吉林残障访民与外界隔绝 十个月后终获准见家属 (Jailed Jilin rights defender with disability finally sees parents after 10 months incommunicado)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Interview: ‘As Human Beings, Everyone Should Care About This Issue’
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2020
HRIC note: An interview with Feroza Aziz, a 17-year-old Muslim-American high school student, who posted a 40-second video about eyelash curling on the Chinese social media app TikTok in November as a ruse to discuss China’s oppression and maltreatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority.
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Beijing says Taiwan's unification with China is 'inevitable' despite election result
The Guardian, January 14, 2020
China Tightens Grips on North Korean Defectors
The Diplomat, January 13, 2020
CCP Goes All out Forcing Catholic Clergy Into Official Church
Bitter Winter, January 13, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
China says NGO chief barred from entering Hong Kong is 'paying price' for inciting protests
Independent, January 14, 2020
Related:
Denial of Entry to Hong Kong? Our Call, Says Beijing
Human Rights Watch, January 13, 2020
恐襲、海嘯、疫潮：香港人的精神創傷禁忌 (Psychological trauma suffered by Hong Kongers similar to that of victims of natural disasters, terror attacks, or epidemics)
Stand News, January 14, 2020
理大重開須拍卡進出 學生批如監獄、不敢於飯堂進食 ("Like a prison": Students criticize new electronic gates at PolyU entrance, stay away from canteen)
Inmediahk.net, January 13, 2020
Hong Kong protests: High Court test for warrants that let police search phones
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2020
鄧炳強周四赴中西區議會 回應警方執法質疑 議員網上徵集問題 (Police Commissioner to attend District Council meeting for Q&A on law enforcement conduct, councilors gather questions online)
Stand News, January 13, 2020
Take ‘public interest’ into account on whether to bring cases to court, instead of just sufficient evidence, head of Hong Kong Bar Association says in speech
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2020
Related:
In Full: Hong Kong judiciary has set up ‘task force’ to deal with large number of protest-related trials, says top judge
Hong Kong Free Press, January 13, 2020
Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong pledges deeper integration with mainland China province Guangdong amid months of anti-government protests
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2020
【民間記者會】辦另類年宵 30東區黃店集合「和你宵」 消費贈印花換福袋 (Over 30 shops join protest-themed Chinese New Year markets)
Stand News, January 13, 2020
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong must heal what the protest-crisis has torn apart, not just relationships but also our minds
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2020
Capitalism and ‘Culturecide’
The New York Times, January 13, 2020
Lord Alton: Hong Kong is the new frontline of freedom
The House, January 13, 2020
香港人的“催泪弹”冰淇淋和“加油”月饼
Tear-Gas Gelato, Foulmouthed Mooncakes and Other Foods Fit for a Revolution
The New York Times, January 13, 2020
Do you hear the (young) people sing? How politics in Hong Kong and Taiwan show it’s time to empower the next generation
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
First Xinjiang, now Tibet passes rules to promote ‘ethnic unity’
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2020
Related:
新疆之後 西藏立法「保障民族團結」 5 月上路 (Following Xinjiang, Tibet also passes new "ethnic unity" law, effective May 2020)
Stand News, January 13, 2020
新疆维族夫妇被判刑18年 罪名是儿子获瑞典政治庇护 (Uyghur man receives political asylum in Sweden, parents in Xinjian sentenced to 18 years in prison)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2020
China’s Uygur policy, human rights defended by Wang Yi during Africa trip, amid latest US call for sanctions
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2020
Uyghurs in Xinjiang Ordered to Replace Traditional Décor With Sinicized Furniture
Radio Free Asia, January 9, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China human rights activist Ding Jiaxi under investigation for ‘incitement of subversion’
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2020
‘Inside the big cage’: Hong Kong protester ‘Grandma Wong’ reportedly awaiting trial in Shenzhen
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2020
Access to Information (信息公开)
饶舌歌手在中国为何不挑战权力 (Why rappers in China don't challenge authority)
BBC, January 12, 2020
The Moral Hazard of Dealing With China
The Atlantic, January 11, 2020
China’s biggest independent film festival forced to suspend operations indefinitely
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
蔡英文高票连任，台湾选民对北京说不
In Blow to Beijing, Taiwan Re-elects Tsai Ing-wen as President
The New York Times, January 12, 2020
Related:
Beijing’s man lost by a shocking landslide in Taiwan’s presidential election
Quartz, January 11, 2020Hong Kong protesters fete landslide election win for Taiwan's Tsai
Reuters, January 12, 2020
China says will not change position on Taiwan after landslide election
Reuters, January 11, 2020
Related:
China slams nations for congratulating Tsai
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2020China’s dream of using Hong Kong as model for Taiwan’s future is dead
Financial Times, January 11, 2020
Wuhan pneumonia: First death reported by mystery Chinese virus
Independent, January 12, 2020
Mainland Chinese authorities to allow two Taiwan specialists to visit Wuhan to gather information on pneumonia outbreak
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2020
Prague mayor hits out at ‘unreliable’ China, as Czech capital switches from Beijing to Taipei in twinning deal
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2020
Foreign Students and China’s Soft Power: The Case of Uganda
The Diplomat, January 10, 2020
The Costs Of The Belt And Road Initiative
China Digital Times, January 10, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China facial-recognition case puts Big Brother on trial
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
【抗暴之戰】提供施襲者相片警仍稱無證據中止調查 鍾翰林：唔係hea查而係索性唔查 ("No evidence": Police drop investigations into attack on pro-independence student leader)
Apple Daily, January 13, 2020
Hong Kong Bars Human Rights Watch Head
Human Rights Watch, January 12, 2020
Related:
Video: Hong Kong bars Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth from city
Hong Kong Free Press, January 12, 2020
Hong Kong party Demosisto drops support for self-determination after Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow’s election bans
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2020
Democrat says pro-Beijing protesters are ‘repeating a lie’ that he was behind Yuen Long mob attack
Hong Kong Free Press, January 13, 2020
Related:
珍惜群組等元朗遊行 「沒有林卓廷，沒有 721 」 稱當晚白衫人減輕警察工作量 (Pro-Beijing group rallies in Yuen Long, urges police to arrest Democratic Party legislator Lam Cheuk Ting for "inciting" rioters to cause attacks in Yuen Long on July 21)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 12, 2020明報記者元朗採訪期間受襲 編輯部譴責野蠻行為 (Ming Pao journalist attacked while covering pro-Beijing protest in Yuen Long)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 12, 2020
逾 3 萬人參與「天下制裁集氣大會」集會 大批防暴警截查 帶走至少兩人 (Over 30,000 attend pre-march rally calling for international sanctions to push for universal suffrage; police carry out stop-and-search, arrest two)
Stand News, January 12, 2020
Related:
Hong Kong Protesters Rehearse for ‘Anti-Communist March’
Bloomberg, January 12, 2020青年英領館外佈置文宣 警拘一少女 疑在領館範圍內執法 保守黨成員關注 (Teenager arrested for putting up posters outside British consulate, UK legislators concerned about law enforcement in consulate area)
Stand News, January 11, 2020
學界辯論賽辯「重組警隊」等政治議題 19 中學退賽 辯聯：教育局曾致電中學施壓 (19 secondary schools quit inter-school debate after pressure from Education Bureau to avoid "sensitive topic"; schools remaining in competition asked to release students' names)
Stand News, January 11, 2020
Related:
A touchy subject: Hong Kong government accused of stifling debate in city by organisers of schools’ competition
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2020
人道支援中醫組織「國難忠醫」負責人廣州被帶走 母親指音訊全無 (Chinese medicine doctor offering humanitarian aid during protests incommunicado since January 8, roommate says he is held under administrative detention in Guangzhou)
Stand News, January 10, 2020
Interviews: 'I Don't Think I Can Go Back to Hong Kong'
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2020
《禁蒙面法》違憲律政司上訴 陳文敏：警無差別放催淚彈 參與和平遊行亦需防毒面具保護 (Indiscriminate use of tear gas means gas-masks are needed even in peaceful protests, argues Johannes Chan in Court hearing for anti-mask law appeal)
Stand News, January 10, 2020
Related:
Hong Kong anti-mask law: ban on face coverings would deal blow to freedom of expression, lawyer argues
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2020
Hong Kong gov’t not required to set up new offence to criminalise human trafficking, top court rules
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2020
Commentary (评论)
Never mind the praise for Carrie Lam, here come the conditions set for Hong Kong by Beijing’s new envoy
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2020
Claims of ‘fake news’ over Hong Kong police conduct should be backed by facts
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2020
Lin Fei-fan: Taiwan’s sense of ‘national doom’ and the expansion of Xi’s imperialist vision
Stand News, January 11, 2020
The impact of Hong Kong protests on Taiwan’s presidential election and cross-strait relations
Global Voices, January 10, 2020
Friday, January 10, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Many Han Chinese don’t mind the gulag for their Uighur neighbours
The Economist, January 11, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
被指煽動顛覆國家政權判囚 9 年 王怡不再上訴 準備赴監獄服刑 (Pastor Wang Yi, jailed for inciting subversion, to give up appeal and serve prison term of 9 years)
Stand News, January 10, 2020
央视令妻旧知己芮成钢传快要出狱了 (Jailed CCTV host to finish prison term in 2020, currently in charge of "ideology education work" in prison)
Radio France Internationale, January 9, 2020
Access to Information (信息公开)
【17 年歷史終被取締】中國獨立影像展昨宣佈「無限期停辦」 組委會：在腐朽前告別，是對歷史的最大尊重 (China Independent Film Festival announces indefinite suspension amidst crackdown; committee says organizing an "effective film festival with true independent spirit" is no longer possible in current climate)
Stand News, January 10, 2020
“扫黄打非”办公布去年十大数据 (Office for “eradicating pornography and illegal publications” releases statistics for 2019: Over 10 million messages censored, 80 thousand websites taken down)
People's Daily, January 10, 2020
Tear gas and water cannons: Hong Kong students brave the front lines to livestream the protests
Reuters, January 10, 2020
World’s biggest debate contest axed livestream of Hong Kong topic as Chinese spectators staged walkout
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2020
Related:
Mainland Chinese spectators, participants ‘walk out’, names redacted as topic on Hong Kong democracy in world’s largest university debate causes stir
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2020
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Video: China's Top Private Health-Care CEO Says Chinese Employers Discriminate Against Young Women
Bloomberg, January 10, 2020
Does China’s response to LGBT couple in Tmall advert signal acceptance?
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2020
Related:
Alibaba Features Gay Couple In Chinese New Year Ad Campaign For Tmall
SupChina, January 9, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
‘I Could Never Trust Them’: The China Factor in Taiwan’s Youth Vote
The Diplomat, January 10, 2020
Related:
Taiwan Is the Last Free Place in the Chinese-Speaking World. Can President Tsai Ing-wen Preserve Its Democracy?
TIME, January 9, 2020
中国民办养老院困局
China’s private nursing homes out of reach for most of elderly
Financial Times, January 10, 2020
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s Busy Day in Cairo
China Africa Project, January 9, 2020
China-US ties – from Hong Kong to Xinjiang – dogged by lies, ‘fake news’, ‘capitalist dogma’, Chinese ambassador says
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
港大精神健康研究刊《刺針》：去年每5人有1人疑患抑鬱或創傷後壓力症 近半不求助反映不信任 (Medical study estimates one in five Hong Kongers have depression or PTSD, "comparable to conflict zones": 37.4% show symptoms of depression, 31.6% show symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder)
Citizen News, January 10, 2020
Related:
Hong Kong protests: mental health issues rise drastically with more than 2 million adults showing signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, study finds
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2020Depression and post-traumatic stress during major social unrest in Hong Kong: a 10-year prospective cohort study
The Lancet, January 9, 2020
鄭文傑發帖：與香港內地家屬斷絕關係 望家人不被騷擾 (Former British consulate staff Simon Cheng cuts ties with family in hopes they can "live in tranquility and peace, without external harassment and threat")
Stand News, January 10, 2020
王婆婆去年 811 後未露面 電郵透露在深圳被關押個半月 (Elderly protester "Grandma Wong" detained for 1.5 months in Shenzhen and still not free after release, email reveals)
Stand News, January 10, 2020
Related:
‘Inside the big cage’: Hong Kong protester ‘Grandma Wong’ reportedly awaiting trial in Shenzhen
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2020
Hong Kong protests: 31 arrested civil servants suspended from posts
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2020
梁美芬指國歌法如未能本地立法程序 唯有直接宣布實施 (Pro-Beijing legislator says "no choice but to directly announce implementation" if National Anthem Bill cannot pass LegCo)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 10, 2020
Hong Kong workers flock to labour unions as new protest tactic
Channel News Asia, January 10, 2020
Hong Kong anti-mask law: government starts appeal against court’s decision to declare the ban unconstitutional
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2020
涉管理 Telegram 頻道有汽油彈、弓箭等訊息 24 歲女被控兩項煽惑 須還押 (Telegram channel administrator charged with incitement, bail denied)
Stand News, January 9, 2020
去信鄧炳強感謝帶領警隊 林鄭：警員傑出表現 值得高度讚賞 (Carrie Lam issues letter to Police Commissioner praising force's "outstanding performance")
Stand News, January 9, 2020
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong police aren’t even doing their real jobs any more. Carrie Lam must restore discipline in the force
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2020
China Steps Up Its Information War in Taiwan
Foreign Affairs, January 9, 2020
Rising to the China challenge: The case for an enhanced all-government China strategy group
King's College London, January 7, 2020
Fighting Fake News And Disinformation In Taiwan: An Interview With Puma Shen
New Bloom Magazine, January 6, 2020
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