Friday, June 05, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

In Statement, Journalist Shi Tao Protests Deletion of WeChat Contents
微信圈被定点屏蔽 师涛发声明抗议
Human Rights in China, June 5, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/statement-journalist-shi-tao-protests-deletion-wechat-contents
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/wei-xin-quan-bei-ding-dian-ping-bi-shi-tao-fa-sheng-ming-kang-yi

Government control of China ferry aftermath weakens
The Financial Times, June 5, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ea95aa16-0b45-11e5-994d-00144feabdc0.html

China takes two-track approach to censoring Shangri-La Dialogue coverage
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1816138/china-takes-two-track-approach-censoring-singapore

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Women's rights body forced to shut office
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 5, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150605/news_20150605_56_1105283.htm

Related:
Feminist group forced to close in China after detentions
The Standard, June 5, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=62404

广西多人绝食纪念六四遭警方骚扰 (Over ten rights activists’ hunger strike in commemoration of June Fourth disrupted by police)
Voice of America, June 5, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/advocates-on-hunger-strike-on-june-4th-anniversary-20150604/2807113.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Who wants to be a mandarin?
The Economist, June 6, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21653669-public-service-less-fun-if-you-cant-take-bribes-who-wants-be-mandarin

Thousands converge on central Beijing ahead of massacre anniversary
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tiananmen-06032015160642.html

Chinese students in U.S. urge justice for Tiananmen Massacre
Voice of America, June 4, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-students-urge-justice-for-tiananmen-square-massacre/2807051.html

Exiled Tiananmen student leaders find that home remains out of bounds (+video)
Christian Science Monitor, June 5, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0604/Exiled-Tiananmen-student-leaders-find-that-home-remains-out-of-bounds-video

Hong Kong holds Tiananmen Square commemoration
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33013270

Related:
135,000 candles light up park
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 5, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=157682&sid=44608425&con_type=3&d_str=20150605

Mourners shun main event and flock to HKU and Tsim Sha Tsui to mark June 4
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1816800/mourners-shun-main-event-and-flock-hku-and-tsim-sha-tsui

Related:
近半港大集會者「棄維園」 (Nearly half of HKU commemoration participants are “quiters” of the Victoria Park vigil)
Mingpao, June 5, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/近半港大集會者「棄維園」-明報民調:支聯集會者多挺五大綱領/web_tc/article/20150605/s00001/1433441494303

Hong Kong marks June 4 massacre anniversary amid discord over its own future
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/discord-06042015102717.html

香港纪念“六四”活动遍地开花 不同理念人士港九同悼念 (June Fourth commemoration flourishes in Hong Kong: groups with diverse views hold activities across the city)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-06042015104928.html

Hong Kong's youth find new meaning in Tiananmen vigil
The Hindu Times, June 5, 2015
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/tiananmen-vigil-hong-kongs-youth-find-new-meaning/article7283760.ece

美国呼吁中国就六四事件受害者做正式说明 (U.S. calls on China to give official explanation about June Fourth victims)
Voice of America, June 5, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/USDOS-statement-on-the-26th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-square-20150604/2807146.html

台北自由廣場晚會追悼「六四」26週年 (June Fourth 26th anniversary commemorated at Taipei National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/06/150604_taiwan_china_64

Related:
台湾数百学生撑黄伞悼『六四』 (Hundreds of students in Taiwan hold up yellow umbrellas at June Fourth commemoration)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx2-06042015112126.html

马英九呼吁北京当局正视及平反六四事件 (Ma Ying-jeou calls on Beijing to face June Fourth and vindicate the 1989 Democracy Movement)
Voice of America, June 5, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/taiwan-president-on-june-4th-20150604/2807102.html

六四纪念活动在德国斯图加特中心广场展开 (June Fourth commemoration held in Germany’s Stuttgart central plaza)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/gr-06042015101819.html

外媒追問 華春瑩語塞 (Foreign journalist’s question on China taking historical accountability for June Fourth leaves spokesperson Hua Chunying speechless)
Apple Daily, June 5, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150605/19173102

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Massive cyber attack hits US federal workers, probe focuses on China
The Hindu, June 5, 2015
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/massive-cyber-attack-hits-us-federal-workers-probe-focuses-on-china/article7285127.ece

Related:
OPM hack: as China blames US for huge cyberattack, new era of cyberwarfare and internet terrorism arrives
The Independent, June 5, 2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/opm-hack-as-china-blames-us-for-huge-cyberattack-new-era-of-cyberwarfare-and-internet-terrorism-arrives-10299003.html

Hong Kong (香港)

HC rejects Yvonne Leung 's plea on reform package
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 5, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150605/news_20150605_56_1105266.htm

內地人到維園 盼港珍惜自由 (Mainland Chinese participants at Victoria Park event hope that Hong Kong people treasure freedom)
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150605/19173274

拒袋8.31方案 學生燒基本法 (Students burn Basic Law in rejection of “831 decision”)
Apple Daily, June 5, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150605/19173117

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China urges greater security role for the SCO
The Diplomat, June 5, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/china-urges-greater-security-role-for-the-sco/