Monday, December 05, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Supporters issue statement after lawyer disappears
China Digital Times, November 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/11/lawyers-black-friday-relatives-issue-statement-supporters-disappearance/

Nie Shubin: China clears man 21 years after execution
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38179311

Interview: “They humiliate you, and treat you like animals, worse than a dog”
Radio Free Asia, December 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/humiliate-12022016120009.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

“Speech is freedom itself”—Chang Ping’s acceptance speech for the CJFE 2016 International Press Freedom Award
China Change, December 4, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/04/speech-is-freedom-itself-chang-pings-acceptance-speech-for-the-cjfe-2016-international-press-freedom-award/

Chinese local police may soon be able to censor news of disasters
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051174/chinese-local-police-may-soon-be-able-censor-news

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖 (Wang Qiaoling, Chinese rights lawyer Li Heping’s wife, receives the Franco-German Human Rights Prize)
Deutsche Welle, December 2, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖/a-36617455

How many tragedies must there be before the union starts doing its job?
China Labor Bulletin, December 2, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/how-many-tragedies-must-there-be-union-starts-doing-its-job

China's rebellious Catholics
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38179337

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s top graft-buster says two party officials absent from key meeting “accountable for systemic corruption”
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051111/chinas-top-graft-buster-says-two-party-officials-absent

China’s local governments call time on tradition of heavy drinking at official functions
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051190/chinas-local-governments-call-time-tradition-heavy

Former Chinese central bank chief resurfaces after 18 months
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051650/former-chinese-central-bank-chief-resurfaces-after-18

Trump, Taiwan and China: The controversy, explained
特朗普蔡英文通话意味着什么?6个问题帮你解读
The New York Times, December 3, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/world/asia/trump-taiwan-and-china-the-controversy-explained.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20161204/trump-taiwan-and-china-the-controversy-explained/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Russia, China, and the push for “digital sovereignty”
Global Voices, December 2, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/12/02/russia-china-and-the-push-for-digital-sovereignty/

Hong Kong (香港)

Resisting dissolution: The stalemate between Hong Kong civil society and China’s central government
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/04/resisting-dissolution-stalemate-hong-kong-civil-society-chinas-central-government/

Hong Kong government seeks to bar four more MPs
The Guardian, December 2, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/hong-kong-beijing-sixtus-leung-yau-wai-ching-4-more-mps

Related:
陳弘毅:覆核規模較想像大 (Legal scholar Albert Chen Hung-yee on the judicial review: The scale is larger than I imagined)
Sing Tao, December 2, 2016
https://www.singtaousa.com/976767/post-陳弘毅:覆核規模較想像大/

【宣誓覆核】指中共打壓工具多 羅冠聰稱不驚訝政治生涯被縮短 ([Legal challenge to oath-taking] Nathan Law: The Communist Party has many ways of oppression; wouldn’t be surprised if political career is cut short)
Ming Pao, December 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161203/s00001/1480755725176

這是政變,推翻立法會選舉結果的政變 (Civil Human Rights Front’s statement in protest of legal challenge to elected lawmakers’ oath-taking: This is a coup—one that seeks to overthrow LegCo election results)
InMedia HK, December 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046209

Why Hong Kongers are calling for independence
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/05/why-hong-kongers-are-calling-for-independence-explained-for-ex-governor-chris-patten/

Hong Kong officials widen legal attack on fledgling independence movement
Reuters, December 2, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKBN13R170

“They want us to be silent”: Hong Kong lawmaker under threat vows to fight
Cable News Network, December 5, 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/05/asia/hong-kong-democracy-nathan-law/index.html

民族感情蓋過破壞法治憂慮:釋法支持反對相若 (Nationalism overshadows worries about infringed rule of law: For and against NPC interpretation of Basic Law roughly the same level)
Radio France Internationale, December 5, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161205-民族感情蓋過破壞法治憂慮:釋法支持反對相若

Commentary (评论)

The intersection of Chinese law and politics
ChinaFile, November 30, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/sinica-podcast/intersection-of-chinese-law-and-politics

Rebel Pepper (变态辣椒): Delayed justice
China Digital Times, December 2, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/rebel-pepper-%e5%8f%98%e6%80%81%e8%be%a3%e6%a4%92%ef%bc%9adelayed-justice/

The government’s purge of the legislature is appalling—Hong Kong’s courts must stand firm
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/05/the-governments-purge-of-the-legislature-is-appalling-hong-kongs-courts-must-stand-firm/