Friday, January 12, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

李明哲轉囚湖南高戒備監獄 (Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che transferred to high-security prison in Hunan)
Central News Agency, January 12, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180112/s00013/1515693961456

安徽男子涉贪被捕检察院13年后决定不起诉,已申请国家赔偿 (Anhui man, once arrested for suspected corruption, demands state compensation after procuratorate spent 13 years deciding not to press charges)
The Paper, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1943320

检察院办案如何防范人情案关系案?海南省检:随机分配案件 (Hainan provincial Procuratorate randomly distributes cases to prosecutors to prevent personal relationship from getting involved)
Supreme People's Procuratorate, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1944284

珠海市公安局不认可蔺其磊律师担任甄江华辩护人 (Rights lawyer Lin Qilei denied by Zhuhai police to represent activist Zhen Jianghua)
Human Rights Campaign in China, January 10, 2018
https://www.hrcchina.org/2018/01/blog-post_10.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

旅美导演摄制「六四」纪录片 大陆家人遭警问话 (Family members of June Fourth documentary director questioned by mainland police)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/director-01112018091046.html

Related:
1989的女孩 (Children of 1989)
YouTube, January 8, 2018
https://youtu.be/0CWbcYz1VHA

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing professor dismissed as sexual harassment allegations spark campus activism
Reuters, January 12, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-harassment/beijing-professor-dismissed-as-sexual-harassment-allegations-spark-campus-activism-idUSKBN1F10J9

入围奥斯卡的艾未未:我和中国政权是恒久不变的对立关系 (Ai Weiwei, whose documentary gets shortlisted for Oscar, calls himself dissident against Chinese regime forever)
The Initium, January 12, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180112-mainland-aiweiwei/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

2017年全国纪检监察机关处分52.7万人 (527,000 people punished by discipline inspection authorities nationwide in 2017)
People’s Daily, January 12, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-01/12/nw.D110000renmrb_20180112_2-04.htm

Samsung faces French legal case over alleged abuses and use of child labor in China
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/samsung-faces-french-legal-case-alleged-abuses-use-child-labour-china/

A blue sky in Beijing? It’s not a fluke, says Greenpeace
北京冬日重现蓝天,中国治理污染初见成效
The New York Times, January 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/world/asia/pollution-beijing-declines.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180112/pollution-beijing-declines/

In China, gauging public opinion is hard
The Economist, January 11, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21734396-explaining-it-harder-china-gauging-public-opinion-hard

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Skype's rolling out end-to-end encryption for hundreds of millions of people
Wired, January 11, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/skype-end-to-end-encryption-voice-text/

WhatsApp security flaws could allow snoops to slide into group chats
Wired, January 10, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-security-flaws-encryption-group-chats/

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

Marriott to China: We do not support separatists
列西藏、台湾为“国家”,万豪致歉:不支持分裂
The New York Times, January 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/business/china-marriott-tibet-taiwan.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180112/china-marriott-tibet-taiwan/

教材被指「民族分裂」 三維族高官遭查 (Senior Uyghur officials under investigation for allegedly advocating “ethnic separatists” while editing ethnic language textbooks)
Sing Tao Daily, January 11, 2018
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1729541&target=2

In mass address, China's Xi calls for total party loyalty
Reuters, January 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/in-mass-address-chinas-xi-calls-for-total-party-loyalty-idUSKBN1F01KC

Hong Kong (香港)

再被揭熟知僭建條例 鄭若驊曾打涉非法結構官司 (Justice chief Teresa Cheng found of representing client in illegal structure lawsuit in 2003)
Apple Daily, January 12, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180112/57697880

Related:
Labor Party reports Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng to police, alleging she made false bank statements
Hong Kong Free Press, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/labour-party-reports-justice-sec-teresa-cheng-police-alleging-made-false-bank-statements/

NGO urges Hong Kong gov’t to respect prisoners’ rights ahead of UN report
Hong Kong Free Press, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/ngo-urges-hong-kong-govt-respect-prisoners-rights-ahead-un-report/

Will Hong Kong government’s new budget change life for low-income workers?
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2127867/hong-kong-government-budgets-rise-3-cent-carrie-lam-pledges

Commentary (评论)

How Myanmar fits into China’s global power ambitions
Quartz, January 12, 2018
https://qz.com/1178252/how-myanmar-fits-into-chinas-global-power-ambitions/

筆陣:須深思如何操作一國兩制 (A deep reflection is needed to implement “One Country, Two Systems”)
Mingpao, January 12, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180112/s00012/1515693929164

我是否已被統戰了? (Have I been united under the United Front?)
Apple Daily, January 10, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180110/20269870