Access to Justice (司法公正)

Taiwanese activist arrested for alleged subversion in mainland China
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095896/taiwanese-activist-arrested-alleged-subversion-mainland

Video: Cops track family of Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang as they try to sue authorities
Hong Kong Free Press, May 26, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/26/video-cops-track-family-chinese-rights-lawyer-wang-quanzhang-try-sue-authorities/

Related:
709案跟进︰家属到最高检控办案机关违法 (709 case follow-up: Family bring case to Supreme People's Procuratorate accusing case authorities of breaking the law)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml2-05262017103613.html

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, April 27, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Access to Information (信息公开)

Law scholar He Weifang quits social media
China Digital Times, May 26, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/05/law-scholar-weifang-quits-social-media/

Related:
贺卫方：从此在社交媒体不再发声 (He Weifang: Will no longer post on social media)
Deutsche Welle, May 26, 2017
http://bit.ly/2r3xBho

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Job prospects look grim for Chinese college grads
China Labor Bulletin, May 26, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/job-prospects-look-grim-chinese-college-grads

Riot police beat, detain eviction protesters in China's Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/riot-police-beat-detain-eviction-protesters-in-chinas-sichuan-05262017104611.html

A closer look at gay rights in China
The Diplomat, May 26, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/05/a-closer-look-at-gay-rights-in-china/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s tough cybersecurity law to come into force this week
Reuters, May 29, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2096094/chinas-tough-cybersecurity-law-come-force-week

Is China outsmarting America in A.I.?
人工智能的竞赛，中国超越美国？
The New York Times, May 27, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/technology/china-us-ai-artificial-intelligence.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170527/china-us-ai-artificial-intelligence/

While the rest of the world tries to “kill email,” in China, it’s always been dead
Quartz, May 29, 2017
https://qz.com/984690/while-the-rest-of-the-world-tries-to-kill-email-in-china-its-always-been-dead/

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

Restaurants ordered to remain open in Xinjiang amid Ramadan fast
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ramadan-05262017080553.html

China plans undersea observation system “for science and national security”
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2096066/china-plans-undersea-observation-system-science-and

Hong Kong (香港)

Come to express anger over Xi Jinping, Hong Kong June 4 vigil organizer says
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2095870/come-express-anger-over-xi-jinping-hong-kong-june-4-vigil

“心未冷 血仍热” - 香港公布纪念“六四28周年”活动安排 (“Heart never cold, blood still hot”—Hong Kong announces plan of activities to commemorate “28th anniversary of June Fourth”)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ml1-05262017115339.html

Related:
Lowest turnout since 2008 for Hong Kong march in memory of June 4 crackdown
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2095995/turnout-hong-kong-march-memory-june-4-crackdown-drops-again

Interview: Occupy activist Ken Tsang on the 7 cops who beat him, prison life, and his political future
Hong Kong Free Press, May 29, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/29/interview-occupy-activist-ken-tsang-7-cops-beat-prison-life-political-future/

Top China official says Hong Kong's autonomy is not a license to challenge Beijing
Reuters, May 27, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-politics-idUSKBN18N06F

Commentary (评论)

Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower review—a Hong Kong schoolboy takes the fight to China
The Guardian, May 27, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/27/joshua-teenager-vs-superpower-review-a-hong-kong-schoolboy-takes-the-fight-to-china

Access to Justice (司法公正)

山东辱母杀人案二审本周六公开审理 或将微博直播 (Appeal trial of Shandong “murder in defense of mother” case opens this Saturday, might be live streamed on Weibo)
China Youth Network, May 25, 2017
http://news.china.com/domestic/945/20170525/30565167.html

Related:
A debt collector is killed in China, triggering debate over right to self-defense
National Public Radio, March 30, 2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/03/30/521901404/a-debt-collector-is-killed-in-china-triggering-debate-over-right-to-self-defense

时事大家谈：王全璋：被“消失”的中国人权律师 (“Let’s Talk Current Affairs”: Wang Quanzhang: The “disappeared” Chinese human rights lawyer)
Voice of America, May 25, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-io-20170525-wang-quanzhang/3870909.html

Related:
Wang Qiaoling, wife of lawyer Li Heping, reflects on life, faith and the 709 Crackdown
China Change, May 26, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/05/26/wang-qiaoling-wife-of-lawyer-li-heping-reflects-on-life-faith-and-the-709-crackdown/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Hugo award-winning story “Folding Beijing” to be made into film
That’s Mag, May 24, 2017
http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/19070/hugo-award-winning-story-folding-beijing-to-be-made-into-film

China officials aim to stem the tide of “immoral” live streaming
China Film Insider, May 25, 2017
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-officials-aim-stem-tide-immoral-live-streaming/

Minitrue: Do not present Taiwan as a separate political entity
China Digital Times, May 24, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/05/minitrue-not-present-taiwan-separate-political-entity/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese fans fume over media blackout as Google AI beats world’s no.1 Go player again
Hong Kong Free Press, May 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/25/chinese-fans-fume-media-blackout-google-ai-beats-worlds-no-1-go-player/

China's social credit system: A big-data enabled approach to market regulation with broad implications for doing business in China
Mercator Institute for China Studies, May 24, 2017
https://www.merics.org/en/merics-analysis/china-monitor/merics-china-monitor-no-39/

China “will tell public” once investigation into detained Taiwanese NGO worker is completed
Hong Kong Free Press, May 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/25/china-will-tell-public-investigation-detained-taiwanese-ngo-worker-completed/

Chinese social media users celebrate Taiwan’s gay marriage ruling
Hong Kong Free Press, May 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/25/chinese-social-media-users-celebrate-taiwans-gay-marriage-ruling/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

全面造假、一路买官！他从私企老板变身副部级干部 (A complete fake—using wealth to acquire official positions the whole time! Lu Enguang goes from being boss of private company to vice-ministerial level official)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection website, May 25, 2017
http://news.china.com/domestic/945/20170525/30566007.html

Related:
China says justice ministry official probed for suspected graft
Reuters, December 15, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN14503G

China executes former Inner Mongolia police chief for murder and bribery
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095810/chinese-activists-fear-increased-surveillance-under-new

Demolition gangs move into Chinese Muslim village ahead of national games
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/gangs-05252017130449.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

工商总局等部门关于印发2017网络市场监管专项行动方案的通知 (State Administration for Industry and Commerce and other govt departments issue notice on publication of “2017 Special Action Plan for Internet Market Supervision”)
State Administration for Industry and Commerce, May 25, 2017
http://www.saic.gov.cn/zw/wjfb/zjwj/201705/t20170525_265432.html

4月份全国网络违法和不良信息有效举报291.5万件 (April 2017: 2.915 million cases of illegal or harmful information on the Internet effectively reported)
Cyberspace Administration of China, May 25, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-05/25/c_1121035734.htm

Foreign firms fret as China implements new cybersecurity law
Bloomberg, May 24, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-24/foreign-firms-fret-as-china-implements-new-cybersecurity-law

Beijing’s version of Microsoft Windows 10 tightens security, ditches solitaire
The Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2017
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijings-version-of-microsoft-windows-10-tightens-security-ditches-solitaire-1495706548

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

China activists fear increased surveillance with new security law
Reuters, May 25, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-security-idUSKBN18M09U

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong July 1 democracy rally organizers granted use of Victoria Park lawn
Hong Kong Free Press, May 26, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/26/hong-kong-july-1-democracy-rally-organisers-granted-use-victoria-park-lawn/

Hong Kong moves ahead with trial of nine pro-democracy protesters
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/charges-05252017103352.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Jailed Chinese lawyer force-fed medication, wife says
Agence France-Presse, May 23, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jailed-chinese-lawyer-force-fed-medication-wife-says-035633472.html

This visualization shows China’s jailed, murdered and missing political prisoners
The Huffington Post, March 19, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/political-prisoners-china-database_us_589a1d83e4b09bd304be3300

Badiucao: Two years on, 709 relatives’ alliance grows
China Digital Times, May 24, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/05/badiucao-two-years-709-relatives-alliance-grows/

Repatriated cartoonist “being mistreated” in police detention center: Wife
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/cartoonist-05242017102621.html

全面加强人民法院党的建设 (Zhou Qiang, Chief Justice and President of SPC: Comprehensively enhance party-building in People’s Courts)
Legal Daily, May 24, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/24/content_7179132.htm?node=5955

Access to Information (信息公开)

全国政府网站“晒家底”了：九成合格但还有个别“僵尸” (Nationwide gov’t website inspection: 90% pass but still some “zombie” sites)
Legal Daily, May 24, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/24/content_7179205.htm

Is the Belt and Road project the answer to China's economic woes? Some aren't so sure.
Global Voices, May 25, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/05/25/is-the-belt-and-road-project-the-answer-to-chinas-economic-woes-some-arent-so-sure/

China censored Google's AlphaGo match against world's best Go player
The Guardian, May 24, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/24/china-censored-googles-alphago-match-against-worlds-best-go-player

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Officials in China's Zhejiang forcibly install cameras in Protestant churches
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/officials-in-chinas-zhejiang-forcibly-install-cameras-in-protestant-churches-05242017110721.html

Chinese construction workers in Saipan still fighting for their wages
China Change, May 24, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/05/24/chinese-construction-workers-in-saipan-still-fighting-for-their-wages/

Beijing urges all Chinese to be responsible with public statements after outcry over overseas student’s speech
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2095570/beijing-urges-all-chinese-be-responsible-public-statements-after

Taiwan same-sex marriage ruling brightens outlook for gay rights in China
Reuters, May 25, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-lgbt-china-idUSKBN18L0E6

Government Accountability (政府问责)

第三批中央环保督察组进驻满月 超3000人被问责 (A month after dispatch of 3rd group of environmental inspection teams, over 3000 people held accountable)
China News, May 24, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/05-24/8232281.shtml

Related:
China dispatches high-profile environment inspection teams
Xinhua, April 24, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/24/c_136232676.htm

Former top prosecutor in Shanghai accused of taking bribes
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095626/former-top-prosecutor-shanghai-accused-taking-bribes

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

文化部将对50家主要网络表演平台开展执法检查 (Ministry of Culture investigates 50 live streaming sites for illegal content)
China News, May 24, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2017/05-24/8232694.shtml

Related:
China shuts some live streaming sites, punishes companies
The Washington Post, May 24, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-shuts-some-live-streaming-sites-punishes-companies/2017/05/24/709b3834-4054-11e7-b29f-f40ffced2ddb_story.html

头像也要实名，像像社交率先推出“头像实名制” (Profile photo should also be real: Face99 social media platform 1st to implement “profile photo real name registration”)
China News, May 24, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/it/2017/05-24/8233100.shtml

Foreign firms grapple with China’s “punitive” cybersecurity laws
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2095595/foreign-firms-grapple-chinas-punitive-cybersecurity-laws

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Young Tibetan monk dies in second self-immolation protest in May–report
Hong Kong Free Press, May 22, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/22/young-tibetan-monk-dies-second-self-immolation-protest-may-report/

江天勇代理律师诉长沙公安局长 遭两级检察院拒绝 (Jiang Tianyong’s representative lawyer sues Changsha Public Security chief, refused by two procuratorates)
Radio Free Asia, May 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-05232017102942.html

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, April 27, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi