Access to Justice (司法公正)

China closes death-in-custody case, leaving questions, discontent
Voice of America, December 30, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-closes-death-in-custody-case/3656774.html

Related:
China fires, sanctions police officers linked to death in custody
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/linked-12302016105506.html

Authorities in China's Hubei cremate body of dissident with no autopsy
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pengming-cremation-12292016142114.html

Prominent Christian human rights lawyer vanishes into custody in China
Christian Today, December 29, 2016
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/prominent.christian.human.rights.lawyer.vanishes.into.custody.in.china/103431.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Shanghai’s move to curb international programs in schools worries parents
中国捍卫“教育主权”，私立学校国际课程或受限
The New York Times, December 30, 2016
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161230/shanghai-schools-international-curriculum/dual/

Chinese netizens mourn demise of celebrity’s online talk show
《晓松奇谈》停播引发中国网友缅怀
Financial Times, December 30, 2016
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/68ba32fe-cd0f-11e6-864f-20dcb35cede2
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070814?full=y

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese police given sweeping powers over foreign NGOs
新法生效将致在华境外NGO缩减活动
Financial Times, December 30, 2016
EN:https://www.ft.com/content/fab2de32-ce53-11e6-864f-20dcb35cede2
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070813

Uncertainty over new Chinese law rattles foreign nonprofits
The New York Times, December 29, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/world/asia/china-foreign-ngo.html

粵多名勞權人士被判刑中國公民社會步入寒冬 (Many labor rights activists sentenced in Guangdong, China’s civil society entering a very cold winter)
Inmediahk.net, December 30, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046719

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China says it will prosecute ex-security official in bribery case
The New York Times, December 30, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/world/asia/china-security-ma-jian.html

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

China's Xinjiang sets up legal team to prosecute terror cases
Reuters, December 30, 2016
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-xinjiang-idUKKBN14J0L8?il=0

Hong Kong (香港)

China offered “flexibility” in Basic Law draft in exchange for economic help after Tiananmen massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, December 30, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/30/china-offered-flexibility-basic-law-draft-exchange-economic-help-tiananmen-massacre/

王光亚："一国"原则不破坏 "两制"差异可包容 (Wang Guangya: As long as the "one country" principle is not undermined, the differences between the "two systems" can be fully tolerated and respected)
China News, December 30, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/ga/2016/12-30/8110184.shtml

港大調查指過半市民不滿香港過去1年整體發展 (HKU survey reveals more than half of residents dissatisfied with overall developments in Hong Kong over past year)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 30, 2016
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1305026-20161230.htm

Commentary (评论)

Harsh sentences for Wukan protesters could backfire
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2058046/harsh-sentences-wukan-protesters-could-backfire

Hong Kong a city in decline? The Lion Rock spirit is still in full swing
Hong Kong Free Press, December 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/31/hong-kong-city-decline-lion-rock-spirit-still-full-swing/