西藏七十年劫难 出逃藏人控诉不被当人看(Tibetans who fled detail being treated as less than human)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
端点星案两志愿者被拘禁近500天后获释(After nearly 500 days in prison, two volunteers convicted for backing up deleted reports and articles during COVID-19 are released)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021
提“与病毒共存”有罪？ 江西教师被拘十五天 张文宏挨批美国走狗(For suggestion to consider "living with the virus," Jiangxi teacher is detained for 15 days while infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong is criticized as an American “running dog”)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China should tighten its grip on video games that distort history, says the country’s top radio broadcaster
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
‘You follow the government’s agenda’: China’s climate activists walk a tightrope
The Guardian, August 16, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Chinese Media’s Conflicting Narratives on the Myanmar Coup
The Diplomat, August 14, 2021
South China Sea, Xinjiang muddy water of fishing subsidies debate as WTO faces ‘crucial test’
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
New draft of China’s personal information protection law adds restrictions on how apps collect personal data
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Organiser of mass Hong Kong demos Civil Human Rights Front disbands citing ‘unprecedented challenges’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong protests: as Civil Human Rights Front folds, police and Beijing warn legal troubles far from over
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021Hong Kong: Closure of prominent rights group signals worrying domino effect
Amnesty International, August 15, 2021民陣宣布解散 約160萬元資產會捐給合適團體(Civil Human Rights Front to donate HK$1.6million worth of assets to suitable orgs following its disbandment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2021葉國謙認為民陣解散不代表香港今後沒有大型遊行(Executive Council member Ip Kwok-him believes disbandment of Civil Human Rights Front doesn't mean Hong Kong will no longer have mass protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2021
Explainer: A 48-year-old union gone in 11 days – how Hong Kong teachers lost a powerful voice
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021
Hong Kong’s Justice Sec. warns law societies to steer clear of politics after Chinese state media blasts barristers
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2021
How Beijing Has Buried Hong Kong's Last Vestige of Democracy
The New York Times, August 15, 2021
Hong Kong Election Committee’s mainland China-linked ‘patriotic force’ likely to dampen influence of property tycoons
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021
Analysis: How almost everyone running for Hong Kong’s new election committee will get a seat automatically
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2021
Officers working with Hong Kong privacy watchdog won’t always need warrant to search phones or computers under doxxing law
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Hong Kong must implement China’s anti-sanctions law but status as international business hub will be taken into account, finance chief Paul Chan says
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021
港大新生註冊日 校方禁宣傳學生會 部分學會遮「SU」字眼(HKU freshmen registration day bans promotion of students’ union; some student societies hide “SU” wording)
Stand News, August 15, 2021
教育局資助幼稚園3000元買國旗及旗杆 盼增師生國家意識(Education Bureau funds kindergartens to purchase national flags and flagpoles to raise national consciousness)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2021
7．21元朗襲擊案 一白衣人暫控暴動明提堂(One more white-clad man charged for rioting over the 2019 Yuen Long mob attack)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2021
涉前年破壞交通燈 4人判囚4個月 1人入勞教中心(Four sentenced to 4 months in jail and one to correctional center for damaging traffic lights in the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 16, 2021
王婆婆獄中親筆信：不會放棄我應該要做的事情(“Grandma Wong” in letter from prison: I won’t give up what I should do.)
Stand News, August 15, 2021
Commentary (评论)
The Tong Ying-kit case: First show trial of Hong Kong’s new mainland-style legal regime
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021
索罗斯：习近平已经将自己变成了独裁者(Soros: Xi Jinping has turned himself into a dictator)
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2021
Related:
Xi’s Dictatorship Threatens the Chinese State
The Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2021
从吴亦凡到阿里巴巴, “我也是”与女权运动在中国取得进步?( From Kris Wu to Alibaba: "Me too" and the feminist movement have made progress in China?)
Voice of America, August 16, 2021
Friday, August 13, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Hi-tech tools may keep forced-labour goods out of US market as top brands brace for Xinjiang ban
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
‘I pray for her’: Australian broadcaster Cheng Lei no closer to release a year after being detained in China
The Guardian, August 12, 2021
女权人士李翘楚案已经移送检察院审查起诉 律师会见申请及羁押必要性审查申请均遭驳回(Case of feminist Li Qiaochu has reached the procuratorate; lawyer is denied meeting and review of grounds for detention)
Weiquanwang, August 13, 2021
耿和（高智晟律师妻子）：8.13高智晟被绑架四年家属声明(Lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s wife Geng He: Statement on 4th anniversary of Gao Zhisheng’s kidnapping)
Weiquanwang, August 13, 2021
澳关注华裔记者被拘一年 代表律师至今无法会面(Australia is concerned over Chinese-Australian journalist’s year-long detention with no access to lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Two Chinese activists sentenced to 15 months’ jail for archiving censored internet material
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Researchers Spot Deep Fake Profile Photos Linked to Pro-China Twitter Accounts
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2021
世卫吁中国分享原始数据 北京：反对政治溯源(WHO urges China to share raw data on early Covid-19 cases; Beijing opposes “politically-motivated” COVID origin probe)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China rejects need for further WHO probe into COVID-19 origins
Agence France-Presse, August 13, 2021
瑞士外交部：中国假新闻错误报道影响大(Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Disinformation by China via fake news has great impact)
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China tech crackdown: Beijing’s soft touch on tax for Big Tech is set to end as it seeks more focus on science
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Are suspensions on new users a big deal for Chinese tech?
Protocol, August 12, 2021
Alibaba Rape Allegation Reveals China Tech’s Seamy Side
阿里性侵丑闻再揭中国科技业阴暗面
The New York Times, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Record number of uncontested seats for Hong Kong Election Committee polls – and Li Ka-shing is not throwing his hat into ring, for the first time since 1997
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021
Beijing-controlled paper labels Hong Kong press union an ‘anti-govt political organisation’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2021
Related:
Fears About National Security Law Chill Hong Kong Media
Voice of America, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong activists, unions vow to fight on ahead of expected break-up of protest group
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Hong Kong prosecutor leading national security law case against 47 opposition figures takes key justice department role
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Hong Kong activist charged under security law was given ‘benefit of the doubt’ over bail application: judge
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2021
Hong Kong court denies ex-Apple Daily chief editor bail in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2021
國安法指定法官彭寶琴升官 獲委任高院上訴庭法官(National security designated judge Anthea Pang is promoted as judge at Court of Appeal of the High Court)
Stand News, August 13, 2021
新生註冊前夕 港大派員清除學生會物品(HKU clears up students' union trace before freshmen registration)
Stand News, August 13, 2021
【英國專訪】曾覺離港太荒謬的傳媒人 Steve Vines：沒遇過更惡劣情況，不敢想起永不能回港(Steve Vines—Ex-RTHK English program host who once thought leaving HK was absurd: Never experienced anything worse, and dare not think of never returning to HK)
Stand News , August 13, 2021
辭職後留守 民主派前區議員開舖、賣酒續做區 「唔想公民社會崩潰得太誇張」(Resigned pro-democracy district councilors continue to serve their communities; some turn offices into stores)
Stand News , August 13, 2021
‘Can we ever return?’ Tears and heartbreak as Hongkongers leave for a new life in the UK
The Guardian, August 13, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong saw net outflow of 90,000 residents over the last year
Agence France-Presse, August 12, 2021
Roll-out of Britain’s visa scheme for Hong Kong BN(O) passport holders ‘slow’ and ‘inefficient’, shadow minister for Asia says
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Belarus and Hong Kong Are Building the 21st Century’s Berlin Walls
Foreign Policy, August 13, 2021
Thursday, August 12, 2021
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
Banning Mongolian From Kindergartens Part of China's 'Cultural Genocide': Activists
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Why Taiwanese books are being iced out of Chinese markets
Associated Press, August 11, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Weibo public relations executive arrested on bribery charges as China takes aim at online opinion manipulation
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2021
中国将禁止卡拉OK场所播放“危害国家安全”的曲目(China to ban karaoke venues from playing songs that "endanger national security")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Why China Keeps Spinning COVID-19 Conspiracies
Foreign Policy, August 11, 2021
中国拟起草国安法和反垄断法(China to draft new national security and antitrust laws)
Voice of America, August 12, 2021
Related:
中共中央 国务院印发《法治政府建设实施纲要（2021－2025年）》(CPC Central Committee and the State Council issue the "Implementation Outline for the Construction of a Government under the Rule of Law (2021-2025)")
Xinhua, August 11, 2021
报告：中企业海外扩张带来人权等负面影响不利中国成为负责任大国的愿景(Report: The negative human rights impact of Chinese companies' overseas expansion is detrimental to China’s vision of becoming a responsible major power)
Voice of America, August 12, 2021
Related:
"Going out" responsibly: The human rights impact of China's global investments
负责任地“走出去”： 中国全球投资的社会、环境和人权影响
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, August 11, 2021
中国教育部取消286个中外合作办学机构及项目 其中黑龙江取消121个 (China Ministry of Education cancels 286 Chinese-foreign cooperative education institutions and projects)
Sina.com, August 12, 2021
Related:
已批准终止办学的本科及以上层次中外合作办学机构及项目名单 (List of approved terminated Sino-foreign cooperative education institutions and projects at the undergraduate level and above)
Information platform for the supervision of Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools (Ministry of Education), August 12, 2021
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