Access to Justice (司法公正)

How Chinese rights lawyer’s courtroom mea culpa went off script
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2006700/how-chinese-rights-lawyers-courtroom-mea-culpa-went

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, August 17, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

VOA连线：全国律协部分律师发表声明质疑四川两名律师妨害作证案 (ACLA lawyers issue statement concerning the case of two Sichuan lawyers accused of obstructing witnesses)
Voice of America, August 19, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/VOAWeishi-20160819-VOAConnects-Zhang-Lei/3471909.html

Guangzhou chef goes to court again in gender discrimination battle
China Labor Bulletin, August 22, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/guangzhou-chef-goes-court-again-gender-discrimination-battle

Access to Information (信息公开)

Defying web censors, Chinese “worship” toads to mark a former state leader’s 90th birthday
Global Voices, August 20, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/08/20/defying-web-censors-chinese-worship-toads-to-mark-a-former-state-leaders-90th-birthday/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Tibetan cultures pressured from within and without
China Digital Times, August 19, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/08/tibetan-cultures-face-pressure-within-without/

“Tofu-dregs” village erected in southwest China to gouge government for compensation
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2006268/tofu-dregs-village-errected-southwest-china-gouge-government-compensation

China to strengthen Communist Party's role in non-govt bodies
Reuters, August 21, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-ngos-idUSKCN10X07C

Chinese claim that world accepts its organ transplant system is rebutted
器官移植学会否认“已接纳中国移植体系”
The New York Times, August 19, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/20/world/asia/china-hong-kong-organ-transplants.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160822/china-hong-kong-organ-transplants/

Chinese envoy visits Taiwan amid protests
Associated Press, August 22, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-envoy-visits-taiwan-amid-protests/2016/08/22/649382ec-6834-11e6-91cb-ecb5418830e9_story.html

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

Uyghurs “fenced in” to neighborhoods in China's Xinjiang region
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/fenced-08192016163850.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Anger in Hong Kong as Arrival poster shifts Shanghai landmark to city
The Guardian, August 19, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/19/arrival-amy-adams-poster-controversy-shanghai-hong-kong

HKFP Lens: Hundreds protest Hong Kong gov’t’s barring of election candidates
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/22/hkfp-lens-hundreds-protest-hong-kong-govts-barring-election-candidates/

Related:
香港民众抗议“港独”人士被拒参选立法会 (Hong Kongers protest rejection of “independence” election candidates from LegCo)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hc-08212016140857.html

“占中”领袖戴耀廷谈“港独”议题崛起 (Occupy Central leader, Benny Tai, discusses the rise of “Hong Kong independence”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 22, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2016/08/160821_vid_hongkong_election_protest

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

“My name is Li Heping, and I love being a lawyer”
China Change, August 21, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/08/21/my-name-is-li-heping-and-i-love-being-a-lawyer/

An alternative history for China
Foreign Policy, August 19, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/08/19/an-alternative-history-for-china-under-liberal-zhao-ziyang/