EU rejects China’s offer of Xinjiang tour, but says it’s open to one later
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2019
“Hanification”: Uyghur children cut off from their roots
Bitter Winter, March 23, 2019
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China detains several social economic rights defenders days after UN rights review ends
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 26, 2019
【中國司法】危志立被捕五天無音訊 妻鄭楚然：我們的合法權利都被當玩笑嗎？(Labor-rights activist Wei Zhili missing for 5 days, concerns mount as wife Zheng Churan’s WeChat is blocked)
The Stand News, March 26, 2019
中国打压基督教行动下，牧师王怡的信仰和抗争
This Chinese Christian was charged with trying to subvert the state
The New York Times, March 26, 2019
中国左翼网站编辑被以“颠覆罪”拘留
Chinese police hold Maoist editor on “subversion” charges
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2019
Guangxi police investigating teenager’s false detention
Sixth Tone, March 25, 2019
河北网民翻墙转推被行政拘留 (Hebei citizen under administrative detention for retweeting “inappropriate messages”)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
微博加大打击刷榜力度：对流量异常搜索词及指向对象连带处置 (To combat “click farming,” Weibo introduces 3-month ban on “unusually popular” content from search results, including pop stars, TV shows, events)
The Paper, March 25, 2019
China reportedly banning all new period dramas until June 2019
Mothership, March 26, 2019
“A new world order”: China’s press freedom crackdown poses a threat to international democracies, says media watchdog
Hong Kong Free Press, March 25, 2019
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国际组织关注中国威胁新闻自由 (Reporters Without Borders warns of China’s threat to global press freedom)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2019Report: China’s pursuit of a new world media order
Reporters Without Borders, March 25, 2019
Chinese academic fired after public criticism of Party leadership
Financial Times, March 25, 2019
Pulp friction: Chinese city shreds maps showing Taiwan as a country
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2019
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山东省“问题地图”查处情况现场通报会在青岛召开 (Shandong provincial authorities tackle “problematic maps” that show Taiwan as country, which could “be hyped by people with ulterior motive from international community,” “seriously threaten national security.””)
The Paper, March 24, 2019
穿「和服」賞櫻遭武漢大學保安暴力制止 當事人：我穿的是唐裝 (Wuhan university student assaulted by campus police for wearing kimono-inspired attire while taking photos with cherry blossoms)
The Stand News, March 25, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
中国环保人士在江苏化工厂大爆炸现场调研遭警察“寻滋”调查 (Environmentalist conducting on-site assessment of chemical plant explosion detained by police for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”)
Voice of America, March 25, 2019
Tibetans and Uyghurs urge Macron to pressure Xi Jinping on human rights
Radio France Internationale, March 25, 2019
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习近平访问欧洲 人权组织示威抗议 (Human rights organizations protest China’s human rights abuses as Xi Jinping tours Europe)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
U.S. says China “systematically” impedes diplomats, journalists, citizens from visiting Tibet
Hong Kong Free Press, March 26, 2019
Chinese police maintain presence in Tibetan monastery despite passage of uprising anniversaries
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2019
IADB cancels China meeting after Beijing bars Venezuela representative
Reuters, March 23, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
This small team is building a social credit system app for China’s youth to determine who’s naughty or nice
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2019
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Life as one of China’s 13 million “deadbeats” means slow trains, special ring tone
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2019
An AI data leak case misunderstood by multiple parties: 5 key clues to get to the truth
ChinAI Newsletter, March 25, 2019
U.S. firms register as foreign agents of embattled Chinese telecom giant Huawei
Open Secrets, March 22, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s former No. 2 Anson Chan urges Americans who do business in city to protest proposed change in fugitive transfer law
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2019
Related:
Taiwan could issue travel alert for Hong Kong if proposed extradition update passes
Hong Kong Free Press, March 25, 2019
After tearful apology, ex-Hong Kong official Patrick Ho gets “truly merciful” 3-year sentence in U.S. bribery and money laundering case
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Government must win back the trust of Hong Kong’s youth
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2019
【識條鐵】東大嶼人工島隱藏高鐵支線大FACT CHECK (Hidden high-speed rail project for Lantau Tomorrow Vision: Fact Check)
Inmediahk.net, March 25, 2019
《紅色滲透》：從暗渡陳倉到大張旗鼓，中共勢力如何逐步滲入台灣媒體？(From secret advancements to outright war cries: How CPC influence gradually infiltrates Taiwan’s media)
The News Lens, March 25, 2019
China cannot prettify the human rights catastrophe in Xinjiang
Washington Post, March 25, 2019
Beijing's credibility deficit: Xi cannot win business people’s confidence without economic and political liberalization
Nikkei Asian Review, March 22, 2019
Monday, March 25, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
坚持不懈深化反恐怖斗争 以优异成绩庆祝新中国成立70周年 (Zhao Kezhi, Minister of Public Security: “ We must intensify the support for counterterrorism and stability maintenance work in Xinjiang” d)
Legal Daily, March 25, 2019
U.S. official denounces “choreographed” visits to China’s Xinjiang
Reuters, March 24, 2019
Architect of China’s Muslim camps Chen Quanguo expected to stay on in Xinjiang for now
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2019
Uyghur Muslims forbidden to pray or grow beards in China’s “re-education” camps, former detainee reveals
The Independent, March 23, 2019
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Eat pork, speak Chinese, no beards: Muslim former detainee tells of China camp trauma
Agence France-Presse, March 22, 2019
Turkey treads tricky path with China’s Muslim minorities
Agence France-Presse, March 22, 2019
China’s Uyghur detention camps may be the largest mass incarceration since the Holocaust
The New Statesman, March 21, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
公共法律服务建设正当时 法律援助全力参与见实效 (Government strengthens legal aid services; encourages public awareness, increased use of assistance)
Legal Daily, March 24, 2019
Court in China’s Sichuan postpones trial of Tiananmen massacre liquor makers
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2019
Background: Ge Jueping 戈觉平
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 22, 2019
Labor rights website editor Wei Zhili arrested in China; another is missing
Committee to Protect Journalists, March 21, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
中国官员恐吓意大利女记者引抗议 (Chinese officials threaten Italian reporter during Xi’s visit, politicians speak out)
Voice of America, March 25, 2019
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Italian Journalist 'Threatened' by Chinese Official in Rome: Newspaper
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2019
限古令升級 禁播至6月 網絡影視平台古裝片銳減 (China blocks historical dramas on all platforms until June, condemns “twisting history” for entertainment)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2019
China now has an elite league of “red” universities
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2019
China and global academic freedom
China Digital Times, March 22, 2019
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NYC forum stresses educational exchange between U.S., China
Sina, March 24, 2019
Learning English is OK, says Party-backed media
Sixth Tone, March 21, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Wife of vanished Chinese Interpol chief Meng Hongwei urges French President Emmanuel Macron to raise case with Xi Jinping
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2019
中国推特用户再被抓 疫苗维权人士遭刑拘 (Chinese citizen arrested for using Twitter to “spread inappropriate content”; activists in vaccine scandal under administrative detention)
Voice of America, March 25, 2019
中国公民运动人士丁家喜被禁出境 (Headedto Hong Kong, Chinese lawyer and activist Ding Jiaxi barred from leaving country)
Voice of America, March 24, 2019
China risks “the legitimacy of the Communist Party’s regime” without changes, says law professor
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
放开放宽城市落户限制 加快消除城乡户籍壁垒 都市圈发展催生新型户籍制度改革 (Urbanization is catalyst for hukou reform: New guiding opinion urges relaxation of relocation restrictions to facilitate flow of people)
Legal Daily, March 25, 2019
China pledges openness in hopes of reaching a trade deal
The New York Times, March 24, 2019
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當義大利向「一帶一路」低頭，中資帶來的會是期待還是傷害？ (As Italy bows down to BRI, would Chinese investments bring hope or harm?)
The News Lens, March 25, 2019
Macron, Merkel and Juncker to meet China’s Xi on Tuesday
Euroactiv, March 22, 2019
U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese companies for helping North Korea
Al Jazeera, March 22, 2019
China chemical plant blast kills 62; Xi orders probe
Reuters, March 22, 2019
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The day after the “3-21” devastating Yancheng explosion: 47 dead, 640 injured
What’s On Weibo, March 22, 2019
韓國瑜訪澳門再會「中聯辦」高層，學者憂北京在建立台灣「代理人」(Kaohsiung mayor’s visits to mainland liaison offices in Hong Kong, Macau spark concern of Beijing’s move to establish “agent” in Taiwan)
The News Lens, March 24, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
U.S. companies fuel surveillance in China as Chinese firms export it
China Digital Times, March 22, 2019
Finnish authorities to investigate Nokia-branded phones sending data to China
The Verge, March 22, 2019
Related:
Finland to investigate Nokia-branded phones after data breach report
Reuters, March 21, 2019
Apple’s Tim Cook urges China to continue to open up its economy
Agence France-Presse, March 23, 2019
AT&T CEO says China’s Huawei hinders carriers from shifting suppliers for 5G
Reuters, March 21, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
【逃犯條例】批建議損台灣人安全 台陸委會：倘修例 或對港發旅遊警示 (Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council says it might issue travel warning for Hong Kong if proposed extradition law amendments go through)
The Stand News, March 25, 2019
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Hong Kong’s plan to allow extraditions to mainland China and Taiwan likely to be uneven, scholars say
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2019
涉立會內搶行政主任手機案開審 許智峯否認控罪 (Trial begins for democrat Ted Hui’s phone-grabbing case, Hui denies all charges)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 25, 2019
Hong Kong’s former chief secretary Anson Chan says leaders need to do a better job assuring world that city remains autonomous
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2019
Related:
Hong Kong’s former No. 2 Anson Chan meets Mike Pence in Washington as U.S. report criticises Beijing “intervention” in city’s affairs
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2019
【暴動罪重審】德國會人權主席：裁決無改中國極權事實 港人展巨大勇氣承擔 (Gyde Jensen, head of German Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, says judgment in Edward Leung riot case does not change the fact of Chinese dictatorship)
The Stand News, March 24, 2019
Commentary (评论)
What will be left of Hong Kong’s autonomy in 2047?
Hong Kong Free Press, March 24, 2019
From hope to despair: How Carrie Lam’s governance is putting “one country, two systems” at risk
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2019
歐陽娜娜是不是台獨？「大祖國」時代的文革式批鬥 (Struggle session in the “Big Nation” age: Is Nana Ou-yang really pro-independence?)
The News Lens, March 24, 2019
Hong Kong’s solution to a housing problem that doesn’t exist: Dump HK$1 trillion into the sea off Lantau
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2019
Europe’s self obsession nurtured its naivety about China for the wrong reasons. It’s time for a reality check
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2019
Are Taiwan’s citizens willing to fight against China? According to a recent survey, the public in Taiwan is not war shy after all
The Diplomat, March 22, 2019
China’s reputation for long-range planning is wildly exaggerated
The Diplomat, March 22, 2019
China oppresses Muslims at home, countenances terror abroad
Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2019
Friday, March 22, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
网传新疆高校换校徽 新校徽去除维吾尔文 (Xinjiang universities remove Uyghur script from official logos)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2019
Sweden grants refugee status to China's Uyghur Muslims, prompting calls for UK to follow suit
The Independent, March 21, 2019
维吾尔公知相继失踪 民族文化命悬一线 (Uyghur culture on the brink of collapse, intellectuals disappear one by one)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Tibetan set to become world’s longest-serving political prisoner
Voice of America, March 21, 2019
Police detain labor activist Wei Zhili in southern China, wife says
Agence France-Presse, March 21, 2019
王全璋处境未明 家属往最高院申诉 (As Wang Quanzhang’s status remains unknown, wife Li Wenzu and other 709 families protest at Supreme People’s Court )
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2019
张军在全国检察机关学习贯彻全国两会精神电视电话会议上强调 把以人民为中心融入每一项检察工作中 (Supreme People’s Court urges “people-centered” trials, strengthened news and public opinion work by procuratorates)
Legal Daily, March 22, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Senior CPC official stresses building high-level think tanks
Sina, March 22, 2019
中國教育初創公司VIPKid整頓西方老師政治敏感言論
Chinese education startup puts Western teachers on notice
Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2019
China: Government threats to academic freedom abroad
Human Rights Watch, March 21, 2019
American colleges hosted “an important part of China’s propaganda set-up”; now they’re bailing out
Mother Jones, March 21, 2019
After New Zealand massacre, Islamophobia spreads on Chinese social media
Columbia Journalism Review, March 21, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese or Taiwanese? Nana Ou-Yang is at the center of a political firestorm
SupChina, March 21, 2019
多个人权组织要求马克龙向习近平提及人权问题 (Human rights organizations urge French president Macron to raise human rights issues with Xi Jinping in upcoming meeting)
Radio France Internationale, March 21, 2019
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