Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东清远清城分局“四个注重”推进涉毒专项行动 (Guangdong Public Security Bureau Qingyuan City branch launches "four foci" to promote special operation on drug cases)
Legal Daily, December 10, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151210/Articel11002GN.htm

监视居住点什么样？记者一探究竟 (What is residential surveillance like? A journalist investigates)
Sichuan Legal News, December 11, 2015
http://dzb.scfzbs.com/shtml/scfzb/20151211/33576.shtml

Prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang stands trial in China
Reuters, December 14, 2015
http://in.reuters.com/article/china-rights-idINKBN0TX05O20151214

Related:
Scuffles outside Pu Zhiqiang trial
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 14, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35089858

[Video] China human rights lawyer stands trial
Reuters, December 14, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/video/2015/12/14/china-human-rights-lawyer-stands-trial?videoId=366670697#axvtDTvJV5yMwBfM.97

Lawyers prevented from seeing Zeng Feiyang and other detained labor activists
China Labor Bulletin, December 11, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/lawyers-prevented-seeing-zeng-feiyang-and-other-detained-labour-activists

Access to Information (信息公开)

公开28岁女副县长完整履历，尽快是多快？ (In making public a 28-year-old deputy county leader's full resume, how fast is “as soon as possible”?)
Sichuan Legal News, December 11, 2015
http://pinglun.eastday.com/p/20151211/u1ai9134691.html

New law and media in China
The Diplomat, December 11, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/new-law-and-media-in-china/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese police ban anti-torture conference by rights lawyers
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/conference-12112015115039.html

Police open fire on protesting taxi drivers in China's Shandong
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/drivers-12112015121932.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

The hard reality behind China’s soft power
Time, December 14, 2015
http://time.com/4147284/china-soft-power-scmp-pu-zhiqiang-human-rights/

安徽村民遭刑讯逼供承认杀人, 2个月后"死者"返家 (Anhui villager confessed to murder under torture, 2 months later the “deceased” returned home)
Legal Daily, December 9, 2015
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/12/10/3245s5193418.htm

涉刑讯逼供“冤案”岂可私了 (How can a case of miscarriage of justice case involving torture possibly be settled privately?)
The Beijing News, December 11, 2015
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20151211/46623237_0.shtml

Related:
UN Torture Committee Concludes Review of China with Scathing Observations
Human Rights in China, December 19, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/un-torture-committee-concludes-review-china-scathing-observations

China anticorruption cases have quadrupled since 2013, study says
Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/12/11/china-anticorruption-cases-have-quadrupled-since-2013-study-says/

Dead, detained or missing: China's businessmen and officials are disappearing
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1890059/statement-alibaba-group-acquisition-south-china-morning-post

Related:
Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang reappears after “assisting authorities”
The Guardian, December 14, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/14/chinese-billionaire-guo-guangchang-reappears-after-assisting-authorities

Staging corruption: The link between Chinese television and politics
Caixin, December 12, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-12-12/100884839.html

Hong Kong (香港)

First Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal Andrew Li on Judicial Review
李國能：司法覆核
Mingpao, December 12, 2015
EN: http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20151214/s00012/1450029347818
CH: http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20151214/s00012/1450029347474

Alibaba buying South China Morning Post, aiming to influence media
阿里巴巴收购《南华早报》，欲重塑中国形象
The New York Times, December 12, 2015
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/business/dealbook/alibaba-scmp-south-china-morning-post.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20151211/c11scmp/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

反恐演练化解校车“劫案” (Anti-terrorism drill covers how to resolve a school bus robbery)
Sichuan Legal News, December 11, 2015
http://dzb.scfzbs.com/shtml/scfzb/20151211/33574.shtml

China says senior Uighur official killed during raid in unruly Xinjiang
Reuters, December 13, 2015
http://www.trust.org/item/20151213041705-iz57z

China security chief calls for better intelligence on terrorism
Reuters, December 11, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-security-idUSKBN0TV02H20151212

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Chinese Law on Trial
Wall Street Journal, December 13, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-law-on-trial-1450042134

Elderly sanitation worker’s death shows need for collective action and solidarity
China Labor Bulletin, December 14, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/elderly-sanitation-worker%E2%80%99s-death-shows-need-collective-action-and-solidarity