June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)

On This Day — May 21, 1989: One million march: More than one million people defy martial law and successfully block soldiers from entering central Beijing.
See HRIC chronology and resources.

Related:
HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project: profiles of June Fourth Victims
‐ Project subsite homepage
‐ HRIC statement
‐ Profiles of the “Unforgotten”

Families of Tiananmen massacre victims under surveillance ahead of anniversary
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2019

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六四臨近 當局逼丁子霖離京限通訊 (As June Fourth anniversary approaches, Tiananmen Mothers under surveillance, Ding Zilin forced to leave Beijing, unable to receive phone calls)
Ming Pao, May 21, 2019

30 years ago: Troops sent to Beijing
China Digital Times, May 20, 2019

四川独立电影拍摄者邓传彬（网名晃晃）疑因推特发布“六四酒瓶”照片遭刑事拘留 (Sichuan independent filmmaker Deng Chuanbin detained for tweeting photo of June Fourth liquor bottle)
Weiquanwang, May 18, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang re-education camp detainees appointed “crying time” every two weeks
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2019

Pakistan’s silence on fasting ban for China Uighurs riles activists
Nikkei Asian Review, May 20, 2019

Empty Uyghur mosques during Ramadan in China
Milestones Journal, May 18, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Jailed Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang appeared “gaunt and lethargic” in new video, wife says
Hong Kong Free Press, May 21, 2019

Another Chinese activist leaves prison gravely ill: Ji Sizun’s family has difficulty visiting him in hospital
Human Rights Watch, May 20, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Taiwan’s top diplomat says Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper is “commie brainwasher” that “sucks”
Japan Times, May 19, 2019

China goes all out to fight claims of purge of diplomats
Daily Nation, May 19, 2019

Trade tensions and national dignity
China Media Project, May 17, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Netizen voices: Creditizing “uncivilized” metro behavior
China Digital Times, May 20, 2019

Chinese netizens have fun with the trade war
Epoch Times, May 20, 2019

Falun Gong spreading in North Korea despite crackdown
Chosun Ilbo, May 20, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

How standing up to Xi Jinping could help Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen come back from the political dead
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2019

台湾十四个友邦在WHO提案要求邀请台湾参与世界卫生大会 (14 countries join motion to include Taiwan as observer in World Health Organization annual Assembly, against China’s objection)
Radio France Internationale, May 20, 2019

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China bars Taiwan from World Health Assembly
Voice of America, May 20, 2019

Australia’s China challenge
The New York Times, May 20, 2019

Three-Self churches ripped apart in Henan Province
Bitter Winter, May 20, 2019

Homeless and penniless after temple demolitions
Bitter Winter, May 20, 2019

Oppressed, enslaved and brutalised: The women trafficked from North Korea into China's sex trade
The Telegraph, May 20, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

As Huawei loses Google, the U.S.-China tech cold war gets its iron curtain
The New York Times, May 20, 2019

禁令影响加剧 人脸识别技术商Lumentum断供华为 (Following ban, facial recognition tech company Lumentum ceases supply to Huawei)
Voice of America, May 21, 2019

A huge Chinese video app is charging people, draining their batteries, and exposing data without their knowledge
BuzzFeed News, May 19, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong extradition bill to bypass legislative committee scrutiny, as gov’t fast-tracks controversial law
Hong Kong Free Press, May 20, 2019

Related:
【新聞通識】《逃犯條例》修訂草案的立法程序 (Explainer: What is the legislative procedure for extradition law amendment bill?)
The Stand News, May 20, 2019

國泰兩男拖手海報　廣告主角回應：什麼人都有愛與被愛的權利 (Model in Cathay Pacific pro-LGBT advertisement speaks up in support of equality: Everyone has the right to love and be loved)
The Stand News, May 21, 2019

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Hong Kong’s MTR Corp reverses ban on Cathay Pacific same-sex ad after LGBT outcry
South China Morning Post, May 21, 2019

【逃犯條例】林鄭現身《明報》酒會　程展緯、黃宇軒場內舉反修例標語 (Carrie Lam attends Ming Pao anniversary event, is met with silent protest from journalists)
The Stand News, May 20, 2019

Hong Kong extradition bill: “A massacre of our freedom” – media tycoon Jimmy Lai blasts Chief Exec. Carrie Lam as “evil”
Hong Kong Free Press, May 21, 2019

Investigation ordered over claims of Hong Kong legislative employees being filtered by political stance
Hong Kong Free Press, May 20, 2019

Commentary (评论)

“六四”30周年，中国民主希望何在 (30 years after June Fourth, where is the hope for China’s democracy?)
The New York Times, May 21, 2019

What would amending Hong Kong’s law on extradition mean for international non-profits?
ChinaFile, May 20, 2019

Who will speak for Serikzhan Bilash? Not Washington
The Diplomat, May 20, 2019

A price to pay: A young activist’s fight for free elections in Hong Kong
World Magazine, May 2019

June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)

On This Day — May 20, 1989: Martial law takes effect at 10:00 a.m.: PLA units are ordered to clear Tiananmen Square and return order to the city: “Demonstrations, petitioning, class boycotts, strikes . . . are prohibited . . . [A]rmed police and People’s Liberation Army soldiers have the right to exercise any force necessary to stop or prevent any violation of martial law orders.”
See HRIC chronology and resources.

Blood red anxiety: How Tiananmen coloured the world of Chinese artist Chen Guang
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2019

30 years ago: Zhao Ziyang: “We came too late”
China Digital Times, May 19, 2019

台北“六四研讨会” 王丹以十六字揭幕 (“Never forget, never give up, reunite, and start again,” says Wang Dan at opening ceremony of June Fourth symposium in Taipei)
Deutsche Welle, May 18, 2019

Related:
HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project: profiles of June Fourth Victims
‐ Project subsite homepage
‐ HRIC statement
‐ Profiles of the “Unforgotten”

30 years ago: Li Peng meets student representatives
China Digital Times, May 18, 2019

Explainer: 30 years on, the troubled history of Tiananmen Square’s Goddess of Democracy
Hong Kong Free Press, May 19, 2019

30 years ago: Gorbachev calls protesters “hotheads”
China Digital Times, May 17, 2019

“We saw humanity”: A Chinese student on the day Bob Hawke wept over Tiananmen
The Guardian, May 17, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China pushes inter-ethnic marriage in Xinjiang assimilation drive
Agence France-Presse, May 18, 2019

Diplomat confirms limits on Ramadan in Xinjiang
Voice of America, May 16, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

狱中维权律师王全璋妻子将赴山东临沂监狱抗议要求依法探视 (Li Wenzu, wife of jailed 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang, to protest at prison, demand visit) Voice of America, May 18, 2019

China hands Japanese man 5.5 yrs in prison for state secret theft
Kyodo News, May 17, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Hong Kong media must “tell the Greater Bay Area story well,” says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam and China propaganda chief
Hong Kong Free Press, May 20, 2019

Related:
內地學者稱需加強傳播人才國家民族認同感 (Mainland journalism scholar: Need to strengthen sense of national identity among media personnel)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 19, 2019

Taiwan loses Asia’s press-freedom top spot – but still pretty good
Asia Times, May 18, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Taiwan’s LGBT+ community celebrates historic same-sex marriage ruling: “First in Asia!”
Independent, May 18, 2019

Related:
台湾同性婚姻合法化的背后 (Background on Taiwan’s legalization of same-sex marriage)
Financial Times, May 17, 2019

Why Alabama’s new abortion ban has touched a raw nerve in China
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

证监前主席刘士余传违法 中媒列举特殊之处 (Former chief of China Securities Regulatory Commission surrenders to investigation by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection)
Deutsche Welle, May 20, 2019

U.S. Ambassador to China visiting Tibet this week
Reuters, May 20, 2019

Dalai Lama reveals India veto of Xi meeting
Taipei Times, May 20, 2019

Taiwan warns that freezing it out of annual World Health Organisation summit could backfire ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Kyodo News, May 19, 2019

China's communists fund Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party: What the United States Congress was told
New Zealand Herald, May 16, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist - source
Reuters, May 20, 2019

Related:
Intel and Qualcomm reportedly join Google in Huawei ban
The Verge, May 19, 2019

Inside the secretive Chinese telecom that Trump just banned
Vice News, May 18, 2019

What happens when China builds your country’s internet
Quartz, May 18, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Cathay Pacific advert showing same-sex couple banned from Hong Kong’s MTR and airport
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2019

邵家臻再向懲教署申請外出往立法會 (Jailed lawmaker Bottle Siu makes second application to attend LegCo meeting on employee working conditions)
Ming Pao, May 19, 2019

Hong Kong LGBT community calls on government to follow Taiwan’s lead on legalising same-sex marriage, but equality watchdog rejects move
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2019

Giant banner urging Carrie Lam to resign appears on Kowloon hilltop, as Hong Kong extradition row rolls on
Hong Kong Free Press, May 17, 2019

【逃犯條例】譚惠珠：草案直上大會非常合理　時間上理所當然 (After meeting in Liaison Office, vice-chair of Committee for the Basic Law Maria Tam says: “Very reasonable” to for extradition bill to skip Bills Committee review)
Ming Pao, 20, 2019

Beijing’s top man in Hong Kong lashes out at international critics of contentious extradition bill and vows to “take them on all the way”
t South China Morning Post, May 17, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong’s extradition proposal could undermine rule of law and competitiveness, says Tara Joseph of the American Chamber of Commerce
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2019

Commentary (评论)

廿年前早批移交談判困難，專訪國際法專家凌兵：《逃犯條例》修訂相當激進 (Interview with international law scholar Ling Bing: Government’s proposed extradition law amendments are “very radical”)
The Initium, May 20, 2019

“Defeat the evil law”: How an unlikely coalition could spell trouble Hong Kong’s extradition law plan
Hong Kong Free Press, May 20, 2019

反996運動全紀錄：想通過代碼改變世界的人，為何難以改變加班現狀？ (Reflecting on anti-996 movement: Why those who seek to change the world through coding find it hard to change work hours)
The Initium, May 20, 2019

The demise of Hong Kong: An extradition law means the end of “one country, two systems”
Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2019

30 years on from Tiananmen Square crackdown, why Beijing still thinks it got it right
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2019

Public’s right to information must be protected by law
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2019

China wants us to forget the horrors of Tiananmen as it rewrites its history
The Guardian, May 19, 2019

Comparing Hong Kong’s extradition bill with other international, law-abiding agreements is misleading
Hong Kong Free Press, May 19, 2019

The cruel irony of China’s celebration of Asian cultures
The Diplomat, May 18, 2019

June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)

On This Day — May 17, 1989: Intellectuals’ response: Prominent intellectuals (incl. Yan Jiaqi, Bao Zunxin) draft declaration urging government to recognize the legitimacy of the Students’ Autonomous Federation, promote political reform, eliminate corruption, and respect freedoms of press, thought, assembly

March of over one million: More than one million people march in Beijing, including workers, All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) officials, journalists, doctors, and nurses.
See HRIC chronology and resources.

30 years ago: Gorbachev meets Deng; protests grow
China Digital Times, May 16, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China tells Turkey to support its fight against Uighur militants
Reuters, May 17, 2019

Western companies get tangled in China’s Muslim clampdown
Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2019

China’s effort to silence the sound of Uyghur: A key part of China’s campaign against Uyghur identity is a crackdown on the Uyghur language
The Diplomat, May 16, 2019

Related:
China marginalizing language in bid to “eradicate the ethnic identity” of Uyghurs: Uyghur Human Rights Project
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2019