Access to Justice (司法公正)

李明哲轉囚湖南高戒備監獄 (Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che transferred to high-security prison in Hunan)
Central News Agency, January 12, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180112/s00013/1515693961456

安徽男子涉贪被捕检察院13年后决定不起诉，已申请国家赔偿 (Anhui man, once arrested for suspected corruption, demands state compensation after procuratorate spent 13 years deciding not to press charges)
The Paper, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1943320

检察院办案如何防范人情案关系案？海南省检：随机分配案件 (Hainan provincial Procuratorate randomly distributes cases to prosecutors to prevent personal relationship from getting involved)
Supreme People's Procuratorate, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1944284

珠海市公安局不认可蔺其磊律师担任甄江华辩护人 (Rights lawyer Lin Qilei denied by Zhuhai police to represent activist Zhen Jianghua)
Human Rights Campaign in China, January 10, 2018
https://www.hrcchina.org/2018/01/blog-post_10.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

旅美导演摄制「六四」纪录片 大陆家人遭警问话 (Family members of June Fourth documentary director questioned by mainland police)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/director-01112018091046.html

Related:
1989的女孩 (Children of 1989)
YouTube, January 8, 2018
https://youtu.be/0CWbcYz1VHA

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing professor dismissed as sexual harassment allegations spark campus activism
Reuters, January 12, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-harassment/beijing-professor-dismissed-as-sexual-harassment-allegations-spark-campus-activism-idUSKBN1F10J9

入围奥斯卡的艾未未：我和中国政权是恒久不变的对立关系 (Ai Weiwei, whose documentary gets shortlisted for Oscar, calls himself dissident against Chinese regime forever)
The Initium, January 12, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180112-mainland-aiweiwei/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

2017年全国纪检监察机关处分52.7万人 (527,000 people punished by discipline inspection authorities nationwide in 2017)
People’s Daily, January 12, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-01/12/nw.D110000renmrb_20180112_2-04.htm

Samsung faces French legal case over alleged abuses and use of child labor in China
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/samsung-faces-french-legal-case-alleged-abuses-use-child-labour-china/

A blue sky in Beijing? It’s not a fluke, says Greenpeace
北京冬日重现蓝天，中国治理污染初见成效
The New York Times, January 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/world/asia/pollution-beijing-declines.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180112/pollution-beijing-declines/

In China, gauging public opinion is hard
The Economist, January 11, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21734396-explaining-it-harder-china-gauging-public-opinion-hard

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Skype's rolling out end-to-end encryption for hundreds of millions of people
Wired, January 11, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/skype-end-to-end-encryption-voice-text/

WhatsApp security flaws could allow snoops to slide into group chats
Wired, January 10, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-security-flaws-encryption-group-chats/

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

Marriott to China: We do not support separatists
列西藏、台湾为“国家”，万豪致歉：不支持分裂
The New York Times, January 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/business/china-marriott-tibet-taiwan.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180112/china-marriott-tibet-taiwan/

教材被指「民族分裂」 三維族高官遭查 (Senior Uyghur officials under investigation for allegedly advocating “ethnic separatists” while editing ethnic language textbooks)
Sing Tao Daily, January 11, 2018
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1729541&target=2

In mass address, China's Xi calls for total party loyalty
Reuters, January 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/in-mass-address-chinas-xi-calls-for-total-party-loyalty-idUSKBN1F01KC

Hong Kong (香港)

再被揭熟知僭建條例 鄭若驊曾打涉非法結構官司 (Justice chief Teresa Cheng found of representing client in illegal structure lawsuit in 2003)
Apple Daily, January 12, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180112/57697880

Related:
Labor Party reports Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng to police, alleging she made false bank statements
Hong Kong Free Press, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/labour-party-reports-justice-sec-teresa-cheng-police-alleging-made-false-bank-statements/

NGO urges Hong Kong gov’t to respect prisoners’ rights ahead of UN report
Hong Kong Free Press, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/ngo-urges-hong-kong-govt-respect-prisoners-rights-ahead-un-report/

Will Hong Kong government’s new budget change life for low-income workers?
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2127867/hong-kong-government-budgets-rise-3-cent-carrie-lam-pledges

Commentary (评论)

How Myanmar fits into China’s global power ambitions
Quartz, January 12, 2018
https://qz.com/1178252/how-myanmar-fits-into-chinas-global-power-ambitions/

筆陣：須深思如何操作一國兩制 (A deep reflection is needed to implement “One Country, Two Systems”)
Mingpao, January 12, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180112/s00012/1515693929164

我是否已被統戰了？ (Have I been united under the United Front?)
Apple Daily, January 10, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180110/20269870

Access to Justice (司法公正)

余文生就遭受酷刑提起的国家赔偿申请书 (Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng demands state compensation for being allegedly tortured by Beijing police)
Weiquanwang, January 11, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_35.html

山东农民丁汉忠抗拆致两死案终审维持死缓判决，家人称将申诉 (Shandong top court upholds suspended death penalty of Ding Hanzhong, peasant who killed 2 in forced eviction dispute; family says will appeal)
The Paper, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1946542

最高法研讨裁判文书说理改革：让法官愿说理、敢说理、会说理 (Supreme People’s Court discusses reforms to reasoning of judgment decisions: Judges must be willing, daring, and capable to provide arguments)
Supreme People’s Court, January 10, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1943650

江苏江阴：“一体四翼”立体化刑执信息网络实现业务全覆盖 (Jiangyin City Procuratorate in Jiangsu Province installs parallel monitoring system in detention centers to automatically back up CCTV footage)
Procuratorate Daily, January 10, 2018
http://www.spp.gov.cn/zdgz/201801/t20180110_208485.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

习近平获保护记者委员会“严控媒体奖” (Xi Jinping awarded winner of Tightest Grip on Media by Committee to Protect Journalists)
Voice of America, January 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/press-freedom-under-attack-20180110/4202421.html

Related:
In response to Trump's fake news awards, CPJ announces Press Oppressors awards
Committee to Protect Journalists, January 8, 2018
https://cpj.org/blog/2018/01/press-oppressor-awards-trump-fake-news-fakies.php

人教部编初中历史课本送审版删除文革十年一课 (Cultural Revolution downplayed in upcoming official history textbook for junior high schools)
Radio France Internationale, January 10, 2018
http://bit.ly/2AQjHk5

工业和信息化部办公厅关于印发《工业和信息化部政府信息主动公开基本目录（试行）》的通知 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology publishes interim catalog for open government information: Regulations, normative documents on telecommunication and Internet administration should be published proactively)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, January 9, 2018
http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146295/n1652858/n1652930/n3757016/c6008072/content.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

全国社会组织、社会工作、志愿服务管理系统学习贯彻2018年全国民政工作会议精神视频会议在京召开 (Ministry of Civil Affairs Social Organization Administration Bureau hosts videoconference with regulatory organs: Top priority for 2018 is “political building” and have registered social organizations, social workers and volunteers to “listen to the party, follow the party and be grateful to the party”)
Ministry of Civil Affairs, January 10, 2018
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/mzyw/201801/20180100007256.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese authorities demolish well-known evangelical church
Associated Press, January 11, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-authorities-demolish-well-known-evangelical-church/2018/01/11/947ef21a-f696-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html

Related:
国际组织：亚洲基督徒受迫害比例高，中国情况仍堪忧 (Open Doors USA says Christians’ situation in China is worrying)
Voice of America, January 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/open-door-usa-releases-world-watch-list-20180110/4202261.html

Greenpeace says China is winning battle against pollution in big cities but other areas falling behind
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2127736/china-winning-pollution-battle-big-cities-other-areas

China’s graft-busters set to unveil “super agency" as war on corruption hots up
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2127775/chinas-graft-busters-set-unveil-super-agency-war

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

How China's tech empire is being used to gather data on its citizens
Forbes, January 9, 2018
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielrechtschaffen/2018/01/09/how-beijing-built-a-tech-empire-and-then-turned-it-against-its-citizens/#2565ae442472

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

Xi orders armed police to uphold CPC's absolute leadership
Xinhua News Agency, January 11, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2018-01-11/detail-ifyqqciz4868503.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

稱買樓時已有 呈銀行資料無提地庫 按揭文件揭鄭若驊講大話 (Justice chief Teresa Cheng claims illegal structures existed when she bought the property, bank document proves otherwise)
Apple Daily, January 11, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180111/20270867

Related:
Illegal structures not shown in Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng’s 2008 mortgage docs despite prior claims
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/11/illegal-structures-not-shown-justice-sec-teresa-chengs-2008-mortgage-docs-despite-prior-claims/

“Incompatible with reality”: Leader Carrie Lam says criticism of joint checkpoint mechanism 
“irrational”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/11/incompatible-reality-leader-carrie-lam-says-criticism-joint-checkpoint-mechanism-irrational/

李國章：從沒打算辭退馬斐森 未到適合時機談續約 (Arthur Li says he never plans to fire HKU head Mathieson, claiming the time wasn’t right to discuss contract extension)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 10, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1374450-20180110.htm

Related:
Beijing’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong did not interfere with university affairs, says HKU council chief Arthur Li
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/10/beijings-liaison-office-hong-kong-not-interfere-university-affairs-says-hku-council-chief-arthur-li/

Commentary (评论)

女童之死與制度之亡 (Death of a girl and failure of the system)
Mingpao, January 11, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180111/s00022/1515588605338

China 2017: Year in review
The Diplomat, January 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/china-2017-year-in-review/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Michael Caster on China's forced disappearances
The Diplomat, January 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/michael-caster-on-chinas-forced-disappearances/

Related:
Written appeal on behalf of Wu Gan
China Change, January 10, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/01/10/written-appeal-on-behalf-of-wu-gan/

Chinese men jailed for life after their US$2.4 billion pyramid scheme conned 200,000 people
Reuters, January 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2127560/chinese-men-jailed-life-after-their-us24-billion-pyramid-scheme

聚焦宗教团体、院校及场所 国家宗教局拟完善管理制度体系 (State Administration for Religious Affairs to push for new and revised regulations on contents of religious information online, sites for temporary religious activities, religious academies’ establishment and hiring of foreign personnel)
Xinhua News Agency, January 8, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-01/08/c_1122228390.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China tightens rules for foreign-flavored shows
China Film Insider, January 9, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-tightens-rules-foreign-flavored-shows/

China’s strategy to psych put the West is paying off
The Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-strategy-to-psych-out-the-west-is-paying-off-1515493983

国家新闻出版广电总局通知要求, 节目受警告须立即退出黄金时段 (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issues notice to prevent programs with “problematic political or value orientations” from airing even in repackaged forms online)
Beijing Youth Daily, January 9, 2018
http://epaper.ynet.com/html/2018-01/09/content_275451.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

吉林抚松县数千人游行示威 抗议当局搬迁中学 (Thousands in Jilin march and protest against relocation of local high school)
Radio Free Asia, January 9, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01092018104552.html

吉林省民代幼教师近千人冒雪在信访局上访维权 (Nearly 1,000 teachers in Jilin petition for job security, social insurance contributions, and medical care)
Weiquanwang, January 9, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_72.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

广东一教师收学生家长88元红包被诫勉处理 教育局：收取金额虽小，性质相同 (Teacher in Guangdong disciplined by education authority for accepting “red envelope” of 88.88 yuan from parent)
The Beijing News, January 10, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/10/471915.html

Chinese general under investigation, joining a line of fallen commanders
官方证实前中央军委委员房峰辉落马
The New York Times, January 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/world/asia/china-general-corruption.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180110/china-general-corruption/

內地374個窮縣 貪走扶貧金逾70億 (374 poverty-stricken counties embezzle more than 7 billion yuan of aid over 2 years)
Mingpao, January 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180109/s00004/1515489603095

Suicide at Chinese iPhone factory reignites concern over working conditions
The Telegraph, January 7, 2018
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/07/suicide-chinese-iphone-factory-reignites-concern-working-conditions/