Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese dissidents in Thailand: Living in constant fear
Al Jazeera, July 25, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/2016/07/chinese-dissidents-thailand-living-constant-fear-160724112802313.html

中国环保组织首次提起“毒跑道”诉讼案 (Chinese environmental NGO first brings lawsuit regarding “toxic running tracks”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 26, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/07/160726_china_running_tracks_lawsuit

Access to Information (信息公开)

北京市网信办责令新浪搜狐网易凤凰限期改正违规行为 (Cyberspace Administration of China orders Internet news agents to correct irregular behaviors within given period)
The Paper, July 24, 2016
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1503393

Related:
China bans Internet news reporting as media crackdown widens
Bloomberg, July 25, 2016
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-25/china-slaps-ban-on-internet-news-reporting-as-crackdown-tightens

Chinese court rejects lawsuit from purged political magazine
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-magazine-07252016122723.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Police detain hundreds of protesting former teachers in Beijing
逾千全国民办代课教师北京上访 遭截访稳控
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2016
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-teachers-07252016150940.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/xl2-07252016101025.html

公民联署声援炎黄春秋与艺研院抗争 (Civilians jointly petition to support Yanhuang Chunqiu’s combat against the Academy of Arts)
Voice of America, July 25, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-open-letter-by-chinese-citizens-supporting-seized-liberal-magazine-20160725/3433481.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Badiucao (巴丢草): Outrage over official flood handling
China Digital Times, July 25, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/07/badiucao-%e5%b7%b4%e4%b8%a2%e8%8d%89-outrage-official-flood-handling/

Guo Boxiong, ex-top military official in China, gets life sentence for graft
The New York Times, July 26, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/world/asia/china-guo-boxiong-sentence.html

Confessions of a corrupt Chinese cadre: jailed former city boss dies of cancer after setting off graft investigation storm
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1994544/confessions-corrupt-chinese-cadre-jailed-former-city

China denies demolitions at center for Tibetan Buddhist learning
Reuters, July 26, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-idUSKCN1060GP?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Hong Kong (香港)

In echo of missing booksellers case, Shenzhen court jails two Hong Kong journalists for running illegal business
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1994931/echo-missing-booksellers-case-shenzhen-court-jails-two-hong

Cultural revolution, Zhao Ziyang and Mao Zedong: Hongkongers and mainlanders buying politically sensitive books at Hong Kong Book Fair
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1994626/cultural-revolution-zhao-ziyang-and-mao-zedong-hongkongers

Video: “Basic Dafa is good” says localists’ musical tribute to Basic Law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/07/25/basic-dafa-is-good-says-localists-musical-tribute-to-basic-law/

New Hong Kong election China pledge rule faces first legal challenge
Reuters, July 25, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-election-judicialreview-idUSKCN1051AA

Related:
【立會選舉】斥確認書做法含糊不清　林大輝：政府若有理據應理直氣壯 ([LegCo election] Lawmaker Lam Tai-fai criticizes unclear loyalty pledge, says arrangements should be made clear and firm if well-grounded)
Ming Pao, July 26, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160726/s00001/1469491983627

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

“Crooked Beam” Xie Yanyi
China Change, July 25, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/07/25/crooked-beam-xie-yanyi/

Official inertia is fast becoming the culture within bureaucracy
社论：部门卸责情况普遍 官场文化须彻底改变
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1994243/official-inertia-fast-becoming-culture-within-bureaucracy
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/1562140d6ecfcd6/she-lun-bu-men-xie-ze-qing-kuang-pu-bian-guan-chang-wen-hua-xu-che-di-gai-bian