Citizen Participation (公民参与)

李克強即將到訪澳門又拒絕“敏感”港人入境 (Li Keqiang to visit Macau soon, “sensitive” Hongkonger denied entry)
Radio France Internationale, October 6, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161006-李克強即將到訪澳門又拒絕“敏感”港人入境

Government Accountability (政府问责)

2 dueling visions of human rights in China
The Diplomat, October 6, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/2-dueling-visions-of-human-rights-in-china/

Related:
CECC releases 2016 annual report
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, October 6, 2016
https://www.cecc.gov/media-center/press-releases/cecc-releases-2016-annual-report

美國會年報批北京干預香港日趨頻密書店事件損一國兩制 (U.S. Congress annual report criticizes Beijing’s increasing interference in Hong Kong and the booksellers’ disappearances that harm One Country Two Systems)
Radio France Internationale, October 7, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161007-美國會年報批北京干預香港日趨頻密書店事件損一國兩制

泰國：黑色人權旅遊警示，與中國看齊 (Thailand deserves black human rights travel warning, following China’s example)
InMedia HK, October 7, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045047

Chinese officials swarm Larung Gar to target residents for eviction
Radio Free Asia, October 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/swarm-10062016132634.html

Chinese people optimistic about the future, says Pew survey
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-37570965

中國人有錢沒錢都夢想出國 擋都擋不住 (Chinese people, rich or not rich, all want to go abroad)
Radio France Internationale, October 6, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161006-中國人有點錢了就想離國-擋都擋不住

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Indigenous leader Edward Leung to challenge Legco poll results for New Territories East
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2025966/hong-kong-indigenous-leader-edward-leung-challenge-legco

The death of an irreverent Hong Kong magazine
南華早報旗下英語文化雜誌停刊
British Broadcasting Corporation, , October 7, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/37481134
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/multimedia/2016/10/161006_vid_hk_magazine_closure

Hong Kong waiter gets 9 months in jail over Mong Kok riot in first conviction relating to clashes
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2025734/hong-kong-waiter-gets-9-months-jail-over-mong-kok-riot

ICAC chief hits back
The Standard, October 7, 2016
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=174922&sid=4&sid=4

香港传媒公信力破十年新低 (Hong Kong media’s credibility reaches 10 years’ new low)
Radio Free Asia, October 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl3-10062016102917.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Our angry young people have a message we should listen to
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2025860/our-angry-young-people-have-message-we-should-listen

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s new religion law makes it easier for religion to be a security threat
Buzz Feed, October 5, 2016
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meghara/national-security-is-at-the-heart-of-chinas-new-religion-law

When in China, do as Chinese do: The unfortunate case of Professor Ilham Tohti
The Diplomat, October 5, 2016
http://thediplomat.com//2016/10/when-in-china-do-as-chinese-do-the-unfortunate-case-of-professor-ilham-tohti/#/.krGvkpVZ7b

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese authorities shutter “Gongshi” intellectual website, leading netizens to ask: Is this “the end of Consensus?”
Global Voices, October 5, 2016
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2016/10/05/as-authorities-shutter-gongshi-intellectual-website-netizens-ask-has-china-reached-the-end-of-consensus/

新加坡資深記者：環球時報所言正是中共內心所想 (Singaporean senior reporter: What Global Times says is what CPC thinks)
Radio France Internationale, October 3, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161003-新加坡資深記者：環球時報所言正是中共內心所想

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国民间“防爱滋第一人”高耀洁发声明交代后事 (Gao Yaojie, Chinese civil society's “First female AIDS prevention activist” issues statement regarding arrangements after her death)
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-10052016101342.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

境外媒体评中国孕妇死亡率升高：或因高龄女性拼生二孩 (Foreign media criticize increase in China’s maternal mortality rate, possibly caused by women giving birth to 2nd child at advanced age under Two-child policy)
Cankaoxiaoxi, October 6, 2016
http://www.cankaoxiaoxi.com/china/20161006/1326292.shtml

Factional politics a major challenge to Xi’s legacy
China Digital Times, October 4, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/factional-politics-major-challenge-xis-legacy/

Hong Kong (香港)

Activist Joshua Wong demands Hong Kong government response to blacklisting in Thailand
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2025680/respond-blacklisting-hongkongers-joshua-wong-urges-citys

Related:
泰國總理巴育承認黃之鋒“是中國官員要求帶他回去” (Thai Prime Minister admits that Joshua Wong “was detained at China's request”)
Radio France Internationale, October 6, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161006-泰國總理巴育承認黃之鋒“是中國官員要求帶他回去”

Hong Kong’s government will remain functional if major officials quit for the top job, former justice secretary says
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2025698/hong-kongs-government-will-remain-functional-if-major

Hong Kong ex-activist denied entry to Macau for “posing threats” to internal security
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/05/just-hong-kong-ex-activist-denied-entry-macau-posing-threats-internal-security/

War of words in Hong Kong paper reveals Chinese leadership split: Analysts
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-newspapers-10052016174138.html

How Hong Kong's Cantopop scene went from heartbreak to protest
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37111554

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese analysis website stays offline as media crackdown widens
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/offline-10042016110900.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese activist monk missing after release on “bail”
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/monk-missing-10042016130028.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Taiwan will neither give in to pressure nor resume confrontation with Beijing, says Tsai Ing-wen
South China Morning Post, October 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2025333/taiwan-will-neither-give-pressure-nor-resume

Hong Kong (香港)

Thailand bars entry to teenage HK activist “at China's request”
Reuters, October 5, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-thailand-idUSKCN125025

Related:
I was blacklisted without explanation: Activist Joshua Wong returns from Thailand
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/05/breaking-i-blacklisted-without-explanation-activist-joshua-wong-returns-thailand/

【黃之鋒泰國被扣留】中方施壓？　袁國強：不信出動國與國壓力　指每個地方有其出入境政策 ([Joshua Wong detained in Thailand] Pressured by China? Justice Sec Rimsky Yuen does not believe pressuring between countries, says each place has own immigration policies)
Ming Pao, October 5, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161005/s00001/1475650179603

【黃之鋒泰國被扣留】泰學生領袖重申為學術活動　非鼓吹示威或暴力 ([Joshua Wong detained in Thailand] Thai student leader restates academic purpose, not encouraging protests or violence)
Ming Pao, October 5, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161005/s00001/1475651594151

遭泰國非法禁錮逾12小時 黃之鋒：曾擔心變銅鑼灣書店翻版 (Detained by Thailand for over 12 hours, Joshua Wong had worried that it might turn into a duplicate of the booksellers abduction)
InMedia HK, October 5, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045005

Umbrella politics: what it all meant at Hong Kong’s National Day flag-raising ceremony
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2024989/umbrella-politics-what-it-all-meant-hong-kongs-national-day

中纪委背后站台？香港《成报》连日炮轰“乱港四人帮” (Is CCDI at the back? Hong Kong newspaper Sing Pao bombards “the group of four who mess up Hong Kong” for days)
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yf1-10042016110249.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

梁振英會被北京紅牌趕出場嗎？ (Will CY Leung be kicked out by Beijing?)
China Worker, September 30, 2016
http://chinaworker.info/hhk/2016/09/30/13358/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

[CHRB] Revised measures on law firms further curb independence of Chinese lawyers (9/21-10/3, 2016)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 3, 2016
https://www.nchrd.org/2016/10/chrb-revised-measures-on-law-firms-further-curb-independence-of-chinese-lawyers-921-103-2016/

Chinese lawyers who highlight abuse of clients to lose jobs under new rules
Radio Free Asia, October 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-rules-10032016124921.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s Feminist Five
China Digital Times, October 3, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/chinas-feminist-five/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s human rights plan repeats past promises
China Digital Times, September 30, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/09/chinas-human-rights-plan-repeats-past-promises/

Related:
Full text: National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2016-2020)
China Central Television, September 29, 2016
http://english.cctv.com/2016/09/29/ARTIQDKA008y65W8lvkMeFtZ160929.shtml

Chinese authorities crack down on ancient Jewish community in Kaifeng
Shanghaiist, October 3, 2016
http://shanghaiist.com/2016/10/03/kaifeng_jews_crackdown.php

一汽集团原党委书记、董事长徐建一受贿案开庭 (Bribery trial begins for former Party Secretary and CEO of FAW Automotive)
People’s Procuratorate Daily, September 30, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160930/20160930_004/20160930_004_6.htm

病情诊断结果被调包 (Prisoner’s medical condition made to look more serious so he could get outside treatment)
People’s Procuratorate Daily, September 30, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160930/20160930_004/20160930_004_7.htm

法国总工会 (CGT) 谴责对中国劳工维权人士的重判 (French General Confederation of Labour (CGT) condemns China’s heavy sentencing of labor rights defenders)
China Labour Bulletin, September 29, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/法国总工会-cgt-谴责对中国劳工维权人士的重判

Second-class citizens: Beijing offers residency certificate to migrants, but equality is still far away
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2024482/second-class-citizens-beijing-offers-residency

Behind the NPC vote-buying scandal: how Beijing went on the warpath after its preferred candidates lost
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2024604/behind-npc-vote-buying-scandal-how-beijing-went-warpath

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

China's new security robot goes on patrol at Shenzhen airport, terrorists flee in terror
Shanghaiist, September 23, 2016
http://shanghaiist.com/2016/09/23/dalek_on_patrol.php

Hong Kong (香港)

Independence banners hung at HK universities in defiance of China: media
Reuters, October 1, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hk-protests-idUSKCN1212YH

【中史課改】不出席城市論壇　教局網上發文逐點解畫　籲討論回歸專業 ([Chinese history curriculum revision] Edu Bureau refuses to appear at City Forum, issues article online to explain revision plan, calling for the discussion’s “return to the education profession”)
Ming Pao, October 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161002/s00001/1475396988408

香港候任议员称解决房屋问题必须破除「官商乡黑」勾结 (Hong Kong lawmaker-elect: In order to solve housing problem, “government, business, rural authorities, and gangs collusion” must be eradicated)
Radio Free Asia, October 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-10032016112317.html

香港亲中报纸批张德江引贪腐入港 (Pro-Beijing Hong Kong newspaper denounces Zhang Dejiang for bringing corruption into Hong Kong)
Voice of America, October 3, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-hk-sing-pao-continues-to-attack-zhang-dejiang-20161003/3534531.html

How Hong Kong’s Legislative Council chooses its leader
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2024572/how-hong-kongs-legislative-council-chooses-its-leader

Hong Kong’s onion interviews Chinese tourists
China Digital Times, September 30, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/09/hong-kongs-onion-interviews-chinese-tourists/

Related:
內地遊客須入鄉隨俗（文：歐陽五） (Mainland tourists should follow the local customs where they travel to)
Ming Pao, October 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161004/s00022/1475544235637

CY Leung denies his legal threats against Apple Daily affect Hong Kong’s press freedom
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/04/cy-leung-denies-his-legal-threats-against-apple-daily-affect-hong-kongs-press-freedom/

”Mao Zedong had a human side”
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37541046

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong must wake up to the danger of Beijing’s meddling
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2024563/hong-kong-must-wake-danger-beijings-meddling