Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

A Human Rights Watch report details first-hand accounts of torture under China’s anti-corruption campaign
Quartz, December 6, 2016
http://qz.com/851402/a-human-rights-watch-report-details-first-hand-accounts-of-torture-under-chinas-anti-corruption-campaign/

The People's Republic of the disappeared
The Diplomat, December 6, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/the-peoples-republic-of-the-disappeared/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

UN fears Chinese human rights lawyer has been 'disappeared' by authorities
The Guardian, December 6, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/un-human-rights-china-missing-lawyer-jiang-tianyong

Related:
UN experts urge China to investigate disappearance of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, December 6, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20987&LangID=E

No more “private vote” for China’s top leaders in Communist Party’s new hiring and firing rules
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051973/new-chinese-communist-party-rules-underscore-collective

China protests Trump's Taiwan presidential phone call, media issues warnings
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/phone-12052016124755.html

Related:
China really isn’t joking about Taiwan
Foreign Policy, December 5, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/05/china-really-isnt-joking-about-taiwan/

U.S.-China relations: Public diplomacy and soft power
The Diplomat, December 5, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/us-china-relations-public-diplomacy-and-soft-power/

与蔡英文通话:并非偶然? (Conversation with Tsai Ing-wen was premeditated?)
Deutsche Welle, December 5, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/与蔡英文通话并非偶然/a-36654122

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alibaba’s Jack Ma sees dawn of data-sharing era in global internet age
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2051287/alibabas-jack-ma-sees-dawn-data-sharing-era-global-internet-age

There’s only one clear winner if Facebook breaks into China—and it’s not Facebook
Quartz, December 6, 2016
http://qz.com/846464/theres-only-one-clear-winner-if-facebook-fb-breaks-into-china-and-its-not-facebook/

Hong Kong (香港)

【宣誓覆核】羅冠聰CNN專訪:必定會反擊 自決不同港獨 ([Legal challenge to elected lawmakers’ oath-taking] Nathan Law at CNN interview: We have to fight back; self-determination is not the same as independence)
Ming Pao, December 6, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161206/s00001/1480986644471

Lawmaker vacancies announced in gov’t record as localist Youngspiration duo officially ejected
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/05/lawmaker-vacancies-announced-in-govt-record-as-localist-youngspiration-duo-officially-ejected/

香港再有青年组织成立 重点关注教育 (Another youth organization set up in Hong Kong, focusing on education)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ml1-12052016102551.html