Friday, June 24, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Lawyer hired for Wukan’s chief says he is being pressured to withdraw from case
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/23/lawyer-hired-for-wukans-chief-says-he-is-being-pressured-to-withdraw-from-case/

China rights activist's cancer spreads after seven months pretrial detention
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-huangyan-06232016131731.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

True or false? WeChat offers a gauge for online rumors
The Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/06/24/true-or-false-wechat-offers-a-gauge-for-online-rumors/

Founder of protest reporting outlet goes missing in China
Global Voices, June 23, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/06/23/founder-of-protest-reporting-outlet-goes-missing-in-china/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Animal activists and locals quarrel at Yulin dog meat festival
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/23/animal-activists-and-locals-quarrel-at-yulin-dog-meat-festival/

Protests enter fifth day in China's rebel village of Wukan
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-wukan-06232016141937.html

Police attack, beat Tibetan protesters at Qinghai lake
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/attack-06232016164347.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Investigators: China still harvesting human organs on huge scale
Voice of America, June 24, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-falun-gong-harvesting-human-organs-huge-scale/3390235.html

China's Communist Party members given quiz online
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 23, 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-36603843

Issues at Taishan nuclear plant in China's Guangdong spark safety fears
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-nuclear-06232016125814.html

Who draws the party line? Xi Jinping sends his spin doctors spinning
The Economist, June 25, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21701169-xi-jinping-sends-his-spin-doctors-spinning-who-draws-party-line

“毒跑道”产自黑作坊 官员轻描淡写惹众怒 (Toxic running tracks made from black workshops, officials’ downplaying provokes public anger)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-06232016113109.html

港澳办首度列入中纪委巡视名单 (Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office first put on Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s list)
Deutsche Welle, June 23, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/港澳办首度列入中纪委巡视名单/a-19350686

哈佛华裔女教授的“六四”课程 (Chinese professor’s June Fourth course at Harvard)
Voice of America, June 23, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tiananmen-20160623/3388836.html

一位北京“洋造反派”的文革50年反思 (Reflections 50 years after Cultural Revolution by then “foreign rebel” in Beijing)
Voice of America, June 24, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/interview-Sidney-rittenberg-20160624/3390294.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Are Chinese cyberattacks against U.S. targets in decline?
The Diplomat, June 22, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/are-chinese-cyberattacks-against-us-targets-in-decline/

Hong Kong (香港)

Bookseller Lam Wing-kee says he’ll report to Hong Kong police “in next few days”
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1979914/bookseller-lam-wing-kee-says-hell-report-hong-kong-police

Related:
林荣基称如要寻求庇护他选台湾因相信民选政府 (Lam Wing-kee would choose Taiwan if he seeks asylum because he trusts democratically elected government)
Radio France Internationale, June 22, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160622-林荣基称如要寻求庇护他选台湾因相信民选政府

New Hong Kong political party seeks independence via “return to British rule”
Hong Kong Free Press, June 24, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/24/new-hong-kong-political-party-seeks-independence-via-return-to-british-rule/

In Beijing’s bad books. China’s clumsy, baffling handling of Hong Kong alienates its people
The Economist, June 23, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21701161-chinas-clumsy-baffling-handling-hong-kong-alienates-its-people-beijings-bad-books

大公报指香港最大祸根原来就是黎智英 (Ta Kung Pao accuses Jimmy Lai as Hong Kong’s biggest source of trouble)
Radio France Internationale, June 24, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/政治/20160624-大公报指香港最大祸根原来就是黎智英

港人自认中国国民指数比自认世界公民还要低 (Hongkongers’ index of identification as Chinese national lower than that of global citizen)
Radio France Internationale, June 22, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/社会/20160622-港人自认中国国民指数比自认世界公民还要低