Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京市民将可拿手机申请法律援助 (Beijing citizens will be able to apply for legal assistance with a mobile phone)
Beijing Daily, May 24, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0524/c1001-28373885.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China school milk: Social media users up in arms over “hush-up”
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 20, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36346205

China’s Internet propaganda is more subtle and sophisticated than it ever has been
Quartz, May 24, 2016
http://qz.com/690650/chinas-internet-propaganda-is-more-subtle-and-sophisticated-than-it-ever-has-been/

Harvard study: China fabricates 488 million social media posts per year
The Diplomat, May 20, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/harvard-study-china-fabricates-488-million-social-media-posts-per-year/

Not-so-soft spot: U.S. embassy Q&A scrubbed from Chinese social media site
The Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/20/not-so-soft-spot-u-s-embassy-qa-scrubbed-from-chinese-social-media-site/

China holds writer, publisher over dissent, “forbidden books”
Radio Free Asia, May 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/books-05232016123637.html

中国出版界强人被捕引发外界严重关注 (China’s publishing industry strongman arrested, stirs serious concern)
Voice of America, May 23, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/Chinese-publisher-arrested-20160524/3343478.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Over 200 people support Guo Feixiong in a hunger strike relay
China Change, May 23, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/05/23/over-200-people-support-guo-feixiong-in-a-hunger-strike-relay/

Decapitated churches in China’s Christian heartland
浙江两年拆上千十字架,中国或进一步限制基督教
The New York Times, May 21, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/world/asia/china-christians-zhejiang.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160523/c23chinacross/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet works.
The Washington Post, May 23, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-scary-lesson-to-the-world-censoring-the-internet-works/2016/05/23/413afe78-fff3-11e5-8bb1-f124a43f84dc_story.html

Xi’s Internet: China’s new normal online reality
Hong Kong Free Press, May 22, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/22/xis-internet-chinas-new-normal-online-reality/

China mulls new ways to control video websites
Hong Kong Free Press, May 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/23/china-mulls-new-ways-control-video-websites/

Hong Kong (香港)

ICC building protest art suspended as Arts Council slams artists’ “disrespect”
Hong Kong Free Press, May 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/23/icc-building-protest-art-suspended-as-arts-council-slams-artists-disrespect/

Related:
Joint statement
Hong Kong Arts Development Council, May 22, 2016
http://www.hkadc.org.hk/?p=14364&lang=en

ICC《我們就是六十秒的朋友》創作者:請藝發局收回不實聲明,停止任意移除作品 (Artists of ICC installation “Our 60-second friendship begins now” request the Arts Development Council to withdraw false statement, and refrain from removing artwork at will)
Standnews, May 23, 2016
http://bit.ly/27QP4Yt

港大續辦六四集會 論壇傾香港前途 (HKU continues to organize June Fourth commemoration, discussion forum to focus on Hong Kong’s future)
InMedia HK, May 24, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042524

港支联会:纪念六四体现港人意志和价值 (Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China: Commemorating June Fourth reflects Hongkongers’ will and values)
Voice of America, May 24, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/June-4th-20160524/3343447.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【張德江訪港】張德江訪港帶來的破壞(文:潘小濤) ([ZDJ’s visit to HK] The damages brought by Zhang Dejiang’s visit to Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, May 24, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160524/s00022/1464055672356

【張德江訪港】漫談張德江訪港(文:呂秉權) ([ZDJ’s visit to HK] Discursive talk on Zhang Dejiang’s visit to Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, May 24, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160524/s00022/1464055163904