Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist “Super Vulgar Butcher” faces subversion trial
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059191/chinese-activist-super-vulgar-butcher-faces-subversion

Related:
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, June 10, 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

China: Limited victory for man in transgender dismissal case
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38497015

Problems remain in China’s death-penalty system even after reforms
Caixin, January 3, 2017
http://www.caixinglobal.com/2017-01-03101032821.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

新年伊始，在华外国NGO忐忑不安 (Uncertainty over new Chinese law rattles foreign nonprofits)
The New York Times, January 3, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170103/china-foreign-ngo/dual/

Related:
Chinese lawyers to help foreign NGOs navigate controversial new law
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059040/chinese-lawyers-help-foreign-ngos-navigate

英媒：一个曾在中国蹲黑狱的外国人 (British media: a foreigner previously jailed in China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/press-review-38495547

Related:
Q & A with Peter Dahlin, the Swedish NGO worker who “endangered the national security” of China
China Change, January 3, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/03/q-a-with-peter-dahlin-the-swedish-ngo-worker-who-endangered-the-national-security-of-china/

What's your “public credit score”? The Shanghai government can tell you
National Public Radio, January 3, 2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/03/507983933/whats-your-public-credit-score-the-shanghai-government-can-tell-you

PLA veterans stage another protest in Beijing over unpaid benefits
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059225/pla-veterans-stage-another-protest-beijing-over-unpaid

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ally of President Xi Jinping parachuted in to senior post in Hubei
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059015/ally-president-xi-jinping-parachuted-senior-post-hubei

Chinese official sentenced 10 years in vaccine scandal
Agence France-Presse, January 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/04/chinese-official-sentenced-10-years-vaccine-scandal/

China's graft watchdog turns camera on itself in TV series
Reuters, January 3, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-television-idUSKBN14O0B0

The political price of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign
Financial Times, January 4, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/3f1938d6-d1cf-11e6-b06b-680c49b4b4c0

Beijing police missed opportunity in handling of death in custody case, say academics
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2058557/beijing-police-missed-opportunity-handling-death

Tibetans beaten, detained for coming late to meeting
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/meeting-01032017142450.html

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

China tightens Tibetan border security to combat “separatism”
Reuters, January 3, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-lawmaking-idUSKBN14N0L7

Hong Kong (香港)

驻港京官为香港增政治红线：不得挑战中央权威 (Zhang Xiaoming, Director of Central Government Liaison Office in Hong Kong raises political “bottom line”: one must not challenge authority of central government)
Radio France Internationale, January 2, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170102-驻港京官为香港增政治红线：不得挑战中央权威

Related:
Hong Kong told to uphold rule of law, fight separatism
China Daily, January 3, 2017
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2017-01/03/content_27846712.htm

中国军事管研所副所长建议让港人参军促进人心回归 (Senior military official Wang Xinjian: let Hong Kong people join People’s Liberation Army to foster identification with mainland)
Radio France Internationale, January 1, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170101-中国军事管研所副所长建议让港人参军促进人心回归

Related:
Let Hongkongers serve in China’s People’s Liberation Army, says top military official
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1729129/let-hongkongers-serve-chinas-peoples-liberation-army-says-top

香港民阵发起元旦游行提三大诉求 (Hong Kongers march for pro-democracy lawmakers: 3 demands)
Deutsche Welle, January 1, 2017
http://dw.com/p/2V7DU

Related:
Thousands in Hong Kong march for pro-democracy lawmakers
Associated Press, January 1, 2017
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/01/thousands-in-hong-kong-march-for-pro-democracy-lawmakers.html

Commentary (评论)

In 2016, a toxic political smog spread over China and Hong Kong
Global Voices, December 30, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/12/30/in-2016-a-toxic-political-smog-spread-over-china-and-hong-kong/

The evolution and implication of China's Overseas NGO Law
NGOs in China, December 30, 2016
http://ngochina.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-evolution-and-implication-of-chinas.html

Related:
China’s new foreign NGO law: A conversation with Sophie Richardson
Center for Strategic & International Studies, January 4, 2017
https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/chinas-new-foreign-ngo-law-a-conversation-with-sophie-richardson

Cashing in on dystopia
SupChina, January 3, 2017
http://supchina.com/2017/01/03/cashing-in-on-dystopia/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“We bear witness; We keep the faith”: A New Year’s message from the Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group
China Change, January 2, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/02/we-bear-witness-we-keep-the-faith-a-new-years-message-from-the-chinese-human-rights-lawyers-group/

Related:
中国人权律师、劳工等各界发表新年献词 (Chinese human rights lawyers, labor groups publish New Year’s message)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01022017112309.html

Chinese transgender man wins landmark wrongful dismissal case
The Guardian, January 3, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/03/transgender-man-in-china-wins-wrongful-dismissal-case

Father of detained China activist Jiang Tianyong attempts to sue state-run papers for defamation
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/03/father-detained-china-activist-jiang-tianyong-attempts-sue-state-run-papers-defamation/

Related:
江天勇父亲申请政府信息公开 陈进学再起诉《法制日报》《检察日报》(Jiang Tianyong’s father applies for open government information disclosure, Chen Jinxue again sues Legal Daily and People’s Procuratorate Daily)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01022017102129.html

A human rights activist, a secret prison and a tale from Xi Jinping's new China
The Guardian, January 3, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/03/human-rights-activist-peter-dahlin-secret-black-prison-xi-jinpings-new-china

Access to Information (信息公开)

The making of a good Party reporter
China Media Project, January 3, 2017
http://cmp.hku.hk/2017/01/03/40076/

Award-winning Chinese human rights journalist: “This is a calling, not a career choice”
Varsity, January 2, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/01/02/award-winning-chinese-human-rights-journalist-this-is-a-calling-not-a-career-choice/

Chinese trolls jumped the firewall to attack Taiwan’s president and military on Facebook
Quartz, January 3, 2017
http://qz.com/876614/chinese-trolls-jumped-the-firewall-to-attack-taiwans-military-and-president-tsai-ing-wen-on-facebook/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

New Chinese law tightens control over NGOs
Al Jazeera, January 2, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/china-ngo-law-170101083414954.html

Related:
Officials, police descend on Beijing NGO as new law takes effect
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ngo-law-01022017203301.html

专访：北京要让本土非政府组织取代国外NGO (Interview: Beijing wants local non-governmental organizations to replace foreign ones)
Deutsche Welle, January 2, 2017
http://bit.ly/2hMVdSx

China announces details of social credit system plan, deemed “Orwellian” by critics
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/03/test-zone-proposed-for-chinas-orwellian-social-credit-system/

Chinese military veterans gather in Beijing to protest “broken promises”
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/veterans-protest-01022017200052.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China clamps down on corrupt officials with 122 arrests this year
The Guardian, December 31, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/31/china-corruption-arrests-central-commission-for-discipline-inspection

How even as “the core”, Xi faces resistance from China’s local officials
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2058273/how-even-core-xi-faces-resistance-chinas-local-officials

China to prosecute former senior spy catcher for graft
Reuters, December 30, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-security-idUSKBN14J0B0

China's CCTV launches global “soft power” media network to extend influence
Reuters, December 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cctv-idUSKBN14K05N

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

Show of force in Xinjiang sends hardline message
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2058769/show-force-xinjiang-sends-hardline-message

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong New Year's Day pro-democracy protest draws crowds
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 1, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38485642

The bookseller’s decision
China Change, December 31, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/31/the-booksellers-decision/

China says Hong Kong must not be used to infiltrate or subvert mainland
Agence France-Presse, January 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/03/china-says-hong-kong-must-not-used-infiltrate-subvert-mainland/

Commentary (评论)

A Monkey King’s journey to the East
China Heritage, January 1, 2017
http://chinaheritage.net/journal/a-monkey-kings-journey-to-the-east/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China closes death-in-custody case, leaving questions, discontent
Voice of America, December 30, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-closes-death-in-custody-case/3656774.html

Related:
China fires, sanctions police officers linked to death in custody
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/linked-12302016105506.html

Authorities in China's Hubei cremate body of dissident with no autopsy
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pengming-cremation-12292016142114.html

Prominent Christian human rights lawyer vanishes into custody in China
Christian Today, December 29, 2016
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/prominent.christian.human.rights.lawyer.vanishes.into.custody.in.china/103431.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Shanghai’s move to curb international programs in schools worries parents
中国捍卫“教育主权”，私立学校国际课程或受限
The New York Times, December 30, 2016
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161230/shanghai-schools-international-curriculum/dual/

Chinese netizens mourn demise of celebrity’s online talk show
《晓松奇谈》停播引发中国网友缅怀
Financial Times, December 30, 2016
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/68ba32fe-cd0f-11e6-864f-20dcb35cede2
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070814?full=y

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese police given sweeping powers over foreign NGOs
新法生效将致在华境外NGO缩减活动
Financial Times, December 30, 2016
EN:https://www.ft.com/content/fab2de32-ce53-11e6-864f-20dcb35cede2
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070813

Uncertainty over new Chinese law rattles foreign nonprofits
The New York Times, December 29, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/world/asia/china-foreign-ngo.html

粵多名勞權人士被判刑中國公民社會步入寒冬 (Many labor rights activists sentenced in Guangdong, China’s civil society entering a very cold winter)
Inmediahk.net, December 30, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046719

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China says it will prosecute ex-security official in bribery case
The New York Times, December 30, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/world/asia/china-security-ma-jian.html

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

China's Xinjiang sets up legal team to prosecute terror cases
Reuters, December 30, 2016
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-xinjiang-idUKKBN14J0L8?il=0

Hong Kong (香港)

China offered “flexibility” in Basic Law draft in exchange for economic help after Tiananmen massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, December 30, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/30/china-offered-flexibility-basic-law-draft-exchange-economic-help-tiananmen-massacre/

王光亚："一国"原则不破坏 "两制"差异可包容 (Wang Guangya: As long as the "one country" principle is not undermined, the differences between the "two systems" can be fully tolerated and respected)
China News, December 30, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/ga/2016/12-30/8110184.shtml

港大調查指過半市民不滿香港過去1年整體發展 (HKU survey reveals more than half of residents dissatisfied with overall developments in Hong Kong over past year)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 30, 2016
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1305026-20161230.htm

Commentary (评论)

Harsh sentences for Wukan protesters could backfire
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2058046/harsh-sentences-wukan-protesters-could-backfire

Hong Kong a city in decline? The Lion Rock spirit is still in full swing
Hong Kong Free Press, December 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/31/hong-kong-city-decline-lion-rock-spirit-still-full-swing/