Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese lawyer detained, tortured in long-running “revenge” case
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-lawyer-detained-tortured-in-long-running-revenge-case-01052016100348.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

The latest codeword used to beat China's internet censors
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 5, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-35236725

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

国际特赦呼吁中国释放声援浦志强的7人 (Amnesty International calls on Chinese authorities to release 7 citizens who supported Pu Zhiqiang)
Voice of America, January 6, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-amnesty-international-on-detention-of-seven-activists-supporting-pu-zhiqiang-20160105/3132129.html

Workers speak out in support of detained labor activists in Guangdong
China Labor Bulletin, January 5, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/workers-speak-out-support-detained-labour-activists-guangdong

Why millions of Chinese are victimized by the blooming peer-to-peer lending business
Hong Kong Free Press, January 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/05/why-millions-of-chinese-are-victimized-by-the-blooming-peer-to-peer-lending-business/

Labor rights movements gaining momentum in China
Deutsche Welle, January 6, 2016
http://www.dw.com/en/labor-rights-movements-gaining-momentum-in-china/a-18959557

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Death sentences surge, even as more countries drop capital punishment
全球死刑判决增加,中国最多
The New York Times, January 6, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/world/middleeast/fewer-countries-use-death-penalty-but-death-sentences-surge.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20160106/c06death/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's Communist Party sets up smartphone channel for corruption tip-offs
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-communist-party-sets-up-smartphone-channel-for-corruption-tip-offs-01052016103546.html

Microsoft faces new scrutiny in China
The New York Times, January 6, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/business/international/microsoft-china-antitrust-inquiry.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Briton among Hong Kong publishers who vanished after “planning book on Xi Jinping's love life”
The Telegraph, January 5, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/12081920/Riddle-over-missing-Hong-Kong-publisher-deepens-after-he-writes-to-say-he-is-fine.html

【賣禁書被失蹤】港PageOne全線停售政治敏感書籍 ([Disappearance of sellers of banned books] HK PageOne bookstores pull politically sensitive titles from shelves)
Apple Daily, January 5, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20160105/54612627

Related:
Books banned in mainland China sell well in Taiwan, thanks to mainland visitors
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1898224/books-banned-mainland-china-sell-well-taiwan-thanks-mainland