Activists accuse C&A, Lidl, Aldi, Hugo Boss over Uyghur forced labour
Agence France-Presse, September 6, 2021
Xinjiang: another official transfers to sensitive region ahead of Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021
Tuesday, September 07, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
蒙古族正成为北京民族同化政策的下一个目标？ (Are ethnic Mongolians becoming the next target of Beijing's Sinicization policy?)
Radio France Internationale, September 4, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
传四川百名藏人被捕 疑与保存达赖喇嘛图像有关 (400 Tibetans arrested for allegedly keeping image of the Dalai Lama)
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2021
Tibet government in exile expresses willingness to talk to China
Taiwan News, September 7, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
中国打击“996”能否解决年轻人的“躺平”焦虑 (Can China's “996” crackdown relieve young people's “lying flat” anxiety?)
BBC News, September 3, 2021
Alibaba Manager Accused of Rape Is Released, Adding to China’s #MeToo Debate
阿里性侵事件涉案男员工获释，争议仍存
The New York Times, September 7, 2021
Families mark 1,000 days since China's detention of Canadians Spavor, Kovrig
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, September 5, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China Cracks Down on Tech Sector as Curbs on User Data Take Effect
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing 2022: China readies for Winter Olympics as pressure grows
BBC News, September 4, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil organiser defies police demand for info, says requests are groundless
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2021
Related:
Hong Kong security chief vows ‘swift and efficient’ action against organiser of June 4 vigil over legal row as stand-off escalates
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2021
Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media group files for liquidation
The Guardian, September 6, 2021
Related:
National security law: Hong Kong authorities hit back at Next Digital, accuse it of trying to shift blame for decisions
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2021
Hong Kong fund supporting arrested protesters stops accepting donations amid police pressure
Hong Kong Free Press, September 6, 2021
Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union to hold special meeting to vote on disbanding and liquidation
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2021
香港教牧網絡宣布解散 寄語港人堅守真理拒絕謊言(Hong Kong Pastors Network disbands and sends last words to Hong Kong people to insist on truth and reject lies)
Stand News, September 4, 2021
Hong Kong Democratic Party may breach security law if it tells members not to run in election, warns pro-Beijing figure
Hong Kong Free Press, September 6, 2021
Hong Kong’s remaining district councillors must take oaths of loyalty to gov’t from Fri
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2021
Hong Kong: international companies reconsider future in wake of security law
The Guardian, September 7, 2021
英國更新香港旅遊建議﹕國安法適用於英國行為 疑犯可被大陸審訊(UK updates travel advice for HK saying NSL is applicable to acts in UK and suspects could be tried in China)
Stand News, September 6, 2021
Related:
Foreign travel advice: Hong Kong
UK government, September 6, 2021
【初選47人案】范國威高院申請保釋被拒 旁聽市民高呼「保重」(Former lawmaker Gary Fan, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures accused of subversion, is denied bail again)
inmedia.hk, September 7, 2021
【12.8 遊行】10 人被控《反恐條例》及串謀謀殺 控方首引《反恐》起訴可囚終身(10 charged under Anti-Terrorism Measures Ordinance for possessing firearms during the 2019 protests, face life imprisonment)
Stand News, September 6, 2021
港大生及地盤工非法集結罪成囚3個月 商人認刑毁拒捕囚10個月(HKU student and construction worker jailed for 3 months for participating in unauthorized assembly, a businessman sentenced to 10 months in jail for criminal damage and resisting arrest during 2019 protest)
Ming Pao, September 3, 2021
RTHK pulling plug on long-running Hong Kong current affairs show City Forum
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Patriotism should not lead to a single, Beijing-approved view of Hong Kong history
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2021
‘Foreign agent’ claims against Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil organisers defy understanding
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2021
时隔70年“公私合营”山雨又来？ (After 70 years, is “public-private partnership” on the return in China?)
Voice of America, September 4, 2021
Friday, September 03, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
First details emerge of China’s spy claims against Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021
Left-Wing Labor Rights Researcher Detained For 'Subversion' in China's Guangxi
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2021
黑龙江70岁访民刘杰被被举报单位宾县检察院正式批捕(70-year-old petitioner Liu Jie from Heilongjiang is officially arrested with approval of the local procuratorate he reported on)
Weiquanwang, September 3, 2021
广州五名异议人士因讨论时政 涉颠覆国家政权移送检察院起诉(5 dissidents in Guangzhou face “subversion of state power” indictment for discussing current affairs\)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2021
Tibet (西藏)
How Much Does Beijing Control the Ethnic Makeup of Tibet?
ChinaFile, September 2, 2021
传四川百名藏人被捕 疑与保存达赖喇嘛图像有关(London-based Tibet Watch reports detention of more than 100 Tibetans in Sichuan, believed to be related to possession of Dalai Lama’s picture)
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Xi Jinping Thought, for children
The Economist, September 4, 2021
Xi Jinping is aiming to redraw China’s social contract
Financial Times, September 2, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong protests: 5 students found guilty of rioting, violating mask ban at 2019 Chinese University demonstration
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021
Hong Kong pro-Beijing lawmakers urge better moral education in schools
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2021
Security law baptism for uni students
The Standard, September 3, 2021
Chinese emblem must fly higher than all others under new flag-raising guidelines for Hong Kong international schools
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2021
Hong Kong’s Civic Passion disbands citing ‘no way forward’ after chairman ousted from legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2021
聲援受罰囚友被指「滋事」 袁嘉蔚涉事 邵家臻：22人調「水飯房」單獨囚禁(Former district councilor Tiffany Yuen, accused of "making trouble" in support of other prisoners, is put in solitary)
Ming Pao, September 3, 2021
官立及津貼小學整體班級數目 較上個學年減至少50班(At least 50 classes are eliminated in public and subsidized primary schools amid emigration wave)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 3, 2021
National security law: can supporters of legal defence fund for Hong Kong protesters be prosecuted for donations? It depends, legal experts say
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
中国国企涉非法收购意大利军用无人机公司(Two Chinese state-owned companies are suspected of illegal acquisition of Italian military drone company)
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2021
中国关闭美国西南商会 美国务院批任意监管(China shuts American Chamber of Commerce in southwest China; U.S. State Department slams move as arbitrary regulation)
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2021
Related:
China shuts American Chamber of Commerce in Chengdu, organisation says
Reuters, August 31, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Hong Kong’s civil society under fire: the candidates, the election, then the democracy movement itself
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2021
Thursday, September 02, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
美国军舰再入台湾海峡 中国施行《海上交通安全法》反制(China’s amended Maritime Traffic Safety Law takes effect in response to U.S. warship entering Taiwan Strait)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 2, 2021
Related:
U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait after Chinese assault drills
Reuters, August 27, 2021Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (2021 Revision)
Peking University Law Database, June 25, 2021
欧洲议会：通过首份对台湾报告 将提升双边关系(European Parliament adopts report on enhancing EU-Taiwan relations)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2021
Related:
European Lawmakers Seek to Upgrade Ties With Taiwan
Bloomberg, September 2, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Canadian jailed in China accused of taking military photos
The Guardian, September 2, 2021
Journalist-Turned-Rights Attorney Held Incommunicado in China's Liaoning
Radio Free Asia, September 1, 2021
“996” RULED ILLEGAL YET LABOR RESEARCHERS, ACTIVISTS STILL ARRESTED
China Digital Times, September 1, 2021
专访吴有水律师：“长沙公益三子”被偷走的辩护权(Interview with lawyer Wu Youshui: Right to defense has been stolen from Changsha Three public interest activists)
Voice of America, September 2, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Weibo bans 52 accounts, some with millions of followers, in campaign against financial misinformation on social media
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021
Chinese netizens identify the Weibo supervisor system as a source of arbitrary censorship
GlobalVoices, September 2, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
EU foreign ministers set for first talks on China since sanctions blitz six months ago
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2021
Why are China’s diplomats sometimes so undiplomatic?
Quartz, September 2, 2021
滴滴等11企业被当局约谈(Authorities have interviewed 11 ride-hailing companies including Didi)
Radio France Internationale, September 2, 2021
谭德赛：我们请求中国给出这些数据(WHO’s Tedros: We are asking China to provide data related to COVID’s origins)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2021
中国娱乐圈遭持续整肃 被批实施“法西斯美学”(As China continues to purge entertainment industry, scholar criticizes it as implementing "fascist aesthetics")
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2021
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