Monday, August 29, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China wants to stop domestic violence, but the legal system still treats it as a lesser crime
The Independent, August 28, 2016
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-domestic-violence-legal-system-li-hongxia-zhang-yazhou-a7213941.html

Related:
Supporting Women’s Rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 14, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/supporting-womens-rights-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/sheng-yuan-zhong-guo-nu-quan-ren-shi

Access to Information (信息公开)

Q&A forum Fenda shuttered amid media crackdown
China Digital Times, August 26, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/08/popular-qa-forum-fenda-shuttered-amid-media-crackdown/

China school pollution reports “wrong”—investigation
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 27, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37204986

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Ai Weiwei planned to sculpt a “redline.” Chinese censors say he crossed one.
艾未未被取消银川双年展参展资格
The New York Times, August 27, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/world/asia/china-ai-weiwei-yinchuan.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160829/china-ai-weiwei-yinchuan/

Striking miners in China’s Shanxi demand “equal pay, benefits” as strike rumbles on
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/striking-miners-in-chinas-shanxi-demand-equal-pay-benefits-as-strike-rumbles-on-08262016112446.html

河南维权人士邢望力被判刑4年6个月 (Henan rights defender Xing Wangli sentenced to four years six months)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08262016104107.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China to prosecute former statistics bureau chief for corruption
中国统计局原局长王保安被开除党籍 涉嫌犯罪问题移送司法--中纪委
Reuters, August 26, 2016
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-statistics-idUSKCN11112X
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/china-wang-baoan-idCNKCS11114E

My austere Chinese wedding: 20 types of banquets off the menu for China’s Communist Party cadres
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2010394/my-austere-chinese-wedding-20-types-banquets-menu

China's Xi reshuffles key party posts ahead of congress
Reuters, August 29, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-idUSKCN1140E7

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国邀请外国公司参与网络安全规则制定 (China invites foreign companies to participate in the development of Internet security regulations)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yl-08262016104941.html

Hong Kong (香港)

“Liberate Hong Kong”: pre-election calls for independence from China grow
The Guardian, August 26, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/26/liberate-hong-kong-calls-independence-china-elections-loom

Frustration and fear in divided Hong Kong
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-37190921

How Beijing’s breach of “One Country Two Systems” gave birth to the Hong Kong independence movement
Global Voices, August 27, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/08/27/how-beijings-breach-of-one-country-two-systems-gave-birth-to-the-hong-kong-independence-movement/

Hong Kong's rooftop rebels
Al Jazeera, August 28, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2016/08/hong-kong-rooftop-rebels-160828085013077.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Why Xi Jinping’s bid to put “power in a cage” must go to the very top
为何习近平“权力入笼”须涵盖最高级别官员?
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2009570/why-xi-jinpings-bid-put-power-cage-must-go-very-top
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/156d4b23e4491a9/wei-he-xi-jin-ping-quan-li-ru-long-xu-han-gai-zui-gao-ji-bie-guan-yuan-

Cantonese: Key to local culture and a symbol of resistance
Hong Kong Free Press, August 28, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/28/remedial-cantonese-new-heads/

Why Legislative Council election results will shape Hong Kong politics up to and beyond 2047
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2009388/why-legislative-council-election-results-will-shape-hong

Communists taking over our schools? Anatomy of a suspected infiltration
Hong Kong Free Press, August 28, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/28/communists-taking-over-our-schools-anatomy-of-a-suspected-infiltration/

何晓清:中国必须面对自己的历史才有未来 (He Xiaoqing: China must face its own history if it is to have a future)
Voice of America, August 26, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/interview-he-qiaoqing-20160825/3480997.html