Thursday, June 02, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

新行政诉讼法实施一年收案量上升6成, 行政案件立案难基本解决 (In amended Administrative Litigation Law’s first year of implementation, cases handled increased 60%, fundamentally solving the difficulty in filing administrative cases)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel03002GN.htm

"调查发现环境质量信息公开不均衡, 36%样本城市未公开重点排污单位名录 (Investigation finds uneven disclosure of environmental quality information, with 36% of sampled cities lacking public directory of key polluting work units)
Legal Daily, May 23, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2016-05/23/content_6642790.htm?node=20908

“Ever been to Tibet bro?” A nationalistic Chinese Twitter account goes rogue
The Washington Post, June 1, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/01/ever-been-to-tibet-bro-a-nationalistic-chinese-twitter-account-goes-rogue/

Five years of sensitive words on June Fourth
China Digital Times, June 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/five-years-sensitive-words-june-fourth/

中国五毛党:言论审查的另一面 (Chinese “Wumaos”: The other side of censorship)
Voice of America, June 2, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-50-cents-party-20160601/3357731.html