Friday, March 18, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“两孩” 政策落地需强化法律保障 (Implementing “Two Child” policy requires strengthened legal protections)
Legal Daily, March 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160317/Articel05001GN.htm

为破解执法困境委员建言, 城管要实现先服务后管理 (CPPCC Standing Committee: To resolve law enforcement difficulties, “chengguan” city management officers should put service before management)
Legal Daily, March 15, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160315/Articel07009GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu seen “on vacation” in Yunnan
高瑜“被旅游”云南曾见异议人士
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2016
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/veteran-chinese-journalist-gao-yu-seen-on-vacation-in-yunnan-03172016115717.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/gao-03172016075822.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

激活潜能“朝阳群众”屡立新功 (Its potential actuated, volunteer security patrols "Chaoyang Masses" garner repeated achievements)
Legal Daily, March 11, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160311/Articel03002GN.htm

Related:
Chaoyang masses
China Digital Times
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/space/Chaoyang_masses

Miner protests in the Northeast and the end of China’s economic boom
China Change, March 17, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/03/17/miner-protests-in-the-northeast-and-the-end-of-chinas-economic-boom/

Charity law to ban activity that "endangers security"
China Digital Times, March 11, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/03/charity-law-forbid-activity-endangers-national-security/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

防范刑讯逼供的立法建议 (Legislative suggestions for preventing torture)
Legal Daily, March 16, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2016-03-16/doc-ifxqhfvp1132251.shtml

反腐专门法未进立法计划, 人大常委会法工委官员解释 (Official from Legislative Work Committee of NPC Standing Committee: Targeted anti-corruption law will not go into legislative plan)
Beijing News, March 10, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2016/03-10/7790971.shtml

去年国家赔偿金额2.4亿, 审结国家赔偿案5439件 (Last year, 5,439 state compensation cases totaled payouts of RMB 240 million)
Bejing News, March 14, 2016
http://news.qq.com/a/20160314/007670.htm

Suppressed in translation: How Chinese versions of UN covenants gloss over human rights
The Economist, March
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21695095-how-chinese-versions-un-covenants-gloss-over-human-rights-suppressed-translation

Related:
China at the UN: Shouting Down the Critics
中国蛮横拒绝国际社会的批评
Human Rights in China, March 15, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/china-un-shouting-down-critics
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/zhong-guo-man-heng-ju-jue-guo-ji-she-hui-de-pi-ping

China graft busters blame golf for executive's downfall
Channel NewsAsia, March 17, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-graft-busters-blame/2612148.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s contested Internet: Historical struggle and uncertain future
The Futures We Want, March 17, 2016
http://futureswewant.net/guobin-yang-china-internet/

微信维权平台去年受理投诉850万件 (WeChat legal complaints platform last year handled 8.5 million cases)
Legal Daily, March 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160317/Articel06006GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong students call for territory’s independence from China
彻底决裂,香港学生喊出独立口号
The New York Times, March 18, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/world/asia/hong-kong-independence-undergrad.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160318/c18hongkong/

China official says Hong Kong sovereignty “impossible”
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35828915

Extreme? Moderate? No, Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong’s new party will be somewhere in between
黄之锋:新政党介乎极端激进与传统温和之间
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1926876/extreme-moderate-no-hong-kong-activist-joshua-wongs-new
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15387f28a84eb45/huang-zhi-feng-xin-zheng-dang-jie-hu-ji-duan-ji-jin-yu-chuan-tong-wen-he-zhi-jian

Causeway Bay books co-owner Lee Bo may return to HK by end of the month—report
Hong Kong Free Press, March 18, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/18/causeway-bay-books-co-owner-lee-bo-may-return-to-hk-by-end-of-the-month-report/

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

孟建柱会见美国联邦调查局局长科米 (Meng Jianzhu, head of CPC Political and Legislative Affairs Committee, meets with U.S. FBI Director James Comey)
Legal Daily, March 16, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160316/Articel01004GN.htm

吴爱英会见美国联邦调查局局长科米 (Minister of Justice Wu Aiying meets with FBI Director James Comey)
Legal Daily, March 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160317/Articel01007GN.htm

China becomes first foreign buyer of S-400 as Moscow and Beijing team up against U.S. encroachment
RussiaInsider, March 13, 2016
http://russia-insider.com/en/china-makes-advance-payment-s-400/ri13324

Learning Party-speak: What the new textbook for dislocated minority students tells us about China
China Policy Institute Blog, March 8, 2016
http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/chinapolicyinstitute/2016/03/08/learning-party-speak-what-the-new-textbook-for-dislocated-minority-students-tells-us-about-china/

China tamps dissent with trumped up “state security” and “terrorism” charges
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-tamps-dissent-with-trumped-up-state-security-and-terrorism-charges-03172016125319.html

After shootout, China says Uighur militants a threat to Indonesia
Reuters, March 17, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-indonesia-security-idUSKCN0WJ12U