Access to Justice (司法公正)

RSF urges China to free citizen-journalist held at “black site” for six months
Reporters Sans Frontières, March 28, 2018
https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-urges-china-free-citizen-journalist-held-black-site-six-months

Beijing rights lawyers prevented from sending money to son studying overseas
“709”律师王宇给海外留学儿子汇款受限
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/overseas-03272018130235.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-03272018103137.html

Xinjiang authorities detain Uyghurs “wanting to travel abroad”
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/travel-03272018162009.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

有企业规定不转发单位公号文章就扣钱, 有公司要求员工二十四小时打开定位系统, 一些企业内部管理奇葩规定有侵权之嫌 (Companies demand employees to turn on GPS 24/7, repost companies’ public account articles on personal WeChat or have pay docked)
Legal Daily, March 27, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/27/content_7506291.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“一点也不在乎习近平”：新一波海外学运观察 (“Don’t give a damn about Xi Jinping”: New wave of student movement overseas)
The New York Times, March 28, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180328/never-my-president/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

吕梁原副市长张中生受贿10.4亿一审被判死刑 (Disgraced former deputy mayor sentenced to death penalty for accepting RMB 1.04 billion bribe)
The Beijing News, March 28, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/03/28/480925.html

China and Russia accused of waging “war on human rights” at UN
The Guardian, March 27, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/27/china-and-russia-accused-of-waging-war-on-human-rights-at-un

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Xiaomi forms AI team to develop more leading edge products
Sina English, March 28, 2018
http://english.sina.com/buz/b/2018-03-28/detail-ifysqfnh8023283.shtml

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

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un met China’s Xi Jinping on first foreign trip
Agence France-Presse, March 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/28/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-met-chinas-xi-jinping-first-foreign-trip/

Exclusive: Satellite images reveal show of force by Chinese navy in South China Sea
Reuters, March 27, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence/exclusive-satellite-images-reveal-show-of-force-by-chinese-navy-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN1H3135

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court urged to dismiss voter’s judicial review bid on pan-democrat’s election candidacy
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2139270/hong-kong-court-urged-dismiss-voters-judicial-review-bid-pan

Activist jailed again for desecrating flags
The Standard, March 28, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=194224&sid=4&sid=4

Former Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang lodges appeal against order to pay HK$4.6 million court costs
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2139189/former-hong-kong-chief-executive-donald-tsang-lodges-appeal

Is Hong Kong “ceding” land to mainland China? Fears grow after revelation joint checkpoint at rail terminus will not operate under lease
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2139179/hong-kong-ceding-land-mainland-china-fears-grow-after

Related:
Video: Drama at Express Rail Link meeting as democrats protest bid to move controversial bill forward
Hong Kong Free Press, March 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/27/video-drama-express-rail-link-meeting-democrats-protest-bid-move-controversial-bill-forward/

保安上訴脫襲警罪 官斥警方過度武力不合理 (High Court acquits bar security over assaulting police charge, slams police for using excessive force)
Mingpao, March 27, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180327/s00001/1522134506328

Commentary (评论)

Is Xi flying too close to the sun?
The Diplomat, March 27, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/is-xi-flying-too-close-to-the-sun/

Li Ao, writer and political firebrand in Taiwan, dies at 82
李敖：捍卫自由的反叛“狂人”
The New York Times, March 26, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/obituaries/li-ao-taiwanese-dissident-who-fought-martial-law-dies-at-82.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/obits/20180327/li-ao-taiwanese-dissident-who-fought-martial-law-dies-at-82/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

余律师案情况通报: 许艳起诉澎湃新闻 (Xu Yan, wife of rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, sues The Paper for reporting fake news)
Weiquanwang, March 26, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/03/blog-post_748.html

为获释访民接风洗尘 江苏10人以“寻衅滋事”被抓捕 (10 arrested in Jiangsu for welcoming out-of-prison petitioner)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-03262018112756.html

司法部召开部长办公会议 傅政华要求把习近平总书记的要求和人民的期待作为检验全系统工作的最高标准(Minister of Justice Fu Zhenghua: “Newly structured MOJ is first and foremost a political institution,” studying the important instructions of Xi Jinping should be top priority)
Legal Daily, March 26, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/26/content_7506202.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

“Call me by your name” joins an illustrious list of great films censored in China
Quartzy, March 27, 2018
https://quartzy.qz.com/1237821/call-me-by-your-name-joins-the-list-of-movies-banned-in-china/

China deletes posts about article calling on academics to resist thought control
北大元培学院副院长请辞 校方封锁消息
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/deletes-03262018122047.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/ql1-03262018111054.html

Related:
北大元培學院院長亮相闢謠 (Dean of Peking University talks to party mouthpiece and denies resignation)
Sing Tao Daily, March 26, 2018
http://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/chi/1175241/

Shining a cleansing light on China’s dark secrets
学者沈志华：盼共产党将隐秘历史公诸于世
The New York Times, March 23, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/world/asia/shen-zhihua-china-history-north-korea.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180326/shen-zhihua-china-history-north-korea/

Related:
专访文革研究专家宋永毅：唯有甄别史料真伪，才能认识文革性质 (Song Yongyi: Cultural Revolution can only be understood when real history is separated from the fake)
The Initium, March 26, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180327-opinion-songyongyi-cultural-revolution/

微博社区公告：关于处置发布违禁节目影片账号的公告和短视频发布重要提示 (Sina Weibo shuts down 436 and suspends 66 accounts for 30 days for posting “illegal” videos or links, SAPPRFT bans re-editing of classics)
Sina Weibo, March 23, 2018
https://www.weibo.com/1934183965/G8KNlenLe?type=comment#_rnd1522134603616

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China accuses U.S. of arrogance for Xi criticism at rights forum
Reuters, March 26, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un-usa/china-accuses-u-s-of-arrogance-for-xi-criticism-at-rights-forum-idUSKBN1H20ZA

Related:
At the U.N., China and Russia score win in war on human rights
Foreign Policy, March 26, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/26/at-the-u-n-china-and-russia-score-win-in-war-on-human-rights/

Shanghai U-turn after outcry over revoking residency rights
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2138916/shanghai-u-turn-after-outcry-over-revoking-residency-rights

观海解局：最高法一审判长与律师勾结，敛财数百万 (Supreme People’s Court judge found guilty of colluding with defense lawyer, accepting bribes of RMB 3 million)
Kanfanews, March 26, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2043798

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Jaywalkers under surveillance in Shenzhen soon to be punished via text messages
South China Morning Post, March 27, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2138960/jaywalkers-under-surveillance-shenzhen-soon-be-punished-text

扎克伯格刚刚登报道歉，李彦宏说中国人对隐私没那么敏感 (Robin Li, chief of Baidu, claims Chinese are not as sensitive in terms of privacy and love to trade it with convenience)
The Beijing News, March 27, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/invest/2018/03/27/480762.html

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

China flies long-range bombers, fighter jets through Miyako Strait
The Diplomat, March 26, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/china-flies-long-range-bombers-fighter-jets-through-miyako-strait/

Related:
Taiwan scrambles jets as China's air force holds drill near island
The Independent, March 26, 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/taiwan-china-jets-air-force-drill-island-bashi-channel-a8274571.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Carrie Lam sorry HK$30k Democratic Party donation caused “inconvenience” and “anxiety”
Hong Kong Free Press, March 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/27/carrie-lam-sorry-hk30k-democratic-party-donation-caused-inconvenience-anxiety/

王志民讚林鄭立場堅定 稱習近平為香港注入正能量 (Wang Zhimin, head of Liaison Office, praises Carrie Lam for being firm, claims Xi Jinping “injects Hong Kong with positive energy”)
Mingpao, March 26, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180326/s00001/1522048081536

Related:
Ex-US consul-general says Beijing’s treatment of Hong Kong serves as a warning to Taiwan
Hong Kong Free Press, March 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/26/ex-us-consul-general-says-beijings-treatment-hong-kong-serves-warning-taiwan/

Civil claim slapped against former Hong Kong care home warden accused of molesting mentally disabled resident
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2138990/civil-claim-slapped-against-former-hong-kong-care-home

Hong Kong families lose appeal against immigration rule denying stay of loved ones in city
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2138983/hong-kong-families-lose-appeal-against-immigration-rule

Commentary (评论)

RFA独家：热热闹闹但是毫无法律含义——续评2018人大修宪 (Bao Tong on constitution amendments: Bustling with noise and excitement, but without any legal meaning)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/pinglun/baotong/bt-03262018093846.html

How onscreen “losers” mirror the lives of young professionals
Sixth Tone, March 26, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001989/how-onscreen-losers-mirror-the-lives-of-young-professionals%E2%80%8B

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中华人民共和国监察法(全文) (Supervision Law of PRC (full text))
Xinhua News Agency, March 26, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2018-03-26/doc-ifysrfff9510840.shtml

Related:
中华人民共和国国家监察委员会举行揭牌和宪法宣誓仪式 赵乐际出席并在机关干部大会上讲话 (Secretary of CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at inauguration of National Supervisory Commission: It should consciously safeguard Xi Jinping’s core status and obey CPC Central Committee)
Xinhua News Agency, March 23, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-03/23/c_1122582879.htm

Pakistanis distressed as Uyghur wives vanish into China’s shadowy network of “reeducation centers”
Agence France-Presse, March 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/26/pakistanis-distressed-uighur-wives-vanish-chinas-shadowy-network-reeducation-centres/

China allows wife of Taiwan activist to visit him in prison
Associated Press, March 26, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-allows-wife-of-taiwan-activist-to-visit-him-in-prison/2018/03/25/3b29c5e0-30a8-11e8-b6bd-0084a1666987_story.html

为孙子网购火柴枪 厦门男子一审获刑两年 (Man sentenced to 2 years for buying "match gun" online for grandson)
The Beijing News, March 26, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/03/26/480563.html

基督徒曹三强被判刑七年 (China jails underground Church priest and believer to up to 7 years)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql-03252018105940.html

Shanghai Public Security Bureau: No canceling of hukou for Chinese living abroad
What’s On Weibo, March 25, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/shanghai-public-security-bureau-no-canceling-of-hukou-for-chinese-living-abroad-at-this-point/

山东记者齐崇怀坐牢逾10年获释 构陷官员已升职 (Journalist spends over 10 years in Shandong prison as official that framed him gets promoted)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/reporter-03242018112931.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Tatt’s your lot: Chinese Football Association bans players from showing their ink during matches
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/2138864/tatts-your-lot-chinese-football-association-bans-players-showing-their

Shining a cleansing light on China’s dark secrets
The New York Times, March 23, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/world/asia/shen-zhihua-china-history-north-korea.html

China bans mashups, spoofs and re-dubs of “classic literary works” in online media
中国发文禁重编经典文艺作品 网民集体炮轰
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-bans-mashups-spoofs-and-re-dubs-of-classic-literary-works-03232018120018.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf1-03232018100249.html

China cracks down on video parodies
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 23, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43517206

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

傳北大元培學院三正副院長辭職抗議修憲 籲師生「拒做犬儒」文章幾全遭刪除 (Peking University deans reportedly resign in protest of constitution amendments, urging staff and students to “refuse cynicism”)
Mingpao, March 24, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180324/s00004/1521905456732

Related:
李沉簡：挺直脊樑，拒做犬儒 (Li Chenjian: Stand tall and refuse cynicism)
Inmediahk, March 25, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055980

关于印发《2018年民政部业务主管的社会组织党建工作要点》的通知 (Ministry of Civil Affairs: Social organizations under MCA supervision to strengthen Party building)
Ministry of Civil Affair Social Organization Administration Bureau, March 23, 2018
http://www.chinanpo.gov.cn/2351/110345/index.html

What Chinese high school students learn in America
China File, March 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/culture/what-chinese-high-school-students-learn-america

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China issues three-day smog alert and orders factories to cut output by 50%
The Independent, March 25, 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/beijing-china-smog-alert-air-pollution-environment-factories-industry-a8272791.html

Grinding poverty in China – is Xi Jinping’s alleviation campaign making any difference?
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2138807/grinding-poverty-china-xi-jinpings-alleviation-campaign-making

China brings warm words to U.N., and rights activists feel a chill
中国在国际人权领域话语权渐增
The New York Times, March 23, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/world/asia/china-human-rights-united-nations.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180326/china-human-rights-united-nations/

China: UN experts concerned about health of jailed rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
中国: 联合国专家对被监禁人权律师江天勇的健康状况表示关切
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 23, 2018
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22890&LangID=E
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/ch/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22890&LangID=C

Related:
U.N. rights experts urge China to provide care for rights lawyer
Reuters, March 23, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un/u-n-rights-experts-urge-china-to-provide-care-for-rights-lawyer-idUSKBN1GZ179

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

声纹认证技术助力我国网络身份认证建设 (China develops voiceprint recognition technologies for identity authentication online)
Xinhua News Agency, March 19, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-03/19/c_1122560380.htm