Access to Justice (司法公正)

“I’m being politically persecuted again”: China revokes license of human rights lawyer Sui Muqing
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/im-politically-persecuted-china-revokes-licence-human-rights-lawyer-sui-muqing/

China detained bookseller Gui Minhai “to stop him from telling his story”
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2130435/china-detained-bookseller-gui-minhai-stop-him-telling

Catholic bishops “asked to stand aside” in favor of those approved by Beijing: Report
教廷迫原任命主教让位给爱国主教？ 梵蒂冈重大让步
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vatican-bishops-01242018135547.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/gf2-01242018110206.html

深圳禁“职业投诉人”恶意举报，包括食品举报却超出合理消费 (Shenzhen bans reports on food safety by “professional complainants” who aim at extorting money from vendors, claiming they “disrupt normal economic market order and affect social harmony and stability”)
Shenzhen Branch of Cyberspace Administration of China, January 24, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1966679

35名抗议草场被汉人侵占的蒙古族牧民被判刑 (35 herdsmen from Inner Mongolia sentenced after fighting for grassland rights)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-01242018153305.html

中央政法工作会议：矢志不渝做社会主义法治国家建设者 (Guo Shengkun, head of Political and Legal Affairs Commission, claims to firmly resist separation of powers and judicial independence.)
People.com.cn, January 23, 2018
http://legal.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0123/c42510-29782366.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Top Chinese university opens institute to study “Xi Jinping Thought”
北大成立「习近平思想」研究院 民主摇篮沦为政权贴金
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xijinping-thought-01242018141832.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/thought-01242018060604.html

黑龙江双鸭山煤矿爆炸2死1伤 地方当局封锁消息 (Heilongjiang government blocks information of deadly coal mine explosion that killed 2 and injured 1)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01242018105908.html

钱钢语象笔记：“命运共同体”考源 (Qian Gang’s notes on word usage: Origin of “community of common destiny”)
Lianhe Zaobao, January 23, 2018
http://www.zaobao.com/forum/views/opinion/story20180123-829382

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

李文足状告胡锡进侵犯名誉权 (Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, sues Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief at Global Times, for reputation damage)
Radio France Internationale, January 24, 2018
http://bit.ly/2na3Xo7

Chinese mom pays price for an Ivanka Trump probe
Associated Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2018/01/25/chinese-mom-pays-price-ivanka-trump-probe/109793334/

去年全国网上信访同比上升近八成 (Number of online petition cases up 80% nationwide year on year)
Legal Daily, January 24, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/24/content_7456149.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

严查网游违规经营 保护未成年人健康成长 (China to crackdown on “illegal operation” of online video games to protect minors)
People’s Daily, January 25, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0125/c1001-29785454.html

中共中央 国务院发出《关于开展扫黑除恶专项斗争的通知》 (CPC Central Committee and State Council issue notice to “start dedicated battle to remove the black and eradicate the evil”)
Xinhua News Agency, January 24, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/24/c_1122309773.htm

Beijing to demolish thousands of “illegal structures”
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 24, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42803571

“She’ll die if she stays with us”: A baby abandoned in China
“孩子在我们手中就是死路一条”，东莞弃婴引热议
The New York Times, January 24, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/world/asia/china-abandoned-baby.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180125/china-abandoned-baby/zh-CN/

China’s new Davos pledge—blue skies, literally, in three years
Quartz, January 24, 2018
https://qz.com/1187931/davos-2018-chinas-new-davos-pledge-blue-skies-literally-in-three-years/

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

Chinese gov’t taking over administration of Tibetan Buddhist monastery Larung Gar, NGO says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/chinese-govt-taking-administration-tibetan-buddhist-monastery-larung-gar-ngo-says/

Related:
China: New controls on Tibetan monastery
Human Rights Watch, January 24, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/24/china-new-controls-tibetan-monastery

Authorities in China’s Qinghai province block Tibetans from travel amid Dalai Lama teachings
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/travel-01242018164735.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Video: UK committed to China relationship, but not at expense of Hong Kong’s Handover agreement, minister says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/video-uk-committed-china-relationship-not-expense-hong-kongs-handover-agreement-minister-says/

Not for Hong Kong justice chief to decide if ousted lawmakers can run in by-elections, pan-dems say
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130430/not-hong-kong-justice-chief-decide-if-ousted-lawmakers-can

Related:
Video: Hong Kong pro-democracy party by-election ad features “battered and bruised” ex-lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/video-hong-kong-pro-democracy-party-election-ad-features-battered-bruised-ex-lawmakers/

Baptist University temporarily suspends two students following standoff over Mandarin test
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/baptist-university-temporarily-suspends-two-students-following-standoff-mandarin-test/

Related:
學聯等聯署 對浸大嚴正抗議和極度遺憾 (Students unions launch signature campaigns in protest against Baptist University’s decision of suspending students)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 24, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1377046-20180124.htm

No timetable for reforms on prosecuting power, Hong Kong justice chief says
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130412/no-timetable-reforms-prosecuting-power-says-hong-kong

Commentary (评论)

Ignore China's economic muscle and condemn it for kidnapping Gui Minhai
The Guardian, January 25, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/25/sweden-ignore-chinas-economic-muscle-condemn-kidnapping-gui-minhai

China reaches into the heart of Europe
The New York Times, January 25, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/opinion/china-germany-tech-manufacturing.html

What happens when the justice secretary’s very action encourage people to disrespect the law?
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2130399/what-happens-when-justice-secretarys-very-action-encourage-people

Apple can’t resist playing by China’s rules
陈光诚：苹果向独裁政权出卖了中国用户
The New York Times, January 23, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/opinion/apple-china-data.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180124/apple-china-data/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Activists and wife say Chinese state media video is an attempt to discredit detained lawyer Yu Wensheng
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/activists-wife-say-chinese-state-media-video-attempt-discredit-detained-lawyer-yu-wensheng/

Related:
北京警方：一男子暴力袭警致两民警受伤，涉妨害公务罪被刑拘 (Beijing police says rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, now under criminal detention for obstruction, violently assaulted and injured two officers)
The Paper, January 23, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1963877

Sweden wants answers about its seized citizen. China isn’t giving any.
瑞典政府要求中国通报桂民海消息遭拒绝
The New York Times, January 23, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/world/asia/china-sweden-bookseller.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180124/china-sweden-bookseller/

Related:
EU envoy urges China to “immediately” release Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai
Agence France-Presse, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/eu-envoy-urges-china-immediately-release-swedish-book-publisher-gui-minhai/

Top human rights lawyer stripped of license in China's Guangdong
广东司法厅无预警突袭 维权律师隋牧青遭吊照
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-license-01232018154542.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawyer-01232018083111.html

王全璋失踪928天 家属25次控告碰壁 (Family of Wang Quanzhang file 25 complaints but get no results during 928 days when he is missing)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01232018103302.html

湖南：检察官承办的案件被告人被宣告无罪的，将进行个案评查 (To improve prosecutorial conduct, Hunan pilots review of 6 types of cases, including those end in not-guilty verdicts, state compensation payments, widespread online reactions)
Hunan Daily, January 23, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1964235

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese media told to tone down coverage of giant firms’ debt, finance woes
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2130318/chinese-media-told-tone-down-coverage-giant-firms-debt-finance

China’s propagandists wanted a hero. “Frost Boy” fit the bill.
“冰花男孩”：从赤贫儿童到宣传明星、爱国英雄
The New York Times, January 23, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/world/asia/china-frost-boy.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180124/china-frost-boy/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Leiyang workers return to Shenzhen to demand long overdue compensation
China Labor Bulletin, January 23, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/leiyang-workers-return-shenzhen-demand-long-overdue-compensation

“Me Too,” Chinese women say. Not so fast, say the censors.
The New York Times, January 23, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/world/asia/china-women-me-too-censorship.html

China faces protests after investment scheme collapses
Associated Press, January 23, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-faces-protests-after-investment-scheme-collapses/2018/01/23/c0aa3e5a-002b-11e8-86b9-8908743c79dd_story.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing's struggle against pollution will be tough, take time - mayor
Reuters, January 24, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/beijing-s-struggle-against-pollution-will-be-tough--take-time---mayor-9890974

Beijing gets serious about cleaning up inappropriate videos targeting children
China Film insider, January 23, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/beijing-gets-serious-about-cleaning-up-inappropriate-videos-targeting-children/

习近平：思想再解放改革再深入工作再抓实 推动全面深化改革在新起点上实现新突破 (In meeting of Leading Group for reforms, Xi Jinping stresses priorities including advancing public interest through OGI, producing scientific research “to raise capacity for innovation in strategic frontiers,” reforming Confucius Institutes to serve “diplomacy with Chinese characteristics”)
Xinhua News Agency, January 23, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/23/c_1122303539.htm

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

The ideology behind China’s fast-changing military
The Diplomat, January 24, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/the-ideology-behind-chinas-fast-changing-military/

Hong Kong (香港)

被質疑大話連篇 鄭若驊：不接受我無誠信 (Questioned for telling lies, Justice chief Teresa Cheng says she doesn’t accept being accused of someone without integrity)
Mingpao, January 24, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180124/s00001/1516774453459

Related:
Neighbors “dragged into” illegal structures scandal of Hong Kong justice chief Teresa Cheng
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130239/neighbours-dragged-illegal-structures-scandal-hong-kong

Baptist University student who protested Mandarin tests cuts mainland internship short following threats
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/baptist-university-student-protested-mandarin-tests-cuts-mainland-internship-short-following-threats/

Related:
Explain pro-Beijing university president’s new five-year term, Hong Kong students warn, or face “consequences”
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2130229/explain-pro- beijing-university-presidents-new-five-year

UK’s commitment to Hong Kong’s freedom not interference by the west, says UK minister at Parliament debate
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/uks-commitment-hong-kongs-freedom-not-interference-west-says-uk-minister-parliament-debate/

Court approves bail for jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, but bail denied for Raphael Wong
Hong Kong Free Press January 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/23/court-approves-bail-jailed-hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-bail-denied-raphael-wong/

Related:
港大民研：對港府信任度急跌逾一成 18至29歲近七成不信北京 (HKU survey finds almost 70% people aged from 18 to 29 in Hong Kong don’t trust Beijing)
Mingpao, January 23, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180123/s00001/1516694722475

Veteran Hong Kong officials among new faces to be named to China’s top political advisory body
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130243/veteran-hong-kong-officials-among-new-faces-be-named-chinas

Commentary (评论)

China’s flagship Communist Party paper awash with declarations for Xi Jinping
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/chinas-flagship-communist-party-paper-awash-declarations-xi-jinping/

China’s grim Christmas ritual: Imprisoning dissidents
The Diplomat, January 24, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-grim-christmas-ritual-imprisoning-dissidents/

Today’s UK parliamentary debate on Hong Kong democracy is timely and long overdue
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/23/todays-uk-parliamentary-debate-hong-kong-democracy-timely-long-overdue/

Hong Kong leader’s role as university chancellor must end to protect academic freedom
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130183/hong-kong-leaders-role-university-chancellor-must-end

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Xi stresses Party's "absolute leadership" over political, legal work
Xinhua News Agency, January 23, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-01-23/detail-ifyqwiqi5767568.shtml

Chinese police seize publisher from train in front of diplomats
瑞典籍香港书商桂民海在火车上被中国警方带走
The New York Times, January 22, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/world/asia/china-police-bookseller-train-gui-minhai.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180123/china-police-bookseller-train-gui-minhai/

Around 120,000 Uyghurs detained for political re-education in Xinjiang’s Kashgar prefecture
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detentions-01222018171657.html

教会长老胡石根病重被拒保外就医 (Imprisoned priest Hu Shigen, suffering from heart disease, denied medical parole)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/gf2-01222018111228.html

律师会见余文生被拒 数十人联署要求公布真相 (Lawyer banned from meeting with detained rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, as dozens launch signature campaign demanding the truth)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01222018111134.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China takes aim at hip-hop, saying “low-taste content” must stop
Reuters, January 22, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-hiphop/china-takes-aim-at-hip-hop-saying-low-taste-content-must-stop-idUSKBN1FB139

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

两千多钱宝“合伙投资人”在南京游行 (Over 2,000 investors of collapsed pyramid scheme march and protest in Nanjing)
Weiquanwang, January 22, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_92.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

误将亚硝酸盐做食盐致多名幼儿食物中毒 河北一幼儿园被查封 (Hebei kindergarten closed for putting Nitrite in meals and poisoning many children)
The Beijing News, January 23, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/23/473667.html

Chinese staff paid in bricks to top up unpaid wages
农民工春节前遭拖欠工资 老板发砖抵薪水
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 22, 2018
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-42779898#
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-42784780

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

China's Xinjiang to build “Great Wall” to protect border: governor
Reuters, January 23, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang/chinas-xinjiang-to-build-great-wall-to-protect-border-governor-idUSKBN1FC022

Chinese hacking against Taiwan: A blessing for the United States?
The Diplomat, January 23, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinese-hacking-against-taiwan-a-blessing-for-the-united-states/

China orders Tibetan pilgrims in India and Nepal to return home
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/india-pilgrims-01222018144658.html

Hong Kong (香港)

New Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng saved HK$6.7m in stamp duty buying additional flat as first-time homeowner
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/23/new-justice-sec-teresa-cheng-saved-hk6-7m-stamp-duty-buying-hk62m-flat-first-time-homeowner/

Related:
Hong Kong pro-government camp losing patience with Teresa Cheng over illegal structures furor, says Paul Tse
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130131/hong-kong-pro-government-camp-losing-patience-teresa-cheng

Baptist University holds open meeting over controversial Mandarin test following 8-hour student standoff
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/23/baptist-university-holds-open-meeting-controversial-mandarin-test-following-8-hour-student-standoff/

Growing push to limit academic freedom in Hong Kong after Occupy protests, says new UK watchdog report
Hong Kong Free Press, January 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/22/growing-push-limit-academic-freedom-hong-kong-occupy-protests-says-new-uk-watchdog-report/

Related:
In-depth report says academic freedom in Hong Kong under threat
Hong Kong Watch, January 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2018/1/22/in-depth-report-says-academic-freedom-in-hong-kong-under-threat

Hong Kong security minister to follow up and “keep an open mind” on review of police work guidelines
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2130076/hong-kong-security-minister-follow-and-keep-open-mind