Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese lawyers petition State Council to recall rules “aimed at silencing critics”
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2026571/chinese-lawyers-petition-state-council-recall-rules

Six years on, China's jailed Nobel Laureate, family face a bleak future
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/nobel-liuxiabo-10072016135258.html

Related:
Liu Xiaobo: A Chronology of Activism
刘晓波活动年表
Human Rights in China, April 9, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/content/3196
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/content/3499

Imprisoned Chinese minority scholar given human rights award
The Hindu, October 11, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/imprisoned-chinese-minority-scholar-given-human-rights-award/article9207430.ece

中国五部门联合要求完善刑事案件讯问制度 (Five Chinese departments jointly demand for improvement in interrogation system of criminal cases)
Radio France Internationale, October 10, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20161010-中国两部三院联合发文要求完善刑事案件讯问制度

Access to Information (信息公开)

Kidnapped by China: Beijing's battle against dissidents and free speech
The Diplomat, October 7, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/kidnapped-by-china-beijings-battle-against-dissidents-and-free-speech/

Word of the week: Dinner party
China Digital Times, October 6, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/word-week-dinner-party/

Students raise privacy fears after liberal Chinese university installs CCTV cameras in lecture halls
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2026723/students-raise-privacy-fears-after-southern-chinese-university

Who are the Chinese trolls of the “50 cent army”?
Voice of America, October 7, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/who-is-that-chinese-troll/3540663.html

China’s Tibet tourism statistics just don’t add up
The Washington Post, October 6, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/06/tibettourism/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former Chinese lawmaker gets suspended death sentence over bribes
Associated Press, October 10, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/former-chinese-lawmaker-gets-suspended-death-sentence-over-bribes-1476007081

China anti-corruption campaign backfires
The Financial Times, October 10, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/02f712b4-8ab8-11e6-8aa5-f79f5696c731

China tries again to stop confessions through torture
Reuters, October 10, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKCN12A0A4

Two Chinas: The Nomenklatura and the rest
The Diplomat, October 10, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/two-chinas-the-nomenklatura-and-the-rest/

Hong Kong (香港)

U.S. gov’t urged to rethink Hong Kong policy if threats to autonomy, rule of law, press freedom continue
Hong Kong Free Press, October 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/07/us-govt-urged-rethink-hong-kong-policy-light-threats-autonomy-rule-law-press-freedom/

【黃之鋒泰國被扣押】泰首相稱是「中國議題」　袁國強：有不同翻譯　無資格代澄清 ([Joshua Wong detained in Thailand] Thai PM: It’s a “matter for China”; Hong Kong Justice Sec Rimsky Yuen: there are different translations, not in the position to do clarifications)
Ming Pao, October 7, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161007/s00001/1475846022956

香港四成受访市民如有机会冀移民 因对政治、居住环境等不满--调查 (Investigations: Dissatisfied with political, living environments, etc., 40% of Hong Kong interviewees wish to emigrate whenever possible)
Reuters, October 11, 2016
http://cn.reuters.com/article/hongkong-poll-immigration-idCNKCS12B0EV

Hong Kong stages “Chairman Mao” Cantonese opera amid strong criticism
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/opera-10072016105149.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

縮皮和低薪 皆非中國新聞最大死因（文：陳帆川） (Cost cutting and low salaries are not the greatest causes of Chinese media’s death)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161011/s00022/1476146950954

【傘運兩周年】新紮師兄：重臨舊地（文：余在思） ([Umbrella Movement 2nd anniversary] Newly licensed security officer, back in the old place)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161010/s00022/1476067056256

《炎黃春秋》之死 (The death of “Yanhuang Chunqiu”)
InMedia HK, October 10, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045084

The Qing Dynasty’s past and the Communist Party’s future
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Wassertrom.pdf

To forget or remember? China’s struggle with its past
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Schell.pdf

The beginning of the end
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Pei.pdf

Contemplating China’s future
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Shambaugh.pdf

China: Challenger of challenged?
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Lampton.pdf