Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China airs video confessions from alleged associates of runaway tycoon Guo Wengui
Agence France-Presse, April 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/24/china-airs-video-confessions-alleged-associates-runaway-tycoon-guo-wengui/

最高法司法部联合发文:律师不得以维权为由干扰庭审正常进行 (Supreme People's Court, Ministry of Justice: Lawyers can’t interfere with trial for rights defending reasons)
The Paper, April 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2092665

Access to Information (信息公开)

北大前教授被控性侵 学生要求信息公开被约谈警告 (Peking University student warned, intimidated for demanding information disclosure following sexual assault allegation against former professor)
Voice of America, April 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/pku-student-harrassed-20180423/4362133.html

Related:
Translation: Open letter on Peking University #MeToo case
China Digital Times, April 23, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/04/translation-open-letter-on-peking-university-metoo-case/

广东省网信办指导腾讯依法查处一批违法违规公众号 (Guangdong Internet and Informatization Office instructs Tencent to investigate and handle a batch of public accounts for illegally operating Internet news services, distributing pornography, faking government accounts)
Cyberspace Administration of China, April 21, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-04/21/c_1122718990.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China sexist adverts: Tech firms apologize after damning report
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 23, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43869992

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China is planning provincial quotas for clean energy
China Dialogue, April 23, 2018
https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/10574-China-is-planning-provincial-quotas-for-clean-energy-/en

写在“百名红通”公布三周年之际:追逃未尽脚步不止 (Operation Skynet’s third anniversary: 4,058 fugitives returned to China, with 800 state employees among them)
China Discipline Inspection News, April 22, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-04/22/c_129856018.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

习近平:自主创新推进网络强国建设 (Xi Jinping on National Cybersecurity and Informatization Work Conference: Use the opportunity of the “One Belt One Road” initiative to promote cybersecurity cooperation with developing countries, build “21st Century Digital Silk Road”)
Xinhua News Agency, April 21, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-04/21/c_1122719810.htm

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

China conducts live fire combat drills in East China Sea: Xinhua
Reuters, April 24, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-military/china-conducts-live-fire-combat-drills-in-east-china-sea-xinhua-idUSKBN1HU31S

Related:
Taiwan to stage military exercises simulating invasion amid tensions with mainland China
Reuters, April 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2143081/taiwan-stage-military-exercises-simulating-invasion

Hong Kong (香港)

Carrie Lam: Textbook revisions ensure accuracy and Hong Kong people should not overreact
Hong Kong Free Press, April 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/24/carrie-lam-textbook-revisions-ensure-accuracy-hong-kong-people-not-overreact/

Related:
Fearing political censorship, groups urge Hong Kong gov’t to clarify textbook review mechanism
Hong Kong Free Press, April 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/23/fearing-political-censorship-groups-urge-govt-clarify-textbook-review-mechanism/

Mong Kok unrest: Protester says he did not know localist Edward Leung and was not a member of his party
Hong Kong Free Press, April 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/24/mong-kok-unrest-protester-says-not-know-localist-edward-leung-not-member-party/

China office chief refuses to accept lawmaker’s painting featuring ex-Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping
Hong Kong Free Press, April 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/24/china-office-chief-refuses-accept-lawmakers-painting-featuring-ex-chinese-leader-deng-xiaoping/

Hong Kong's “cardboard grannies”: the elderly box collectors living in poverty
The Guardian, April 24, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/apr/24/hong-kong-cardboard-grannies-elderly-box-collectors-recycling-poverty

Commentary (评论)

Benny Tai: Hong Kong should consider the many possible forms of China’s post-Communist future
Hong Kong Free Press, April 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/23/benny-tai-hong-kong-consider-many-possible-forms-chinas-post-communist-future/