What America Owes the Uyghurs
Foreign Affairs, July 16, 2021
Friday, July 16, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China to Hand Law Enforcement Powers to Local Officials Under 'Grid' System
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2021
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中共中央 国务院关于加强基层治理体系和治理能力现代化建设的意见 (Opinion of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Strengthening the Modernization of the Grassroots Governance System and Governance Capacity)
State Council of the People’s Republic of China, July 11, 2021
Chinese farmer who praised lawyers during crackdown on trial
Associated Press, July 15, 2021
孙大午案开庭: 与检方就证据与法律有巨大争议(Trial of prominent Chinese farmer Sun Dawu: Huge dispute between prosecution and defense over evidence and the law)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
In China’s publishing business, you have to duck and dive
The Economist, July 17th 2021 edition
Foreign Media Face a Trust Crisis in China
The Diplomat, July 16, 2021
China seeks to ban karaoke songs in new crackdown on music that ‘harms national unity’
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
How nationalism is making life harder for gay people in China
The Economist, July 17th 2021 edition
中国裁判文书网下架“敏感”裁判文书( Government repository “China Judgements Online” removes "sensitive" documents)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Covid: WHO urges China to co-operate better in virus origin probe
BBC News, July 16, 2021
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China rebuffs WHO claims that it obstructed COVID-19 investigation
Agence France-Presse, July 16, 2021
众议院外委会通过抗衡中国的《鹰法》(U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee passes Eagle Act to counter China)
Voice of America, July 16, 2021
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U.S. House committee advances China bill without Republican backing
Reuters, July 15, 2021
国际人权服务社呼吁各国抵御中国在联合国经济和社会事务部影响力(ISHR urges all countries to resist China's influence in UN ECOSOC)
Voice of America, July 16, 2021
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CHINA AND THE UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
ISHR, July 15, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Chinese regulators swoop on Didi offices to conduct security probe
中国七部门进驻滴滴展开安全审查
Financial Times, July 16, 2021
Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and 30 other Big Tech firms sign voluntary antitrust ‘self-discipline’ pledge at event
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2021
Genetic Data Collection by Chinese Company Presents Global Policy Challenge, Experts Say
Voice of America, July 16, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
National Security police search University of Hong Kong Student Union
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2021
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【清算學生會】國安警搜港大學生會、校園電視、學苑 消息：警循涉嫌宣揚恐怖主義方向調查 (Students' Union purge | National Security police raid HKU Students' Union, HKUSU Campus TV and publication “Undergrad”; source: Police search for suspected terrorism propaganda)
Stand News, July 16, 2021
割席继续 岭大宣布停止代收学生会会费 (Suppression of student unions continue: Lingnan University to stop collecting fees on behalf of students' union)
Deutsche Welle, July 15, 2021
US sanctions 7 Hong Kong liaison office officials, warns of dangers from national security law
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
US warns business of dangers from Hong Kong national security law
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
Risks and Considerations for Businesses Operating in Hong Kong
U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, Homeland Security, July 16, 2021
中国港澳办主任夏宝龙：香港管治架构应排除“反中乱港分子” (HKMAO director Xia Baolong: “Anti-China and Hong Kong” elements should be eliminated from Hong Kong governance structure)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 16, 2021
Hong Kong police ‘the world’s best’, says top Beijing official, as he hails national security law for crushing ‘colour revolution’ plot
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
香港民研：7成民主派支持者認為，警隊處理刺警案不專業 (PORI poll: 70% of democratic supporters say police handling of “police stabbing” case is unprofessionally)
Stand News, July 16, 2021
Hong Kong court to hear closing arguments for first national security trial next Tuesday
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2021
Explainer | Hong Kong’s district councils: with opposition members resigning in droves as oath looms, what happens next to these local bodies?
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2021
Hong Kong’s proposed anti-doxxing law far too broad and vague, critics argue
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2021
香港“反起底”修法细节：政府可强制要求本地及海外公司删除信息 (Details in the Hong Kong “anti-doxxing law” revision: Gov’t can demand domestic and int’l companies to delete information)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 16, 2021
‘Free from self-censorship’: Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot
Agence France-Presse, July 16, 2021
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【專訪】《時代革命》入圍康城 恐懼中堅持 周冠威：拍紀錄片而已，不需那麼快後退 (Special interview with Kiwi Chow, director of “Revolution of Our Times”; Chow: I'm only making a documentary, no need to back off so fast)
Stand News, July 16, 2021
【書展 2021】《元朗黑夜》、《逆權教師》等被投訴涉國安法 書商﹕沒有違法 不會下架 (Despite warning of possible violation of National Security Law, bookseller: There is no violation, will not remove books)
Stand News, July 16, 2021
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang
Reuters, July 15, 2021
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美参议院一致通过《防止强迫维吾尔人劳动法》将禁止进口新疆产品(U.S. Senate unanimously passes The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to prohibit the import of Xinjiang products)
Voice of America, July 15, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
美国军机据报今早短暂降落台湾 中国表示严重关切(U.S. military aircraft reportedly landed briefly in Taiwan; China raises serious concern)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 15, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China to Try Magnate Sun Dawu As Rights Group Calls For His Release
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2021
四川异议人士谢俊彪遭批捕 陈云飞案移送检察院起诉(Sichuan dissident Xie Junbiao is formally arrested; Chen Yunfei to face indictment)
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
世卫面对近2亿确诊者 谭德塞再促中国必须配合溯源调查(WHO facing nearly 200 million confirmed COVID cases, Director-General urges China to cooperate with origin probe)
Radio France Internationale, July 15, 2021
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WHO chief asks China to be transparent and cooperate with coronavirus origin probe
Reuters, July 15, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
兰德智库：中国武器研发虽有进步，但模式使之难以跻身世界前列(RAND: Despite progress, R&D model presents hurdles for China’s weaponry in reaching world’s top)
Voice of America, July 15, 2021
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Defense Acquisition in Russia and China
Rand, July 15, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong privacy watchdog may make arrests without warrants under proposed law against doxxing
Hong Kong Free Press, July 15, 2021
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Hong Kong authorities agree to lower threshold for prosecution under new anti-doxxing law after lawmakers voice concerns
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Hong Kong electoral changes: powerful vetting committee that will review hopefuls in coming polls holds first meeting
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Hong Kong activist ‘Grandma Wong’ sentenced to 1 month in jail for assaulting court security guard
Hong Kong Free Press, July 15, 2021
Journalism prof defends research on banned ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ slogan, as prosecutors call data ‘irrelevant’ at city’s first security law trial
Hong Kong Free Press, July 15, 2021
Hong Kong press group wants Beijing to rethink national security law after year of ‘unprecedented threats’
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2021
記協發表2021言論自由年報：新聞自由最壞一年 (Hong Kong Journalists Association’s 2021 annual press freedom report: Worst year of press freedom)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2021
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2021 Annual Report: Freedom in Tatters
2021年言論自由年報《破碎的自由》
Hong Kong Journalists Association, July 15, 2021
記協反對立假新聞法 主席陳朗昇：在業界頭上加多把刀 (Hong Kong Journalists Association opposes fake news law; Chairman Ron Sing Chan: One more sword hanging over the industry)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2021
Self-censorship hits Hong Kong book fair in wake of national security law
Associated Press, July 15, 2021
Fifth Hong Kong university student union facing uncertain future, as school says it will no longer collect membership fees
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2021
學苑：港大要求學生會7日內遷離學生會綜合大樓 (HKU demands Students' Union to move out of Composite Building within 7 days)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2021
林鄭稱防賄條例修例一定走數 斥是衝著特首憲制定位 (Carrie Lam criticizes revision of Prevention of Bribery Ordinance as being at odds with the Chief Executive's constitutional position)
inmediahk.net, July 15, 2021
Cannes Screens Bombshell Hong Kong Protest Doc as Late Addition to Official Program
The Hollywood Reporter, July 15, 2021
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
US warns companies on Xinjiang business, urges exit
Al Jazeera, July 14, 2021
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China claims it has improved people’s lives in Xinjiang after US warning
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Measuring the Scale of Chinese Transnational Repression
The Diplomat, July 14, 2021
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells Xi Jinping: Xinjiang’s Uygurs must be treated as ‘equal citizens’ of China
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
Tibetans Defy China to Celebrate Dalai Lama's Birthday Online
藏人违抗中国政府，在网上为达赖喇嘛庆生
Voice of America, July 13, 2021
Macao (澳门)
Macau democrat banned from election over pics with Hong Kong opposition, Taiwan tour, and Tiananmen Massacre vigils
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2021
澳门立法会候选人遭集体DQ “爱国爱澳”面临重新定义 (“Love China, love Macau” faces redefinition after disqualification of all Legislative Assembly candidates)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 14, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
耶伦呼吁美欧共同应对中国劣行，中国表示“坚决反对” (Yellen urges U.S., EU to fight against China's bad behavior; China: “We strongly oppose”)
Voice of America, July 13, 2021
防堵中国窃取知识产权 加拿大要求大学通过国安评估 (Canada requires research partnerships to go through national security assessment to prevent intellectual property theft by China)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2021
欧盟对华强硬但不脱钩？专家称等待中国守规矩是“危险的选择” (EU to take tough actions against China without decoupling? Expert: Waiting for China to follow rules is a “dangerous choice”)
Voice of America, JUly 14, 2021
从新冠检测到产前检测 中国收集基因数据行为再遭质疑 (From COVID to pregnancy test, questions on China's DNA collection rise again)
Voice of America, July 14, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
The Chinese government must end its reprisals against agricultural entrepreneur and philanthropist Sun Dawu and his associates
National Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 14, 2021
Activists Remember Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo, Four Years After His Death
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2021
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