Access to Justice (司法公正)

甄江华案通报：律师收到不准许会见决定书和不予变更强制措施通知书 目前指定居所监视居住 (Human rights defender Zhen Jianghua denied access to legal counsel and put under residential surveillance at designated location for inciting subversion)
Weiquanwang, February 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post_28.html

广东反贪人士“惠州区伯”李建新案开审 家属公民旁听受阻 (Li Jianxin, man fights against local-level corruption, faces racketeering charges in Guangdong, as some family members and citizens barred from entering courtroom)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-02012018104719.html

钱宝网实际控制人张小雷等人被依法执行逮捕 (Zhang Xiaolei, man behind busted pyramid scheme, and others formally arrested)
The Beijing News, February 1, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/02/01/474953.html

Germany calls for release of Chinese human rights lawyer arrested for inciting subversion
Reuters, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2131540/germany-calls-release-chinese-human-rights-lawyer

Access to Information (信息公开)

微博客信息服务管理规定 (CAC releases Microblog Information Service Management Regulations in line with Cybersecurity Law and Internet News Information Service Management Regulations)
Cybersecurity Administration of China, February 2, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-02/02/c_1122358726.htm

广东省网信办约谈UC头条 社会、视频等四个频道暂时下线整改 (Guangdong authorities shut down 4 channels of UC Toutiao, the online news dissemination platform, for “hyping wrong-headed, vulgar, pornographic information”)
Southcn.com, February 1, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-02/01/c_1122355857.htm

Related:
文化部严肃查处恶搞《黄河大合唱》等红色经典视频，已下线3898条 (Ministry of Culture investigates spoofing of patriotic songs and censors 3,898 videos and 165 audios)
The Beijing News, February 2, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/02/02/475078.html

華春瑩再爆金句 斥《產經》記者「來者不善」須自省 ( (Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman rebukes Japanese journalist over deteriorating environment for foreign media in China by saying “you have to self-reflect deeply”)
Mingpao, February 1, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180201/s00004/1517492166215

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Rise of “morality schools” for Chinese women sparks outcry
Associated Press, February 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2131731/rise-morality-schools-chinese-women-sparks-outcry

河南一访民通过国家司法考试：上访14年后，开始学法用法 (Henan woman teaches herself law and passes National Judicial Exam after petitioning for 14 years)
China Youth Daily, February 1, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1978640

西咸新区龙安居业主：我们到陕西省政府省人大请愿 (Store owners petition at government and NPC in Shaanxi asking for refund of project that remains unfinished for years)
Weiquanwang, February 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post_46.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China commends Theresa May for “sidestepping” human rights
The Guardian, February 2, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/02/china-commends-visiting-theresa-may-for-sidestepping-human-rights

China brings nearly 13 mln people out of poverty in 2017 - Xinhua
Reuters, February 2, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-brings-nearly-13-mln-people-out-of-poverty-in-2017---xinhua-9919026

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

China reacts to ASIO claims of “extreme threat” with a joke
The Sydney Morning Herald, February 2, 2018
http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-reacts-to-asio-claims-of-extreme-threat-with-a-joke-20180201-h0s9j5.html

Chinese foreign aid in East Asia during the Trump era
The Diplomat, February 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/chinese-foreign-aid-in-east-asia-during-the-trump-era/

Hong Kong (香港)

Student Union slams Baptist U “crackdown” on Mandarin test protesters, as school lifts suspensions
Hong Kong Free Press, February 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/02/student-union-slams-baptist-u-crackdown-mandarin-test-protesters-school-lifts-suspensions/

Joshua Wong and other Occupy leaders nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by US congressmen
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131544/joshua-wong-and-other-occupy-leaders-nominated-nobel-peace

Related:
Bipartisan group of lawmakers nominates Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement for the Nobel Peace Prize
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, February 1, 2018
https://www.cecc.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-nominates-hong-kong%E2%80%99s-pro-democracy

“Noxious fish” and grasshoppers unleashed as banned candidates protest at Hong Kong election briefing
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/noxious-fish-grasshoppers-unleashed-banned-candidates-protest-hong-kong-election-briefing/

Related:
官威壓中電 DQ主任「撻朵」迫跟進屋企停電 (Official responsible for disqualifying pan-dems found of trying to bend electricity company to meet her personal request by filing complaint on paper identifiable as from government official and sending it via government fax machine during working hours)
Apple Daily, February 2, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180202/57782629

Hong Kong police officers can operate at Legco without prior approval or invitation, court rules
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131621/hong-kong-police-officers-can-operate-legco-without-prior

Commentary (评论)

China’s middle class is pulling up the ladder behind itself
Foreign Policy, February 1, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/01/chinas-middle-class-is-pulling-up-the-ladder-behind-itself/

Journalism denied: How China views the news
China Media Project, February 1, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/02/01/journalism-denied-a-reminder-of-how-china-views-the-news/

Gerry Shih on China’s Uyghur Muslims, under pressure at home and abroad
Supchina, February 1, 2018
http://supchina.com/podcast/gerry-shih-chinas-uyghur-muslims-pressure-home-abroad/

Hong Kong’s great leap backward on political rights
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/hong-kongs-great-leap-backward-political-rights/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东：一起特大拐卖儿童案一审宣判26人被判刑 (Guangdong sentences 26 child traffickers to up to suspended death penalty)
Xinhua News Agency, February 1, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-02/01/c_1122352520.htm

司法部公示对42名律师的处罚决定，6人因干扰诉讼活动被罚 (Ministry of Justice punishes 42 lawyers, including 6 for interfering with prosecution)
Legal Daily, February 1, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1979019

Tibetan nun dies after years of ill health following prison term
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/nun-01312018153945.html

孙林“煽动颠覆国家政权案”即将开庭 (Citizen journalist Sun Lin faces inciting subversion trial in Nanjing)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01312018103235.html

Related:
被控提供国家机密 黄琦案移送四川绵阳法院 (Huang Qi, website owner charged with leaking state secrets, transferred to local court in Mianyang, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-01312018103421.html

Macau’s plan to exclude foreign judges from national security cases violates Basic Law, says top lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/macaus-plan-exclude-foreign-judges-national-security-cases-violates-basic-law-says-top-lawyer/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China to block overseas VPN services from end of March
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-to-block-overseas-vpn-services-from-end-of-march-01312018102313.html

Related:
Interview: Young Chinese developer drops circumvention project over “doxing” threat
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/threat-01312018103837.html

《劉曉波紀念詩集》周四出版 港台兩地有售 (Collection of poems commemorating Liu Xiaobo published and on shelf in Hong Kong and Taiwan from Thursday)
Mingpao, January 31, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180131/s00004/1517402847961

Related:
The death of Shanghai’s iconic independent bookstore
The Diplomat, January 31, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/the-death-of-shanghais-iconic-independent-bookstore/

China orders Muji to destroy catalog over “problem map”
Associated Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-orders-muji-to-destroy-catalog-over-problem-map/2018/01/31/45b5e940-066d-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html

Related:
无印良品回应问题地图：漏绘钓鱼岛等属实，已按要求整改 (Pressed by China, Japanese retailer Muji destroys “problem map” with “errors” concerning Taiwan and Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands)
The Paper, January 30, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1975469

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国律师关于尊重和保障律师执业权利的声明 (Lawyers sign statement calling for respect and protection of lawyers’ rights in China)
Weiquanwang, February 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post.html

Related:
逾2000人联署声援维权律师 国保软硬兼施图击破 (Over 2,000 join signature campaign in support of rights lawyers despite police intimidation)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawyer-01312018071012.html

公民社会自由度调查 中朝沙特垫底 (Report finds China, North Korea and Saudi Arabia worse performers of civil society freedom)
Deutsche Welle, January 31, 2018
http://bit.ly/2GBNJw8

中国各地疫苗患儿家长北京乞讨求助 (Parents of tainted vaccine victims petition for financial aid at health authority in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-01312018102845.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

31省份监察委主任全选出 省级监察委密集挂牌 (Heads of supervisory commission elected in 31 provinces)
Chinanews.com, February 1, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0201/c1001-29798961.html

充当涉黑组织“保护伞” ，广东清远29名公安民警被处分 (City in Guangdong punishes 29 police officers for shielding local mafia)
Yangcheng Evening News, January 31, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1977601

安徽“垃圾非法倾倒长江案”刑拘5人 环保部门将提公益诉讼 (Anhui criminally detains 5 for dumping industrial waste into Yangtze River, as environment authority pledges to press public interest charges)
The Beijing News, January 31, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/31/474755.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

CNNIC发布第41次《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》 (CINNIC's Internet development report says netizens in China totaled 772 million by end of 2017)
Cyberspace Administration of China, January 31, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-01/31/c_1122346138.htm

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

Mainland spokesperson stresses punishment for national security violations
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-01-31/detail-ifyreuzn0583937.shtml

China lashes out at Taiwan over cancellation of flights
Associated Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-lashes-out-at-taiwan-over-cancellation-of-flights/2018/01/31/b33a4a00-065f-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html

Hong Kong (香港)

立法會新界東補選 陳國強被裁定提名無效 (James Chan Kwok-keung, member of Sha Tin District Council, disqualified and banned from LegCo by-election over political beliefs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 1, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378597-20180201.htm

Related:
Second Hong Kong opposition candidate banned from running in Legislative Council by-election
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131455/second-hong-kong-opposition-candidate-banned-running

UK Foreign Office urges respect for rights after Agnes Chow banned from Hong Kong election
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/uk-foreign-office-urges-respect-rights-agnes-chow-banned-hong-kong-election/

Related:
Theresa May must not sacrifice Hong Kong for trade favors from the People’s Republic
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/theresa-may-must-not-sacrifice-hong-kong-trade-favours-peoples-republic/

Baptist U lifts suspensions on student pair involved in Hong Kong campus protest
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2131575/baptist-u-lifts-suspensions-student-pair-involved-hong-kong

Beijing envoy in Hong Kong urges preparedness against “significant political and legal incidents” this year
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131452/beijing-envoy-hong-kong-urges-preparedness-against

Hong Kong citizens move to Taiwan in waves after political upsets
Voice of America, January 31, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/hong-kong-citizens-move-to-taiwan-in-waves-after-political-upsets/4232788.html

Commentary (评论)

香港納入黨國體制對台灣的警訊 (Warning for Taiwan after Hong Kong being included in the 
“Party-State”)
Inmediahk, February 1, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054935

Related:
How English can save Hong Kong from becoming “just another Chinese city”
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131336/how-english-can-save-hong-kong-becoming-just-another-chinese

Hong Kong health crisis in need of long-term cure
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131478/hong-kong-health-crisis-need-long-term-cure

Disqualified: How the gov’t compromised Hong Kong’s only free and fair election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/disqualified-hong-kong-govt-compromised-citys-free-fair-elections/

Related:
北京將會後悔DQ香港眾志 (Beijing will regret disqualifying Demosistō)
The House News Bloggers, February 1, 2018
http://bit.ly/2nvIllr

口炮党人选集 | 新极权下没有所谓公民社会 (There is no so-called civil society under neo-totalitarianism)
China Digital Times, January 31, 2018
http://bit.ly/2BJwW6B

China: Families of Interpol targets harassed
中国：国际刑警红色通告人员家属被骚扰
Human Rights Watch, January 31, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/31/china-families-interpol-targets-harassed
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/01/31/314426

Access to Justice (司法公正)

周远案当事人获赔191万：对结果持保留态度 将申诉 (Zhou Yuan receives 1,910,000 yuan of state compensation after spending 20 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, and he pledges to appeal to the supreme court)
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-01/31/c_1122343890.htm

700人联署声援余文生 国际特赦紧急呼吁 (700 sign petition calling for release of rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, as Amnesty International issues emergency statement)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01302018102303.html

甘肃临夏农民工讨薪事件： 张成义被刑事拘留 律师会见未果 (Migrant worker representative barred from meeting with lawyer after being criminally detained in Gansu for “not paying wages” while the developer remains at large)
Weiquanwang, January 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_533.html

Uyghur Muslim scholar dies in Chinese police custody
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-death-01292018180427.html

Related:
Interview: “I lost all hope of surviving”
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kazakh-01302018161655.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Foreign journalists say reporting conditions in China deteriorated in 2017
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/foreign-journalists-say-reporting-conditions-china-deteriorated-2017/

Related:
2018年1月29日外交部发言人华春莹主持例行记者会 (MFA spokesperson dodges “antagonistic” VPN question, says China will “continuously promote comprehensive opening up to the outside world”)
Ministry of Foreign Affair, January 29, 2018
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/fyrbt_673021/t1529866.shtml

China's secret police “recruit students as agents” to spy on activists overseas
国保海外撒网 诱异见留学生做卧底
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/recruit-01302018110158.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/spy-01262018062505.html

Related:
How Chinese government uses “front organizations” to influence Australian society and monitor behavior of its citizens studying there
The Guardian, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2131309/how-chinese-government-uses-front-organisations-influence

中国一军机贵州坠毁多人身亡 当局封锁消息 (China blocks news of deadly military plane crash in Guizhou)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/ql1-01302018102222.html

Interview: “I came to live a life free from surveillance”
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/interview-i-came-to-live-a-life-free-from-surveillance-01302018095509.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Vatican rebukes Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen for remarks on “selling out” of Chinese Catholics
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131316/vatican-rebukes-hong-kongs-cardinal-zen-remarks-selling-out

China's #MeToo movement in colleges initially encouraged by authorities, then frustrated
Reuters, January 31, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-harassment-insight/chinas-metoo-movement-in-colleges-initially-encouraged-by-authorities-then-frustrated-idUSKBN1FJ33W

中国公民社会前景：乐观还是堪忧？ (Experts have mixed views on future of civil society in China)
Voice of America, January 31, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/ngo-20180130/4232289.html

中国曹顺利人权团队在上海的部分人权捍卫者近日第5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, January 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/5_30.html

投诉：陕西石泉县鬼谷庄景区民工到省政府讨薪 (Migrant workers demand wage in arrears at provincial government in Shaanxi)
Weiquanwang, January 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_970.html

维权人士冯正虎等人控告上海高院院长 (Rights defenders in Shanghai take head of city’s top court to court)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01302018102441.html

民政部：严重失信社会组织将被列入重点监管对象 (New measures from Ministry of Civil Affairs include characterizing social organizations without CPC committees as engaging in aberrant activities)
Xinhua News Agency, January 30, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/30/c_129802145.htm

Related:
《社会组织信用信息管理办法》 (Measures for the Administration of Social Organization Credit Information (Full Text))
Ministry of Civil Affairs, January 30, 2018
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/gk/fg/shzzgl/201801/20180100007671.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China drawing up “fresh battle plan” to tackle smog
Reuters, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2131331/china-drawing-fresh-battle-plan-tackle-smog

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

腾讯信用全国公测 阿里、腾讯下一场“鏖战”在信用？ (Tencent tests credit system based on social networking data nationwide)
The Beijing News, January 31, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/01/31/474734.html

王力雄：“天网”之下，还有革命的可能吗？ (Wang Lixiong: Is revolution still possible under “Skynet”?)
The New York Times, January 31, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180131/wang-lixiong/