Monday, February 22, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国打压维权律师人数达到317名 (Number of people affected in China’s mass crackdown on lawyers reaches 317)
Voice of America, February 20, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/human-right-20160219/3198311.html

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, February 5, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Access to Information (信息公开)

习近平调研官媒 要求提升国际影响力 (Xi Jinping surveys state media, demands to raise international clout)
Radio France Internationale, February 20, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160220-习近平调研三大官媒-要求好好宣传中国

Outspoken Chinese tycoon comes under fire for attacking Xi Jinping’s lecture to the media
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1915220/outspoken-chinese-tycoon-comes-under-fire-attacking-xi

China’s media wants you to love the state as much as you love your family
Hong Kong Free Press, February 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/20/chinas-media-wants-you-to-love-the-state-as-much-as-you-love-your-family/

China to ban foreign firms from “online publishing”
Hong Kong Free Press, February 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/20/china-to-ban-foreign-firms-from-online-publishing/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Prominent rights activist Huang Qi detained in China's Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-detained-02192016125317.html

Tibetan writer sentenced to three years in prison in China’s Qinghai Province
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-writer-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-in-chinas-qinghai-province-02192016134844.html

Hong Kong (香港)

China labels protesters “radical separatists,” and they agree
The New York Times, February 20, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/world/asia/hong-kong-indigenous-separatism.html

Related:
Hong Kong Indigenous leader Ray Wong arrested following Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, February 21, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/21/hong-kong-indigenous-leader-ray-wong-arrested-following-mong-kok-unrest/

Revealed: the HK$30million anti-riot cars Hong Kong police have never even used
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1914647/revealed-hk30million-anti-riot-cars-hong-kong-police-have-never-even

Brits For Hong Kong plan Lee Po protest to put pressure on UK government
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1914654/brits-hong-kong-plan-lee-po-protest-put-pressure-uk

Hong Kong independence activists elected to head Chinese University’s student union
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1915106/hong-kong-independence-activists-elected-head-chinese-universitys

Dystopian HK film Ten Years leads to Chinese media boycott of Hong Kong Film Awards
Hong Kong Free Press, February 22, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/22/ten-years-banned-in-china/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Behind Chinese leader’s warm visit, a cold reality
The New York Times, February 19, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-lunar-new-year.html

“Reform” in China and the rise of rule by fear
Hong Kong Free Press, February 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/20/reform-china-rise-rule-fear/

繁簡字衝突源自中共規範思維 (Conflict between traditional and simplified Chinese characters comes from CPC’s intellectual control)
Ming Pao, February 20, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160220/s00022/1455941393716