Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

2016世界新闻自由指数出炉 中国持续倒数第五 (Release of 2016 world press freedom index, China continues to rank 5th from last)
Voice of America, April 20, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/world-press-freedom-index-20160419/3293395.html

Related:
2016 World Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Borders, April 20, 2016
https://rsf.org/en/ranking

Author details unapproved cuts to “Leftover Women”
China Digital Times, April 19, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/04/unapproved-cuts-leta-hong-finchers-leftover-women/

中国严控互联网金融广告 投资受害者指责根源在政府 (China tightly restricts online finance advertisements, investment victims blame root of problem on government)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl3-04192016154600.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

疫苗维权遭维稳,QQ群被关群主受监视 (Rights defenders in problematic vaccine case repressed by authorities, QQ chat group closed down, group administrator surveilled)
Voice of America, April 20, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-vaccine-victims-qq-groupchat-closed-by-tencent-20160419/3292540.html

Vaccine scandal: parents protest in Chinese capital to demand justice over children’s plight
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1937232/vaccine-scandal-parents-protest-chinese-capital-demand

Tibetan protest monk released from prison in uncertain health
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/uncertain-04192016143140.html

Political psychiatry: How China uses “Ankang” hospitals to silence dissent
Wall Street Journal, April 19, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/04/19/political-psychiatry-how-china-uses-ankang-hospitals-to-silence-dissent/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese parents sue amid protests over tainted vaccines
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-parents-sue-04192016104330.html

Australian leaders keep unspoken vow of silence on China's human rights record
Global Voices, April 19, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/04/19/australian-leaders-keep-unspoken-vow-of-silence-on-chinas-human-rights-record/

China suspends G20 anti-corruption task force: sources
Reuters, April 20, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-g-idUSKCN0XH0AB

China planning chief warns his officials to step up graft fight
Reuters, April 20, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/china-corruption-economy-idUSKCN0XH0B0

Chinese PLA company command: The party line
The Diplomat, April 19, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/chinese-pla-company-command-the-party-line/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China will boost cyber deterrence powers, vows President Xi Jinping
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1937224/china-will-boost-cyber-deterrence-powers-vows-president

Opposing new Twitter China director “narrow-minded”, “radical”, “extreme”, “ridiculous”—Global Times
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/20/opposing-new-twitter-china-director-narrow-minded-radical-extreme-ridiculous-global-times/

Hong Kong (香港)

Prominent Hong Kong politicians and businessmen named in new round of Panama Papers leaks
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1937250/prominent-hong-kong-politicians-and-businessmen-named-new

Satisfaction with Hong Kong press freedom lowest since 1997 handover—survey
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/20/satisfaction-hong-kong-press-freedom-lowest-since-1997-handover-survey/

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

To Beijing with love: Chinese security poster warns of “dangerous” handsome foreign spies who steal hearts—and secrets
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1937132/beijing-love-chinese-security-poster-warns-dangerous

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The legacy of China’s one-child policy
The Diplomat, April 20, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/the-legacy-of-chinas-one-child-policy/