不顾北京反对 台日将举行安全对话(Taiwan and Japan to hold security dialogue—despite China’s opposition)
Deutsche Welle, August 26, 2021
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese Citizen Who Documented Wuhan Outbreak Falls Ill in Prison Hunger Strike
公民记者张展狱中绝食抗议,身体状况急剧恶化
The New York Times, August 26, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
How China's Ultra-Loyal Web Army Silences Beijing's Critics
Bloomberg, August 25, 2021
China streaming site cancels idol shows in industry crackdown
Radio France Internationale, August 26, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Xi’s Prosperity Gospel
Foreign Policy, August 25, 2021
Explainer | What is China’s common-prosperity strategy that calls for an even distribution of wealth?
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021
The ‘window is rapidly closing’ to gather crucial evidence on the virus’s origins, scientists say.
科学家称新冠溯源调查陷入停滞,呼吁中国提供关键证据
The New York Times, August 26, 2021
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中国批评美国新冠病毒溯源报告是“抹黑中国”( China criticizes U.S. Covid-19 origin probe report as "smearing China")
Voice of America, August 26, 2021
哈里斯亚洲之行即将结束 对抗中国威胁主题贯穿始终(Theme of countering the China threat runs through Harris' Asia trip)
Voice of America, August 26, 2021
美日印澳四国海军开始年度马拉巴尔联合军演 共同应对中国威胁(Australia, Japan, India, and U.S. join naval forces in cooperative exercise MALABAR 2021 in response to China threat)
Voice of America, August 26, 2021
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Australia, India, Japan, and U.S. Kick-off exercise MALABAR 2021
U.S. Navy, August 25, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Spies for Hire: China’s New Breed of Hackers Blends Espionage and Entrepreneurship
诚招黑客:中国如何“升级改造”国家间谍机器
The New York Times, August 26, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
On icy luge tracks, Chinese and US Olympians navigate distractions, disruptions while training for Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong lawmaker Cheng Chung-tai unseated after failing patriotism test
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2021
立法會選舉押後 市民提覆核稱違憲 高院拒發許可稱港法院無權覆核人大決定(High Court rejects application for review of constitutionality of Legco election delay, citing lack of power to challenge NPC's decision)
Ming Pao, August 26, 2021
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organiser acted as agent for foreigners, national security police claim
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2021
EXCLUSIVE Hong Kong's former chief judge says upholding rule of law not political
Reuters, August 26, 2021
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「法治並非政治概念」 馬道立律師會周年大會發言全文(Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma’sfull speech at Law Society annual meeting)
Stand News, August 26, 2021
Hong Kong law change gives gov’t lawyers easier route to senior counsel status
Hong Kong Free Press, August 26, 2021
楊潤雄稱會加強推動價值觀教育及國民教育(Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung vows to strengthen value and national education)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 26, 2021
【國安教育】教育局發信中小學 指國旗法通過修訂後 學校須每日升國旗(Education Bureau sends letter instructing schools to raise national flag every day following passage of National Flag and National Emblem Bill )
Stand News, August 26, 2021
Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao forced to register US arm as a foreign agent
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021
Nearly 65,000 Hongkongers have applied for BN(O) visa scheme so far amid exodus under national security law
South China Morning Post, August 26, 2021
Commentary (评论)
中国新时代民族主义将走向何方?(Where is China's nationalism in the new era headed?)
Voice of America, August 26, 2021
Who is glorifying terrorism: Hong Kong students or the Chinese government?
GlobalVoices, August 26, 2021
China would rather be feared than defied
The Economist, August 28, 2021
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Chinese Citizen Who Documented Wuhan Outbreak Falls Ill in Prison Hunger Strike
The New York Times, August 25, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China schools: 'Xi Jinping Thought' introduced into curriculum
BBC News, August 25, 2021
民间闻官方限售英语教材 家长恐慌忙抢购 (Parents in China panic buy English textbooks fearing rumored restrictions)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2021
中国推动教育 “国进民退” 八部门下令压缩私立学校 (8 departments issue order to further restrict private schools as China shifts focus to public schools)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2021
中国整治饭圈"野蛮生长" 吴亦凡、赵丽颖粉丝团遭关闭禁言 (Fan clubs of Kris Wu and Zhao Liying are shut down as authorities crack down on “uncivilized growth”)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
中国鼓励生育 “三孩政策” 写入法律 回顾人口政策四个痛点 (A look back on 4 painful spots in China’s population control as “3-child policy” becomes law)
BBC News, August 25, 2021
Rejecting Covid Inquiry, China Peddles Conspiracy Theories Blaming the U.S.
拒绝世卫第二波调查,中国力推美军实验室泄漏阴谋论
The New York Times, August 25, 2021
中国出重拳保护个人信息,维权人士:笑话! (China goes all out on personal information protection; rights activists: What a joke!)
Voice of America, August 25, 2021
An ‘Early Test Case’ for a China-Led World
The Atlantic, August 24, 2021
China eyes $1.4 trillion of minerals with risky bet on Taliban
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 25, 2021
US, China accuse each other of 'bullying' nations
Channel NewsAsia, August 25, 2021
Joe Biden given inconclusive intelligence report on Covid origins
Agence France-Presse, August 25, 2021
不打疫苗就停低保?青海民和县一社区:指标没完成,吓唬吓唬 (No vaccine, no subsidies? Qinghai community’s scare tactic to boost vaccination rate)
The Paper, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong national security police demand info from Tiananmen Massacre vigil organiser
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong group behind annual Tiananmen Square vigil under investigation for suspected collusion with foreign forces
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong Law Society members with establishment ties now dominate its council after liberals suffer election defeat
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021
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律師會改選「親建制派」全勝 鄭若驊:望日後繼續合作(Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng looks forward to working with Law Society following big win by pro-establishment camp)
Stand News, August 25, 2021
Democratic Party chief hits back after Lam says political parties shunning Hong Kong elections are ‘strange’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021
過去 3 年 7 職工會自行解散 羅致光:若曾違法,定必嚴肅跟進(7 trade unions disbanded over last 3 years; Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong: Will look into any violations)
Stand News, August 25, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong’s PolyU tells student union to take magazine off shelves over ‘inappropriate’ content
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
China’s new data privacy law will create fresh challenges for Hong Kong businesses: former privacy chief
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong Gay Games ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ and threat to national security, lawmakers warn
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
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何君堯斥同運會「披著羊皮的狼」 自由黨:看法一致(Pro- Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho slams Gay Games as “a wolf in sheep's skin” that endangers national security)
inmedia.hk, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong student sentenced to more than 2 years in jail for rioting on night of Tiananmen Square vigil
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
Hong Kong creative industry ‘shrouded in worries and fears’ amid chilling effect of ‘red lines’ under national security law
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021
【禁片年代】「不利國安」影片可禁映 張婉婷:業界好擔憂 學者:審查紅線更模糊(Academic raises concern over vagueness of "unfavorable to national security" film censorship redline)
Stand News, August 25, 2021
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight
猎狐行动:中国海外追逃内幕
ProPublica, August 18, 2021
Signs bubble up that a Chinese city is growing weary of lockdown.
中国“零容忍”防疫模式暴露局限性
The New York Times, August 24, 2021
“Common prosperity”: A lexicon of China’s tech crackdown jargon
Quartz, August 24, 2021
Harris rebukes China in speech on Indo-Pacific vision
Associated Press, August 24, 2021
中国踏进“帝国坟场” (Afghanistan: China is stepping into “the grave of empires”)
Radio France Internationale, August 23, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Unpacking China’s game-changing data law
Protocol, August 24, 2021
Alibaba Cloud data leak ‘violated Cybersecurity Law’ in 2019 and must rectify, local Chinese telecoms regulator says
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Group that organised annual June 4 Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong decides to disband
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
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據報支聯會常委通過解散 待特別會員大會通過 鄒幸彤:不評論(Sources say Hong Kong Alliance passes disbandment resolution)
Stand News, August 24, 2021
社總有「被解散」危機?張國柱:唔能夠排除(Could Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union be the next to disband? Former chair Peter Cheung: Can’t rule it out)
inmedia.hk, August 24, 2021
Hong Kong pro-democracy lobbying group in Washington DC sees leadership depart
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2021
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam questions value of political opposition that doesn’t contest elections, insists city’s system still open to differences of opinion
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
Hong Kong to amend law to step up film censorship
Associated Press, August 24, 2021
National security law: Hong Kong’s PolyU tells student union to take magazine off shelves over ‘inappropriate’ content
South China Morning Post, August 24 ,2021
Hundreds of ballots ‘stuck in administrative limbo’ add new layer of uncertainty to leadership poll for Hong Kong’s Law Society
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
Commentary (评论)
The evil of banal censorship
GlobalVoices, August 24, 2021
China’s ‘common prosperity’ should be about helping those who need it most
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021
Monday, August 23, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
中国关闭美国在华劳工权益组织 反击强迫劳役指控(China shuts down U.S. labor rights organization in China to counter allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2021
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China Closes U.S. Auditor as Tensions Mount Over Forced Labor Allegations
The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2021
专栏 | 解读新疆:三位维吾尔文化人士分别遭到判刑与监禁(Xinjiang: Three Uyghur intellectuals are sentenced, imprisoned)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Blogger on Hunger Strike Loses Half Her Bodyweight in Chinese Prison
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2021
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公民记者张展体重急跌 家属要求保外就医被拒(Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan's weight plummets in prison; family’s request for medical parole is denied)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2021
周筱赟被控寻衅滋事 取保候审被拒(Zhou Xiaoyun, lawyer and commentator on current affairs, is denied bail on charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble”)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2021