Erasing history: Why remember Tiananmen
ChinaFile, June 11, 2019
Related:
HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project: profiles of June Fourth Victims
‐ Project subsite homepage
‐ HRIC statement
‐ Profiles of the “Unforgotten”
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
担忧人权问题，新西兰法院驳回中国引渡嫌犯请求
New Zealand court, blocking extradition, is latest to rebuke China’s judiciary
The New York Times, June 12, 2019
Cyber police lists fighting extremism as priority
Global Times, June 11, 2019
Top court releases outline to strengthen enforcement of judgments
Xinhua, June 11, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
新闻自由系列：记者在中国频遭暴力骚扰恐吓 (Reporters Without Borders warns of violence and harassment against journalists in China)
Voice of America, June 12, 2019
Sensitive words: “Let’s go Hong Kong!”
China Digital Times, June 11, 2019
China launches activity to promote Long March spirit
Xinhua, June 11, 2019
Chinese celebrity's Weibo account blocked after criticizing Huawei
Global Times, June 11, 2019
Chinese blogger addresses Weibo’s “elephant in the room”
What’s On Weibo, June 10, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Polls are open as Taiwan’s president tries to fend off primary challenger
The Diplomat, June 11, 2019
Translation: “What’s the Point of Further Discussion?”
China Digital Times, June 9, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
A world safe for autocracy? China’s rise and the future of global politics
Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2019
China accused of using “Made in Vietnam” labels to dodge US tariffs
Sky News, June 11, 2019
China mobilises diplomats to drum up global support ahead of G20
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2019
Chinese Communist Party chief in Inner Mongolia’s capital becomes latest “tiger” snared in corruption crackdown
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2019
The latest targets of China’s anti-gang campaign? Hospitals
Caixin, June 11, 2019
要赢民心？中国官定十一世班禅喇嘛首次出访 (Panchen Lama takes first foreign trip in visit to Thailand)
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2019
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China says its Panchen Lama visited Thailand in May
Reuters, June 11, 2019
Is China’s college entrance exam testing political loyalty?
Inkstone, June 8, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Google moving some hardware production out of China to avoid US tariffs and increasingly hostile government in Beijing
Bloomberg, June 12, 2019
Apple’s U.S. iPhones can all be made outside of China if needed
Bloomberg, June 11, 2019
Taiwan bans China-made semiconductors from cable TV boxes, in line with new cybersecurity law
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2019
Top Japanese chip gear firm to honor U.S. blacklist of Chinese firms: Executive
Reuters, June 11, 2019
Inside Huawei’s secretive plans to develop an operating system to rival Google’s Android
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2019
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Huawei ships 1 million devices with its HongMeng OS
GS Marena, June 11, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Strikes, class boycotts and “picnics”: How ordinary people across Hong Kong are mobilising to take action against extradition bill
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2019
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【不斷更新】示威者成功佔據夏慤道 佔領運動場面重現 (Live updates: Occupation reemerges in fight against extradition bill as protestors seize major roads in Admiralty)
The Stand News, June 12, 2019Police and protesters clash as mass protests escalate in Hong Kong
Vox, June 12, 2019Hong Kong police declare China extradition protest 'a riot' as rubber bullets and tear gas fired at crowd
CNN, June 12, 2019文化界接力絕食抗議反送中 楊雪盈、黎明冀引起更多港人關注 (Three cultural groups go on hunger strike to protest extradition amendment bill)
Inmediahk.net, June 12, 2019
Hong Kong’s journalism watchdog says police “trampled on reporters’ rights” during extradition protest clashes
Hong Kong Free Press, June 12, 2019
Police in Central Hong Kong stop, search subway passengers ahead of vote
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2019
If Hong Kong extradition bill passes, what will happen?
USA Today, June 11, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong's extradition law: Not just “Hong Kong people” have reason to fear Chinese “justice”!
Jerome A. Cohen, June 12, 2019
Why the British government must speak up for the people of Hong Kong
New Statesman, June 11, 2019
The Guardian view on Hong Kong’s extradition protests: An essential stand
The Guardian, June 11, 2019
鄭煒：欠缺政治機會和組織的香港，為何突然走出社運低潮？ (Without political opportunity and proper mobilization, how did Hong Kong reinvigorate its social movements?)
The Initium, June 11, 2019
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)
30 Years Ago: Revenge of the Old Guard
China Digital Times, June 11, 2019
Related:
HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project: profiles of June Fourth Victims
‐ Project subsite homepage
‐ HRIC statement
‐ Profiles of the “Unforgotten”
Beyond Beijing: What China's 1989 Democracy Movement was like in Changsha
Global Voices, June 11, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
US envoy decries lack of response from Islamic world to China's attacks on Uighurs
The Guardian, June 11, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
New Zealand blocks extradition of murder suspect Kyung Kim to China, claiming torture is “systemic” and “widespread”
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2019
维权律师彭永和会见王默后遭威胁殴打 (Human rights lawyer Wei Yong beaten up after meeting with detained activist Wang Mo)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
「華爾街見聞」涉違《網安法》關網整改 (Finance news website shut down for violation of Cybersecurity Law)
Ming Pao, June 11, 2019
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China’s internet censor shuts financial news aggregator wallstreetcn.com amid worsening US relations over trade and tech
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
China’s feminist fight: #MeToo in the middle kingdom
Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China’s fragmented health care system under increasing pressure as nation rapidly ages
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2019
China’s aid to African leaders’ home regions nearly tripled after they assumed power
Quartz, June 10, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
“You're a moral vacuum”: Huawei executive confronted in astonishing scenes
Sydney Morning Herald, June 11, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong democrat Ted Hui sentenced to community service for snatching gov’t officer’s phone at legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, June 11, 2019
梁君彥僅留66小時審議送中惡法 料下周四表決 (LegCo chairman schedules only 66 hours of meeting over 7 continuous days for reviewing extradition bill; final voting expected on June 20)
Inmediahk.net, June 11, 2019
Hong Kong businesses vow to strike as anger over extradition bill grows
The Guardian, June 11, 2019
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【反送中】中學生紛發起網上聯署罷課 英華學生：我們決定爭取屬於自己的未來 (Secondary school students jointly petition to postpone exams and start class boycott as extradition amendments LegCo reading set to resume)
The Stand News, June 11, 2019【逃犯條例】教協周六辦集思會 籌備全港教師罷課 (Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union to plan city-wide class boycott)
Ming Pao, June 11, 2019【逃犯條例】52個社福、宗教團體發起6.12罷工 張超雄：迫不得已 (52 social-work and religious groups to strike on Wednesday and rally outside LegCo)
HK01, June 11, 2019
US State Department and UK’s Asia minister express support for Hongkongers protesting extradition bill
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2019
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U.S. warns extradition law changes may jeopardize Hong Kong's special status
Reuters, June 11, 2019
Armed radicals or indecisive and leaderless – who are the protesters who clashed violently with police after Hong Kong extradition bill march?
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2019
Commentary (评论)
A world safe for autocracy? China’s rise and the future of global politics
Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2019
Monday, June 10, 2019
June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)
On This Day — June 9, 1989: In a speech, Deng Xiaoping states that the government has suppressed a “counterrevolutionary rebellion . . . determined by the international and domestic climate” where the “dregs of society” had sought to “establish a bourgeois republic entirely dependent on the West.”
See HRIC chronology and resources.
Related:
HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project: profiles of June Fourth Victims
‐ Project subsite homepage
‐ HRIC statement
‐ Profiles of the “Unforgotten”
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Kazakhstan: Serikzhan Bilash remains under house arrest
Bitter Winter, June 8, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Western news sites blocked amid chill on Chinese media
China Digital Times, June 9, 2019
Related:
China adds Washington Post, Guardian to 'great firewall' blacklist
Sydney Morning Herald, June 9, 2019
CCP-launched online game promotes fear of religions
Bitter Winter, June 7, 2019
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