Access to Justice (司法公正)

南昌大学遭性侵女生向法院提起诉讼(Sexual assault student victim sues university, 1st case of its kind in China)
China Women’s News, July 18, 2018
http://www.china-woman.com/2018-07/18/content_215001.htm

李锦莲申请4100万国家赔偿：亏欠家人太多，坚决要求追责(Man seeks 41 million yuan state compensation for forced confession, false imprisonment)
The Paper, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2272744

偷拍举报多名法官违纪违法，湖南商人因非法获取信息获刑4年(Whistleblower on judges receives 4-year sentence for illegally obtaining personal information)
China Youth Daily, July 17, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2269557

顺德31名老赖子女读高价民校查实，法院：责令退学或转校(Court orders high-tuition private schools to remove debt defaulters’ children)
Guangzhou Daily, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2272369

锁定中国人权审议 台NGO告上联合国 (Taiwan Covenants Watch brings Li Mingzhe case to UN OHCHR)
Deutsche Welle, July 17, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/锁定中国人权审议-台ngo告上联合国/a-44704314?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp

Access to Information (信息公开)

US academic and critic of Beijing censorship loses job at top Chinese university
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2155782/us-academic-and-critic-beijing-censorship-loses-job-top

China closes a fifth of foreign university partnerships in 1 year
中国终止234个本科以上中外合作办学机构和项目
Financial Times, July 18, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001078542/ce?ccode=LanguageSwitch

中国各地一些家庭教会继续受到当局打压(Chinese house churches subject to severe surveillance by authorities)
Voice of America, July 18, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/China-Tightens-Control-Over-Family-Churches-20180718/4487568.html

“剑网2018”启动 新浪微博：内容抄袭情节恶劣将禁言7天 |寻找中国创客 (“Sword Net 2018” begins, Weibo to ban accounts for posting copyright-protected content)
Beijing News, July 17, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/invest/2018/07/17/495479.html

Airline says it shut down after China labelled Palau an “illegal destination” over its Taiwan recognition
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/18/airline-says-shut-china-labelled-palau-illegal-destination-taiwan-recognition/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China film: Box office hit moves China to act on cancer drugs
BBC News, July 18, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-44876528

生态环境部：今年6月收到举报较去年同期增长100.5%(Ministry of Ecology and Environment receives over 65,000 complaints in June, doubled that from same period last year )
Legal Daily, July 18, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/18/content_7596725.htm?node=5955

China detains Guangdong artist who planned ink-splash installation
广州艺术家苍鹰被刑拘或涉泼墨案
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-detains-guangdong-artist-who-planned-ink-splash-installation-07182018120116.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07182018100430.html

青海藏区网控持续 老年牧民遭强制送养(Tibetan herdsmen are forced to live in nursing homes as authorities tightens area surveillance)
Radio free Asia, July 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07182018100911.html

异议人士管桂林获法国暂时庇护(Chinese dissident is granted temporary asylum in France)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-07182018100526.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

甘肃省原副省长虞海燕受贿案一审宣判：有期徒刑十五年(Former Lieutenant governor of Gansu receives 15 years in prison for corruption)
People’s Daily App, July 18, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/m-4eba6c1165e562a55ba262377aef/7EDPQaegXPq?agt=8

湖北省政府原副秘书长贺盛有被开除党籍和公职，涉嫌受贿等(Former vice secretary of Hubei is expelled from Party and removed from job for corruption allegations)
Hubei Daily, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2268223

财政部深夜问责四省违规举债 首次问责地方人大领导(Ministry of Finance to hold local leaders accountable for illegal debt financing)
Legal Daily, July 18, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/18/content_7596795.htm?node=5955

Related:
内蒙古纪委监委：政府违法违规举债，实行终身追责(Discipline Inspection Bureau of Inner Mongolia Province issues guideline on prosecuting government officials for illegal debt financing, removes statute of limitation)
North News WeChat, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2272508

媒体刊发监督报道并称有干部要求删稿，官方：正在调查(Local Trade and Industry Bureau official is investigated for ordering journalists to remove hospital malpractice reports)
Chongqing Morning News App, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2274731

乌兰察布市政协原主席常永福接受纪律审查和监察调查(Former CPPCC Chairman of Ulanqab City is investigated for disciplinary and legal violations)
Beijing News, July 18, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/18/495639.html

四起环境监测数据造假案已宣判 (Criminal convictions are handed down for fabrication of environmental monitoring data)
Legal Daily, July 17, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/17/content_7595949.htm?node=5955

包钢集团原董事长崔臣被查 已退休6年多 (Former board chairman of Baotou Steel Group is investigated, 6 years into retirement)
Sina News, July 17, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-07-17/doc-ihfkffam2660200.shtml

重庆教育界女贪官落马：篡改履历，将学生当做发财路径 (Former dean of Chongqing Security Technology Vocational College is investigated for bribery and falsifying documents, 4 months after retirement)
The Paper, July 17, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2269623

China’s official figures: lies, damned lies, or just changing statistical methods?
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2155698/chinas-official-figures-lies-damned-lies-or-just-changing

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国电信提供苹果中国用户云储存再掀担忧(State-owned China Telecom to provide cloud service for Apple users, privacy concerns loom)
Voice of America, July 18, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-telecom-in-control-of-icloud-data-storage-20180718/4487694.html

Beijing did a tech reality check on its industrial champions. The results were not amazing
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2155862/beijing-did-tech-reality-check-its-industrial-champions-results

Beijing’s new Zaha Hadid-designed airport to showcase latest facial recognition technology
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2155606/beijings-new-zaha-hadid-designed-airport-showcase-latest-facial-recognition

广东劝阻潜在电诈受骗事主15万余人，反诈先锋APP上线(Guangdong uses app to alert users about potential scams)
China News, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2273296

Hong Kong (香港)

Video: “A tiger with broken teeth” – anti-discrimination laws fail to prevent school segregation, legislative panel hears
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/17/video-tiger-broken-teeth-anti-discrimination-laws-fail-prevent-school-segregation-legislative-panel-hears/

Hong Kong may ban political party that seeks independence from China
打击分裂主义，港府考虑取缔香港民族党 The New York Times, July 18, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180718/hong-kong-ban-independence-party/dual/

九七后首例 港府倡禁港独政党运作 (Concerns over Article 23 rises as HK government seeks ban on pro-independence party and emphasizes “untouchable red line” of national sovereignty)
Deutsche Welle, July 17, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/九七后首例-港府倡禁港独政党运作

Related:
Plan to ban pro-independence party marks new legal limits on speech in Hong Kong, says ex-lawmaker Nathan Law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/17/plan-ban-pro-independence-party-marks-new-legal-limits-speech-hong-kong-says-ex-lawmaker-nathan-law/

What Hong Kong crackdown on pro-independence party means for freedom in the city
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155716/what-hong-kong-crackdown-pro-independence-party-means

FCO statement on the Hong Kong National Party
Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, July 17, 2018
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fco-statement-on-the-hong-kong-national-party

梁美芬認為主張自決組織不應登記或註冊成社團 (Basic Law Committee member Pricilla Leung says organizations advocating “self-determination” should not be registered)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 18, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1407599-20180718.htm

Students have no need to discuss Hong Kong independence, says Education Sec. amid potential ban on party
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/18/students-no-need-discuss-hong-kong-independence-says-education-sec-amid-potential-ban-party/

More Hongkongers complain to Ombudsman in 2017-18 about access to official information
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155713/more-hongkongers-complain-ombudsman-2017-18-about-access

Freedom of speech fears see public confidence in Hong Kong sink to record low
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2155871/freedom-speech-fears-sees-public-confidence-hong

Commentary (评论)

How to combat China’s rise in tech: Federal spending, not tariffs
The New York Times, July 18, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/technology/china-trade-tech.html

Banning separatist party must be done within the local law
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2155877/banning-separatist-party-must-be-done-within-local-law

純粹以國家安全之名禁制組織，有違國際人權標準(Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor: Banning Hong Kong National Party is violation of international human rights standard)
Inmediahk.net, July 18, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058402