Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese woman’s mundane query turns into surreal court scuffle
为证明“姐姐是姐姐”，她被拘留15天
The New York Times, May 5, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/world/asia/china-police-justice-systems.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160505/c05chinaletter/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China said to explore taking stakes in some news websites
Bloomberg, May 3, 2016
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-03/china-said-to-explore-taking-stakes-in-some-news-websites-apps

Government Accountability (政府问责)

New legal guidelines set clearer criteria for punishments in graft cases
Caixin, May 4, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-05-04/100939541.html

Meet China’s RoboCop: the robot police officer who doesn’t tire—or second-guess commands
中国智能安保机器人亮相 人权专家担忧被政府滥用
South China Morning Post, May 5, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1941394/meet-chinas-robocop-robot-police-officer-who-doesnt
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1548039549c0d92/zhong-guo-zhi-neng-an-bao-ji-qi-ren-liang-xiang-ren-quan-zhuan-jia-dan-you-bei-zheng-fu-lan-yong

China slams UN criticism of controls on foreign NGOs
Hong Kong Free Press, May 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/05/china-slams-un-criticism-controls-foreign-ngos/

Related:
China: Newly adopted Foreign NGO Law should be repealed, UN experts urge
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, May 3, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

It's time Google came back to China
The Diplomat, May 3, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/its-time-google-came-back-to-china/

Unorthodox financing fuels a tech dream in China
The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/05/unorthodox-financing-fuels-a-tech-dream-in-china/

Hong Kong (香港)

學聯就中大校董會主席委任一事之聲明 (Statement by Federation of Students regarding the appointment of CUHK Council chairperson)
InMedia HK, May 5, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042190

人大委员长张德江访港前 香港多个团体准备示威抗议 (Several groups protest before chairman of NPC Standing Committee Zhang Dejiang visits)
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-05042016102917.html

任建峰指港獨言論不足入罪　批建制派「講到好大」以政治凌駕法律 (Lawyer Kevin Yam: Discussions on Hong Kong’s independence are insufficient to incriminate, pro-establishment camp exaggerates its gravity placing politics above law)
Ming Pao, May 5, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160505/s00001/1462415289772

Related:
多名法律界人士等發表反港獨宣言　促律政司長檢控香港民族黨發起人 (Several legal field personages issue anti-Hong Kong independence declaration, urging Secretary of Justice to charge organizer of Hong Kong National Party)
Ming Pao, May 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160504/s00001/1462361526992

Access to Information (信息公开)

China crackdown on data sales opens gaps in economic statistics
The Financial Times, May 3, 2016
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/fe50f19e-1113-11e6-91da-096d89bd2173.html

《中国共产党党性教育手册》系列丛书出版发行 (“CPC Party Culture Education Manual” series to be published)
Xinhua, May 3, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0503/c1001-28322289.html

China steps up ideological campaign on World Press Freedom Day
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-steps-up-ideological-campaign-on-world-press-freedom-day-05032016105006.html

Related:
世界新闻自由日中国呼吁更严控媒体 (China advocates tighter control on media on World Press Freedom Day)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 3, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2016/05/160503_china_media_mornitoring

习近平强调“党校姓党” 再次痛斥“普世价值” (Xi Jinping stresses “party schools bear the surname of the party”, denounces again “universal values” )
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl2-05032016104229.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Is China cracking down on Jewish community in Kaifeng?
The Forward, May 3, 2016
http://forward.com/news/339909/is-china-cracking-down-on-jewish-community-in-kaifeng/

Yu Shiwen hunger strikes in protest at two year detention without trial for holding Zhao Ziyang memorial
China Change, May 3, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/05/03/yu-shiwen-hunger-strikes-in-protest-at-two-year-detention-without-trial-for-holding-zhao-ziyang-memorial/

Exiled Tibetans: Man detained, tortured for singing national anthem
Voice of America, May 3, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/man-detained-tortured-singing-national-anthem-china-exiled-tibetans-say/3314059.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

联合国人权专家呼吁中国废除监管境外NGO草案 (UN human rights experts call on China to abolish FNGO draft law)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/05/160504_china_united_nations_ngo

Related:
China’s New FNGO Law Seeks to Divide and Conquer China’s Civil Society
《境外非政府组织境内活动管理法》旨在分化和控制中国公民社会
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/chinas-new-fngo-law-seeks-divide-and-conquer-chinas-civil-society
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-jing-nei-huo-dong-guan-li-fa-zhi-zai-fen

中纪委公开曝光七起国有企业和金融机构人员违反中央八项规定精神问题 (CCDI publicly exposes 7 persons connected with state-owned enterprises and financial institutions who have violated the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation)
CCDI, April 27, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201604/t20160426_78122.html

Son-in-law of ex-senior Chinese leader Jia Qinglin named in latest batch of Panama Papers
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1940984/son-law-ex-senior-chinese-leader-jia-qinglin-named

China’s last Tiananmen Square protests’ prisoner to be released in October
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1940997/chinas-last-tiananmen-square-protests-prisoner-be

China sports ministry hauled over the coals for not taking anti-corruption fight seriously
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1941051/china-sports-ministry-hauled-over-coals-not-taking-anti-corruption-fight

郭飞雄狱中病情恶化 妻子致信联合国求援 (Guo Feixiong’s illness aggravated in detention, wife writes to UN to seek help)
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-05032016105347.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

顺势而为, 打造网信工作新的春天 (Going with the tide, building a new Spring for cyber work)
Great Wall Online, April 27, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160427/n446394086.shtml

2015年我国互联网网络安全态势综述 (2015 General Report on China's Cybersecurity Situation)
National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China, April 27, 2016
http://www.cert.org.cn/publish/main/46/2016/20160421153645275634722/20160421153645275634722_.html

关键信息基础设施安全事关国家安全专家称, “自主可控”是保障信息安全核心要素 (National security expert on safety of critical information infrastructure: “Autonomous control” is core element in safeguarding information security)
Legal Daily, April 27, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160427/Articel05004GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong: Student activist Joshua Wong goes on trial
Al Jazeera, May 3, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/hong-kong-joshua-wong-trial-160503055336027.html

《明報》親子專欄作者「用自己方法」開天窗　段落字首組成「鍾總編不明不白」 (Ming Pao family column author “uses own method to leave column blank”—first word of each paragraph read “chief editor Chung, “not clear, not open”)
Ming Pao, May 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160503/s00001/1462270065763

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

昆明警方在动物园内开展反恐应急演练 (Kunming police hold counterterrorism response drills in zoo)
China.com, April 27, 2016
http://news.china.com/hd/11127798/20160427/22528892.html

酒店违反《反恐法》被处10万元罚款 (Hotel fined RMB 100,000 for violations of Counterterrorism Law [failure to enforce real-name guest registrations])
Guangzhou Evening News, April 27, 2016
http://www.ycwb.com/ePaper/ycwb/html/2016-04/27/content_1002941.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China airs two more confessions by Taiwan fraud suspects
Reuters, May 2, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-crime-idUSKCN0XT08F

王宇律师生日 “709妻子团”集体发声 外界再次呼吁放人 (“709 wives and children group” collectively speak out on lawyer Wang Yu’s birthday and reiterate calls to release her)
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-05022016102207.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Males preferred
男性优先
Committee to Protect Journalists, April 27, 2016
EN: https://cpj.org/2016/04/attacks-on-the-press-males-preferred.php
CH: https://cpj.org/cn/2016/04/026594.php

China's Xi says not stifling debate but wants everyone on same song sheet
Reuters, May 3, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-idUSKCN0XU07Y

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese, Hong Kong, Uyghur activists denied India visas
China Digital Times, April 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/04/india-denies-visas-china-dissidents/

Hundreds of Chinese schoolchildren have been poisoned, but their affluent families aren’t winning them much sympathy
Global Voices, May 3, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/05/03/hundreds-of-chinese-schoolchildren-have-been-poisoned-but-their-affluent-families-arent-winning-them-much-sympathy/

Mother of detained labor activist takes on state media—and forced into hardest decision of her life
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1940373/mother-detained-labour-activist-takes-state-media-and

Two Tibetan monks detained for ten days, beaten following traffic dispute
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/dispute-05022016133557.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese law enforcement officials detained for allegedly beating villagers with batons during operation to demolish illegal buildings
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1940608/chinese-law-enforcement-officials-detained-allegedly-beating

Tiananmen vigil split continues with separate Pillar of Shame washings
Hong Kong Free Press, May 3, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/03/tiananmen-vigil-split-continues-with-separate-pillar-of-shame-washings/

Last known Tiananmen prisoner to be released this year, human rights group says
Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/03/last-known-tiananmen-prisoner-to-be-released-this-year-human-rights-group-says/

Chinese Communist party suspends tycoon after Xi Jinping outburst
The Guardian, May 2, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/02/chinese-communist-party-suspends-ren-zhiqiang-social-media-xi-jinping

China’s military has released a rap video in order to lure more recruits
Quartz, May 3, 2016
http://qz.com/674853/chinas-military-has-released-a-rap-video-in-order-to-lure-more-recruits/

China’s President Xi Jinping warns Communist Party schools against “Western capitalist” values
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1940396/chinas-president-xi-jinping-warns-communist-party

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Online data storage providers shut down in China as digital content crackdown continues
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1940477/online-data-storage-providers-shut-down-china-digital-content-crackdown

Hong Kong (香港)

Hundreds join protest over sacking of Ming Pao editor
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/02/hundreds-join-protest-sacking-ming-pao-editor/

Related:
香港团体集会抗议《明报》解雇执行总编 (Hong Kong groups protest dismissal of Ming Pao chief executive editor)
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hc-05022016105854.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The overseas NGO management law is now official
NGOs in China, April 29, 2016
http://ngochina.blogspot.hk/2016/04/the-overseas-ngo-management-law-is-now.html

Related:
China’s new FNGO law seeks to divide and conquer China’s civil society
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/chinas-new-fngo-law-seeks-divide-and-conquer-chinas-civil-society

The role of global solidarity in the fight for democracy in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/02/the-role-of-global-solidarity-in-the-fight-for-democracy-in-hong-kong/

G20 countries need to stand up to Xi Jinping’s crackdown on civil society
Quartz, April 28, 2016
http://qz.com/673002/chinas-new-ngo-law-raises-doubts-about-its-hosting-of-the-g20-summit/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国食品安全法虽然严格但难以实施 (China’s Food Safety Law, though strict, can hardly be implemented)
Voice of America, April 29, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-food-safety-law-20160428/3307958.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s statistics bureau chief admits it’s struggling to track scale of nation’s burgeoning “new economy,” including e-commerce and internet finance
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1939933/chinas-statistics-bureau-chief-admits-its-struggling-track-scale

Rohmer-therapy: Acceptance of gay rights is growing. But gay marriage remains a distant prospect
The Economist, April 30, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21697867-acceptance-gay-rights-growing-gay-marriage-remains-distant-prospect-rohmer-therapy