Access to Justice (司法公正)

China pastor who resisted cross removals jailed for corruption
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 26, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35673952

Related:
宗教维权受压：牧师包国华判监14年 律师张凯「被认罪」 (Religious rights defenders repressed: Pastor Bao Guohua sentenced for 14 years, lawyer Zhang Kai forced to “confess”)
Radio France Internationale, February 27, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160227-宗教维权受压：牧师包国华判监14年-律师张凯「被认罪」

2015 another difficult year for criminal defendants, data show
Caixin, February 26, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-26/100913241.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China state broadcaster takes over Oscars live stream
China Film Insider, February 29, 2016
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-state-broadcaster-takes-over-oscars-live-stream/

Cyberspace Administration of China orders websites to shut Ren Zhiqiang's accounts
Fei Chang Dao, February 28, 2016
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2016/02/cyberspace-administration-of-china.html

China closes 580 social media accounts for spreading “rumor”
The Hindu, February 27, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-closes-580-social-media-accounts-for-spreading-rumour/article8289748.ece

Peering through the haze of China’s economic data
The New York Times, February 27, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/world/asia/china-economy-outlook.html

Five things China’s censors cut from a famous American scholar’s book
The Washington Post, February 26, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/26/five-things-chinas-censors-cut-from-fukuyamas-book-on-governance/

国际记者联盟谴责中国判藏人作家珠洛有罪 (International Federation of Journalists denounces China for convicting Tibetan writer Druklo)
Voice of America, February 29, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ifj-20160226/3209220.html

广电总局严管网络剧 中国网友批“锁国” (Chinese netizens criticizes the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television’s tight control on Internet dramas as “locking up the country”)
Radio France Internationale, February 29, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160229-广电总局严管网络剧-中国网友批“锁国”

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's pollution problem gets hairy with “nose-tache” to filter smog
The Guardian, February 29, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/29/chinas-pollution-problem-gets-hairy-as-activists-reveal-nose-tache-to-filter-smog

Strikes and workers’ protests multiply in China, testing party authority
Washington Post, February 24, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/strikes-and-workers-protests-multiply-in-china-testing-party-authority/2016/02/24/caba321c-b3c8-11e5-8abc-d09392edc612_story.html

China tightens censorship of online TV programs days after suspending shows featuring gay love, excessive sex and violence
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1918020/china-tightens-censorship-online-tv-programmes-days-after

China’s feminist school club: the Beijing students talking equality on their lunch break
The Guardian, February
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2016/feb/27/china-feminist-school-club-beijing-students-equality-lunch-break

China's army of petitioners invades Beijing ahead of annual congress
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-army-of-petitioners-invades-beijing-ahead-of-annual-congress-02262016130812.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

CPC to drill members in self-discipline, socialist values
Xinhua, February 28, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/28/c_135138601.htm

Former energy official says police tortured him into confessing
Caixin, February 25, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-25/100912688.html

“Rising star” PLA rear admiral Wang Yu under investigation for corruption
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1918024/rising-star-pla-rear-admiral-wang-yu-under

Son of corrupt Communist Party official admits accepting nearly 1 million yuan in bribes...but blames it on his father
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1917239/son-corrupt-communist-party-official-admits-accepting-nearly-1m

China to prosecute two senior officials from Xinjiang over graft
Reuters, February 29, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-xinjiang-idUSKCN0W20FK

U.S. congressman: China's worsening human rights record harms its world standing
Voice of America, February 26, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-congressman-says-china-worsening-human-rights-record-harms-its-world-standing/3210605.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Missing booksellers “operated illegal business”, but could return to HK soon—state media
Hong Kong Free Press, February 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/29/58042/

Hong Kong protests student leaders go on trial
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 29, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35684340

Related:
This 19-year-old started a massive protest movement in Hong Kong—and now the government is putting him on trial
Business Insider, February 29, 2016
http://www.businessinsider.com/joshua-wong-interview-trial-protest-movement-hong-kong-2016-2

By-election 2016: The rise and rise of Hong Kong Indigenous
Hong Kong Free Press, February 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/29/by-election-2016-the-rise-and-rise-of-hong-kong-indigenous/

Related:
【短片：新東補選】黃成智承認落敗：中間路線艱難　梁天琦：本土理念不是小眾 ([Video: New Territories East by-election] Nelson Wong admits failure: Hard to pursue the mid-way; Edward Leung: Localist concept is not minority)
Ming Pao, February 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160229/s00001/1456684332447

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

政治光譜的新形勢 (The new situation of the political spectrum)
Ming Pao, February 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160229/s00022/1456718268575

Access to Justice (司法公正)

《证券法》修订将继续列入今年立法计划 (Amendment to the securities law will continue to be included in this year's legislative plan)
STCN, February 23, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/finance/2016-02/23/c_128742492.htm

China jails Protestant pastor couple for 12, 14 years
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/couple-02252016120231.html

Chinese Christian rights lawyer accused of “masterminding illegal religious gatherings”, says state-run website
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1917158/chinese-christian-rights-lawyer-accused-masterminding

Related:
Beijing human rights lawyer Zhang Kai “admits” disrupting social order in latest state TV “confession”
Hong Kong Free Press, February 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/26/beijing-human-lawyer-zhang-kai-admits-disrupting-social-order-latest-state-tv-confession/

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, February 5, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Access to Information (信息公开)

证监会回复：未获取关于熔断的4861条具体反馈意见和建议 (CSRC responds to OGI request: Never received 4,861 specific comments and suggestions concerning circuit breaker)
Economic Observer Online, February 25, 2016
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2016/0225/283413.shtml

贵州创新政府信息公开方式：让权力公开“不含糊” (Guizhou innovates OGI methods: Let openness of public authorities be “unambiguous”)
China National Radio, February 25, 2016
http://china.cnr.cn/ygxw/20160225/t20160225_521466970.shtml

China’s central bank defends halting publication of sensitive financial data as record amounts of capital flow out country
South China Morning Post, February26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1917178/chinas-central-bank-defends-halting-publication-sensitive

Related:
As China’s economic picture turns uglier, Beijing applies airbrush
习近平强化经济数据审查，打压不利评论
The New York Times, February 26, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/business/international/china-data-slowing-economy.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20160225/c25chinacrackdown/

网信办：中国去年关闭近五千网站 (Cyberspace Administration of China: China closed down around 5,000 websites last year)
Radio France Internationale, February 25, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160225-网信办：中国去年关闭近五千网

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Guangzhou authorities force steel workers to end one week strike
China Labor Bulletin, February 26, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/guangzhou-authorities-force-steel-workers-end-one-week-strike

Government Accountability (政府问责)

高炎龙申请国家赔偿案开审, 要求按最高标准赔偿 (Gao Yanlong, imprisoned 7 years for murder in a case that did not reach trial, seeks highest level of compensation)
Jing Hua Times, February 25, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160225/n438421849.shtml

Outspoken Chinese real estate mogul becomes latest target of Party wrath
China Change, February 26, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/02/26/outspoken-chinese-real-estate-mogul-becomes-latest-target-of-party-wrath/

China’s anti-corruption body warns “disloyal” cadres over “small” indiscretions
Hong Kong Free Press, February 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/26/chinas-anti-corruption-body-warns-disloyal-cadres-over-small-indiscretions/

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

Tibet closed to foreigners again but tourism booms
The Cable News Network, February 25, 2016
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/24/travel/china-tibet-tourism/

Related:
Tibet to be closed to foreign visitors at the end of February
The Tibet Post, January 31, 2016
http://thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/4888-tibet-to-be-closed-to-foreign-visitors-at-the-end-of-february

Lockdown of Tibet: closure to foreigners deepens isolation
International Federation for Human Rights, February 25, 2016
https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/china/tibet/lockdown-of-tibet-closure-to-foreigners-deepens-isolation

三月份敏感期到来, 西藏实行“封闭令” 汉族游客不受限制 (On eve of March sensitive period, Tibet implements closure order, exempting Han tourists)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-02252016131240.html

国际声援西藏运动主席马特奥在台湾谈西藏议题 (President of International Campaign for Tibet Matteo talks about Tibetan issues in Taiwan)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hx1-02252016101320.html

Interview: “You cannot call that terrorist simply because many people died”
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-gauthier-02252016144508.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

湖南全力推动政法工作上新台阶 (Hunan spares no efforts in pushing forward political and legal affairs work to new stage)
China Youth Online, February 24, 2016
http://www.csrc.gov.cn/pub/shanxi/xxfw/tzzsyd/jczs/201512/t20151229_289222.htm

特殊人群服务管理改革, 宜宾综合试点成效显著 (Outstanding results in Yibin (Sichuan) comprehensive pilot program for reform of services management for vulnerable populations)
Li Dan, February 25, 2016
http://roll.sohu.com/20160225/n438413316.shtml

Brother denied right to visit Ilham Tohti, moderate Uighur scholar sentenced to life in prison
China Change, February 24, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/02/24/brother-denied-visitation-of-ilham-tohti-moderate-uighur-scholar-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/

Access to Information (信息公开)

证监会回应熔断信息公开申请, 称信息在交易所 (CSRC’s response to OGI request on circuit breaker: information is held by stock exchanges)
Caixin, February 24, 2016
http://stock.qq.com/a/20160224/057326.htm

Related:
指数熔断机制 (The circuit breaker mechanism)
China Securities Regulatory Commission, December 29, 2015
http://www.csrc.gov.cn/pub/shanxi/xxfw/tzzsyd/jczs/201512/t20151229_289222.htm

北京律所申请公开熔断规定发布前征求的意见 (Beijing law firm seeks disclosure of opinions received before launch of circuit breaker mechanism)
Caixin, January 7, 2016
http://m.finance.caixin.com/m/2016-01-07/100897162.html

对政府信息公开要重视实证研究 (Empirical research is key for open government information)
Procuratorate Daily, February 23, 2016
http://law.southcn.com/c/2016-02/23/content_142805394.htm

政务公开不应止于信息公开 (Making public the work of government does not stop at open government information)
People’s Daily, February 23, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0223/c1001-28141103.html

Chinese president continues to expand media controls
Voice of America, February 24, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-president-continues-to-expand-media-controls/3204721.html

中国走红同性恋题材网络剧被迫下架 (Famed Chinese online gay drama pulled from Internet)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 24, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/02/160224_online_gay_drama_china

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Parents sacked during China’s one-child policy petition Beijing for their jobs back
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1916507/parents-sacked-during-chinas-one-child-policy-petition

劳维人士家属屡遭当局骚扰 何晓波妻女被软禁 孟晗女友遭逼迁 (Families of labor activists repeatedly harassed by authorities, He Xiaobo’s wife and daughter under house arrest, Meng Han’s girlfriend evicted)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-02242016104836.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

服务大局服务发展, 广东晒出开年政法工作“清单” (Serve the overall situation and development, Guangdong unveils its annual “to do” list for politics and law work)
Legal Daily, February 23, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160223/Articel01010GN.htm

最高法已就念斌国家赔偿申诉立案, 申诉未提精神抚慰金 (SPC accepts Nian Bin state compensation appeal which does not include compensation for emotional harm)
China Youth Online, February 24, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2016/02-24/7770844.shtml

To curb graft in Guangzhou, it takes a village
Caixin, February 24, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-24/100912074.html

国际特赦批评中国控制升级及镇压更严厉 (Amnesty International criticizes China for heightened control and more severe crackdown)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-02242016101622.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

贵阳大数据产业规模总量有望达1300亿元 (Big data industry in Guiyang expected to reach RMB 130 billion)
Legal Daily, February 23, 2016
http://58.42.249.98/epaper/gzrb/Content/20160224/Articel02005WD.htm

Chinese social media platform plays a role in U.S. rallies for NYPD officer
The Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2016
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-liang-protests-20160224-story.html

Tourism officials in southern China embrace Western social media sites like Twitter, YouTube that are banned at home
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1916158/tourism-officials-southern-china-embrace-western-social-media

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong outrage over Chinese subtitle switch
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 24, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35647861

Related:
“Radicals” debating simplified Chinese are “irrational” and “impolite” says state media
Hong Kong Free Press, February 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/25/politicising-simplified-chinese-debate-irrational-and-impolite-says-state-media/

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong back in court to face protest charges
Channel NewsAsia, February 25, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hong-kong-activist-joshua/2546908.html

Foreign Correspondents’ Club “troubled” by China’s failure to explain missing booksellers
Hong Kong Free Press, February 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/25/foreign-correspondents-club-troubled-by-failure-to-explain-missing-booksellers/

Hong Kong braces for weaker growth as “political volatility” strains economy
Reuters, February 24, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-budget-idUSKCN0VX0SN

Hong Kong's missing booksellers: a timeline of events
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/video/hong-kong/1915913/hong-kongs-missing-booksellers-timeline-events

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

China's Xinjiang to use entertainment, possibly singing and dancing, in terror fight
Reuters, February 24, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKCN0VY0CI

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Chinese growing social inequality prompts stronger social control
The Jamestown Foundation, February
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=45126&no_cache=1#.Vs5_t01-MdV

China's Cultural Revolution must be confronted
Al Jazeera, February 24, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/china-cultural-revolution-confronted-mao-zedong-160224101340248.html

China’s newsrooms serve as President Xi’s loyal mouthpieces
Washington Post, February 23, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-newsrooms-serve-as-president-xis-loyal-mouthpieces/2016/02/23/e5b1956c-d9af-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html

China’s increasingly muffled press
The New York Times, February 25, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/opinion/chinasincreasingly-muffled-press.html

A guide to China’s new online publishing rules for foreign media
Crunch Media, February 23, 2016
http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/23/a-guide-to-chinas-new-online-publishing-rules-for-foreign-media/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China moves ahead with trial of Guizhou church members
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/trial-02232016110056.html