Detainee Says China has Secret Jail in Dubai, Holds Uyghurs
Associated Press, August 17, 2021
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Imprisoned Chinese citizen journalist not well, lawyer says
Associated Press, August 17, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China is policing speech that supports “living with Covid”
Quartz, August 17, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
“共存说”被网暴后论文又遭举报 张文宏得罪了谁? (Why do Chinese netizens attack Zhang Wenhong for raising the “coexistence [with COVID-19] theory”? )
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021
明星又遭爱国主义铁拳？ 张哲瀚游靖国神社丢代言 (Another celebrity kicked by nationalism? Yasukuni Shrine visit costs Zhang Zhehan all of his sponsors)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021
那些被中国制裁的境外势力都做了什么？ (What has those foreign forces sanctioned by China done?)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s new draft rules to further tighten control on tech sector
Al Jazeera, August 17, 2021
內地部門稱信息設施營運產生的個人重要數據應存儲境內 (Mainland authorities announce requirement to store in China sensitive personal data generated in the course of operation of information facilities)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 18, 2021
Chinese tech entrepreneurs grow wary of foreign funding
Financial Times, August 17, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Calls intensify for a boycott of Beijing 2022
SupChina, August 16, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong Leader: Groups Crossing 'Red Lines' Should Disband
Associated Press, August 17, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong security chief warns disbanded teachers’ union and protest organiser can still be investigated for crimes
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2021How did Chinese propaganda force Hong Kong's largest teachers union to disband?
GlobalVoices, August 17, 2021Hong Kong leader warns top legal body to stay out of politics
Agence France-Presse, August 17, 2021
言語治療師總工會接「擬取消職工會登記通知書」(General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists receives notice of registration cancellation from Labour Department)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2021
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam reveals government has opened talks on implementing China’s anti-sanctions law, but timetable for enacting this year ‘extremely tight’
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021
Related:
China or the US: Hong Kong firms could soon face difficult choice
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2021China’s anti-sanctions law raises risks for global banks and financial firms in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021
Hong Kong activist Tong Ying-kit to challenge national security case verdict and 9-year jail term
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2021
Beijing officials to host first seminar for Hong Kong lawmakers at Legislative Council, brief on 14th five-year plan
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021
Hong Kong's Population Falls For Second Year Running Amid Exodus
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021
Related:
Brain drain both a boon and a curse
The Standard, August 17, 2021
張崑陽宣布留美申政庇 將於約翰霍普金斯大學讀碩士(Activist Sunny Cheung, in self-exile, applies for political asylum in U.S., to pursue graduate studies at Johns Hopkins)
Stand News, August 17, 2021
以永久離港為由提早提取強積金申索金額按年升兩成七(Total amount of Provident Fund withdrawal due to "permanently leaving HK" increased by 27%)
Stand News, August 17, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Journalists call for the release of Cheng Lei who has spent a year in detention in China
GlobalVoices, August 17, 2021
中共不承認「內卷」，更不容忍青年「躺平」退出這場倖存者遊戲 (CPC denies "involution," does not tolerate young people’s exiting the survival game by “lying flat”)
The News Lens, August 17, 2021
In China, ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Is the Only Accepted Religion
The Diplomat, August 17, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
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
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
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