Access to Justice (司法公正)

Uyghur inmates in Xinjiang’s Korla city endure overcrowded re-education camps
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/camps-01032018155622.html

最高法：中国裁判文书网访问总量近125亿次 (Supreme People’s Court says total traffic of China Judgments Online approaches 12.5 billion and over 41.31 million judgments are published)
Supreme People’s Court, January 3, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1932948

司法部相关负责人就修订后的《基层法律服务所管理办法》《基层法律服务工作者管理办法》答记者问 (Ministry of Justice holds press conference on revised Measures on Administration of Legal Service Offices at the Grass-roots Level and Measures on Administration of Legal Service Workers at the Grass-roots Level, and it confirms “credit” of grass-roots legal professionals and offices will be tracked)
Legal Daily, January 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/02/content_7437967.htm?node=5954

最高检印发工作意见深入推进检察改革 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate issues opinion on reform, urging procuratorial organs to “strengthen political awareness”)
Supreme People’s Procuratorate, January 2, 2018
http://www.spp.gov.cn/xwfbh/wsfbh/201801/t20180102_208022.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

A saucy app knows China's taste in news. The censors are worried.
被指传播色情低俗信息，今日头条遭整改
The New York Times, January 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/business/china-toutiao-censorship.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180103/china-toutiao-censorship/

汇聚奋进新时代开启新征程的磅礴伟力——2017年宣传思想文化工作综述 (Summary of work on propaganda, ideology, and culture in 2017: 520,000 people listened to lectures on Xi Jinping Thought in person and 21 million did online)
Xinhua News Agency, January 2, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/02/c_1122200644.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

云南曲靖市多地公办教师游行示威 (Public school teachers in Yunnan protest for equal pay and wage in arrears)
Weiquanwang, January 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_80.html

投诉：西安袁骆村村民再次到陕西省政府请愿 (Villagers in Xi’an petition at provincial government after being forced to move into poorly-built relocation homes)
Weiquanwang, January 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_37.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

How the eviction of Beijing’s migrant workers is tearing at the fabric of the city’s economy
Agence France-Presse, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2126836/how-eviction-beijings-migrant-workers-tearing-fabric

价格欺诈 黑龙江雪乡一店被罚5.9万 (Hostel in Heilongjiang fined 59,000 yuan for cheating customers)
The Beijing News, January 4, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2018/01/04/471132.html

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

Xi Jinping tells army not to fear death in show of China's military might
The Guardian, January 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/04/xi-jinping-tells-army-not-to-fear-death-in-show-of-chinas-military-might

Related:
Why Xi Jinping is once again letting China’s military have a direct link to local authorities
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2126718/why-xi-jinping-once-again-letting-chinas-military-have

China’s new killer drone conducts missile firing tests
The Diplomat, January 3, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-new-killer-drone-conducts-missile-firing-tests/

Hong Kong, 香港

Hong Kong lawyers condemn personal attacks against judges, urge gov’t to defend judiciary
Hong Kong Free Press, January 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/04/hong-kong-lawyers-condemn-personal-attacks-judges-urge-govt-defend-judiciary/

Related:
Hong Kong police union “extremely disappointed” at jail sentence for retired cop Frankly Chu
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/hong-kong-police-union-extremely-disappointed-jail-sentence-retired-cop-frankly-chu/

New CUHK head says he hopes people will discuss issues “rationally and peacefully” on campus
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/new-cuhk-head-says-hopes-people-will-discuss-issues-rationally-peacefully-campus/

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong is being squeezed … into China
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2126768/hong-kong-being-squeezed-china

Related:
Beijing has ultimate control of Hong Kong – that’s the reality of “One Country, Two Systems"
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126779/beijing-has-ultimate-control-hong-kong-thats-reality-one

世界媒体看中国：老大哥来了 (Big brother is coming)
Voice of America, January 4, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-big-borther-comes-20180103/4191187.html

China must release Wu Gan & stop treating free speech as an act of subversion
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 4, 2018
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/01/china-must-release-wu-gan-stop-treating-free-speech-as-an-act-of-subversion/

As America withdraws from Latin America, China steps in
The Diplomat, January 4, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/as-america-withdraws-from-latin-america-china-steps-in/