Thursday, November 17, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

Kim Jong Un gets new mean nickname after Chinese censors block fat jokes
Gizmodo, November 17, 2016
http://gizmodo.com/kim-jong-un-gets-new-mean-nickname-after-chinese-censor-1789073146

BBC stopped from visiting China independent candidate
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38005603

Related:
In China, foreign correspondents continue to face harassment, restrictions
Committee to Protect Journalists, November 15, 2016
https://cpj.org/blog/2016/11/in-china-foreign-correspondents-continue-to-face-h.php

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Across China, Walmart faces labor unrest as authorities stand aside
The New York Times, November 17, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/world/asia/across-china-walmart-faces-labor-unrest-as-authorities-stand-aside.html

China elections: Independent candidates fight for the ballot
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37997706

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Communist Party leadership calls for fairer global governance of Internet
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2046645/communist-party-leadership-calls-fairer-global

Related:
《网络安全法》通过后 中国举办第三次世界互联网大会习近平再提网络主权 (China holds 3rd World Internet Conference after Cybersecurity Law passed, Xi Jinping reiterates about “cyber sovereignty”)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl2-11162016103016.html

Secret back door in some U.S. phones sent data to China, analysts say
中国公司被指在安卓手机留“后门”
The New York Times, November 16, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20161116/china-phones-software-security/dual/

Hong Kong (香港)

Disqualified Hong Kong lawmakers Leung and Yau in High Court for battle to keep seats until appeal
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2046900/hong-kong-high-court-set-rule-whether-baggio-leung-and-yau

Hong Kong abductions: Marco Rubio seeks U.S. sanctions against officials
The Guardian, November 17, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/17/hong-kong-abductions-marco-rubio-seeks-us-sanctions-against-officials

China's interference in Hong Kong reaching alarming levels: U.S. congressional panel
Reuters, November 16, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-usa-idUSKBN13C07Z

Hong Kong umbrella movement documentary to get limited screening
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/screening-11162016105313.html

香港学运领袖黄之锋现身美国国会 (Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong appears at U.S. Congress)
Deutsche Welle, November 17, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/香港学运领袖黄之锋现身美国国会/a-36418721

Related:
黃之鋒訪華盛頓 促特朗普關注中國打壓香港 (Joshua Wong visits Washington DC, urges Trump to pay attention to China’s oppression of Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2016/11/161117_us_china_hongkong_trump

【人大釋法】中大畢業禮舉反釋法標語被指不適當 學生反問校長:兩民選議員被DQ,那什麼是莊嚴? ([NPC interpretation of Basic Law] Students’ protest against NPC interpretation at graduation ceremony chided as inappropriate, students question Vice-Chancellor what “solemnity” means when democratically elected legislators got disqualified)
Ming Pao, November 17, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161117/s00001/1479357711410

Related:
中大今舉行畢業禮 火車站外現反梁反人大橫額 (Anti-CY Leung and anti-NPC banners appear at train station on CUHK graduation ceremony day)
Ming Pao, November 17, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161117/s00001/1479342257960

Commentary (评论)

The future of public interest litigation in China
ChinaFile, November 16, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/environment/future-of-public-interest-litigation-china

香港法律专家谈宣誓案判决的影响 (Hong Kong legal experts comment on impacts of the ruling of oath-taking case)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-11162016103532.html