Xinjiang (新疆)

US hits China with new trade curbs and sanctions over forced Uyghur labour
Agence France-Presse, December 17, 2021

Related:
China vows to respond after US Xinjiang sanctions passed
Agence France-Presse, December 17, 2021

Yidiresi Aishan: rights group appeals to UN over Moroccan court’s extradition ruling against Uygur dissident
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2021

Senate Passes Bill Banning Imports From Chinese Region Over Treatment of Uyghurs
美国参议院通过禁止从中国新疆地区进口商品的议案
The Wall Street Journal, December 17 2021

新疆再抓捕少数民族 哈国人权领袖收到死亡威胁(Authorities continue to arrest Muslims in Xinjiang; Kazakh human rights leader receives death threats for releasing information on Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s #MeToo Victims Face Abuse, Payback for Going Public
The Diplomat, December 17, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

年终报道：2021年中共舆论控制与信息封锁新顶峰(Year-end report: New peak of CPC's public opinion control and information blockade in 2021)
Voice of America, December 17, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.S. Cracks Down on Firms Said to Aid China’s Repression of Minorities
美国将数十家中国企业和机构列入受限实体名单
The New York Times, December 17, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong ‘patriots’ election: Chair of largest pro-democracy party under attack by Beijing state media
Hong Kong Free Press, December 17, 2021

Hong Kong after electoral overhaul and post-national security law: how quiet will this year’s Legislative Council poll be?
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2021

警拘兩人涉籲影響選舉　包括網上討論群組管理員(Police arrest two, including online discuss group manager, for urging others to influence election)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 17, 2021

【蘋果高層案】 還押近 5 個月　前英文版總編盧峯高院申保釋遭拒(Former Apple Daily English chief editor is denied bail after nearly 5 months of detention)
Stand News, December 17, 2021

Chinese emblem replaces Hong Kong insignia in city’s legislature for lawmakers’ oath-taking
Hong Kong Free Press, December 17, 2021

Police watchdog chair Priscilla Wong to lead University of Hong Kong’s governing council
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2021

Commentary (评论)

审查、监控、压迫：不，中国不是“民主”国家(Censorship, surveillance, oppression: No, China is not a "democratic" country)
Voice of America, December 17, 2021

Censorship, Surveillance, Suppression: No, China Is Not a ‘Democracy’
Polygraph.info, December 9, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

What is happening in Xinjiang as 2021 draws to a close?
SupChina, December 16, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

四项公投在即 台最新报告显示中共操弄反“莱猪”资讯引导仇美(On eve of 4 referendums, Taiwan’s latest report shows CPC manipulated information to rouse hostility toward U.S. pork imports)
Voice of America, December 16, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Dissident couple stand trial over criticism of Beijing, foreign media interviews
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2021

著名人权律师、北京道衡律师所主任梁小军被中共当局正式吊销律师执照(License of Liang Xiaojun, well-known human rights lawyer and director of Beijing Daoheng Law Firm, is formally revoked)
Weiquanwang, December 16, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

How much censorship is ‘enough’ for Beijing?
Protocol, December 15, 2021

OOPS! LITTLE PINKS UNWITTINGLY CALL XI JINPING A “RACE TRAITOR”
China Digital Times, December 15, 2021

记者无疆界：越来越多的记者被任意拘押(Reporters Without Borders: Number of journalists being arbitrarily detained is rising)
Deutsche Welle, December 16, 2021

Related:
2021 Round-Up: Journalists detained, killed, held hostage and missing
Reporters Without Borders, December 15, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

英国发表网络新战略 网络部队据信会以攻为守打击中方黑客力量(UK announces new National Cyber Strategy, aimed at Chinese hacking capabilities)
Voice of America, December 16, 2021

Related:
New Blueprint to protect UK from Cyber Threats
UK government, December 15, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s internet censors are taking down top influencers for not being good enough socialists
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2021

简易版“领英”登陆中国 社交及分享功能被删除(LinkedIn relaunches simplified version in China, removing social and sharing functions)
Voice of America, December 16, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong elections: anti-graft agency charges 2 with inciting others to cast blank ballots in Legislative Council poll
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2021

Protest graffiti students acquitted by Hong Kong court over ‘unreliable’ police testimony
Hong Kong Free Press, December 16, 2021

Hong Kong gov’t and judiciary clam up after falsely claiming activist Nathan Law jumped bail
Hong Kong Free Press, December 16, 2021

Commentary (评论)

China’s Fake Twitter Accounts Are Tweeting Into the Void
Foreign Policy, December 15, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

US House passes final version of China bill that bans all Xinjiang imports over forced labour
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2021

Related:
美众院通过《防止强迫维吾尔人劳动法》 下一步待参院表决(U.S. House passes The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act)
Voice of America, December 15, 2021

How an independent tribunal came to rule that China is guilty of genocide against the Uyghurs
The Conversation, December 14, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

数据显示上千西藏政治犯被关押，海外藏人呼吁国际抵制北京冬奥(Statistics show that thousands of Tibetan political prisoners; overseas Tibetans call for international boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, December 15, 2021

藏族僧人因传播达赖喇嘛书籍和讲经获刑五年(Tibetan monk is sentenced to 5 years in prison for disseminating Dalai Lama books, lectures)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Court in China's Guangxi jails lawyer for 'subversion' over slogan
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2021

Related:
广西律师陈家鸿煽动颠覆国家政权罪成判囚三年(Guangxi human rights lawyer Chen Jiahong is sentenced to 3 years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power”)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

WHY CHINA RAGED OVER AMERICA’S “SUMMIT FOR DEMOCRACY”
China Digital Times, December 14, 2021

Blinken, in Indonesia, Stresses Soft Power to Counter China
布林肯访问东南亚，强调软实力制衡中国
The New York Times, December 15, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese nationalists have a new target: Lenovo
Protocol, December 14, 2021

美媒：三千页简报曝光 华为参与中国监控计划(U.S. media: 3,000-page briefing exposes Huawei's participation in China's surveillance program)
Deutsche Welle, December 15, 2021

Related:
Documents link Huawei to China’s surveillance programs
The Washington Post, December 14, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

北京冬奥：外交抵制到底会有多大影响(Beijing Winter Olympics: How much impact will the diplomatic boycott have?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 14, 2021