Access to Justice (司法公正)

詹惠中（网名校长）因海祭刘晓波案昨遭警方抓捕 (Zhan Huizhong, another independent scholar who commemorated Liu Xiaobo, is arrested by CPC authorities)
Weiquanwang, December 27, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/blog-post_655.html

For China, Christmas is the best time of year to put human-rights activists on trial
Quartz, December 27, 2017
https://qz.com/1166056/over-christmas-china-sentenced-activist-wu-gan-or-super-vulgar-butcher-to-eight-years-in-prison/

Related:
Wu Gan’s statement after being sentenced to eight years in prison for "subversion"
China Change, December 26, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/12/26/wu-gans-statement-after-being-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison-for-subversion/

China's Communist Party to discuss amending constitution, graft fight
Reuters, December 27, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinas-communist-party-to-discuss-amending-constitution-graft-fight-idUSKBN1EL0B8

Access to Information (信息公开)

China accused of waging war on Christmas
中国官媒否认存在全国层面的圣诞节禁令
Financial Times, December 27, 2017
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/d2236004-ea18-11e7-bd17-521324c81e23
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075650

毛誕日批毛「邪惡」 記者遭停職 (Journalist suspended for calling Mao Zedong “evil” on Mao’s birthday)
Mingpao, December 27, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171227/s00013/1514311124742

发改委：重大建设项目相关信息应在20个工作日内公开 (National Development and Reform Commission: Information related to major construction projects should be available to public within 20 working days)
People’s Daily, December 27, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1227/c1001-29731706.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

被问及六四天安门镇压死亡人数 中国外交部发言人有所回避 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson dodges questions regarding Tiananmen casualties)
Radio France Internationale, December 27, 2017
https://goo.gl/BvH3iR

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Tencent’s WeChat messaging platform adopted by Beijing court for case filing
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2125804/tencents-wechat-messaging-platform-adopted-beijing-court-case-filing

China snares innocent and guilty alike to build world’s biggest DNA database
The Wall Street Journal, December 26, 2017
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-snares-innocent-and-guilty-alike-to-build-worlds-biggest-dna-database-1514310353

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

China, Pakistan, Afghanistan agree on terror cooperation
Channel NewsAsia, December 27, 2017
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china--pakistan--afghanistan-agree-on-terror-cooperation-9811058

China to punish “Two-Faced” Uyghur officials in new reward scheme
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/rewards-12262017144824.html

Hong Kong (香港)

人大常委會指一地兩檢不影響香港行政區域範圍及自治權 (China NPC says co-location arrangement does not affect HKSAR autonomy)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 27, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1372066-20171227.htm

Related:
譚惠珠：香港法庭不存在推翻人大常委會決定的可能 (HK deputy to NPC says it's impossible for Hong Kong Court to overrule NPC’s decision)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 27, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1372040-20171227.htm

民陣元旦遊行仍未獲不反對通知書　區諾軒：奇怪 (Permission for January 1 rally not yet granted)
Mingpao, December 27, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171227/s00001/1514341093367

“Civic Square” to reopen to public in Hong Kong – but with restricted access for demonstrations
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2125809/civic-square-reopen-public-hong-kong-restricted-access

Winners and losers in another year of political upheaval for Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2125718/winners-and-losers-another-year-political-upheaval-hong-kong

Commentary (评论)

The last Jedi and the founding mythology of the Chinese Communist Party
The Diplomat, December 27, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/the-last-jedi-and-the-founding-mythology-of-the-chinese-communist-party/

公共医疗保险为何会“撑不住了”？(Why will public medical insurance fall apart?)
Financial Times, December 27, 2017
https://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075644

China’s “new era” presages a golden age
中国“新时代”思想是一个转折点
Financial Times, December 27, 2017
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/bda486d6-df59-11e7-a8a4-0a1e63a52f9c
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075646