Access to Justice (司法公正)

政法委来告诉律师如何维权？(CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission to teach lawyers how to defend human rights?)
Voice of America, November 10, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/CCP-to-rule-lawyers-20151109/3050179.html

中央政法委 《关于建立律师参与化解和代理涉法涉诉信访案件制度的意见（试行）》(CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission issues Opinion on Establishing a System for the Participation of Lawyers in the Mediation and Representation of Petition Cases Involving Litigation[Trial])
People’s Daily, November 9, 2015
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2015/1109/c42510-27793552.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Thick smog in Shenyang, China, draws even state media’s scorn
The New York Times, November 9, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/china-smog-pollution-shenyang-pm2-5/

Silence is golden: China tightens screws on online music
Reuters, November 9, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/09/us-china-music-censorship-idUSKCN0SY19120151109#CvXKi53eKVXiKq47.97

China licenses state journalists, freezes out commercial newsgatherers
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-media-11092015142130.html

China paper denounces Taiwan opposition leader
Channel NewsAsia, November 10, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-paper-denounces/2248250.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

As China ends one-child policy, illegally born kids ask: “What about us?”
Christian Science Monitor, November 8, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/1108/As-China-ends-one-child-policy-illegally-born-kids-ask-What-about-us

广东茂名村民抗议山地被私吞遭抓打三人被拘 (Guangdong Maoming villager protest land misappropriation, 3 detained)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11092015104839.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

大陆城乡贫富悬殊香港成罪恶输出受害者 (Hong Kong a victim of crimes exported from China spawned by large urban-rural wealth gap)
Radio France Internationale, November 9, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151109-大陆城乡贫富悬殊香港成罪恶输出受害者

中共在西藏反腐还包括反对信仰宗教 (Chinese government’s anti-corruption campaign in Tibet includes opposition to religious belief)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 9, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/11/151109_tibet_anti_graft_religion

青海省国家赔偿费用管理办法 (Management Measures on state compensation expenditures in Qinghai province)
Qinghai Daily, November 9, 2015
http://roll.sohu.com/20151109/n425733788.shtml

《开展领导干部自然资源资产离任审计试点方案》出台 (Pilot program to asses natural resources management by outgoing cadres launched)
Xinhua, November 9, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-11/09/c_1117083130.htm

Did Ma Ying-jeou stand up for Taiwan in closed-door summit with Xi Jinping? Full transcript of Ma's remarks has the answers
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1877213/did-ma-ying-jeou-stand-taiwan-closed-door-summit-xi

Related:
Historic Xi-Ma handshake wins mixed reviews amid Taiwan election
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-taiwan-11082015152511.html

China's Xi calls for strengthening of reform and governance
Reuters, November 9, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/09/us-china-xi-reforms-idUSKCN0SY12Q20151109

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Handshake to end the hacking: China and Germany pledge for peace in cyberspace by 2016
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1877288/china-and-germany-aim-reach-commercial-cyberspying-deal

Hong Kong (香港)

South China Morning Post announces new editor-in-chief amid mass exodus of staff
Hong Kong Free Press, November 11, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/06/south-china-morning-post-to-have-new-editor-amid-mass-exodus-of-staff/

Democratic Party to raise Hong Kong police’s Occupy handling and plight of domestic helpers at UN torture hearing
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1877092/democratic-party-will-raise-hong-kong-polices-occupy

Hong Kong Occupy activists claim Department of Justice did not follow procedure in prosecuting them for contempt of court
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1877049/hong-kong-occupy-activists-claim-department-justice-did-not

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【党建】让任前公示制度落地生根 (Party Building Magazine: Let the system of asset disclosure system before assuming office take root)
Inner Mongolian News Online November 9, 2015
http://news.xinmin.cn/rollnews/2015/11/09/28908644.html

【運動之後】區選是「傘落社區」的首場考驗　(Post-Movement: District elections are the first test of “spreading umbrellas” to communities)
Mingpao, November 9, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151109/s00022/1447053636599

青年「人心不回歸」因價值觀根本差異 (Young people’s unwillingness to “return [to Chinese sovereignty] in their hearts” is due to fundamental difference in values)
Mingpao, November 10, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151110/s00022/1447128170457

时事大家谈：习近平主政滿三年 建树弊端大盘点 (Current affairs discussion: 3 years into Xi Jinping’s administration, an inventory of his contributions and abuses)
Voice of America, November 10, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/io-xijinping-china-20151109/3050017.html

统一办案标准要解决三个问题 (Uniform case handling standards will resolve three issues)
Procuratorate Daily, November 9, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2015/04-15/7208343.shtml

China is sailing into a sea of troubles
The Financial Times, November 9, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/022b5c62-86ce-11e5-9f8c-a8d619fa707c.html