‘Like a movie’: In Xinjiang, new evidence that China stages prayers, street scenes for visiting delegations
Globe and Mail, November 4, 2019
In China, every day is Kristallnacht
Washington Post, November 3, 2019
Tuesday, November 05, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China's #MeToo movement sees legal victories
China Digital Times, November 4, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Chinese student association at McMaster University loses appeal, remains decertified after report of on-campus talk to consulate
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China could fine 67-year-old new mother for breaking two-child policy
Independent, November 4, 2019
Rumors Swirl in China After Death of Top Chongqing Party Official
Radio Free Asia, November 4, 2019
EU, China to sign an agreement on geographic indications: France's Macron
Reuters, November 4, 2019
Bride Trafficking to China Spreads Across Asia: China’s Gender Imbalance Having Devastating Regional Consequences
Human Rights Watch, November 3, 2019
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Group of Four Lao Young Women Trafficked to China Rescued, Separate Group of Four Remain Missing after Three Years
Radio Free Asia, November 4, 2019Trafficked Myanmar Woman Returns Home After Seven Years in China
Radio Free Asia, November 4, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s blockchain development should learn from P2P lending mistakes, researcher warns
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2019
Chinese Professor Files Rare Lawsuit Over Use of Facial-Recognition Technology
Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2019
Translation: Wechat Suspends Account After Winnie The Pooh Comment
China Digital Times, November 3, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
China's Xi reiterates support for Hong Kong leader in Shanghai meeting: Xinhua
Reuters, November 5, 2019
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Hong Kong: Xi expresses 'high degree of confidence' in Lam
BBC, November 5, 2019
Will Hong Kong’s district council elections be postponed? Officials watching if protest violence persists, but decision might be pushed to polling day on November 24
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2019
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Hong Kong pro-democracy District Council election candidates charged with unlawful assembly and obstructing police
Hong Kong Free Press, November 4, 2019Candidates in Hong Kong’s elections are getting knifed, beaten, and now bitten
Quartz, November 4, 2019
Angry campus crowd besieges Hong Kong university chief, demanding he condemn police actions as student suffers brain injury in car park fall after reportedly fleeing tear gas
South China Morning Post, November 4, 2019
Clerical blunder triggers huge Hong Kong police deployment to Eastern Court to ‘rearrest’ defendants from protests
South China Morning Post, November 4, 2019
‘Stop police violence, stop police lies’: Hong Kong police axe press con amid journalists’ silent protest over arrests
Hong Kong Free Press, November 4, 2019
Two journalists arrested as riot police storm malls around Hong Kong and deploy pepper spray
Hong Kong Free Press, November 4, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Is Chinese Thought Work Coming To America?
SupChina, November 4, 2019
The NBA’s Hong Kong Disaster Should Warn Britain Off Huawei
Foreign Policy, November 4, 2019
Our landlord’s brainwave: Hong Kong people are revolting, so replace the people
Hong Kong Free Press, November 4, 2019
Monday, November 04, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
China’s Tactics for Targeting the Uyghur Diaspora in Turkey
Jamestown Foundation, November 1, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
‘Helpless, disappointed’: Wife of detained Chinese lawyer holds onto hope
Agence France-Presse, November 2, 2019
Outspoken Human Rights Lawyer Detained, Office Sealed in China's Guangxi
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
內地近年嚴控言論 部分學者自我噤聲或離開中國 ("Suffocating environment": Mainland scholars self-censor or consider leaving China as control over speech tightens)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 4, 2019
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中国高校用“学生信息员”监督教师、消除异议
Professors, Beware. In China, Student Spies Might Be Watching.
The New York Times, November 1, 2019
China’s Communist Party tries to create a new hero for the masses
Washington Post, November 3, 2019
China Revamps Undergraduate Studies, Tapping Controversial Talent Program
Caixin, November 2, 2019
Reforming Control
China Media Project, November 1, 2019
Beijing constructs an “independence” plot for Hong Kong protests through information operations
Global Voices, November 1, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Censorship of Hong Kong’s protests has spread to a UK cake contest
Quartz, November 4, 2019
不滿動物園「掃臉」驗票 浙教授興訟 (Zhejiang zoo installs facial recognition to verify tickets, university professor sues authorities for consumer rights violations)
Ming Pao, November 4, 2019
In China, Working Mothers Say They Are Fired or Sidelined
The New York Times, November 1, 2019
Why Gamers Are Protesting BlizzCon for Hong Kong
The New York Times, November 1, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
習近平：所有重大立法經民主醞釀和科學決策產生 (Xi Jinping in Shanghai: All major legislation is "brewed democratically," "decided scientifically")
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 3, 2019
The PRC and ROC National Day Ceremonies Offer Starkly Contrasting Views of “One Country, Two Systems”
Jamestown Foundation, November 1, 2019
China's top leadership will not tolerate change to 'one country two systems', official says
The Telegraph, November 1, 2019
China Communist Party has Hong Kong in crosshairs
Radio France Internationale, November 1, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
How Hong Kong is quietly contributing to China’s mighty tech rise: with a higher education push
South China Morning Post, November 4, 2019
Emotion recognition is China’s new surveillance craze
Financial Times, November 1, 2019
China’s surveillance industry plays down US blacklist at annual expo designed to showcase its technology
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2019
U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok: sources
Reuters, November 1, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
【11.3 衝突】警闖各區商場噴椒舉槍拉人 趙家賢被咬甩耳 立場、浸大記者被捕 (November 3: District councillor, residents hospitalized in stabbing incident; journalists arrested; riot police suppress "shopping rallies" in multiple districts)
Stand News, November 3, 2019
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Hong Kong protests: Knife attacker bites man's ear off
Deutsche Welle, November 3, 2019
【11.2 港島】和理非集會被封殺 催淚彈直射維園足球場 灣仔中環包抄 逾百人被捕 (November 2: Tear gas fired in Victoria Park as police revoke authorization for peaceful rallies, 3 election candidates and over 100 protesters arrested during clearance from Causeway Bay to Central)
Stand News, November 2, 2019
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背重創急救員為樹仁生 一度休克 (Student first aider suffers severe burns from police's hand-thrown tear gas canisters)
Ming Pao, November 4, 2019尖沙咀「和你Sing」過百防暴柏麗大道佈防 ("Sing with you": Karaoke rally in Tsim Sha Tsui dispersed with tear gas after police clear peaceful assemblies in Central)
Inmediahk.net, November 2, 2019First aider, firefighter caught up in Hong Kong Island clashes as demonstrators target Chinese state media HQ
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2019
‘Broad and vague’: Why a court injunction obtained by the Hong Kong police is not just about ‘doxxing’
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2019
‘Selling out Hong Kong people’: Global companies vandalised by protesters over links to China
Independent, November 3, 2019
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam to discuss helping people to live and work in mainland China
Reuters, November 3, 2019
民間記者會民調：抗爭者現創傷壓力徵狀 轟元兇為政府及警暴 (Polls show government arrogance, police violence major sources of post-traumatic stress disorder among protesters)
Inmediahk.net, November 2, 2019
UK report calls for ‘proportionate’ police response to Hong Kong protests and end to violence
Hong Kong Free Press, November 1, 2019
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《香港半年报告》：英国呼吁停止示威暴力 寻求政治解决 (UK issues biannual report on Hong Kong, urges protesters to cease violence, presses for political resolution)
BBC News, November 1, 2019
China to 'perfect' Hong Kong leader appointment system, warns on national security
Reuters, November 1, 2019
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Beijing reiterates call for Hong Kong to prioritise national security, patriotic education
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Canada needs a China strategy, and the western provinces should lead the way
The Conversation, November 4, 2019
遇襲後首次受訪 岑子杰：香港人應該係堅持，唔係反抗 (Hong Kongers should persevere, not fight back: Interview with Civil Human Rights Front convenor Jimmy Sham)
Inmediahk.net, November 3, 2019
How China’s economic expansionism is contributing to Muslim persecution
The McGill International Review, November 3, 2019
Time for China to take action against human rights abuses on its Belt and Road projects
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2019
Lantau Tomorrow Vision: Student green group asks why Hong Kong wants to spoil an exquisite natural habitat
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2019
Zhang Lifan: The CCP’s Hardline Measures Could Be Its Undoing
China Change, November 2, 2019
Shouldn’t the work of Hong Kong’s police force be public?
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2019
China’s Global Critics Are Helping It Win
Foreign Policy, October 30, 2019
Friday, November 01, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
Text editor releases ‘Free Uyghur’ edition, gets swamped with Chinese spam
The Verge, October 30, 2019
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Notepad++ and GitHub Are the Latest Victims of Chinese Internet Trolls
The News Lens, October 31, 2019
Male Chinese ‘Relatives’ Assigned to Uyghur Homes Co-sleep With Female ‘Hosts’
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Justice in China is notoriously harsh, but reforms are afoot: These days courts prefer to send some convicts home
The Economist, November 2, 2019
Taiwanese court orders police to compensate injured ‘Sunflower Movement’ protesters
Agence France-Presse, November 1, 2019
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“太阳花”示威者胜诉 提告者：迟来的转型正义 (Sunflower Movement activists win state compensation case for injuries suffered during forceful eviction)
Deutsche Welle, October 31, 2019
Beijing Activist Faces Indictment. The Crime Appears to Be Helping the Aged Mother of Dissident Huang Qi
China Change, October 31, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
Vancouver school cancels assignment after backlash over Chinese propaganda
Globe and Mail, October 25, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
China’s sanitation workers need more than just sympathy from the union
China Labour Bulletin, October 31, 2019
Protests and political tensions are diverting mainland Chinese tourists away from Hong Kong and Taiwan
Quartz, October 31, 2019
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