Access to Justice (司法公正)

法官流失严重 单独薪酬能否留住现代“包公”(China is rapidly losing judges, can a separate pay scale keep fair ones?)
China Law Translate, April 20, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/casefilingissues/

SPC provisions on several questions regarding case registration and filing
China Law Translate, April 20, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/casefilingissues/

Related:
Opinion on People's Courts implementation of reforms to the case filing registration system
关于人民法院推行立案登记制改革的意见
The Supreme People’s Court, April 15, 2015
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/casefiling/
CH: http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-14152.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

10 Most Censored Countries
Committee to Protect Journalists, April 21, 2015
http://www.cpj.org/2015/04/10-most-censored-countries.php

This chart explains everything you need to know about Chinese internet censorship
Foreign Policy, April 20, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/20/this-chart-explains-everything-you-need-to-know-about-chinese-internet-censorship/

Gao Yu's family under surveillance amid security clampdown in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-gaoyu-04202015131747.html

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

China national security law to address “harmful moral standards”
Reuters, April 20, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/20/us-china-security-idUSKBN0NB0UU20150420

Related:
“维护国家网络空间主权”拟入法 (New draft legislation includes “protection of national cyber sovereignty”)
The Beijing Times, April 21, 2015
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2015-04/21/content_191728.htm

US teacher deported after sending text messages critical of China’s Tibet policies
The Nanfang, April 21, 2015
https://thenanfang.com/us-teacher-deported-writing-text-message-critical-chinas-tibet-policies/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

我国拟放宽境外非政府组织在我境内设分支机构限制 (Draft law on Management of Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations gets second reading in legislature)
Xinhua, April 20, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2015-04/20/c_1115025351.htm

武嵘嵘的信：期待它日相聚时，畅谈人生，把酒言欢！ (Wu Rongrong’s letter: Look forward to getting together to chat over drinks)
Boxun, April 21, 2015
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2015/04/201504210018.shtml#.VTYOa9Kqqko

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Five detained women released on “guarantee pending further investigation”
中国人权法律备忘录：五位被拘女权活动人士取保候审
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/hric-law-note-five-detained-women-released-guarantee-pending-further-investigation
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-bei-wang-lu-wu-wei-bei-ju-nu-quan-huo-dong-ren-shi-qu-bao-hou-shen

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 20, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China tightens graft watch ahead of holiday
Xinhua, April 20, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/20/c_134167438.htm

Chinese state-run power company “sold jobs in return for millions of yuan”
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1772743/chinese-state-run-power-company-sold-jobs-return-millions-yuan

Hong Kong (香港)

港大副校改口不強制交流 校長卻稱豁免要原因 (HKU vice president retracts statement on compulsory mainland trips while president says exemptions “will be possible where justified”)
Apple Daily, April 21, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150421/53655189

Related:
HKU student trips to mainland will not be mandatory, says chief after apologising for “clumsy” remarks
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1772441/university-hong-kong-don-sorry-remarks-mainland

University of Hong Kong students say no to compulsory studies in mainland China in union poll
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1772292/university-hong-kong-students-say-no-compulsory-studies-mainland

China vice president says 2017 vote wish of most Hong Kong people
Reuters, April 20, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/20/us-china-hongkong-idUSKBN0NB10020150420

Related:
Government will try to win pan-dems’ support for reform “until last minute”, vows Carrie Lam
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1772698/hong-kong-government-will-try-win-pan-dems-support-reform

Counterterrorism (反恐)

中国军队派特种兵赴吉参加上合组织山地反恐联训 (China sends special forces to Kyrgyzstan to join SCO mountainous region counter-terrorism training)
China News, April 20, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/mil/2015/04-20/7219490.shtml

Fighting terrorism remains priority
China Daily, April 21, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/21/content_20495354.htm