US senators urge Donald Trump to end delay and proceed with sanctions over Xinjiang internment camps
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2019
Fake tourists and car crashes: How China blocks reporters in Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, June 27, 2019
Friday, June 28, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Court in China’s Chongqing jails WeChat foreign news service moderator
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2019
Gone for 100 days: Three labour activists “disappeared” in China
China Labour Bulletin, June 27, 2019
Tibetan monk released from Drapchi prison after serving full term
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2019
Beijing Internet court launches AI judge
Xinhua, June 27, 2019
UN must seize historic opportunity to stop equipping torturers
Amnesty International, June 26, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Taiwan set for pro-mainland fake news deluge before its presidential election
Agence France-Presse, June 27, 2019
China launches official website, Wechat account for Party education campaign
Xinhua, June 26, 2019
Will tech giants and “Internet films” save China’s film industry from capital winter?
Radii, June 26, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
“What I’m always doing is escaping, escaping, escaping”: A conversation with Liu Xia and Ai Weiwei
ChinaFile, June 27, 2019
Celebration for exiled Tibetan religious figure kept low-key to avoid Chinese clampdown
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Xi Jinping sees protests in Hong Kong as a threat to the party
Economist, June 29, 2019
Nike chief states his commitment to doing business in China
Financial Times, June 28, 2019
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Nike pulls shoes over Hong Kong Instagram post
China Digital Times, June 27, 2019
Abe hails China ties, raises tough issues as Xi visits Japan
Bloomberg, June 28, 2019
北京九部门联合印发通知：招聘时禁问妇女婚育情况 (Beijing bans job interview inquiries into marital status, family plans; fines imposed for gender discrimination in recruitment ads)
Legal Daily, June 28, 2019
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Beijing introduces new rules: Employers can no longer ask female candidates about marital or childbearing status
What’s On Weibo, June 27, 2019
【逃犯條例】德國跨黨議員聯署聲明 促默克爾G20向習近平提香港高度自治 (9 German parliament members co-sign statement urging Merkel to raise Hong Kong’s autonomy at G20)
Ming Pao, June 27, 2019
Anti-Chinese protests in a Gambian fishing village show conflict of foreign investment in Africa
Quartz, June 28, 2019
捷克官员入境中国遭拒 外传因参加台湾庆典 (Two high-ranking Czech officials denied visas to enter China for joining Taiwan cocktail event)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Why China’s data regulations are a compliance nightmare for companies
The Diplomat, June 27, 2019
China hacked eight major computer services firms in years-long attack
Reuters, June 26, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
“Stand with Hong Kong”: G20 appeal over extradition law crisis appears in over 10 int’l newspapers
Hong Kong Free Press, June 28, 2019
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G20 峰會前夕 港人大阪舉行集會 爭取國際關注 (Hong Kongers rally in Osaka on eve of G20 in bid for international attention on anti-extradition protests and police violence)
The Stand News, June 27, 2019
Students and uniformed groups will not attend July 1 flag raising ceremony due to “safety concerns”
Hong Kong Free Press, June 28, 2019
Hong Kong anti-extradition law protesters gather outside justice secretary’s office demanding dialogue
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2019
醫管局：警方須有足夠理據 方可取病人資料 將成立三人小組審視電腦系統 (Hospital Authority to set up working group to review security of computer systems, stresses sufficient cause for police requests of patient information)
The Stand News, June 27, 2019
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“Temporary” closure of police posts at two Hong Kong hospitals is because of “political hatred,” says commissioner
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2019
林鄭月娥會見四警察協會代表 表揚警隊高度專業克制 不偏不倚執法 (Carrie Lam meets with police groups, thanks them for “highly professional and restrained” execution of duty in difficult times)
The Stand News, June 27, 2019
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Nothing independent about Hong Kong police complaints process say critics, as watchdog floats idea of special panel to investigate extradition bill violence
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2019
Part of Hong Kong harbourfront to be given to Chinese army as pro-Beijing lawmaker accused of blocking opposition
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2019
Hong Kong journalist groups rebuke protesters for harassing TVB cameraman at anti-extradition rally
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2019
中共重施老把戏被指散播“假新闻”企图离间反送中群众 (Fake news videos used to drive a wedge among protestors)
Radio France Internationale, June 27, 2019
Commentary (评论)
How to defuse the extradition crisis: Start by fixing Hong Kong’s social ills and end with democracy
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2019
Can Beijing let Hong Kong be Hong Kong and allow the city the room it needs to breathe?
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2019
Technology aids unity of Hong Kong movement
Financial Times, June 27, 2019
Beijing will not rest until it controls Hong Kong. We must keep fighting
The Guardian, June 27, 2019
What will it take to combat digital authoritarianism in Southeast Asia?
Global Voices, June 27, 2019
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Pomegranate propaganda: A Chinese government official’s UN speech
Human Rights Watch, June 26, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China mulls prisoner amnesty for 70th anniversary of People’s Republic
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2019
最高检：监狱假释适用率偏低，有一些罪犯劳动报酬配比不合理 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate observes unsatisfactorily low rates of parole from prisons, disproportionate allocation of funds in inmate accounts)
The Paper, June 27, 2019
Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan’s statement regarding the revocation of his license
China Change, June 26, 2019
王全璋姊姊：當局要求她今午晤弟弟 否則視為放棄會見 (Providing inadequate notice, authorities require Wang Quanzhang’s sister to visit him today or else forfeit visitation rights)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 27, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Re-made in China: From Marxism to hip hop, China’s appropriations from the West show that globalisation makes the world bumpy, not flat
Aeon, June 26, 2019
Patriotic movie apparently falls afoul of China’s censors
The New York Times, June 26, 2019
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“The Eight Hundred” cancels its China release
China Digital Times, June 26, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China urges Britain to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs
Reuters, June 26, 2019
“Today, Hong Kong; tomorrow, Taiwan”: Resistance to China spreads
Nikkei Asian Review, June 26, 2019
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Chinese cyber-operatives boosted Taiwan’s insurgent candidate
Foreign Policy, June 26, 2019“Our God is China”: Pro-Beijing groups step up offensive to win over Taiwan
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Telegram is not a strong security choice, use Signal instead
Medium, June 27, 2019
Huawei personnel worked with China’s military on research projects
Bloomberg, June 27, 2019
Why America is worried about DJI and Chinese drones
SupChina, June 26, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
【不斷更新】數百人包圍律政中心 促釋放義士 (Hundreds rally outside Department of Justice building demanding release of arrested protestors)
Inmediahk.net, June 27, 2019
香港抗议者呼吁G20领导人向中国施压
Why Hong Kong’s protesters are turning to G-20 leaders for help
The New York Times, June 27, 2019
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愛丁堡廣場數萬港人聚集反《逃犯條例》修訂 多國語言籲國際支持 (Tens of thousands gather in “Free Hong Kong, Democracy Now” rally to urge global support for Hong Kong at G20)
The Initium, June 26, 2019“Democracy now, Free Hong Kong”: Thousands of protesters urge G20 to back anti-extradition law movement
Hong Kong Free Press, June 26, 2019
Thousands of anti-extradition law protesters descend upon Hong Kong police HQ again
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2019
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【再包圍警總】楊逸朗涉襲警被捕 警記錄 60 人身份證跟進 (1 arrested, 60 identified for follow-up; police clear protests outside headquarters)
The Stand News, June 27, 2019
Lowest rating yet for a Hong Kong leader: Popularity of Carrie Lam plunges to historic low – HKU poll
Hong Kong Free Press, June 26, 2019
Scholars and religious figures urge for investigation into anti-extradition law clashes, as Beijing decries protester “violence”
Hong Kong Free Press, June 26, 2019
Pan-democrats thwarted in last bid to stop Hong Kong government’s plan to give People’s Liberation Army a prime slice of Central waterfront
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Beijing’s tightening grip is suffocating freedom-loving Hongkongers. It’s no wonder they keep rising up in protest
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2019
正視問題才能修補撕裂——制度性崩壞的香港警隊，需如何汲取國際改革經驗？ (Facing the problem is the first step to mending the rift: How can the Hong Kong police force use global experience to reform systemic problems?)
The Initium, June 27, 2019
中国地名问题和出路 (A way out for China’s foreign names controversy)
Financial Times, June 27, 2019
Hong Kong extradition law: The fallout
The Diplomat, June 25, 2019
HRIC Note: This is a conversation between columnist Mercy Kuo and Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Ho-Fung Hung.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang vice-governor defends centers for Uighurs at U.N. rights forum
Reuters, June 25, 2019
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Xinjiang Vice Governor paints internment camps as “vocational centers” at UN Rights Council
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2019在国际社会的批评下 新疆自治区副主席为再教育营辩护 (Xinjiang Vice Governor defends camps amid international criticism)
Voice of America, June 25, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Renewed calls to lower China’s age of criminal responsibility ignore benefits of non-custodial measures and lessons from abroad, Part II of II
Dui Hua Human Rights Journal, June 25, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
广东民众维权成功 垃圾焚烧厂选址取消 (Guangdong protests succeed in halting plans for garbage incineration facility)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2019
As officials mull China's new vaccine law, parents fear it won't help
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2019
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人大常委会第十一次会议审议多部法律草案 (National People’s Congress to review multiple draft laws, including vaccine regulations and community correction procedures)
People’s Daily, June 26, 2019
Abused as “dirty,” same-sex newlyweds in Taiwan fear backlash
Straits Times, June 25, 2019
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