Access to Information (信息公开)

No news is bad news: How the Communist Party creates the world’s most-watched TV news show
The Economist, February 6, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21690099-how-communist-party-creates-worlds-most-watched-tv-news-show-no-news-bad-news

Class ideology: China’s education chiefs order schools to roll out patriotic campaign on new media
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1911336/class-ideology-chinas-education-chiefs-order-schools

China Says Its Students, Even Those Abroad, Need More ‘Patriotic Education’
The New York Times, February 10, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/world/asia/china-patriotic-education.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese activists send cards to political prisoners at New Year
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-activists-send-cards-to-political-prisoners-at-new-year-02102016112344.html/

CCTV’s New Year Gala draws critique: More monkey, less propaganda
The Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/02/08/cctvs-new-year-gala-draws-critique-more-monkey-less-propaganda/?mod=WSJBlog

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's business community is “freaked out” over China's crackdown
The Guardian, February 9, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/10/hong-kongs-business-community-freaking-out-over-chinas-crackdown

中国教育部要求加大对港澳台爱国主义教育 被批强把“爱党”作“爱国”(Chinese Education Ministry’s call for more “patriotic” education in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan criticized as enforced “love of the Party” as “patriotism”)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/yf2-02102016103012.html

香港教育局提倡学生认读简体字引发争议 (Hong Kong Education Bureau’s suggestion to promote reading of simplified characters stirs controversy)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-02102016102827.html

China/Hong Kong: Free “disappeared” booksellers
Human Rights Watch, February 10, 2016
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/02/10/china/hong-kong-free-disappeared-booksellers

Localist group in Mong Kok violence unlikely to make headway in Hong Kong political arena
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1911866/localist-group-mong-kok-violence-unlikely-make-headway-hong

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China: Pastor released from “black jail” after opposing cross demolitions
Christian Today, February 9, 2016
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/china.pastor.released.from.black.jail.after.opposing.cross.demolitions/79129.htm

Tibetan man who refused to fly Chinese flag dies in prison
Radio Free Asia, February 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-man-who-refused-to-fly-chinese-flag-dies-02082016154201.html

Related:
China and the CAT
中国和《禁止酷刑公约》
Human Rights in China, November 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/china-and-cat
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-he-jin-zhi-ku-xing-gong-yue

Access to Information (信息公开)

China has censored artwork about Tibet—at a fair in Bangladesh
Quartz, February 09, 2016
http://qz.com/612968/china-has-censored-artwork-about-tibet-at-a-fair-in-bangladesh/

Related:
自焚藏人遗书展出 中国大使发威 (Gallery in Bangladesh displays suicide notes from Tibetan self-immolators, Chinese ambassador’s disapproval results in notes being covered)
Voice of America, February 10, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tibetan-art-china-complaints-20160208/3182302.html

“My personal vendetta”: An Interview with Hong Kong Publisher Bao Pu
China File, January 22, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/library/nyrb-china-archive/my-personal-vendetta

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China: WHRDIC condemns closure of women’s legal aid center in China
World Organization Against Torture, February 9, 2016
http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent-interventions/china/2016/02/d23604/

Chinese petitioners ring in year of the monkey with protests
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-petitioners-ring-in-year-of-the-monkey-with-protests-02082016104052.html/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Retired officials urged to follow party's disciplinary regulations
中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅印发《关于进一步加强和改进离退休干部工作的意见》
Xinhua, February 4, 2016
EN: http://chinascope.org/main/content/view/7698/106/
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-02/04/c_1117995803.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

香港旺角大年初二发生激烈冲突 警察鸣枪 (Clashes break out over New Year’s celebrations in Mong Kok, police fire warning shots)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 9, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/02/160208_hk_police_stall_clash

Related:
Hong Kong riot police fire warning shots in bloody street clashes
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-idUSKCN0VH28E

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

China to give rewards for online “terrorist” tip-offs
China Business News, February 8, 2016
http://www.chinabusinessnews.com/2301-china-to-give-rewards-for-online-terrorist-tipoffs/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

A world of hurt: Poor China: so vast and so sensitive
The Economist, February 6, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21690097-poor-china-so-vast-and-so-sensitive-world-hurt

The return of fear-based governance in China
The Japan Times, February 9, 2016
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/02/09/commentary/world-commentary/return-fear-based-governance-china/#.VroQ1dIrKih

Lawyer-client meeting in “national security” cases in China
Jerry’s Blog, February 8, 2016
http://www.jeromecohen.net/jerrys-blog/2016/2/8/lawyer-client-meeting-in-national-security-cases-in-china

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国人权观察秘书长徐秦被“取保候审” 人权观察呼吁释放秦永敏
China releases Guangdong labor activist “on bail,” three still held
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2016
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02042016103623.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-zhuxiaomei-02042016125717.html

高瑜赴德就医受阻 (Gao Yu obstructed from going to Germany to seek medical treatment)
Deutsche Welle, February 5, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/高瑜赴德就医受阻/a-19028010

Related:
高瑜律师呼吁当局履行诺言批准高到海外就医 (Gao Yu’s lawyer urges the authorities to keep the promise and let Gao go overseas for medical treatment)
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-02042016104308.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

【書店5人失蹤】旅美作家自稱《習近平與他的情人們》作者　指賣書人無辜　稱該書已網上出版 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] Writer residing in U.S. who claims to be author of “Xi Jinping and His Lovers” says the booksellers are innocent and the book has already been published online)
Ming Pao, February 5, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160205/s00001/1454644904875

Amnesty Int’l calls for urgent action over missing journalist who “voluntarily” returned to China
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/04/amnesty-intl-calls-for-urgent-action-over-missing-journalist-who-voluntarily-returned-to-china/

Related:
China: Establish whereabouts of Li Xin (UA 24/16)
Amnesty International, February 3, 2015
http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now/china-establish-whereabouts-of-li-xin-ua-2416

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Women's rights crackdown exposes deepening crisis in Chinese society
The Guardian, February 5, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/05/china-womens-rights-crackdown-exposes-deepening-crisis-in-chinese-society

China's hip-hop stars feel the heat of Xi Jinping's battle to control culture
The Guardian, February 5, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/05/chinas-hip-hop-stars-feel-the-heat-of-xi-jinpings-battle-to-control-culture

Unpaid and angry, some Chinese workers ditch holidays to protest
Reuters, February 4, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-lunar-newyear-china-insight-idUSKCN0VD2ZJ

Government Accountability (政府问责)

共产党通过支付宝和腾讯 春节期间分发红包 (The Communist Party distributes “red envelopes” via Alipay and Tencent during Chinese New Year)
Radio France Internationale, February 5, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160205-共产党通过支付宝和腾讯-春节期间分发红包

Corruption found across China’s financial industry
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1909672/corruption-found-across-chinas-financial-industry

Another prominent Chinese official has been sacked as Xi Jinping tightens his grip on power
Quartz, February 5, 2016
http://qz.com/610785/another-prominent-chinese-official-has-been-sacked-as-xi-jinping-tightens-his-grip-on-power/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Report: China bolsters state hacking powers
Christian Science Monitor, February 4, 2016
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/2016/0204/Report-China-bolsters-state-hacking-powers

Hong Kong (香港)

粤公安证实铜锣湾书店5人统统在大陆手上 (Guangdong police confirms all 5 people from Causeway Bay Books are in mainland China)
Radio France Internationale, February 5, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160205-粤公安证实铜锣湾书店5人统统在大陆手上

Related:
Missing Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee is a “super book lover” who used to be boss of Causeway Bay Books
友人：林荣基是“超级爱书人” 桂敏海电脑护照已不见
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1909741/missing-hong-kong-bookseller-lam-wing-kee-super-book-lover
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/152afc7eef255cd/you-ren-lin-rong-ji-shi-chao-ji-ai-shu-ren-gui-min-hai-dian-nao-hu-zhao-yi-bu-jian

In China, books that make money, and enemies
The New York Times, February 7, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/business/international/in-china-books-that-make-money-and-enemies.html

The Hong Kong bookseller who's keeping “banned” books on his shelves
National Public Radio, February 3, 2016
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/02/03/465284407/the-hong-kong-bookseller-whos-keeping-banned-books-on-his-shelves

More shaky police testimony at hearings of Occupy-related cases
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/05/more-shaky-police-testimony-at-hearings-of-occupy-related-cases/

Education Bureau criticized after saying students should learn simplified Chinese
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/05/education-bureau-criticised-after-saying-students-should-learn-simplified-chinese/

Related:
【兼學簡體字？】教局文件提建議　家長反彈：可唔可以放過香港學生？ (Parents slam Education Bureau’s proposal about “learning simplified Chinese characters alongside”: Can you spare Hong Kong students?)
Ming Pao, February 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160204/s00001/1454563565474

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Open debate and trial of Chinese video-sharing site Qvod an encouraging sign of mainland legal reform
South China Morning Post, February 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1908862/open-debate-and-trial-chinese-video-sharing-site-qvod

【不要「種族歧視」「內地人」？】－由被種族清洗的港人角度說起 ([Do not hold “ethnic discrimination” towards “mainland people”?]—Discussing from the perspective of Hong Kong people being submitted to ethnic cleansing)
InMedia HK, February 4, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1040438

Access to Justice (司法公正)

One for all, and all for one: lawsuit of Chinese wheelchair users banned from flight “is for rights of all mainland’s 85 million disabled”
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1909277/one-all-and-all-one-lawsuit-chinese-wheelchair-users-banned

China resists harshly punishing those responsible for wrongful convictions
The New York Times, February 4, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/world/asia/china-wrongful-execution-huugjilt.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

“Censors have gone too far”: Influential voice of Deng Xiaoping era accuses China’s propaganda chiefs of too much intervention
South China Morning Post, February 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1909204/censors-have-gone-too-far-influential-voice-deng

中国四川炉霍县强制收缴达赖喇嘛画像 (Portraits of Dalai Lama confiscated in China’s Luhuo County, Sichuan)
Radio France Internationale, February 3, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160203-中国四川炉霍县强制收缴达赖喇嘛画像

中国官媒推出政治口号歌《四个全面》 被讽“洗脑神曲” (Chinese state media launches political slogan song “The Four Comprehensives,” ridiculed as “the divine brainwashing song”)
Radio Free Asia, February 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl2-02032016105238.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activist who vanished in Thailand is being held in China, says wife
The Guardian, February 3, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/03/activist-li-xin-vanished-in-thailand--held-in-china-says-wife

Related:
南都前编辑泰国上月失踪据称又“自愿回国”助查 (Former Southern Metropolis Daily editor disappeared in Thailand last month reportedly “returned to China on his own will” to assist investigation, similar to Lee Bo’s case)
Radio France Internationale, February 4, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160204-南都前编辑泰国上月失踪据称又“自愿回国”助查