Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese journalist to receive verdict Friday on charges of revealing state secrets
The New York Times, April 13, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/world/asia/chinese-journalist-to-receive-verdict-friday-on-charges-of-revealing-state-secrets.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

释放女权五姐妹：维护大国声誉与形象？(Will the release of the 5 feminists help to restore China’s reputation and image?)
Deutsche Welle, April 14, 2015
http://www.dw.de/释放女权五姐妹维护大国声誉与形象/a-18379907

Chinese police release feminist activists
The Guardian, April 13, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/13/chinese-police-free-three-of-five-feminist-activists

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Five detained women released on “guarantee pending further investigation”
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/hric-law-note-five-detained-women-released-guarantee-pending-further-investigation

Supporting women's rights in China
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Five Chinese feminists released, conditions attached: Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/feminists-04132015120909.html

Released Chinese feminists: Out of jail but not free
CNN, April 14, 2015
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/14/asia/china-feminists-release-jiang/

Tibetan monk detained, released pending trial
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/pending-04132015163314.html

Government Accountability, (政府问责)

Polluting regions summoned for talks
China Daily, April 14, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/14/content_20427409.htm

Related:
China to surpass U.S. as top cause of modern global warming
Reuters, April 13, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/13/us-climatechange-china-idUSKBN0N411H20150413

Hong Kong (香港)

Shenzhen cap of weekly cross-border trips greeted with caution in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1765843/shenzhen-cap-weekly-cross-border-trips-greeted-caution-hong-kong

Related:
中国限制深圳居民赴香港频次
China Limits neighbors’ visits to Hong Kong after smuggling complaint
The New York Times, April 14, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150414/c14visas/dual/

What are China's Shenzhen shoppers buying in Hong Kong?
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32283440

Dissident Hong Kong Democrat Nelson Wong quitting central committee “to protect the party”
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1765880/dissident-hong-kong-democrat-nelson-wong-quitting-central

Call for Xi Jinping to abide by Deng Xiaoping's blueprint for “one country, two systems”
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1765730/call-xi-jinping-abide-deng-xiaopings-blueprint-one-country-two

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China to intensify terror fight, enhance video security monitoring
Xinhua, April 13, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/13/c_134147748.htm

Related:
China to strengthen surveillance, security in anti-terror push
Reuters, April 13, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/14/us-china-security-idUSKBN0N507C20150414

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China unveils roadmap to judicial, social reform
进一步深化司法体制和社会体制改革
Beijing Review, April 10, 2015
EN: http://www.bjreview.com.cn/se/txt/2015-04/10/content_682505.htm
CH: http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150410/Articel01004GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Wanted: Ten million Chinese students to “civilize” the Internet
The Washington Post, April 10, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/04/10/wanted-ten-million-chinese-students-to-civilize-the-internet/

China orders news website to “improve censorship”
The Telegraph, April 12, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11530633/China-orders-news-website-to-improve-censorship.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

RT Lawyer @liangxiaojun: Lawyer Jiang Tianyong called Wu Rongrong’s husband, heard in background WRR going through “release” process

— HRIC 中国人权 (@hrichina) April 13, 2015

江天勇律师给武嵘嵘丈夫打电话，在电话里听到武嵘嵘正在办理取保候审手续。

— 梁小军 (@liangxiaojun) April 13, 2015

中国5名被拘女权人士其中3人已获释 (China releases five of the women's rights activists on bail)
Voice of America, April 11, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/women-rights-activists-await-formal-arrest-in-china/2715368.html

Related:

China releases three detained feminist activists
Agence France-Presse, April 11, 2015
https://ph.news.yahoo.com/china-releases-three-detained-feminist-activists-115329644.html

"女权五女"中三人获释 (Lawyer Liang Xiaojun explains conditions of released for the three women’s rights activists)
Deutshe Welle, April 13, 2015
http://dw.de/p/1F73Z

“Support them, not silence them,” Kerry tells China over 5 detained feminists
Cable News Network, April 11, 2015
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/11/china/china-kerry-women-activists/

Parents of detained Chinese feminists make last-minute plea for release
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1765009/parents-detained-chinese-feminists-make-last-minute-plea-release

香港多个团体促大陆释放五女权人士 (Multiple Hong Kong groups call for release of five Chinese women’s rights activists)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hk-feminism-04112015102454.html

The Beijing Five: Calls grow for release of Chinese feminists held without charge
Vice News, April 10, 2015
https://news.vice.com/article/the-beijing-five-calls-grow-for-release-of-chinese-feminists-held-without-charge

Supporting Women's Rights in China
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Police in China's Guangdong widen crackdown on activists, netizens
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/guangdong-police-widen-crackdown-on-netizens-04102015112959.html

Hundreds protest against pollution from south China coal plant
Reuters, April 12, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/12/us-china-environment-protest-idUSKBN0N30BK20150412

Government Accountability, (政府问责)

Beijing’s Olympic bid tests whether IOC is serious about reform
Washington Post, April 10, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/beijings-olympic-bid-tests-whether-ioc-is-serious-about-reform/2015/04/09/5e21930e-dc85-11e4-b6d7-b9bc8acf16f7_story.html

Inner Mongolian herders feel force of China’s hunger for minerals
The Guardian, April 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/10/inner-mongolia-pollution-grasslands-herders

Exploring the fun side of China’s war on corruption
The New York Times, April 10, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/exploring-the-fun-side-of-chinas-war-on-corruption/

Graft trial opens for former head of China's top energy group
Reuters, April 13, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/13/us-china-corruption-trial-idUSKBN0N403C20150413

Related:
Jiang Jiemin: China former energy chief on trial
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32245967

China says U.S. backs its campaign to hunt down “economic fugitives”
Reuters, April 11, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/11/us-china-usa-corruption-idUSKBN0N20AI20150411

ICTs and Human Rights, (信息技术与人权)

China is said to use powerful new weapon to censor Internet
The New York Times, April 10, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/technology/china-is-said-to-use-powerful-new-weapon-to-censor-internet.html

Related:
China may have broader web traffic tampering capabilities, group says
The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-may-have-broader-web-traffic-tampering-capabilities-group-says-1428673447

China’s hackers run 10-year spy campaign in Asia, report finds
The Wall Street Journal, April 8, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-hackers-run-10-year-spy-campaign-in-asia-report-finds-1428854482

Will Google’s certificate change hurt China’s e-economy?
IDG Connect, April 8, 2015
http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/9733/will-google-certificate-change-hurt-china-economy

Hong Kong (香港)

China to restrict visits by Shenzhen residents to Hong Kong: NPC deputy
Reuters, April 11, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/11/us-china-hongkong-visas-idUSKBN0N20H820150411

Activists in warning to parallel traders
The Standard, April 10, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?sid=44232483

Mong Kok protest found guilty of assault
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 10, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150410/news_20150410_56_1091070.htm

Andy Tsang defends water cannon purchase
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 11, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150411/news_20150411_56_1091291.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Face civil activists with courage
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1765024/china-must-face-civil-activists-courage-rather-heavy-hand

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China takes another step in improving rule of law
Caixin, April 8, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-04-08/100798366.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

共青團招攬千萬網絡大軍 中大浸大須交人九百 (Communist Youth League recruiting 10 million volunteers to guide public opinion online on behalf of CPC and rebut, rebuke, and report “wrong speech”)
Apple Daily, April 7, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150407/19103663

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国五位女权活动人士被北京警方正式申请批捕 (Beijing police submit official application for 5 Chinese feminists’formal arrest)
Radio France Internationale, April 10, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150410-中国五位女权活动人士被北京警方正式申请批捕/

Related:

Chinese police seeking charges against detained women’s activists, lawyer says
The New York Times, April 9, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/world/asia/china-detained-womens-rights-activists.html

Fighting for their rights landed these young Chinese feminists in jail
Cable News Network, April 10, 2015
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/10/asia/china-five-women-activists/index.html

Labor strikes surge in China
Voice of America, April 9, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/labor-strikes-surge-in-china/2712442.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China school abuse: Search for justice after son raped
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32193584

Former Chinese Central Bank Chief “helping graft probe”: Report
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-daixianglong-04092015144806.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Zombies in the cloud: The government tries to spruce up its online presence
The Economist, April 11, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21648052-government-tries-spruce-up-its-online-presence-zombies-cloud

Pentagon says it is moving to protect its cyber flanks
Foreign Policy, April 9, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/09/pentagon-says-it-is-moving-to-protect-its-cyber-flanks/

China’s Great Cannon
Citizen Lab, April 10, 2015
https://citizenlab.org/2015/04/chinas-great-cannon/

Hong Kong (香港)

Fears for Hong Kong's independent publishers after China book chain takeover
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-book-chain-takeover-04092015121452.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

言论自由是弥合社会分裂的基础 (Freedom of expression is key to bridging social divide)
Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2015
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20150410/ZQF171740.asp

Detained female activists illustrate contradiction in Chinese law reforms
Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/09/detained-female-activists-illustrate-contradiction-in-chinese-law-reforms/

女權五姊妹　代表草根與太子黨的衝突 (“The five feminists” case represents the conflict between grassroots and official movements)
Apple Daily, April 10, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150410/19107408

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人权律师浦志强案再次移送检察院 (Human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang’s case sent to procuratorate again)
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-04082015102356.html