Access to Justice (司法公正)

"I live like a plant": Chinese dissident’s widow Liu Xia sends desperate letter
Agence France-Presse, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/i-live-like-plant-chinese-dissidents-widow-liu-xia-sends-desperate-letter/

China corrects 37 wrongful convictions for 61 people: white paper
中国人权法治化保障的新进展
Xinhua News Agency, December 15, 2017
EN:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/15/c_136827952.htm
CH:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/15/c_136827952.htm

男子制作传播侮辱成吉思汗挂像视频 被判有期徒刑 (Man sentenced to 1 year in prison for treading on picture of Genghis Khan and sharing video of it on social media)
Ordos city police, December 15, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-12-15/doc-ifyptkyk4573828.shtml

Chinese security guards beat South Korean journalists in shocking footage from Beijing trade fair
Newsweek, December 14, 2017
http://www.newsweek.com/chinese-security-guards-attack-south-korean-press-covering-president-moon-jae-747889/

投身NGO指导网民突破封锁 广东甄江华因涉嫌煽颠被监视居住 (Guangdong-based activist Zhen Jianghua under “residential surveillance at designated location” for inciting subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-12142017131756.html

广东及北京等地家庭教会遭驱赶 (Home churches in Guangdong and Beijing harassed and evicted)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-12142017131110.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Communist Party, military among latest to promote Xi Jinping’s political ideology in “thought” centres
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2124406/communist-party-military-among-latest-promote-xi/

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10家习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心（院）成立 (10 research centers and institutes of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era set up across China)
People’s Daily, December 15, 2017
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2017-12/15/nw.D110000renmrb_20171215_2-04.htm

奥威尔的预言与毛时代的回归：严密监控下的中国 (Orwell’s prophecy and retuning of Mao’s era: China under tight surveillance)
Voice of America, December 15, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-state-surveillance-20171214/4164853.html

南京清「餘毒」 銷毁前書記撰序史書 (Nanjing destroys history books prefaced by corrupt former party secretary)
Mingpao, December 15, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171215/s00013/1513275212291

中國佛教協會高僧：十九大報告是當代佛經 已手抄3遍要再抄10遍 (Deputy of Buddhist Association of China says report of 19th party congress is modern-day Buddhist sutra and he will hand-copy it for 13 times)
HK01, December 14, 2017
http://bit.ly/2zdQlPq

China has 41 journalists behind bars amid ever-widening media controls centers
全球关押新闻工作者再创新高 中国排名第二
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-has-41-journalists-behind-bars-amid-ever-widening-media-controls-12142017103536.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/survey-12142017071139.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing mass evictions continue in wake of second fatal fire
北京十八里店乡火灾后“低端人口”再遭暴力驱逐 公民联署敦促蔡奇辞职
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/beijing-evictions-12142017104315.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-12142017131428.html

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

"中国之长臂"伸向海外 输出专制并捏造形象 (“Long arm of China” exports authoritarianism)
Voice of America, December 15, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/cecc-hearing-china-long-arm-20171215/4164961.html

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The long arm of China: exporting authoritarianism with Chinese characteristics
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, December 13, 2017
https://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/the-long-arm-of-china-exporting-authoritarianism-with-chinese-characteristics

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam gets pat on the back from premier Li Keqiang for “proactive” governance and pushing bay area plan
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124461/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-hailed-premier-li-keqiang

Lawmaker barred for the day as battle over change of legislature’s house rules nears end
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/lawmaker-barred-day-battle-change-legislatures-house-rules-nears-end/

Top pick for new HKU vice-chancellor faces questions over research links to US military
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2124429/professor-questions-suitability-top-pick-next-hku-head

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張翔晤港大教職員 與會者引述張稱不反對學術討論港獨 (Zhang Xiang, new head of HKU, meets with staff and says he doesn’t oppose academic discussion on Hong Kong independence)
Mingpao, December 15, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171215/s00001/1513310796113

Court accepts appeal application from cop found guilty of assaulting democracy activist Ken Tsang
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/court-accepts-appeal-application-cop-found-guilty-assaulting-democracy-activist-ken-tsang/

Civil Human Rights Front calls on public to “defend Hong Kong” at annual new year march
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/civil-human-rights-front-calls-public-defend-hong-kong-annual-new-year-march/

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元旦遊行守護香港 民陣：禮崩樂壞 市民不能沉默 (Civil Human Rights Front organizes January 1 march to defend Hong Kong)
Inmediahk, December 14, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053912

ATV studio bomb makers get 26-46 months in jail
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1370266-20171215.htm

Hong Kong to be notified in 30 days if residents detained in China for “endangering national security”
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/14/hong-kong-notified-30-days-residents-detained-china-endangering-national-security/

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通報機制新安排：內地拘危害國安港人須30天內通報 (New mechanism says mainland will notify Hong Kong in 30 days if residents get detained for activity endangering national security)
Mingpao, December 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171214/s00001/1513236958710

Commentary (评论)

In Beijing, who is and isn’t a “low-end person?”
China Change, December 14, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/12/14/in-beijing-who-is-and-isnt-a-low-end-person/

Human rights and press freedom in Hong Kong - A brief memoir
Hong Kong Watch, December 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2017/12/14/francis-moriarty-human-rights-and-press-freedom-in-hong-kong-a-brief-memoir