Access to Justice (司法公正)

采访郭文贵电视主持人与大陆妻子失联三个月 (TV anchor interviews Miles Kwok, Chinese billionaire in exile, and his wife goes incommunicado for 3 months)
Voice of America, December 14, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chen-xiao-ping-wife-lost-contact-20171213/4162695.html

China marks Nanjing Massacre anniversary, detains rights activists
习近平出席南京大屠杀公祭 维权人士被严管逾24小时
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/anniversary-12132017115632.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-12132017103548.html

China moves ahead with subversion trial of rights website founder Liu Feiyue
刘飞跃“煽颠罪”湖北随州中院正式立案
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liufeiyue-trial-12132017142438.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12132017103304.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Number of jailed journalists hits record high, advocacy group says
2017年中国41名记者入狱，全球第二多
The New York Times, December 14, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/world/20171214/journalists-jailed-committee-to-protect-journalists/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/world/20171214/journalists-jailed-committee-to-protect-journalists/

Artist flees Beijing after filming devastation of mass evictions
公开“大驱逐”视频的艺术家逃离北京
The New York Times, December 14, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171214/china-beijing-migrants-eviction/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171214/china-beijing-migrants-eviction/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

撞斷九江大橋 船長出獄查「空心橋墩」 (Ex-convict captain investigates “hollow bridge pier” after his ship slammed into bridge in Jiangxi and killed 8)
Mingpao, December 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171214/s00013/1513188343264

English transcript of video featuring activist Zhen Jianghua
i-CABLE News, December 13, 2017
https://www.nchrd.org/2017/12/19545/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

携程亲子园事件5名工作人员被批捕 (Five kindergarten staffers in Shanghai under arrested after child abuse scandal)
Beijing News, December 13, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/13/468422.html

保定一纸厂发生燃爆事故致4死 公司负责人已被警方控制 (Owner of paper mill detained by police after fire and explosion killed 4 in Hebei)
Beijing News, December 13, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/13/468427.html

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

人权组织批评新疆强行收集居民生物信息 (Human rights organisation criticizes Xinjiang for forcefully collecting biological data from residents)
Reuters, December 13, 2017
http://bit.ly/2C4wdxE

Hong Kong (香港)

Showdown in LegCo over changes to its rule book: What’s fuelling the continuing clash?
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124207/showdown-legco-over-changes-its-rule-book-whats-fuelling

Related:
學者發起聯署 反對修改議事規則 「社會將付上代價」 (Scholars launch signature campaign in protest against LegCo rules changes, warning “society will pay”)
Inmediahk, December 13, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053889/

Civic Party lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki among ten disqualified from running for China legislature seats
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/14/civic-party-lawmaker-kwok-ka-ki-among-ten-disqualified-running-china-legislature-seats/

Related:
港區人大選舉確認49人為候選人 郭家麒斥假選舉 (49 confirmed as candidates for NPC Hong Kong election, and pro-democracy lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki calls it fake)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 13, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1369897-20171213.htm

Hong Kong to pay HK$2.36 billion share of mega bridge project’s HK$11.7 billion cost overrun
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2124232/hong-kong-pay-hk236-billion-share-mega-bridge-projects-hk117/

入境處下周一起擴展旅客自助離境服務 櫃位增設鏡頭識別容貌 (Immigration to add face-detection counters at borders next week)
Mingpao, December 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171214/s00001/1513232374693

Candidate for Hong Kong University vice-chancellor position urged to reveal stance on academic freedom
Hong Kong Free Press, December 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/13/candidate-hong-kong-university-vice-chancellor-position-urged-reveal-stance-academic-freedom/

Commentary (评论)

Does Xi Jinping Thought really matter?
The Diplomat, December 14, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/does-xi-jinping-thought-really-matter/

China’s stealthy holiday crackdowns
The Diplomat, December 14, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/chinas-stealthy-holiday-crackdowns/

Record number of journalists jailed as Turkey, China, Egypt pay scant price for repression
Committee to Protect Journalists, December 13, 2017
https://cpj.org/reports/2017/12/journalists-prison-jail-record-number-turkey-china-egypt.php

China’s film industry: Blocked by its own Great Wall
China Film Insider, December 13, 2017
http://chinafilminsider.com/chinas-film-industry-blocked-by-its-own-great-wall/