Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese dissident Liu Xia's arrival in Germany: “A gift to the German government”
Deutsche Welle, July 10, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-dissident-liu-xias-arrival-in-germany-a-gift-to-the-german-government/a-44603335

Related:
“No coincidence”: Liu Xia released as China seeks united trade front with Germany
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2154689/no-coincidence-liu-xia-released-china-seeks-united

Uyghur children fall victim to China anti-terror drive
Financial Times, July 10, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/f0d3223a-7f4d-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d

最高法:已限制失信被执行人乘坐飞机1222万人次 (Supreme People’s Court confirms debt defaulters denied air travel for over 12 million times)
Legal Daily, July 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/10/content_7590640.htm?node=5955

秦永敏“煽颠罪”宣判在即 当局令其律师必须到庭 (Beijing court orders lawyer’s appearance for dissident’s sentencing)
Voice of America, July 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-qin-yongmin-20180709/4474662.html

湖南省公安厅:将举旗亮剑、敢抓敢管,让正能量充盈网络空间(Hunan arrests and convicts rumor spreaders, as well as “water army”)
Hunan Daily, July 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2252071

Access to Information (信息公开)

Student flows with Chinese characteristics
Financial Times, July 10, 2018
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/07/10/1531197000000/Student-flows-with-Chinese-characteristics/

广电总局:偶像养成类、才艺竞秀类节目要严格评估后方可播出(State Administration of Radio and Television requires pre-approval for idol and talent shows )
The Paper, July 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2253534

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Sexual assault at Sun Yat-Sen University: professor faces accusations from multiple women
SupChina, July 10, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/09/sexual-assault-at-sun-yat-sen-university-professor-faces-accusations-from-multiple-women/

Related:
內地教授涉性騷擾師生 僅遭中山大學黨委「黨內處分」 師生校友聯署促解釋 (Professor accused of sexual harassment only receives reprimand from Party, faculty and students demand explanation)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/內地教授涉性騷擾師生-僅遭中山大學黨委-黨內處分-師生校友聯署促解釋/

旧金山华人向习近平像泼墨 (Rights groups splatter ink on Xi Jinping portrait outside Chinese consulate in San Francisco)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-07092018101414.html

建維權微信群 河北教授被炒(Professor fired for creating WeChat rights group)
Ming Pao, July 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180709/s00013/1531073696180

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China jails hundreds of officials for pollution violations
Reuters, July 9, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution/china-jails-hundreds-of-officials-for-pollution-violations-idUSKBN1JZ2VP

6项罪名2项都被判无期,这位副市长有些特殊(Former deputy mayor receives 2 life sentences for 6 corruption convictions)
Beijing Youth Daily, July 10, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-07-10/doc-ihfefkqp8422769.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息科技与人权)

How artificial intelligence will reshape the global order
Foreign Affairs, July 10, 2018
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2018-07-10/how-artificial-intelligence-will-reshape-global-order

A tech guru captivated Canada. Then he fled to China.
The New York Times, July 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/business/istuary-sun-yian-canada-china.html

河南:录取后不入学的考生明年高考志愿填报将受限(Applicants in Henan admitted by colleges but choose not to enroll will face limitations on future applications)
Xinhua, July 10, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/65b0534e7f51/7EqymEp48Rq?agt

Hong Kong (香港)

【一地兩檢】高院准援引內地法律專家證供 決定同時聽取5宗覆核論據 (Hong Kong court allows report from mainland legal experts, will hear five appeals on co-location together)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180710/s00001/1531196796946

Hong Kong lawmaker draws ire by suggesting up to 10,000 “domestic servant” jobs be reserved for people from ethnic minorities
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2154608/hong-kong-lawmaker-suggests-reserving-10000-domestic

Related:
Hong Kong teen’s dreams of being a doctor dashed by education system’s failure to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2154479/hong-kong-teens-dreams-being-doctor-dashed-education

“Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect”: British lesbian QT on her Hong Kong court win
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/10/everyone-deserves-treated-dignity-respect-british-lesbian-qt-hong-kong-court-win/