Beyond Xinjiang: Xi Jinping’s Ethnic Crackdown
The Diplomat, May 1, 2021
China steps up defence of Xinjiang policies and says sanctions are an ‘industry genocide’ designed to hurt business
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2021
Monday, May 03, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Press Freedom Day: Missing citizen journalists in China
Deutsche Welle, May 3, 2021
China pledges to improve conditions of delivery workers. Arrest of a labor activist suggests otherwise.
GlobalVoices, May 1, 2021
全国联署追查郭宏伟死亡真相 维权人士签名遭警方调查(Rights defenders launch country-wide joint appeals urging probe into Guo Hongwei's death; activist is investigated by police after signing)
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Czechia: A Case Study of China’s Changing Overseas Propaganda Efforts
The Diplomat, April 30, 2021
世界新闻自由日30周年 无国界记者：中国是新闻和言论自由的最大敌人(Reporters Without Borders on 30th anniv. of World Press Freedom Day: China is the greatest enemy of freedom of press, speech)
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2021
Counterterrorism (反恐)
Biden leaves China a Xinjiang terrorism problem with US exit from Afghanistan
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Communist Party of China social media account faces backlash in China after mocking India’s COVID deaths
The Hindu, May 3, 2021
Differences with China Over Human Rights Record 'Harder to Reconcile', New Zealand PM Says
Voice of America, May 3, 2021
国际科学家再次呼吁世卫组织进一步调查新冠病毒起源(WHO receives 3rd letter from int’l scientists, scholars urging further investigation into COVID-19 origin)
Voice of America, May 1, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s Central Bank Works with Ant, Tencent to Develop Digital Currency
Voice of America, May 2, 2021
China’s regulator names 33 apps including Baidu, Sogou, iFlytek, Tencent for unauthorised data collection
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2021
China makes ‘world’s largest satellite image database’ to train AI better
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2021
China’s Big Tech legal teams are unbeatable on their home courts, literally
Protocol, April 30, 2021
国资委启动专项行动 提升在线监管能力水平(State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission launches special program to raise online supervision capabilities)
Xinhua News, May 2, 2021
中国再度上榜美国知识产权“黑名单”(China gets on U.S. intellectual property blacklist again)
Voice of America, May 1, 2021
Related:
2021 Special 301 Report
Office of the United States Trade Representative, April 30, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law blamed as Hong Kong press freedom slumps to all-time low in journalists’ survey
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong Press Freedom Index for journalists hits record low; HKSAR blamed as Hong Kong’s press freedom plunges to worst record
香港新聞自由指數業界評分再創新低 特區政府被視為元兇
Hong Kong Journalists Association, May 3, 2021RTHK plan to delete content spurs online push
The Standard, May 3, 2021Interview: Hong Kong’s ‘fragile’ freedoms had never taken root, says journalist Bao Choy following conviction over documentary
Hong Kong Free Press, May 3, 2021港台工會獲確認電視部員工利君雅不獲續約(RTHK will not renew contract of Nabela Qoser, journalist who posed tough questions to gov’t officials during 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 3, 2021
National security law: with members behind bars or facing jail, Hong Kong June 4 vigil organisers weigh uncertain future
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2021
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Hong Kong activists clean Pillar of Shame in first Tiananmen commemoration event since national security law imposed
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2021
陳志全退黨及辭去主席 人民力量：尊重及理解並已接納(Ex-lawmaker Raymond Chan Chi-chuen quits People Power and as party chair)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 2, 2021
林卓廷辭任民主黨副主席(Ex-lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting steps down as Democratic Party's vice-chairperson)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 3, 2021
Former Hong Kong lawmaker Raymond Chan announces he is quitting politics
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2021
李軒朗facebook發文：已身處海外 繼續信守民主本土理念(Disqualified district councilor Timothy Lee Hin Long has left Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, May 3, 2021
香港大學學生會就校方聲明之回應(Hong Kong University Students' Union responds to statement of University authorities)
inmedia.hk, May 1, 2021
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香港大學學生會就校方聲明之回應 | Response from the Hong Kong University Students’ Union regarding the Statement of the University
The Hong Kong University Students' Union, May 1, 2021港大封殺學生會 候選內閣「薪燧」表明繼續參選：有燈就有人 (“Defiance,” HKU students union’s proposed cabinet, will continue to run by-election)
Stand News, May 1, 2021
Hong Kong protests: student accused of rioting at Chinese University tells court he went there to attend his sister’s graduation ceremony
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2021
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Hong Kong protests: youth pleads guilty to rioting, admits he was part of group that attacked police officer in Mong Kok last year
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2021
Electoral overhaul: Hong Kong Legco to have second debate on reform bill on May 26
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2021
Hong Kong labour unions lead campaign against amendments to immigration bill
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2021
Elderly targeted in security law scams
The Standard, May 3, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Killing Hong Kong’s Free Press Will Harm Its Economy
Foreign Policy, May 3, 2021
Beijing’s double speak: Why China owes the United Nations more than mere lip service
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2021
Friday, April 30, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang Cotton and the Shift in China’s Censorship Approach
The Diplomat, April 29, 2021
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China Expands Disinformation Campaign to Undermine International Xinjiang Outcry
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
CHRD Follow-Up Communiqué Alleging Torture or Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of former Chinese lawyer Ding Jiaxi, activists Xu Zhiyong, Li Qiaochu, and lawyer Chang Weiping during periods of their Enforced Disappearance and Arbitrary Detention in reprisals against them for Exercising their Freedom of Expression, Peaceful Assembly and Association
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 30, 2021
常玮平案：陕西省检察院拒绝受理刑讯逼供指控(Case of Shaanxi human rights lawyer Chang Weiping: Procuratorate refuses to accept case filing alleging torture)
Radio France Internationale, April 29, 2021
央视澳籍主播成蕾戴眼罩、手铐与领事视讯 曝光遭警告要求家人封口(Blindfolded and handcuffed, former CCTV Australian anchor Cheng Lei tells Australia's ambassador in video meeting authorities warned her family from speaking out)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2021
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Australian mother marks nine months in Chinese prison as curious online posts emerge
ABC News (Australia), April 29, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China's Ruling Party Takes More Direct Control of Colleges, Universities
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Cracks appear in China's New Silk Road
Deutsche Welle, April 30, 2021
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Chinese workers allege forced labor, abuses in Xi’s ‘Belt and Road’ program
The Washington Post, April 30, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Judges in Hong Kong’s first national security law trial rule that ‘great harm to society’ must be proven to secure terrorism conviction
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2021
Hong Kong’s High Court unanimously rejects appeal against Occupy convictions by Benny Tai, eight others
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2021
Nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who fled city by boat face new charge of perverting justice
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2021
Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong and trio of fellow activists plead guilty to partaking in banned Tiananmen Massacre vigil
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2021
Planned Hong Kong elections rule for delaying specific Legislative Council contests dropped in government U-turn
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2021
Deja vu on half-baked bill
The Standard, April 30, 2021
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Lau voices fears new law will slam BNO door shut
The Standard, April 30, 2021Rights groups slam Hong Kong lawmaker for ‘biased, racist and xenophobic remarks’ on refugees
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2021
Security law 'sometimes necessary'
The Standard, April 30, 2021
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警國安處拘兩人與理大生藏械案有關 28歲男涉煽動分裂國家(Police national security department arrests two for possession of firearms, one suspected of secession)
Ming Pao, April 30, 2021
區議員黃文萱宣佈退出公民黨兼不宣誓：做到最後一刻(Leticia Wong Man Huen quits Civic Party, refuses loyalty oath, and resigns as Shatin district councilor)
inmedia.hk, April 30, 2021
Hong Kong broadcaster RTHK axes more content – documentary on newspapers CitizenNews and HKFP scrapped after month-long vetting
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2021
Hong Kong’s top university cuts ties with student union over national security ‘legal risk’
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2021
Hong Kong visual arts teacher facing disciplinary action over ‘inappropriate’ lopolitical cartoons shared online
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2021
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Two more Hong Kong teachers deregistered for life, one for ‘defaming the nation’ and the other for a protest-related crime
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2021
US cartoonist accuses Hong Kong publisher of theft over ‘McInvasion’ artwork in liberal studies textbook
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2021
Majority of Hong Kong youth want to leave the city: survey
Apple Daily, April 29, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China summons Internet firms to warn over unfair competition
Agence France-Presse, April 29, 2021
Related:
Tencent Music: antitrust blitz introduces ominous theme
Financial Times, April 30, 2021
China’s Paper Tiger Surveillance State
The Diplomat, April 30, 2021
Chinese regulators tell fintech groups to fix ‘problems’
中国监管机构要求金融科技公司“整改”
Financial Times, April 30, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Biden Calls for U.S. to Enter a New Superpower Struggle
The New York Times, April 30, 2021
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China Renews Crackdown on Online Feminist Groups
Voice of America, April 28, 2021
China’s Propaganda Machine Misses Its Soft Power Moment
Protocol, April 28, 2021
中国人口“有增无减” 国家统计局欲盖弥彰？(China's population "is only increasing": Is National Bureau of Statistics covering up the truth?)
Voice of America, April 29, 2021
为配合百年党庆宣传 禁完网络论坛再禁脱口秀(On eve of 100th anniv. of founding of CPC, authorities ban online forums, talk shows)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Exclusive | China-EU investment deal casts long shadow over Beijing’s vague sanctions against Europeans
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2021
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Germany’s Merkel Presses Chinese Prime Minister on Human Rights
Voice of America, April 28, 2021
Antony Blinken defends Trump-era moves against Chinese media outlets in the US
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2021
欧盟：中俄意图透过疫苗假讯息分裂西方国家(EU: Russia, China use disinformation on vaccines made in West to sow distrust)
Deutsche Welle, April 29, 2021
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Russia, China sow disinformation to undermine trust in Western vaccines: EU
Reuters, April 28, 2021
布林肯：把中国官媒列为外国使团不是封锁 是为让公众了解真相(U.S. Secretary of State: Classifying Chinese official media as foreign missions is aimed at public disclosure, not information control)
Voice of America, April 29, 2021
默克尔促北京恢复人权对话，李克强：不要干涉中国内政(Merkel urges Beijing to resume human rights dialogue Li Keqiang: Do not meddle in China's internal affairs)
Voice of America, April 29, 2021
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