Government Accountability (政府问责)

China, Canada sign treaty to return fugitives’ assets in fraud and corruption cases
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2021977/china-canada-sign-treaty-return-assets-stolen-fraud

Local boss ordered crackdown on China's “democracy village” with eye on national power
Reuters, September 23, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-wukan-idUSKCN11T0J1

北京取消农业户口 剥夺农民土地先声？ (Beijing abolishes agricultural hukou—herald of rural land grabbing?)
Radio Free Asia, September 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-09222016102421.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

欧盟强烈批评中国的人权纪录 (The EU strongly criticizes human rights records in China)
Voice of America, February 1, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-rights-20160129/3168023.html

Related:
EU Concerns about the Human Rights situation in China
Delegation of the EU to China, January 29, 2016
http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/china/press_corner/all_news/news/2016/20160129_en.htm

China punishes 27 officials over teen's wrongful execution
Channel NewsAsia, February 1, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-punishes-27/2476404.html

Another official tied to Zhou Yongkang is handed jail term
Caixin, January 28, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-01-28/100904867.html

The 2015 numbers for China’s war against corruption: The tigers
The Diplomat, January 29, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/the-2015-numbers-for-chinas-war-against-corruption-the-tigers/

好消息！户籍制度改革来了，这4类人将受益 (Good news! Reform of hukou system has come—four categories of people will be benefited)
People’s Daily, January 31, 2016
http://rmrbimg2.people.cn/data/rmrbwap/2016/01/31/cms_1515250392581120.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China detains 12 over Tianjin blasts, accuses officials of dereliction
Reuters, August 26, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/27/us-china-blast-idUSKCN0QW02U20150827

Related:
天津港爆炸有关责任人被采取刑事强制措施--新华 (Xinhua: Those responsible for Tianjin explosion will be subjected to criminal compulsory measures)
Reuters, August 27, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/08/27/tianjin-idCNKCS0QW03T20150827

Chinese work safety regulator Yang Dongliang is sacked
安监总局局长杨栋梁涉“严重违纪”被免职
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 26, 2015
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34059948
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/08/150826_china_sacking

The story of China's left-behind children
The Telegraph, August 26, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11824563/The-story-of-Chinas-left-behind-children.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

律師：高瑜有心臟病，要求保外就醫 (Lawyer: Gao Yu has heart disease and should be released on medical parole)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/08/150806_gaoyu_medical

Related:
15人权团体呼吁习近平释放高瑜 (15 organizations urge Xi Jinping to release Gao Yu)
Voice of America, August 6, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/human-rights-groups-gaoyu-20150805/2903559.html

Joint Letter Regarding Health of Imprisoned Journalist Gao Yu
关切高瑜健康状况的联名信
15 Organizations, August 6, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/joint-statement/joint-letter-regarding-health-imprisoned-journalist-gao-yu
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/lian-he-sheng-ming/guan-qie-gao-yu-jian-kang-zhuang-kuang-de-lian-ming-xin

紧急关注：著名人权律师余文生被警方破门传唤、抄家并带走 (Urgent: Well-known rights lawyer Yu Wensheng taken by police after home was searched)
Weiquanwang, August 7, 2015
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2015/08/blog-post_64.html?spref=tw

Related:
Mass suppression of lawyers reveals true nature of Xi’s “rule by law”
对维权律师的大规模镇压揭示了习近平“依法治国”的真实面目
Human Rights in China, July 16, 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

”Left-behind children” found stabbed to death in southern China
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1846701/left-behind-children-found-stabbed-death-southern-china

Tibetan monk emerges from two-month stint in Sichuan jail in poor health
Radio Free Asia, August 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/emerges-08052015150323.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

屠夫父亲称刑拘是公安报复 (Father of “Super Vulgar Butcher”’ [cartoonist] says criminal detention is retaliation by the police)
Radio Free Asia, July 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident-c-07012015102231.html

”Left-behind” children need our attention now
Caixin, July 1, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-07-01/100824378.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国外逃贪官杨秀珠在美被捕 等候引渡遣返归国 (Chinese fugitive official wanted on corruption charges in U.S. custody, to be repatriated)
Reuters, May 29, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/05/29/china-corruption-usa-idCNKBS0OE01L20150529

The truth About Chinese corruption
The Diplomat, May 29, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/the-truth-about-chinese-corruption/

Hukou (户口)

53%受访者求职在乎户口 超半数表示落户政策严苛 (53% survey respondents concerned with “hukou,” more than half consider the policy harsh)
China News, March 16, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/edu/2015/03-16/7130478.shtml

Hukou (户口)

China to abolish temporary residence permits: Xinhua
Reuters, February 15, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/15/us-china-residence-permits-idUSKBN0LJ0OT20150215

Hukou (户口)

北京削减应届落户指标 毕业生突遭解约 (Beijing cuts central SOEs quota for granting Beijing hukous by 17%, college grads’ contracts suddenly terminated)
Caixin, February 11, 2015
http://china.caixin.com/2015-02-12/100783680.html

Hukou (户口)

China’s closed cities threaten population goals, report says
The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/17/chinas-closed-cities-threaten-population-goals-report-says/

Hukou (户口)

户籍改革：农转非仅仅是起点 (Abolishing distinction between rural and urban hukou is just the beginning of household registration reform)
Xinmin Weekly, September 4, 2014
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-09-04/154030795226.shtml

Hukou (户口)

Experts: land reform is the key factor to China’s household registration system
New Tang Dynasty Television, August 7, 2014
www.ntd.tv/en/programs/news-politics/china-forbidden-news/20140807/185947-experts-land-reform-is-the-key-factor-to-chinas-household-registration-system.html

Hukou (户口)

中国首例户籍就业歧视案达成和解：被告支付原告万元补偿 但拒绝书面道歉 (Landmark hukou discrimination case ends with out-of-court settlement, defendant agrees to pay compensation but refuses to apologize in writing)
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/vt-08042014131754.html

Why China's hukou reform is gradual
The Diplomat, August 5, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/08/why-chinas-hukou-reform-is-gradual/

Hukou (户口)

With urbanization as goal, China moves to change registration rules
中国城市化目标终于撼动城乡户籍壁垒
The New York Times, July 31, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140731/c31hukou/dual/

Related:
China announces limited hukou reform
The Diplomat, July 31, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/07/china-announces-limited-hukou-reform/

China Focus: Hukou reforms to help 100 mln Chinese
People's Daily, July 30, 2014
english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0730/c90882-8762952.html

For more on hukou, see:
Parallel submission in advance of the review of the People’s Republic of China’s second report on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Human Rights in China, March 2014
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CESCR/Shared%20Documents/CHN/INT_CESCR_CSS_CHN_16730_E.pdf

Hukou (户口)

中国将建城乡统一户口登记制度 取消蓝印户口等 (China to unify urban-rural household registration systems)
China News, July 30, 2014
www.chinanews.com/gn/2014/07-30/6439850.shtml

Related:
China relaxes household registration in bid to urbanise 100 million rural migrants
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1562776/china-relaxes-household-registration-bid-urbanise-100-million

See State Council notice:
国务院关于进一步推进户籍制度改革的意见 (Issues concerned on Advancing the Reform of the Household Registration System)
State Council, July 30, 2014
www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2014-07/30/content_8944.htm

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

China's booming real estate market finally begins to slide
National Public Radio, July 10, 2014
http://www.npr.org/2014/07/10/329081682/chinas-booming-real-estate-market-finally-begins-to-slide

Hukou (户口)

Go south to Guangzhou, a “home” away from home
去广州吧，没户口也能成家
The New York Times, July 10, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140710/c10guangzhou/dual/

Hukou (户口)

户改意见出台 重点在农民工市民化 (Guideline on the reform of household registration system issued, focusing on providing urban citizenship to rural migrant workers)
Caixin, July 1, 2014
http://china.caixin.com/2014-07-01/100698285.html

Opinion (观点)

北京最严格入学政策的暴力本质 (The violent nature of Beijing’s most stringent enrollment policy)
Financial Times, June 27, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001056963

河南把艾滋病毒检测纳入大专院校新生入学体检范围 (Henan to include HIV/AIDS test in health examination of newly admitted students)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/aw-06262014144108.html

Labor (劳工)

广东7月起农民工失业保险将享受与城镇职工同等待遇 (Rural migrant workers in Guangdong to enjoy unemployment insurance on equal footing with urban employees)
Xinhua, June 23, 2014
economy.caijing.com.cn/2014-06-23/114284344.html

Guangdong labor bill puts HK companies, workers at odds
角力劳工集体协商
Caixin, June 23, 2014
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2014-06-23/100694079.html
CH: http://magazine.caixin.com/2014-06-13/100690126.html