Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Concern for jailed activist Guo Feixiong’s health as supporters detained
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-guofeixiong-05242016170440.html

Related:
Guo Feixiong on Day 11 of Hunger Strike in Prison, Wife Asks President Xi Jinping to Intervene
郭飞雄狱中绝食11天,妻子吁习近平关注
Human Rights in China, May 19, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/guo-feixiong-day-11-hunger-strike-prison-wife-asks-president-xi-jinping
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/guo-fei-xiong-yu-zhong-jue-shi-11tian-qi-zi-xu-xi-jin-ping-guan-zhu

Hunger Strike Relay to Support Guo Feixiong Continues
绝食声援郭飞雄
Human Rights in China, May 16, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jue-shi-sheng-yuan-guo-fei-xiong
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jue-shi-sheng-yuan-guo-fei-xiong

Save Guo Feixiong: Hunger Strike Relay Proposal
救援郭飞雄接力绝食倡议书
Human Rights in China, May 2, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/save-guo-feixiong-hunger-strike-relay-proposal
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jiu-yuan-guo-fei-xiong-jie-li-jue-shi-chang-yi-shu

Wife of Guo Feixiong Appeals to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Regarding His Deteriorating Condition
张青吁联合国人权事务高级专员关注丈夫郭飞雄遭虐案
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/wife-guo-feixiong-appeals-un-high-commissioner-human-rights-regarding-his
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/zhang-qing-xu-lian-he-guo-ren-quan-shi-wu-gao-ji-zhuan

Access to Information (信息公开)

No country for academics: Chinese crackdown forces intellectuals abroad
The Guardian, May 24, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/24/academics-china-crackdown-forces-intellectuals-abroad

Chinese province aims to lead big data charge
The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/25/chinese-province-aims-to-lead-big-data-charge/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Netizen voices: No respect for family planning officers
China Digital Times, May 24, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/05/netizen-voices-comeuppance-one-child-policy-enforcers/

Protest held after grief-stricken relatives beat up five doctors following woman’s death
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1953791/protest-held-after-grief-stricken-relatives-beat-five-doctors

Chinese police detain protesting Sichuan quake parents
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/parents-05242016130621.html

China’s middle class vents over growing list of grievances
The Wall Street Journal, May 24, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/24/chinas-middle-class-vents-over-growing-list-of-grievances/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Write after me: China’s Communist Party members “must put hearts” into transcribing full 15,000-character constitution
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1952703/write-after-me-chinas-communist-party-members-must-put

The forgotten children of China's prisoners—video
The Guardian, May 24, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2016/may/24/the-forgotten-children-of-chinas-prisoners-video

卫计委:发现农村留守儿童疑遭不法侵害等情况须强制报告 (Health and Family Planning Commission: Instances of rural left behind children being illegally harmed should be compulsorily reported)
People’s Daily, May 25, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0525/c1001-28379171.html

U.S. disappointed by Chinese scrapping of online Q&A session
Voice of America, May 24, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/united-states-disappointed-chinese-shutdown-online-question-answer-session/3344940.html

纽约文革图片展落幕,李伟东论为何反思文革 (New York photo exhibition on Cultural Revolution closes, Li Weidong discusses why we should reflect on Cultural Revolution)
Voice of America, May 25, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-li-weidong-20160524/3344171.html

文化大革命五十周年:从广东逃到香港的知青 (50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution: The educated youths who fled Guangdong for Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 25, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/05/160525_hongkong_cultural_revolution_escapees

Hong Kong (香港)

Daughter of missing Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai to testify before United States committee
桂敏海之女出席美国听证会 吁各国勿让中国违法跨境执法
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2016
EN : http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1952855/daughter-missing-hong-kong-bookseller-gui-minhai-testify
CH : http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/154e5fee17e57b4/gui-min-hai-zhi-nv-chu-xi-mei-guo-ting-zheng-hui-yu-ge-guo-wu-rang-zhong-guo-wei-fa-kua-jing-zhi-fa

Related:
Video: “Speaking up is the only option I have”: Daughter of “abducted” bookseller testifies at U.S. hearing
Hong Kong Free Press, May 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/25/video-speaking-up-is-the-only-option-i-have-daughter-of-abducted-bookseller-testifies-at-us-hearing/

July 1 democracy rally organizers urge gov’t to reopen Civic Square forecourt as march end point
Hong Kong Free Press, May 24, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/24/july-1-democracy-rally-organisers-urge-govt-to-reopen-civic-square-forecourt-as-march-end-point/

Hong Kong wants to remain a global arts hub while censoring political art
Quartz, May 25, 2016
http://qz.com/691105/hong-kong-wants-to-remain-a-global-arts-hub-while-censoring-political-art/

“It’s time for us to set a new political agenda for Hong Kong.” A Q&A with student activist Joshua Wong
ChinaFile, May 24, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/viewpoint/its-time-us-set-new-political-agenda-hong-kong

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【港獨爭拗】不卑不亢(文:陳文敏) ([Debates over Hong Kong’s independence] Johannes Chan: Neither servile nor overbearing)
Ming Pao, May 25, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160525/s00022/1464143938964

Populist or liberal: What kind of democracy does Hong Kong really want?
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1952744/populist-or-liberal-what-kind-democracy-does-hong-kong-really-want

Hong Kong laid on a big, expensive show, but was Zhang Dejiang visiting or “inspecting” us?
Hong Kong Free Press, May 24, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/24/hong-kong-laid-on-a-big-expensive-show-but-was-zhang-dejiang-visiting-or-inspecting-us/

China’s new law on international NGOs—and questions about legal reform
The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/25/chinas-new-law-on-international-ngos-and-questions-about-legal-reform/

【文革五十年】否定文革才能捍衛改革開放 ([50th anniversary of Cultural Revolution] Only by denying the Cultural Revolution can reform and opening be protected)
Ming Pao, May 25, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160525/s00022/1464142804015