Access to Justice (司法公正)

江天勇“被失踪” 50天 陈进学律师申请政府信息公开 (50 days after Jiang Tianyong “disappeared” lawyer Chen Jinxue applies for disclosure of government information)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01102017102905.html

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江天勇失联逾24小时 (Jiang Tianyong incommunicado for over 24 hours)
Human Rights in China, November 23, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jiang-tian-yong-shi-lian-yu-24xiao-shi

称教材“污名”同性恋 秋白状告教育部案二审开庭 (Qiu Bai’s appeal trial against Ministry of Education opens, states teaching materials “defame” homosexuality)
The Beijing News, January 10, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/01/10/430137.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China wants to be a climate change watchdog, but can it lead by example?
The New York Times, January 10, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/world/asia/china-wants-to-be-a-climate-change-watchdog-but-cant-yet-lead-by-example.html?_r=0

邓相超教授批毛受围攻遭严惩引发激烈争议 (Controversy erupts as professor Deng Xiangchao shamed and punished for criticizing Mao)
Radio France Internationale, January 11, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170109-邓相超教授批毛受围攻遭严惩引发激烈争议

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Social credit system documents list
China Law Translate, January 9, 2017
http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/social-credit-system-documents-list/?lang=en

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China rolls out new graft watchdog
The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2017
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-rolls-out-new-graft-watchdog-1484042579

Chinese Communist Party introduces rules for graft probes, supervision
Voice of America, January 10, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-communist-party-introduces-rules-for-graft-probes-supervision/3670006.html

Former Supreme Court vice president stands trial for graft
Xinhua, January 10, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/10/c_135970898.htm

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最高法原副院长奚晓明受贿案开庭 被控非法收受1.14亿元 (Trial of former SPC vice president Xi Xiaoming opens, charged with illegally accepting 114 million yuan)
People’s Daily, January 11, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0110/c1001-29013151.html

Group to probe China's human rights violations under U.S. law
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/violations-01102017132942.html

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促进中国人权新思路 - 中国人权问责中心成立 (A new way to promote human rights in China—“China Human Rights Accountability Center” established)
Voice of America, January 10, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/chrac-in-us-20170109/3669916.html

A joint statement upon the establishment of “China Human Rights Accountability Center”
China Change, January 9, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/09/a-joint-statement-upon-the-establishment-of-china-human-rights-accountability-center/

广东江门市委原副书记、政法委原书记邹家军被"双开" (Former Jiangmen Municipal Committee Vice Secretary and former Political and Legal Affairs Committee Secretary Zhou Jiajun gets “double expulsion”)
People’s Daily, January 11, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0110/c1001-29013089.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activists arrested over Legco oath rally that saw clashes outside mainland’s liaison office
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2061147/hong-kong-activists-arrested-over-legco-oath-rally-saw

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警方拘7人涉反釋法示威非法集結藏有攻擊武器等 (7 people arrested for participation in rally against NPC interpretation, unlawful assembly, possession of offensive weapons)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 11, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1306950-20170111.htm

Top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong describes Beijing's legal ruling as “unfortunate”
Reuters, January 10, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-usa-idUSKBN14U12B

Bar Assoc. chair warns against “self-defeating” violent protests by localists
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/10/bar-assoc-chair-warns-self-defeating-violent-protests-localists/

Protesters link government’s Palace Museum “exhibition” to memory of bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2060552/protesters-link-governments-hong-kong-palace-museum

香港终审法院首席法官：关乎香港法律的讨论皆应以基本法为起点 (Chief Justice of Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal: The Basic Law is the starting point of any discussion about the law in Hong Kong)
Xinhua News Agency, January 10, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-01/10/content_6948422.htm

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CJ's speech at ceremonial opening of the legal year 2017
终审法院首席法官二○一七年法律年度开启典礼演辞
HKSAR Press Release, January 9, 2017
EN: http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/09/P2017010900457.htm
CH: http://sc.isd.gov.hk/TuniS/www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/09/P2017010900464.htm