”Disappeared” Beijing Artist Who Made Video of Migrant Protests Released on Bail
Radio Free Asia, December 18
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/artist-12182017112339.html
China Detains Kazakhs During "Unity Week" in Troubled Xinjiang Region
Radio Free Asia, December 18
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/unity-12182017115834.html
省市联合工作组彻查兰州危废污染(Gansu Provincial Government form working group to investigate Lanzhou toxic wastes)
The Beijing News, December 19
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/19/469156.html
上海研究制定托幼机构标准 专家建议设虐待儿童罪
(Shanghai government intends to standardise regulations on childcare services, experts propose criminalize child abuses)
The Paper, December 19
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-12-18/doc-ifypsvkp4534862.shtml
安监总局:化工行业前11个月事故203起 死亡238人
(State Administration of Worker Safety reported 238 occupational deaths in the chemistry industries last 11 months)
Legal Daily, December 18
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-12-18/doc-ifypsvkp4498110.shtml
北京逐“低端人口”后遗症 高丽营二十多所幼儿园遭查封(Seizure of two dozens of kindergartens in Gaoliying, Beijing, marks the second wave of mass eviction)
Radio Free Asia, December 18
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12182017111950.html
China Claims "New Breakthroughs in Anti-Missile Cooperation" with Russia
The Diplomat, December 19
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/china-claims-new-breakthroughs-in-anti-missile-cooperation-with-russia/
Hongkongers must now "love" mainland to get scholarships in China
South China Morning Post, December 19
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2124840/beijing-pumps-us227-million-more-annual-scholarships-hong
王晨：港區人大代表選舉有序進行 充分發揚民主(36 seats of Hong Kong deputies to the National People’s Congress is generated, VC of NPCSC comments says democracy is substantially exercised)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 19
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1370833-20171219.htm
Ex-policeman guilty of assaulting Hong Kong Occupy protest bystander with baton in 2014
South China Morning Post, December 18
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2124766/ex-policeman-guilty-assaulting-hong-kong-occupy-protest
Related:
Police association "disappointed" by retired cop Frankly Chu’s Occupy assault conviction
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/19/police-association-disappointed-retired-cop-frankly-chus-occupy-assault-conviction/The Chief Executive refuse to comment on the case, said respect the court judgment
MingPao, December 19, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171219/s00001/1513640497651
Cheung Chau resident Kwok Cheuk-kin files judicial review over legislature house rule changes
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/18/cheung-chau-resident-kwok-cheuk-kin-files-judicial-review-legislature-house-rule-changes/
Why Hong Kong must heed EU warning over “constant interference” in “one country, two systems”
South China Morning Post, December 19
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2124882/why-hong-kong-must-heed-eu-warning-over-constant
蔡奇屹立不搖的邏輯(Why Cai Qi, Mayor of Beijing still maintaining his position?)
Mingpao, December 19
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171219/s00013/1513620728141
得一地兩檢 失基本法尊嚴 (High-speed railway co-location arrangement is disrespectful to the Basic Law)
Mingpao, December 19
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171219/s00022/1513603106081
Thousands in China watch as 10 people sentenced to death in sport stadium
The Guardian, December 18, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/thousands-china-watch-executed-sport-stadium
人格权或单独成编入民法典 个人信息保护立法加速 (Personality Rights may included in Civil Code, speeding up protection to the right to privacy)
Legal Daily, December 18, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-12-18/doc-ifyptkyk5087704.shtml
China's Uighur minority shackled by digital technology as thousands are detained for “vocational training”
The Independent, December 17, 2017
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thousands-china-xinjiang-uighur-beijing-disappear-fears-authorities-thought-police-personal-safety-a8115421.html
中共中央办公厅 国务院办公厅印发《生态环境损害赔偿制度改革方案》
China to expand pilot reform in ecological damage compensation
Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2017
EN:http://english.sina.com/china/e/2017-12-18/detail-ifypsvkp4229640.shtml
CH:http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017-12/17/content_5247952.htm
Hua Yong: Detained Chinese artist's emotional last video
British Broadcasting Company, December 16, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42379722
Related:
华涌拍摄“低端人口”被驱逐视频遭抓捕 公民上街举牌声援(Hua Yong, activist artist who filmed Beijing mass eviction is arrested, citizens call for his release)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-12172017095716.html
中宣部號召文藝界做「紅色輕騎兵」 學者：仿效毛時代 料爛尾收場(China Publicity Department asks cultural groups to serve as “Red Light Cavalry”, scholars anticipate the plan is likely to fall apart)
Ming Pao, December 18, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171218/s00013/1513534057684
作品諷時政 京強撤思想藝術展 剩「半條被子」 藝術家：間接宣傳(Beijing art exhibition that criticize current affairs largely banned)
Ming Pao, December 17, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171217/s00013/1513446564917
Fighting pollution: China shivers as shift from coal to gas plagued by shortages
Agence France-Presse, December 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/18/fighting-pollution-china-shivers-shift-coal-gas-plagued-shortages/
Related:
China has won battles against air pollution, but not the war
The Economist, December 14, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21732581-fierce-restrictions-use-coal-have-got-it-only-so-far-china-has-won-battles-against-air
Localist Edward Leung leaves Hong Kong Indigenous in light of upcoming trial
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/18/localist-edward-leung-leaves-hong-kong-indigenous-light-upcoming-trial/
泛民或提司法覆核 李慧琼：人大有釋法權利 (Pan-Dem consider to file judicial review against LegCo rule change, DAB’s Starry Lee said the NPCSC can re-interpret the Basic Law)
Mingpao, December 18, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171218/s00001/1513565128456
Related:
Hong Kong lawmaker promises more extreme action after legislature rule changes curb filibustering
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124686/hong-kong-lawmaker-promises-extreme-action-after-legislature
Two Hong Kong students kicked out of graduation ceremony after not standing for national anthem
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2124697/two-hong-kong-students-kicked-out-graduation-ceremony-after
外傭團體遊行促正視移民工權益及濫收中介費問題 (Migrant groups demonstrated demanding fair treatment and stop overcharging from agencies)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 17, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1370507-20171217.htm
As Christmas decorations highlight inequality, what are Hong Kong’s officials doing about the poor?
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/18/christmas-decorations-highlight-inequality-hong-kongs-officials-poor/
「一國一制」真的好 (“One Country One System is good”)
Ming Pao, December 18, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171218/s00022/1513516226297
Can Environmental Lawsuits in China Succeed?
China File, December 14, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/can-environmental-lawsuits-china-succeed
How China’s “sharp power” is muting criticism abroad
The Economist, December 14, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21732545-and-stealthily-trying-shape-public-opinion-its-favour-how-chinas-sharp-power-muting
Inside China's vast new experiment in social ranking
Wired, December 14, 2017
https://www.wired.com/story/age-of-social-credit/
"I live like a plant": Chinese dissident’s widow Liu Xia sends desperate letter
Agence France-Presse, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/i-live-like-plant-chinese-dissidents-widow-liu-xia-sends-desperate-letter/
China corrects 37 wrongful convictions for 61 people: white paper
中国人权法治化保障的新进展
Xinhua News Agency, December 15, 2017
EN:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/15/c_136827952.htm
CH:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/15/c_136827952.htm
男子制作传播侮辱成吉思汗挂像视频 被判有期徒刑 (Man sentenced to 1 year in prison for treading on picture of Genghis Khan and sharing video of it on social media)
Ordos city police, December 15, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-12-15/doc-ifyptkyk4573828.shtml
Chinese security guards beat South Korean journalists in shocking footage from Beijing trade fair
Newsweek, December 14, 2017
http://www.newsweek.com/chinese-security-guards-attack-south-korean-press-covering-president-moon-jae-747889/
投身NGO指导网民突破封锁 广东甄江华因涉嫌煽颠被监视居住 (Guangdong-based activist Zhen Jianghua under “residential surveillance at designated location” for inciting subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-12142017131756.html
广东及北京等地家庭教会遭驱赶 (Home churches in Guangdong and Beijing harassed and evicted)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-12142017131110.html
Communist Party, military among latest to promote Xi Jinping’s political ideology in “thought” centres
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2124406/communist-party-military-among-latest-promote-xi/
Related:
10家习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心（院）成立 (10 research centers and institutes of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era set up across China)
People’s Daily, December 15, 2017
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2017-12/15/nw.D110000renmrb_20171215_2-04.htm
奥威尔的预言与毛时代的回归：严密监控下的中国 (Orwell’s prophecy and retuning of Mao’s era: China under tight surveillance)
Voice of America, December 15, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-state-surveillance-20171214/4164853.html
南京清「餘毒」 銷毁前書記撰序史書 (Nanjing destroys history books prefaced by corrupt former party secretary)
Mingpao, December 15, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171215/s00013/1513275212291
中國佛教協會高僧：十九大報告是當代佛經 已手抄3遍要再抄10遍 (Deputy of Buddhist Association of China says report of 19th party congress is modern-day Buddhist sutra and he will hand-copy it for 13 times)
HK01, December 14, 2017
http://bit.ly/2zdQlPq
China has 41 journalists behind bars amid ever-widening media controls centers
全球关押新闻工作者再创新高 中国排名第二
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-has-41-journalists-behind-bars-amid-ever-widening-media-controls-12142017103536.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/survey-12142017071139.html
Beijing mass evictions continue in wake of second fatal fire
北京十八里店乡火灾后“低端人口”再遭暴力驱逐 公民联署敦促蔡奇辞职
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/beijing-evictions-12142017104315.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-12142017131428.html
"中国之长臂"伸向海外 输出专制并捏造形象 (“Long arm of China” exports authoritarianism)
Voice of America, December 15, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/cecc-hearing-china-long-arm-20171215/4164961.html
Related:
The long arm of China: exporting authoritarianism with Chinese characteristics
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, December 13, 2017
https://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/the-long-arm-of-china-exporting-authoritarianism-with-chinese-characteristics
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam gets pat on the back from premier Li Keqiang for “proactive” governance and pushing bay area plan
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124461/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-hailed-premier-li-keqiang
Lawmaker barred for the day as battle over change of legislature’s house rules nears end
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/lawmaker-barred-day-battle-change-legislatures-house-rules-nears-end/
Top pick for new HKU vice-chancellor faces questions over research links to US military
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2124429/professor-questions-suitability-top-pick-next-hku-head
Related:
張翔晤港大教職員 與會者引述張稱不反對學術討論港獨 (Zhang Xiang, new head of HKU, meets with staff and says he doesn’t oppose academic discussion on Hong Kong independence)
Mingpao, December 15, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171215/s00001/1513310796113
Court accepts appeal application from cop found guilty of assaulting democracy activist Ken Tsang
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/court-accepts-appeal-application-cop-found-guilty-assaulting-democracy-activist-ken-tsang/
Civil Human Rights Front calls on public to “defend Hong Kong” at annual new year march
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/civil-human-rights-front-calls-public-defend-hong-kong-annual-new-year-march/
Related:
元旦遊行守護香港 民陣：禮崩樂壞 市民不能沉默 (Civil Human Rights Front organizes January 1 march to defend Hong Kong)
Inmediahk, December 14, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053912
ATV studio bomb makers get 26-46 months in jail
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1370266-20171215.htm
Hong Kong to be notified in 30 days if residents detained in China for “endangering national security”
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/14/hong-kong-notified-30-days-residents-detained-china-endangering-national-security/
Related:
通報機制新安排：內地拘危害國安港人須30天內通報 (New mechanism says mainland will notify Hong Kong in 30 days if residents get detained for activity endangering national security)
Mingpao, December 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171214/s00001/1513236958710
In Beijing, who is and isn’t a “low-end person?”
China Change, December 14, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/12/14/in-beijing-who-is-and-isnt-a-low-end-person/
Human rights and press freedom in Hong Kong - A brief memoir
Hong Kong Watch, December 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2017/12/14/francis-moriarty-human-rights-and-press-freedom-in-hong-kong-a-brief-memoir
采访郭文贵电视主持人与大陆妻子失联三个月 (TV anchor interviews Miles Kwok, Chinese billionaire in exile, and his wife goes incommunicado for 3 months)
Voice of America, December 14, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chen-xiao-ping-wife-lost-contact-20171213/4162695.html
China marks Nanjing Massacre anniversary, detains rights activists
习近平出席南京大屠杀公祭 维权人士被严管逾24小时
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/anniversary-12132017115632.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-12132017103548.html
China moves ahead with subversion trial of rights website founder Liu Feiyue
刘飞跃“煽颠罪”湖北随州中院正式立案
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liufeiyue-trial-12132017142438.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12132017103304.html
Number of jailed journalists hits record high, advocacy group says
2017年中国41名记者入狱，全球第二多
The New York Times, December 14, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/world/20171214/journalists-jailed-committee-to-protect-journalists/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/world/20171214/journalists-jailed-committee-to-protect-journalists/
Artist flees Beijing after filming devastation of mass evictions
公开“大驱逐”视频的艺术家逃离北京
The New York Times, December 14, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171214/china-beijing-migrants-eviction/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171214/china-beijing-migrants-eviction/
撞斷九江大橋 船長出獄查「空心橋墩」 (Ex-convict captain investigates “hollow bridge pier” after his ship slammed into bridge in Jiangxi and killed 8)
Mingpao, December 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171214/s00013/1513188343264
English transcript of video featuring activist Zhen Jianghua
i-CABLE News, December 13, 2017
https://www.nchrd.org/2017/12/19545/
携程亲子园事件5名工作人员被批捕 (Five kindergarten staffers in Shanghai under arrested after child abuse scandal)
Beijing News, December 13, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/13/468422.html
保定一纸厂发生燃爆事故致4死 公司负责人已被警方控制 (Owner of paper mill detained by police after fire and explosion killed 4 in Hebei)
Beijing News, December 13, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/13/468427.html