Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese authorities accused of covering up shooting of civilians in Xinjiang protest
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779695/chinese-forces-shot-civilians-claim-villagers

Concerns over growing Chinese media controls ahead of Press Freedom Day
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-04282015142632.html

China’s Maodun: A free Internet caged by the Chinese Communist Party
The Jamestown Foundation, April 16, 2015
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=43797&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=25&cHash=f6c22636760f062a5490d56f4ac599d0#.VUDnJ9JVhHx

China internet regulators announce more explicit rules on web censorship
Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-internet-regulators-put-explicit-new-censorship-rules-in-place-1430233546

Related:
中國網信辦出台「約談十條」加強網絡控制 (China’ cyberspace administration office announces rules for stronger web censorship)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/04/150428_china_internet_question

”Providing tea” not as innocent as it may appear
China Daily, April 28, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/28/content_20567627.htm

互联网新闻信息服务单位约谈工作规定
Provisions on admonishment meetings with internet News Information Services
Cyberspace Administration of China, April 28, 2015
CH: http://www.cac.gov.cn/2015-04/28/c_1115112600.htm
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/netnewsadmonish/

美國國務院高調呼籲中國釋放記者高瑜 (U.S. State Department calls on China to release journalist Gao Yu)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2015/04/150428_usa_china_gaoyu

Related:
HRIC Statement: Heavy sentence for Gao Yu exposes hollowness of “rule by law” in China
中国人权声明:重判高瑜暴露中国“依法治国”的虚伪
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/heavy-sentence-gao-yu-exposes-hollowness-rule-law-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-pan-gao-yu-bao-lu-zhong-guo-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de-xu-wei

高瑜案的警示 (Gao Yu’s case as a warning to us)
Human Rights in China Biweekly, April 20, 2015
http://biweekly.hrichina.org/article/27396