Access to Justice (司法公正)

维权律师王全璋之妻李文足短暂被拘后获释 (Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, released after short detention during her march advocating for husband)
Voice of America, April 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-lawyer-arrest-20180409/4339299.html

上访连坐？湖南蓝山县称“影响子女前途” (Local authorities in Human threaten petitioners with their children's future)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-04092018103541.html

China sends prominent Muslim poet for ideological “re-education”
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-04092018105524.html

江苏全面开展庭审网络直播：以直播为原则、不直播为例外 (Jiangsu High Court to start comprehensive live streaming of all court hearings, exceptions will need approval)
People's Court Daily, April 9, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2065320

Access to Information (信息公开)

江雪：微信个人帐号被封记 (WeChat account of independent investigative journalist shut down)
The Initium, April 10, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180410-mainland-jiangxue/

Related:
China arrests journalist for “spreading rumors” after he reported on Yili Group
Committee to Protect Journalists, April 6, 2018
https://cpj.org/2018/04/china-arrests-journalist-for-spreading-rumors-afte.php

China’s censors take aim at six-year-old game Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Abacus, April 9, 2018
https://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/chinas-censors-take-aim-six-year-old-game-call-duty-black-ops-ii/article/2140830

安卓应用商店已下架今日头条、网易新闻、凤凰新闻、天天快报四款应用 (Toutiao, NetEase News, Phoenix News, Tiantian Kuaibao suspended from Android app stores)
Caijing, April 9, 2018
http://tech.caijing.com.cn/20180409/4432565.shtml

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China state media say 4 popular news apps suspended
Associated Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/04/09/world/asia/ap-as-china-apps-removed.html

China launches campaigns to clean up cultural environment
全国“扫黄打非”办部署“净网2018”等专项行动
Xinhua News Agency, April 9, 2018
EN: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/09/WS5acb737ba3105cdcf65170d1.html
CH: http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/09/content_7516277.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s #MeToo: How a 20-year-old rape case became a rallying cry
北大高岩事件助推中國「我也是」運動
The New York Times, April 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/world/asia/china-metoo-gao-yan.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180410/china-metoo-gao-yan/zh-hant/

Related:
Academic exploitation in China: Online voices help three victims speak from beyond the grave
What’s On Weibo, April 9, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/academic-exploitation-in-china-online-voices-help-three-victims-speak-from-beyond-the-grave/

七旬老妇羁押后离世 广东佛山村民护地维权 (Guangdong villagers fight for land rights after old woman dies following police detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04092018103243.html

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

China's Xi urges Taiwan business community to shun independence
Reuters, April 10, 2018
https://goo.gl/h1pPSE

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China demands halt of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
Reuters, April 9, 2018
https://goo.gl/75Fi2b

“Impossible”: China denies planning military base in Vanuatu
The Guardian, April 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/10/concerns-china-in-talks-with-vanuatu-about-south-pacific-military-base

Hong Kong (香港)

Help detained bookseller and improve domestic workers’ rights, Hong Kong told in submission to UN
South China Moring Post, April 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140978/help-detained-bookseller-and-improve-domestic-workers-rights

These accusations are libelous, says ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung as democrats launch HK$2m crowdfunded investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/10/accusations-libelous-says-ex-hong-kong-leader-cy-leung-democrats-launch-hk2m-crowdfunded-investigation/

Related:
CY Leung exhorts Hong Kong’s advisers to Beijing to strengthen society’s love for China and safeguard national security
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140965/cy-leung-exhorts-hong-kongs-advisers-beijing-strengthen

政權畫紅線限學運發展 學者：學運有涯，前進是岸 (Regime draws red line to keep a lid on student movement, marching forward is the only way out)
Inmediahk, April 9, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056270

Related:
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong joins Chinese dissident Wang Dan’s think tank
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-joins-chinese-dissident-wang-dans-think-tank/

Only HKU can decide whether Benny Tai should be sacked over independence remarks, says education chief
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/hku-can-decide-whether-benny-tai-sacked-independence-remarks-says-education-chief/

Fears parts of world's longest sea bridge are floating away
The Guardian, April 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/09/fears-parts-of-world-longest-sea-bridge-are-floating-away

Related:
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge breakwater design scientific, reasonable and safe, says top gov’t official
Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/10/hong-kong-zhuhai-macao-bridge-breakwater-design-scientific-reasonable-safe-says-top-govt-official/

Commentary (评论)

India and China: lessons on how not to tackle inequality
The Conversation, April 10, 2018
https://theconversation.com/india-and-china-lessons-on-how-not-to-tackle-inequality-94333

With its latest human rights council resolution, China continues its assault on the UN human rights framework
China Change, April 9, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/04/09/with-its-latest-human-rights-council-resolution-china-continues-its-assault-on-the-un-human-rights-framework/

Why Chinese filmgoers don’t buy Hollywood’s values anymore
Sixth Tone, April 9, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002055/why-chinese-filmgoers-dont-buy-hollywoods-values-anymore

China-Africa relations in the Xi Jinping era
China File, April 9, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/china-africa-project/china-africa-relations-xi-jinping-era