Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Job prospects look grim for Chinese college grads
China Labor Bulletin, May 26, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/job-prospects-look-grim-chinese-college-grads

Riot police beat, detain eviction protesters in China's Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/riot-police-beat-detain-eviction-protesters-in-chinas-sichuan-05262017104611.html

A closer look at gay rights in China
The Diplomat, May 26, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/05/a-closer-look-at-gay-rights-in-china/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Viral video triggers debate over patriotic education in China, again
Global Voices, May 21, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/05/21/viral-video-triggers-debate-over-patriotic-education-in-china-again/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s top colleges to face ideological inspections
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2073329/chinas-top-colleges-face-ideological-inspections

Access to Information (信息公开)

Kidnapped by China: Beijing's battle against dissidents and free speech
The Diplomat, October 7, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/kidnapped-by-china-beijings-battle-against-dissidents-and-free-speech/

Word of the week: Dinner party
China Digital Times, October 6, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/word-week-dinner-party/

Students raise privacy fears after liberal Chinese university installs CCTV cameras in lecture halls
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2026723/students-raise-privacy-fears-after-southern-chinese-university

Who are the Chinese trolls of the “50 cent army”?
Voice of America, October 7, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/who-is-that-chinese-troll/3540663.html

China’s Tibet tourism statistics just don’t add up
The Washington Post, October 6, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/06/tibettourism/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese school with mass illness is deemed safe, but many doubt findings
常州学校“毒地”调查：官方结论遭质疑
The New York Times, September 1, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/world/asia/china-changzhou-school-toxins.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160901/china-changzhou-school-toxins/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese volleyball coach Lang Ping has spent her career thinking outside the Communist Party box
Global Voices, August 24, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/08/24/chinese-volleyball-coach-lang-ping-has-spent-her-career-thinking-outside-the-communist-party-box/

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei says work was pulled from Yinchuan Biennale due to “political sensitivity”
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/25/dissident-artist-ai-weiwei-says-work-was-pulled-from-yinchuan-biennale-due-to-political-sensitivity/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Police detain hundreds of protesting former teachers in Beijing
逾千全国民办代课教师北京上访 遭截访稳控
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2016
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-teachers-07252016150940.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/xl2-07252016101025.html

公民联署声援炎黄春秋与艺研院抗争 (Civilians jointly petition to support Yanhuang Chunqiu’s combat against the Academy of Arts)
Voice of America, July 25, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-open-letter-by-chinese-citizens-supporting-seized-liberal-magazine-20160725/3433481.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

留学人员成统战新着力点, 中央明确欧美同学会应成立党组 (Chinese students studying abroad a new focal point for United Front work, CPC clarifies that Western Returned Scholars Association should establish Party Organization(s))
Phoenix News, July 6, 2016
https://perma.cc/E4B9-59RY

Hong Kong (香港)

粤公安证实铜锣湾书店5人统统在大陆手上 (Guangdong police confirms all 5 people from Causeway Bay Books are in mainland China)
Radio France Internationale, February 5, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160205-粤公安证实铜锣湾书店5人统统在大陆手上

Related:
Missing Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee is a “super book lover” who used to be boss of Causeway Bay Books
友人：林荣基是“超级爱书人” 桂敏海电脑护照已不见
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1909741/missing-hong-kong-bookseller-lam-wing-kee-super-book-lover
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/152afc7eef255cd/you-ren-lin-rong-ji-shi-chao-ji-ai-shu-ren-gui-min-hai-dian-nao-hu-zhao-yi-bu-jian

In China, books that make money, and enemies
The New York Times, February 7, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/business/international/in-china-books-that-make-money-and-enemies.html

The Hong Kong bookseller who's keeping “banned” books on his shelves
National Public Radio, February 3, 2016
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/02/03/465284407/the-hong-kong-bookseller-whos-keeping-banned-books-on-his-shelves

More shaky police testimony at hearings of Occupy-related cases
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/05/more-shaky-police-testimony-at-hearings-of-occupy-related-cases/

Education Bureau criticized after saying students should learn simplified Chinese
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/05/education-bureau-criticised-after-saying-students-should-learn-simplified-chinese/

Related:
【兼學簡體字？】教局文件提建議　家長反彈：可唔可以放過香港學生？ (Parents slam Education Bureau’s proposal about “learning simplified Chinese characters alongside”: Can you spare Hong Kong students?)
Ming Pao, February 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160204/s00001/1454563565474

Hong Kong (香港)

Checking them out: Banned books pique interest of visitors to Hong Kong Lunar New Year fair
South China Morning, February 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1909205/checking-them-out-banned-books-pique-interest-visitors-hong

“Fanning the flames”: Johannes Chan slams Council chair Arthur Li’s comments on HKU students
Hong Kong Free Press, February 3, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/03/fanning-the-flames-johannes-chan-slams-council-chair-arthur-lis-comments-on-hku-students/

Hong Kong (香港)

Swedish police join Thai search for missing Hong Kong bookseller
The Guardian, January 29, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/29/swedish-police-join-thai-search-for-missing-hong-kong-bookseller

Hong Kong's establishment strikes back at protesting students
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strikes-01282016110933.html

Related:
【回應李國章】梁家傑：李言論無事實基礎　與梁麗幗僅FB朋友 (Alan Leong in response to Arthur Li: Li’s statements not based on facts, he himself is only Facebook friend with Yvonne Leung, committee member for HKU strike)
Mingpao, January 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160129/s00001/1454034204010

環時社評：港大嚴重政治化致國際排名跌損學生就業
Mingpao, January 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160129/s00001/1454033809064

《十年：自焚者》導演周冠威：電影講中社會難以言喻的荒謬引共鳴 (Director of film “Ten Years|Self-immolator” Chow Kwun Wai: The nondescribable ridiculousness evoked in the film inspires resonance)
Mingpao, January 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160129/s00001/1454037916208

Related:
回應《環時》狠批《十年》　總導演周冠威：不恐懼　更無懼 (General director of Hong Kong film “Ten Years” Chow Kwun Wai responds to Global Times’s acute criticisms: Not afraid, even more fearless)
HK01, January 22, 2016
http://www.hk01.com/新聞/3759/回應-環時-狠批-十年-總導演周冠威-不恐懼-更無懼

Imagining Hong Kong’s future, under China’s tightening grasp
The New York Times, January 29, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/world/asia/hong-kong-ten-years.html

Dark vision of Hong Kong’s future proves surprise box office hit
Hong Kong Economic Journal, January 22, 2016
http://www.ejinsight.com/20160122-dark-vision-hong-kong-s-future-proves-surprise-box-office-hit/

Hong Kong (香港)

排名四連跌　港廉潔全球18 (Hong Kong ranks 18 in Corruption Perceptions Index, declining for fourth consecutive year since 2012)
Apple Daily, January 28, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20160128/19469597

Related:
Corruption Perceptions Index 2015
Transparency International, January 2016
https://www.transparency.org/cpi2015

全球自由報告：台灣89分亞太排第二　香港63分部分自由　大陸16分不自由 (World Freedom Report: Taiwan “free” with a score of 89 and ranking 2nd in Asia Pacific, Hong Kong “partially free” at 63, mainland China “not free” at 16)
Mingpao, January 28, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160128/s00001/1453943451396

Related:
Freedom in the World 2016: Anxious Dictators, Wavering Democracies: Global Freedom under Pressure
Freedom House, January 28, 2016
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2016

人權觀察報告：京侵香港政治參與權及表達自由 (Human Rights Watch report: Beijing encroaches Hong Kong's right to political participation and freedom of expression)
Mingpao, January 28, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160128/s00001/1453940106376

“Mob rule”: HKU vice-chancellor condemns students for surrounding governing Council meeting venue
Hong Kong Free Press, January 27, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/27/mob-rule-hku-vice-chancellor-condemns-students-for-besieging-governing-council-meeting/

Swedish police in Thailand to investigate bookseller Gui Minhai disappearance—report
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/28/swedish-police-in-thailand-to-investigate-bookseller-gui-minhai-disappearance-report/

Hong Kong: Beijing opens a new chapter
The Financial Times, January 27, 2016
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b2160888-c419-11e5-808f-8231cd71622e.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Concerns grow for Hong Kong's publishing industry amid report Beijing ordered crackdown
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-hongkong-01252016145116.html

Guangdong governor says he believes case of Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po will have “practical and fair judgment”
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1904852/guangdong-governor-says-he-believes-case-hong-kong

Related:
【書店5人失蹤】李波太太回港後現身北角　拒談丈夫情況：不用關心 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] Back in Hong Kong, Lee Bo’s wife spotted in North Point, refuses to talk about husband, says “no need for concern”)
Mingpao, January 26, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160126/s00001/1453807297294

University of Hong Kong students threaten to escalate action if council rejects their call for governance reform
港大罢课学生：若校委会拒诉求 或升级行动
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1904911/university-hong-kong-students-threaten-escalate
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/1527c1e78ee2594/gang-da-ba-ke-xue-sheng-ruo-xiao-wei-hui-ju-su-qiu-huo-sheng-ji-hang-dong

调查指港人开心指数续跌 研究员：因政治争拗 (Survey shows Hong Kongers’ happiness index continues to drop, researcher says political disputes are part of the cause)
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/1527cf18773445f/diao-cha-zhi-gang-ren-kai-xin-zhi-shu-xu-die-yan-jiu-yuan-yin-zheng-zhi-zheng-ao

張曉明：要向任性耽誤香港經濟發展的現象說「不」 (Zhang Xiaoming, chief of Chinese government’s Liaison Office in HK: Say “No” to all unruly attempts to hinder Hong Kong’s economic development)
Mingpao, January 26, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160126/s00001/1453807298979

Hong Kong (香港)

梁振英：不排除退出酷刑协议民间组织：漠视人权兼枉作小人 (CY Leung says gov’t may quit UN Convention Against Torture, NGOs criticize him for neglecting human rights and playing the villain in ignorance)
Radio France Internationale, January 14, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160114-梁振英：不排除退出酷刑协议民间组织：漠视人权兼枉作小人

【港大生擬罷課】馬斐森：學生有權表達意見 不會處分 [Vice chancellor Mathieson on HKU students’ organizing strike: Students have the right to express opinions, will not be punished]
Mingpao, January 15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160115/s00001/1452834836569

New owner of Causeway Bay banned bookstore “eyes customer list”, report says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/14/new-owner-of-causeway-bay-banned-bookstore-eyes-customer-list-report-says/

Book on Chinese president pulled as fears grow for missing Hong Kong publishers
The Guardian, January 14, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/14/xi-jinpings-nightmare-book-china-pulled-missing-hong-kong-publishers

“I would be a bad guy if I did not ask”: lawmakers press CY on missing bookseller at Q&A
Hong Kong Free Press, January 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/14/i-would-be-a-bad-guy-if-i-did-not-ask-lawmakers-press-cy-on-missing-bookseller-at-qa/

Related:
【書店5人失蹤】律師會會長熊運信促政府交代李波「人在哪裡」 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] Law Society chair Stephen Hung urges HK government to address the whereabouts of Lee Bo)
Mingpao, January 15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160115/s00001/1452822694069

Two-systems failure: China’s promise of autonomy for Hong Kong is ringing hollow
The Economist, January 14, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21688423-chinas-promise-autonomy-hong-kong-ringing-hollow-two-systems-failure

Access to Information (信息公开)

China anti-terror law may restrict media reporting on attacks
Reuters, December 21, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-security-idUSKBN0U50C120151222

Related:
China's new draft law redefines “terrorism”, regulates media coverage
Xinhua News, December 22, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-12/22/content_22769099.htm

中纪委报章批高校教师“歪曲历史” 事关中共执政合法性 (CPC Disciplinary commission slams high school history teacher’s lectures related to Party legitimacy as “distorting history”)
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl1-12212015101850.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

福建人民陪审员制度改革试点扎实推进, 将围绕参审范围、参审机制、职权改革等加强探索创新 (Fujian People's Jury System Reform Pilot makes solid progress, will intensify innovation exploration in areas including scope and mechanisms of trial participation and reforms to authority)
People's Courts Online, December 1, 2015
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2015-12/01/content_105395.htm

Chinese lesbian sues Education Ministry over “mental illness” reference
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lesbians-11302015105117.html

维权律师处境愈加恶劣 唐天昊深圳被禁出境 (Rights defense lawyers’ situation continues to worsen, Tang Tianhao prevented from leaving the country in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-12012015101933.html

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, November 23, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Hong Kong (香港)

How the Occupy protests shaped the District Council elections
Hong Kong Free Press, November 28, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/28/how-the-occupy-protests-shaped-the-district-council-elections/

HKFP Interview: HKU “whistleblower” Billy Fung on the HKU Council, Student Union, HKFS and more
Hong Kong Free Press, November 25, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/25/hkfp-interview-hku-whistleblower-billy-fung-on-the-hku-council-student-union-hkfs-and-more/

港大副校任命风波洩第五段录音 疑似李国章威胁告学生及大学 (HKU pro-VC appointment scandal: fifth audio clip leaked, voice believed to be of Arthur Li threatens to sue students and university)
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15147d5a8e930b1/gang-da-fu-xiao-ren-ming-feng-bo-xie-di-wu-duan-lu-yin-yi-si-li-guo-zhang-wei-xie-gao-xue-sheng-ji-da-xue

Hong Kong (香港)

Foreign gov’ts warned to “not interfere” after U.S. report highlights threats to Hong Kong’s freedoms
Hong Kong Free Press, November 19, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/19/foreign-govts-warned-to-not-interfere-after-us-report-highlights-threats-to-hong-kongs-freedoms/

“Umbrella soldiers” fight for seats in district election vote this Sunday
Hong Kong Free Press, November 19, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/19/umbrella-soldiers-fight-for-seats-in-district-election-vote-this-sunday/

【港大風波】新校委陳祖為：李國章不適合做主席 ([HKU controversy] New Council member Joseph Chan Cho Wai thinks Arthur Li not suitable to be chair)
Mingpao, November 20, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151120/s00001/1447982403680

Related:
Academic freedom advocates elected as HKU Council members
Hong Kong Free Press, November 20, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/20/academic-freedom-advocates-elected-as-hku-council-members/

Hong Kong (香港)

Tensions run high ahead of Hong Kong vs. China soccer match
The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/11/17/tensions-run-high-ahead-of-hong-kong-vs-china-soccer-match/

嶺大畢業生台上抗議：校董無德何施賢治　副校指行動和平理性 (LingnanU graduates question how Council members with low moral standards can lead good administration in on-stage protest, pro-VC says their action was peaceful and sensible)
Mingpao, November 17, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151117/s00001/1447736538855

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