Access to Justice (司法公正)

七类情形检察机关应当予以救助 (7 circumstances where procuratorial organs shall provide legal aid)
Procuratorate Daily, August 31, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160831/20160831_001/20160831_001_1.htm

人民检察院国家司法救助工作细则（试行） (Detailed Rules for People's Procuratorates’ Engagement in National Legal Aid Work (for trial implementation))
Procuratorate Daily, August 31, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160831/20160831_003/20160831_003_2.htm

周世锋家属申请会见被拒 张凯公开忏悔后国保登门 (Family of Zhou Shifeng request to meet him but is refused; Zhang Kai’s home visited by public security after he openly repents)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08312016103208.html

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, August 21, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Guangdong labor activists detained without trial for nine months
China Labor Bulletin, September 1, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/guangdong-labour-activists-detained-without-trial-nine-months

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese school with mass illness is deemed safe, but many doubt findings
常州学校“毒地”调查：官方结论遭质疑
The New York Times, September 1, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/world/asia/china-changzhou-school-toxins.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160901/china-changzhou-school-toxins/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing student takes on sexual harassment with “awareness map”
Global Times, August 31, 2016
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1003949.shtml

China's Charity Law to take effect Thursday
Xinhua, August 31, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/31/c_135648481.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

冒名顶罪行不通, 兄弟之名归本位 (Impersonating someone else to commit a crime will get you nowhere: A younger brother, incorrectly sentenced for his elder brother’s crime, has his name “returned” and is released)
Procuratorate Daily, August 31, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160831/20160831_004/20160831_004_4.htm

刑事错案的定义标准及防范制度的完善 (Defining standards and perfecting prevention systems for miscarriages of justice in criminal cases)
Legal Daily, August 31, 2016
https://perma.cc/729J-R5DM

U.S. woman held by China for “spying” was tortured: Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/us-woman-held-by-china-for-spying-was-tortured-lawyer-08312016111307.html

Related:
在中国被拘一年 美籍华商涉间谍罪被起诉 (U.S. businesswoman detained for one year on espionage charges is prosecuted)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 30, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/08/160830_china_us_sandy_phan

Why Chinese President Xi Jinping is reshuffling party members
Deutsche Welle, August 30, 2016
http://www.dw.com/en/why-chinese-president-xi-jinping-is-reshuffling-party-members/a-19513602

China's new Tibet party chief urges stronger criticism of Dalai Lama
Reuters, September 1, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-idUSKCN1173IQ

Crackdown on PLA corruption targets former regional commander
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2011910/crackdown-pla-corruption-targets-former-regional

Put human rights first, Canadian groups urge PM during G20 China trip
Hong Kong Free Press, September 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/09/01/put-human-rights-first-canadian-groups-urge-pm-during-g20-china-trip/

G20前夕美国家安全顾问会晤中国人权人士 (On the eve of G20 summit U.S. National Security Advisor meets with Chinese human rights defenders)
Voice of America, September 1, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/rice-chinese-human-rights-20160831/3488700.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China sets new tone in drafting cybersecurity rules: Allows Microsoft, Cisco, other foreign tech companies join influential Technical Committee 260
The Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-moves-to-ease-foreign-concerns-on-cybersecurity-controls-1472132575

China: The new world leader in mobile technology
The Diplomat, August 31, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/09/china-the-new-world-leader-in-mobile-technology/

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

中国进军中亚时谁袭击了吉尔吉斯中国使馆 (At a time when China is advancing into Central Asia, who attacked the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan?)
Voice of America, August 29, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-embassy-blast-2016-0829/3487180.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Two years after the Occupy protests, Hong Kong’s divided democracy movement challenges Beijing in the polls
Quartz, September 1, 2016
http://qz.com/768855/two-years-after-occupy-hong-kongs-divided-democracy-movement-challenges-beijing-in-the-polls/

War of words over independence heats up ahead of Hong Kong election
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/words-08312016114140.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Obama goes to Hangzhou
China Change, September 1, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/09/01/obama-goes-to-hangzhou/

Interview: Jerome Cohen
The Diplomat, September 1, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/09/interview-jerome-cohen/