Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist “Super Vulgar Butcher” faces subversion trial
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059191/chinese-activist-super-vulgar-butcher-faces-subversion

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Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, June 10, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

China: Limited victory for man in transgender dismissal case
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38497015

Problems remain in China’s death-penalty system even after reforms
Caixin, January 3, 2017
http://www.caixinglobal.com/2017-01-03101032821.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

新年伊始，在华外国NGO忐忑不安 (Uncertainty over new Chinese law rattles foreign nonprofits)
The New York Times, January 3, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170103/china-foreign-ngo/dual/

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Chinese lawyers to help foreign NGOs navigate controversial new law
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059040/chinese-lawyers-help-foreign-ngos-navigate

英媒：一个曾在中国蹲黑狱的外国人 (British media: a foreigner previously jailed in China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/press-review-38495547

Related:
Q & A with Peter Dahlin, the Swedish NGO worker who “endangered the national security” of China
China Change, January 3, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/03/q-a-with-peter-dahlin-the-swedish-ngo-worker-who-endangered-the-national-security-of-china/

What's your “public credit score”? The Shanghai government can tell you
National Public Radio, January 3, 2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/03/507983933/whats-your-public-credit-score-the-shanghai-government-can-tell-you

PLA veterans stage another protest in Beijing over unpaid benefits
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059225/pla-veterans-stage-another-protest-beijing-over-unpaid

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ally of President Xi Jinping parachuted in to senior post in Hubei
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059015/ally-president-xi-jinping-parachuted-senior-post-hubei

Chinese official sentenced 10 years in vaccine scandal
Agence France-Presse, January 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/04/chinese-official-sentenced-10-years-vaccine-scandal/

China's graft watchdog turns camera on itself in TV series
Reuters, January 3, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-television-idUSKBN14O0B0

The political price of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign
Financial Times, January 4, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/3f1938d6-d1cf-11e6-b06b-680c49b4b4c0

Beijing police missed opportunity in handling of death in custody case, say academics
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2058557/beijing-police-missed-opportunity-handling-death

Tibetans beaten, detained for coming late to meeting
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/meeting-01032017142450.html

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

China tightens Tibetan border security to combat “separatism”
Reuters, January 3, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-lawmaking-idUSKBN14N0L7

Hong Kong (香港)

驻港京官为香港增政治红线：不得挑战中央权威 (Zhang Xiaoming, Director of Central Government Liaison Office in Hong Kong raises political “bottom line”: one must not challenge authority of central government)
Radio France Internationale, January 2, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170102-驻港京官为香港增政治红线：不得挑战中央权威

Related:
Hong Kong told to uphold rule of law, fight separatism
China Daily, January 3, 2017
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2017-01/03/content_27846712.htm

中国军事管研所副所长建议让港人参军促进人心回归 (Senior military official Wang Xinjian: let Hong Kong people join People’s Liberation Army to foster identification with mainland)
Radio France Internationale, January 1, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170101-中国军事管研所副所长建议让港人参军促进人心回归

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Let Hongkongers serve in China’s People’s Liberation Army, says top military official
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1729129/let-hongkongers-serve-chinas-peoples-liberation-army-says-top

香港民阵发起元旦游行提三大诉求 (Hong Kongers march for pro-democracy lawmakers: 3 demands)
Deutsche Welle, January 1, 2017
http://dw.com/p/2V7DU

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Thousands in Hong Kong march for pro-democracy lawmakers
Associated Press, January 1, 2017
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/01/thousands-in-hong-kong-march-for-pro-democracy-lawmakers.html

Commentary (评论)

In 2016, a toxic political smog spread over China and Hong Kong
Global Voices, December 30, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/12/30/in-2016-a-toxic-political-smog-spread-over-china-and-hong-kong/

The evolution and implication of China's Overseas NGO Law
NGOs in China, December 30, 2016
http://ngochina.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-evolution-and-implication-of-chinas.html

Related:
China’s new foreign NGO law: A conversation with Sophie Richardson
Center for Strategic & International Studies, January 4, 2017
https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/chinas-new-foreign-ngo-law-a-conversation-with-sophie-richardson

Cashing in on dystopia
SupChina, January 3, 2017
http://supchina.com/2017/01/03/cashing-in-on-dystopia/