Meet the 8 Chinese judges who’ll sit on belt and road cases
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/2165567/meet-8-chinese-judges-wholl-sit-belt-and-road-cases
Uyghur former Xinjiang University vice president detained for “two-faced” tendencies
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/professor-09242018164800.html
Minitrue: Do not report hotelier’s death by torture
China Digital Times, September 24, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/09/minitrue-do-not-report-hong-kong-hoteliers-death-by-torture/
四川阿坝藏僧示威被捕 (Three monks in Sichuan detained for protesting to demand a “Free Tibet”)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-09242018094451.html
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Three Tibetan monks detained after launching solo protests in Ngaba
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detaining-09242018171452.html
河北一厅官被控涉受贿两千余万，曾使用虚假身份偷越国境边境 (Former deputy CPC secretary in Xingtai, Hebei, charged with bribery of more than 20 million yuan)
The Paper, September 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2367240
China persisting with intellectual property theft in violation of international commitments: report
The Sydney Morning Herald, September 24, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/china-persisting-with-intellectual-property-theft-in-violation-of-international-commitments-report-20180924-p505lz.html
Will Facebook agree to Hong Kong police’s request to take down page of banned Hong Kong National Party?
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2165730/will-facebook-agree-hong-kong-polices-request-take-down-page
“100% freedom of speech”: Hong Kong activists protest gov’t ban on pro-independence party
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/25/100-freedom-speech-hong-kong-activists-protest-govt-ban-pro-independence-party/
Anyone aiding pro-independence party could be prosecuted, says Hong Kong security chief
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/24/anyone-aiding-pro-independence-party-prosecuted-says-hong-kong-security-chief/
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Ban on political party chills Hong Kong opposition groups
The Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ban-on-political-party-chills-hong-kong-opposition-groups-1537771725China hits out at foreign attacks on Hong Kong National Party ban, but spokeswoman for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renews criticism just hours later
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2165617/china-warns-other-countries-respect-hong-kong-national-party外交部堅決反對別國對香港禁民族黨運作說三道四 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects other countries’ “irresponsible” remarks about ban of Hong Kong National Party)
RTHK, September 25, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1419890-20180925.htmHong Kong has banned a political party but it will never crush desire for independence
The Guardian, September 24, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/24/hong-kong-has-banned-a-political-party-but-it-will-never-crush-desire-for-independence
How China is losing the world
The Diplomat, September 25, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/how-china-is-losing-the-world/
Coming soon to a Hong Kong near you: creeping authoritarianism mainland style
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/25/coming-soon-hong-kong-near-creeping-authoritarianism-mainland-style/
China starts to assert its world view at the UN as influence grows
The Guardian, September 24, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/24/china-starts-to-assert-its-world-view-at-un-as-influence-grows
“This is an eternal torture”: China accused of making Uygur children into “orphans” even though their parents are still alive
Associated Press, September 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2165303/eternal-torture-china-accused-making-uygur-children-orphans-even
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被拘维吾尔人孩子落入孤儿院 (Children of detained Uyghurs sent to orphanages)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu2-09212018105110.html
做工作使被告人认罪引质疑，当事律师：属辩护策略，正常履职 (State-appointed Fuzhou lawyer faces ire over rumors of “diligent work to make suspect confess and repent”)
The Paper, September 22, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2467164
Chinese dissident couple granted bail but to face trial in Thailand
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/thailand-bail-09212018131806.html
China demands apology over Swedish broadcaster’s comedy show on tourist spat
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2165412/china-demands-apology-over-swedish-broadcasters-comedy-show
Minitrue: Control news on Hunan car attack
China Digital Times, September 21, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/09/minitrue-control-news-on-hunan-car-attack/
Cyberspace Administration, Alibaba, ex-Google chiefs on China’s Internet
China Digital Times, September 21, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/09/cyberspace-administration-alibaba-ex-google-chiefs-on-chinas-internet/
Peking University threatens to close down Marxism society
Financial Times, September 24, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/ccab09aa-bdc2-11e8-8274-55b72926558f
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声援佳士工运 北大马列学会遭封杀 (Marxist student society at Peking University faces registration reprisal for supporting Jasic protests)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql2-09212018095718.html
China: Families of up to one million detained in mass “re-education” drive demand answers
Amnesty International, September 24, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/09/china-xinjiang-families-of-up-to-one-million-detained-demand-answers/
Chinese student who could “never love my country” expelled after 2 weeks for being unpatriotic
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165414/chinese-student-who-could-never-love-my-country-expelled-after
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大学生说“不爱国” 学校称其“辱国”取消学籍 (University student expelled for “insulting country”)
Radio France Internationale, September 23, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180923-大学生说不爱国-学校称其辱国取消学籍
China’s state-sanctioned Catholic Church vows to remain “independent” after Vatican deal
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165423/chinas-state-sanctioned-catholic-church-vows-remain-independent
Beijing authorities slam Swedish police for humiliating Chinese tourists, but there's another side to the story
Global Voices, September 22, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/09/22/beijing-authorities-slam-swedish-police-for-humiliating-chinese-tourists-but-theres-another-side-to-the-story/
黄金时段拟禁播境外节目 中国网友吐槽 (Netizens mock government plan to ban foreign TV programs during prime time)
Deutsche Welle, September 21, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/35IG0
With Vatican talks and bulldozers, China aims to control Christianity
The New York Times, September 24, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/world/asia/china-vatican-agreement-appoint-catholic-bishops.html
Fentanyl crisis: Is China a major source of illegal drugs?
BBC News, September 24, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45564744
China opens embassy in Dominican Republic after break with Taiwan
Reuters, September 22, 2018
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-opens-embassy-in-dominican-republic-after-break-with-taiwan/article25013170.ece
China's Liaoning vows to eradicate “bad influence” of Bo Xilai
Reuters, September 22, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinas-liaoning-vows-to-eradicate-bad-influence-of-bo-xilai-idUSKCN1M202V?
维族人指控中国强制安置孩童 (Uyghurs accuse China of compulsory orphanage placement of their children)
Deutsche Welle, September 21, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/35HXF
国家发改委副主任努尔·白克力涉严重违纪违法被查 (High-ranking Uyghur official, deputy director of National Development and Reform Commission, investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, September 21, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0921/c1001-30306632.html
Are Xi Jinping’s demands for Communist Party loyalty a bigger threat to China than Donald Trump’s trade war?
Bloomberg, September 21, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165218/are-xi-jinpings-demands-communist-party-loyalty-bigger-threat
As UN gathers, Taiwan, frozen out, struggles to get noticed
The New York Times, September 21, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/world/asia/taiwan-united-nations-joseph-wu.html
中宣部举办第十三届中国公民道德论坛 (CPC Propaganda Department holds 13th China Citizen Ethics Forum)
Xinhua, September 21, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-09/21/c_1123467958.htm
面对国际社会强烈批评 郭声琨称要继续在新疆加强“教育改造” (Facing strong international criticism, China’s Political and Legal Affairs Commission says it will continue to “intensify re-education” of detainees in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, September 21, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-top-china-official-urges-reform-through-education-for-xinjiang-prisoners-20180921/4581276.html
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Mike Pompeo denounces China’s “awful abuses” of detained Muslim Uygurs
Agence France-Presse, September 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2165302/mike-pompeo-denounces-chinas-awful-abuses-detained-muslim
How tensions with the West are putting the future of China’s Skynet mass surveillance system at stake
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/2165372/how-tensions-west-are-putting-future-chinas-skynet-mass
Taiwan “spy scandal” a symptom of Beijing’s growing distrust of Taipei, observers say
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165336/taiwan-spy-scandal-symptom-beijings-growing-distrust-taipei
美国务院报告评析中国反恐 (U.S. State Department 2017 annual report on status of counter-terrorism in various countries says China’s main counter-terrorism efforts have focused on “Uyghur extremists”)
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-09202018105443.html
Pro-independence party officially banned by Hong Kong gov’t in historic move restricting freedom of assembly
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/24/breaking-pro-independence-party-officially-banned-hong-kong-govt-historic-move-restricting-freedom-assembly/
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Hong Kong issues unprecedented ban on Andy Chan’s separatist National Party, citing security risks
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2165439/hong-kong-issues-unprecedented-ban-separatist-party国务院港澳办就支持港府依法禁止“香港民族党”运作发表谈话 (Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office on party ban: Regardless of violence, all “Hong Kong independence” views are threats to national security)
The Paper, September 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2470947【禁民族黨運作】李家超：涉及非法社團罪行即時適用 不公布行動細節 (HK Security Bureau: Hong Kong National Party is deemed unlawful effective immediately, related criminal offences apply)
The Stand News, September 24, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/禁民族黨運作-李家超-涉及非法社團罪行即時適用-不公布行動細節/
高铁香港段首日通车：热闹与混乱的背后 “一地两检”忧虑仍在 (Hong Kong express rail link launches amid concerns over co-location arrangement)
BBC News, September 23, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45618599
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Hong Kong is bound tighter to China (by bridge and bullet train)
The New York Times, September 22, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/world/asia/hong-kong-high-speed-rail.html
支聯會遊行到中聯辦要求釋放內地異見人士 (Hong Kong Alliance marches to Liaison Office, demands release of dissidents jailed in mainland)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 23, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1419575-20180923.htm
缅甸佤邦打压基督教，或因中国授意防范西方势力 (Myanmar crackdown on Christianity might be on China’s orders)
Voice of America, September 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/uwsa-20180923/4583877.html
China’s lack of “supervision by public opinion”: What happens when press control is too effective?
Hong Kong Free Press, September 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/23/chinas-lack-supervision-public-opinion-happens-press-control-effective/
Express Rail Link: Handy for trips to places without airports, slow and dear to anywhere else
Hong Kong Free Press, September 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/22/express-rail-link-handy-trips-places-without-airports-slow-dear-anywhere-else/
Signs of China (2)
China Change, September 22, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/09/22/signs-of-china-2/
Muslims in Xinjiang are facing human rights abuses: time for China scholars to break the silence
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2164698/muslims-xinjiang-are-facing-human-rights-abuses-time-china-scholars
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百名西方学者联署呼吁为维族人发声 (Two China scholars urge their counterparts from around the world to break silence on Uyghurs)
Radio France Internationale, September 20, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/20180920-muslims-xinjiang-are-facing-human-rights-abuses-time-china-scholars-break-silence
China places top energy official, a senior Uighur, under investigation
Channel NewsAsia, September 21, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-places-top-energy-official--a-senior-uighur--under-investigation-10744128
China detains, “disappears” parents of faulty vaccine victims
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-parents-09202018124833.html
China looks to restrict imported current affairs TV content
Reuters, September 20, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-content/china-looks-to-restrict-imported-current-affairs-tv-content-idUSKCN1M02G0
China expunges unapproved, foreign content from school textbooks
Reuters, September 20, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-education/china-expunges-unapproved-foreign-content-from-school-textbooks-idUSKCN1M00D9
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中国审查教科书 欲删除未经允许的外国教材 (Ministry of Education conducts a comprehensive review of textbooks, prepares to remove foreign textbook content to counter so-called Western influence)
Voice of America, September 20, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/China-Expunges-Unapproved-Foreign-Content-From-School-Textbooks-20180920/4579552.html
两部门开展网络文学专项整治 三个月责令整改230余家单位 (In special rectification campaign of literature online, more than 230 companies ordered to reform in 3 months)
Beijing News, September 20, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/09/20/506715.html
China’s Global Times plays a peculiar role
The Economist, September 20, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/09/20/chinas-global-times-plays-a-peculiar-role
The decline and fall of Chinese Buddhism: how modern politics and fast money corrupted an ancient religion
South China Morning Post, September 21, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165088/decline-and-fall-chinese-buddhism-how-modern-politics-and-fast
New era for religion in China as party tightens controls
Voice of America, September 20, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/new-era-for-religion-in-china-as-party-tightens-controls/4580289.html
Police hold kindergarten principal in China's Yunnan amid sexual abuse probe
Radio Free Asia, September 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/yunnan-abuse-09202018135042.html
Hong Kong cardinal calls for Vatican official to resign over China dealings
Voice of America, September 20, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/hong-kong-cardinal-calls-for-vatican-official-to-resign-over-china-dealings/4579794.html
老兵集结北京等地维权 当局维稳压力山大 (Hundreds of veterans from multiple provinces gather in Beijing to protest their treatment)
Voice of America, September 20, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/4579792.html
敏感时刻：自由派经济学者抱团发声 (Prominent Chinese liberal economists call on government to continue reforms at important forum in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jingmao/xql-09192018133233.html
Pakistan asks China to soften restrictions on Muslims
The Nation, September 20, 2018
https://nation.com.pk/20-Sep-2018/pakistan-asks-china-to-soften-restrictions-on-muslims
Beijing complains as U.S. “orders Chinese media to register as foreign agents”
The Guardian, September 20, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/20/beijing-complains-as-us-orders-chinese-media-to-register-as-foreign-agents
China says booming tourism shows everything is fine in crackdown-hit Xinjiang
Reuters, September 20, 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/20/china-says-booming-tourism-shows-everything-fine-crackdown-hit/
Weidmann urges lawmakers to remain open to Chinese takeovers of German firms
Financial Times, September 20, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/56c83526-bce8-11e8-8274-55b72926558f
China distances children from families to subdue Muslim west
Washington Post, September 20, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/china-distances-children-from-families-to-subdue-muslim-west/2018/09/20/87aec924-bd3e-11e8-8243-f3ae9c99658a_story.html
中國駐瑞典大使：瑞典人想了解新疆 應親自去看 無人強迫桂民海認罪 (Chinese ambassador to Sweden denies detaining Uyghurs in Xinjiang or forcing Swedish citizen to confess on TV)
The Stand News, September 20, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/新疆再教育營-中國駐瑞典大使-瑞典人想了解新疆-應親自去看-無人強迫桂民海認罪/
财政部原党组副书记、副部长张少春严重违纪违法被开除党籍和公职 (Former vice CPC secretary of Ministry of Finance expelled from party, public office for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, September 20, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0920/c1001-30305973.html
贵州省委原常委、省政府原副省长王晓光严重违纪违法被开除党籍和公职 (Former member of CPC Standing Committee and former lieutenant governor of Guizhou expelled from party, public office for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, September 20, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0920/c1001-30305555.html
Translation: How public security databases sort China’s citizens
China Digital Times, September 19, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/09/translation-how-public-security-databases-sort-chinas-citizens/
Beijing recruits Hong Kong artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime to lead tech drive
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2165105/beijing-recruits-sensetime-ai-start-hong-kong-lead
President and CTO of internet data analysis company iResearch “disappear” for investigation
TechNode, September 20, 2018
https://technode.com/2018/09/20/iresearch-data-analysis-dissapear/