Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese authorities block reporting from Larung Gar as demolition proceeds
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/proceeds-08032016134518.html

Purged Chinese political magazine to fight back “all the way”
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-magazine-08032016133115.html

Scrutinizing China’s official statistics: The puzzling case of unemployment data
The Diplomat, August 4, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/08/scrutinizing-chinas-official-statistics-the-puzzling-case-of-unemployment-data/

Access to Information (信息公开)

海淀区公开85部门决算 (Haidian district makes public final accounts for 85 departments)
Beijing Morning Post, July 29, 2016
http://www.morningpost.com.cn/2016/0730/1460323.shtml

云南千余亩橡胶林被铲, 村民诉政府信息公开胜诉 (Villager wins suit to compel government to make public legal basis for forcible removal of 1000 mu of rubber plantation)
Beijing Times, July 31, 2016
http://china.huanqiu.com/article/2016-07/9245139.html

南通政府信息公开案件大幅增长， 去年受理此类一审案件437件 (Nantong, Jiangsu OGI cases increase substantially, with 437 last year)
Jiangsu Online, August 1, 2016
http://jsnews.jschina.com.cn/system/2016/07/31/029299748.shtml

China is using Hong Kong’s media to broadcast its smear campaigns
Quartz, August 1, 2016
http://qz.com/747918/hong-kong-media-has-become-beijings-new-go-to-spot-for-forced-confessions-and-fake-interviews/

The tussle over China’s history and the “Five Heroes of Langya Mountain”
The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/08/02/the-tussle-over-chinas-history-and-the-five-heroes-of-langya-mountain/

Access to Information (信息公开)

市民向教育局索赔34万, 政府信息公开须加强 (Disclosure of Government Information must be strengthened: Citizen seeks RMB 340,000 in compensation from Education Department)
Cngold.com, June 7, 2016
http://news.cngold.com.cn/20160607d1903n72235657.html

The meteoric rise of (recently censored) Chinese internet celebrity Papi Jiang
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/06/the-meteoric-rise-of-recently-censored-chinese-internet-celebrity-papi-jiang/

China’s memory manipulators
The Guardian, June 8, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/08/chinas-memory-manipulators

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国审判流程信息平台总访问量88.85万次 (China's trial process information platform gets 888,500 hits)
Legal Daily, April 12, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2016-04/12/content_6582056.htm

公开环境信息, 为何这般难？ (What is it so difficult about disclosing information on the environment?)
China Environment News, April 12, 2016
http://huanbao.bjx.com.cn/news/20160412/724087.shtml

China media break silence on journalist Rui Chenggang, sparking intrigue
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 12, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36027681

Access to Information (信息公开)

广安女子“以暴制暴”杀夫案开庭, 家暴刑案首次引入专家证人作证 (In 1st use of expert testimony in domestic violence case, court hears “fighting violence with violence” case of Guang’an, Sichuan, woman killing husband)
Sichuan Legal News, April 7, 2016
http://dzb.scfzbs.com/shtml/scfzb/20160407/36732.shtml

津首例告企业行政诉讼案:地铁公司被判公开信息 (Tianjin's first citizen v. corporation administrative lawsuit: Subway corporation ordered to make information public)
Enorth.com.cn, April 7, 2016
http://news.enorth.com.cn/system/2016/04/07/030908958.shtml

江苏政府信息公开年报获点赞 (Jiangsu's annual work report on Open Government Information earns praise)
Xinhua, April 8, 2016
http://stock.hexun.com/2016-04-08/183188779.html

法制日报：信息公开是消除恐慌最有效方式 (Legal Daily: Open Government Information is most effective means of eliminating panic)
People’s Daily, April 8, 2016
http://opinion.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0408/c1003-28260075.html

安徽省保守国家秘密实施细则政策解读 (Policy Interpretation of Guarding State Secrets Implementing Rules for Anhui Province)
Anhui People’s Government, April 8, 2016
http://xxgk.ah.gov.cn/UserData/DocHtml/731/2016/4/8/530976644901.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

广西壮族自治区2015年政府信息公开工作年度报告 (Guangxi Zhuang People's Autonomous Region releases 2015 Open Government Information Work Report)
Guangxi Daily, March 29, 2016
http://news.163.com/16/0329/06/BJAB714700014Q4P.html

Toe the Communist Party’s red line on Cultural Revolution, state paper warns
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1932186/toe-communist-partys-red-line-cultural-revolution-state

Access to Information (信息公开)

2015年政府透明度排名：上海、北京、河南前三 (2015 government transparency rankings: Shanghai, Beijing, Henan rank top 3)
21st Century Business Herald, March 18, 2016
http://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2016-03-18/doc-ifxqnsty4567972.shtml

山东发布十起民告官案例, 六起为“官”败诉 (Government lost 6 in 10 OGI suits released by Shandong)
Dazhong Online, March 18, 2016
http://www.dzwww.com/shandong/sdnews/201603/t20160318_14015822.htm

以“信息公开化”治“腐败亚文化” (Using “Open Government Informatization” to check subculture of corruption)
Sina.com, March 22, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2016-03-22/doc-ifxqnsty4830981.shtml

Managing public reaction to the shooting of Judge Ma Caiyun
China Law Translate, March 10, 2016
http://chinalawtranslate.com/judge-ma/?lang=en

As Obama visits Cuba, China’s news media weighs in warily
美国古巴关系解冻，中国谨慎评论
The New York Times, March 23, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/world/asia/china-cuba-united-states.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160323/c23chinacuba/

Beijing scrambles to contain vaccine scandal
中国政府努力控制疫苗丑闻不良后果
Financial Times, March 23, 2016
EN: https://next.ft.com/content/3954a690-f0ae-11e5-aff5-19b4e253664a
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001066778

Access to Information (信息公开)

信息公开诉讼无须举报前置 (Filing complaint not a prerequisite for Open Government Information lawsuits)
Jinan Times, March 10, 2016
http://news.163.com/16/0310/14/BHQ75F2H00014Q4P.html

“Only democracy can cure corruption”: Chinese magazine publishes Party member’s speech amid censorship battle
Hong Kong Free Press, March 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/11/only-democracy-can-cure-corruption-chinese-magazine-publishes-party-members-speech-amid-censorship-battle/

Hong Kong’s SCMP is being blocked in China for cheering on Xi Jinping
Quartz, March 10, 2016
http://qz.com/635915/hong-kongs-scmp-is-being-blocked-in-china-for-cheering-on-xi-jinping/

How a New York art show about Chinese online censorship found itself censored
The Washington Post, March 11, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/03/11/how-a-new-york-art-show-about-chinese-online-censorship-found-itself-censored/

Chinese official: No Western values in the classroom…Except for Marxism
The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/03/10/chinese-official-no-western-values-in-the-classroom-except-for-marxism/

Access to Information (信息公开)

证监会回应熔断信息公开申请, 称信息在交易所 (CSRC’s response to OGI request on circuit breaker: information is held by stock exchanges)
Caixin, February 24, 2016
http://stock.qq.com/a/20160224/057326.htm

Related:
指数熔断机制 (The circuit breaker mechanism)
China Securities Regulatory Commission, December 29, 2015
http://www.csrc.gov.cn/pub/shanxi/xxfw/tzzsyd/jczs/201512/t20151229_289222.htm

北京律所申请公开熔断规定发布前征求的意见 (Beijing law firm seeks disclosure of opinions received before launch of circuit breaker mechanism)
Caixin, January 7, 2016
http://m.finance.caixin.com/m/2016-01-07/100897162.html

对政府信息公开要重视实证研究 (Empirical research is key for open government information)
Procuratorate Daily, February 23, 2016
http://law.southcn.com/c/2016-02/23/content_142805394.htm

政务公开不应止于信息公开 (Making public the work of government does not stop at open government information)
People’s Daily, February 23, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0223/c1001-28141103.html

Chinese president continues to expand media controls
Voice of America, February 24, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-president-continues-to-expand-media-controls/3204721.html

中国走红同性恋题材网络剧被迫下架 (Famed Chinese online gay drama pulled from Internet)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 24, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/02/160224_online_gay_drama_china

Access to Information (信息公开)

股民连续数日买不到“中国神车” 起诉上交所 (Investor sues Shanghai Stock Exchange, seeking disclosure of prices given to brokers, argues attemptto purchase China Southern rail stocks was blocked for days on end)
The Paper, November 2, 2015
http://news.sohu.com/20151102/n425007558.shtml

Beijing’s covert radio network airs China-friendly news across Washington, and the world
Reuters, November 2, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-radio/

China censors richest man Wang Jianlin’s Harvard speech over Xi Jinping corruption comment
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/02/china-censors-richest-man-wang-jianlins-harvard-speech-over-xi-jinping-corruption-comment/

China newspaper editor fired in crackdown on dissent
The Wall Street Journal, November 3, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/11/03/china-newspaper-editor-fired-in-crackdown-on-dissent/

Access to Information (信息公开)

A new taboo in Chinese politics
The Diplomat, October 30, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/a-new-taboo-in-chinese-politics/

联合国呼吁制止“加害记者有罪不罚” (UN urges to end “Impunity for Crimes against Journalists” (IDEI))
Deutsche Welle, November 2, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/联合国呼吁制止加害记者有罪不罚/a-18820921

兰州破获一起非法获取国家机密案 (Lanzhou detains 9 individuals suspected of illegally obtaining state secrets)
Legal Daily, October 30, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151030/Articel03008GN.htm

派出所长与一女子裸死车内 家属状告海口琼山公安分局 (Still looking for answers, family of police substation head found dead in car with naked woman 20 years ago, sues Haikou Qiangshan public security sub-bureau)
Hndnews.com, October 27, 2015
http://www.hinews.cn/news/system/2015/10/30/017900405.shtml

Author of “A history of brainwashing” is tried in Jiangxi
China Change, October 31, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/10/31/author-of-a-history-of-brainwashing-is-tried-in-jiangxi/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese president Xi joins Facebook
Voice of America, September 28, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/xi-jinping-joins-facebook/2982504.html

See Facebook page:
Xi's US Visit
https://www.facebook.com/xiusavisit/timeline

Access to Information (信息公开)

《中国司法公开观察报告(2014-2015)》公布, 法院庭审和听证信息公开滞后 ("OGI Watch Report on China's Judicial System (2014-2015)":, publication of court hearings and testimony lagging behind)
China Youth Daily, September 24, 2015
http://news.cyol.com/content/2015-09/24/content_11653221.htm

China's Xi defends censorship amid chorus of support for embattled rights community
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-xi-09242015154122.html

Chinese propaganda: Coming soon to a conference near you
The Diplomat, September 23, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/chinese-propaganda-coming-soon-to-a-conference-near-you/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China orders amateur sex videos scrubbed from social media, threatens to punish offenders
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1847113/china-orders-amateur-sex-videos-scrubbed-social-media

Taylor Swift's advisers “discussing removing 1989 logo” from some of clothing line sold in China
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1847303/taylor-swifts-advisers-discussing-removing-1989-logo-some

“It's getting worse”: China's liberal academics fear growing censorship
The Guardian, August 6, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/06/china-xi-jinping-crackdown-liberal-academics-minor-cultural-revolution

China's cities “not telling public about debt levels”
Caixin, August 6, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-08-06/100837111.html

Chinese government officials to give university lectures to “improve students’ political education”
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1847015/chinese-government-officials-give-university-lectures

Access to Information (信息公开)

China jails hacker for 12 years over anti-government broadcast
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11785003/China-jails-hacker-for-12-years-over-anti-government-broadcast.html

人权组织敦促中国修改网安法草案 (Human rights group calls on China to revise proposed cybersecurity draft law)
Voice of America, August 6, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hrw-china-revised-cybersecurity-law-20150805/2902936.html

China’s cities keep mum in deep fog of debt
The Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/08/05/chinas-cities-keep-mum-in-deep-fog-of-debt/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Only six Chinese city governments out of nearly 300 in transparency survey reveal debt levels
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1846414/only-six-chinese-city-governments-out-nearly-300

China says Uighurs attacked officials
Taipei Times, August 5, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/08/05/2003624680

China: proposed cybersecurity law will bolster censorship
Human Rights Watch, August 4, 2015
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/08/04/china-proposed-cybersecurity-law-will-bolster-censorship

China to tighten grip over country’s internet users
The Financial Times, August 5, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d9637c2c-3b52-11e5-bbd1-b37bc06f590c.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3hwBszWTU

Access to Information (信息公开)

Shine light on draft judicial interpretation on “twisting the law in arbitration”!
Supreme People’s Court Monitor, June 24, 2015
http://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2015/06/24/shine-light-on-draft-judicial-interpretation-on-twisting-the-law-in-arbitration/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China's top court stresses death penalty for drug crimes
Xinhua, May 28, 2015
http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0528/c90785-8898822.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

军报：决不能让互联网成为人心流失地
Army newspaper: we can absolutely not allow the Internet become a lost territory of people’s minds
People’s Liberation Army paper, May 12, 2015
CH: http://news.mod.gov.cn/headlines/2015-05/12/content_4584573.htm
EN:https://chinacopyrightandmedia.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/army-newspaper-we-can-absolutely-not-allow-the-internet-become-a-list-territory-of-peoples-minds/

Chinese journalist Gao Yu: an egg breaking against the Communist Party’s wall
South China Morning Post, May
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1800499/chinese-journalist-gao-yu-egg-breaking-against-communist-partys

Senior Chinese judges speak out on preventing injustices in China’s criminal justice system
Supreme People’s Court Monitor, May 17, 2015
http://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2015/05/17/senior-chinese-judges-speak-out-on-preventing-injustices-in-chinas-criminal-justice-system/

Related:
以审判为中心视角下的冤错案件防范 (Preventing injustice through a perspective focused on trials)
People’s Court Daily, May 13, 2015
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2015-05/13/content_97643.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Is China's “Sunshine Law” within reach?
The Diplomat, May 12, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/is-chinas-sunshine-law-within-reach/

北京：下周一公安部将重点打击4类网络政治谣言/知秋 (Ministry of Public Security to take special action against four types of online political rumors starting May 18)
Boxun, May 12, 2015
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2015/05/201505120610.shtml