Friday, August 24, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

上海:外逃24年的贪污犯罪嫌疑人倪小沪回国投案 (Corruption suspect who hid overseas for 24 years returns to China, surrenders)
People's Daily, August 24, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0824/c1001-30250055.html

It’s too easy to wind up in a Chinese psychiatric hospital, and far too hard to get out
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/its-too-easy-wind-chinese-psychiatric-hospital-and-far-too-hard-get-out

Access to Information (信息公开)

“护苗·网络安全课”全国讲师培训活动举办 (Office for “Eradicating pornography and illegal publications” holds training for teachers to raise student awareness)
Legal Daily, August 24, 2018
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20180824/Articel06009GN.htm

疫苗受害者家属记者会被迫延期
China deploys police, “interceptors” to warn off, detain parents of substandard vaccine victims
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-08232018101435.html
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-parents-08232018120743.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

【佳士工潮】聲援團住處突遭防暴警清場 逾50名工人及學生被帶走 (Shenzhen police evict Jasic protest supporters from apartment, more than 50 students and workers arrested)
HK01, August 24, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/即時中國/226897/佳士工潮-聲援團住處突遭防暴警清場-逾50名工人及學生被帶走

Related:
Student activists disappear after police raid as China clamps down on labour movement
Reuters, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2161288/student-activists-disappear-after-police-raid-china

NGO reports custodial deaths, tortures in China's Xinjiang
Suryaa, August 24, 2018
http://www.suryaa.com/52532-ngo-reports-custodial-deaths-tortures-in-chinas-xinjiang.html

Students revolt over “Taiwan, China” switch for English language test
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161167/students-revolt-over-taiwan-china-switch-english

The simple but ingenious system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws
MIT Technology Review, August 21, 2018
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611816/the-simple-but-ingenious-system-taiwan-uses-to-crowdsource-its-laws/

翟岩民因穿“江天勇”T恤衫三度被传唤 (Rights defender summoned 3 times in 2 days for wearing shirt displaying name of imprisoned rights lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-08242018102403.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

What satellite images can show us about “re-education” camps in Xinjiang: A Q&A with Shawn Zhang
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/features/what-satellite-images-can-show-us-about-re-education-camps-xinjiang

Related:
UBC student uses satellite images to track suspected Chinese re-education centers where Uyghurs imprisoned
The Globe and Mail, July 8, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-ubc-student-uses-satellite-images-to-track-suspected-chinese-re/

网曝河南安徽强迫民众承诺放弃基督教 (Priest reveals Anhui provincial authorities forced Christians to sign declaration to abandon religion)
Voice of America , August 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-some-local-authorities-in-china-force-people-to-give-up-religion-20180823/4541253.html

U.S. “deeply concerned” after China denies BuzzFeed reporter visa
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161124/us-deeply-concerned-after-china-denies-buzzfeed

Young son of Uyghurs held in Xinjiang political “re-education camps” dies in drowning incident
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/drowning-08232018135551.html

中梵或将进入新一轮谈判 大陆教友不抱期望 (Chinese Catholics remains pessimistic at possible new round of China-Vatican negotiations)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-08232018101133.html

Germany stops deporting Uygurs after asylum seeker is mistakenly sent to China, then vanishes
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2161091/concerned-about-rights-germany-halts-deportation-uygurs-china

White House criticizes China over El Salvador recognition
The New York Times, August 24, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/world/asia/taiwan-el-salvador-china.html

京东发布反腐公告:4人被刑拘16人遭辞退 (4 detained, 16 dismissed: Chinese e-commerce company JD.com issues anti-corruption announcement)
Beijing News, August 24, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/08/24/501036.html

广东省湛江市委原常委、政法委原书记陈吴接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Former secretary of Zhanjiang CPC Political and Legal Affairs Committee investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 24, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201808/t20180824_178408.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Waymo sets up subsidiary in Shanghai as Google plans China push
Reuters, August 24, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-waymo-china/waymo-sets-up-subsidiary-in-shanghai-as-google-plans-china-push-idUSKCN1L90BP

China’s surveillance network moves into the country to catch farmers illegally burning straw
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2161225/chinas-surveillance-network-moves-country-catch-farmers-illegally

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

扎西文色二审维持原判 法院:煽动分裂国家 (Tibetan education advocate Tashi Wangchuk’s second instance trial upholds 5-year sentence for “inciting splittism”)
Deutsche Welle, August 24, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/2y631

Hong Kong (香港)

Airport breached safety regulations by granting special treatment to ex-leader CY’s daughter, court rules
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/24/airport-breached-safety-regulations-granting-special-treatment-ex-leader-cys-daughter-court-rules/

Woman takes unprecedented step to advance LGBT cause in Hong Kong and sues government over civil partnerships ban
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2161287/woman-takes-unprecedented-step-advance-lgbt-cause-hong-kong

Ex-leader CY Leung sues Stand News and university professor for defamation
Hong Kong Free Press, August 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/24/ex-leader-cy-leung-sues-stand-news-university-professor-defamation/

Related:
梁振英控告鍾劍華及《立場新聞》誹謗 記協:極度關注 (Former chief executive of Hong Kong sues media, journalist for defamation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 24, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1414405-20180824.htm

Commentary (评论)

We need to be careful about how we use the word “Chinese”
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/we-need-be-careful-about-how-we-use-word-chinese

美參議員將提「反斷交法案」:不只為了台灣,更防中國「有機可乘」(U.S. senator to propose “Taiwan Act 2018”: Not just for Taiwan, but also to guard against China)
The News Lens, August 24, 2018
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/102661

American moral indifference to human rights in China
Intermountain Jewish News, August 23, 2018
https://www.ijn.com/american-moral-indifference-to-human-rights-in-china/

從前他們追着人做結紮,如今他們求着人生二胎 (They used to chase people to do ligation, and now they’re begging them for a second child)
Initium, August 22, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180824-mainland-birth-control-staff/

中国的精神卫生、强制收治和任意拘留 (Mental health, compulsory treatment, arbitrary detention in China)
Ftchinese, August 24, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001079108?full=y