On this day — May 3, 1989:Journalists petition: Journalists draft a petition to the Party Central Committee asking for a dialogue with the government. They collect more than 1,000 signatures and resolve to demonstrate on the next day to call for press freedom.
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30 years ago: Students network nationally
China Digital Times, May 2, 2019
Chinese vaccine activist formally arrested, will likely face jail over campaign
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2019
中法启动法律和司法对话机制 (China signs agreement with France to bolster “technical cooperation” between their judiciaries)
Legal Daily, May 1, 2019
无国界记者呼吁披露人民日报前高层坠楼内幕 (Reporters Without Borders urges proper disclosure of facts on suicide of former editor of People’s Daily’s News Front magazine)
Voice of America, May 3, 2019
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China must shed light on the suspicious death of former editor-in-chief of News Front magazine
Reporters Without Borders, May 2, 2019
Taiwan warns of Chinese influence tactics in run-up to presidential poll
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2019
五四百年来临 北大多位左翼学生劳动节实习遭集体失踪 (5 Peking University students have disappeared since the eve of Labor Day)
Voice of America, May 2, 2019
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「我輩未能躬逢其盛 但黑暗既在 壓迫仍舊」 延續五四精神 北大生無懼打壓撐工運 (In the face of a never-ending crackdown, Peking University students stand strong in support of labor movements, honoring the spirit of May Fourth)
Ming Pao, May 3, 2019China seeks to quell debate ahead of May 4
Financial Times, May 3, 2019
Frontline trade union officials kept in the dark as leaders hold meetings
China Labour Bulletin, May 2, 2019
The Communist Party grapples with a momentous anniversary
The Economist, May 2, 2019
Party loyalty in China helps private companies get cheaper loans
Bloomberg News, May 2, 2019
Pro-establishment lawmakers urge Carrie Lam to back down on controversial extradition bill; adviser says safeguards can be added
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2019
Long hours, low pay: Meet 8 Hong Kong worker groups airing grievances at the annual Labour Day march
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2019
郭紹傑被日本關押逾4個月 批評特區政府沒協助 (Hong Kong activist detained in Japan over protest in Yasukuni Shrine criticizes lack of assistance from Hong Kong government)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 2, 2019
Greenpeace blasts Hong Kong government over new air quality objectives, estimating 2,000 extra deaths each year from pollution
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2019
New Hong Kong Watch report exposes widespread business fears about the Extradition Law
Hong Kong Watch, May 1, 2019
「漢文化圈」就是「中國的」，這種看法不但錯誤，而且有害 (Viewing the Sinosphere as belonging to China is not only wrong, but harmful)
The News Lens, May 3, 2019
五四运动百年：现代文明与野蛮落后的缠斗 (100 years since the May Fourth movement: Wrestling between modernity and the past)
BBC, May 3, 2019
Hong Kong: Business must pay heed to the erosion of freedoms
Financial Times, May 2, 2019
China cracks down in Asia’s once freest city
Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2019
Flawed study of self-immolation and Tibetan violence raises questions on London stage
International Campaign for Tibet, May 1, 2019
How mass surveillance works in Xinjiang, China: “Reverse engineering” police app reveals profiling and monitoring strategies
Human Rights Watch, May 2, 2019
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China’s algorithms of repression: Reverse engineering a Xinjiang police mass surveillance app
Human Rights Watch, May 1, 2019
US Sec. of State asks US business to think twice in China’s Xinjiang; compares crisis to 1930s Germany
Agence France-Presse, May 2, 2019
China hands death, suspended death sentences to Canadian, US citizens
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2019
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Chinese court sentences American Mark Swidan to death with two-year reprieve
Dui Hua, April 30, 2019
河南疫苗受害家长何方美 遭“寻滋罪”批捕 (Two months into detention, Henan vaccine scandal parent formally arrested for “picking quarrels”)
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2019
中国司法里的“敏感”案件和党的领导 (A study of “sensitive” cases and CPC leadership in China’s judicial system)
BBC, May 1, 2019
广西律师陈家鸿被抓 书法惹祸？(Guangxi rights lawyer arrested over his calligraphy)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2019
Xi repeatedly urges China’s youth to follow the CCP
The Diplomat, May 2, 2019
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President Xi's May Fourth speech to youth “distorts history, reality”: Analysts
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2019紀念五四100周年大會高規格舉行 6點寄語青年 習：不愛國很丟臉 (“It is very shameful to not be patriotic,” says Xi Jinping to China’s youth on anniversary of May Fourth Movement, stressing importance to to uphold Party rule)
Ming Pao, May 1, 2019
“失踪”班禅喇嘛生日 中国藏区监控升级 (Surveillance in Tibet intensifies on birthday of disappeared Panchen Lama)
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2019
WeChat blocks petition backing woman accusing tech mogul of rape
Inkstone, April 30, 2019
Brill severs ties with Chinese publisher
Inside Higher Ed, April 29, 2019
Six Marxist students vanish in China in the lead up to Labor Day
CNN, May 2, 2019
Taiwan rights groups call on Beijing to allow visits to jailed rights lawyer
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2019
HRIC Note: Wang Quanzhang was sentenced in January, after three years of incommunicado detention.
Liu Xia rebuilds her career as an artist
The New Yorker, April 30, 2019
艾未未加拿大影展 呼吁关注中国人权 (Ai Weiwei premieres new film “The Rest” at film festival in Canada, calls for attention on human rights abuses in China)
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2019
Uyghur Indiana University student fights to free father Ilham Tohti from imprisonment in China
Indiana Daily Student, April 30, 2019
This is the resistance to China’s influence in Canada, and this is their moment
The Star, April 30, 2019
Beijing “loses all hope for Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen” as she rallies Washington
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2019
昔五四運動起點 今愛國教育「課室」 參觀北大紅樓展 團體：上級指示任務 (Birthplace of May Fourth movement, Peking University Red Building is now “patriotism” exhibition hall for mandatory visits by government officials)
Ming Pao, May 2, 2019
Pressure mounts for Canada to push back against China in largely one-sided feud
National Post, May 1, 2019
中國取消布拉格愛樂所有演出，挺台市長：可以去台灣 (China cancels Prague orchestra tour after mayor’s “pro-Taiwan” actions)
The News Lens, April 30, 2019
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Prague mayor sending Philharmonic to Taiwan instead of China after Xi snub
Taiwan News, April 29, 2019
Qinghai passes rule to promote ethnic unity
Global Times, April 29, 2019
“Striding across the Pacific”: Huawei’s identity problem
The New York Times, May 1, 2019
China’s Tencent pitches vision of artificial intelligence ethics
Financial Times, May 1, 2019
Hong Kong elites and celebrities come together in patriotic anthem video for People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2019
近九成半受訪者同意香港應訂立基本居住標準 (Poll: 94% believe Hong Kong should establish standard on minimum living conditions)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 2, 2019
Legco showdown looms as Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing camp tries to control extradition bill process with bid to unseat committee chairman
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2019
How a student’s column in a US college newspaper sparked a fiery debate over “Hongkonger identity”
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2019
港大校友關注組發起聯署 力保戴耀廷教席 指現階段不適宜處理戴耀廷教席 (Hong Kong University alumni petition to preserve Benny Tai’s tenure)
The Stand News, April 30, 2019
1919 to 2019: A century of youth protest and ideological conflict around May 4
SupChina, May 1, 2019
The true cost of signing up with Huawei: There is nothing hysterical in doubting the wisdom of intimate contact with the CCP
Financial Times, April 30, 2019
Huawei crisis offers chance to recast Canada-China relations
iPolitics, May 1, 2019
With lives at stake, Canada’s misguided vision of China demands a careful reboot
Globe and Mail, April 30, 2019
30 years ago: Leaders meet with students
China Digital Times, April 30, 2019
China’s Xi looks to stoke nationalism as Tiananmen anniversary approaches
Washington Post, April 30, 2019
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China's Xi appeals to youth patriotism on centenary of student protests
Reuters, April 30, 2019
“Truth hidden in the dark”: Chinese international student responses to Xinjiang
SupChina, May 1, 2019
China’s Xinjiang an “enormous risk” for US business, Pompeo warns
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2019
China frees “lost” Uighur wives but at a price, families say
Channel NewsAsia, April 30, 2019
UN chief Antonio Guterres raised “situation in Xinjiang” in talks with Xi Jinping
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2019
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China defends Xinjiang crackdown after UN chief raises issue
Channel NewsAsia, April 30, 2019
Three Tibetans are detained for calling for Panchen Lama's release
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2019
Labor editors “at risk of torture”, dozens of labor activists behind bars
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2019