Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi calls for “every possible effort” to solve grievances of petitioners
China Daily, July 19, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-07/19/content_30175331.htm

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

Egyptian police said to detain Chinese Uighurs in wide sweep
Associated Press, July 6, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/egyptian-police-said-to-detain-chinese-uighurs-in-wide-sweep/3930651.html

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埃及警方拘捕一批新疆维吾尔留学生 (Egyptian police detain dozens of Uyghur students)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-07062017111124.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

全面造假、一路买官！他从私企老板变身副部级干部 (A complete fake—using wealth to acquire official positions the whole time! Lu Enguang goes from being boss of private company to vice-ministerial level official)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection website, May 25, 2017
http://news.china.com/domestic/945/20170525/30566007.html

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China says justice ministry official probed for suspected graft
Reuters, December 15, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN14503G

China executes former Inner Mongolia police chief for murder and bribery
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095810/chinese-activists-fear-increased-surveillance-under-new

Demolition gangs move into Chinese Muslim village ahead of national games
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/gangs-05252017130449.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

第三批中央环保督察组进驻满月 超3000人被问责 (A month after dispatch of 3rd group of environmental inspection teams, over 3000 people held accountable)
China News, May 24, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/05-24/8232281.shtml

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China dispatches high-profile environment inspection teams
Xinhua, April 24, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/24/c_136232676.htm

Former top prosecutor in Shanghai accused of taking bribes
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095626/former-top-prosecutor-shanghai-accused-taking-bribes

Government Accountability (政府问责)

安徽桐城工商联原主席集资诈骗8亿元被判无期徒刑 (Former Chairman of Anhui Tongcheng Federation of Industry and Commerce raises RMB 800 million though illegal fund-raising and fraud, sentenced to life in prison)
Reference News, May 23, 2017
http://www.cankaoxiaoxi.com/roll10/bd/20170523/2031227.shtml

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Businessman sentenced to life for swindling 800-mln-yuan
Xinhua, May 24, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/24/c_136308759.htm

陕西省人大常委会党组副书记、副主任魏民洲涉嫌严重违纪接受组织审查 (Wei Minzhou, Shanxi NPC Standing Committee Deputy Party Secretary and Deputy Director, under investigation for serious discipline violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, May 22, 2017
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201705/t20170522_99732.html

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... and Shaanxi’s Wei Minzhou makes 128. Another “tiger” falls in China’s anti-graft campaign
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095392/and-shaanxis-wei-minzhou-makes-128-another-tiger-falls

Too fast, too soon: how China's growth led to the Tianjin disaster
The Guardian, May 23, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/may/23/city-exploded-china-growth-tianjin-disaster-inevitable

Property firm boss to sue Chinese fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui over corruption claims
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095297/property-firm-boss-sue-chinese-fugitive-tycoon-guo

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Killing C.I.A. informants, China crippled U.S. spying operations
中国处死或监禁多名CIA线人，美国在华谍网被毁
The New York Times, May 20, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spies-espionage.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170522/china-cia-spies-espionage/

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Chinese newspaper applauds reported “anti-espionage” killing of C.I.A. sources
The Guardian, May 22, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/22/chinese-newspaper-applauds-reported-anti-espionage-killing-of-cia-sources

NYT’s spy in China story full of narcissism
The Global Times, May 22, 2017
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1048015.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Rogue tycoon Guo Wengui “lets the bullets fly for a while”
China Digital Times, May 12, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/05/rogue-tycoon-guo-wengui-lets-bullets-fly/

習近平：中國不會輸出社會制度和發展模式 (Xi Jinping: China won’t export its social system and mode for development)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 14, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1330303-20170514.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing denies Taiwan put at risk by UN health forum snub
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2093750/beijing-denies-taiwan-put-risk-un-health-forum-snub

Government Accountability (政府问责)

联合国人权官员：访华期间被跟踪 会见对象遭恐吓 (UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights states in his report that he was followed during visit to China and individuals he planned to meet were threatened)
Voice of America, May 6, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/voanews-un-rights-envoy-was-followed-in-china-20170505/3839831.html

Related:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his mission to China
赤贫和人权问题特别报告员访问中国的报告
UN Human Rights Council, March 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/report_sr_extreme_poverty.pdf
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/report_sr_extreme_poverty_ch.pdf

中国保监会主席项俊波被宣布免职 (Chairman of China Insurance Regulatory Commission removed from office)
Radio France Internationale, May 5, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170505-中国保监会主席项俊波被宣布免职

Government Accountability (政府问责)

郭文貴擬全球發布「中共反腐真相」(Tycoon Guo Wengui plans to expose “truth about Chinese anti-graft efforts” globally)
Mingpao, April 25, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170425/s00013/1493056729349

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国际记者联盟谴责北京威胁外国网络直播 (International Federation of Journalists condemns Beijing for interfering with foreign online broadcast of Guo Wengui interview)
Voice of America, April 25, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-threaten-20170424/3823527.html

中国检察机关对原国家统计局局长王保安涉嫌受贿案提起公诉 (Chinese procuratorate organ officially charges former head of Bureau of Statistics for graft)
Reuters, April 25, 2017
http://cn.reuters.com/article/china-prosecutor-statistics-bureau-idCNKBS17R098

Fewer corruption suspects flee China as Beijing makes it harder with tighter controls
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2090369/fewer-corruption-suspects-flee-china-beijing-makes-it

China launches corruption crackdown on social media ahead of Party Congress
Voice of America, April 24, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-social-media-wechat-communist-party-congress/3823049.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi Jinping wants officials to declare allegiance to himself
The Economist, April 6, 2017
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21720315-why-it-so-important-him-xi-jinping-wants-officials-declare-allegiance-himself

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

Pakistan, China hold counter-terrorism talks
The Hindu, February 6, 2017
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Pakistan-China-hold-counter-terrorism-talks/article17201976.ece

Commentary (评论)

Is Xi Jinping the new champion of globalization? Far from it.
The Washington Post, January 18, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/is-xi-jinping-the-new-champion-of-globalization-far-from-it/2017/01/18/ecfda27a-dda0-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ally of President Xi Jinping parachuted in to senior post in Hubei
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059015/ally-president-xi-jinping-parachuted-senior-post-hubei

Chinese official sentenced 10 years in vaccine scandal
Agence France-Presse, January 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/04/chinese-official-sentenced-10-years-vaccine-scandal/

China's graft watchdog turns camera on itself in TV series
Reuters, January 3, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-television-idUSKBN14O0B0

The political price of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign
Financial Times, January 4, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/3f1938d6-d1cf-11e6-b06b-680c49b4b4c0

Beijing police missed opportunity in handling of death in custody case, say academics
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2058557/beijing-police-missed-opportunity-handling-death

Tibetans beaten, detained for coming late to meeting
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/meeting-01032017142450.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China clamps down on corrupt officials with 122 arrests this year
The Guardian, December 31, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/31/china-corruption-arrests-central-commission-for-discipline-inspection

How even as “the core”, Xi faces resistance from China’s local officials
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2058273/how-even-core-xi-faces-resistance-chinas-local-officials

China to prosecute former senior spy catcher for graft
Reuters, December 30, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-security-idUSKBN14J0B0

China's CCTV launches global “soft power” media network to extend influence
Reuters, December 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cctv-idUSKBN14K05N

Commentary (评论)

A Monkey King’s journey to the East
China Heritage, January 1, 2017
http://chinaheritage.net/journal/a-monkey-kings-journey-to-the-east/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

云南一新建学校墙体现大面积裂纹 校方称安全无影响引质疑 (Walls of new school in Yunnan covered in cracks, casting doubt in safety claims by school officials)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/yf1-12222016104403.html

中国国家电网App泄千万个资 隐私打包贱卖网民呼吁“人肉”官员 (Leaked information of millions of State Grid Corporation of China app users is sold online, netizens suggest using same platform to expose officials’ assets)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-12222016101140.html

China military to hold secret anti-graft inspections over holidays
Reuters, December 22, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence-corruption-idUSKBN14B132

Commentary (评论)

Prison laborers in China endure unimaginable suffering to produce holiday lights
The Washington Post, December 21, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/12/21/prison-laborers-in-china-endure-unimaginable-suffering-to-produce-holiday-lights/

Trump’s win “a lesson to China” to listen to “silent majority” online
Reuters, December 22, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime-corruption-idUSKBN14B0RR

时事大家谈: 2016中国法制严重倒退？ (Current Affairs Discussion: Did China’s legal system seriously regress in 2016?)
Voice of America, December 21, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/io-20161221-interviews-chen-guangcheng-china-rights/3645216.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“Airpocalypse”: dirties credibility of Chinese government
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2056404/airpocalypse-dirties-credibility-chinese-government

China foreign minister says U.S. ties face new uncertainties
Reuters, December 21, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-idUSKBN14B0AA

Commentary (评论)

Did Oslo kowtow to Beijing?
ChinaFile, December 21, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/did-oslo-kowtow-beijing