Access to Justice (司法公正)

Uyghur inmates in Xinjiang’s Korla city endure overcrowded re-education camps
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/camps-01032018155622.html

最高法：中国裁判文书网访问总量近125亿次 (Supreme People’s Court says total traffic of China Judgments Online approaches 12.5 billion and over 41.31 million judgments are published)
Supreme People’s Court, January 3, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1932948

司法部相关负责人就修订后的《基层法律服务所管理办法》《基层法律服务工作者管理办法》答记者问 (Ministry of Justice holds press conference on revised Measures on Administration of Legal Service Offices at the Grass-roots Level and Measures on Administration of Legal Service Workers at the Grass-roots Level, and it confirms “credit” of grass-roots legal professionals and offices will be tracked)
Legal Daily, January 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/02/content_7437967.htm?node=5954

最高检印发工作意见深入推进检察改革 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate issues opinion on reform, urging procuratorial organs to “strengthen political awareness”)
Supreme People’s Procuratorate, January 2, 2018
http://www.spp.gov.cn/xwfbh/wsfbh/201801/t20180102_208022.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

A saucy app knows China's taste in news. The censors are worried.
被指传播色情低俗信息，今日头条遭整改
The New York Times, January 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/business/china-toutiao-censorship.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180103/china-toutiao-censorship/

汇聚奋进新时代开启新征程的磅礴伟力——2017年宣传思想文化工作综述 (Summary of work on propaganda, ideology, and culture in 2017: 520,000 people listened to lectures on Xi Jinping Thought in person and 21 million did online)
Xinhua News Agency, January 2, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/02/c_1122200644.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

云南曲靖市多地公办教师游行示威 (Public school teachers in Yunnan protest for equal pay and wage in arrears)
Weiquanwang, January 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_80.html

投诉：西安袁骆村村民再次到陕西省政府请愿 (Villagers in Xi’an petition at provincial government after being forced to move into poorly-built relocation homes)
Weiquanwang, January 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_37.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

How the eviction of Beijing’s migrant workers is tearing at the fabric of the city’s economy
Agence France-Presse, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2126836/how-eviction-beijings-migrant-workers-tearing-fabric

价格欺诈 黑龙江雪乡一店被罚5.9万 (Hostel in Heilongjiang fined 59,000 yuan for cheating customers)
The Beijing News, January 4, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2018/01/04/471132.html

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

Xi Jinping tells army not to fear death in show of China's military might
The Guardian, January 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/04/xi-jinping-tells-army-not-to-fear-death-in-show-of-chinas-military-might

Related:
Why Xi Jinping is once again letting China’s military have a direct link to local authorities
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2126718/why-xi-jinping-once-again-letting-chinas-military-have

China’s new killer drone conducts missile firing tests
The Diplomat, January 3, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-new-killer-drone-conducts-missile-firing-tests/

Hong Kong, 香港

Hong Kong lawyers condemn personal attacks against judges, urge gov’t to defend judiciary
Hong Kong Free Press, January 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/04/hong-kong-lawyers-condemn-personal-attacks-judges-urge-govt-defend-judiciary/

Related:
Hong Kong police union “extremely disappointed” at jail sentence for retired cop Frankly Chu
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/hong-kong-police-union-extremely-disappointed-jail-sentence-retired-cop-frankly-chu/

New CUHK head says he hopes people will discuss issues “rationally and peacefully” on campus
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/new-cuhk-head-says-hopes-people-will-discuss-issues-rationally-peacefully-campus/

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong is being squeezed … into China
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2126768/hong-kong-being-squeezed-china

Related:
Beijing has ultimate control of Hong Kong – that’s the reality of “One Country, Two Systems"
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126779/beijing-has-ultimate-control-hong-kong-thats-reality-one

世界媒体看中国：老大哥来了 (Big brother is coming)
Voice of America, January 4, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-big-borther-comes-20180103/4191187.html

China must release Wu Gan & stop treating free speech as an act of subversion
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 4, 2018
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/01/china-must-release-wu-gan-stop-treating-free-speech-as-an-act-of-subversion/

As America withdraws from Latin America, China steps in
The Diplomat, January 4, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/as-america-withdraws-from-latin-america-china-steps-in/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

提倡更广泛藏语教育的扎西文色即将受审 (Tibetan language education advocate Tashi Wangchuk faces trial)
Voice of America, January 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-tibet-20180102/4189557.html

影像紀實——被驅逐的家庭：在北京的五年，我們搬到哪裏，就拆到哪裏 (Photos of the evicted family: Wherever we move during our 5 years in Beijing, eviction follows)
The Initium, December 31, 2017
https://theinitium.com/article/20180101-photo-beijing-eviction/

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国网络审查 警方：重点人物微信内容“全程监控” (Chinese police says it monitors key persons’ WeChat non-stop)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf3-01022018102020.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

全国民代幼教师维权代表60多人再次到国家信访局上访 (Over 60 teacher representatives petition in Beijing for social security and medical care)
Weiquanwang, January 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/60.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's uphill struggle fighting extreme poverty
British Broadcasting Company, January 3, 2018
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-china-42548808/china-s-uphill-struggle-fighting-extreme-poverty

Loan sharks continue to prey on Chinese university students by going offline to bypass crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2126435/loan-sharks-continue-prey-chinese-university-students-going

The big black hole in China’s carbon market ambitions
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2125896/big-black-hole-chinas-carbon-market-ambitions

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

「微信身分證」月內由粵推向全國 公安部﹕減資料外泄風險 (WeChat ID card to be promoted nationwide, and Ministry of Public Security claims it reduces risk of information leak)
Mingpao, January 3, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180103/s00013/1514916105426

How antivirus software can be turned into a tool for spying
The New York Times, January 1, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/technology/kaspersky-lab-antivirus.html

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

2018: China vows to be the keeper of international order
The Diplomat, January 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/2018-china-vows-to-be-the-keeper-of-international-order/

Hong Kong (香港)

China may be using joint checkpoint plan to strip Hong Kong courts of power, legal scholar says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/china-may-using-joint-checkpoint-plan-stripe-hong-kong-courts-power-legal-scholar-says/

Related:
Joint checkpoint decision in Hong Kong an “act of state”, leading Beijing adviser says
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126569/joint-checkpoint-decision-hong-kong-act-state-leading

“Treating us as beggars”: Talks with striking cleaners collapse after firm offers HK$200 severance deal
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/treating-us-beggars-talks-striking-cleaners-collapse-firm-offers-hk200-severance-deal/

Former senior Hong Kong police officer jailed for baton assault during democracy protest
Reuters, January 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests/former-senior-hong-kong-police-officer-jailed-for-baton-assault-during-democracy-protest-idUSKBN1ES08P

Let transgender people have status recognized without undergoing sex reassignment surgery, Hong Kong equality watchdog urges
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2126652/let-transgender-people-have-status-recognised-without

Red tape led to “close to zero” collaboration among Hong Kong bureaus, head of youth policy advisory body says
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126489/red-tape-led-close-zero-collaboration-among-hong-kong

Two deputy directors axed at Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126525/two-deputy-directors-axed-beijings-liaison-office-hong-kong

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s joint rail checkpoint shows the emperor is not always far away, and never out of mind
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2126598/hong-kongs-joint-rail-checkpoint-shows-emperor-not-always-far-away-and

In their words: Film shows real lives of Africans in China
China Film Insider, January 2, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/in-their-words-film-shows-real-lives-of-africans-in-china/

Has the #MeToo moment finally reached China?
The Diplomat, January 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/has-the-metoo-moment-finally-reached-china/

人大作出了決定 然後呢？ (NPC made its decision, now what?)
Mingpao, January 2, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180102/s00022/1514810440222

China is pushing its luck with the West
中国伸向西方的手伸得太长了
The New York Times, December 27, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/opinion/china-west-power-influence.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20171228/china-west-power-influence/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

兄长无故死在看守所 胞妹追究责任遭解雇 (Gynecologist fired by Guangdong hospital for seeking justice for late brother who died at detention center)
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/doctor-01012018071515.html

Chinese artist who filmed Beijing's mass evictions now faces eviction himself
艺术家华涌再遭宋庄驱赶 成都亲友受到牵连
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/artist-studio-01012018164021.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/artist-12312017104236.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国新年管控言论第一枪 “今日头条”关闭社会频道 (China censors popular portal website section and replaces it with “New Era” socialist content)
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf3-01012018114540.html

Related:
暗批封锁刘晓波去世消息 脱口秀节目遭删 (Talk show censored in China for criticizing censorship of Liu Xiaobo’s death)
Voice of America, January 1, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-liu-xiaobo-20180101/4187465.html

救助良心犯的微信群被封 群主遭驱赶 (WeChat group banned and group host harassed by state security police for helping political prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-12312017131919.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

惟有坚持才对得起这个时代 ——中国人权律师团2018年新年献辞 (Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group sends New Year's message: Perseverance will see us through)
Weiquanwang, December 31, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/2018_31.html

Related:
Perseverance will see us through — a 2018 New Year’s message from the Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group
China Change, January 1, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/01/01/perseverance-will-see-us-through-a-2018-new-years-message-from-the-chinese-human-rights-lawyers-group/

中国曹顺利人权团队在上海的人权捍卫者近日第3次上街举牌要求中共政权立即释放全国政治犯并解除党禁报禁 (Human rights defenders in Shanghai hold placards on street demanding release of political prisoners and allowing political parties and media to operate freely)
Weiquanwang, December 30, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/3_30.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing university professor suspended after former student accuses him of sexual harassment
Hong Kong Free Press, January 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/02/beijing-university-professor-suspended-former-student-accuses-sexual-harassment/

China names acting mayor for city of Tianjin after bribery scandal
Reuters, January 2, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-tianjin/china-names-acting-mayor-for-city-of-tianjin-after-bribery-scandal-idUSKBN1ER08Z

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Tencent denies storing WeChat records after Chinese billionaire reportedly questions monitoring
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2126516/tencent-denies-storing-wechat-records-after-chinese-billionaire

中国官方推出相互检举手机程序 民众反应冷淡 (Public frosty to Chinese authority’s new app that asks users to report on each other)
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-01012018135231.html