Access to Justice (司法公正)

全国人大法工委复函专家：督促纠正地方法院越权制定司法解释 (Legislative Affairs Commission urges rectification of interpretations by local courts that “exceed their authorities”)
The Paper, August 22, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2369386

Access to Information (信息公开)

“Unify minds”: President Xi Jinping makes ideological rallying call to China’s Communist Party propaganda cadres
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2160904/unify-minds-president-xi-jinping-makes-ideological

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China’s Xi says internet must be “clean and righteous”
Reuters, August 22, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinas-xi-says-internet-must-be-clean-and-righteous-idUSKCN1L71CG?

China boosts internet propaganda efforts with Xi aide’s appointment
Reuters, August 22, 2018
http://en.rfi.fr/20180822-china-internet-propaganda

Buzzfeed journalist denied new China visa following award-winning coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/22/buzzfeed-journalist-denied-new-china-visa-following-award-winning-coverage-xinjiang-crackdown/

Related:
美国记者因报道新疆不获续签被迫离开中国 (China denies visa for BuzzFeed writer in likely retaliation)
Voice of America, August 22, 2018
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-buzzfeed-reporter-forced-to-leave-china-20180822/4539238.html
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/china-denies-visa-for-buzzfeed-writer-in-likely-retaliation/4539348.html

This is what a 21st-Century police state really looks like
Buzzfeed, October 17, 2017
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/the-police-state-of-the-future-is-already-here

Chinese state TV mocks Trump in sarcastic video
The New York Times, August 22, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/world/asia/china-trump-trade-satire.html

China is now policing cryptocurrency by targeting WeChat accounts
Quartz, August 22, 2018
https://qz.com/1365874/china-cracks-down-on-cryptocurrency-by-shuttering-wechat-accounts

Economics professor expelled for “politically harmful” expressions, including estimate of staggering cost to maintain the Communist Party apparatus
China Change, August 21, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/08/21/economics-professor-expelled-for-politically-harmful-expressions-including-estimate-of-staggering-cost-to-maintain-the-communist-party-apparatus/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

An analysis of collective protests by workers in different industries
China Labour Bulletin, August 22, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/analysis-collective-protests-workers-different-industries

深圳佳士维权： 中国社媒审查与致习近平的公开信 (Domestic media remain silent on Shenzhen Jasic workers’ protest, supporters send letter to Xi Jinping)
BBC, August 22, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45267044

上海维权人士丁德元被以“妨害公务罪”判刑2年6个月 (Shanghai rights defenders jailed for 2.5 years)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 21, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/26.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s mass internment camps have no clear end in sight
Foreign Policy, August 22, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/22/chinas-mass-internment-camps-have-no-clear-end-in-sight/

Taiwan’s last Africa ally tells China “no desire” to switch ties
Reuters, August 22, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/china-expects-to-wean-away-taiwans-last-africa-ally-soon-idUSKCN1L7097?

Related:
China ups pressure on Taiwan’s last African ally, eSwatini, to abandon it for Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2160813/china-ups-pressure-taiwans-last-african-ally-eswatini

国务院派出31个督查组分赴各地进行督查 (State Council sends 31 inspection groups to conduct inspections across the country)
People’s Daily, August 22, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0822/c1001-30245003.html

武汉市政府原党组成员、副市长李忠被开除党籍和公职 (Former deputy mayor and CPC committee member in Wuhan investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Beijing News, August 22, 2018
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山西省监狱管理局党委书记王伟等4人被开除党籍 (Party secretary of Shanxi Prison Administration investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 22, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/scdc/sggb/djcf/201808/t20180822_178307.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese police scan, store data from citizens’ smartphones
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-data-08212018111240.html

U.S. should focus on China’s cybersecurity law, not its tech program, says organization representing, Apple, Google and more
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2160749/tech-sector-hopes-focus-us-attention-chinas-cybersecurity-laws

Google tried to change China. China may end up changing Google
New York Times, August 22, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/technology/google-china-conventionality.html

Who needs democracy when you have data? Here’s how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance
MIT Technology Review, August 20, 2018
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611815/who-needs-democracy-when-you-have-data/

Hong Kong (香港)

The new thing in Hong Kong’s public schools: White students
New York Times, August 22, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/world/asia/hong-kong-schools-.html

Mainland Chinese officials have arrived to set up in port area of West Kowloon terminus of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2160902/mainland-chinese-officials-have-arrived-set-port-area-west

Hong Kong secondary student convicted of carrying air pistol near Legco protest
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2160886/hong-kong-secondary-student-convicted

【反釋法遊行案】督察否認阻示威者到中聯辦閘外 辯方質疑故意刁難 (In unlawful assembly trial, demonstrators argue police provided inadequate march route)
Inmediahk.net, August 22, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059055

港大民意调查显示18至29岁港青有60%赞成台独 (Hong Kong University poll shows 60% of city’s youth 18-29 favor Taiwan independence)
Radio France Internationale, August 22, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180822-港大民意调查显示18至29岁港青有60赞成台独

Commentary (评论)

The secret story behind disappearing Deng Xiaoping
Channel NewsAsia, August 22, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/dissapearing-deng-xiaoping-rising-xi-jinping-10618566