Access to Justice (司法公正)

全国律师行业党校揭牌成立 打造律师行业党性教育新高地 (CPC Committee on All-China Legal Profession unveils Party School, touts “new height” in Party-ist education)
Legal Daily, June 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/25/content_7577468.htm?node=5955

Access to Information (信息公开)

Reeducation returns to China
Foreign Affairs, June 20, 2018
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2018-06-20/reeducation-returns-china

Beijing tries to play down “Made in China 2025” as Donald Trump escalates trade hostilities
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2152422/beijing-tries-play-down-made-china-2025-donald-trump

Chinese forum event attended by Hong Kong ex-leader C.Y. Leung tries to censor local media
Hong Kong Free Press, June 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/25/chinese-forum-event-attended-hong-kong-ex-leader-cy-leung-tries-censor-local-media/

Chinese uni teaches women to be “perfect” in era of President Xi
Sydney Morning Herald, June 26, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/chinese-uni-teaches-women-to-be-perfect-in-era-of-president-xi-20180626-p4znpb.html

How China tried to shut down Australian media coverage of its debt-trap diplomacy in the Pacific
Business Insider, June 21, 2018
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-china-censors-media-it-disagrees-with-australia-2018-6

Beijing’s demand to refer to “China Taiwan” still being defied by U.S. airlines
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2152459/beijings-demand-refer-china-taiwan-still-being-defied

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Marching Across China, Army Veterans Join Ranks of Protesters
New York Times, June 25, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/asia/china-veterans-protests.html
CN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180626/china-veterans-protests/

Related:
Chinese police detain, beat military veterans in crackdown operation
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/veterans-detentions-06252018130421.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

吉林省商务厅原厅长丛红霞、原副巡视员姜伟军被逮捕(Jilin commerce department’s former head and deputy inspector arrested on corruption charges)
Jilin Government Press Release, June 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2220181

China punishes 7,199 officials in May for violating austerity rules
ECNS.cn, June 25, 2018
http://www.ecns.cn/news/politics/2018-06-25/detail-ifyvmiee7353881.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Proposal for suspension and fines targets Hong Kong lawmakers who continue to misbehave
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2152389/proposal-suspension-and-fines-targets-hong-kong-lawmakers

Related:
Legislator punishment ideas wanted
The Standard, June 26, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=197204&sid=4&sid=4

Pro-democracy organizers defy Hong Kong officials over July 1 rally and tell supporters to join march along the route
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2152406/pro-democracy-organisers-defy-hong-kong-officials-over-july

Related:
Appeal board upholds police decision over starting point for annual Hong Kong democracy march
Hong Kong Free Press, June 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/25/appeal-board-upholds-police-decision-starting-point-annual-hong-kong-democracy-march/

同志童書被閉架　團體斥違法違憲申覆核　答辯方：保護道德觀念 (Student LGBTQ advocacy group applies for judicial review of removal of LGBTQ children’s books from open stacks)
Ming Pao, June 26, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180626/s00001/1529990587345

Related:
Libraries’ decision to hide children’s books with LGBT content challenged in Hong Kong court
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2152612/libraries-decision-hide-childrens-books-lgbt

Commentary (评论)

Chris Patten: Hong Kong’s use of public order legislation to restrict freedoms flouts UN obligations
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2152470/chris-patten-hong-kongs-use-public-order-legislation-restrict

China’s cybersecurity law is biased and open to abuse, but it may not stop others copying it
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/china/article/2152347/chinas-cybersecurity-law-biased-and-open-abuse-it-may

China’s second century of humiliation
The Diplomat, June 25, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/chinas-second-century-of-humiliation/