Access to Justice (司法公正)

China police confirm detention of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
The Guardian, December 16, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/16/china-police-confirm-detention-of-human-rights-lawyer-jiang-tianyong

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律师江天勇"认罪" 家属指疑点重重 (Lawyer Jiang Tianyong “confesses” but family remains doubtful)
Deutsche Welle, December 17, 2016
http://bit.ly/2h2rsOR

Statement concerning the disappearance of lawyer Jiang Tianyong for over six days
Human Rights in China, November 27, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/statement-concerning-disappearance-lawyer-jiang-tianyong-over-six-days

Activists hold photo campaign to demand release of Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/19/activists-hold-photo-campaign-demand-release-chinese-human-rights-activist-liu-xiaobo/

Access to Information (信息公开)

The fate of press freedom in China’s era of “Reform and Opening up”: An interview with Chang Ping
China Change, December 15, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/15/the-fate-of-press-freedom-in-chinas-era-of-reform-and-opening-up-an-interview-with-chang-ping/

How China’s highly censored WeChat and Weibo fight fake news ... and other controversial content
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2055179/what-facebook-can-learn-chinas-wechat-and-weibo-how

All the news unfit to print: What Beijing quashed in 2016
Foreign Policy, December 16, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/16/all-the-news-unfit-to-print-what-beijing-quashed-in-2016/

Facing a transition of power, China’s Xi Jinping is more desperate than ever to control young minds
Quartz, December 19, 2016
http://qz.com/861680/facing-a-transition-of-power-xi-jinping-is-more-desperate-than-ever-to-control-young-minds/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Interview: “We called on Trump for justice in Wukan”
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wukan-zhuang-12162016161546.html

“女权五姐妹” 郑楚然致函特朗普 倡停止性别歧视 (Zheng Churan, of “Feminist Five,” writes to Trump to advocate to end sex discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-12162016102118.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China jails brother of former aide to Hu Jintao for graft
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2055280/china-jails-brother-former-aide-hu-jintao-graft

Another Chinese propaganda video ties mainland rights defense activism, protests in Hong Kong, and the Syrian war into one anti-U.S. narrative
China Change, December 18, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/18/another-chinese-propaganda-video-ties-mainland-rights-defense-activism-protests-in-hong-kong-and-the-syrian-war-into-one-anti-u-s-narrative/

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

New Xinjiang party boss boosts surveillance, police patrols
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/boosts-12162016145709.html

Hong Kong (香港)

香港活动人士蔡耀昌被禁廿载终于获准去广州 (Hong Kong activist Richard Tsoi, forbidden from entering mainland for 20 years, finally allowed to go to Guangzhou)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 18, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38359712

China’s top man in Hong Kong travels to Beijing as rumors swirl that he may be removed
Hong Kong Free Press, December 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/16/chinas-top-man-in-hong-kong-travels-to-beijing-as-rumours-swirl-that-he-may-be-removed/