Access to Justice (司法公正)

More Xinjiang residents sent to re-education camps
China Digital Times, August 7, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/more-xinjiang-residents-sent-to-re-education-camps/

Related:
"No releases" of thousands held for years in Xinjiang township political "re-education Camps"
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/township-08062018145657.html

刘飞跃案开审公民围观被阻 (China tries veteran rights activist Liu Feiyue for subversion, detains supporters)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08072018100929.html EN:https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-08072018105544.html

Tibetan businessman detained by China still missing after five months
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/missing-08062018152928.html

Hangzhou introduces China’s first legal mechanism for combating on-campus sexual harassment
Sup China, August 6, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/06/hangzhou-introduces-chinas-first-legal-mechanism-for-combating-on-campus-sexual-harassment/

山东一“老赖”因被纳入失信名单滞留 (Credit defaulter stranded in Angola because blacklist banned him from buying plane tickets)
Legal Daily, August 6, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2018-08/06/content_7611119.htm?node=20908

Access to Information (信息公开)

早報：微信公號「土逗公社」、「削美麗」發布女工 MeToo 文章後被封號 (Civil society WeChat accounts banned after reblogging #MeToo article)
The Initium, August 7, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180807-morning-brief/

China online news outlet Q Daily shut down
China Digital, August 4, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/chinese-online-news-outlet-q-daily-shut-down/

Related:
Online press Q Daily cuts down coverage on public affairs to stay alive
Sup China, July 13, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/13/online-press-q-daily-cuts-down-coverage-on-public-affairs-to-stay-alive/

治理网络低俗内容 多家动漫音乐网站被点名 (Twenty seven anime and music websites named in fresh wave of “tidying up” vulgar content on the Internet)
Xinhua News, August 5, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-08/05/c_1123224731.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The People’s Daily: “Giving birth is not only a family matter but also a national issue”
SupChina, August 7, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/07/the-peoples-daily-giving-birth-is-not-only-a-family-matter-but-also-a-national-issue/

Related:
生娃是家事也是国事 (Giving birth is both a family matter and a national issue)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/html/2018-08/06/content_1872810.htm

中国家庭教会终敢质疑官方打压 (House churches in China finally speak out against crackdown)
Radio France Internationale, August 5, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180805-中国家庭教会终敢质疑官方打压

Related:
北京錫安教會遭公安打壓　分堂全被關　僅餘總堂可運作 (Beijing Zion house church shut down, WeChat blocked, videos removed upon accusation of "foreign influence")
The Stand News, August 7, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/北京錫安教會遭公安打壓-分堂全被關-僅餘總堂可運作/

Christians in China's heartland face government suppression
Associated Press, August 7, 2018
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/0807/Christians-in-China-s-heartland-face-government-suppression

Related:
Video: China cracking down on Christians
Associated Press, August 7, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmZy2HFNEoU

“There is no sign of life”: Fears for Uighur man after Germany mistakenly expels him to China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/07/no-sign-life-fears-uighur-man-germany-mistakenly-expels-china/

Related:
“We’re a people destroyed”: Why Uighur Muslims across China are living in fear
The Guardian, August 7, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/07/why-uighur-muslims-across-china-are-living-in-fear

中共原老干部声援深圳佳士工人组建工会 (Former veteran cadre of CPC supports Shenzhen workers right to form labor union)
Voice of America, August 7, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/More-Support-For-Shenzhen-Workers-20180807/4516870.html

Team China debuts at Gay Games in Paris
Sup China, August 6, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/06/team-china-debuts-at-gay-games-in-paris/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

警24小時駐守 廠區嚴管堪比軍營 (Police stationed around the clock at faulty vaccine factory)
Ming Pao, August 7, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180807/s00013/1533579315045

Related:
国务院调查组公布吉林长春长生公司违法违规生产狂犬病疫苗案件进展 (State Council investigation team of experts reports on vaccine company’s alleged legal violations)
Xinhua, August 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-08/07/c_1123236317.htm

Chinese vaccine maker found to have forged production data for over four years
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158699/chinese-vaccine-maker-found-have-forged-production-data

China tightens grip on foreign university joint ventures
Financial Times, August 7, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/dbb7b87e-99f7-11e8-9702-5946bae86e6d

江苏省连云港市人大常委会副主任郑平接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Deputy director of Lianyungang CPC Standing Committee is investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, August 7, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0807/c1001-30214276.html

河南通报6起涉黑涉恶腐败和“保护伞”案例 (Henan reports 6 cases of public security officers involved in corruption, “protective umbrella” cases)
People's Daily, August 7, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0807/c1001-30214594.html

中央巡视组原副部级巡视专员张化为受贿案一审开庭 (Central Inspection Commissioner goes on trial of first instance in bribery case)
Beijing News, August 7, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/08/07/498514.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google faces hurdles in China beyond censorship
Wired, August 6, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/google-faces-hurdles-in-china-beyond-censorship/

Related:
A Google-Tencent alliance makes for murky politics—but great business
Quartz, August 7, 2018
https://qz.com/1350165/a-google-tencent-alliance-in-china-makes-for-murky-politics-but-great-business/

On Google’s reported plan to work with Chinese censors
Human Rights in China, August 2, 2018
https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-comment/googles-reported-plan-work-chinese-censors

China: U.S. tech firms risk complicity in abuses
Human Rights Watch, August 7, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/07/china-us-tech-firms-risk-complicity-abuses

Stability prerequisite for China’s internet opening up
Global Times, August 5, 2018
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dQquBOx1jN0J:www.globaltimes.cn/content/1113992.shtml+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Related:
人民日报发推：欢迎Google回归，但前提是要遵守中国法律 (People’s Daily publishes article welcoming Google back, so long as it respects Chinese law)
Sohu.com, August 7, 2018
http://www.sohu.com/a/245673773_473283

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

U.S. firms’ sales to China’s police: Sales may not break the law – but are they defensible?
Human Rights Watch, August 6, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/06/us-firms-sales-chinas-police

Hong Kong (香港)

外交部重申堅決反對外部勢力干預香港事務 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates its resolute opposition to external forces intervening in Hong Kong affairs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 7, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1411085-20180807.htm

警隊爆 Metoo 醜聞　女警指控男上司搖動下半身露猥瑣笑容 (Hong Kong police force caught in #MeToo scandal)
The Stand News, August 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/society/警隊爆-metoo-醜聞-女警指控男上司搖動下半身露猥瑣笑容

Cease threats against Foreign Correspondents’ Club, press groups tell former Hong Kong leader CY Leung
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158706/cease-threats-against-foreign-correspondents-club-press

Related:
Ex-Hong Kong leader heightens pressure on journalists’ group
The New York Times, August 7, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/world/asia/hong-kong-cy-leung-fcc.html

Student protester carried airgun for “self defense”, court hears
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158690/student-protester-carried-airgun-self-defence

The odd-job volunteers “fixing” Hong Kong politics
Taipei Times, August 8, 2018
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2018/08/08/2003698186

囚菲港人鄧龍威胞兄請願　望政府提供鄧出境紀錄 (Family of Hong Konger jailed in Philippines petitions for border exit records to support case in final appeal)
Ming Pao, August 7, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180807/s00001/1533616873963

Failed asylum seekers left in limbo as countries drag their feet on helping Hong Kong deport 2,000
South China Moring Post, August 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158595/failed-asylum-seekers-left-limbo-countries

過百觀塘外判清潔工罷工6小時 抗議食環署嚴苛管理 (Outsourced FEHD cleaning-workers hold strike for 6 hours in protest of harsh management)
Inmediahk.net, August 6, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058756

外傭團體聯署促調升薪金　另盼訂明每日休息11小時 (Civil society organizations petition for minimum wage adjustment, mandatory 11-hour break for foreign domestic workers)
Ming Pao, August 7, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180807/s00001/1533624942493

調查：八成受訪者指零散工收入不足應付開支　團體促修例保障權益 (Alliance for Casual Workers urges legislative protection for day laborers)
Ming Pao, August 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180805/s00001/1533459231279

Commentary (评论)

Xi Jinping sees some pushback against his iron-fisted rule
Washington Post, August 2, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/08/02/xi-jinping-sees-some-pushback-against-his-iron-fisted-rule/?utm_term=.da17b9d9f51e

Hong Kong’s tourism chief is shamelessly sacrificing the city to please big bosses in Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/05/hong-kongs-tourism-chief-shamelessly-sacrificing-city-please-big-bosses-beijing/

Chris Yeung: A letter to students – to be, or not to be, a Hong Kong journalist?
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/07/chris-yeung-letter-students-not-hong-kong-journalist/

A visit to the Dalai Lama’s birthplace
The Diplomat, August 7, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/a-visit-to-the-dalai-lamas-birthplace/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

黄琦狱中病情危重 母亲促当局放人 (Dissident Huang Qi in critical condition in prison, mother urges his release)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08062018093111.html

Detained Chinese professor moved to unknown location
Voice of America, August 5, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-professor-sun-whereabouts-unknown/4514282.html

Related:
Arrest seen as part of China's efforts to crush criticism
Voice of America, August 4, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/observers-sun-wenguang-s-arrest-is-part-of-china-s-attempts-to-crush-anti-government-sentiments/4513653.html

Tibetan protest singer freed after serving more than three years in prison
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/singer-08032018153355.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chris Patten: China “wrong” to try to silence Hong Kong activist
Agence France-Presse, August 6, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/chris-patten-china-wrong-to-try-to-silence-hong-kong-activist

Some Ai Weiwei art will be lost to wrecking ball, artist’s assistant says as demolition work on his Beijing studio continues
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2158500/some-ai-weiwei-art-will-be-lost-wrecking-ball-artists

二季度全国政府网站抽查 共300人被问责 (Second quarter of government website spot-check holds 300 people accountable for website management, errors)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0806/c1001-30212376.html

环境监测数据造假 生态环境部约谈临汾市政府负责人 (Ministry of Ecology and Environment questions key municipal officials in Linyi air quality data fraud incident)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0806/c1001-30211937.html

Gay-themed drama is latest victim of China’s drive to purge “harmful and obscene” content from web
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2158196/gay-themed-drama-latest-victim-chinas-drive-purge-harmful-and

“Christopher Robin” won’t get a release in China, where Winnie the Pooh is a symbol of resistance
Quartz, August 4, 2018
https://qz.com/quartzy/1348099/christopher-robin-wont-get-a-release-in-china-where-winnie-the-pooh-is-a-symbol-of-resistance/

Is Western media biased against China? (Part Two)
Global Voices, August 3, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/08/03/is-western-media-biased-against-china-part-two/

Related:
Is Western media biased against China? (Part One)
Global Voices, July 26, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/07/26/is-western-media-biased-against-china-part-one/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Police thwart protest rallies by victims of China’s underground financial system
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2158533/police-thwart-protest-rallies-victims-chinas-underground

Related:
P2P 投资人北京集体维权遭维稳 (Mass of P2P fundraising victims from across China travel to petition in Beijing, demonstrations suppressed)
Voice of America, August 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-p2p-petitioners-blocked-20180806/4515240.html

Chinese P2P chief Yao Kunjie makes the Forbes high achievers list while under investigation
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2158299/chinese-p2p-chief-yao-kunjie-makes-forbes-high-achievers-list

辽宁氧化铝项目叫停 政府打压抗议者 (Environmental protests succeed in halting Liaoning aluminum oxidization plant project, authorities suppress protests)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf1-08062018100450.html

Cracks appear in “invincible” Xi Jinping's authority over China
The Guardian, August 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/04/cracks-appear-in-invincible-xi-jinpings-authority-over-china

Taipei-born actress Vivian Sung causes social media storm for calling Taiwan her “favorite country”
What’s on Weibo, August 3, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/taipei-born-actress-vivian-sung-causes-social-media-storm-for-calling-taiwan-her-favorite-country/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Taiwan national flag flies at Paris Gay Games opening despite pressure from China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/06/taiwan-national-flag-flies-paris-gay-games-opening-despite-pressure-china/

Taiwan considering countermeasures against airlines referring to island as part of China
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/06/taiwan-considering-countermeasures-airlines-referring-island-part-china/

Related:
Taiwan: How airlines are being dragged into China’s bitter dispute over the island’s sovereignty
The Conversation, August 6, 2018
https://theconversation.com/taiwan-how-airlines-are-being-dragged-into-chinas-bitter-dispute-over-the-islands-sovereignty-100932

Shanghai Airport Authority boss under investigation for violating Party discipline and laws
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2158536/shanghai-airport-authority-boss-under-investigation-violating

Related:
上海机场（集团）董事长吴建融接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Chairman of board of Shanghai Airport Authority investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People’s Daily, August 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0806/c1001-30212395.html

陕西省纪委原预防腐败室主任胡传祥接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Director of Shaanxi Provincial Commission for Disciple Inspection, Hu Chuanxiang, investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 6, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201808/t20180806_177285.html

Worries grow in Singapore over China’s calls to help “motherland”
The New York Times, August 5, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/world/asia/singapore-china.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google eyes China cloud tie-ups
Bloomberg, August 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198687&sid=2&sid=2

British putting Huawei under spotlight over use of US firm’s ageing software
Reuters, August 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2158312/british-putting-huawei-under-spotlight-over-use-us-firms-ageing

Drones, facial recognition and a social credit system: 10 ways China watches its citizens
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2157883/drones-facial-recognition-and-social-credit-system-10-ways-china

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

In new admin error, Germany expels Uighur man to China
Channel NewsAsia, August 6, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/in-new-admin-error--germany-expels-uighur-man-to-china-10593792

Related:
德国误将维吾尔难民遣返回中国 音讯全无 (Germany mistakenly sends Uyghur refugee back to China)
Deutsche Welle, August 6, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/德国误将维吾尔难民遣返回中国-音讯全无/a-44967857?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp

Crackdown in Xinjiang: Where have all the people gone?
Financial Times, August 5, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/ac0ffb2e-8b36-11e8-b18d-0181731a0340

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s domestic helper groups push for 25 per cent pay rise as soaring loan charges and fees bite
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2158525/hong-kongs-domestic-helper-groups-push-25-cent-pay

As Hong Kong clamps down, a tiny political party finds itself in the spotlight
The New York Times, August 6, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/world/asia/hong-kong-political-party.html

Related:
Ex-leader CY Leung dares Foreign Correspondents’ Club to give up lease and make open bid for site as Andy Chan row escalates
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158527/ex-leader-cy-leung-dares-foreign-correspondents-club-give

Head of press club refutes claim it pays gov’t “token rent” amid independence activist censorship row
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/06/head-press-club-refutes-claim-pays-govt-token-rent-amid-independence-activist-censorship-row/

香港外國記者會：邀請嘉賓演講不代表支持或反對其立場 (FCC statement on Andy Chan event)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 6, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1410880-20180806.htm

Throwing glass towards ex-Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying could not have been assault, Wong Yuk-man says at appeal
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158495/throwing-glass-towards-ex-hong-kong-leader

Vandals take aim at satirical banners outside China office featuring Mao Zedong democracy quotes
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/04/vandals-take-aim-satirical-banners-outside-china-office-featuring-mao-zedong-democracy-quotes/

Mainland Chinese police to Hong Kong criminals: You can run, but you can’t hide here – as they hand back three suspects in HK$23 million jewelry robbery
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158290/mainland-police-tell-hong-kongs-criminals-you

Commentary (评论)

China’s global “community” falls short of rhetoric
Financial Times, August 6, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/08239ba2-997c-11e8-ab77-f854c65a4465

How China’s constitution ensured that the Basic Law remains pre-eminent in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2158137/how-chinas-constitution-ensured-basic-law-remains

Pooh ban shows China trapped in past
The Standard, August 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198675&sid=17&sid=17

The true purpose of banning the National Party
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2158351/true-purpose-banning-national-party

China’s attempts to bully Taiwan into submission are overbearing and ridiculous
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/04/chinas-attempts-bully-taiwan-submission-overbearing-ridiculous/

Google’s censored Chinese search engine: A catalogue of ethical violations?
The Conversation, August 3, 2018
https://theconversation.com/googles-censored-chinese-search-engine-a-catalogue-of-ethical-violations-101046

If Google goes back to China, it will be on the government's terms. What will that mean for human rights?
Global Voices, August 3, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/08/03/if-google-goes-back-to-china-it-will-be-on-the-governments-terms-what-will-that-mean-for-human-rights/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Ai Weiwei says Beijing studio wrecked without notice
Channel NewsAsia, August 3, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/ai-weiwei-says-beijing-studio-wrecked-without-notice-10587540

China asks Sweden to extradite man wanted on embezzlement charges
Reuters, August 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-extradition-china/china-asks-sweden-to-extradite-man-wanted-on-embezzlement-charges-idUSKBN1KO121

曾祭劉曉波　維權人士許光利被指毆維穩人員　「尋釁滋事」判囚4年10個月 (Rights activist who commemorated Liu Xiaobo is for assaulting “stability maintenance” personnel)
Ming Pao, August 3, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180803/s00004/1533291033677

在审判执行中切实维护残疾人合法权益 (Supreme People's Procuratorate and China Disabled Persons' Federation jointly issue opinion on protecting rights of disabled persons in legal process)
Legal Daily, August 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/02/content_7609419.htm?node=5955

蔺其磊律师、刘正清律师：秦永敏先生案件的进展通报 (Jailed veteran activist Qin Yongmin files appeal against conviction, is denied meeting with lawyer)
China Human Rights Defenders, August 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/08/201882.html

江西余干一女子拍摄传播被害人图片视频，被公安机关依法处理 (Bystander is detained for taking and posting pictures of murder victim on the Internet)
Shangrao Public Security Bureau WeChat, August 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2317615

Access to Information (信息公开)

Who is Chinese professor Sun Wenguang?
Voice of America, August 2, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/who-is-chinese-professor-wenguang-sun/4511975.html

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孙文广接受外媒采访被破门带走 凸显中国人权状况恶化 (Sun Wenguang incident exemplifies deterioration of human rights conditions in China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45058881

孙文广教授据信被软禁在济南军区燕子山庄2号楼(Professor Sun Wenguang rumored to be held under house arrest in Jinan military district)
Voice of America, August 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-professor-sun-wenguang-detained/4512069.html

广东律协新规限制律师网络言论 (Guangdong Lawyers Association issues new regulations on online speech)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-08032018100520.html

威海发布“黑红名单”信息8400余条 (Weihai embeds residents’ city public credit scores into ID cards)
Legal Daily, August 3, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/03/content_7609565.htm?node=5955

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南京打造市民“诚信身份证” (Nanjing implements "social credit ID" with monetary rewards for "good credit" citizens)
Legal Daily, August 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-08/02/content_7608556.htm?node=5955

晚報：稱台灣「最喜歡國家」惹大陸網民聲討，女星宋芸樺道歉並自稱中國人 (Taiwanese actress forced to apologize and identify as Chinese after uproar from mainland netizens)
The Initium, August 3, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180803-evening-brief/

China to require all places of worship to fly the national flag, expanding Xinjiang policy
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/flags-08022018145629.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Interview: “I felt that sense of threat very keenly”
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/threat-08022018111401.html

胡鞍钢被讽“给帝王唱赞歌” 千人联名要求清华将其开除 (Thousands sign petition to remove Tsinghua professor, stout advocate of China supremacy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45058201

Related:
胡鞍钢、中美贸易战与“厉害了，我的国” (Professor Hu Angang, trade war, and “My Superior Homeland”)
Deutsche Welle, August 3, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/32aVF

纽时称有谷歌员工不满公司推中国“净身版”搜寻器愤而辞职 (Google employees rumored to quit job and refuse to participate in developing censored version of search engine)
Radio France Internationale, August 3, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180803-纽时称有谷歌员工不满公司推中国净身版搜寻器愤而辞职

Government Accountability (政府问责)

焦点对话：习近平高层促维稳 (Xi urges stepped up stability maintenance in six fields: jobs, finance, foreign trade, foreign investment, investment, forecast)
Voice of America, August 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20180803-xi-jinping-and-politburo-on-economy-and-stability/4512539.html

上海海洋大学原副校长李延臣被开除党籍和公职 (Former Vice President of Shanghai Ocean University is arrested for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Official Website, August 3, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/08-03/8588468.shtml

山西省检察院副检察长秦文峰严重违纪被撤职，曾任纪检组长 (Former Deputy Attorney General of Shanxi People’s Procuratorate is removed from job for serious disciplinary violation)
The Paper, August, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2318645

检察机关依法对苏州市政协原主席高雪坤涉嫌受贿案提起公诉 (Former Chairman of Suzhou Political Consultative Conference is indicted for corruption charges)
Supreme People's Procuratorate, August 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2316648

安徽广德通报24名公职人员交通违法信息，含姓名单位车牌号 (Local government broadcasts traffic violations by public officials, including personal information such as license plate and work unit)
Anhui Net, August 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2319336

重磅！央企负责人重大决策将终身问责！ (State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission to remove statute of limitation for serious violations)
Economic Information Daily, August 2, 2018
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5MzcwMjgyMw==&mid=2651367873&idx=1&sn=f4bb803db4ab619d6c7dae630c02dc8c&chksm=bd6eff098a19761f38698f825a26cec0754fcb991b254501fe73922f583724b03cf850cea3b7&scene=0

范冰冰不见了？中国政府要修理娱乐圈？(Celebrities are banned from dissolving companies and studios amid tax evasion probe)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hj2-08022018105933.html