Commentary (评论)

China’s history full of traps and contradictions
EJ Insight, August 8, 2017
http://www.ejinsight.com/20170808-china-s-history-full-of-traps-and-contradictions/

港澳辦：方案創新 並符合一國兩制及基本法 (Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office: “One place, two checks” is innovative, and is in accordance with “one country, two systems” and the Basic Law)
Mingpao, August 8, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170808/s00001/1502187400829

港大民意调查：逾半受访香港市民支持“一地两检”方案 (Survey: more than half of Hong Kongers support “one place, two checks” plan)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-08082017133834.html

林鄭：希望特區官員抓緊一帶一路發展機遇 (Carrie Lam: Hong Kong gov’t officials should firmly grasp the opportunity of development that “one belt, one road” brings)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 8, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1347051-20170808.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

吉林市23村突遭水库泄洪家被淹 上千灾民政府讨说法无果堵路抗议 (23 villages in Jilin city suddenly flooded, over 1,000 victims protest after discussions with government fail to produce results)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl2-07272017094211.html

湖南万人上街抗议建垃圾厂 当局逼党员签名支持 (10,000 Hunan residents protest garbage plant construction, authorities force party members to sign in support of the project)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl1-07272017093953.html

Transgender activists in China just scored a historic victory
Vox, July 27, 2017
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/27/16049820/china-transgender-discrimination-lawsuit-mr-c

Access to Information (信息公开)

Purges and party propaganda: China’s lively streaming sites get back behind the communist line
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2103906/purges-and-party-propaganda-chinas-lively-streaming

Commentary (评论)

Ambivalence among EU members yields to China on human rights
Asia Times, June 29, 2017
http://www.atimes.com/ambivalence-among-eu-members-yields-china-human-rights/

The real source of China's trafficking problem
Bloomberg News, June 28, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-06-28/the-real-source-of-china-s-human-trafficking-problem

Sweet numbers (but fresh controls) for new media
China Media Project, June 29, 2017
http://cmp.hku.hk/2017/06/29/sweet-numbers-fresh-controls-new-media/

Commentary (评论)

Dangers of China’s counter-terrorism law for Tibetans and Uyghurs
International Campaign for Tibet, November 15, 2016
https://www.savetibet.org/dangers-of-chinas-counter-terrorism-law-for-tibetans-and-uyghurs/

The world, and congress, have an interest in what happens In Hong Kong
Forbes, November 17, 2016
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikegonzalez3/2016/11/17/the-world-and-congress-have-an-interest-in-what-happens-in-hong-kong/#78ddcde6470b

Oathgate will hurt Hong Kong democracy
Al Jazeera, November 21, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/oathgate-hurt-hong-kong-democracy-161120085542934.html

A retreat from TPP would empower China
The New York Times, November 21, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/opinion/a-retreat-from-tpp-would-empower-china.html

徐友渔：中国学术自由是文革以来最糟的 (Xu Youyu: Situation of academic freedom the worst since Cultural Revolution)
Voice of America, November 22, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/xu-youyu-20161121/3606071.html

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

The race card. The leader of a troubled western province has been replaced. He will not be missed by its ethnic Uighurs
The Economist, September 3, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21706327-leader-troubled-western-province-has-been-replaced-he-will-not-be-missed-its-ethnic

Hong Kong (香港)

As Hong Kong goes to the polls, why isn’t the Communist Party on the ballot?
Quartz, September 1, 2016
http://qz.com/770620/as-hong-kong-prepares-to-go-to-the-polls-why-isnt-the-communist-party-on-the-ballot/

China pressures Hong Kong to squash independence calls ahead of poll: sources
Reuters, September 1, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-election-china-idUSKCN1175AO

Hong Kong youth feel powerless in politics
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2012375/hong-kong-youth-feel-powerless-politics

香港星期天立法会选举 港独自决呼声高 (Hong Kong voice for independence high for LegCo election on Sunday)
Voice of America, September 1, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/3489447.html

Daughter of missing Hong Kong bookseller told not to travel to Asia
The Guardian, September 1, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/01/daughter-of-missing-hong-kong-bookseller-told-not-to-travel-to-asia

Hong Kong (香港)

銅鑼灣書店老闆泰國失蹤 傳被中方捉走 (Owner of HK Causeway Bay bookstore that often publishes sensitive books is reported missing in Thailand, allegedly taken away by Chinese authorities)
Apple Daily, November 6, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20151106/54396825

Judge “concerned” over Hong Kong University's gag order as city's media prepare to fight for press freedom
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1876121/universitys-gag-order-leaves-judge-concerned

Put it to a vote: HKU staff, teachers and students demand explanation why Johannes Chan was rejected for managerial post
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1875944/put-it-vote-hku-staff-teachers-and-students

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong universities must uphold the absolute principle of academic freedom
South China Morning Post, August13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1848942/hong-kong-universities-must-uphold-absolute-principle

Is China on the cusp of change?
The Diplomat, August 14, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/is-china-on-the-cusp-of-change/

Four questions Chinese people want answered after deadly Tianjin blast
Tea Leaf Nation, August 13, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/13/four-questions-chinese-people-want-answered-after-deadly-blast-tianjin-citizen-media/

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy Central protester cleared after videos contradict “bizarre, absurd” evidence from Hong Kong police
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1846174/hong-kong-protester-cleared-after-police-give-bizarre

Pro-Beijing lawyer charged by corruption watchdog in bribery scandal
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/03/pro-beijing-lawyer-charged-by-corruption-watchdog-in-bribery-scandal/

State media calls for HKU scholar to withdraw following student protest
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/03/state-media-calls-for-hku-scholar-to-withdraw-following-student-protest/

Access to Information (信息公开)

On China's campuses, scholars battle ideology and red tape
The Christian Science Monitor, June 7, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0607/On-China-s-campuses-scholars-battle-ideology-and-red-tape

Chinese censorship of Western books is now normal. Where’s the outrage?
Foreign Policy, June 5, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/05/chinese-censorship-western-books-where-is-the-outrage/

Found in translation: The mysterious case of Baidu Translate
The Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/06/05/found-in-translation-the-mysterious-case-of-baidu-translate/

Heroism claims, “hottest men” anger online China amid ship tragedy
The Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/06/06/heroism-claims-hottest-men-anger-online-china-amid-ship-tragedy/

Related:
長江船難 官媒：生為國人 何其有幸 (Government media on Yangtze shipwreck: How fortunate to have been born Chinese)
Meme, June 6, 2015
http://news.memehk.com/posts/7244

Family members demand transparent probe into Yangtze ship disaster as death toll reaches 431
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1817809/family-members-demand-transparent-probe-yangtze-ship-disaster

Talks with ferry victims' families end in chaos
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1817809/family-members-demand-transparent-probe-yangtze-ship-disaster

Tragedy on the Yangzi
The Economist, June 6, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21653668-more-400-people-are-feared-lost-chinas-worst-accident-years-tragedy-yangzi

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

China rebukes Norway for expelling scholar
中国使馆就挪威令中国学者限期离境提出交涉
Reuters, February 4, 2015
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/us-china-norway-idUSKBN0L805A20150204
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/china-norway-idCNKBS0L806B20150204

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

欧洲第一座孔子学院将被关闭 民间团体表支持 (Shutdown of Europe’s first Confucius Institute supported by civil society)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/gr-01072015124922.html

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

专访：汉办主任反驳孔子学院干扰学术自由
How open is China's global Confucius Institute programme?
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 29, 2014
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141229_confucius_interview
EN:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141229_confucius_interview

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

Confucius institute: The hard side of China's soft power
BBC, December 22, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30567743

Confucius Institutes – Quo Vadis?
The Diplomat, December 21, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/confucius-institutes-quo-vadis/

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

UI “well-protected” in arrangements with Confucius Institute
The News Gazette, December 14, 2014
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2014-12-14/ui-well-protected-arrangements-confucius-institute.html

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

美众议院议员要求国会机构调查孔子学院 (U.S. congressman demands probe of Confucius Institutes)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 5, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/12/141205_us_china_university_ties

Related:
House panel investigates “Confucius institutes”
USA Today, December 5, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/04/house-china-confucius-institutes/19909507/

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

Toronto Schools District Cancels Plans for Confucius Institute
The New York Times, October 30, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/toronto-school-district-cancels-plans-for-confucius-institute/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

China’s Confucius Institute regrets closure of University of Chicago center
Reuters, September 30, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/30/us-china-usa-education-idUSKCN0HP15B20140930

Related:
芝加哥大学终止孔子学院项目 (University of Chicago terminates Confucius Institute program)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/cyl-09292014161634.html