Thursday, October 06, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s new religion law makes it easier for religion to be a security threat
Buzz Feed, October 5, 2016
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meghara/national-security-is-at-the-heart-of-chinas-new-religion-law

When in China, do as Chinese do: The unfortunate case of Professor Ilham Tohti
The Diplomat, October 5, 2016
http://thediplomat.com//2016/10/when-in-china-do-as-chinese-do-the-unfortunate-case-of-professor-ilham-tohti/#/.krGvkpVZ7b

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese authorities shutter “Gongshi” intellectual website, leading netizens to ask: Is this “the end of Consensus?”
Global Voices, October 5, 2016
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2016/10/05/as-authorities-shutter-gongshi-intellectual-website-netizens-ask-has-china-reached-the-end-of-consensus/

新加坡資深記者:環球時報所言正是中共內心所想 (Singaporean senior reporter: What Global Times says is what CPC thinks)
Radio France Internationale, October 3, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161003-新加坡資深記者:環球時報所言正是中共內心所想

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国民间“防爱滋第一人”高耀洁发声明交代后事 (Gao Yaojie, Chinese civil society's “First female AIDS prevention activist” issues statement regarding arrangements after her death)
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-10052016101342.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

境外媒体评中国孕妇死亡率升高:或因高龄女性拼生二孩 (Foreign media criticize increase in China’s maternal mortality rate, possibly caused by women giving birth to 2nd child at advanced age under Two-child policy)
Cankaoxiaoxi, October 6, 2016
http://www.cankaoxiaoxi.com/china/20161006/1326292.shtml

Factional politics a major challenge to Xi’s legacy
China Digital Times, October 4, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/factional-politics-major-challenge-xis-legacy/

Hong Kong (香港)

Activist Joshua Wong demands Hong Kong government response to blacklisting in Thailand
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2025680/respond-blacklisting-hongkongers-joshua-wong-urges-citys

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泰國總理巴育承認黃之鋒“是中國官員要求帶他回去” (Thai Prime Minister admits that Joshua Wong “was detained at China's request”)
Radio France Internationale, October 6, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161006-泰國總理巴育承認黃之鋒“是中國官員要求帶他回去”

Hong Kong’s government will remain functional if major officials quit for the top job, former justice secretary says
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2025698/hong-kongs-government-will-remain-functional-if-major

Hong Kong ex-activist denied entry to Macau for “posing threats” to internal security
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/05/just-hong-kong-ex-activist-denied-entry-macau-posing-threats-internal-security/

War of words in Hong Kong paper reveals Chinese leadership split: Analysts
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-newspapers-10052016174138.html

How Hong Kong's Cantopop scene went from heartbreak to protest
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37111554