Access to Justice (司法公正)

涉709案不予办护照 吕动力起诉千阳县公安局 (Application for passport rejected due to involvement in “709”, Lu Dongli sues Qianyang Province Public Security Bureau over violation of personal rights)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-03172017103459.html

输入假枪判刑8年 上诉4年赢重审机会 (Feng Xin, who was sentenced to eight-years imprisonment for importing imitation firearms, gets re-trial after appealing for four years)
Radio France Internationale, March 19, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170319-输入假枪判刑8年-上诉4年赢重审机会

夏钧律师批评最高法院院长周强向全国人大的报告，指现在的法官就像文革时的军管 (Lawyer Xia Jun criticizes Zhou Qiang’s annual work report, says judges today are like military commissioners during Cultural Revolution)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-03172017104502.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Young farmer stages first Tibetan self-immolation of 2017
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/sichuan-immolation-03192017095940.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese police officer jailed over bribes spent on property in Australia
The Guardian, March 19, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/19/chinese-police-officer-jailed-over-bribes-spent-on-property-in-australia

The hunt is on for “crocodiles” in China’s corridors of power
SOuth China Morning Post, March 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2080327/hunt-crocodiles-chinas-corridors-power

成都再现“雷洋”案：一司机被警方殴打致死 当局封锁消息 (Another “Lei Yang” case in Chengdu: A driver beaten to death by police officers, authorities block all relevant information)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-03172017104620.html

网络再度盛传六四屠杀中国政府发言人袁木移民美国生活悠闲自在 (Photos of Yuan Mu, Chinese gov’t spokesperson during June Fourth, living a wealthy life in U.S. circulated on Internet again)
Radio France Internationale, March 19, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170319-网络再度盛传六四屠杀中国政府发言人袁木移民美国生活悠闲自在

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Technology: China reboots its superpower ambitions
Financial Times, March 19, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/1d815944-f1da-11e6-8758-6876151821a6

China’s quest for cybersecurity causes headache for foreign companies
The Diplomat, March 18, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/chinas-quest-for-cybersecurity-causes-headache-for-foreign-companies/

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

What do Islamic State and Tibet have to do with China’s crackdown in Xinjiang?
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2079542/what-do-islamic-state-and-tibet-have-do-chinas-crackdown

China mulls terror response after Islamic State threat
Voice of America, March 18, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-mulls-response-to-islamic-state-threat/3771645.html

Hong Kong (香港)

As it happened: Hong Kong leadership candidates take part in final debate of election campaign
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2080276/live-hong-kong-leadership-candidates-take-part-final-debate

Related:
林鄭與曾俊華沒承諾是否支持平反六四　胡：不重推國教 (Carrie Lam and John Tsang do not indicate whether they support June Fourth redress, Woo Kwok Hing says he would not re-launch national education)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 19, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1320098-20170319.htm

3名特首候選人皆稱會協助內地失去自由港人 (All three CE candidates say they would assist Hong Kong people who lose freedom in the mainland)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 19, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1320094-20170319.htm

北京为香港新特首民望费思量 (Beijing makes effort to boost popularity of new Hong Kong CE)
Radio France Internationale, March 19, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170319-北京为香港新特首民望费思量

《法治藍皮書》指去年釋法維護憲法及基本法權威 (“Blue Book of Rule of Law” indicates NPC’s 2016 interpretation protects authority of the constitution and the Basic Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 20, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1320174-20170320.htm

Low turnout in unofficial referendum reflects Hongkongers’ sense of powerlessness, organizer Benny Tai says
Hong Kong Free Press, March 20, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/20/low-turnout-unofficial-referendum-reflects-hongkongers-sense-powerlessness-organiser-benny-tai-says/

Video protest planned against Hong Kong’s chief executive election
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2080299/video-protest-planned-against-hong-kongs-small-circle-chief

Commentary (评论)

这样的民法总则该不该点个赞？ (Should we support the new Civil Code?)
Deutsche Welle, March 17, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/这样的民法总则该不该点个赞/a-37988363

Related:
民法总则将进一步提高国家治理能力的现代化 (The new Civil Code will further modernize the state’s governance ability)
Legal Daily, March 16, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/commentary/content/2017-03/16/content_7056120.htm

Has Xi Jinping gotten his crown?
China Media Project, March 19, 2017
http://cmp.hku.hk/2017/03/19/xi-jinping-gotten-crown/

Folding meanings
1843 Magazine, April/May 2017
https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/folding-meanings

Access to Justice (司法公正)

两会结束 维权人士李碧云继续遭稳控 (Rights defender Li Biyun still subjected to “stability control” after Two Congresses end)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yf1-03162017103006.html

Relatives of Qin Yongmin's “disappeared” wife in legal appeal
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissident-wife-03162017132242.html

China finally starts to write a proper civil code
The Economist, May 16, 2017
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21718878-party-will-remain-final-judge-china-finally-starts-write-proper-civil-code

Access to Information (信息公开)

Photo-sharing website Pinterest blocked in China, according to censorship watchdogs
Hong Kong Free Press, March 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/17/photo-sharing-website-pinterest-blocked-china-according-censorship-watchdogs/

Related:
图片社交网站拼趣Pinterest在中国被封 (Photo sharing website Pinterest blocked in China)
Voice of America, March 17, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/China-added-Pinterest-to-its-blocked-by-the-Great-Firewall-board-20170316/3769109.html

Children’s books and China’s crackdown on Western ideology
The New Yorker, March 16, 2017
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/childrens-books-and-chinas-crackdown-on-western-ideology

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

国际组织在联合国人权理事会上公开呼吁中国保障人权 (International group openly urges China to safeguard human rights at United Nation Human Rights Council)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-03162017105530.html

As China's coal mines close, miners are becoming bolder in voicing demands
National Public Radio, March 14, 2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/03/14/519621699/as-chinas-coal-mines-close-miners-are-becoming-bolder-in-voicing-demands

China's rebel village still under close surveillance, cut off from world
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wukan-lockdown-03162017140431.html

China's urbancide in Tibet
The Diplomat, March 17, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/chinas-urbancide-in-tibet/

Hong Kong (香港)

曾俊華：基本法寫明中央駐港機構角色　冀大家遵守法律 (John Tsang: Basic Law clearly stipulates role of Central gov’t organ in Hong Kong, everyone should abide by the law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 17, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1319617-20170316.htm

Court of Final Appeal to consider application of ousted Hong Kong lawmakers in August
Hong Kong Free Press, March 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/16/court-final-appeal-consider-application-ousted-hong-kong-lawmakers-august/

Commentary (评论)

仇恨教育只会毁掉年轻一代 (“Hatred education” would only destroy the young generation)
Financial Times, March 17, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001071806

Symbolic dissenting votes of China’s National People’s Congress
Jerry's Blog, March 17, 2017
http://www.jeromecohen.net/jerrys-blog/symbolic-dissenting-votes-of-npc

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China pushes legal overhaul that would bolster state power
习近平重提制定民法典，欲重塑中国司法制度
The New York Times, March 15, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/world/asia/xi-jinping-legal-overhaul.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170316/xi-jinping-legal-overhaul/

Related:
《民法總則》10月1日起實行 (“General Provisions of the Civil Code” takes effect on October 1)
Mingpao, March 16, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170316/s00013/1489602915605

山西维权人士吕动力被禁出境 徐秦过境香港受阻 (Shanxi rights defender Lu Dongli forbidden to leave country for joining “709”, Xu Qin prevented from transit through Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-03152017102225.html

Former Chinese judge jailed over alleged “ethnic hatred,” porn on phone
新疆前法官涉“煽动民族仇恨”遭刑拘
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/judge-03152017120944.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-03152017101912.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China's annual parliament ends amid “tightest Internet controls yet”
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/controls-03152017123056.html

两会提案中有哪些“奇葩”和“禁果” (What sensitive topics were mentioned in Two Congresses?)
Deutsche Welle, March 15, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/两会提案中有哪些奇葩和禁果/a-37943421

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Token dissent plummets in China as comrade Xi's power grows
Bloomberg News, March 16, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-15/token-dissent-plummets-in-china-as-comrade-xi-s-power-increases

如中国严控空气质量每年可少三百万人早亡 (Three million premature deaths could be avoided if China takes air pollution control seriously)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 16, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-39285272

港澳人大选举不得接受外国资助 防干预 维国安 (No foreign sponsors allowed in election of Hong Kong and Macau representatives to NPC to prevent intervention and maintain national security)
Radio France Internationale, March 15, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/政治/20170315-港澳人大选举不得接受外国资助-防干预-维国安

Hong Kong (香港)

陳文敏：香港已履行23條立法責任 (Johannes Chan: Hong Kong has fulfilled its constitutional responsibility to enact laws for Art. 23)
InmediaHK, March 15, 2017
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1048240

香港原立法会主席曾钰成爆料 参选特首计划遭北京劝退 (Hong Kong former Legco chairman Jasper Tsang said Bejing talked him out of joining CE election)
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-03152017102504.html

Related:
Beijing discouraged me from entering leadership race, says ex-LegCo president Jasper Tsang
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/15/beijing-discouraged-me-from-entering-leadership-race-says-ex-legco-president-jasper-tsang/

China’s “two sessions” delegates surprisingly outspoken on Hong Kong matters
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2079391/chinas-two-sessions-delegates-surprisingly-outspoken

Three Hong Kong protesters become first to be convicted of rioting during Mong Kok clashes
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2079412/three-hong-kong-protesters-become-first-be-convicted

Commentary (评论)

Xinjiang’s rapidly evolving security state
The Jamestown Foundation, March 14, 2017
https://jamestown.org/program/xinjiangs-rapidly-evolving-security-state/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

政协 “濒危” 敢言委员批两高报告避讲法治 (“Endangered” outspoken members of CPPCC criticize annual work report of SPC and SPP for avoiding rule of law questions)
Voice of America, March 15, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/a-few-CPPCC-members-dare-to-speak-their-minds-20170314/3765138.html

Detained Chinese feminist wins new human rights honor
“煽颠”指控 苏昌兰获第三届“曹顺利捍卫者纪念奖”
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/award-suchanglan-03142017142054.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-03142017103036.html

Rights activists denounce achievements touted by top China judge
Voice of America, March 14, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/right-activists-denounce-achievements-touted-by-top-china-judge/3764885.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s censors briefly lift veil on film review process
China Film Insider, March 14, 2017
https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/annual-report.pdf

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

『夹边沟祭事』受访者遭骚扰 艾晓明呼吁不要害怕 (Interviewee in Ai Xiaoming’s documentary “Jiabiangou Elegy” harassed, Ai Xiaoming says do not be scared)
Radio France Internationale, March 14, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170314-『夹边沟祭事』受访者遭骚扰-艾晓明呼吁不要害怕"