Access to Justice (司法公正)

江天勇“被失踪” 50天 陈进学律师申请政府信息公开 (50 days after Jiang Tianyong “disappeared” lawyer Chen Jinxue applies for disclosure of government information)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01102017102905.html

Related:
江天勇失联逾24小时 (Jiang Tianyong incommunicado for over 24 hours)
Human Rights in China, November 23, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jiang-tian-yong-shi-lian-yu-24xiao-shi

称教材“污名”同性恋 秋白状告教育部案二审开庭 (Qiu Bai’s appeal trial against Ministry of Education opens, states teaching materials “defame” homosexuality)
The Beijing News, January 10, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/01/10/430137.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China wants to be a climate change watchdog, but can it lead by example?
The New York Times, January 10, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/world/asia/china-wants-to-be-a-climate-change-watchdog-but-cant-yet-lead-by-example.html?_r=0

邓相超教授批毛受围攻遭严惩引发激烈争议 (Controversy erupts as professor Deng Xiangchao shamed and punished for criticizing Mao)
Radio France Internationale, January 11, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170109-邓相超教授批毛受围攻遭严惩引发激烈争议

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Social credit system documents list
China Law Translate, January 9, 2017
http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/social-credit-system-documents-list/?lang=en

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China rolls out new graft watchdog
The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2017
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-rolls-out-new-graft-watchdog-1484042579

Chinese Communist Party introduces rules for graft probes, supervision
Voice of America, January 10, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-communist-party-introduces-rules-for-graft-probes-supervision/3670006.html

Former Supreme Court vice president stands trial for graft
Xinhua, January 10, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/10/c_135970898.htm

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最高法原副院长奚晓明受贿案开庭 被控非法收受1.14亿元 (Trial of former SPC vice president Xi Xiaoming opens, charged with illegally accepting 114 million yuan)
People’s Daily, January 11, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0110/c1001-29013151.html

Group to probe China's human rights violations under U.S. law
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/violations-01102017132942.html

Related:
促进中国人权新思路 - 中国人权问责中心成立 (A new way to promote human rights in China—“China Human Rights Accountability Center” established)
Voice of America, January 10, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/chrac-in-us-20170109/3669916.html

A joint statement upon the establishment of “China Human Rights Accountability Center”
China Change, January 9, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/09/a-joint-statement-upon-the-establishment-of-china-human-rights-accountability-center/

广东江门市委原副书记、政法委原书记邹家军被"双开" (Former Jiangmen Municipal Committee Vice Secretary and former Political and Legal Affairs Committee Secretary Zhou Jiajun gets “double expulsion”)
People’s Daily, January 11, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0110/c1001-29013089.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activists arrested over Legco oath rally that saw clashes outside mainland’s liaison office
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2061147/hong-kong-activists-arrested-over-legco-oath-rally-saw

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警方拘7人涉反釋法示威非法集結藏有攻擊武器等 (7 people arrested for participation in rally against NPC interpretation, unlawful assembly, possession of offensive weapons)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 11, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1306950-20170111.htm

Top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong describes Beijing's legal ruling as “unfortunate”
Reuters, January 10, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-usa-idUSKBN14U12B

Bar Assoc. chair warns against “self-defeating” violent protests by localists
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/10/bar-assoc-chair-warns-self-defeating-violent-protests-localists/

Protesters link government’s Palace Museum “exhibition” to memory of bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2060552/protesters-link-governments-hong-kong-palace-museum

香港终审法院首席法官：关乎香港法律的讨论皆应以基本法为起点 (Chief Justice of Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal: The Basic Law is the starting point of any discussion about the law in Hong Kong)
Xinhua News Agency, January 10, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-01/10/content_6948422.htm

Related:
CJ's speech at ceremonial opening of the legal year 2017
终审法院首席法官二○一七年法律年度开启典礼演辞
HKSAR Press Release, January 9, 2017
EN: http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/09/P2017010900457.htm
CH: http://sc.isd.gov.hk/TuniS/www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/09/P2017010900464.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

六四伤残者齐志勇肾衰竭送院抢救 (Qi Zhiyong, disabled 1989 democracy activist, hospitalized with kidney failure)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-01072017133125.html

No Nobel outreach program with China because it “jails” Laureates
The Hindu, January 9, 2017
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/No-Nobel-outreach-programme-with-China-because-it-%E2%80%98jails%E2%80%99-Laureates/article17012948.ece

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese professor sacked after criticizing Mao online
Reuters, January 10, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-mao-idUSKBN14U0EG

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

北方雾霾全面南下　网民创作“霾人”被广传 (As smog spreads from Beijing to southern China, netizens circulate a "smog person" on social media)
Radio Free Asia, January 9, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl3-01092017104033.html

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雾霾笼罩的冬天，中国人这样度过 (Chinese defy pollution, a stubborn visitor)
The New York Times, January 9, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170109/china-smog-pollution/dual/

乌坎关注组发起联署签名 呼吁释放被捕村民 (Wukan Concern Group launches joint signature calling for the release of arrested villagers)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01092017104115.html

民政部办公厅关于《社会组织抽查暂行办法（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知 (Ministry of Civil Affairs of PRC Notice Regarding Solicitation of Comments on Provisional Measures on the Random Inspections of Social Organizations (Draft for solicitation of comments))
Ministry of Civil Affairs, January 3, 2017
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/tzl/201701/20170100002847.shtml

Related:
Provisional Measures on the Random Inspections of Social Organizations (Draft for solicitation of comments)
China Law Translate, January 9, 2017
http://bit.ly/2idHqF5

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China combats corruption within anti-corruption agency
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 9, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38551841

中纪委开会：前有反腐大片 后有满意民调 (7th Plenary session of 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: opinion poll shows 90% of Chinese citizens satisfied with government’s anticorruption work)
Deutsche Welle, January 7, 2017
http://bit.ly/2iasdBr

中国3年抓回外逃贪官2566人 (In 3 years, China brings back 2566 corrupt officials who fled the country)
Radio France Internationale, January 9, 2017
http://rfi.my/2ichGsN

China’s graft watchdog confirms investigations of former civil affairs minister and deputy
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060577/chinas-graft-watchdog-confirms-investigations-former

After One-Child Policy, outrage at China’s offer to remove IUDs
开放二胎后中国为女性“取环”，引发众怒
The New York Times, January 9, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170109/after-one-child-policy-outrage-at-chinas-offer-to-remove-iuds/dual/

中国环保部长陈吉宁就大面积雾霾道歉 “冬季污染基本无改善 (Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining apologizes for vast areas of smog saying "there has been little improvement in winter pollution")
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38539787

Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police
Associated Press, January 8, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/choked-by-smog-beijing-creates-new-environmental-police/2017/01/07/c87dc034-d552-11e6-9651-54a0154cf5b3_story.html

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

China tightens Xinjiang border amid rising terrorist threats
Associated Press, January 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060837/china-tightens-xinjiang-border-amid-rising-terrorist

Hong Kong (香港)

Joshua Wong under close police protection in Taiwan after failed assault attempt
Straits Times, January 7, 2017
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/joshua-wong-under-close-police-protection-in-taiwan-after-failed-assault-attempt

Related:
黃之鋒來台參加座談　暴力黑衣人竟揮拳要打人 (Unidentified persons attempt to beat Joshua Wong as he arrives in Taiwan for a conference)
Apple Daily, January 10, 2017
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20170107/1029911/

Pro-democracy lawmaker says violent attack at Hong Kong airport was “coordinated” and “not isolated”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/09/pro-democracy-lawmaker-says-violent-attack-at-hong-kong-airport-was-coordinated-and-not-isolated/

Hong Kong's legal elite voice autonomy fears after China intervention
Reuters, January 9, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-law-idUSKBN14T1FZ

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人权律师谢燕益取保候审后仍不自由 (Human rights lawyer Xie Yanyi detained at a Tianjin hotel after release on bail)
Voice of America, January 6, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-activist-20160106/3665686.html

Related:
Freeing ourselves from fear: A call to join the “709 trial observation group”
China Change, January 8, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/08/freeing-ourselves-from-fear-a-call-to-join-the-709-trial-observation-group/

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

Court in China's Guizhou jails Protestant pastor on spying charges
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/charges-01062017155155.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

后真相时代中国网民为可靠知识付费 (Chinese netizens willing to pay for reliable knowledge in the post-truth era)
The Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2017
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20170105/LLW175331.asp

China deletes online criticism of toxic smog choking its cities
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/deletes-01062017122700.html

Minitrue: Pollution lawsuit, smog classification
China Digital Times, January 5, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/01/minitrue-air-pollution-management-smog-classification/

《环时》警告《纽时》：别碰中国"敏感带" (Global Times opinion piece warns The New York Times: Do not touch China's "sensitive zone")
Deutsche Welle, January 6, 2017
http://dw.com/p/2VNy0

Related:
社评：纽约时报APP从苹果中国店下架刍议 (Global Times Opinion: My thoughts on Apple’s removal of the New York Times app for its store in China)
Global Times, January 6, 2017
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2017-01/9910913.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Stop making our children sick: Beijing parents force government action over smog
Washington Post, January 6, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/06/stop-making-our-children-sick-beijing-parents-force-government-action-over-smog/

Related:
Chinese defy pollution, a stubborn visitor
The New York Times, January 6, 2017
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/world/asia/china-smog-pollution.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中纪委七次全会今起召开 2017年反腐怎么干？(7th Plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection opens, how will corruption be fought in 2017?)
Global Times, January 6, 2017
http://china.huanqiu.com/article/2017-01/9911694.html

中纪委再次清理门户 两名中纪委委员被处理 (To clean house again, CCDI expels two more commissioners)
The Beijing News, January 9, 2017
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2017-01/09/content_667357.htm

China tightens rules after anti-corruption staff caught up in graft
Reuters, January 8, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN14T02C

Close aide to China’s President Xi Jinping named Beijing’s anti-graft chief
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1897988/close-aide-chinas-president-xi-jinping-named-beijings

Tiananmen protest student leader Wang Dan plans China think tank
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060224/tiananmen-protest-student-leader-wang-dan-plans-china

National Security & Counterterrorism, 国家安全和反恐

新疆高调举行3000人反恐演习 首套“无形哨兵”监控系统正式启用 (3,000 person high profile counterterrorism drills conducted in Xinjiang, "invisible sentry" monitoring system officially deployed for first time)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/xl1-01052017102514.html

Three terrorism suspects shot dead in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060507/three-terrorism-suspects-shot-dead-xinjiang

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong under police protection in Taiwan after assault attempt
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/2060205/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-under-police-protection-taiwan

Pro-China protesters attack Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law and reporters at airport
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/09/pro-china-protesters-attack-hong-kong-lawmaker-nathan-law-and-reporters-at-airport/

In Pictures: Tiananmen protesters opposed to gov’t Palace Museum project gather at MTR posters
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/09/in-pictures-tiananmen-protesters-opposed-to-govt-palace-museum-project-gather-at-mtr-posters/

Commentary (评论)

Apple is not the only tech company kowtowing to China’s censors
The Guardian, January 6, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/06/apple-china-censors-new-york-times

No, Hong Kong’s democracy movement is not anti-mainland
ChinaFile, January 6, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/viewpoint/no-hong-kongs-democracy-movement-not-anti-mainland

Access to Justice (司法公正)

唐志顺、幸清贤获释 幸清贤下落不明 (709 Crackdown: Tang Zhishun and Xing Qingxian reportedly released, Xing Qingxian's whereabouts still unknown)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-01052017100436.html

Chinese rights lawyer released on bail more than a year after crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059892/chinese-rights-lawyer-released-bail-over-year-after

Related:
维权律师谢燕益获得取保候审 (Rights lawyer Xie Yanyi released on bail pending further investigation)
Voice of America, January 6, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/china-human-rights-lawyers-20170105/3665340.html

Detained Chinese rights lawyer “at risk of torture”: Amnesty International
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detained-chinese-rights-lawyer-at-risk-of-torture-amnesty-international-01052017101916.html

How nine Wukan villagers were illegally tried and sentenced in December, 2016
China Change, January 5, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/05/how-nine-wukan-villagers-were-illegally-tried-and-sentenced-in-december-2016/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Giving credit
China Law Translate, January 4, 2017
http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/giving-credit/?lang=en

Related:
国务院办公厅关于加强个人诚信体系建设的指导意见
Guiding Opinion on the Establishment of a Personal Creditworthiness System
General Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, December 23, 2016
CH: http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2016-12/30/content_5154830.htm
EN: http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/7079-2/?lang=en

Lecturer fired in China's Shandong after he criticized Chairman Mao
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mao-lecturer-01052017141728.html

A mass gathering organized on Chinese social media? No problem says government
Foreign Policy, January 5, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/05/a-mass-gathering-organized-on-chinese-social-media-no-problem-says-government-coal-town-forced-demolition-middle-class/