蔡英文受访证实美军在台湾并称愿与习近平“坐下来谈” 释放了何种信息(In interview, Tsai Ing-wen confirms U.S. military trainers’ presence in Taiwan, says she would “sit down and talk” with Xi Jinping. What message is she sending?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 28, 2021
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: competitors warned they risk expulsion for breaking Covid-19 rules
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
冬奥会临近之时,中国遭遇禽流感和新冠疫情南北夹击(In leadup to Winter Olympics, China is hit by bird flu in the South, COVID-19 in the North)
Voice of America, October 28, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China Unbound: The implications of China’s expanding influence
SupChina, October 28, 2021
China’s Security Infrastructure Continues to Grow in Tajikistan
The Diplomat, October 27, 2021
China’s Weapon Tests Close to a ‘Sputnik Moment,’ U.S. General Says
新一轮军备竞赛?中国高超音速导弹试射引发美国担忧
The New York Times, October 28, 2021
中国拟制定涉国安关键技术知识产权保护规则(China to formulate rules for protection of intellectual property rights of key national security technologies)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2021
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国务院关于印发“十四五”国家知识产权保护和运用规划的通知(Notice of the State Council on Issuing the National Intellectual Property Protection and Application Plan during the "14th Five-Year Plan Period"
The State Council of China, October 28, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law: dead person on trial? Hong Kong magistrate questions bid to prosecute disbanded vigil alliance
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2021
Number of bills passed by Hong Kong’s opposition-free legislature more than doubles, as president rejects ‘rubber-stamp’ claims
Hong Kong Free Press, October 28, 2021
Hong Kong police launch series of raids on Civil Human Rights Front following missed deadline for disclosing financial, other records
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2021
23 歲理大生被指寓所藏武器 擬認煽動他人分裂國家 明年 2 月正式認罪(23-year-old PolyU student to plead guilty to inciting secession over possession of weapons in February 2022)
Stand News, October 28, 2021
4 港大生被控宣揚恐怖主義 申法援押後明年 1 月再訊(4 HKU students charged with promoting terrorism apply for legal aid; case adjourned until January 2022)
Stand News, October 28, 2021
【8.24 九龍灣】23 歲男被指竹枝襲警認暴動 官接納一念之差犯案判囚 2 年 3 個月(23-year-old man sentenced to 2 years, 3 months after pleading guilty to rioting in the 2019 protests)
Stand News, October 28, 2021
Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao drops Hong Kong democrat Alan Leong from legal column after 18 years
Hong Kong Free Press, October 28, 2021
Carrie Lam urges Hong Kong youth to work for change from within in RTHK appearance
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Beijing Must Face Olympic Consequences for Human Rights Abuses
Foreign Policy, October 27, 2021
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Terror expert is new Urumqi party chief in China’s Xinjiang region
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
The Uyghur issue, China’s greatest fear, is looming in Afghanistan
GlobalVoices, October 26, 2021
Taiwan (台湾)
支持台灣參與聯合國 美國務卿:符合一中政策 (Supporting Taiwan's participation in UN; U.S. Secretary of State: It is consistent with our “one-China” policy)
Deutsche Welle, October 27, 2021
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Supporting Taiwan’s Participation in the UN System
U.S. Department of State, October 26, 2021
Taiwan has no right to join United Nations: China
Agence France-Presse, October 27, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China removes top financial news outlet from official media list/a>
Deustche Welle, October 27, 2021
China shutters China Unicom branch account after fried rice gag about Mao’s son
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2021
Why another Chinese lesbian dating app just shut down
Protocol, October 26, 2021
维基百科上的话语权争夺战
Wikipedia: The fight for Facts
BBC, October 27, 2021
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Wikipedia: The Fight for Facts
BBC, October 19, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China blamed for cancellation of events for German book on Xi Jinping
Financial Times, October 26, 2021
中国出台家庭教育促进法,打造新社会新文化 (China passes Family Education Promotion Law to forge new society and culture)
Voice of America, October 27, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China amends Anti-Monopoly Law for the first time amid tech crackdown, increasing penalties and regulatory control
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
FCC revokes China Telecom's US authorisiation over national security concerns
Tech Radar, October 27, 2021
Commentary (评论)
How China combined authoritarianism with capitalism to create a new communism
The Conversation, October 26, 2021
Journalism Becomes a Victim of China’s New Nationalism
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 27, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong passes bill to censor films ‘contrary’ to China’s national security – HK$1m fine, 3 years jail for offenders
Hong Kong Free Press, October 27, 2021
Hong Kong protests: construction worker acquitted of rioting charge as black attire ‘not enough to prove involvement’ in violence
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021
地盤工阻警追疑犯罪成囚7月 官:被告供辭不盡不實「顯然是大話」(Construction worker sentenced to 7 months in jail for obstructing police pursuit of suspect)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2021
理大生藏武罪成囚13個月 准保釋「軟禁」住所逾一年半 官:不會扣減刑期(After 1.5-year house arrest, PolyU student is sentenced to 13 months in prison for possessing offensive weapons)
inmedia.hk, October 27, 2021
New blow for vigil alliance
The Standard, October 27, 2021
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支聯會剔出公司登記冊 李家超:「結束一黨專政」綱領等同顛覆國家政權 (Chief Secretary John Lee says "end one-party dictatorship" dictum is equivalent to subversion of state power)
Ming Pao, October 27, 2021
【12港人】遭加控妨礙司法公正罪 8人押後至12月再訊(Hong Kong 12: 8 face additional charge of perverting the course of justice; case adjourned until December)
inmedia.hk, October 27, 2021
【潘朵拉文件】英、加議員關注港官當地資產 致函外長要求審計(In letters to foreign ministers, lawmakers in UK, Canada urge audits of assets held by HK gov't officials)
Stand News, October 27, 2021
Overhaul of Hong Kong’s legal aid system could be implemented by year’s end, despite lawyers’ concerns
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
A rare form of quartz is key to Xinjiang’s solar boom, and almost all of it is in the US
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
China Targets Extreme Internet Fandoms in a New Crackdown
Wired, October 26, 2021
国家网信办拟规范互联网用户账号名称信息,六类情形被禁止 (CAC to regulate online account names, banning 6 “situations”)
The Paper, October 26, 2021
又甩锅美国龙虾?牛津专家揭亲中社媒账号新冠虚假信息攻势 (Oxford expert: China's fake news accounts are blaming COVID on U.S. lobsters)
Voice of America, October 26, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
As the rest of the world abandons ‘Zero Covid,’ China holds out.
世界逐步走向开放,中国为何坚持“零感染”政策
The New York Times, October 26, 2021
中国驻欧使馆频频出手 阻碍文化界活动 (Chinese embassies in European countries frequently interfere in cultural events)
Voice of America, October 26, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Why the Beijing Winter Olympics are facing political pressure
Bloomberg, October 26, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Chinese Censorship Is Going Global
Foreign Policy, October 26, 2021
黃雪琴:“哪有记者不发声” (Independent journalist Huang Xueqin: What journalists won’t speak up?)
NGOCN, October 26, 2021
维权评论:全国律协禁止“违规炒作”,律师再上紧箍咒! (Weiquanwang Commentary: All China Lawyers Association further restricts lawyers by banning “illegal hyping”)
Weiquanewang, October 26, 2021
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中华全国律师协会关于禁止违规炒作案件的规则(试行) (All China Lawyers Association's regulation regarding ban on illegally hyping cases (trial))
All China Lawyers Association, October 20, 2021
長平觀察:荒誕的媒體管制越來越緊 (Chang Ping: China's absurd media regulation is getting tighter)
Deutsche Welle, October 24, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong’s new rules on accessing gov’t records put journalists at ‘unnecessary’ risk, press group says
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2021
公司及土地查冊下月起須實名 記協憂新聞工作者蒙受不必要法律風險(Company, land record searches require real name registration; Journalists Association fears undue legal risks to reporters)
Ming Pao, October 25, 2021
Ex-head of Hong Kong protest group to spend extra month behind bars after latest conviction for joining illegal rally
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
‘Premature, unnecessary’: Tiananmen Massacre activist hits back as Hong Kong gov’t strikes vigil group from Companies Registry
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2021
【光城者案】涉串謀煽動顛覆國家政權 兩未成年被告申保釋被拒(Two underaged defendants accused of conspiring to incite subversion are denied bail)
Stand News, October 26, 2021
Hong Kong’s national security law no concern for law-abiding groups, Carrie Lam says after Amnesty International reveals exit plans
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
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保安局稱任何指國安法侵蝕自由的指控與事實完全不符(Security Bureau: Claims of National Security Law eroding freedom are inconsistent with facts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 25, 2021
How Beijing’s top agency in Hong Kong plans to build national identity in city with architects’ help
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
80 per cent of Hong Kong teachers struggling with national security education, survey finds
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021
大律師公會主席夏博義稱原則上支持修改法援制度建議(Bar Association chair Paul Harris says he supports legal aid amendment suggestions in principal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 26, 2021
UK bank Standard Chartered declines to say if it supports free speech in Hong Kong after marathon runners targeted
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2021