Prominent dissident makes a criminal complaint against three judges in Guangdong
China Change, January 8, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/01/08/prominent-dissident-makes-a-criminal-complaint-against-three-judges-in-guangdong/
China jails tortured rights lawyer for six months amid protests
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-jails-tortured-rights-lawyer-for-six-months-amid-protests-01082016101746.html
上海加强管控媒体 令避人事变动等政治敏感议题 (Shanghai to tighten media control, issues order to avoid sensitive political topics such as personnel changes)
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1522ee650d9b91a/shang-hai-jia-qiang-guan-kong-mei-ti-ling-bi-ren-shi-bian-dong-deng-zheng-zhi-min-gan-yi-ti
国新办就全面二孩及计生管理情况举行发布会 (State Council Info Office holds press conference on comprehensive two-child policy and birth control management)
Sina News, January 11, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2016-01-11/doc-ifxnkkuy7874744.shtml
Strikes and protests by China’s workers soar to record heights in 2015
China Labor Bulletin, January 7, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/strikes-and-protests-china%E2%80%99s-workers-soar-record-heights-2015
China arrests four labor activists amid crackdown on dissent, lawyers say
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1899794/china-arrests-four-labour-activists-amid-crackdown
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被抓劳维人士四批捕两取保 矛头直指番禺打工族 (Among labor activists taken away, 4 arrested, 2 out on bail, attack directed at Panyu labor group)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01102016104802.html
Hotel in China bans spoken Tibetan, backs off after outcry
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-01082016163707.html
Chinese billionaire Zhou Chengjian goes missing
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 8, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35261090
China makes 5 more arrests over deadly Shenzhen landslide: Xinhua
Channel NewsAsia, January 9, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-makes-5-more/2411606.html
Chinese official who oversaw hospital demolition fired
The Washington Post, January 10, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-official-who-oversaw-hospital-demolition-fired/2016/01/10/913d35e0-b75e-11e5-8abc-d09392edc612_story.html
Vanishing freedoms? Disappearance of bookseller Lee Bo raises questions about jurisdiction and rights in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1899660/vanishing-freedoms-disappearance-bookseller-lee-bo-raises
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李波再报平安冀外界不要大造文章否则“怎回香港” (Lee Bo reiterates he is safe and sound, hopes public will stop making a fuss, which would affect his chances of returning to Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, January 10, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160110-李波再报平安冀外界不要大造文章否则“怎回香港” Thousands rally to demand answers from Beijing over missing HK publishers
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/10/thousands-rally-to-demand-answers-from-beijing-over-missing-hk-publishers/ People of Hong Kong seek international support on missing bookseller
The Telegraph, January 10, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/12091571/People-of-Hong-Kong-seek-international-support-on-missing-bookseller.html
Hong Kong police reveal details of couple detained by mainland authorities after being kidnapped to China
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1899702/hong-kong-police-reveal-details-couple-detained-mainland
Police increase checks of Uyghur smartphone users in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/police-increase-checks-of-smartphone-users-in-xinjiang-01082016133532.html
“If anything happens…:” Meeting the now-detained human rights lawyers
China Change, January 10, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/01/10/if-anything-happens-meeting-the-now-detained-human-rights-lawyers/
中国不应视公民社会组织为威胁 (China should not see civil societies as threats)
Financial Times, January 11, 2016
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001065678
Down but not out: six months after China crackdown, human rights lawyers strike back
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/08/down-but-not-out-six-months-after-china-crackdown-human-rights-lawyers-strike-back/
人权组织吁中国释放律师和活动人士 (Human Rights Watch urges China to release lawyers and activists)
Voice of America, January 7, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-hrw-calling-china-to-free-38-detained-lawyers-activists-20160107/3135159.html
Journalist detained a year is told he's ineligible for payout
Caixin, January 7, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-01-07/100897238.html
中国拆十字架运动进入2016年 (China’s “cross-removal movement” enters 2016)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-01072016104423.html
“Punishment better than words”: China’s top graft-buster vows no let-up in hunt for corrupt “tigers”
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1898971/punishment-better-words-chinas-top-graft-buster-vows-no
Ordinary Chinese “won't benefit” from Beijing's two-child policy
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/policy-01072016105847.html
Former Chinese steel boss expelled from Party for graft
Channel NewsAsia, January 8, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/former-chinese-steel-boss/2409342.html
A “year of innovation” for Internet controls
China Media Project, January 7, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/01/07/39575/
Breaking Hong Kong law to enforce Chinese law OK, state media says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/07/breaking-hong-kong-law-to-enforce-chinese-law-ok-state-media-says/
Many in Hong Kong fear Beijing’s reach after editor and colleagues disappear
The New York Times, January 8, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/world/asia/hong-kong-lee-bo-bookseller-china.html
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香港5000人拟游行抗议禁书店5人被失踪 (5,000 Hongkongers to march to protest banned booksellers’ disappearance)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-01072016105636.html “Extremely worried” EU urges Hong Kong to investigate booksellers’ disappearance
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/08/extremely-worried-eu-urges-hong-kong-to-investigate-booksellers-disappearance/
China’s first counter-terror law and its implications for Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet, January 7, 2016
https://www.savetibet.org/chinas-first-counter-terror-law-and-its-implications-for-tibet/
Conspiracies, commentaries and scandal: see the banned titles in the spotlight after bookseller disappearances
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1898986/conspiracies-commentaries-and-scandal-see-banned-titles
Assessing China’s plan to build Internet power
ChinaFile, January 7, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/media/assessing-chinas-plan-build-internet-power
China’s new anti-terror law highlights tensions between national security and digital privacy
IP Watchdog, January 3, 2016
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/01/03/china-anti-terror-law/id=64396/
China’s first marriage equality case accepted by court
China Digital Times, January 6, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/chinas-first-marriage-equality-case-accepted-by-court/
提前出版引發轟動 (Published ahead of schedule, “One-Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment” creates a stir)
Sing Tao Daily, January 6, 2016
http://www.singtaousa.com/623060/post-提前出版引發轟動/?variant=zh-hk&fs=16
”The Zhaos”—The demarcation of a divide
China Change, January 6, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/01/06/the-zhaos-the-demarcation-of-a-divide/
Tibetan monk detained, warned over plans to publish book
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/book-01062016131742.html
The decline of independent journalism in China
The Diplomat, January 7, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/the-decline-of-independent-journalism-in-china/
中国首例同性恋婚权案立案 当事人遭警察登门调查 (Plaintiff of China’s first case of right to same-sex marriage gets a visit from police at home)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/xl1-01062016101934.html
著名摄影家徐勇记载六四的摄影集《底片》首次在欧洲出版 (Famed photographer Xu Yong’s June Fourth memorial photo collection, “Negatives,” released in Europe for first time)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-01062016101707.html
山东访民强拆上访 一家三口被判刑 (Shandong family of 3 is sentenced for petitioning forced demolition)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gys-01062016145503.html
Senior official from Qinghai stands trial over bribery
Xinhua, January 6, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/06/c_134984143.htm
CES 2016: Netflix chief says he will follow Apple into China
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35249033
中国持续加强网络管控 (China continues to intensify Internet control)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yl-01062016102711.html
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China vows to make Party's voice strongest in cyberspace
Xinhua, January 7, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/07/c_134986363.htm