Monday, June 11, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China slaps prominent human rights lawyer with effective travel ban
“709”律师王宇被限制出境
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-passport-06082018143032.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-06082018091126.html

中国三知名维权律师被当局正式吊销执业证 (Chinese authorities revoke law licenses of 3 prominent rights defense lawyers)
Voice of America, June 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-three-prominent-rights-attorney-debarred-20180611/4433355.html

Police in China's Shandong detain 23 petitioners, cutting short their vacation
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petitioners-06082018123740.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s national media places rare blame on ZTE
The Diplomat, June 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-06112018112639.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's truck drivers stage strike over rising costs, low fees
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-06112018112639.html

南京史氏父子赴港悼念六四遭打压 (Father and son detained after participating in June Fourth Hong Kong rally)
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-06082018091237.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Underpaid and exhausted: the human cost of your Kindle
The Guardian, June 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/09/human-cost-kindle-amazon-china-foxconn-jeff-bezos

At least 3 electrocuted in street during south China storms
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2150231/least-3-electrocuted-street-during-south-china-storms

基层一直监管乏力!打击“微腐败”,乡镇到底该做什么? (National Supervisory Commission extends reach to village level)
Legal Daily, June 11, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/11/content_7567247.htm?node=5955

The forgotten farm families in Beijing’s anti-poverty campaign: how China’s rural poor fall through the cracks
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2149994/forgotten-farm-families-beijings-anti-poverty-campaign-how-chinas

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

北京整治村庄安全 变相清理“低端人口”?(Beijing increases security in villages, a disguised form of the cleanup “low-end population" campaign?)
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06082018091025.html

China-hosted SCO summit “unity” contrasts with G7 disarray
Al Jazeera, June 10, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/china-hosted-sco-summit-unity-contrasts-g7-disarray-180610082344876.html

上合峰會發《青島宣言》 倡建全球反恐統一戰線 (SCO summit issues the Qingdao Declaration, advocates for a global counterterrorism alliance)
Oriental Daily News, June 10, 2018
http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/news/20180610/bkncn-20180610192050140-0610_05011_001.html

定了!“上合”未来要干这些大事 (18th SCO Summit releases Joint Statement of Heads of Member States of SCO on Promoting Trade Facilitation)
People’s Daily, June 11, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/06-11/8535032.shtml

Related
Xi clarifies SCO direction, outlines future goals
People’s Daily, June 11, 2018
http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/0611/c90000-9469969.html

Chinese hackers steal unclassified data from navy contractor
中国黑客窃取美国海军作战敏感数据
The New York Times, June 11, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180611/china-hack-navy-contractor-/dual/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, the face of city’s independence movement, jailed for six years over Mong Kok riot
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2150156/hong-kong-activist-edward-leung-face-citys

Related
Edward Leung 6-year jail sentence “political retribution,” says ex-lawmaker as democrats rally around localist
Hong Kong Free Press, June 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/11/edward-leung-6-year-jail-sentence-political-retribution-says-ex-lawmaker-democrats-rally-around-localist/

彭定康回應梁天琦被判刑 批評公安條例被用作政治用途 (Ex-governor Chris Patten criticizes Public Order Ordinance as being “vague" and “open to abuse”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 11, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401041-20180611.htm

时代广场指物业遭非法占用向刘晓波塑像摆设人下逐客令 (Time Square Hong Kong claims their property is illegally occupied, expulsion order is issued to owner of Liu Xiaobo Statue)
Radio France Internationale, June 10, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180610-时代广场指物业遭非法占用向刘晓波塑像摆设人下逐客令

Commentary (评论)

Who are China’s political prisoners? A human rights assessment, 29 years after the Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, June 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/10/chinas-political-prisoners-human-rights-assessment-29-years-tiananmen-massacre/

Here’s how to re-educate an entire ethnic group
Al Arabiya Network, June 11, 2018
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/2018/06/11/Here-s-how-to-re-educate-an-entire-ethnic-group.html

廖亦武:“中国早已是洗脑式独裁” (Liao Yiwu: China is already a brainwashing dictatorship)
Deutsche Welle, June 09, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2zCba