Kazakh China rights activist detained on hate speech charges
Reuters, March 11, 2019
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为新疆穆斯林发声 哈萨克斯坦维权人士被捕 (Kazakh rights activist arrested after speaking up for Xinjiang’s Muslims)
Deutsche Welle, March 10, 2019
“Tibetans and Uyghurs not accepted”: Apple supplier probes hiring discrimination
Inkstone, March 8, 2019
陕西千亿矿权案追踪：卷宗丢失，原告下落不明
Chinese Entrepreneur Takes On the System, and Drops Out of Sight
The New York Times, March 9, 2019
In China, many are impressed that, yes, you can sue the U.S. government
Washington Post, March 8, 2019
Condemning the enforced disappearance of lawyer Lu Tingge
China Change, March 8, 2019
Beijing ramps up propaganda during NPC
China Digital Times, March 9, 2019
Facing legal scrutiny, China’s state TV recalls its U.S. head
The New York Times, March 8, 2019
一图看懂全国人大常委会工作报告 (NPC Standing Committee Work Report: 31 provincial level seminars held to study “Xi Jinping Thought” in 2018; 1,300 NPC representatives trained)
People’s Daily, March 8, 2019
On International Women’s Day, CPJ highlights jailed female journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists, March 7, 2019
Meet the Chinese villagers who fear they can never escape the poverty trap
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2019
“The movement is clearly losing momentum”: Lu Pin on Chinese feminism
SupChina, March 8, 2019
Not girls, queens, or goddesses: Calls in China for a return to the real meaning of women’s day
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2019
Shining a light on Chinese workers
The New York Times, March 8, 2019
“China could have been a very different country”: A search for family reveals a lost moment
Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2019
“They took everyone from me”: Anger lingers 60 years after Tibet crackdown
The Guardian, March 10, 2019
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Agence France-Presse, March 10, 201960 years of occupation, 60 years of resistance: The anniversary of the 1959 Tibet uprising
International Tibet Network, March 10, 2019中国“平叛”和达赖喇嘛出走，其中的必然和偶然 (Inevitability and chance: China’s “suppressing rebellion” and the exile of Dalai Lama)
BBC News, March 9, 2019
Beijing “won’t allow Taiwan reunification to be postponed indefinitely”
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2019
When in Rome, do as the Chinese do
Deutsche Welle, March 9, 2019
U.S. envoy for religious freedom slams China during Hong Kong visit
Reuters, March 8, 2019
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U.S. hasn’t ruled out sanctions on China as it pushes “religious freedom agenda” with Beijing, American envoy says
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2019“Chinese government is at war with faith,” U.S. envoy for religious freedom Sam Brownback tells Hong Kong FCC
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2019
Canadian police probe online abuse of ethnic Tibetan student union president
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2019
Chinese universities urged to do more to fight sexual harassment in wake of #MeToo cases
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2019
China experiences a fracking boom, and all the problems that go with it
The New York Times, March 8, 2019
Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy an epoch-making milestone in China’s diplomatic theory: Foreign Minister
Xinhua, March 8, 2019
中国两会：官员警告基因编辑和人工智能的法律挑战 (Two Congresses: Officials warn of legal challenges in genetic engineering and artificial intelligence)
BBC News, March 9, 2019
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百度董事長倡政府帶頭研究人工智能倫理工作 (Baidu CEO urges government to take lead on moral development for artificial intelligence)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 10, 2019
Despite gains, gender inequality still a bug for China’s tech world
Tech Node, March 8, 2019
Beijing backs Huawei in legal fight against “groundless provocations” from U.S. for the first time
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2019
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王毅：公道自在人心，正义终将到来 (Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, describes Huawei case as “deliberate political repression”)
Legal Daily, March 8, 2019
Spy fears spread to power cords, driving shift from China
Nikkei Asian Review, March 8, 2019
“Extradite killers first; worry about white-collar crimes later,” says former Hong Kong police chief on Security Bureau’s plan for fugitive transfers
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2019
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“Utter nonsense”: Taiwan denies it requested Hong Kong extradition law update, rebutting Beijing loyalist Maria Tam
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2019
Gender bias is a problem in Hong Kong’s legal profession, Justice Minister Teresa Cheng says on International Women’s Day
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2019
Penalized students at Hong Kong Polytechnic University decry “white terror” over free speech row
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2019
菲傭確診患癌即被炒 向勞工處平機會投訴 CNN 等外媒報道 (Domestic helper fired after cancer diagnosis, seeks help from authorities and crowdfunds medical fees)
The Stand News, March 8, 2019
當人們還在用「口訣」公投，民主的資訊不對等就仍存在 (How using slogans for referendums causes information inequality)
The News Lens, March 11, 2019
The case of Gui Minhai: The Rushdie affair revisited - with less bloodshed and less international interest
Hong Kong Free Press, March 10, 2019
China’s model of Internet censorship is being copied across the world, says author James Griffiths
Hong Kong Free Press, March 10, 2019
香港土地發展，重奪主導權比造地供應更關鍵，但時間不多了 (Regaining control is more vital than creating supply for Hong Kong’s land development, but we are running out of time)
Inmediahk.net, March 10, 2019
白信：新疆的「漢化」，還是內地的「疆化」？——新疆紀行之三 (Is Xinjiang increasingly Han, or is mainland becoming more like Xinjiang?)
The Initium, March 9, 2019
The Chinese Communist Party is still afraid of Sun Yat-sen’s shadow
Foreign Policy, March 8, 2019
Freed Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong “threatens to protest if reunion with wife and daughter is blocked”
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2019
Background: Tashi Wangchuk 扎西文色
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 7, 2019
Background: Sun Lin 孙林
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 7, 2019
Podcast: Rights lawyering in China – Teng Biao
Center for the Study of Contemporary China, March 5, 2019
最高检、国务院扶贫办要求加强司法救助 (Supreme People's Procuratorate and Office on Poverty Alleviation issue opinion on improving legal aid)
People’s Daily, March 8, 2019
Anne-Marie Brady blocked from foreign interference inquiry
Newsroom NZ, March 8, 2019
言论空间恶化 中国问题学者胡星斗宣布禁声 (Chinese scholar stops speaking to media, says no room left for independent thought in China)
Voice of America, March 8, 2019
Chinese state media editorials, written by no one ever
SupChina, March 7, 2019
China recruits Westerners to sell its “democracy”
The Economist, March 7, 2019
侦破案件5.7万余起 抓获嫌疑人8.3万余名, 公安部“净网2018”专项行动取得显著成效 (In 2018, Ministry of Public Security arrested 83,000 for cybercrimes, punished 34,000 Internet companies, removed 4.29 million pieces of illegal information)
Legal Daily, March 7, 2019
微信关停一批宣扬污丧文化低俗内容账号,净化网络生态需多方共治形成合力 (WeChat banned 40,000 public accounts for publishing “vulgar,” “dispiriting,” “exaggerated” content)
Legal Daily, March 7, 2019
“扫黄打非”办：违规登载新闻信息 “华尔街见闻”被处罚 (Internet company WallStreetCn punished for publishing news information on website, app without news license)
Legal Daily, March 6, 2019
What Chinese women really want when it comes to children and reproductive rights
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2019
中国两会之际 “天安门母亲”再向领导人发公开信
Tiananmen Mothers hit out at Communist Party's “rewriting of history” after massacre
Radio Free Asia, March 7, 2019
709 律師家屬 在彼岸的愛與恨 專訪江天勇妻子金變玲 (“Love and hate from across the ocean”: Interview with Jin Bianling, wife of 709 lawyer Jiang Tianyong)
The Stand News, March 7, 2019
兩會期間被監視 維權律師余文生妻遭限制出門 (709 lawyer Yu Wensheng’s wife monitored, surveilled during Two Congresses, blocked from leaving home)
The Stand News, March 7, 2019
一位六四艺术品保存者的喜与忧 (The joy and worries of the keeper of June Fourth artworks)
Voice of America, March 9, 2019
“三八”国际妇女节中外妇女招待会在京举行 (At reception with foreign women, Shen Yueyue, Vice-Chairman of NPC Standing Committee and President of All-China Women's Federation, urges women to “conscientiously listen to the Party, firmly follow the Party”)
Central People’s Government, March 7, 2019
习近平“两会”白发形象引发热议
With streaks of gray hair, Xi Jinping of China breaks with tradition
The New York Times, March 8, 2019
China chat log leak shows scope of surveillance
France 24, March 7, 2019
As anniversaries loom, China is snooping on Tibetans; Foreign tourists are being shut out of Tibet, too
The Economist, March 7, 2019
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西藏起义敏感年拉萨市长罕见确认限制宗教活动 (In rare admission, Lhasa Mayor says restrictions on religious activities tighten during sensitive year of uprising anniversary)
Voice of America, March 7, 2019
Foreign leaders, including from Saudi Arabia and China, lavish Trump with $140,000 in gifts
Associated Press, March 7, 2019
Diplomatic outbursts mar Xi's plan to raise China on the world stage
Bloomberg, March 7, 2019
China’s tech strategy all talk, no action and a waste of taxpayers’ money, says its former finance minister Lou Jiwei
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2019
华为对美国政府提起诉讼
Huawei sues U.S. government over what it calls an unfair ban
The New York Times, March 7, 2019
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Long before Trump’s trade war with China, Huawei’s activities were secretly tracked
The Age, March 6, 2019
UK freezes bank accounts of students from China
Global Times, March 6, 2019
“I feel lost”: Fired cancer patient exposes plight of Hong Kong’s domestic workers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2019
理大集會反對校方重罰學生 停學一年前學生會會長：不後悔、不畏懼 (Hong Kong Polytechnic University students protest heavy punishments following “democracy wall” incident, former student union president: No regrets, no fear)
The Stand News, March 7, 2019
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Hundreds protest Hong Kong student's expulsion from university in row over free speech
Reuters, March 7, 2019
【移交逃犯】晤李家超 專業議政：感覺唔到政府有任何讓步 (Legislators meet with Security Bureau chief, says no sign government will make any concessions on extradition laws amendments)
The Stand News, March 7, 2019
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Ex-Hong Kong chief secretary Henry Tang and Exco member Jeffrey Lam join business sector in criticising extradition deal with mainland China
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2019【逃犯條例】涂謹申：台灣意識「被過橋」 港府拒商討極不禮貌 (Legislator visits Taiwan regarding extradition amendments: Hong Kong government’s refusal to consult Taiwan is impolite and leaves it feeling used)
Inmediahk.net, March 8, 2019An update to Hong Kong’s extradition law with China could be crippling for human rights – especially for foreigners
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2019
Hong Kong diplomats visit China’s Greater Bay Area as Pearl River Delta seeks new image
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2019
Stranded Saudi sisters fleeing abuse back home allowed to stay in Hong Kong till April 8
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2019
The Dalai Lama has been the face of Buddhism for 60 years. China wants to change that
Time, March 7, 2019
What China’s Greater Bay Area plan means for Taiwan
The Diplomat, March 8, 2019
Int’l Women’s Day: Hong Kong is not a welcoming city for women, working women or working mothers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2019
This International Women’s Day, support liberal democracy by defending women’s rights against authoritarianism
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2019
China's women's movement has not only survived an intense crackdown, it's grown
The Guardian, March 7, 2019
白信：「新大漢主義」的興起及其「內亞」意義——新疆紀行之二 (Rise of the “New Big Han” ideology and its implications for inner-Asia)
The Initium, March 7, 2019
Bachelet presses China for UN access to Xinjiang's Uyghurs
Reuters, March 6, 2019
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联合国人权官员希望前往新疆核实大规模人员失踪及关押报道 (UN High Commissioner Bachelet presses for access to Xinjiang to verify reports of mass disappearances and detention)
Voice of America, March 7, 2019High Commissioner Bachelet calls on States to take strong action against inequalities
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 6, 2019
“The Night Is Thick”: Uyghur poets respond to the disappearance of their relatives
SupChina, March 6, 2019
5 years after death in custody of Cao Shunli, HRDs in China continue to face same pattern of abuse
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 6, 2019
China arrests its chief of submarine research because he “obtained Canadian nationality”
Ottawa Citizen, March 5, 2019
Data analysis account wiped amid Twitter crackdown
China Digital Times, March 6, 2019
China’s all-seeing social credit system stops actresses and academics
Sydney Morning Herald, March 6, 2019
U.S.-China trade war suspicions have had chilling effect on Beijing’s Thousand Talents Plan
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2019
Yang Kuang burned a Chinese flag outside Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s court hearing in Vancouver – here’s why
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2019
More Shanghai babies given mother’s surname as China’s old patriarchal traditions start to fade
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2019
挑衅、脆弱与自由：任航作品中的非典型中国
Ren Hang’s provocative photographs show a China we rarely see
The New York Times, March 6, 2019
Chinese school buys its pupils tracking bracelets – then vows to consult them after online backlash
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2019
Chinese women earn a fifth less than men and the gap is widening fast, survey by online recruiter Boss Zhipin finds
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2019
北京关于司法与新闻两套话语令人困惑 (Beijing’s propaganda narratives are increasingly contradictory and confusing)
Voice of America, March 7, 2019
Beijing plans to continue tightening grip on Christianity and Islam as China pushes ahead with the “Sinicisation of religion”
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2019
Ningxia sets up democratic system to select imams for mosques
Global Times, March 6, 2019
Italy set to formally endorse China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Financial Times, March 6, 2019
Pension contribution rates for employers across China cut to 16 percent
China Labour Bulletin, March 6, 2019
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China’s pension system is not aging well
The Diplomat, March 6, 2019
Tibetans restricted in Sichuan, Gansu ahead of uprising anniversary
Radio Free Asia, March 6, 2019
No head for heights: China defends Tibet travel restrictions
Reuters, March 6, 2019
Lhasa uses facial recognition, big data analysis in new taxies
Global Times, March 5, 2019