Access to Justice (司法公正)

Notes from prison (part two of two)
China Change, October 12, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/10/11/notes-from-prison-part-two-of-two/

Related:
Notes from prison (part one of two)
China Change, October 10, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/10/10/notes-from-prison-part-one-of-two/

深圳25年制定220项法规！全国地方立法最多 (Shenzhen enacted 220 regulations and laws during past 25 years, the most in country)
Nanfang Daily, October 12, 2017
http://news.dayoo.com/guangdong/201710/12/139996_51857739.htm

Police in China's Hubei target outspoken wife of “disappeared” human rights lawyer
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-in-chinas-hubei-target-outspoken-wife-of-disappeared-human-rights-lawyer-10112017095449.html

不服天价罚单 苏天富牧师提起诉讼 (Priest Su Tianfu sues local religious authority for imposing astronomical fine)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-10112017103519.html

司法改革重要举措：最高人民法院 司法部联合出台《关于开展刑事案件律师辩护全覆盖试点工作的办法》(Supreme People’s Court and Ministry of Justice issue “Measures on Launching the Pilot Work on Full Coverage of Lawyers Defending Criminal Cases”)
Ministry of Justice, October 11, 2017
http://www.moj.gov.cn/2017/1011/8912.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

More security, less soccer, fewer TV dramas ahead of China’s landmark Communist Party meeting
Agence France-Presse, October 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/12/security-less-soccer-fewer-tv-dramas-ahead-chinas-landmark-communist-party-meeting/

中国强化网络整肃 成都微信群主被约谈 (WeChat group leader in Chengdu questioned by police for over 7 hours)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf1-10112017103447.html

In China, scholars are being punished amid growing squeeze on public expression
National Public Radio, October 10, 2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/10/10/553484924/in-china-scholars-are-being-punished-amid-growing-squeeze-on-public-expression

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's top paper warns party officials against “spiritual anesthesia”
Reuters, October 12, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-religion/chinas-top-paper-warns-party-officials-against-spiritual-anesthesia-idUSKBN1CH06O

五组数据读懂正风反腐这五年 (Five sets of data to help understand anti-corruption campaign in past five years)
Central Commission of Discipline Inspection, October 11, 2017
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201710/t20171011_108650.html

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

广西灵山县一男子微信传播暴恐视频，被行政拘留10日 (Man in Guangxi detained for 10 days over violent terror video on WeChat)
The Paper, October 11, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1821700

Hong Kong (香港)

英人權領袖被港遣返 揭中領館係黑手 入境處職員含淚送機 (British human rights activist banned from entering Hong Kong and escorted to departing plane by tearful immigration officer)
Apple Daily, October 12, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20171012/57320995

In Hong Kong, it’s the fans who protest during the national anthem
球场里的“雨伞运动”？香港球迷再嘘中国国歌
The New York Times, October 12, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171012/hong-kong-china-national-anthem-protest/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171012/hong-kong-china-national-anthem-protest/

Carrie Lam: Schools should help students cultivate a sense of national identity
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/12/carrie-lam-schools-help-students-cultivate-sense-national-identity/

Related:
林鄭：每天為香港祈禱 盼年輕人有國家觀念、香港情懷 (Carrie Lam: I pray every day for Hong Kong, and hope that young people will have concept of being part of nation and sentiments for Hong Kong)
Mingpao, October 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171012/s00001/1507779955945

“Good atmosphere” needed for political reform and legislating national security law, Carrie Lam says
Hong Kong Free Press, October 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/11/good-atmosphere-needed-political-reform-legislating-national-security-law-carrie-lam-says/

議員團體批「北韓式快樂」 社福政策忽視市民權利 (Lawmakers criticize social policies that ignore citizens’ rights as “North Korea-style happiness”)
Inmediahk, October 11, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1052618

Commentary (评论)

Why the world must wake up to China's threat to freedom in Hong Kong
The Guardian, October 12, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/12/why-the-world-must-wake-up-to-chinas-threat-to-freedom-in-hong-kong

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高法：法官辞职后限制期内不得受聘于律师事务所 (Supreme People’s Court: Judges can be employed by law firms after service)
The Paper, October 11, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1820612

报道武汉大学生失踪案一文记者王涛遭行政拘留10天后又转看守所 恐被刑事拘留 (Journalist Wang Tao transferred to detention center after being detained for 10 days for reporting missing university students in Wuhan)
Weiquanwang, October 11, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/10/10.html

被捕律师王权璋妻子李文足再遭警方骚扰 (Li Wenzu, wife of arrested 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang, harassed by police again)
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-10102017105230.html

落实普法责任制部际联席会议第一次全体会议召开 (First cross-ministry meeting convened to implement accountability system for legal publicity)
Legal Daily, October 10, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/10/content_7338911.htm

曹建明：发展完善中国特色社会主义公益司法保护制度 (Cao Jianming, Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Develop and improve a socialist public interest judicial protection system with Chinese characteristics)
Legal Daily, October 10, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/content/2017-10/10/content_7338912.htm

Notes from prison (part one of two)
China Change, October 10, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/10/10/notes-from-prison-part-one-of-two/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Your news about China depends on intrepid journalists whose names you’ll probably never know
Quartz, October 11, 2017
https://qz.com/1094098/why-you-dont-know-the-names-of-the-people-who-take-the-biggest-risks-to-bring-you-your-china-news/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Under the eye of state security police, Chinese activists mark 1911 revolution
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-10102017111503.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

拖欠农民工工资将被列入“黑名单”，人社部发文明确了！(Social security authority issues regulation that blacklists companies which fail to pay migrant workers)
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, October 11, 2017
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NqjUN2XN-1yg-_XSeQxWnw

五年来年均减贫超1300万人 (China lifts 13 million out of poverty annually during past 5 years)
Beijing News, October 11, 2017
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2017-10/11/content_697915.htm?div=-1

全国农村留守儿童信息管理系统正式启用 (Information management system goes online for children left behind in rural China)
Beijing News, October 10, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/10/10/460442.html

山西：ＰＭ２.５降幅不达标将问责市委书记市长 (Shanxi province to hold Party secretary and mayor accountable for air pollution)
China Central Television, October 10, 2017
http://m.news.cctv.com/2017/10/10/ARTIQFcmPfNkgdWfLCXSfNdy171010.shtml

中央纪委向十九大工作报告审议程序发生重大变化 (Important change of the review procedure of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s work report to the 19th Party Congress)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, October 10, 2017
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201710/t20171010_108576.html

China's Communist Party makes final preparations for key congress
Reuters, October 11, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress/chinas-communist-party-makes-final-preparations-for-key-congress-idUSKBN1CG0AG

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese tech groups display closer ties with Communist party
Financial Times, October 10, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/6bc839c0-ace6-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130?mhq5j=e5

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

Xinjiang cancels National Day holiday ahead of Party Congress
Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/holiday-10102017144540.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Say no to threats to China’s sovereignty, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam in first policy address
Hong Kong Free Press, October 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/11/say-no-threats-chinas-sovereignty-says-hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-first-policy-address/

Related:
林鄭月娥發表施政報告 稱要向影響一國兩制行為說不 (Carrie Lam’s policy address: HKers have obligation to say ":no" to actions that affect “one country, two systems”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 11, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1358322-20171011.htm?spTabChangeable=0

林鄭月娥今早演辭未提及的4大議題 (Four of the major issues that Carrie Lam didn’t mention in this morning’s speech)
Mingpao, October 11, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171011/s00001/1507698307071

Carrie Lam promised to “connect,” yet engagement with NGOs is deteriorating on her watch
Hong Kong Free Press, October 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/11/carrie-lam-promised-connect-yet-engagement-ngos-deteriorating-watch/

僅3.1%港青自認中國人 歷來新低 (Only 3.1% Hong Kong young people think they are Chinese, a historical low)
Apple Daily, October 10, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20171010/20177873

Hong Kong fans ignore warnings and again boo the national anthem—this time before an Asian Cup qualifier
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/2114782/hong-kong-fans-ignore-warnings-and-again-boo-national-anthem-time-asian

British Conservative party activist barred from entering Hong Kong
The Guardian, October 11, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/11/british-conservative-party-activist-benedict-rogers-hong-kong

Commentary (评论)

Under Xi Jinping, China is turning back to dictatorship
Financial Times, October 11, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/cb2c8578-adb4-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Petitioner detained after shooting video of surveillance team in China's Tianjin
Radio Free Asia, October 9, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/video-10092017111735.html

浙江环保人士十九大前被“传销罪”刑拘 (Environmentalist in Zhejiang criminally detained for “pyramid scheme” before 19th National Party Congress)
Voice of America, October 9, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-environmentalist-detained-/4062315.html

甄江华被拘37日 律师料其会被批捕 (Rights defender Zhen Jianghua detained for 37 days and lawyer expects him to be formally arrested)
Radio Free Asia, October 9, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-10092017103512.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

江苏省、南通市政府均拒绝公开黑监狱信息 张华诉省、市政府案即将开庭 (Citizen brings Jiangsu province gov't and Nantong municipal gov't to court as they refuse to publish information about black jails)
Weiquanwang, October 9, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/10/blog-post_19.html

Fifty shades of Xi: scores of books praising president published in China
The Guardian, October 10, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/10/fifty-shades-of-xi-scores-of-books-praising-president-published-in-china

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Construction site accident highlights need for effective trade union presence in the workplace
China Labor Bulletin, October 10, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/construction-site-accident-highlights-need-effective-trade-union-presence-workplace

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京市纪委通报9起公车私用问题 涉及8家单位 (Beijing Party discipline inspection committee publishes license plate numbers of public vehicles that were used for personal purposes)
Beijing News, October 10, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/10/10/460423.html

老外深圳打车33分钟花480元 涉事车辆和司机被顶格处罚 (Taxi driver in Shenzhen severely punished for charging foreigner 480 yuan for 33 mins ride)
Beijing News, October 10, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/10/10/460419.html

明起随迁子女可申请在京高职考试 门槛不变 (Starting tomorrow, children of migrant workers can apply to take exams for vocational colleges in Beijing)
Beijing News, October 10, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/10/10/460418.html

China pushes “human rights with Chinese characteristics” at the UN
China Change, October 9, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/10/09/china-pushes-human-rights-with-chinese-characteristics-at-the-un/

Communist Party graft-busters put former senior Beijing official in Hong Kong on probation
South China Morning Post, October 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2114571/communist-party-graft-busters-put-former-senior-beijing

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Goodies for China’s cyber goons
China Media Project, October 5, 2017
http://chinamediaproject.org/2017/10/05/goodies-for-chinas-cyber-goons/

I fixed my poor credit score by being a more loyal Alibaba consumer
Quartz, October 9, 2017
https://qz.com/1097766/i-fixed-my-poor-sesame-credit-score-by-being-a-more-loyal-user-of-alibabas-wallet-app-alipay-in-china/

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

Hotel in China's Shenzhen fined for breaking Muslim Uyghur guest ban
深圳一酒店接待维族人被罚款
Radio Free Asia, October 9, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/hotel-10092017103524.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-10092017103424.html

新疆要求居民刀具打上身份码 (Xinjiang authorities ask residents to put identification codes on knives)
Radio Free Asia, October 9, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/yf1-10092017103449.html