Access to Justice (司法公正)

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China angered as U.N. rights chief attends ceremony for jailed academic
Reuters, October 12, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un-idUSKCN12C0X2

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Martin Ennals Award Ceremony 2016 [Full]
YouTube, October 12, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad9I-RoJAbA

Ilham Tohti, Uighur imprisoned for life by China, wins major human rights prize
The Guardian, October 11, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/11/ilham-tohti-uighur-china-wins-nobel-martin-ennals-human-rights-award

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新彊維權人士獲頒人權獎　環球網評論：專挑中國蹲監獄的 (Xinjiang rights defender awarded human rights prize, Global Times commentary: They especially like to pick those behind bars in China)
Ming Pao, October 12, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161012/s00004/1476235747823

Chinese lawyers call for justice minister’s dismissal over “unlawful rules that violate rights”
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2027340/chinese-lawyers-call-justice-ministers-dismissal-over

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168名中国律师公开反对律所管理新规 (168 lawyers openly oppose new law firm management regulations)
The Financial Times, October 12, 2016
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001069687

China jails environmental activist for “revealing state secrets”
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-10112016122729.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: Two-month ban on republishing Caixin content
China Digital Times, October 11, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/minitrue-two-month-ban-republishing-caixin-content/

Chinese propaganda authorities promote Clinton-Trump “love song” spoof videos
Global Voices, October 11, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/10/11/chinese-authorities-promote-clinton-trump-love-song-spoof-video/

Chinese TV station apologizes for showing map excluding Taiwan
Reuters, October 11, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-map-idUSKCN12C088

Sixteen U.S. congressmen jointly wrote GAO on the Chinese attempt to control U.S. media
美国16名议员递联名信：中国万达或控制美传媒业
The Paper, October 7, 2016
EN: http://chinascope.org/archives/10210
CH: http://finance.sina.com/gb/economy/sinacn/20161007/05271506734.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Doctors, nurses strike in Shandong after murder of pediatrician
China Labor Bulletin, October 12, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/doctors-nurses-strike-shandong-after-murder-paediatrician

Protests outside Chinese defense ministry at army cuts
Associated Press, October 11, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/11/protests-outside-chinese-defence-ministry-beijing-at-army-cuts

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese military’s anti-graft drive targets mid-level officers to root out disgraced leaders’ influence
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2026986/chinese-militarys-anti-graft-drive-targets-mid-level

Former senior Chinese city official jailed for life for graft
Reuters, October 11, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN12C04Q

China offers cash rewards for departures from Larung Gar
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/departures-10112016163154.html

Building collapse illustrates peril of do-it-yourself construction
The Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/10/11/building-collapse-illustrates-peril-of-do-it-yourself-construction/

Xi stresses CPC leadership of state-owned enterprises
China Daily, October 12, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-10/12/content_27035822.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong rebel lawmakers protest China at oath-taking
香港立法會議員利用宣誓向中國抗議
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 12, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37627503
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2016/10/161012_hong_kong_protest

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Video: Democratic lawmakers stage protests and alter oaths as new term kicks off at Hong Kong legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/12/breaking-democratic-lawmakers-stage-protests-alter-oaths-new-term-kicks-off-hong-kong-legislature/

英國報告：李波非自願移送內地破壞「一國兩制」　對香港獨立於內地的執法制度表關注 (U.K. report: Lee Bo wasn’t voluntarily sent to China, One Country Two Systems breached, expresses concern about Hong Kong’s independence from China’s law enforcement system)
Ming Pao, October 12, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161012/s00001/1476271034383

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Love him or loathe him, Joshua Wong keeps Hong Kong in global political spotlight
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2027174/love-him-or-loathe-him-joshua-wong-keeps-hong-kong-global

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese lawyers petition State Council to recall rules “aimed at silencing critics”
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2026571/chinese-lawyers-petition-state-council-recall-rules

Six years on, China's jailed Nobel Laureate, family face a bleak future
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/nobel-liuxiabo-10072016135258.html

Related:
Liu Xiaobo: A Chronology of Activism
刘晓波活动年表
Human Rights in China, April 9, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/content/3196
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/content/3499

Imprisoned Chinese minority scholar given human rights award
The Hindu, October 11, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/imprisoned-chinese-minority-scholar-given-human-rights-award/article9207430.ece

中国五部门联合要求完善刑事案件讯问制度 (Five Chinese departments jointly demand for improvement in interrogation system of criminal cases)
Radio France Internationale, October 10, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20161010-中国两部三院联合发文要求完善刑事案件讯问制度

Access to Information (信息公开)

Kidnapped by China: Beijing's battle against dissidents and free speech
The Diplomat, October 7, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/kidnapped-by-china-beijings-battle-against-dissidents-and-free-speech/

Word of the week: Dinner party
China Digital Times, October 6, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/10/word-week-dinner-party/

Students raise privacy fears after liberal Chinese university installs CCTV cameras in lecture halls
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2026723/students-raise-privacy-fears-after-southern-chinese-university

Who are the Chinese trolls of the “50 cent army”?
Voice of America, October 7, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/who-is-that-chinese-troll/3540663.html

China’s Tibet tourism statistics just don’t add up
The Washington Post, October 6, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/06/tibettourism/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former Chinese lawmaker gets suspended death sentence over bribes
Associated Press, October 10, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/former-chinese-lawmaker-gets-suspended-death-sentence-over-bribes-1476007081

China anti-corruption campaign backfires
The Financial Times, October 10, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/02f712b4-8ab8-11e6-8aa5-f79f5696c731

China tries again to stop confessions through torture
Reuters, October 10, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKCN12A0A4

Two Chinas: The Nomenklatura and the rest
The Diplomat, October 10, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/two-chinas-the-nomenklatura-and-the-rest/

Hong Kong (香港)

U.S. gov’t urged to rethink Hong Kong policy if threats to autonomy, rule of law, press freedom continue
Hong Kong Free Press, October 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/07/us-govt-urged-rethink-hong-kong-policy-light-threats-autonomy-rule-law-press-freedom/

【黃之鋒泰國被扣押】泰首相稱是「中國議題」　袁國強：有不同翻譯　無資格代澄清 ([Joshua Wong detained in Thailand] Thai PM: It’s a “matter for China”; Hong Kong Justice Sec Rimsky Yuen: there are different translations, not in the position to do clarifications)
Ming Pao, October 7, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161007/s00001/1475846022956

香港四成受访市民如有机会冀移民 因对政治、居住环境等不满--调查 (Investigations: Dissatisfied with political, living environments, etc., 40% of Hong Kong interviewees wish to emigrate whenever possible)
Reuters, October 11, 2016
http://cn.reuters.com/article/hongkong-poll-immigration-idCNKCS12B0EV

Hong Kong stages “Chairman Mao” Cantonese opera amid strong criticism
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/opera-10072016105149.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

縮皮和低薪 皆非中國新聞最大死因（文：陳帆川） (Cost cutting and low salaries are not the greatest causes of Chinese media’s death)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161011/s00022/1476146950954

【傘運兩周年】新紮師兄：重臨舊地（文：余在思） ([Umbrella Movement 2nd anniversary] Newly licensed security officer, back in the old place)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161010/s00022/1476067056256

《炎黃春秋》之死 (The death of “Yanhuang Chunqiu”)
InMedia HK, October 10, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045084

The Qing Dynasty’s past and the Communist Party’s future
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Wassertrom.pdf

To forget or remember? China’s struggle with its past
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Schell.pdf

The beginning of the end
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Pei.pdf

Contemplating China’s future
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Shambaugh.pdf

China: Challenger of challenged?
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2016
https://twq.elliott.gwu.edu/sites/twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/TWQ_Fall2016_Lampton.pdf

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