Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

習近平思想入中共黨章表決通過 (19th party congress votes and approves inclusion of “Xi Jinping thought” in CPC constitution)
Mingpao, October 24, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171024/s00004/1508817517181

Related:
President Xi Jinping tightens his grip on China as name added to Communist constitution
Agence France-Presse, October 24, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/24/just-president-xi-jinping-joins-mao-chinese-communist-party-constitution/

十九大提出的“立法清单”,全国人大将如何落实? (How will NPC implement legislation list proposed by 19th party congress?)
23 Xi Jiao Min Xiang, October 23, 2017
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20171023/52760788_0.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

China's 19th party congress sends a message to Chinese media
The Diplomat, October 18, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/chinas-19th-party-congress-sends-a-message-to-chinese-media/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Communist Party vows to “sinicize religions” in China
The Diplomat, October 24, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/chinese-communist-party-vows-to-sinicize-religions-in-china/

Chinese military veterans skeptical over president's promise to “protect their rights”
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/veterans-10232017114254.html

China's complicated approach to transgender rights
The Diplomat, October 23, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/chinas-complicated-approach-to-transgender-rights/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

政法+人工智能 如何满足人民新期待 (How can political and legal work, as well as artificial intelligence, meet people’s new expectations)
Legal Daily, October 23, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/23/ content_7365190.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

習近平稱要讓港澳同胞共擔民族復興責任 (Xi Jinping says people in Hong Kong and Macau will share responsibility for national rejuvenation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 24, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360942-20171024.htm

回應教育部長國教言論 林鄭籲勿以有色眼鏡看中央關懷 (Carrie Lam responds to comments of Chinese education chief on national education: don’t look at Central Government’s care through colored lenses)
Mingpao, October 24, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171024/s00001/1508812842680

Related:
Carrie Lam: Do not interpret mainland official’s comments on national education through colored lenses
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/24/carrie-lam-not-interpret-mainland-officials-comments-national-education-coloured-lenses/

終審法院批准黃之鋒羅冠聰保釋等候上訴 (Court of Final Appeal approves bail of Joshua Wong and Nathan Law until their appeal applications are heard)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 24, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360907-20171024.htm

Related:
Jailed Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law freed on bail by Court of Final Appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/24/breaking-jailed-hong-kong-activists-joshua-wong-nathan-law-freed-bail-court-final-appeal/

Pro-democracy lawmaker questions need for new police division tackling protests and terrorism
Hong Kong Free Press, October 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/23/pro-democracy-lawmaker-questions-need-new-police-division-tackling-protests-terrorism/

Commentary (评论)

What it could mean if China’s leader won’t name an heir
习近平料将推迟确立接班人,这意味着什么?
The New York Times, October 24, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171024/china-xi-jinping-successor/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171024/china-xi-jinping-successor/

中共十九大:港台的希望与恐惧 (19th party congress: hopes and fears of Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, October 23, 2017
http://bit.ly/2y29EHt