Access to Justice (司法公正)

法治中国！习近平说，成立中央全面依法治国领导小组 (Xi Jinping says Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Ruling the Country by Law will be established)
Legal Daily, October 18, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/18/content_7360911.htm?node=5955

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为法治强国而歌:十九大报告中的法治“音符” (Rule of law elements in 19th party congress report)
Legal Daily, October 18, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/18/content_7361226.htm?node=5955

习近平：制定国家监察法 用留置取代“两规”措施 (Xi Jinping: to enact National Supervision Law and replace discipline inspection rules with detention measures carried out by Supervision Committee)
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2017
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20171018/52687822_0.shtml

让审理者裁判 由裁判者负责——十八大以来人民法院司法改革工作述评 (Description and comment of People’s Court judicial reform since 18th party congress)
Supreme People’s Court, October 18, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-64072.html

China’s getting a new law to fight corruption, but there’s still no place for lawyers
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2115966/chinas-getting-new-law-fight-corruption-theres-still-no

Chinese police round up dissidents as Communist Party congress kicks off
Hong Kong Free Press, October 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/18/chinese-police-round-dissidents-communist-party-congress-kicks-off/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China in cyber lockdown as WeChat, QQ and Weibo ban changes to users’ profiles
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2115913/china-cyber-lockdown-wechat-qq-and-weibo-ban-changes-users

全民观看十九大直播 幼儿园也不放过洗脑 (Even kindergarten children get brainwashed as whole nation watches live broadcast of 19th party congress)
Voice of America, October 18, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/CHINESE-WATCHED-19TH-PARTY-CONGRESS/4075590.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中纪委副书记杨晓渡：5年处分153.7万人，5.8万人移送司法 (Yang Xiaodu, deputy of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: 1,537,000 people punished and 58,000 sent to judiciary during past 5 years)
The Beijing News, October 19, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/10/19/461284.html

胡春華：廣東空氣質量雖達標但部分小流域水污染仍嚴重 (Hu Chunhua: air quality in Guangdong meets standard but water pollution in some small basins still severe)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 19, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360096-20171019.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese Internet Law: What the West doesn’t see
The Diplomat, October 18, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/chinese-internet-law-what-the-west-doesnt-see/

Hong Kong (香港)

張曉明稱習近平工作報告與保障特區高度自治權並不矛盾 (Zhang Xiaoming: there is no contradiction between Xi Jinping’s work report and ensuring high-level of autonomy of Hong Kong)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 19, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360025-20171019.htm

Theresa May wants “one country, two systems” respected in wake of Hong Kong barring activist from entering city
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2116067/british-leader-wants-one-country-two-systems-respected-wake

Xi’s speech shows Beijing’s resolve to confront any threat to national unity, academics say
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2115963/xis-speech-shows-beijings-resolve-confront-any-threat

Commentary (评论)

楊庭輝：任意詮釋《基本法》 香港自治權還剩多少？ (Yeung Ting-fai: How much autonomy does Hong Kong have left as the Basic Law is being arbitrarily interpreted)
Inmediahk, October 19, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1052789

How the fall of Causeway Bay Books helped resurrect a long-lost Chinese erotic literature classic
Quartz, October 19, 2017
https://qz.com/1098346/how-the-fall-of-causeway-bay-books-helped-resurrect-a-long-lost-chinese-erotic-literature-classic/

The Guardian view on Xi Jinping: the life and soul of the party
The Guardian, October 18, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/18/the-guardian-view-on-xi-jinping-the-life-and-soul-of-the-party

China is getting better at undermining global human rights
Foreign Policy, October 18, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/18/china-is-getting-better-at-undermining-global-human-rights/

Chinese author Ma Jian: “The Communist Party keeps their people well-fed, but in a cage”
Deutsche Welle, October 18, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/chinese-author-ma-jian-the-communist-party-keeps-their-people-well-fed-but-in-a-cage/a-41016073