Thursday, September 06, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist who shared anti-censorship techniques in secret trial
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-trial-09062018130014.html

Related:
人权网站网主甄江华遭秘密庭审 国际特赦促无条件释放 (Human rights website owner was secretly tried, Amnesty International urges unconditional release)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Chinese-Citizen-Journalist-Secretly-Tried-Facing-Long-Sentence-20180906/4560032.html

Urgent action: Chinese rights defender faces 15 years in jail
Amnesty International, September 6, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ASA1790492018ENGLISH.pdf

珠海原市长李泽中涉嫌受贿、国有公司人员滥用职权案被公诉 (Former mayor of Zhuhai indicted for bribery and abuse of power)
The Paper, September 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2415062

公安系统反腐加码:两月内超20名局长副局长被查,多人涉黑 (Public security system strengthens anti-corruption action: Over 20 directors and deputy directors investigated in two months)
The Paper, September 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2413895

民法典各分编草案5日公布,开始向社会公开征求意见 (Civil code draft opens for public consultation)
The Paper, September 5, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2412946

Access to Information (信息公开)

报告:中国打压学术自由影响西方学者对华研究 (Report: Suppression of academic freedom in China affects Western scholars' research on China)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/academic-china-20180905/4559100.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Inspired by #MeToo, student activists target inequality in China
Reuters, September 5, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-students-labour-insight/inspired-by-metoo-student-activists-target-inequality-in-china-idUSKCN1LL0FB

Professor fired after tweeting that Chinese “lie, commit fraud and poison each other”
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xiamen-professor-09042018130814.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

河南強拆4000教會十字架 官方教會亦難避劫 強制掛國旗 (Henan authorities forcibly replace crosses from 4000 churches with national flag and socialism paintings)
Ming Pao, September 6, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180906/s00013/1536172035299

菏泽市委原常委、宣传部部长王永江受贿千万,一审获刑11年 (Shandong Heze city head of propaganda department sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for graft of RMB 10 million)
The Paper, September 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2413986

记者来鸿:新疆“再教育营”受害者恐怖经历(Victim from Xinjiang “re-education camp” tells of horrific experience)
BBC, September 6, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/fooc-45434483

US-Taiwan council risks Beijing’s anger by inviting Taipei minister to defense industry conference
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2162973/us-taiwan-council-risks-beijings-anger-inviting-taipei-minister

Related:
US senators introduce legislation to punish Taiwan allies who switch sides, accusing Beijing of “bullying”
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2162961/us-senators-introduce-legislation-discourage-taiwan-allies-switching

Bloomberg forum in Beijing for business elites is put off, Chinese hosts confirm
The New York Times, September 5, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/world/asia/beijing-forum-economic-bloomberg.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国政法系统办网军 “五毛”有望收编整合(“Fifty-cent party” stands to be integrated into expanded online presence of CPC's Political and Legal Affairs system)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-build-up-web-forces-20180906/4560222.html

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defend Chinese partnerships to US Congress probe into foreign efforts to influence politics
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2162957/facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey

Chinese company says they are bringing Google Cloud to China then swiftly denies the news
Technode, September 5, 2018
https://technode.com/2018/09/05/google-cloud-china-capital-online/

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

外国学者:中国以反恐为名推广国家安全政策 (Scholar: China is pushing national security policies in name of counterterrorism efforts)
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/hj-09052018203157.html

律师黄思敏被禁出境 维权危害国家安全?(Authorities bar 709 lawyer from leaving China, say her exit would "endanger national security")
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf-09052018092633.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing official pushes Article 23 enactment
The Standard, September 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=199901&sid=4&sid=4

鄧龍威已向菲方提交上訴書 (Hong Konger jailed in Philippines files appeal after receiving new entry-record evidence from government)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 6, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1416337-20180905.htm

Chinese officials attend editorial meeting of Hong Kong newspaper
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/newspaper-09052018110721.html

Commentary (评论)

“Talking politics”
China Media Project, September 5, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/09/05/talking-politics/

A people’s banana republic: Peak Xi Jinping
China Heritage, September 5, 2018
http://chinaheritage.net/journal/a-peoples-banana-republic/?lang=zh