王峭岭获奖 (Wang Qiaoling collects award)
YouTube, December 16, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_LwEF9PAE&feature=youtu.be
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Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, September 13, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology
Phrase of the week: Smog the people
China Digital Times, December 16, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/phrase-week-smog-people/
China bans user-made, “unlicensed” video, audio from social media
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/video-ban-12192016103336.html
China’s dodgy data: A rational response to a skewed system, report says
The Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/12/20/chinas-dodgy-data-a-rational-response-to-a-skewed-system-report-says/
Chinese authorities are burying their heads not in sand, but in smog
Global Voices, December 19, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/12/19/chinese-authorities-are-burying-their-heads-not-in-sand-but-in-smog/
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全国过半省份遭“霾伏” 多地PM2.5爆表 (Half of provinces nationwide experience heavy smog with off-the-charts PM2.5 Air Quality Index)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2016-12/20/content_6924011.htm?node=5955a>
Under the guise of public safety, China demolishes thousands of mosques
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/udner-the-guise-of-public-safety-12192016140127.html
China doesn’t mind Islamic extremists
Foreign Policy, December 16, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/16/china-doesnt-mind-islamic-extremists/
2016：香港政治动荡持续的一年 (2016: One year of political turmoil in Hong Kong)
Deutsche Welle, December 18, 2016
http://bit.ly/2h5mWhf
Interview: What happened, and what’s next, for ousted Hong Kong lawmaker Baggio Leung
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/18/interview-what-happened-and-whats-next-for-ousted-hong-kong-lawmaker-baggio-leung/
Hong Kong’s leader, loyal to a fault
The New York Times, December 18, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/opinion/hong-kongs-leader-loyal-to-a-fault.html
Liu Ermu: Political prisoners are not criminals
China Digital Times, December 19, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/liu-ermu-political-prisoners-not-criminals/
Inclusiveness might be more important than democracy in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2055989/inclusiveness-might-be-more-important-democracy-hong-kong
China police confirm detention of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
The Guardian, December 16, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/16/china-police-confirm-detention-of-human-rights-lawyer-jiang-tianyong
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律师江天勇"认罪" 家属指疑点重重 (Lawyer Jiang Tianyong “confesses” but family remains doubtful)
Deutsche Welle, December 17, 2016
http://bit.ly/2h2rsOR Statement concerning the disappearance of lawyer Jiang Tianyong for over six days
Human Rights in China, November 27, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/statement-concerning-disappearance-lawyer-jiang-tianyong-over-six-days
Activists hold photo campaign to demand release of Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/19/activists-hold-photo-campaign-demand-release-chinese-human-rights-activist-liu-xiaobo/
The fate of press freedom in China’s era of “Reform and Opening up”: An interview with Chang Ping
China Change, December 15, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/15/the-fate-of-press-freedom-in-chinas-era-of-reform-and-opening-up-an-interview-with-chang-ping/
How China’s highly censored WeChat and Weibo fight fake news ... and other controversial content
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2055179/what-facebook-can-learn-chinas-wechat-and-weibo-how
All the news unfit to print: What Beijing quashed in 2016
Foreign Policy, December 16, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/16/all-the-news-unfit-to-print-what-beijing-quashed-in-2016/
Facing a transition of power, China’s Xi Jinping is more desperate than ever to control young minds
Quartz, December 19, 2016
http://qz.com/861680/facing-a-transition-of-power-xi-jinping-is-more-desperate-than-ever-to-control-young-minds/
Interview: “We called on Trump for justice in Wukan”
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wukan-zhuang-12162016161546.html
“女权五姐妹” 郑楚然致函特朗普 倡停止性别歧视 (Zheng Churan, of “Feminist Five,” writes to Trump to advocate to end sex discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-12162016102118.html
China jails brother of former aide to Hu Jintao for graft
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2055280/china-jails-brother-former-aide-hu-jintao-graft
Another Chinese propaganda video ties mainland rights defense activism, protests in Hong Kong, and the Syrian war into one anti-U.S. narrative
China Change, December 18, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/18/another-chinese-propaganda-video-ties-mainland-rights-defense-activism-protests-in-hong-kong-and-the-syrian-war-into-one-anti-u-s-narrative/
New Xinjiang party boss boosts surveillance, police patrols
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/boosts-12162016145709.html
香港活动人士蔡耀昌被禁廿载终于获准去广州 (Hong Kong activist Richard Tsoi, forbidden from entering mainland for 20 years, finally allowed to go to Guangzhou)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 18, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38359712
China’s top man in Hong Kong travels to Beijing as rumors swirl that he may be removed
Hong Kong Free Press, December 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/16/chinas-top-man-in-hong-kong-travels-to-beijing-as-rumours-swirl-that-he-may-be-removed/
China takes action on thousands of websites for “harmful,” obscene content
Reuters, December 15, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-idUSKBN1441GK
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中国关闭数千“有害”网站制定视频直播新规 (China shuts down thousands of “harmful” websites and sets new restrictions on live-streaming)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-internet-20161215/3637715.html
凤凰网“严重违法违规” 北京网信办责令整改 (Phoenix website (ifeng) in "serious violation of the law," Beijing Internet Information Office orders rectification)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-12142016102407.html
Popular Chinese Muslim website down after posting letter critical of Xi
转发致习近平公开信 穆斯林网站被封
Reuters, December 14, 2016
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-china-censorship-islam-idUSKBN1431LC
CH:http://bit.ly/2hmuPzn
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中国最大穆斯林网站中穆网被封 (The most popular Chinese Muslim website is down)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20161215-中国最大穆斯林网站中穆网被封
VOA连线(王亚秋)：报告：中国关押记者人数世界第二多(CPJ Annual Report: Number of journalists detained in China is 2nd largest in world)
Voice of America, December 14, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/VOAWeishi-20161214-VOAConnects/3635890.html
Chinese activist Zheng Churan: “Hey Trump, feminists are watching you”
中国女权活动人士：特朗普，我们在盯着你
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 16, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38325121
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38328603
上海千余名知青上访 要求政府落实养老保障 (Over 1000 “educated youth” who returned to Shanghai after being sent to countryside during the Cultural Revolution, petition government to provide them more livable social security benefits)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml2-12142016102535.html
"不上床就下岗" 八成职场性骚扰来自上司 ("Don’t go to bed, get laid-off," supervisors responsible for 80% of workplace sexual harassment)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-12142016115526.html
中国境外NGO管理法生效在即多家机构或撤出 (With the Foreign NGO Management Law’s impending implementation, numerous organizations might withdraw from China)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-foreign-ngo-20161215/3637607.html
Hundreds of Mao's Cultural Revolution “urban youth” protest over low pensions
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hundreds-of-maos-cultural-revolution-urban-youth-protest-over-low-pensions-12152016105823.html
Chinese official’s wife jailed for taking 1.5 million yuan of bribes in new vaccine scandal
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2054876/chinese-officials-wife-jailed-taking-15-million-yuan
Too big, too Leninist—a China crisis is a matter of time
The Financial Times, December 13, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/6a1b4010-be4c-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080
China says justice ministry official probed for suspected graft
Reuters, December 15, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN14503G
年终报道：2016，信仰仍在风雨中飘摇 (Year-end report: Religions are still under repression)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/yearender-china-religion-20161215/3638163.html
Court postpones judicial review against four pro-democracy lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/15/court-postpones-judicial-review-four-pro-democracy-lawmakers/
Hong Kong is preparing to choose a new leader
The Economist, December 15, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21711954-only-loyalists-need-apply-hong-kong-preparing-choose-new-leader
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“Winning back Hong Kong”: Regina Ip joins leadership race, pledges to enact controversial security law
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/15/winning-back-hong-kong-regina-ip-joins-leadership-race-pledges-to-enact-controversial-security-law/
Yan Xin: Opposition and the legitimacy of state power
China Digital Times, December 14, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/yan-xin-%e7%87%95%e8%96%aa-opposition-legitimacy-state-power/
年终报道：习近平来年面临严峻挑战 (Year-end report: Xi Jinping is facing severe challenges next year)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/china-politics-year-ender-20161215/3638128.html
Chinese police admit detaining missing activist Jiang Tianyong
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/15/chinese-police-admit-detaining-missing-activist-jian-tianyong/
3 Tibetans arrested for circulating self-immolation video as suicide note surfaces
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/14/3-tibetans-arrested-circulating-self-immolation-video-suicide-note-surfaces/
凤凰网“严重违法违规” 北京网信办责令整改 (Phoenix website (ifeng) in "serious violation of the law," Beijing Internet Information Office orders rectification)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-12142016102407.html
Chinese Muslim website blocked after Xi letter
China Digital Times, December 14, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/popular-chinese-muslim-website-blocked-xi-letter/
Related:
Popular Chinese Muslim website down after posting letter critical of Xi
转发致习近平公开信 穆斯林网站被封
Reuters, December 14, 2016
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-china-censorship-islam-idUSKBN1431LC CH:http://bit.ly/2hmuPzn
北京對藏人管制：靠信息封鎖過日子 (Beijing controls Tibetans basing on information blockade)
Radio France Internationale, December 14, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161215-北京對藏人管制：靠信息封鎖過日子
三名藏人因涉嫌传播自焚视频被捕 (Three Tibetans arrested for spreading the video of a Tibetan’s self-immolation)
Voice of America, December 14, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/tibet-self-immolation-20161213/3635001.html
VOA连线(王亚秋)：报告：中国关押记者人数世界第二多(CPJ Annual Report: Number of journalists detained in China is 2nd largest in world)
Voice of America, December 14, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/VOAWeishi-20161214-VOAConnects/3635890.html
Nassim Nicholas Taleb hits out at Chinese printers’ censorship of his book
The Guardian, December 14, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/14/nassim-nicholas-taleb-hits-out-at-chinese-printers-censorship-of-his-book
Miss World contestant who challenged China is allowed to speak once more
The New York Times, December 14, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/world/asia/anastasia-lin-miss-world-china-canada.html
China holds 38 journalists behind bars in 2016: Press freedom group
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-holds-38-journalists-behind-bars-in-2016-press-freedom-group-12142016104803.html
上海千余名知青上访 要求政府落实养老保障 (Over 1000 “educated youth” who returned to Shanghai after being sent to countryside during the Cultural Revolution, petition government to provide them more livable social security benefits)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml2-12142016102535.html
"不上床就下岗" 八成职场性骚扰来自上司 ("Don’t go to bed, get laid-off," supervisors responsible for 80% of workplace sexual harassment)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-12142016115526.html
Choking on smog, China’s urban dwellers emerge in protest
China Change, December 14, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/14/choking-on-smog-middle-class-protests-emerge/
Larung Gar teachers visit nuns housed in temporary camp
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/visit-12142016151721.html
New Chinese law puts foreign nonprofits in limbo
The Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-nonprofits-brace-for-new-regulations-in-china-1481735054
人权日及南京大屠杀公祭日被拘 民间演说家韩良怒斥公安无良 (Detained for activities on Human Rights Day and Nanjing Massacre memorial day, civil public speaker Han Liang condemns ruthlessness of the public security)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12142016102149.html