Access to Justice (司法公正)

唐志顺、幸清贤获释 幸清贤下落不明 (709 Crackdown: Tang Zhishun and Xing Qingxian reportedly released, Xing Qingxian's whereabouts still unknown)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-01052017100436.html

Chinese rights lawyer released on bail more than a year after crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059892/chinese-rights-lawyer-released-bail-over-year-after

Related:
维权律师谢燕益获得取保候审 (Rights lawyer Xie Yanyi released on bail pending further investigation)
Voice of America, January 6, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/china-human-rights-lawyers-20170105/3665340.html

Detained Chinese rights lawyer “at risk of torture”: Amnesty International
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detained-chinese-rights-lawyer-at-risk-of-torture-amnesty-international-01052017101916.html

How nine Wukan villagers were illegally tried and sentenced in December, 2016
China Change, January 5, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/05/how-nine-wukan-villagers-were-illegally-tried-and-sentenced-in-december-2016/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Giving credit
China Law Translate, January 4, 2017
http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/giving-credit/?lang=en

Related:
国务院办公厅关于加强个人诚信体系建设的指导意见
Guiding Opinion on the Establishment of a Personal Creditworthiness System
General Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, December 23, 2016
CH: http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2016-12/30/content_5154830.htm
EN: http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/7079-2/?lang=en

Lecturer fired in China's Shandong after he criticized Chairman Mao
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mao-lecturer-01052017141728.html

A mass gathering organized on Chinese social media? No problem says government
Foreign Policy, January 5, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/05/a-mass-gathering-organized-on-chinese-social-media-no-problem-says-government-coal-town-forced-demolition-middle-class/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former Chinese drugs official jailed over graft
Taipei Times, January 5, 2017
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2017/01/05/2003662561

Xi Jinping is busy arranging a huge reshuffle
The Economist, January 5, 2017
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21713913-reading-runes-will-be-even-more-difficult-usual-xi-jinping-busy-arranging-huge

Party rules: China’s Communist Party goes for quality over quantity
Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2017
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2017/01/05/party-rules-chinas-communist-party-goes-for-quality-over-quantity/

China vows “zero tolerance” for election fraud in forthcoming party congress
Reuters, January 5, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-idUSKBN14Q0A4

Tiananmen leader Wang Dan to move to U.S.; will continue fight for China’s democracy and human rights
Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/06/tiananmen-leader-wang-dan-move-us-will-continue-fight-chinas-democracy-human-rights/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Apple removes New York Times apps from its store in China
苹果中国区商店下架《纽约时报》新闻应用
The New York Times, January 5, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170105/new-york-times-apps-apple-china/dual/

National Cyberspace Security Strategy
China Copyright and Media, December 27, 2016
https://chinacopyrightandmedia.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/national-cyberspace-security-strategy/

China’s cybersecurity chiefs pledge total loyalty to leadership under Xi
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059692/chinas-cybersecurity-chiefs-pledge-total-loyalty-xi

Hong Kong (香港)

闖入公民廣場非法集結罪上訴　羅冠聰：理據於法庭交代 (Nathan Law appeals unlawful assembly charges)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 5, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1305857-20170105.htm

香港九旬老人上街卫民主 (90-year-old Hong Konger defends democracy on street)
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-01042017102121.html

Localist group Civic Passion to “withdraw from all social movements,” citing increased risks
Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/06/localist-group-to-withdraw-from-all-social-movements-citing-increased-risks/