Citizen Participation (公民参与)

广西白虎头村强拆升级 村民屋顶淋汽油吓退200武警 (Forced eviction in Guangxi Baihutou village escalated, villagers pour gasoline over rooftop to scare off 200 armed police officers)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-04242017104311.html

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

Censure of officials sheds light on sweeping surveillance measures in China’s restive Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2085710/censure-officials-sheds-light-sweeping-surveillance

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

China official admonishes fellow Uighur cadres for “anti-terror” failings
Reuters, April 5, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-security-idUSKBN1770G4

Related:
中国官员指责维吾尔干部“反恐”不力 (Chinese official blames Uyghur cadres for failing in “counterterrorism”)
Deutsche Welle, April 5, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国官员指责维吾尔干部反恐不力/a-38302024

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

Xinjiang police search Uyghur homes for “illegal items”
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/searches-04042017172301.html

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

新疆反恐举措已然违法? (Are counterterrorism measures in Xinjiang against the law?)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/yl-03312017131223.html

In “China’s Jerusalem”, “anti-terror cameras” the new cross for churches to bear
South China Morning Post, April 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2084169/chinas-jerusalem-anti-terror-cameras-new-cross-churches

China’s Xinjiang crackdown continues
The Diplomat, March 31, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/chinas-xinjiang-crackdown-continues/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Muslims in China's Tianjin protest decades of land sales, eviction
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hui-03282017104120.html

中國地下教會受迫害，有這麼簡單嗎？(Underground churches suppressed in China, is it that simple?)
New York Times, March 29, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170329/christ-china/zh-hant/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Report: Religious followers in China push back despite tightened controls
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/controls-02282017160611.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China tightens party loyalty requirements in sensitive year
Reuters, January 17, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-education-media-idUSKBN1510IF

Demolition, expulsions stop for now at Larung Gar
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/stop-01172017131906.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Hangzhou pastor who opposed cross removal arrested for embezzlement again
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/11/hangzhou-pastor-opposed-cross-removal-arrested-embezzlement/

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

Uyghur government workers ordered not to identify on forms as Muslim
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/identify-01042017162826.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese official’s wife jailed for taking 1.5 million yuan of bribes in new vaccine scandal
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2054876/chinese-officials-wife-jailed-taking-15-million-yuan

Too big, too Leninist—a China crisis is a matter of time
The Financial Times, December 13, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/6a1b4010-be4c-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080

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

年终报道：2016，信仰仍在风雨中飘摇 (Year-end report: Religions are still under repression)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/yearender-china-religion-20161215/3638163.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

凤凰网“严重违法违规” 北京网信办责令整改 (Phoenix website (ifeng) in "serious violation of the law," Beijing Internet Information Office orders rectification)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-12142016102407.html

Chinese Muslim website blocked after Xi letter
China Digital Times, December 14, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/popular-chinese-muslim-website-blocked-xi-letter/

Related:
Popular Chinese Muslim website down after posting letter critical of Xi
转发致习近平公开信 穆斯林网站被封
Reuters, December 14, 2016
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-china-censorship-islam-idUSKBN1431LC
CH:http://bit.ly/2hmuPzn

北京對藏人管制：靠信息封鎖過日子 (Beijing controls Tibetans basing on information blockade)
Radio France Internationale, December 14, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161215-北京對藏人管制：靠信息封鎖過日子

三名藏人因涉嫌传播自焚视频被捕 (Three Tibetans arrested for spreading the video of a Tibetan’s self-immolation)
Voice of America, December 14, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/tibet-self-immolation-20161213/3635001.html

VOA连线(王亚秋)：报告：中国关押记者人数世界第二多(CPJ Annual Report: Number of journalists detained in China is 2nd largest in world)
Voice of America, December 14, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/VOAWeishi-20161214-VOAConnects/3635890.html

Nassim Nicholas Taleb hits out at Chinese printers’ censorship of his book
The Guardian, December 14, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/14/nassim-nicholas-taleb-hits-out-at-chinese-printers-censorship-of-his-book

Miss World contestant who challenged China is allowed to speak once more
The New York Times, December 14, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/world/asia/anastasia-lin-miss-world-china-canada.html

China holds 38 journalists behind bars in 2016: Press freedom group
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-holds-38-journalists-behind-bars-in-2016-press-freedom-group-12142016104803.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖 (Wang Qiaoling, Chinese rights lawyer Li Heping’s wife, receives the Franco-German Human Rights Prize)
Deutsche Welle, December 2, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖/a-36617455

How many tragedies must there be before the union starts doing its job?
China Labor Bulletin, December 2, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/how-many-tragedies-must-there-be-union-starts-doing-its-job

China's rebellious Catholics
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38179337

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Citizen journalists’ detentions may foreshadow foreign NGO law
China Digital Times, December 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/citizen-journalists-detentions-may-foreshadow-foreign-ngo-law/

Related:
打压维权人士新一轮浪潮 (New wave of crackdown on rights defenders)
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/打压维权人士新一轮浪潮/a-36604214

“六四天网”创办人黄琦被拘4天其母下落不明 (Four days into arrest of Huang Qi, founder of rights website Tianwang, his mother missing)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12012016105054.html

Whistle-blowing AIDS doctor reflects on roots of epidemic in China
The New York Times, December 1, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/world/asia/world-aids-day-china-gao-yaojie.html

China and the Church: The “outlaw” do-it-yourself bishop
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38140492

成都可口可樂工人罷工遭武力鎮壓 職工盟到港總部抗議 (Chengdu Coca-Cola workers’ strike violently cracked down, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions protest at company’s head office in Hong Kong)
InMedia HK, December 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046205

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

Beijing demands Singapore abide by “one-China” principle after military vehicles seized in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2049769/beijing-demands-singapore-abide-one-china-principle

Religious extremism is spreading to inland China: Official
Channel NewsAsia, November 28, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/religious-extremism-is-spreading-to-inland-china-official/3325004.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's Christians vow to defy new rules banning organized worship
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/christians-rules-11172016111545.html

中国当局劫毁高智晟新书 耿和公布电子版抗议封锁 (Chinese authorities intercept and destroy Gao Zhisheng’s new book, his wife publishes electronic version to protest the blockade)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-11172016102836.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi Jinping becomes “core” leader of China
The Guardian, October 27, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/27/xi-jinping-becomes-core-leader-of-china

Related:
How Xi Jinping can use his new power as “core” of China’s Communist Party
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2040942/how-xi-jinping-can-use-his-new-power-core-chinas-communist-party

Word of the week: Core
China Digital Times, October 27, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/word-week-core/

在台藏人与民间团体声援西藏五明佛学院 (Tibetans and civil societies in Taiwan rally in support of Larung Gar in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, October 27, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx-10272016103419.html

Related:
美国人权委员会议员敦促中国停止拆除色达佛学院 (U.S. Human Rights Commission urges China to end demolitions of Larung Gar in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, October 27, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/xl2-10272016110334.html

联合国推动反核武 美英反对 中国弃权 (UN votes to launch talks on nuclear weapons ban, U.S., U.K. oppose and China abstains)
Deutsche Welle, October 28, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/联合国推动反核武-美英反对-中国弃权/a-36182111

Two senior Chinese officers expelled from Communist Party
Reuters, October 28, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-defence-idUSKCN12S0B3

And the award for “best corruption confession by a Chinese official” goes to…
Quartz, October 27, 2016
http://qz.com/820427/and-the-award-for-best-corruption-confession-by-a-chinese-official-goes-to/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Doctors, nurses strike in Shandong after murder of pediatrician
China Labor Bulletin, October 12, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/doctors-nurses-strike-shandong-after-murder-paediatrician

Protests outside Chinese defense ministry at army cuts
Associated Press, October 11, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/11/protests-outside-chinese-defence-ministry-beijing-at-army-cuts

Government Accountability (政府问责)

2 dueling visions of human rights in China
The Diplomat, October 6, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/2-dueling-visions-of-human-rights-in-china/

Related:
CECC releases 2016 annual report
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, October 6, 2016
https://www.cecc.gov/media-center/press-releases/cecc-releases-2016-annual-report

美國會年報批北京干預香港日趨頻密書店事件損一國兩制 (U.S. Congress annual report criticizes Beijing’s increasing interference in Hong Kong and the booksellers’ disappearances that harm One Country Two Systems)
Radio France Internationale, October 7, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161007-美國會年報批北京干預香港日趨頻密書店事件損一國兩制

泰國：黑色人權旅遊警示，與中國看齊 (Thailand deserves black human rights travel warning, following China’s example)
InMedia HK, October 7, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045047

Chinese officials swarm Larung Gar to target residents for eviction
Radio Free Asia, October 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/swarm-10062016132634.html

Chinese people optimistic about the future, says Pew survey
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-37570965

中國人有錢沒錢都夢想出國 擋都擋不住 (Chinese people, rich or not rich, all want to go abroad)
Radio France Internationale, October 6, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161006-中國人有點錢了就想離國-擋都擋不住

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s new religion law makes it easier for religion to be a security threat
Buzz Feed, October 5, 2016
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meghara/national-security-is-at-the-heart-of-chinas-new-religion-law

When in China, do as Chinese do: The unfortunate case of Professor Ilham Tohti
The Diplomat, October 5, 2016
http://thediplomat.com//2016/10/when-in-china-do-as-chinese-do-the-unfortunate-case-of-professor-ilham-tohti/#/.krGvkpVZ7b