Access to Justice (司法公正)

台“脱逃”张向忠返陆 自愿还是强制遣返？(Asylum seeker Zhang Xiangzhong returns to China: His decision or Taiwan’s?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 19, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-39641355

江天勇父母再拒录视频劝子认罪 当局警告不准接受采访 (Parents of detained lawyer Jiang Tianyong refuse to make videotape again to coerce son to confess, threatened by authorities not to be interviewed)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-04192017100718.html

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709家属致川普总统（第四封信）(709 Families’ Fourth Letter to President Trump)
Human Rights in China, March 26, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/709jia-shu-zhi-chuan-pu-zong-tong-di-si-feng-xin-0

Five detained following self-immolation in Kardze Town
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detained-04192017165334.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Apple faces inquiry in China over app store content
中國當局將約談蘋果，要求加強APP監管
New York Times, April 20, 2017
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20170420/china-apple-app-store/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20170420/china-apple-app-store/zh-hant/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“阳光信访”一句空话？ 四川800民师省教育厅上访遭暴力清场 (800 teachers protest in front of Department of Education in Sichuan, cleared out by violence)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-04192017103409.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

大佬海外"爆料"中共内幕 今遭全球缉拿 (Chinese tycoon wanted by Interpol after exposing graft scandal inside central gov’t)
Deutsche Welle, April 19, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/大佬海外爆料中共内幕-今遭全球缉拿/a-38481139

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China seeks arrest of billionaire who accused officials’ relatives of graft
New York Times, April 19, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/world/asia/china-guo-wengui-interpol-voice-of-america.html

国际刑警组织解释“红色通报”的功用 (Interpol explains function of a “red warning”)
Radio France Internationale, April 19, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170419-国际刑警组织解释“红色通报”的功用

First the “guns”, then the “knives” ... now Xi goes after the “money bags” in China’s financial industry
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2088995/first-guns-then-knives-now-xi-goes-after-money-bags-chinas

中共要求党员干部如实报告个人事项 (Central gov’t requires officials to declare personal information truthfully)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yl-04192017115918.html

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China gets tougher with officials' personal information declaration
Xinhua, April 20, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-04/20/content_29005005.htm

中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅印发《领导干部报告个人有关事项规定》和《领导干部个人有关事项报告查核结果处理办法》(General Office of CPC and General Office of the State Council of PRC publish “Regulation regarding declaration of personal information by leading cadres” and “Handling method of examination of leading cadres’ declaration of personal information”)
Xinhua, April 19, 2017
http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2017-04/19/content_5187306.htm

反腐打贪今年力度大 11省级官员遭判刑 (Greater anti-graft effort in China this year: 11 provincial level officials sentenced)
Radio France Internationale, April 19, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170419-反腐打贪今年力度大-11省级官员遭判刑

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高人民法院关于落实司法责任制完善审判监督管理机制的意见（试行）(Opinion of the Supreme People’s Court regarding implementation of judicial responsibility system to perfect trial monitoring management system (pilot))
The Supreme People’s Court of PRC, April 18, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-40582.html

張向忠不符專案居留　陸委會證實被遣返 (Mainland Affairs Council confirms deportation of Zhang Xiangzhong, says he does not fulfill requirements for long-term stay)
Apple Daily, April 19, 2017
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20170419/1100912/

Access to Information (信息公开)

采访倪玉兰连日遭逼迁 日本记者被公安强制删图 (Public security forcibly deletes photos taken by Japanese journalist who is reporting on activist Ni Yulan’s eviction)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-04182017101844.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

最新自焚事件后 藏族民众被召集开会
Local Tibetans summoned after latest self-immolation Voice of America, April 19, 2017
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/a/tibet-20170418/3815767.html
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/tibet-self-immolation-kardze/3815442.html

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Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in western China
Associated Press, April 17, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/reports-tibetan-monk-sets-himself-fire-west-china-031444539.html

Tibetan filmed in self-immolation in Kardze Town square was man in his 30s
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/sichuan-immolation-04152017144618.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

最高法为执行划出十条“高压线” 严禁在执行中“吃拿卡要”(Supreme People’s Court issues “Ten No’s” to regulate misconduct by law enforcement)
China Youth Daily, April 19, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0419/c1001-29221953.html

Former official gets 20 years for bribery
China Daily, April 19, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-04/19/content_28987942.htm

Executives of China's state-owned enterprises will have salaries linked to “party building” performance
The Independent, April 18, 2017
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-executive-salary-link-performance-largest-state-owned-enterprises-income-a7689316.html

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

Han Chinese offered triple salary of Uyghurs in Xinjiang police recruitment drive
Radoi Free Asia, April 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/recruitment-04142017152148.html

China's Xi restructures military, consolidates control
Reuters, April 19, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence-idUSKBN17L0D8?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Hong Kong (香港)

年宵攤檔被指或涉港獨貨品遭收回　青政成員入稟促裁食環署違法 (Youngsipration applies for judicial review against Food and Environmental Hygiene Department’s earlier Lunar New Year market ban)
Mingpao, April 18, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170418/s00001/1492513000830

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Former aides to Youngspiration leader take gov’t to court over Lunar New Year fair merchandise ban
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/19/former-aides-youngspiration-leader-take-govt-court-lunar-new-year-fair-merchandise-ban/

“One country, one system?” Chinese artist Ai Weiwei takes to social media after HSBC rejects application
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2088780/one-country-one-system-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei

“Like begging for mercy”: Lawmaker Nathan Law slams suggested Occupy pardons
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/18/like-begging-mercy-lawmaker-nathan-law-slams-suggested-occupy-pardons/

Commentary (评论)

Will China stay the course to cleanse its corruption-ridden financial system?
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2088481/will-china-stay-course-cleanse-its-corruption-ridden

Access to Justice (司法公正)

冯正虎5名助选被行拘提起诉讼 不获法院受理 (Case brought by Feng Zhenghu’s five campaign assistants over unlawful administrative detention in November denied by court)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04182017102038.html

Related:
Just Who Was Actually Destroying Electoral Order?
谁在破坏选举秩序？
Human Rights in China, December 25, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/just-who-was-actually-destroying-electoral-order
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/shui-zai-po-pi-xuan-ju-zhi-xu-tu

获国际人权奖北京维权人士被暴力逼搬 (Beijing activist who was awarded international human rights award evicted by violence)
Voice of America, April 18, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-rights-activists-thrown-out-of-rental-place-20170416/3812114.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国网络审查“709案”数据曝光 封锁日趋精密复杂 (Citizen Lab: Censorship in China is increasingly precise and sophisticated)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-04142017100710.html

Related:
What happens when you try to send politically sensitive messages on WeChat
Quartz, April 17, 2017
https://qz.com/960948/what-happens-when-you-try-to-send-politically-sensitive-messages-on-wechat/

China’s party officials warned not to cross “red lines” while using WeChat
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2088540/chinas-party-officials-warned-not-cross-red-lines-while

德媒，中国坚持死刑并且数字保密严重损害了中国的开放形象 (German media: China’s insistence to keep execution data secret seriously harms China’s open image)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/gr-04182017100631.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国官方媒体承认中纪委腐败违纪 (Chinese official media admits member of senior Central Commission for Discipline Inspection currently under investigation for graft)
Voice of America, April 18, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/China-investigates-senior-inspector-20170417/3813511.html

Related:
China's graft watchdog investigates senior inspector in drive to tackle internal rot
Reuters, April 17, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN17J0AW

中国反腐败：巡视组长张化为落马 利好王岐山留任？(Anti-graft in China: With head of inspection team Zhang Huawei stepping down, will Wang Qishan be able to stay?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 17, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-39619754

中央巡视组原副部级巡视专员张化为 涉嫌严重违纪接受组织审查 (Former Central Leading Group for Inspection Work deputy inspector Zhang Huawei under investigation for serious discipline violation)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, April 17, 2017
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/jlsc/zggb/jlsc_zggb/201704/t20170417_97383.html

Greater corruption in China? A billionaire says he has evidence
「大老虎」不止周永康？郭文貴爆料直指賀國強
New York Times, April 17, 2017
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170417/china-billionaire-guo-wengui-xi-mar-a-lago/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170417/china-billionaire-guo-wengui-xi-mar-a-lago/zh-hant/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国异议人士赴台旅游脱团 (Chinese activist slips away from tour group in Taiwan to seek asylum)
Deutsche Welle, April 17, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国异议人士赴台旅游脱团/a-38453459

突破防线赴京上访 无锡访民孙静芳被限制人身自由 (Personal freedom of Wushi activist Sun Jingfang, who charged cordon line and petitioned her case in Beijing during Two Congresses, limited)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04172017104251.html

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

新疆当局批维族教师“被渗透” 11名网民涉“暴恐”被拘 (Xinjiang authorities criticize Uygur teachers for being “penetrated” by foreign powers, 11 netizens arrested for terrorism)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/xl1-04182017101811.html

Details emerge of ‘terrorism suspect’ arrest during armed raid in China
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2088218/details-emerge-terrorism-suspect-arrest-during-armed

Hong Kong (香港)

China’s Communist Party puts ‘Hong Kong separatism’ on national security agenda
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2087969/chinas-communist-party-puts-hong-kong-separatism

Related:
党媒把遏制“港独”纳入习近平的总体国家安全观 (Party mouthpiece puts “Hong Kong Independence” on Xi Jinping’s national security agenda)
Radio France Internationale, April 16, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170416-党媒把遏制“港独”纳入习近平的总体国家安全观

记者遭港警袭击 调查逾两年方确认滥权 警成袭击自由帮凶？(Journalist attacked by Hong Kong police, abuse of power confirmed after 2-year investigation, are police complicit in attack on Hong Kong press freedom?)
Radio France Internationale, April 17, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170416-记者遭港警袭击-调查逾两年方确认滥权-警成袭击自由帮凶？

It’s unbelievable: Hong Kong pan-democrat denied entry to Macau
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2088053/its-unbelievable-hong-kong-pan-democrat-denied-entry-macau

Related:
保安局回應梁繼昌事件　稱不干預其他地區國家入境管理 (Security Bureau’s response to Kenneth Leung incident: Will not interfere in immigration management of other areas and countries)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 16, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1325507-20170416.htm

Democratic Party leader urges amnesty for Occupy protesters and police
Hong Kong Free Press, April 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/18/democratic-party-leader-urges-amnesty-occupy-protesters-police/

Related:
胡志偉就特赦言論深切道歉　承認未經黨內深思熟慮討論 (Wu Chi-wai apologizes for amnesty suggestion, admits Democratic Party has not had thorough internal discussion on the issue)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 18, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1325814-20170418.htm

Commentary (评论)

How can western universities operating in China ignore human rights? A legal perspective
Hong Kong Free Press, April 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/15/can-western-universities-operating-china-ignore-human-rights-legal-perspective/

Rahmah's story: “I am a Chinese hijabi”
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 18, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39618574

Access to Justice (司法公正)

台湾就李明哲案持续争取国际组织声援 (Taiwan continues to ask international community for support for Li Ming-che case)
Voice of America, April 14, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/taiwan-reactions-lee-mingzhe-20170413/3809890.html

China’s Communist Party to evaluate lawyers based on “political performance”
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2087515/chinas-communist-party-evaluate-lawyers-based-political

哈尔滨两访民“被监视居住”期间遭袭击 家属质疑当局打击报复 (Two Harbin activists attacked while under residential surveillance, their families believe it’s an act of revenge by authorities)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04132017100858.html

湖北良心犯王喻平健康堪忧 江苏单利华狱中缺医少药 (Health of Hubei prisoner of conscience, Wang Yuping deteriorates, Shan Lihua of Jiangsu lacks medicine in prison)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-04132017101855.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

习近平要记者讲政治 十九大前料再有监控措施 (Xi Jinping asks journalists to stay loyal to Party when reporting on politics, raises speculation about further implementation of monitoring measures before 19th Congress)
Radio France Internationale, April 14, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170414-习近平要记者讲政治-十九大前料再有监控措施

Western content is heading to Chinese social media feeds
CNBC, April 14, 2017
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/13/western-content-is-heading-to-chinese-social-media-feeds.html