‘Service Day’ Activities in Tianjin, Outreach in Beijing and Jiangsu

Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—February 1, 2018

on February 28, 2018

Today, the Tianjin Public Security Bureau (PSB) Foreign NGO Management Office held a “Service Day” activity. Among those attending were the chief representatives from eight foreign NGOs based in Tianjin; representatives from eight Professional Supervisory Units (PSUs), including the municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs, Education Commission, Commerce Commission, General Labor Union, Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, Taxation Administration, Entry-Exit Administration, and the People’s Bank of China; as well as individuals from other government departments and tertiary educational institutions engaged in related work. PSUs “patiently” answered foreign NGOs’ questions related to various offices’ roles and responsibilities, foreigners’ visas, work permits, and bank accounts, and tax reporting.

Beichuan Mao Poster

on February 28, 2018

A wall showing the damage caused by an earthquake that occurred on May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province is decorated with portraits of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, in Beichuan County, Sichuan province, May 31, 2008. More than 68,000 people died in the quake and around 4.8 million people were left homeless.

China: Big Data Fuels Crackdown in Minority Region

By Human Rights Watch on February 27, 2018

Chinese authorities are building and deploying a predictive policing program based on big data analysis in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. The program aggregates data about people – often without their knowledge – and flags those it deems potentially threatening to officials.

Law, Politics, Society, Technology
Big Data, Human Rights, Human Rights Abuses, Xinjiang, Uighur

Michael Thompson

on February 27, 2018

Michael Thompson is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Michigan. He received an M.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan in 2015 after serving as a Fulbright ETA Fellow in Taiwan and is an alumnus of Juniata College. Thompson’s research focuses on Chinese politics, the political economy of development, and comparative authoritarianism.