Access to Justice (司法公正)

Bodies in Birmingham exhibition could be executed Chinese prisoners, says doctor
The Guardian, August 8, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/bodies-in-birmingham-exhibition-could-be-executed-chinese-prisoners-says-doctor

美国政府关切中国教授在家参加VOA直播节目被警察带走 (U.S. concerned for Chinese professor, arrested during live VOA interview)
Voice of America, August 8, 2018
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/sun-case-20180807/4518268.html
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/us-concerned-chinese-professor-sun-wenguang-arrested-live-voa-interview/4518257.html

709案李昱函移送法院 健康堪忧 (Case of 709 lawyer Li Yuhan, detained for 10 months, is prosecuted, as health condition worsens)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-08082018100756.html

母親否認女兒有精神病　傳父繼續被軟禁　探望人士亦被扣 (Mother of “Ink woman” denies her daughter is mentally ill, father still under house arrest)
The Stand News, August 8, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/潑墨女孩-母親否認女兒有精神病-傳父繼續被軟禁-探望人士亦被扣/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese intellectuals urged to toe the party line after pushbacks on policy
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158679/chinese-intellectuals-urged-toe-party-line-after

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中共发通知 知识分子须洗脑爱国 (Chinese scholars face brainwashing as two CPC organs issue notice of patriotic campaign)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql2-08022018101541.html

发改委：“双公示”要保护个人隐私，防止信息泄露 (Development and Reform Commission issues opinion on information disclosure for social credit, stresses “disclosure is the norm” while urging protection of privacy)
The Paper, August 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2329669

With a positive spin, Chinese news outlets cover Africa
Voice of America, August 8, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/positive-spin-china-news-outlets-cover-africa/4518628.html

A journalist just caught China in the act of revising its history
Quartz, August 8, 2018
https://qz.com/1351143/a-journalist-just-caught-china-in-the-act-of-revising-its-history/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

被指不实信息 疫苗家长公布受害者名单 (In China, parents of vaccine-sickened children call for answers)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/gf1-08072018101811.html
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-parents-08072018151909.html

中國寧夏清真寺被勒令清拆　引發穆斯林上街維權 (Muslims take to streets in Ningxia as mosque faces demolition order)
The Stand News, August 8, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/中國寧夏清真寺被勒令清拆-引發穆斯林上街維權/link

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贫困县回民集血汗钱建寺 官方一句非法下令强拆 (Mosque built with civilian funding faces demolishment order as government claims building to be “unauthorized construction”)
Voice of America, August 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-muslim-20180807/4517845.html

广西公布一批涉嫌非法社会组织，“老乡会”等一律不予审批 (Guangxi declares villagers associations and chambers of commerce illegal, criticized for “wasteful socializing” and networking, successful registrations limited to alumni associations of prestigious universities)
The Paper, August 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2329140

Tibet’s Lithang horse race festival reopens after 10-year ban
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/reopens-08072018163735.html

广西爆发警民冲突 公安射塑弹镇压 (Guangxi police shoot rubber bullets at villagers during conflict)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-08082018100704.html

火车站严查乘客手机围堵P2P投资人 (Public security sets up cell phone checkpoints at all transportation hubs, prevent P2P investment victims from petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-08082018091713.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China vaccine scandal spreads as it recalls defective products which may have been sold overseas
The Independent, August 8, 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-vaccine-scandal-changchun-changsheng-pharmaceutical-overseas-a8482471.html

Fresh vaccine scandal surfaces in northern Chinese provinces
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/scandal-08082018112346.html

China emerges as second-largest aid donor in South Pacific: Think tank
Reuters, August 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pacific-debt-china/china-emerges-as-second-largest-aid-donor-in-south-pacific-think-tank-idUSKBN1KT1QJ?

China offers further evidence secretive annual leadership meet is happening
Reuters, August 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/china-offers-further-evidence-secretive-annual-leadership-meet-is-happening-idUSKBN1KT19N?

“Not allowed to receive African guests”: Discrimination at Guangzhou hotels
Sup China, August 8, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/08/not-allowed-to-receive-african-guests-discrimination-at-guangzhou-hotels

How China changed after 2008 Beijing Olympics
Deutsche Welle, August 8, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/how-china-changed-after-2008-beijing-olympics/a-44986744

山东省人大内务司法委员会原副主任委员张建华接受审查调查 (Former deputy director of Internal Affairs Judicial Committee of Shandong Provincial People's Congress investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, August 8, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0808/c1001-30217573.html

上海拿户口“抢人”点名要北大清华 被指有失公平 (Undergraduates from Peking, Tsinghua Universities allowed to skip assessment for hukou registration application, new policy criticized for bias)
Sina News, August 7, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2018-08-07/doc-ihhkuskt3272957.shtml

公安疑似动用激光武器对付访民 (Rights defender attacked by security officers with suspected “laser weapon”)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08072018100552.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google's China plans: Backtrack and backlash
The Diplomat, August 8, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/googles-china-plans-backtrack-and-backlash/

Chinese loudest in push to 5G
Reuters, August 8, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198805&sid=3&sid=3

Hong Kong (香港)

Trade war puts dent in Beijing’s plan to turn Hong Kong and surrounding cities into new Silicon Valley
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158873/trade-war-puts-dent-beijings-plan-turn-hong-kong-and

Occupy protest assault trial was a “circus,” retired Hong Kong police officer tells appeal court
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158854/occupy-protest-assault-trial-was-circus

Video: Two anti-independence protesters fined HK$3k each for assaulting passerby who tried to stop fight
Hong Kong Free Press, August 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/08/video-two-anti-independence-protesters-fined-hk3k-assaulting-passerby-tried-stop-fight/

Commentary (评论)

China doesn’t want to play by the world’s rules
Foreign Policy, August 8, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/08/china-doesnt-want-to-play-by-the-worlds-rules/

专访吴霭仪：30多年前“保存香港”呼吁者看当下“港独” (Interview with Margaret Ng: A “preserve Hong Kong” advocate’s views on independence)
BBC News, August 8, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45055901

美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法 (American scholar: Hong Kong National Party incident proves that the Hong Kong government is already exercising the mainland anti-subversion law)
Radio France Internationale, August 8, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180808-美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法

那些和“防火长城”一起长大的中国年轻人 (A generation grows up in China without Google, Facebook or Twitter)
New York Times, August 7, 2018
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20180807/china-generation-blocked-internet/
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/technology/china-generation-blocked-internet.html