Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Conviction of Pu Zhiqiang affirms China’s resolve to muzzle rights lawyers
The New York Times, December 22, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/world/asia/conviction-of-pu-zhiqiang-affirms-chinas-determination-to-muzzle-rights-lawyers.html

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Lawyer or not, Pu Zhiqiang broke the law
China Daily, December 23, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-12/23/content_22782476.htm

王军涛:判浦志强三年缓三年是给他六年“紧箍咒” (Overseas rights defender Wang Juntao: Three-year suspended sentence to Pu Zhiqiang is six years of stranglehold on him)
Radio France Internationale, December 22, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr//中国/20151222-王军涛:判浦志强三年缓三年是给他六年“紧箍咒”

浦志强罪名成立获刑 法国媒体反应强烈 (Pu Zhiqiang convicted and sentenced, French media react heatedly)
Radio France Internationale, December 22, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151222-人权律师浦志强被宣判法国媒体反映强烈

美国务院促中国立即无条件撤销对浦志强的定罪 (U.S. Department of State urges China to revoke the conviction of Pu Zhiqiang unconditionally)
Voice of America, December 23, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-us-department-of-state-pu-zhiqiang-20151222/3113939.html

Statement by the Spokesperson on the sentencing of Chinese Human Rights lawyer, Mr Pu Zhiqiang
European External Action Service, December 22, 2015
http://eeas.europa.eu/statements-eeas/2015/151222_02_en.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Journalist says China may expel her for article on Uighurs
The New York Times, December 22, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/world/asia/journalist-says-china-may-expel-her-for-article-on-uighurs.html

State media accuses detained labour activists of litany of offences
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1893988/state-media-accuses-detained-labour-activists-litany

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China slaps travel ban on dissident writer, Tibet scholar
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/travel-12222015110252.html

先捕后批 中国加强打压工运人士 (Arrest before accusation, China reinforces clampdown on labor activists)
Deutsche Welle, December 22, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/先捕后批-中国加强打压工运人士/a-18935363

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国医改的下一步怎么走?采访:FT中文网公共政策主编刘波 (What next for China's medical reforms? Interview with Liu Bo, Financial Times chief editor of public policy)
Financial Times, December 23, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001065410

Hong Kong (香港)

香港学运领袖黄之峰:做好入狱准备 (HK student movement leader Joshua Wong says he is prepared for prison)
Voice of America, December 23, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hongkong-student-leader-20151222/3115006.html

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

美国称中国反恐法“弊大于利” (U.S. says China's counterterrorism law has more cons than pros)
Deutsche Welle, December 22, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/美国称中国反恐法弊大于利/a-18933993

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

《纽约时报》:2015,中国多难之年 (New York Times: 2015 a hazardous year for China)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-12222015111607.html