Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

新龙县一名藏人自焚抗议 自焚者亲友被拘遭殴 (Tibetan self-immolated in Xinlong county, his family detained and beaten up)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-03192017092238.html

聚焦司改:提高刑事审判证人出庭率难在哪里 (What are the difficulties in raising attendance rate of witnesses at trial?)
China Youth Daily, March 21, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2017/03-21/8178850.shtml

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提高证人出庭率和律师辩护率首次写入最高法工作报告 (Raising rates of witness attendance and lawyers defending cases written into annual work report of SPC for the first time)
Xinhua News, March 13, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017lh/2017-03/13/c_1120619885.htm

Chinese lawmakers seek to protect dead Communist heroes with new law
Global Voices, March 21, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/03/21/chinese-lawmakers-seek-to-protect-dead-communist-heroes-with-new-law/

Wukan activist's mother interrogated, intimidated after incognito visit
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mother-03202017131533.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Taiwan community college manager with NGO links incommunicado in China
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taiwan-community-collage-manager-with-ngo-links-incommunicado-in-china-03202017133229.html

China embraces public activists—in battling pollution
Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 2017
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2017/0317/China-embraces-public-activists-in-battling-pollution

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China draws up list of “negatives” to vet delegates to top Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2080716/china-draws-list-negatives-vet-delegates-top-communist

Autistic boy’s death one of many linked to squalid “care center” in China
The New York Times, March 20, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/world/asia/china-care-center-deaths.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

科技101:网络战加信息战,中国软硬实力兼施 (China applies both soft and hard power to combat cyberwarfare and information warfare)
Voice of America, March 21, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/cyber-20170320/3774551.html

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

China says number of “terror attacks” is down, but threat remains high
Reuters, March 21, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-security-idUSKBN16S0C5

Hong Kong (香港)

特首选举论坛期间 多个团体抗议“小圈子选举” (Multiple groups protest against “small-circle” election during CE election forum)
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-03202017102757.html

中联办喉舌发狂炮轰曾俊华“选举伪术”犹如文革敌我斗争 (Mouthpieces of China Liaison Office publish articles criticizing John Tsang’s “hypocrisies in election”)
Radio France Internationale, March 20, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170320-中联办喉舌发狂炮轰曾俊华“选举伪术”犹如文革敌我斗争

Hong Kong’s leadership hopefuls want to win hearts and minds in an election where no one gets to vote
Quartz, March 19, 2017
https://qz.com/933858/hong-kongs-leadership-hopefuls-want-to-win-hearts-and-minds-in-an-election-where-no-one-gets-to-vote/

Woo Kwok-hing “very disappointed” that many pro-democracy electors plan to vote for John Tsang
Hong Kong Free Press, March 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/21/woo-kwok-hing-disappointed-many-pro-democracy-electors-plan-vote-john-tsang/

“Only resistance can bring change”: Occupy activist Ken Tsang rallies supporters before going to jail
Hong Kong Free Press, March 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/21/resistance-can-bring-change-occupy-activist-ken-tsang-rallies-supporters-going-jail/

Joshua Wong: Hong Kong's democracy fighter gets Netflix treatment
Cable News Network, March 20, 2017
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/20/asia/joshua-wong-netflix-hong-kong-china/index.html

Commentary (评论)

How China is preparing for cyberwar
Christian Science Monitor: Passcode, March 20, 2017
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/Passcode-Voices/2017/0320/How-China-is-preparing-for-cyberwar

Random comments on China's new civil code
Chinese Law Prof Blog, March 19, 2017
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/2017/03/random-comments-on-chinas-new-civil-code.html