Access to Justice (司法公正)

China to prosecute former official “obsessed with divination”
Channel NewsAsia, August 9, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-to-prosecute-former-official--obsessed-with-divination--10603226

Beijing artist under house arrest in remote corner of China's Yunnan
Radio Free Asia, August 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/artist-08092018115740.html

Xinjiang political “re-education camps” treat Uyghurs “infected by religious extremism”: CCP Youth League
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/infected-08082018173807.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Can China fix its propaganda problem?
The Diplomat, August 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/can-china-fix-its-propaganda-problem/

撤「慰安婦」研討會 滬大學﹕外交部要求 (Shanghai Normal University cancels international academic conference on “comfort women” upon demands by Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Ming Pao, August 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180809/s00013/1533752255004

German student at Tsinghua University expelled for research on 709 lawyers
China Change, August 8, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/08/08/german-student-at-tsinghua-university-expelled-for-research-on-709-lawyers/

意识形态继续收紧 中外合办大学要建党委 (Chinese-foreign cooperative universities required to establish partycommittees)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/hj-08082018104707.html

China’s “MeToo” movement evades censors with #RiceBunny
Financial Times, August 8, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/61903744-9540-11e8-b67b-b8205561c3fe

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Hui Muslims rally to protect Weizhou Grand Mosque from government’s wrecking balls
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159047/chinese-hui-muslims-rally-protect-weizhou-grand-mosque

Video: The Window: The aftermath of the Tianjin explosion
ChinaFile, August 8, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/multimedia/video/aftermath-tianjin-explosion

Chinese millennials also hate being blamed for everything
SupChina, August 8, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/08/chinese-millennials-also-hate-being-blamed-for-everything/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ai Weiwei’s studio is demolished
Economist, August 9, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/08/11/ai-weiweis-studio-is-demolished

互金整治办要求报送P2P借款人逃废债名单，将纳入征信系统 (Office for Special Rectification on Risks in Internet Finance orders compilation of information on PSP creditors and bad debts for posting on Credit China)
The Paper, August 9, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2331523

Swiss airline switches Hong Kong flag to China’s on website “in accordance with international usage”
Hong Kong Free Press, August 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/09/swiss-airline-switches-hong-kong-flag-chinas-website-accordance-international-usage/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Why internet users chose Baidu over Google when it was in China
Quartz, August 9, 2018
https://qz.com/1352137/why-internet-users-chose-baidu-over-google-when-it-was-in-china/

China’s lead trade negotiator Liu He joins technology panel as Beijing refocuses its ambitions
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2159036/chinas-lead-trade-negotiator-liu-he-joins-technology-panel

Google reportedly using Chinese site it owns to develop search term blacklist
The Verge, August 8, 2018
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/8/17664956/google-chinese-site-search-blacklist-censored

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

Ecuador’s all-seeing eye is made in China
Foreign Policy, August 9, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/09/ecuadors-all-seeing-eye-is-made-in-china/

Hong Kong (香港)

Public broadcaster RTHK bans staff from airing pro-independence activist’s press club speech
Hong Kong Free Press, August 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/09/public-broadcaster-rthk-bans-staff-airing-pro-independence-activists-press-club-speech/

Related:
Chan says he won't shut up after party ban
The Standard, August 9, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198846&sid=4&sid=4

【一地兩檢】申請司法覆核不獲批法援　梁頌恆擬上訴 (Disqualified legislator Baggio Leung considers appeal of denial of legal aid for judicial review against co-location agreement)
Ming Pao, August 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180808/s00001/1533731631263

香港团体谴责当局打压外国记者会 (Civil organizations condemn authorities for crackdown on Foreign Correspondents' Club)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp1-08082018100846.html

Related:
美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法 (American scholar warns successful ban on Hong Kong National Party is de facto implementation of article 23)
Radio France Internationale, August 8, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180808-美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法

梁振英撰文指《基本法》不容分裂國家或顛覆中央政府 (Former chief executive C.Y. Leung cites article 23 on scheduled talk by HKNP Andy Chan at Foreign Correspondents' Club, supports restriction of freedom despite lack of domestic legislation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1411445-20180809.htm

何君堯要求立即檢控戴耀廷 「第一要革走佢，第二要起訴佢」 (Legislator Junius Ho presses for dismissal, prosecution of Benny Tai after legal advice)
inmediahk.net, August 7, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058783

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Bodies in Birmingham exhibition could be executed Chinese prisoners, says doctor
The Guardian, August 8, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/bodies-in-birmingham-exhibition-could-be-executed-chinese-prisoners-says-doctor

美国政府关切中国教授在家参加VOA直播节目被警察带走 (U.S. concerned for Chinese professor, arrested during live VOA interview)
Voice of America, August 8, 2018
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/sun-case-20180807/4518268.html
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/us-concerned-chinese-professor-sun-wenguang-arrested-live-voa-interview/4518257.html

709案李昱函移送法院 健康堪忧 (Case of 709 lawyer Li Yuhan, detained for 10 months, is prosecuted, as health condition worsens)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-08082018100756.html

母親否認女兒有精神病　傳父繼續被軟禁　探望人士亦被扣 (Mother of “Ink woman” denies her daughter is mentally ill, father still under house arrest)
The Stand News, August 8, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/潑墨女孩-母親否認女兒有精神病-傳父繼續被軟禁-探望人士亦被扣/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese intellectuals urged to toe the party line after pushbacks on policy
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158679/chinese-intellectuals-urged-toe-party-line-after

Related:
中共发通知 知识分子须洗脑爱国 (Chinese scholars face brainwashing as two CPC organs issue notice of patriotic campaign)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql2-08022018101541.html

发改委：“双公示”要保护个人隐私，防止信息泄露 (Development and Reform Commission issues opinion on information disclosure for social credit, stresses “disclosure is the norm” while urging protection of privacy)
The Paper, August 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2329669

With a positive spin, Chinese news outlets cover Africa
Voice of America, August 8, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/positive-spin-china-news-outlets-cover-africa/4518628.html

A journalist just caught China in the act of revising its history
Quartz, August 8, 2018
https://qz.com/1351143/a-journalist-just-caught-china-in-the-act-of-revising-its-history/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

被指不实信息 疫苗家长公布受害者名单 (In China, parents of vaccine-sickened children call for answers)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/gf1-08072018101811.html
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-parents-08072018151909.html

中國寧夏清真寺被勒令清拆　引發穆斯林上街維權 (Muslims take to streets in Ningxia as mosque faces demolition order)
The Stand News, August 8, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/中國寧夏清真寺被勒令清拆-引發穆斯林上街維權/link

Related:
贫困县回民集血汗钱建寺 官方一句非法下令强拆 (Mosque built with civilian funding faces demolishment order as government claims building to be “unauthorized construction”)
Voice of America, August 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-muslim-20180807/4517845.html

广西公布一批涉嫌非法社会组织，“老乡会”等一律不予审批 (Guangxi declares villagers associations and chambers of commerce illegal, criticized for “wasteful socializing” and networking, successful registrations limited to alumni associations of prestigious universities)
The Paper, August 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2329140

Tibet’s Lithang horse race festival reopens after 10-year ban
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/reopens-08072018163735.html

广西爆发警民冲突 公安射塑弹镇压 (Guangxi police shoot rubber bullets at villagers during conflict)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-08082018100704.html

火车站严查乘客手机围堵P2P投资人 (Public security sets up cell phone checkpoints at all transportation hubs, prevent P2P investment victims from petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-08082018091713.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China vaccine scandal spreads as it recalls defective products which may have been sold overseas
The Independent, August 8, 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-vaccine-scandal-changchun-changsheng-pharmaceutical-overseas-a8482471.html

Fresh vaccine scandal surfaces in northern Chinese provinces
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/scandal-08082018112346.html

China emerges as second-largest aid donor in South Pacific: Think tank
Reuters, August 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pacific-debt-china/china-emerges-as-second-largest-aid-donor-in-south-pacific-think-tank-idUSKBN1KT1QJ?

China offers further evidence secretive annual leadership meet is happening
Reuters, August 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/china-offers-further-evidence-secretive-annual-leadership-meet-is-happening-idUSKBN1KT19N?

“Not allowed to receive African guests”: Discrimination at Guangzhou hotels
Sup China, August 8, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/08/not-allowed-to-receive-african-guests-discrimination-at-guangzhou-hotels

How China changed after 2008 Beijing Olympics
Deutsche Welle, August 8, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/how-china-changed-after-2008-beijing-olympics/a-44986744

山东省人大内务司法委员会原副主任委员张建华接受审查调查 (Former deputy director of Internal Affairs Judicial Committee of Shandong Provincial People's Congress investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, August 8, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0808/c1001-30217573.html

上海拿户口“抢人”点名要北大清华 被指有失公平 (Undergraduates from Peking, Tsinghua Universities allowed to skip assessment for hukou registration application, new policy criticized for bias)
Sina News, August 7, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2018-08-07/doc-ihhkuskt3272957.shtml

公安疑似动用激光武器对付访民 (Rights defender attacked by security officers with suspected “laser weapon”)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08072018100552.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google's China plans: Backtrack and backlash
The Diplomat, August 8, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/googles-china-plans-backtrack-and-backlash/

Chinese loudest in push to 5G
Reuters, August 8, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198805&sid=3&sid=3

Hong Kong (香港)

Trade war puts dent in Beijing’s plan to turn Hong Kong and surrounding cities into new Silicon Valley
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2158873/trade-war-puts-dent-beijings-plan-turn-hong-kong-and

Occupy protest assault trial was a “circus,” retired Hong Kong police officer tells appeal court
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158854/occupy-protest-assault-trial-was-circus

Video: Two anti-independence protesters fined HK$3k each for assaulting passerby who tried to stop fight
Hong Kong Free Press, August 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/08/video-two-anti-independence-protesters-fined-hk3k-assaulting-passerby-tried-stop-fight/

Commentary (评论)

China doesn’t want to play by the world’s rules
Foreign Policy, August 8, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/08/china-doesnt-want-to-play-by-the-worlds-rules/

专访吴霭仪：30多年前“保存香港”呼吁者看当下“港独” (Interview with Margaret Ng: A “preserve Hong Kong” advocate’s views on independence)
BBC News, August 8, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45055901

美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法 (American scholar: Hong Kong National Party incident proves that the Hong Kong government is already exercising the mainland anti-subversion law)
Radio France Internationale, August 8, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180808-美学者孔诰烽指民族党事件证明港府已在行使大陆反颠覆法

那些和“防火长城”一起长大的中国年轻人 (A generation grows up in China without Google, Facebook or Twitter)
New York Times, August 7, 2018
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20180807/china-generation-blocked-internet/
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/technology/china-generation-blocked-internet.html

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