Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东乌坎维权领袖林祖恋上诉遭驳回 (Appeal rejected for Lin Zulian, lead organizer of Wukan protests)
Voice of America, October 21, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/Guangdong-right-village-chief-lost-appeal-20161021/3560494.html

检察官常上门，扶贫政策更透明 (When procurators make frequent field visits, poverty alleviation policy becomes more transparent)
People’s Procuratorate Daily, October 21, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20161021/20161021_002/20161021_002_1.htm

女子报警谎称家暴, 民警深夜化解纠纷 (Woman falsely claims to suffer from domestic violence, police help to resolve late night conflict)
China News Hubei, October 21, 2016
http://www.hb.chinanews.com/news/2016/1021/262600.html

莆田市一人大代表涉诬告被立案，警方欲抓人但人大常委会不批 (Court accepts case against Putian NPC deputy suspected of framing someone, NPC Standing Committee does not approve arrest)
The Paper, October 21, 2016
https://perma.cc/AA7L-34G7

Access to Information (信息公开)

有的县信息公开网页成“僵尸网页” (Some public county information websites become “zombie pages”)
Shandong Shangbao, October 19, 2016
http://news.163.com/16/1019/13/C3OCJ0TQ00014Q4P.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

As China’s economy shifts to services in Q3, so too does labor unrest
China Labor Bulletin, October 21, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china%E2%80%99s-economy-shifts-services-q3-so-too-does-labour-unrest

江苏一村庄集体搬迁，两村民村里“普法授课”被羁押480天 (2 men who taught free legal education classes to evicted village residents are released on bail after 480 days of detention)
The Paper, October 21, 2016
http://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1547325

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Disgraced official’s son shows rare breach of family loyalty in Chinese state TV series on anti-graft campaign
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2039034/sins-father-son-shows-rare-breach-family-loyalty

China Communist officials sent on revolutionary tours
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 21, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37715460

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

全世界9成暴恐活动通过网络组织 (90% of world's terrorist activities are organized through the Internet)
Global Times, October 21, 2016
https://perma.cc/UQ5Z-E24Q

China recalls passports across Xinjiang amid ongoing security crackdown
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/xinjiang-passports-10202016144107.html

塔吉克斯坦和中国联合反恐军演在塔举行 (Tajikistan and China conduct joint counterterrorism drills in Tajik territory)
China News, October 21, 2016
https://perma.cc/5JGZ-WPYX

“全球反恐论坛”框架下第二次打击网络恐怖主义研讨会在京举行 (Beijing to hold 2nd workshop on Combating Cyber-Terrorism within Global Counter-Terrorism Forum framework)
Xinhua, October 21, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2016-10/21/c_1119764155.htm

Related:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on October 20, 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC, October 20, 2016
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1407465.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

运用大数据防控互联网金融犯罪 (Using “big data” to prevent and control financial crimes on the Internet)
People’s Procuratorate Daily, October 21, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20161021/20161021_003/20161021_003_1.htm

China’s tech giants will shape international blockchain standards, with Beijing’s backing
Quartz, October 21, 2016
http://qz.com/813248/chinas-tech-giants-will-shape-international-blockchain-standards-with-beijings-backing/

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

China Recalls Passports Across Xinjiang Amid Ongoing Security Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/xinjiang-passports-10202016144107.html

全世界9成暴恐活动通过网络组织 (90% of world's terrorist activities are organized through the Internet)
Global Times, October 21, 2016
https://perma.cc/UQ5Z-E24Q

China recalls passports across Xinjiang amid ongoing security crackdown
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/xinjiang-passports-10202016144107.html

塔吉克斯坦和中国联合反恐军演在塔举行 (Tajikistan and China conduct joint counterterrorism drills in Tajik territory)
China News, October 21, 2016
https://perma.cc/5JGZ-WPYX

“全球反恐论坛”框架下第二次打击网络恐怖主义研讨会在京举行 (Beijing to hold 2nd workshop on Combating Cyber-Terrorism within Global Counter-Terrorism Forum framework)
Xinhua, October 21, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2016-10/21/c_1119764155.htm

Related:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on October 20, 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC, October 20, 2016
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1407465.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s NGOs isolated and confused by mainland China’s new law restricting activities, research finds
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2038791/hong-kongs-ngos-isolated-and-confused-mainland-chinas-new-law

ViuTV改口承認王丹沒擅開記者會惟堅持反港獨立場 (ViuTV backtracks from charge that Wang Dan organized press conference without permission, but maintains stance against Hong Kong independence)
Radio France Internationale, October 21, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/政治/20161021-viutv改口承認王丹沒擅開記者會惟堅持反港獨立場

Related:
Hong Kong TV show pulled over debate on independence for the city
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-tv-10202016122010.html

“Diplomatic” concerns: New Zealand abandons meeting with Hong Kong democracy figures
The Guardian, October 21, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/21/new-zealand-abandons-meeting-hong-kong-democracy-figures

Pro-Beijing camp goes all out to stop retaking of oaths by Hong Kong localist legislators who insulted China
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2039100/pro-beijing-camp-goes-all-out-stop-retaking-oaths-hong-kong

范太：港無三權分立 法律界怒轟歪曲《基本法》 (Legal sector condemns Rita Fan’s remark that Hong Kong has no separation of powers as distortion of Basic Law)
Apple Daily, October 21, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20161021/19807674

TVB“紅色”副董黎瑞剛自誇懂得揣摩領導人心態 (TVB’s “red” vice-president Li Ruigang boasts of his ability to figure out leaders’ wishes)
Radio France Internationale, October 21, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/政治/20161021-tvb“紅色”副董黎瑞剛自誇懂得揣摩領導人心態

Commentary (评论)

Xi Jinping is a strongman. That does not mean he gets his way
The Economist, October 22, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21709005-changing-china-tough-even-man-xis-powers-xi-jinping-strongman-does-not