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2159508/senior-us-politician-calls-taiwans-president-be-granted

Related:
Taiwan leader still defiant as she goes overseas
Reuters, August 13, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198969&sid=6&sid=6

Kenya fraud charges over Chinese-funded $3bn railway
BBC, August 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45169690

China’s language and cultural centers are growing faster across Africa than we thought
Quartz, August 11, 2018
https://qz.com/africa/1351749/chinas-confucius-institutes-in-africa-spread-mandarin-culture/