Thursday, March 08, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Macau move to curtail foreign judges sparks concerns over China's growing control
Reuters, March 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-macau-law/macau-move-to-curtail-foreign-judges-sparks-concerns-over-chinas-growing-control-idUSKCN1GK08U

习近平等分别参加全国人大会议一些代表团审议 (Xi Jinping: Constitution amendments “reflect the common will of the Party and the people”, “democracy is fully exercised”)
Xinhua News Agency, March 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018lh/2018-03/07/c_1122503168.htm

Related:
How Xi Jinping made his power grab: With stealth, speed and guile
The New York Times, March 7, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-party-term-limit.html

四川阿坝发生2018年首起藏人自焚事件 (Tibetan man self-immolates in Sichuan. First death in 2018)
Voice of America, March 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/first-tibet-immolation-in-2018-20180307/4285436.html

Related:
西藏黨委書記批評美聯社報道西藏自焚事件非實事求是 (Tibet party secretary slams AP for reporting self-immolation not based on facts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 8, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1384630-20180308.htm

Exiled Uyghur leader says “red notice” demonstrates China’s harassment of critics abroad
Radio Free Asia, March 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/notice-03072018173643.html

India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New Delhi
Reuters, March 7, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-china-tibet/india-with-eye-on-china-ties-bans-tibetans-rally-in-new-delhi-idUSKCN1GJ1HP