Friday, January 08, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Down but not out: six months after China crackdown, human rights lawyers strike back
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/08/down-but-not-out-six-months-after-china-crackdown-human-rights-lawyers-strike-back/

人权组织吁中国释放律师和活动人士 (Human Rights Watch urges China to release lawyers and activists)
Voice of America, January 7, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-hrw-calling-china-to-free-38-detained-lawyers-activists-20160107/3135159.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Journalist detained a year is told he's ineligible for payout
Caixin, January 7, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-01-07/100897238.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国拆十字架运动进入2016年 (China’s “cross-removal movement” enters 2016)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-01072016104423.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“Punishment better than words”: China’s top graft-buster vows no let-up in hunt for corrupt “tigers”
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1898971/punishment-better-words-chinas-top-graft-buster-vows-no

Ordinary Chinese “won't benefit” from Beijing's two-child policy
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/policy-01072016105847.html

Former Chinese steel boss expelled from Party for graft
Channel NewsAsia, January 8, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/former-chinese-steel-boss/2409342.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

A “year of innovation” for Internet controls
China Media Project, January 7, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/01/07/39575/

Hong Kong (香港)

Breaking Hong Kong law to enforce Chinese law OK, state media says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/07/breaking-hong-kong-law-to-enforce-chinese-law-ok-state-media-says/

Many in Hong Kong fear Beijing’s reach after editor and colleagues disappear
The New York Times, January 8, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/world/asia/hong-kong-lee-bo-bookseller-china.html

Related:
香港5000人拟游行抗议禁书店5人被失踪 (5,000 Hongkongers to march to protest banned booksellers’ disappearance)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-01072016105636.html

“Extremely worried” EU urges Hong Kong to investigate booksellers’ disappearance
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/08/extremely-worried-eu-urges-hong-kong-to-investigate-booksellers-disappearance/

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

China’s first counter-terror law and its implications for Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet, January 7, 2016
https://www.savetibet.org/chinas-first-counter-terror-law-and-its-implications-for-tibet/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Conspiracies, commentaries and scandal: see the banned titles in the spotlight after bookseller disappearances
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1898986/conspiracies-commentaries-and-scandal-see-banned-titles

Assessing China’s plan to build Internet power
ChinaFile, January 7, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/media/assessing-chinas-plan-build-internet-power

China’s new anti-terror law highlights tensions between national security and digital privacy
IP Watchdog, January 3, 2016
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/01/03/china-anti-terror-law/id=64396/