China clamps down on foreign TV and video imports
The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/11/17/china-clamps-down-on-foreign-tv-and-video-imports/
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Access to Information (信息公开)
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
12 years in prison for trying to protect spotted seals
China Change, November 16, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/11/16/12-years-in-prison-for-trying-to-protect-spotted-seals/
流亡西藏作家协会纪念“狱中作家日” (Tibetan Writers Abroad honors those unfree with “Imprisoned Writers Day”)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-11162015152229.html
Government Accountability (政府问责)
U.N. torture watchdog questions China over crackdown on activists, lawyers
Reuters, November 17, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/17/us-china-rights-torture-idUSKCN0T61BO20151117#LugLETt2aTdWgYgB.97
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Weiquanwang, November 15, 2015
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2015/11/300.htmlTorture in China: A vicious cycle
The Diplomat, November 16, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/torture-in-china-a-vicious-cycle/西藏人权团体:西藏酷刑令人发指(Tibetan human rights groups: Unspeakable torture in Tibet)
Voice of America, November 17, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tibet-20151116/3059836.htmlChina claims it has always encouraged and supported lawyers
Human Rights in China, November 13, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/china-claims-it-has-always-encouraged-and-supported-lawyersExcerpts from China’s Responses to the Committee Against Torture’s List of Issues
Human Rights in China, November 12, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/excerpts-chinas-responses-committee-against-tortures-list-issues
China bends vow, using prisoners’ organs for transplants
The New York Times, November 17, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/world/asia/china-bends-vow-using-prisoners-organs-for-transplants.html
China to mark centenary of liberal leader Hu Yaobang, the man whose death sparked Tiananmen protests
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1879669/china-mark-centenary-liberal-leader-hu-yaobang-man
China’s Communist Party investigates two top executives at state property behemoth Financial Street
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1879671/chinas-communist-party-investigates-two-top-executives
Party graft buster announces inquiry into CSRC official
Caixin, November 16, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-11-16/100874758.html
Hong Kong (香港)
Tensions run high ahead of Hong Kong vs. China soccer match
The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/11/17/tensions-run-high-ahead-of-hong-kong-vs-china-soccer-match/
嶺大畢業生台上抗議:校董無德何施賢治 副校指行動和平理性 (LingnanU graduates question how Council members with low moral standards can lead good administration in on-stage protest, pro-VC says their action was peaceful and sensible)
Mingpao, November 17, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151117/s00001/1447736538855
Counterterrorism (反恐)
Chinese media shine light on little-known “counterterrorism leading group” in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1879667/chinese-media-shine-light-little-known-counterterrorism
Uyghur teenager serving life sentence is victim of China’s strike hard campaign: Father
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-teenager-serving-life-sentence-is-victim-of-chinas-strike-hard-campaign-11162015141753.html
RFA独家:新疆客机两维族人被指“涉恐”带下飞机 (Two Uyghurs suspected of having terrorist connections removed from Xinjiang flight)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-11162015111833.html