Access to Justice (司法公正)

Activist in China's Guangdong confined in psychiatric hospital with “no sign of illness”
广州维权人士张起“被精神病”
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/confined-02192018124530.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02162018101952.html

余文生被刑拘一个月 住所六次遭搜查 (Yu Wensheng’s residence searched 6 times since start of his month-long criminal detention)
Radio Free Asia, February 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02192018093311.html

重庆维权人士集会抗议被精神病
Protesting evictees in China’s Chongqing locked up in psychiatric facilities
Radio Free Asia, February 20, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02202018103021.html
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/evictees-02202018104700.html

Anti-pollution activist held over Chinese New Year in China’s Jiangsu
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-02162018124040.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

How China’s multi-pronged crackdown on dissent took aim at citizen journalists and rights defence websites
Financial Times, February 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/16/chinas-multi-pronged-crackdown-dissent-took-aim-citizen-journalists-rights-defence-websites/

”Gotta find a way”: Chinese rap in crisis after Communist Party crackdown
Agence France-Presse, February 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/17/gotta-find-way-chinese-rap-crisis-communist-party-crackdown/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

刘晓波遗孀刘霞孤独过年出国治疗毫无音信 (Liu Xiaobo’s widow, Liu Xia, spends New Year alone, no news on oversea medical treatment)
Voice of America, February 18, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/liu-xia-detention-20180218/4259584.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

3秒之内识别网上在逃人员：昆明一线民警配备高科技智能眼镜 (Police in Kunming City equipped with smart glasses can identify fugitives within 3 seconds)
The Paper, Feb 15, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2000687

我国网络直播用户规模达4.22亿 行业监管力度不断提升 (As number of China’s Internet livestreaming users reaches 422 million, regulatory bodies steadily increase supervision)
Xinhua, Feb 20, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-02/20/c_1122431272.htm

台湾华硕不愿屈服低头将云端服务撤出大陆 (Asus Taiwan refuses to compromise, withdraws cloud services from mainland China)
Radio France Internationale, February 18, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180218-台湾华硕不愿屈服低头将云端服务撤出大陆

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

China’s Hui Muslims fear education ban signals wider religious crackdown
Reuters, February 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2133641/chinas-hui-muslims-fear-education-ban-signals-wider

Xinjiang “separatists” and Tibet’s “Dalai cliques” – targets in China’s latest organised crime crackdown
South China Morning Post, February 20, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2133824/xinjiang-separatists-and-tibets-dalai-cliques-targets

Hong Kong (香港)

香港众志年宵产品遭政治审查 (Hong Kong government subjects Demosisto's Lunar New Year Fair merchandise to political screening)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-02152018114938.html

Commentary (评论)

Democracy in Hong Kong would do wonders for China’s global reputation
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2133468/democracy-hong-kong-would-do-wonders-chinas-global

The problem with China’s latest anti-Mafia crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press, February 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/17/problem-chinas-latest-anti-mafia-crackdown/

春节、春晚和愚人 (Spring Festival, CCTV New Year's Gala, and fools)
The Financial Times, February 18, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001076382?full=y

Access to Justice (司法公正)

警方要求构陷隋牧青 杨霆剑拒绝遭殴 (Activist Yang Tingjian beaten by police after refusing to frame rights lawyer Sui Muqing)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-02142018100943.html

Related:
律师联署 吁尊重保障律师执业权利 (Lawyers in China join signature campaign urging protection of their rights to practice)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02142018102735.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Ai Weiwei: The artwork that made me the most dangerous person in China
The Guardian, February 15, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/15/ai-weiwei-remembering-sichuan-earthquake

China’s online quiz shows must not promote greed, extravagance, media regulator says
Reuters, February 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2133495/chinas-online-quiz-shows-must-not-promote-greed

Chinese government gave money to Georgetown Chinese student group
Foreign Policy, February 14, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/14/exclusive-chinese-government-gave-money-to-georgetown-chinese-student-group-washington-china-communist-party-influence/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京卫计委：北京血液供应可满足临床需求 将配合公安打击“血头血霸” (Beijing health authority bans people from donating blood to family members, pledges to work with police to crack down on underground blood dealers)
The Beijing News, February 15, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/02/15/476469.html

Chinese migrant workers call on Xi Jinping to see them get wages and holidays back
Voice of America, February 15, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-migrant-workers-at-beijing-railway-station/4255521.html

Related:
“Come back to scold me, Mum”: China’s “Ice Boy” Wang Fuman’s Lunar New Year wish
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2133315/come-back-scold-me-mum-chinas-ice-boy-wang-fumans-lunar-new-year

For China’s Catholics, state-controlled Church is “like a tree with no roots”
The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-catholic-parishes-rattled-by-prospect-of-more-control-from-beijing-1518652580

Related:
On Ash Wednesday, China Catholics mull Vatican-Beijing ties
Agence France-Presse, February 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/15/ash-wednesday-china-catholics-mull-vatican-beijing-ties/

習近平：推動「中國號」巨輪駛入新水域 (Xi Jinping claims to drive giant ship of “China” into uncharted waters)
Mingpao, February 14, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180214/s00004/1518611498429

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s AI agenda advances
The Diplomat, February 14, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/chinas-ai-agenda-advances/

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

China has built seven new military bases in South China Sea, US navy commander says
Kyodo, February 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2133483/china-has-built-seven-new-military-bases-south-china

A beam, a bomb and a burning question: could China be rebooting a nuclear doomsday device?
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2133385/beam-bomb-and-burning-question-could-china-be-rebooting-nuclear

Hong Kong (香港)

特首高官齊賀歲 瑞犬護香江 安居樂同行 (Carrie Lam and other senior officials send Chinese New Year wish: As auspicious dogs watch over Hong Kong, let‘s walk together and live peacefully)
Wen Wei Po, February 15, 2018
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2018/02/15/YO1802150001.htm

兩警質疑認人證供 上訴庭受理上訴 (Court of Appeal grants two police officers charged with assaulting Occupy activist to appeal their sentences on basis of allegedly questionable testimony)
Apple Daily, February 15, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180215/57836037

Education University “strictly” handled discipline for two students in poster row, but refuses to reveal details
Hong Kong Free Press, February 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/15/education-university-strictly-handled-disciplinary-two-students-poster-row-refuses-reveal-details/

Hong Kong’s domestic workers share stories of ill-treatment, poor living conditions and rights abuses
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2133421/hong-kongs-domestic-workers-share-stories-ill-treatment

Bar Assoc. says Hong Kong introduced equivalent of “political screening behind closed doors” for election candidates
Hong Kong Free Press, February 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/14/bar-assoc-says-hong-kong-introduced-equivalent-political-screening-behind-closed-doors-election-candidates/

Related:
Statement of the Hong Kong Bar Association on Disqualification
Hong Kong Bar Association, February 14, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Ew2y63

Hong Kong gov’t lagging behind in surveillance laws and routine disclosure, HKU researchers say
Hong Kong Free Press, February 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/14/hong-kong-govt-lagging-behind-surveillance-laws-routine-disclosure-hku-researchers-say/

香港支联会年宵摊位悼念六四抗中共威权 (HK Alliance sets up booth at Victoria Park during Chinese New Year to commemorate June Fourth in defiance of CPC’s authoritarian rule)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-02142018105917.html

Commentary (评论)

吳凱宇：香港選舉已被全面操控 (Elections in Hong Kong under total control)
Inmediahk, February 15, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055200

李立峯﹕什麼使青少年開始看新聞？數碼時代的新聞使用社會化 (What makes the young people start reading news: Socialization of news consumption)
Mingpao, February 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180215/s00012/1518630778354

China: Release human rights lawyers
Human Rights Watch, February 15, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/15/china-release-human-rights-lawyers

Looking back to look ahead: National identity at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
China Film Insider, February 14, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/9416-2/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

国际律师协会呼吁中国尊重律师工作权利 (International Bar Association urges China to respect lawyers' right to practice)
Voice of America, February 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-lawyer-20180213/4252312.html

Related:
IBAHRI open letter calls on President Xi Jinping to end persecution of legal professionals in China
International Bar Association, February 12, 2018
https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=57098790-0ba1-46ad-97ff-afd0a14cf866

广东公安：黑恶势力3月1日前自首可依法从轻处罚 (Guangdong police pledges to show mercy if the "black and evil powers" turn themselves in before March 1st)
Guangdong Satellite TV, February 14, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1998734

程海律师：北京悟天律师所被非法强制注销经过和初步维权情况 (Law firm in Beijing forced to shut down as founder fights back)
Weiquanwang, February 13, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post_29.html

Chinese police hold outspoken head of human rights campaign group
中国人权观察徐秦失联 或遭刑拘
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-police-hold-outspoken-head-of-human-rights-campaign-group-02132018093858.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02132018111337.html

春节临近郝志全被取保，嵇书龙由指定监视居住改逮捕 (Environmental activist Ji Shulong arrested before Chinese New Year shortly after her partner Hao Zhiquan gets released on bail)
Weiquanwang, February 13, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post_16.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

“You are our lucky star”: Chinese media in overdrive on Xi Jinping's New Year tour
The Guardian, February 14, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/14/lucky-star-chinese-media-overdrive-xi-jinping-new-year-tour

China’s united front work: propaganda as policy
The Diplomat, February 14, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/chinas-united-front-work-propaganda-as-policy/

网络表演市场专项整治行动开展 (Ministry of Culture launches campaign to regulate Internet live-streaming market and shut down platforms with “vulgar” content and “deviant values”)
Legal Daily, February 13, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-02/13/content_7475543.htm?node=5955

Related:
国家网信办依法查处一批严重违规网络直播平台和主播 (Cyberspace Administration of China investigates and takes actions against live-streaming platforms and hosts that seriously violate laws)
Cyberspace Administration of China, February 13, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-02/13/c_1122415948.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s Catholics rue church’s slide as powers debate control
The New York Times, February 14, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/world/asia/china-catholics-vatican.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese businesswomen “detained in fallout from graft investigation into former Communist high-flyer Sun Zhengcai”
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2133249/chinese-businesswomen-detained-fallout-graft

Former China Internet regulator accused of corruption
The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-china-internet-regulator-accused-of-corruption-1518528434

Where is rural rejuvenation leading China?
The Diplomat, February 13, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/where-is-rural-rejuvenation-leading-china/

中央纪委:扫黑除恶专项斗争中重点查处这三类问题 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection pledges to focus on fight against abuses of power and corruption)
Xinhua News Agency, February 13, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-02/13/c_1122415668.htm

非法社会组织冠国字号招摇撞骗 民政部再公布42家 (Ministry of Civil Affairs bans another 42 “illegal” social organizations from carrying out activities)
Ministry of Civil Affairs, February 13, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1998600

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

India hopes to become an AI powerhouse by copying China’s model
Quartz, February 14, 2018
https://qz.com/1198182/modi-government-pushes-for-artificial-intelligence-like-china-but-is-india-ready-for-it/

不交出用户资料 华硕霸气关闭中国资料中心与云储服务 (Asus shuts down data center and stops cloud service in refusal to comply with mainland Cybersecurity Law and hand over users' data)
China Times, February 14, 2018
http://www.chinatimes.com/cn/realtimenews/20180212001968-260412

农村“雪亮工程”首次纳入中央一号文件, 专家分析公共安全视频监控如何实现全覆盖 (CPC, State Council unveil rural vitalization strategy that includes “total coverage” public security video surveillance project)
Legal Daily, February 13, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-02/13/content_7474994.htm

As China marches forward on A.I., the White House is silent
中国拥抱人工智能之际，美国日渐沉默
The New York Times, February 12, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/technology/china-trump-artificial-intelligence.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180213/china-trump-artificial-intelligence/

Hong Kong (香港)

"Inaccurate” to assume landmark ruling means Agnes Chow will win appeal against by-election ban, Hong Kong Executive Council member says
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2133321/inaccurate-assume-landmark-ruling-means-agnes-chow-will-win

Related:
陳浩天選舉呈請敗訴 「法院站在中共威權一方」 (High Court dismisses Chan Ho-Tin’s election petition as Chan claims “court stands by the CPC autocracy”)
Inmediahk, February 13, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055176

Ming Pao staff assoc. urges police to follow up on assault against reporter during 2016 Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, February 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/14/ming-pao-staff-assoc-urges-police-follow-assault-reporter-2016-mong-kok-unrest/

12萬月薪聘無人權經驗好友　陳章明否認用人唯親 (Equal Opportunities Commission chief Alfred Chan hires friend with no human right experience to top job, as Chan denies accusation of “cronyism”)
Stand News, February 14, 2018
https://goo.gl/cvTZyQ

Judge quashes foreign domestic worker’s bid for change to “live-out” rule in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, February 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2133296/judge-quashes-domestic-workers-bid-change-live-out-rule-hong

Hong Kong activists may face additional charges over protest against Beijing’s Basic Law intervention
Hong Kong Free Press, February 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/13/hong-kong-activists-may-face-additional-charges-protest-beijings-basic-law-intervention/

No space for love in Hong Kong
到時鐘酒店尋找私人空間的香港戀人
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 13, 2018
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-43054984/no-space-for-love-in-hong-kong
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-43032621