Government Accountability (政府问责)

New Communist Party conduct rules to keep top cadres—and their families—in line
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2041120/new-communist-party-conduct-rules-keep-top-cadres-and

China denounces those who say graft battle aimed at political foes
Reuters, October 28, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-corruption-idUSKCN12S163

Can China finally solve its corruption problem?
The Diplomat, October 29, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/can-china-finally-solve-its-corruption-problem/

Chinese army vows efforts on strict Party governance
Xinhua, October 31, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/31/c_135792102.htm

Women still a rare sight in China's male-dominated political life
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/rare-10282016125126.html

路透社: 大陸試圖拉攏台灣“親陸”城市 (Reuters: China tries to entice “pro-China” Taiwanese cities)
Radio France Internationale, October 30, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161030-路透社：大陸試圖拉攏親北京城市

法治政府评估报告发布:部分地区行政不作为严重 (Release of government rule of law report: Serious dereliction of duty among some regional governments)
Global Times, October 31, 2016
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2016-10/9615002.html

全面两孩政策实施一年 今年底或进入二孩生育高峰 (Anniversary of Two-child policy implementation nears, second-child boom expected at the end of the year)
Global Times, October 31, 2016
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2016-10/9615006.html

蒋培坤去世周年 天安门母亲丁子霖发公开信 (Anniversary of Jiang Peikun’s death: Tiananmen mother Ding Zilin issues open letter)
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl1-10312016102828.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

境外媒体评中国孕妇死亡率升高：或因高龄女性拼生二孩 (Foreign media criticize increase in China’s maternal mortality rate, possibly caused by women giving birth to 2nd child at advanced age under Two-child policy)
Cankaoxiaoxi, October 6, 2016
http://www.cankaoxiaoxi.com/china/20161006/1326292.shtml

Factional politics a major challenge to Xi’s legacy
China Digital Times, October 4, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/factional-politics-major-challenge-xis-legacy/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The legacy of China’s one-child policy
The Diplomat, April 20, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/the-legacy-of-chinas-one-child-policy/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“两孩” 政策落地需强化法律保障 (Implementing “Two Child” policy requires strengthened legal protections)
Legal Daily, March 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160317/Articel05001GN.htm

为破解执法困境委员建言, 城管要实现先服务后管理 (CPPCC Standing Committee: To resolve law enforcement difficulties, “chengguan” city management officers should put service before management)
Legal Daily, March 15, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160315/Articel07009GN.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Parents sacked during China’s one-child policy petition Beijing for their jobs back
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1916507/parents-sacked-during-chinas-one-child-policy-petition

劳维人士家属屡遭当局骚扰 何晓波妻女被软禁 孟晗女友遭逼迁 (Families of labor activists repeatedly harassed by authorities, He Xiaobo’s wife and daughter under house arrest, Meng Han’s girlfriend evicted)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-02242016104836.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

上海加强管控媒体 令避人事变动等政治敏感议题 (Shanghai to tighten media control, issues order to avoid sensitive political topics such as personnel changes)
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1522ee650d9b91a/shang-hai-jia-qiang-guan-kong-mei-ti-ling-bi-ren-shi-bian-dong-deng-zheng-zhi-min-gan-yi-ti

国新办就全面二孩及计生管理情况举行发布会 (State Council Info Office holds press conference on comprehensive two-child policy and birth control management)
Sina News, January 11, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2016-01-11/doc-ifxnkkuy7874744.shtml

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Bestsellers in Hong Kong cafe that specializes in banned books highlight the intriguing issues in mainland China
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1898012/bestsellers-hong-kong-cafe-specialises-banned-books

Exiled Chinese democracy leader on dealing with China
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 5, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35228078

One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment by Mei Fong review—a harrowing examination of social control
The Guardian, January 4, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/04/one-child-story-china-most-radical-experiment-mei-fong-review

Government Accountability (政府问责)

CPC vows resolve in fighting corruption
Xinhua, December 30, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/30/c_134965545.htm

China’s new two-child policy legislation formally comes into force
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1896991/chinas-new-two-child-policy-legislation-formally-comes-force

Eleven arrested over Shenzhen landslide as authorities swoop and search continues for 62 missing people
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1897357/eleven-arrested-over-shenzhen-landslide-authorities-swoop-and

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China says countries will follow Britain's lead to become best friends with Beijing
The Guardian, December 22, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/22/china-says-countries-will-follow-britains-lead-to-become-best-friends-with-beijing

Wrongfully convicted woman freed in southwest China after 13 years in jail
South China Morning Post, December 22, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1893871/wrongfully-convicted-woman-freed-southwest-china-after-13-years

中國新版計劃生育法擬於下月施行，提倡生育兩子女 (China to implement new family planning law next month to promote birth of two children)
The Initium, December 22, 2015
https://theinitium.com/article/20151221-dailynews-china-birth-policy/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Britain criticised for praising China on UN Human Rights Day
The Guardian, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/un-rights-12102015174329.html

Related:
Statement on the Occasion of Human Rights Day 2015
Representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany in the PRC, December 10, 2015
http://www.china.diplo.de/Vertretung/china/de/100-bo--peki/151209-menschenrecht-en-s.html

Human Rights Day Statement by Ambassador Max BaucusDay
The Guardian, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/un-rights-12102015174329.html

联合国人权组织呼吁中国停止酷刑虐待囚犯 (UN human rights body calls on China to stop torturing detainees)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-12102015113535.html

Related:
UN Torture Committee concludes review of China with scathing observations
Human Rights in China, December 10, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/un-torture-committee-concludes-review-china-scathing-observations

China denounces UN rights report as biased, “incorrect”
The Sun Daily, December 10, 2015
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1634877

China’s Cultural Revolution could happen again, warns ex-Shenzhen mayor and former rising political star
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1889624/chinas-cultural-revolution-could-happen-again-warns

China to register “undocumented citizens”
Al Jazeera, December 10, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/china-register-undocumented-citizens-151210064713359.html

Related:
中国允许给黑户孩户口 (China to give undocumented children household registration permits)
Radio France Internationale, December 10, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151210-中国一胎制人口-中国-一胎制-人口-珍妮特

China to prosecute former environment official for graft
Reuters, December 10, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-environment-idUSKBN0TU07020151211

Related:
Beijing’s smog is a symptom of corruption
The Financial Times, December 9, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b9e6ba1e-9dcf-11e5-8ce1-f6219b685d74.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

京夫妇再婚前各育一孩 共育一子被定超生罚40万 (Remarried Beijing couple each with 1 child gives birth to another and is fined $62K for exceeding birth limit
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/151808b7faa7b64/jing-fu-fu-zai-hun-qian-ge-yu-yi-hai-gong-yu-yi-zi-bei-ding-chao-sheng-fa-40-wan

Related:
计生政策放宽给“黑户”松绑 还需进一步制度保障 (Family planning restrictions eased on “blacklisted households,” further institutional guarantees still needed)
China Youth Daily, December 8, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2015/12-08/7660267.shtml

时事大家谈:从雾霾锁国、天津大爆炸看中国环境损害赔偿制度 (Current Affairs Discussion: State compensation system for environmental damage as seen through heavy smog problem and Tianjin explosion)
Voice of America, December 8, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/io-china-environment-20151207/3093038.html

Gui Minhai: the strange disappearance of a publisher who riled China's elite
The Guardian, December 8, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/08/gui-minhai-the-strange-disappearance-of-a-publisher-who-riled-chinas-elite

Head of Agricultural Bank of China steps down amid corruption probe
Caixin, December 7, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-12-07/100882906.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

General Assembly adopts important resolution on human rights defenders in face of opposition from China and Russia
International Service for Human Rights, November 25, 2015
http://www.ishr.ch/news/general-assembly-adopts-important-resolution-human-rights-defenders-face-opposition-china-and

丧失独生子女的父母罕见集体到北京示威促国家养老 (Parents who lost their only child born under one-child policy protest in Beijing for compensation and financial support for old age)
Radio France Internationale, December 3, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151203-丧失独生子女的父母罕见集体到北京示威促国家养老

Former Chinese university admission official on trial for bribe-taking
China Daily, December 4, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-12/04/content_22626790.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

青海乡镇人大工作条例将修订 (Qinghai to amend Township People's Congress work regulations)
Legal Daily, December 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151202/Articel03007GN.htm

信访系统实现31省市区互联互通, 信访数据网上自动生成 (Petitioning system now interconnected online in urban districts of 31 provinces, petition data automatically generated online)
Legal Daily, December 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151202/Articel06013GN.htm

Parents who have lost only child gather in front of Family Planning Commission
Caixin, December 2, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-12-02/100881094.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

时事大家谈：中国转型之民间力量在哪里？ (Current affairs discussion: Where is civilian power in the transformation of China?)
Voice of America, November 18, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/VOAWeishi-IssuesandOpinions-20151117-where-are-chinas-NGOs-in-the-era-of-change/3061731.html

Is death through maltreatment becoming routine for Chinese political prisoners?
Chinachange, November 17, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/11/17/is-death-through-maltreatment-becoming-routine-for-chinese-political-prisoners/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Feng Zhenghu: Thinking of Liu Xiaobo
China Digital Times, November 13, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/11/feng-zhenghu-thinking-of-liu-xiaobo/

“I could hear the baby cry. They killed my baby ... yet I couldn’t do a thing”: The countless tragedies of China’s one-child policy
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1879116/countless-tragedies-chinas-one-child-policy

Ma-Xi meeting highlights importance of cross-strait development: Jerome Cohen
Taipei Times, November 15, 2015 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/15/2003632510

Access to Information (信息公开)

泰州“身价千万”官员任前公示后不能没有下文 (Taizhou's official who was “worth a fortune” must disclose assets prior to assuming an official post)
Legal Daily, November 10, 2015
http://www.yangtse.com/jiangsu/2015-11-10/699944.html

Sensitive words: The two-child policy
China Digital Times, November 10, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/11/sensitive-words-the-two-child-policy/

Good journalist, bad journalist
China Media Project, November 10, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/11/10/39328/

Divergent views: How the Taiwanese and China media reacted to the historic leaders meeting
The Interpreter, November 11, 2015
http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2015/11/11/Divergent-views-How-the-Taiwanese-and-China-media-reacted-to-the-historic-leaders-meeting.aspx

Welcome to Facebook, Taiwan poll candidate tells Chinese as posts flood in
Reuters, November 11. 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/11/us-taiwan-china-facebook-idUSKCN0T00ND20151111

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

As China ends one-child policy, illegally born kids ask: “What about us?”
Christian Science Monitor, November 8, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/1108/As-China-ends-one-child-policy-illegally-born-kids-ask-What-about-us

广东茂名村民抗议山地被私吞遭抓打三人被拘 (Guangdong Maoming villager protest land misappropriation, 3 detained)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11092015104839.html

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Remote control. The government in Xinjiang is trying to limit Muslim births
The Economist, November 7,2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21678007-government-xinjiang-trying-limit-muslim-births-remote-control

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Herta Muller on the Poetry (And Prisoner's Life) of Liu Xia, One Nobel Laureate Praises the Wife of Another
Lithub, November 4, 2015
http://lithub.com/herta-muller-on-the-poetry-and-prisoners-life-of-liu-xia/

Are Chinese “too rational” for a second child? Interview with Mei Fong
The Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/11/04/are-chinese-too-rational-for-a-second-child-interview-with-mei-fong/

It's your country, not mine: China's new language of discontent
South China Morning Post, November 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1875266/its-your-country-not-mine-chinas-new-language-discontent

司法责任制是依法独立行使审判权之保障 (A judicial responsibility system will guarantee the independent lawful exercise of the right to prosecute)
People’s Court Daily, November 3, 2015
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2015-11/03/content_104338.htm

How China wants to rate its citizens
The New Yorker, November 3, 2015
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-china-wants-to-rate-its-citizens

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京公安对触犯党纪问题“零容忍” (Beijing public security has “zero tolerance” for breaches of Party discipline)
Legal Daily, November 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151102/Articel02007GN.htm

China corruption crackdown: President of AgBank— one of the mainland's top four lenders – “relieved of his duties”
South China Morning Post, November 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1875134/corruption-crackdown-agbank-president-relieved-his