Friday, February 10, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Rare phone call from house arrest sparks fears for Liu Xia's well-being
刘晓波妻刘霞致电友人 透露近况不好
Radio Free Asia, February 9, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fears-02092017150556.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml-02092017134753.html

一图看懂最高法院出台的法官“人身安全保护令” (Understand Supreme People’s Court’s new regulation on protection of judges’ personal safety from one picture)
People’s Daily Online, February 9, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0209/c1001-29070152.html

Trump attacks and the state of China’s legal system
China Digital Times, February 9, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/02/trump-attacks-state-chinas-legal-system/

Protestant church member prosecuted for involvement in “evil cult”
Radio Free Asia, February 9, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protestant-church-member-prosecuted-for-involvement-in-evil-cult-02092017101410.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: Do not repost news on Zhejiang HIV infections
China Digital Times, February 9, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/02/minitrue-not-repost-news-zhejiang-hiv-infections/

To boost cinema attendance, China wages war on critics
The Economist, February 9, 2017
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21716638-they-are-fighting-back-boost-cinema-attendance-china-wages-war-critics

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China probes seven for graft in Xinjiang's restive deep south
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-xinjiang-idUSKBN15P0A5

China jails former chief of state-owned automaker FAW for graft
Reuters, February 9, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-china-faw-idUSKBN15O0PP

China’s roads and workplaces seem to be getting safer
The Economist, February 9, 2017
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21716644-look-closer-data-chinas-roads-and-workplaces-seem-be-getting-safer

Hong Kong (香港)

林鄭月娥:下星期會豐富施政概念 3月公布整份政綱 (Carrie Lam: Will add more to “governance ideas” next week, complete political platform will be out in March)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1312653-20170209.htm

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胡國興有信心獲提名入閘 重啟政改非根據8.31框架 (Woo Kwok-hing is confident about getting enough nominations, emphasizes that reopening of political reform would not be limited by “8.31” framework)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1312563-20170209.htm

葉劉淑儀有信心取得足夠提名 料本月底提交提名表格 (Regina Ip is confident about getting enough nominations, plans to hand in nomination form by end of the month)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1312577-20170209.htm

擔心不夠提名入閘? 曾俊華:好驚、好驚、好驚 (Worried about not getting enough nominations? John Tsang: very, very, very anxious)
Mingpao, February 10, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170209/s00001/1486636798327

梁國雄:泛民不派人參選特首是大倒退的想法 (Leung Kwok-hung: It’s a regressive idea for no pan-dems to run for CE)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 9, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1312645-20170209.htm

疑被朱經緯用警棍打 鄭仲恒代表律師稱或提私人檢控 (Allegedly beaten by Franklin Chu with police baton, Cheng Chun-hang’s lawyer says they may pursue with private prosecution)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1312618-20170209.htm

Demosisto party, young scholars launch crowdfunding campaign to shed new light on Hong Kong history
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/09/demosisto-party-young-scholars-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-shed-new-light-hong-kong-history/