Monday, July 03, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

家人:劉曉波完全可搭飛機 (Family of Liu Xiaobo: Liu is totally fit to travel by air)
Mingpao, July 3, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170703/s00013/1499018620468

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網傳劉曉波家人晤醫生片段 院方稱每天研究治療方案 (Online video shows family of Liu Xiaobo meet with doctors; Hospital: discuss Liu’s treatment on a daily basis)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 2, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1339599-20170702.htm

欧盟呼吁中国允许诺奖得主刘晓波出国 (EU urges China to allow Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo go abroad)
Deutsche Welle, July 1, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/欧盟呼吁中国允许诺奖得主刘晓波出国/a-39507485

China refuses cancer treatment abroad for Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo
Cable News Network, June 30, 2017
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/30/asia/china-liu-xiaobo/index.html

Ailing China dissident Liu's “time limited,” says family member
Reuters, June 30, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN19L1IN

Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo's condition worsens in Chinese hospital
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/nobel-peace-laureate-liu-xiaobos-condition-worsens-in-chinese-hospital-06302017105400.html

Editorial: At G20 Summit, call on China to release seriously ill Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo
Japan Forward, June 30, 2017
https://japan-forward.com/editorial-at-g20-summit-call-on-china-to-release-seriously-ill-nobel-peace-laureate-liu-xiaobo/

Liu Xiaobo: The founder of China’s political opposition movements
China Change, June 30, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/06/30/liu-xiaobo-the-founder-of-chinas-political-opposition-movements/

救治刘晓波 美国国会两党议员日前共同推出一项决议案 (U.S. Congressional lawmakers issue bipartisan resolution calling for medical treatment for Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-06292017102739.html

Was treatment denied to an imprisoned ailing Nobel Peace Prize winner in China?
America Magazine, June 29, 2017
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/06/29/was-treatment-denied-imprisoned-ailing-nobel-peace-prize-winner-china

Minitrue: No reports or commentary on Liu Xiaobo’s medical parole
China Digital Times, June 29, 2017
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/06/minitrue-no-reports-commentary-liu-xiaobos-medical-parole/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

检察机关提起公益诉讼制度全面实施 (Mechanism of procuratorial organs filing litigation of public interests fully implemented)
People’s Daily, July 3, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0703/c1001-29377694.html

在囚维族学者伊力哈木获魏玛人权奖 (Imprisoned Uyghur scholar Tohti receives Human Rights Award of the City of Weimar)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07022017090312.html

LU student testifies before Congress on father’s plight in China
The News & Advance, June 29, 2017
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/lu-student-testifies-before-congress-on-father-s-plight-in/article_a41ab33c-79a6-51fd-8cd5-b48be80be09e.html

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Gagging the lawyers: China’s crackdown on human rights lawyers and its implications for U.S.-China relations
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, June 28, 2017
https://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/gagging-the-lawyers-china%E2%80%99s-crackdown-on-human-rights-lawyers-and-its-implications

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国收紧在线视频内容审查 (China beefs up censorship of online videos)
Financial Times, July 3, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001073242

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“Sing the motherland”: China tightens rules for online content
Reuters, June 30, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-broadcasting-rules-idUSKBN19L0YG

中国网络视听节目服务协会发《网络视听节目内容审核通则》 (China Netcasting Services Association issues “General rules for reviewing netcasting content”)
China Netcasting Services Association, June 30, 2017
http://www.cnsa.cn/2017/06/30/ARTI0Qg4cp7jtd1Z5o0RnfzM170630.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing parents protest at being denied primary school choice
Reuters, June 30, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-education-protests-idUSKBN19L104?il=0

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北京百名家长政府门前抗议学区规划 (100 Beijing parents protest in front of government office against school district planning)
Voice of America, June 30, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voanews-20170630-BJ-primary-school-choice/3922964.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

CPC sets anti-corruption records over past five years
China Daily, June 30, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-06/30/content_29942231.htm

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反腐"半年报":147名厅级以上官员被查 退休≠平安着陆 (Anti-corruption campaign semi-annual report: 147 officials inspected, either retired or “landed safely”)
JCRB News, June 30, 2017
http://news.jcrb.com/jxsw/201706/t20170630_1771398.html

Hong Kong (香港)

香港逾6万人七一上街护一国两制促释放刘晓波 (Over 60 thousand march on July 1 in Hong Kong, demanding One Country, Two Systems be protected and the release of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-07022017121949.html

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In Pictures: Organizers say 60,000 attend Hong Kong democracy rally; police say 14,500 attended
Hong Kong Free Press, July 1, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/01/organisers-say-60000-attend-hong-kong-democracy-rally-police-say-14500-attended/

七一香港抗议人士遭袭 有示威者报称被警察殴打 (July 1 protestors claim to be beaten by police)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-07022017142134.html

“We wanted democracy”: is Hong Kong's two-systems experiment over?
The Guardian, June 30, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/30/we-wanted-democracy-after-20-years-of-chinese-rule-is-hong-kongs-dream-over

Is It the 20th anniversary of unification with China…or the fall of Hong Kong?
Global Voices, June 30, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/30/is-it-the-20th-anniversary-of-unification-with-china-or-the-fall-of-hong-kong/

In Pictures: “Schoolmaster” Xi Jinping leaves Hong Kong smarting
Agence France-Presse, July 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/02/pictures-schoolmaster-xi-jinping-leaves-hong-kong-smarting/

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Xi Jinping warns Hong Kong over sovereignty “red line”
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40465359

习近平:“一国两制”在香港遇到了新问题 (Xi Jinping: One Country, Two Systems meets with new problems in Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-40466101

China “humiliating” the UK by scrapping Hong Kong handover deal, say activists
The Guardian, July 1, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/01/china-humiliating-uk-hong-kong-handover-deal

Carrie Lam sworn in as Hong Kong's new leader
Al Jazeera, July 2, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/carrie-lam-sworn-hong-kong-leader-170701010930386.html

香港记协发表《一国围城》言论自由年报忧虑北京加紧对港钳制 (Hong Kong Journalists Association releases annual report “Two Systems Under Siege” concerned that Beijing is tightening control over Hong Kong media)
Radio France Internationale, July 2, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170702-香港记协发表《一国围城》言论自由年报忧虑北京加紧对港钳制

Appeals board upholds police ban on Hong Kong pro-independence party’s Handover eve vigil
Hong Kong Free Press, June 30, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/30/appeals-board-upholds-police-ban-hong-kong-pro-independence-partys-handover-eve-vigil/

一国两制前世今生 香港模式彻底唤醒台湾 (The past and the future of One Country, Two Systems; the Hong Kong model completely awakens Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 30, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-40460294

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s youth must fight for a free future
The Financial Times, July 2, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/f01c699c-5d8d-11e7-b553-e2df1b0c3220

HK20: Joshua Wong—Beijing has shown it will do anything to suppress Hong Kong democracy
Hong Kong Free Press, July 1, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/01/hk20-joshua-wong-beijing-shown-will-anything-suppress-hong-kong-democracy/

China must stop meddling
Bangkok Post, June 30, 2017
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1278243/china-must-stop-meddling

The Guardian view on Hong Kong: Britain has a duty to defend its freedoms
The Guardian, June 30, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/30/the-guardian-view-on-hong-kong-britain-has-a-duty-to-defend-its-freedoms

Sieren's China: Learning from Hong Kong
Deustche Welle, June 30, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/sierens-china-learning-from-hong-kong/a-39484536