Monday, March 21, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Trial of woman for killing abusive husband, severing his genitals, shines light on domestic violence in China
South China Morning Post, March
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1927590/trial-woman-killing-abusive-husband-shines-light-domestic

China holds migrant workers' trial outdoors “to educate public”
Reuters, March 18, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-protests-idUSKCN0WK0IG

Access to Information (信息公开)

China columnist Jia Jia detained by Beijing police, his lawyer says
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 21, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35859875

Related:
Rights groups slam China over missing journalist
Agence France-Presse, March 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/20/rights-groups-slam-china-over-missing-journalist/

Why Xi Jinping’s media controls are “absolutely unyielding”
Foreign Policy, March 17, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/17/why-xi-jinpings-media-controls-absolutely-unyielding-censorship-china-economy-speech/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese tycoon criticizes leader, and wins surprising support
中共因任志强事件遭遇党内外激烈反弹
The New York Times, March 19, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/19/world/asia/china-ren-zhiqiang-weibo.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160321/c21chinaren/

德国总统到北京 维权人士诉期望 (German President visits Beijing, rights defenders voice their expectations)
Deutsche Welle, March 20, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/德国总统到北京-维权人士诉期望/a-19129834

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg meets China's propaganda chief in Beijing
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1927668/facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-meets-chinas-propaganda-chief

Related:
Netizens mock Mark Zuckerberg's love affair with China
Global Voices, March 19, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/03/19/netizens-mock-mark-zuckerbergs-love-affair-with-china/

Chinese tech firm tells users: We may hand over your data to the government
The Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/03/18/chinese-tech-firm-tells-users-we-may-hand-over-your-data-to-the-government/

Hong Kong (香港)

Scholarism “suspends operations” to form new student group and political party
Hong Kong Free Press, March 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/20/scholarism-suspends-operations-to-form-new-student-group-and-political-party/

A closer look at China's contested Internet
Caixin, March 19, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-03-19/100921916.html

聯合國保障網絡傳媒採訪自由 (The U.N. protects Internet media’s rights to newsgathering)
InMedia HK, March 21, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1041368

香港铜锣湾书店失踪案主角之一吕波现身香港 (1 of the 5 disappeared sellers at Causeway Bay Books Lui Bo reappears in Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, March 19, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160319-香港铜锣湾书店失踪案主角之一吕波现身香港

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Defiant young Hong Kongers are bound to resist Beijing’s meddling and demand independence
Hong Kong Free Press, March 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/20/defiant-young-hong-kongers-are-bound-to-resist-beijings-meddling-and-demand-independence/

A paradigm shift in civil society: from the Umbrella to the Fishball Revolution
Hong Kong Free Press, March 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/20/rights-groups-slam-china-over-missing-journalist/