Access to Justice (司法公正)

China making example of jailed Wuhan Covid journalist, says lawyer
The Guardian, November 18, 2021

Furor Over Peng Shuai's #MeToo Accusation Challenges China
The New York Times, November 18, 2021

安徽合肥著名民运人士沈良庆在遭羁押2年半后 昨获刑3年有期徒刑(Shen Liangqing, noted Anhui pro-democracy activist, is sentenced to 3 years in prison after being detained for 2.5 years)
Weiquanwang, November 18, 2021

Women’s Tennis Challenges China’s Narrative Over Missing Player
中国官媒刊登“彭帅声明”，国际女子网球协会表示质疑
The New York Times, November 18, 2021

张展获无国界记者新闻自由勇气奖(Chinese citizen reporter Zhang Zhan wins 2021 RSF Press Freedom Award)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2021

Related:
Chinese journalist, Palestinian journalist and Pegasus Project receive 2021 RSF Press Freedom Awards
Reporters Without Borders, November 17, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s historical resolution puts focus on rising national security threats, pledges ‘fight to the end’
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2021

布林肯认定中国等10国为宗教自由侵犯国(U.S. designates China, 9 other countries as violators of religious freedom)
Voice of America, November 17, 2021

Related:
US Designates China, Russia, 8 Others as Violators of Religious Freedom
Voice of America, November 17, 2021

澳大利亚修改法律反击中国渗透和干预大学校园(Australia amends laws to counter China’s infiltration, interference at universities)
Voice of America, November 17, 2021

Related:
Australia toughens rules on foreign interference at universities
Reuters, November 16, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing is speeding up foreign tech phase-out
The Standard, November 18, 2021

Beijing to discuss efforts to clean, control the internet at ‘cyberspace civilisation’ conference
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong anti-corruption watchdog to monitor social media for ‘incitement’, deploying 800 officers on polling day
Hong Kong Free Press, November 18, 2021

Fake news in Hong Kong: who should serve as arbiter of what is true and false?
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2021

Hong Kong official says media should take steps to boost its credibility
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2021

Political slogans banned at Hong Kong Cyclothon and harbour swim race, organisers may involve police
Hong Kong Free Press, November 18, 2021

港區國安法｜美國報告指國安法影響香港社會政治　港府強烈譴責反駁指控(HK gov't denounces U.S. report saying national security law affects HK's society, politics)
Ming Pao, November 18, 2021

Related:
2021 REPORT TO CONGRESS of the U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, November 18, 2021

HKSARG strongly opposes the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission report
HKSAR government, November 18, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China’s Xinjiang cotton is banned in the U.S. but still making it to store shelves, says report
The Washington Post, November 17, 2021

Related:
Laundering Cotton: How Xinjiang Cotton is Obscured in International Supply Chains
Sheffield Hallam University Helena Kennedy Centre, November 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

著名人权捍卫者、“民生观察网”创建人刘飞跃5年刑期已满 今获释到家 (Liu Feiyue, human rights defender and founder of Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, returns home after 5 years in prison for subversion)
Weiquanwang, November 17, 2021

德國政府呼籲北京釋放張展 (Germany urges Beijing to release Zhang Zhan)
Deutsche Welle, November 16, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s Content Manipulation Reaches New Frontiers
The Diplomat, November 16, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China, US agree to ease restrictions on journalists
BBC News, November 17, 2021

U.S. and China Agree to Ease Restrictions on Journalists
美中同意放宽记者签证限制
The New York Times, November 17, 2021

Cultural Revolution was a catastrophe and Mao was responsible, China’s Communist Party upholds in landmark statement
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2021

习近平为什么三不提 (Why did Xi Jinping omit these three things in the Historical Resolution?)
Radio France Internationale, November 17, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese news groups warned of penalties for internet information violations
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong authorities will criminalise ‘fake news’ only as a last resort, city’s No 2 official says
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2021

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil symbolised ‘struggle of memory against forgetting,’ says democrat in mitigation
Hong Kong Free Press, November 17, 2021

Related:
六四31年集會案 李卓人哽咽求情「一生無悔」 提創立職工盟感觸落淚(In plea in mitigation, Hong Kong Alliance ex-chairman Lee Cheuk-yan says "I have no regrets in my life")
inmedia.hk, November 17, 2021

【47 人案】律政司申延至明年再訊　據悉羅德泉拒絕　促控方交代進度　維持本月 29 日提訊(Magistrate Peter Law rejects DoJ's request to delay the case of 47 pro-democracy figures charged under National Security Law, urges prosecution to explain progress)
Stand News, November 17, 2021

【理大兩年】流亡英國青年：由金鎖匙變地底泥(Interviews with three youngsters who were inside the 2019 PolyU siege now in self-exile in UK)
CitizenNews, November 17, 2021

Ex-Hong Kong law prof Benny Tai set to plead guilty in election expenses case
Hong Kong Free Press, November 17, 2021

香港立法会选举“非建制派”倾巢而出 学者：两面不是人 选情难乐观 (“Non pro-establishment” candidates go all-out for LegCo election; scholars not optimistic: They don’t belong to neither side)
Voice of America, November 17, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Justice for the Uyghurs: What the US Can Do
The Diplomat, November 16, 2021

康美药业后，中国式集体诉讼还可以走多远？ (After the first successful class-action win against Kangmei Pharmaceutical, will there be more?)
Financial Times, November 16, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

中国网民实地拍摄新疆再教育营视频 (A Chinese YouTuber provides the latest glimpse of Xinjiang re-education camp)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

CHINESE FEMINISTS AND GLOBAL TENNIS STARS ASK, “WHERE IS PENG SHUAI?”
China Digital Times, November 15, 2021

Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Circulate Open Letter to Shanghai Authorities Appealing for Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan to Receive a Full Physical Examination and Emergency Medical Treatment
China Change, November 15, 2021

吴有水：850天，小吴（吴葛健雄）终于来信了！ (Wu Youshui: Finally, letters from my son Xiao Wu (Wu Gejianxiong) after 850 days!)
Weiquanwang, November 16, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi warns of Taiwan 'red line' in Biden meeting; US leader raises concerns over Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong
Channel News Asia, November 16, 2021

Biden and Xi are meeting amid economic and military tensions.
聚焦中美元首视频峰会：习近平和拜登谈了些什么
The New York Times, November 16, 2021

Taiwan, Trade, Tech and More: A Tense Era in U.S.-China Ties
台湾、贸易、技术：详解新时代美中竞争
The New York Times, November 16, 2021

六中決議：八九政治風波由國際敵對勢力支持和煽動 (The Sixth Plenary Resolution: The 1989 political disturbance was “egged on” by international hostile forces)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 16, 2021

Related:
（受权发布）中共中央关于党的百年奋斗重大成就和历史经验的决议
Full Text: Resolution of the CPC Central Committee on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the Past Century
Xinhua, November 16, 2021

China’s nominee to Interpol committee opposed by lawmakers from 20 countries
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2021

Related:
No Room To Run: China’s expanded mis(use) of INTERPOL since the rise of Xi Jinping
Safeguard Defenders, November 16, 2021

Xi Jinping’s Terrifying New China
The Atlantic, November 16, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Revising China's History, to Glorify Xi Jinping
The New York Times, November 16, 2021

首届中国网络文明大会将于11月19日在京举办 (The first China Internet Civilization Conference to be held in Beijing on November 19)
People's Daily, November 16, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Tough questions over Xinjiang loom for Olympians in China
Financial Times, November 15, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

【支聯會案】鄒幸彤 7 度被拒保釋　旁聽人士喊「堅持、加油」(Former Hong Kong Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung is denied bail for the 7th time; attendees shout "hang in there," "add oil")
Stand News, November 16, 2021

American lawyer jailed for assaulting police officer during Hong Kong protests ‘acted in self-defence’, appeal court told
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2021

Google reveals details of 3 instances it removed content at request of Hong Kong police
Hong Kong Free Press, November 16, 2021

Hong Kong saw itself as Asia’s data hub, but Beijing’s strict cybersecurity rules threaten that status
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2021

Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam refuses to explain Economist journalist’s visa denial, says HK is an ‘int’l city’
Hong Kong Free Press, November 16, 2021

Hong Kong Broadcaster’s Swift Turn From Maverick Voice to Official Mouthpiece
从社会公器到官方“喉舌”：香港电台“改头换面”
The New York Times, November 16, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

ON CHINA’S “JOURNALISTS’ DAY,” RENEWED CALLS TO FREE JAILED JOURNALISTS ZHANG ZHAN, HUANG XUEQIN AND LABOR ACTIVIST WANG JIANBING
China Digital Times, November 12, 2021

中国维权人士李翘楚持续幻听 父母申请保释被拒(Chinese rights activist Li Qiaochu continues to suffer from auditory hallucinations, her parents' application for bail was rejected)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2021

WTA Tour Seeks Chinese Inquiry Into Player’s Sexual Assault Accusation
国际女子网球协会就彭帅事件发声，呼吁彻查
The New York Times, November 15, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s internet police losing man-versus-machine duel on social media
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

竞选地方人民代表横遭堵截 评论指“全过程民主”露馅(Activists running for deputies to the local people’s congress have been blocked, comments point out that the so-called whole-process democracy is all a lie)
Voice of America, November 15, 2021