Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police tear families apart over letter that demanded President's resignation
Global Voices, March 29, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/03/29/chinese-police-tear-families-apart-over-letter-that-demanded-presidents-resignation/

“Kidnapped” brother of dissident Chinese journalist criticizes sibling in “interview,” hails police
Hong Kong Free Press, March 30, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/30/kidnapped-brother-of-dissident-chinese-journalist-criticises-sibling-in-interview-hails-police/

Coming to a screen near you soon: China’s “televised confessions”
Hindustan Times, March 27, 2016
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world/coming-to-a-screen-near-you-soon-china-s-televised-confessions/story-ISz6b3sUfxAlA9ICnyD1aK.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Law scholar calls for Youth League transparency
China Digital Times, March 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/03/law-scholar-calls-youth-league-transparency/

China proposes restrictions on foreign websites
The Financial Times, March 29, 2016
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/888e864a-f595-11e5-96db-fc683b5e52db.html

Mainland China’s “first gay movie” in cinemas soon
Whats On Weibo, March 28, 2016
http://www.whatsonweibo.com/chinas-first-gay-movie-cinemas-soon/

China air quality study has good news and bad news
The New York Times, March 31, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/world/asia/china-air-pollution-beijing-shanghai-guangzhou.html

域名注册新规恐将致中国脱离全球互联网 (New rule on domain name registration may cut off China from the world’s Internet)
The New York Times, March 30, 2016
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160330/c30chinanet/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China on strike
Cable News Network, March 28, 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/28/asia/china-strike-worker-protest-trade-union/

The school of hard rocks: how protests by China’s miners shine a light on an industry in decline
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1931641/school-hard-rocks-how-protests-chinas-miners-shine-light-industry

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Official vaccine investigation begins
Xinhua, March 28, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/28/c_135231151.htm

Related:
Chinese lawyers call for official transparency in vaccine scandal
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-vaccine-03292016154903.html

The fall of China’s hedge-fund king
The New York Times, March 29, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/magazine/the-fall-of-chinas-hedge-fund-king.html

Ally of disgraced China security chief gets 12 years in jail for graft
Reuters, March 30, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-judicial-idUSKCN0WW05B

Chinese man wrongly jailed for 23 years sues for compensation
Irish Times, March 30, 2016
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/chinese-man-wrongly-jailed-for-23-years-sues-for-compensation-1.2591919

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese hacker who tried to steal U.S. military data “deserves respect”—state media
The Guardian, March 25, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/25/chinese-hacker-who-tried-to-steal-us-military-data-deserves-respect-says-state-media

Microsoft made a version of Windows 10 for the Chinese government
Tech in Asia, March 25, 2016
https://www.techinasia.com/microsoft-version-windows-10-chinese-government

This Chinese browser gathers a crazy amount of your data and then stores it unsafely
The Washington Post, March 28, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/03/28/chinese-browser-gathers-pathological-level-of-personal-data-and-then-stores-unsafely-study-finds/

Hong Kong (香港)

Is it legal? Hong Kong justice department questions status of new pro-independence party
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1931645/it-legal-hong-kong-justice-department-questions-status-new

Related:
《环球时报》讥讽香港民族党“猖狂全球无双” (Global Times satirizes Hong Kong National Party as “globally unparalleled savage”)
Deutsche Welle, March 30, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/环球时报讥讽香港民族党猖狂全球无双/a-19151437?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

【李波返港】英外交部促完全恢復李波自由 ([Lee Bo back in Hong Kong] British Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls for complete restoration of Lee Bo’s freedom)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160330/s00001/1459315072862

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

China charges Tibetan education advocate with inciting separatism
The New York Times, March 31, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/world/asia/china-tibet-tashi-wangchuk.html

“Strike hard” hits Uyghur family
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/strike-hard-hits-03292016173833.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【李波事件】李波事件難令人釋疑(文:陳文敏)(Johannes Chan on Lee Bo event: Doubts in the event can hardly be cleared)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160330/s00022/1459308351995