Access to Information (信息公开)

山西晋中煤矿滑坡埋人 政府一度隐瞒 (Government conceals coal mine landslide that buried people in Jinzhong, Shanxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-08152017114412.html

Journalism, propaganda, censorship, and the 19th Party Congress
China Digital Times, August 14, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/journalism-propaganda-censorship-19th-party-congress/

人权组织要求中国政府说明高智晟的下落 (Human rights organization asks the Chinese gov’t for Gao Zhisheng’s whereabouts)
Voice of America, August 16, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-human-rights-lawyer-gao-zhishen-20170815/3987000.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

New normal? Strike Map shows steady trends in worker actions in first half of 2017
China Labor Bulletin, August 15, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/new-normal-strike-map-shows-steady-trends-worker-actions-first-half-2017

湖南娄底警察电棍致人死亡 百人游行抗议 (Loudi, Hunan police cause death with electric batons, hundreds protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08152017114159.html

顶十九大维稳风 各地再掀老兵维权潮 (Veterans from many provinces protest at local gov’ts, despite pressure of stability maintenance rises before the 19th National Congress of the CPC)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-08152017114241.html

湖南娄底警察电棍致人死亡 百人抗议遭抓捕 (Hundreds protest against police brutality and get arrested after villager died under custody in Hunan)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08152017114159.html

中國Walmart工人眾籌五萬打官司 至今三宗勝訴獲賠償 (Walmart workers in China crowd-fund 50,000 yuan for their lawsuits and have won three cases)
Inmediahk, August 15, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051381

Government Accountability (政府问责)

山西和顺矿难瞒报事件:煤管局长就地免职 (Director of coal mine authority in Shaanxi removed from duty after trying to conceal information about deadly mining accident)
China National Radio, August 15, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-08-15/doc-ifyixtym5096818.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s new cybersecurity law lacks detail, says Tencent VP
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2106910/chinas-new-cybersecurity-law-lacks-detail-says-tencent-vp

Related:
China's probe into Tencent, Baidu, Sina may be about politics, not cybersecurity
CNBC, August 15, 2017
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/15/politics-underline-china-probe-of-tencent-baidu-sina.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Protesters who stormed Hong Kong’s Legislative Council given jail terms after prosecutors pushed for tougher sentences
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2106839/jail-instead-community-service-13-protesters-who-stormed

Related:
In Pictures: Democrats criticize appeal court’s decision to jail 13 activists over 2014 clash at legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/16/pro-democracy-activists-criticise-appeal-courts-decision-jail-13-activists-2014-clash-legislature/

黃之鋒估計明天面臨監禁 刑期與昨日東北案被告相若 (Joshua Wong expects to face jail time tomorrow and receive similar sentences of New Territory development protesters)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 16, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1348459-20170816.htm

回應林子健被捕 李家超指警方按實際情況既定程序處理 (John Lee: police are following established procedures in accordance with reality in the arrest of Howard Lam)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 16, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1348457-20170816.htm

反東北案12被告將上訴 長毛斥「冤獄 (12 defendants in the New Territory development protest will appeal; Long hair calls the verdicts unjust)
Inmediahk, August 15, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051382

Commentary (评论)

Three young voices versus a superpower
The New York Times, August 15, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/opinion/hong-kong-activists-prisoners-china.html

China is forcing Uighurs abroad to return home. Why aren’t more countries refusing to help?
China File, August 14, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/china-forcing-uighurs-abroad-return-home-why-arent-more-countries

Liu Xiaobo’s stern warning
National Review, August 14, 2017
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450472/liu-xiaobo-warned-world-stop-appeasing-china

吴淦（“超级低俗屠夫”）案中的法律问题 (Legal issues in the case of Wu Gan)
Financial Times, August 16, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001073849

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Eye-catching China activist Super Vulgar Butcher “admits wrongdoing”
Reuters, August 14, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKCN1AU153

Related:
吴淦案将开庭各地声援者被稳控 (Wu Gan’s trial begins, supporters in various places face suppression)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-08132017104934.html

上海数十维权人士集体向北京市高级法院提起行政诉讼 (Dozens of rights defenders from Shanghai file administrative lawsuit against State Bureau for Letters and Calls at Higher People’s Court of Beijing)
Weiquanwang, August 15, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/blog-post_15.html

中国异议人士高智晟突然从家里失踪 (Dissident Gao Zhisheng suddenly disappears from Shaanxi residence on August 13)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wy-08142017135657.html

湖北鄂州家庭教会遭鞭炮“轰炸” 信徒被打 (Home church in Hubei met with intimidation and sabotaging, believers beaten and arrested by local police)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-08142017110549.html

律师立案时遭殴打，河北丛台法院：清退涉事辅警，赔偿律师 (Lawyer beaten while filing case, Hebei Congtai Court: Clear out auxiliary police, compensate lawyer)
The Paper, August 14, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1762849

“现代法院”究竟长啥样 (What in the world are “modern courts” like?)
Legal Daily, August 13, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/13/content_7279452.htm?node=5955

人民陪审员 更接地气了 (好政策，让生活更美好) (Jurors are more down to earth, good government policy has improved people’s lives)
People.com.cn, August 13, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0813/c1001-29466669.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China detains four WeChat users for spreading false rumors about earthquakes
Neowin, August 13, 2017
https://www.neowin.net/news/china-detains-four-wechat-users-for-spreading-false-rumours-about-earthquakes

Duowei: China launched Internet crackdown to secure the internet prior to 19th National Congress
Deutsche Welle, August 11, 2017
EN Summary: http://chinascope.org/archives/12942
CH: http://news.dwnews.com/china/news/2017-08-11/60006388.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海公民为唐荆陵律师和袁新亭上街举牌发声 要求立即释放 (Shanghai citizens petition for immediate release of lawyer Tang Jingling and Yuan Xinting)
Weiquanwang, August 12, 2017
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/blog-post_75.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

湖北严格执行《中国共产党问责条例》 (Hubei strictly enforces the “Chinese Communist Party Accountability Provisions”)
Xinhua, August 13, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-08/13/c_129679348.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's mobile apps exceed 4.02 mln
Xinhua, August 12, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/12/c_136520929.htm

去年以来全国破获电信网络诈骗案11.9万余起 (More than 119,000 cases of telecommunications fraud cracked nationwide since last year)
Legal Daily, August 14, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/judicial/content/2017-08/14/content_7279863.htm?node=80570

第三届中国网络正能量一江山论坛在台州举行 (Third China Online Positive Energy Yijiangshan Forum held in Taizhou)
China Communist Youth League, August 14, 2017
http://news.youth.cn/gn/201708/t20170814_10510242.htm

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

新疆青河县少数民族出国须五个部门审批盖章 (Kazakh minorities in Xinjiang need approvals from different authorities to go aboard)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08142017110509.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Democrat who says Chinese agents assaulted him accuses police of leaking “damaging” details of investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/14/democrat-says-chinese-agents-assaulted-accuses-police-leaking-damaging-details-investigation/

Related:
Hong Kong democrat arrested for “misleading” police after abduction claims
Reuters, August 15, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKCN1AV03K

閉路電視未見被人擄 林子健涉誤導警方被捕 (CCTV footage shows no signs of abduction, Howard Lam arrested for misleading the police)
Apple Daily, August 15, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170815/57081702

林鄭月娥不評論林子健事件 稱社會可自行判斷 (Carrie Lam refuses to comment on the incident of Howard Lam and says the society can make its own judgment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1348274-20170815.htm

律政司覆核成功 反東北案13被告改判監8至13個月 (13 activists sentenced from 8 to 13 months in prison following Department of Justice’s successful appeal)
Inmediahk, August 15, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051372

Stop pursuing democracy under Hong Kong’s Basic Law, Occupy co-founder Benny Tai urges
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2106572/stop-pursuing-democracy-under-hong-kongs-basic-law-occupy-co

“All Hong Kong lawmakers should retake oaths”: Litigious former civil servant files legal bid to restart process
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2106707/hong-kong-king-judicial-reviews-lodges-legal-bid-restart

Hong Kong gov’t appeals sentences for protesters who opposed New Territories development plan
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/14/hong-kong-govt-appeals-sentences-protesters-opposed-new-territories-development-plan/

Commentary (评论)

Liu Xia: A woman whose existence is an embarrassment to China
EJ Insight, August 14, 2017
http://www.ejinsight.com/20170814-liu-xia-a-woman-whose-existence-is-an-embarrassment-to-china/

Why Hong Kong’s justice minister Rimsky Yuen is so sanguine about joint checkpoint for express rail link
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2104469/why-hong-kongs-justice-minister-rimsky-yuen-so-sanguine

Cybersecurity Law gets its first big investigation
China Media Project, August 11, 2017
http://cmp.hku.hk/2017/08/11/chinas-cac-investigate-wechat-weibo-baidu-tieba/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

維權人士吳淦案天津閉門審理 多人聲援被帶走 (Rights defender Wu Gan faces closed trial today in Tianjin, many supporters taken away by police)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 14, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1348010-20170814.htm

Related:
The twelve “crimes” of Wu Gan the Butcher
China Change, August 13, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/08/13/the-twelve-crimes-of-wu-gan-the-butcher/

支聯會「尋人啟事」促放劉霞 (Hong Kong Alliance starts poster campaign and demands Liu Xia to be released)
Apple Daily, August 13, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20170813/20120163

Related:
海內外42團體聯署聲明 促放劉霞及海祭者 (42 groups press for the release of Liu Xia and Liu Xiaobo mourners)
HK01, August 13, 2017
https://www.hk01.com /港聞/111697/-劉曉波逝世一個月-海內外42團體聯署聲明-促放劉霞及海祭者

Tens of thousands demand President Xi frees Liu Xia
Amnesty International, August 11, 2017
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/08/china-tens-of-thousands-demand-president-xi-frees-liu-xia/

杨天水查出脑瘤才保外就医，北京故伎重演？ (Political prisoner Yang Tianshui released on medical parole only after brain tumor diagnoses—more of Beijing’s old tricks?)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08132017150651.html

“Released” rights lawyer still held in northern China cave under police guard
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/cave-08102017160540.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China introduces new rules to "purify" online video content
DLA Piper, August 10, 2017
https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/insights/publications/2017/08/china-introduces-new-rules-for-online-video/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

葛文秀等59位律师联名就《国家监察法（草案）》立法向全国人大公开提出四点建议 (59 lawyers write open letter to NPC making suggestions to the draft of National Supervision Law of the PRC)
Weiquanwang, August 13, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/59.html

湖南省幼师集体在省政府上访维权已14天 (Hunan kindergarten collectively petition provincial government for 14th day)
Weiquanwang, August 10, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/14.html

川震死伤人数持续增加 网民造谣遭查处 (Number of injured in Sichuan quake continues to rise, netizens investigate rumors)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-08102017112402.html

China’s army of green activists
Gulf News, August 11, 2017
http://gulfnews.com/weekend-review/features/world/china-s-army-of-green-activists-1.2071769

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京:上半年查处违反中央八项规定精神问题242人 (Beijing punishes 242 officials for violating Party principles during first half of 2017)
People.com.cn, August 14, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0814/c1001-29467435.html

China focus: top-down inspection—China's "secret weapon" for governance
Xinhua, August 11, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/11/c_136519200.htm

多地探索建公务员诚信档案 公务员失信如何惩戒？(Many government officials investigate establishment of “integrity” files, how to discipline dishonest officials?)
The Paper, August 11, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/11/content_7278015.htm?node=5955

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Big data and AI harnessed to perfect the police state in China
The News Lens, August 11, 2017
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/75151

China is investigating its Internet giants over failures to police content—and sending a warning
Quartz, August 10, 2017
https://qz.com/1051539/china-is-investigating-its-internet-giants-tencent-tcehy-baidu-bidu-sina-weibo-wb-over-failures-to-police-content/

Related:
微博回应被调查：深知责任担当，将不断升级技术和人工防控 (Weibo responds to investigation: we recognize well the responsibility we play, will continue to upgrade technological and artificial controls)
The Paper, August 11, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1760065
腾讯微信回应被调查：严格自查自纠，呼吁广大用户守法 (Tencent responds to investigation: we will stringently self-investigate and self-control, urge users to abide by law)
The Paper, August 11, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1760154
百度贴吧回应被立案调查：深表歉意，将积极配合进行整改 (Baidu responds to investigation: we deeply apologize, will actively cooperate to initiate rectification)
The Paper, August 11, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1759976

40城推出“刷脸政务”，“人脸识别”拓出便民新场景 (40 cities launch “facial recognition government services,” develop new conditions for the convenience of the public)
Legal Daily, August 11, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/11/content_7279188.htm?node=5955

The great firewall update: Clamping down on VPNs
Al Jazeera, August 12, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2017/08/great-firewall-update-clamping-vpns-170812090721781.html

Hong Kong (香港)

林子健批警方調查不公道 林卓廷：李家超言論不負責任 (Howard Lam criticizes Hong Kong police for unfair investigation; Lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting calls Secretary for Security’s statement irresponsible)
Mingpao, August 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170814/s00001/1502675163955

香港电台BBC频道让给中国央广 (RTHK replaces BBC with China National Radio)
Voice of America, August 14, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/RTHB-BBC-CHINA/3983844.html

Related:
Radio silence: 24-hour broadcast of BBC World Service dropped in Hong Kong
The Guardian, August 13, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/13/radio-silence-24-hour-broadcast-of-bbc-world-service-dropped-in-hong-kong

曾任佔中糾察 郭紹傑被踢出港九拯溺員工會 (Life Guards Union kicks council member out for participating in Occupy Central)
Mingpao, August 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170813/s00001/1502635220192

香港《前哨》老总吐苦水“强力部门”恐吓无日无之 (Hong Kong magazine owner complains about constant threats from Chinese authorities)
Radio France Internationale, August 13, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr//中国/20170813-香港前哨老总吐苦水强力部门恐吓无日无之

《前哨》總編：強力部門綁架妻子 恐嚇員工 (Editor in Chief of Hong Kong magazine talks about wife abducted and employees threatened by Chinese authorities)
Apple Daily, August 13, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20170813/20120053

各方籲放下分歧 周永康：反對派更應建立溝通平台 梁天琦：香港已走向完全專制 (Hong Kong pro-democracy groups hold seminar and talk about tactics against suppression)
The Stand News, August 13, 2017
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/民主運動對策-各方籲放下分歧-周永康-反對派更應建立溝通平台-梁天琦-香港已走向完全專制/"

Hong Kong democracy activists continue campaign for Liu Xia’s release despite alleged kidnapping
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2106564/hong-kong-democracy-activists-continue-campaign-liu-xias

Hong Kong police chief promises thorough investigation of alleged assault on activist by Chinese agents
Hong Kong Free Press, August 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/11/hong-kong-police-chief-promises-thorough-investigation-alleged-assault-activist-chinese-agents/

Related:
Torture of Hong Kong Democrat will not stop us fighting for release of dissident’s widow, activists say
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2106479/torture-hong-kong-democrat-will-not-stop-us-fighting-release

Democrat “abduction”: Friend of late Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo criticizes “mainlandisation” of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/12/democrat-abduction-friend-late-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-criticises-mainlandisation-hong-kong/

Social worker board remains undecided on punishing pro-democracy activist Ken Tsang for misconduct
Hong Kong Free Press, August 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/10/social-worker-board-remains-undecided-punishing-pro-democracy-activist-ken-tsang-misconduct/

Staff of ousted lawmakers say head of legislature should take responsibility for approving controversial oaths
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/12/staff-ousted-lawmakers-say-head-legislature-take-responsibility-approving-controversial-oaths/