Monday, March 07, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

China shuts down 28,000 illegal websites in national crackdown
Xinhua News, March 4, 2016
http://english.sina.com/news/2016/0304/895556.html

Related:
China to build democratic, transparent Internet governance system: draft outline
Xinhua News, March 5, 2016
http://english.sina.com/news/2016/0304/895748.html

China bans depictions of gay people on television
The Guardian, March 4, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/04/china-bans-gay-people-television-clampdown-xi-jinping-censorship

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国民间联署促人大调查抓捕事件 (Chinese civic groups jointly petition to urge NPC to investigate the mass crackdown)
Voice of America, March 6, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-lawyer-20160306/3221717.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China corruption crackdown “netted 300,000 in 2015”
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 7, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35741357

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing will not sit by and watch push for Hong Kong independence, top adviser warns
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1920882/beijing-will-not-sit-and-watch-push-hong-kong-independence

Related:
Central authority to follow Constitution, Basic Law of HK, Macao: Top legislator
Xinhua News, March 6, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016twosession/2016-03/06/content_23761020.htm

Hong Kong localist’s vote haul in by-election points to further splits in radical groups at Legco polls
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1920904/hong-kong-localists-vote-haul-election-points-further-splits

China warns Hong Kong not to politicize issues
Sina, March 6, 2016
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2016/0306/895945.html

Related:
“Street politics could tarnish Hong Kong’s image,” NPC chairman Zhang Dejiang warns
张德江对旺角骚乱感“惊讶“ 吁港不要诉诸“街头政治”
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921782/street-politics-could-tarnish-hong-kongs-image-npc-chairman
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1535035bcba363f/zhang-de-jiang-dui-wang-jiao-sao-luan-gan-jing-ya-yu-gang-bu-yao-su-zhu-jie-tou-zheng-zhi-

Chair change shows Hong Kong deputies no longer in the driving seat at National People’s Congress
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921753/chair-change-shows-hong-kong-deputies-no-longer-driving-seat

“Missing” bookseller Lui Por back in Hong Kong: government
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/04/missing-bookseller-lui-por-back-in-hong-kong-government/

Related:
Dissident poet turns sleuth to uncover disappearance of bookseller friend Gui Minhai
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1921339/dissident-poet-turns-sleuth-uncover-disappearance

University student unions to sell “banned” books in protest of detained booksellers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/07/university-student-unions-to-sell-banned-books-in-protest-of-detained-booksellers/

Absence of HK tourism from China 5-year plan “reasonable” after anti-tourist sentiment—ex-Lecgo Pres.
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/07/absence-of-hk-tourism-from-china-5-year-plan-reasonable-after-anti-tourist-sentiment/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

香港需要更多梁天琦 (Hong Kong needs more Edward Leungs)
InMedia HK, March 7, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1041091