Access to Information (信息公开)

China pushes inferno documentary into purgatory
Hong Kong Free Press, January 22, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/22/china-pushes-inferno-documentary-into-purgatory/

Pro-China posts spam Taiwan President-elect Tsai's Facebook
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 21, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35368930

Impose sanctions on Chinese state media say Reporters Without Borders
Hong Kong Free Press, January 21, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/21/impose-sanctions-on-chinese-state-media-say-reporters-without-borders/

Related:
RSF reiterates call for EU sanctions against CCTV and Xinhua
Reporters Without Borders, January 21, 2016
https://en.rsf.org/china-rsf-reiterates-call-for-eu-21-01-2016,48752.html

外交部：无国界记者一直对华恶意诋毁　不值一驳 (Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Reporters Without Borders has always intentionally vilified China, not worth refuting)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 22, 2016
http://gbcode.rthk.org.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1237601-20160122.htm

Six online shows popular with young people disappear from video websites
Caixin, January 21, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-01-21/100902223.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activist in China’s troubled Xinjiang region is handed 19 years in jail
Time, January
http://time.com/4189878/china-xinjiang-jail-zhang-haitao-uighur/

Charity workers in China say NGOs being “pulled out by the roots”
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1903724/charity-workers-china-say-ngos-being-pulled-out-roots

Chinese rights activist disappears during journey to seek political asylum
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-rights-activist-disappears-during-journey-to-seek-political-asylum-01212016165402.html

遭强拆七旬老太美领馆外放鞭炮诉冤 以“寻衅滋事”被起诉 (Woman in her 70s who set off firecrackers outside American Embassy to petition forced demolition is charged with “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-01212016093823.html

China law could trigger NGO exodus
中国法律或导致境外非政府组织大出逃
Voice of America, January 21, 2016
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/china-law-could-trigger-ngo-exodus/3155724.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-china-ngos-20160121/3157212.html

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft law on foreign NGOs undermines Chinese civil society and China’s international engagement
中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, September 17, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Glory days of Chinese steel leave behind abandoned mills and broken lives
The Guardian, January 22, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/chinese-steel-production-abandoned-mills-broken-lives

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Xi Jinping’s global cyber vision
The Diplomat, January 20, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/xi-jinpings-global-cyber-vision-for-the-future/

Hong Kong (香港)

英媒：中国“绑架”公民 欧盟不能坐视不理 (British media: EU cannot sit idly by as China "kidnaps" its citizens)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 21, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2016/01/160121_press_review

【上完CNN】《環時》社評斥《十年》苦肉計威逼大陸：帶給香港害處大過好處 (After CNN features HK movie “Ten Years,” Global Times accuses film as being “self-injury ploy” to threaten China, which will do more harm than good)
Apple Daily, January 22, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/enews/realtime/20160122/54675506

Hong Kong University class boycott continues amid anger over interference
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1903625/hong-kong-university-class-boycott-continues-amid-anger-over

Hong Kong slips one place in democracy rankings, as mainland rises
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1903613/hong-kong-slips-one-place-democracy-rankings-mainland-rises

For Hong Kong democrats, a deeper resonance in Taiwan's orderly election (+video)
Christian Science Monitor, January 21, 2016
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2016/0121/For-Hong-Kong-democrats-a-deeper-resonance-in-Taiwan-s-orderly-election-video

Hong Kong government under growing pressure to stall copyright bill as time runs short for key discussions
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1903720/hong-kong-government-under-growing-pressure-stall-copyright

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

China finally centralizes its space, cyber, information forces
The Diplomat, January 20, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/china-finally-its-centralizes-space-cyber-information-forces/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong is no longer important: Missing booksellers case proves we have become insignificant in Beijing’s eyes
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1903692/hong-kong-no-longer-important-missing-booksellers-case

China uses foreigners’ televised confessions to serve its own ends
The New York Times, January 22, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/world/asia/china-confession-cctv.html

Visualizing China’s anti-corruption campaign
ChinaFile, January 21, 2016
https://www.chinafile.com/multimedia/infographics/visualizing-chinas-anti-corruption-campaign

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Detained Swedish NGO worker Peter Dahlin’s colleague refutes accusation that his group endangered China’s security
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1903454/detained-swedish-ngo-worker-peter-dahlins-colleague

Treatment of foreigners in China a “worrying trend,” E.U. envoy says
外国人在华遭遇引发欧盟关切
The New York Times, January 21, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/world/asia/china-eu-schweisgut.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160121/c21euchina/

Access to Information (信息公开)

中纪委驻教育部纪检组长:加强监督高校教师传播不当言论 (Head of the Discipline Inspection Commission based inside MOE: Increase supervision and inspection of university professors who disseminate “unsuitable” views)
China Court, January 21, 2016
http://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2016/01/id/1797352.shtml

Fresh doubts raised over reliability of China’s latest GDP figures
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1903425/fresh-doubts-raised-over-reliability-chinas-latest-gdp-figures

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

New controls on Tibetan language study in Qinghai's Pema County
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/controls-01202016160851.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese jailers abuse Uyghur inmate for not speaking Mandarin
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/chinese-jailers-abuse-uyghur-inmate-for-not-speaking-mandarin-01202016171741.html

Where Is Wang Qishan as brokers become corruption targets?
Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/01/18/where-is-wang-qishan-as-brokers-become-corruption-targets/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Facebook makes an app that can bypass China's censors
CNN, January 20, 2016
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/20/technology/facebook-android-tor/index.html

China is blocking circumvention tools with help of cloud service providers
Global Voices, January 20, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/01/20/china-is-blocking-circumvention-tools-with-help-of-cloud-service-providers/

Sina Weibo ends 140-character limit ahead of Twitter
British Broadcasting Corporation,
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35361157

Hong Kong (香港)

Timeline: Hong Kong’s missing booksellers and what has happened so far
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1903405/timeline-hong-kongs-missing-booksellers-and-what-has

Related:
【書店5人失蹤】《前哨》員工東莞探親曾遭帶走問機密　總編輯：我未驚過，行得正，企得正 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] “Frontline” staffer interrogated during visit home to Dongguan, Chief Editor says, “I’m not afraid. I’ve done nothing wrong”)
Mingpao, January 21, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160121/s00001/1453359914514

Serving Hong Kong police officers hit out at missing booksellers investigation
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1903505/serving-hong-kong-police-officers-hit-out-missing

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Europe must not let China act with impunity
Financial Times, January 20, 2016
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/136282aa-bf70-11e5-846f-79b0e3d20eaf.html#axzz3xu0fQyor

Truth, lies and “confession” tape: Why HK must resist Communist Party obfuscation
Hong Kong Free Press, January 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/20/truth-lies-and-confession-tape-why-hk-must-resist-communist-party-obfuscation/

Beijing’s televised confessions
China File, January 21, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/beijings-televised-confessions

大家谈中国：“零败诉”中国的举世悲哀 (Talk about China: Trend of Chinese local governments “never losing a lawsuit” a woe for all the world)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 20, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/comments_on_china/2016/01/160120_coc_china_government_zero-lost

How will mainland China respond to Taiwan’s elections?
The Diplomat, January 21, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/how-will-mainland-china-respond-to-taiwans-elections/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Swedish activist Peter Dahlin paraded on China state TV for “scripted confession”
The Guardian, January 20, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/20/swedish-activist-peter-dahlin-paraded-on-china-state-tv-for-scripted-confession

Related:
中国官媒未审先判：瑞典嫌犯“危害国家安全”被抓 (Chinese state media’s verdict without trial: Swedish suspect arrested for “endangering national security”)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/jz-01192016105327.html

Police smashes illegal organization jeopardizing China's national security
我国执法部门破获一起危害国家安全案件　彼得等犯罪嫌疑人被依法采取刑事强制措施
Xinhua, January 19, 2016
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/19/c_135025088.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2016-01/19/c_1117827737.htm

[视频] 中国执法部门破获一起危害国家安全案件 ([Video] Chinese police uncover illegal organization jeopardizing China's national security)
CCTV, January 20, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z-gP7GReBQ

Treatment of foreigners in China a “worrying trend,” E.U. envoy says
The New York Times, January 19, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/world/asia/china-eu-schweisgut.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China's growth data—can you trust it?
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 19, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35341869

铜锣湾书店事件疑虑未消 广电总局宣布扶植千家实体书店 (Misgivings about Causeway Bay bookstore incident hardly over, China’s media regulatory agency announces it will subsidize 1,000 bookstores)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl2-01192016103909.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibet: Village surveillance, grassland degradation, and living Buddha registration
China Digital Times, January 19, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/no-end-to-tibet-surveillance-program/

Taking China’s fight against AIDS online
The Diplomat, January 17, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/taking-chinas-fight-against-aids-online/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Taiwan-based “clean-handed rising star” suddenly falls under China’s anti-graft probe after being tipped for higher office
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1903294/taiwan-based-clean-handed-rising-star-suddenly-falls

China to prosecute two former top officials for corruption, including head of Shanghai’s free-trade zone
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1902836/china-prosecute-two-former-top-officials-corruption

China jails former party chief of Xinjiang's capital for graft
Reuters, January 19, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-xinjiang-idUSKCN0UY092

Hong Kong (香港)

China accounts for two missing booksellers amid calls for further probes in Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/booksellers-01192016124739.html

Related:
失踪逾3月泰国声称在查桂民海为何无出境纪录 (Gui Minhai missing for over 3 months, Thai authorities claim they are investigating why there is no record of him leaving the country)
Radio France Internationale, January 20, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160120-失踪逾3月泰国声称在查桂民海为何无出境纪录

Hong Kong politicians urge mainland Chinese authorities to “stop keeping everyone in dark” about missing Causeway Bay booksellers
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1903275/hong-kong-politicians-urge-mainland-chinese-authorities

EU, UK, Sweden urge China to disclose information about Hong Kong missing publishers
Hong Kong Free Press, January 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/20/eu-sweden-urge-china-to-disclose-information-about-hong-kong-missing-publishers/

HKU students to boycott class to demand reform of Council’s structure
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/19/hku-students-to-boycott-class-to-demand-reform-of-councils-structure/

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

China fears grow among U.S. businesses
Financial Times, January 20, 2016
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/de8761f4-bf38-11e5-9fdb-87b8d15baec2.html#axzz3xnk7sjWx

Related:
Smog, censorship, antiforeign sentiment: U.S. firms’ China woes
The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/01/20/smog-censorship-antiforeign-sentiment-u-s-firms-china-woes/