Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist who shared anti-censorship techniques in secret trial
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-trial-09062018130014.html

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人权网站网主甄江华遭秘密庭审 国际特赦促无条件释放 (Human rights website owner was secretly tried, Amnesty International urges unconditional release)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Chinese-Citizen-Journalist-Secretly-Tried-Facing-Long-Sentence-20180906/4560032.html

Urgent action: Chinese rights defender faces 15 years in jail
Amnesty International, September 6, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ASA1790492018ENGLISH.pdf

珠海原市长李泽中涉嫌受贿、国有公司人员滥用职权案被公诉 (Former mayor of Zhuhai indicted for bribery and abuse of power)
The Paper, September 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2415062

公安系统反腐加码：两月内超20名局长副局长被查，多人涉黑 (Public security system strengthens anti-corruption action: Over 20 directors and deputy directors investigated in two months)
The Paper, September 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2413895

民法典各分编草案5日公布，开始向社会公开征求意见 (Civil code draft opens for public consultation)
The Paper, September 5, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2412946

Access to Information (信息公开)

报告：中国打压学术自由影响西方学者对华研究 (Report: Suppression of academic freedom in China affects Western scholars' research on China)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/academic-china-20180905/4559100.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Inspired by #MeToo, student activists target inequality in China
Reuters, September 5, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-students-labour-insight/inspired-by-metoo-student-activists-target-inequality-in-china-idUSKCN1LL0FB

Professor fired after tweeting that Chinese “lie, commit fraud and poison each other”
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xiamen-professor-09042018130814.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

河南強拆4000教會十字架 官方教會亦難避劫 強制掛國旗 (Henan authorities forcibly replace crosses from 4000 churches with national flag and socialism paintings)
Ming Pao, September 6, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180906/s00013/1536172035299

菏泽市委原常委、宣传部部长王永江受贿千万，一审获刑11年 (Shandong Heze city head of propaganda department sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for graft of RMB 10 million)
The Paper, September 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2413986

记者来鸿：新疆“再教育营”受害者恐怖经历(Victim from Xinjiang “re-education camp” tells of horrific experience)
BBC, September 6, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/fooc-45434483

US-Taiwan council risks Beijing’s anger by inviting Taipei minister to defense industry conference
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2162973/us-taiwan-council-risks-beijings-anger-inviting-taipei-minister

Related:
US senators introduce legislation to punish Taiwan allies who switch sides, accusing Beijing of “bullying”
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2162961/us-senators-introduce-legislation-discourage-taiwan-allies-switching

Bloomberg forum in Beijing for business elites is put off, Chinese hosts confirm
The New York Times, September 5, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/world/asia/beijing-forum-economic-bloomberg.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国政法系统办网军 “五毛”有望收编整合(“Fifty-cent party” stands to be integrated into expanded online presence of CPC's Political and Legal Affairs system)
Voice of America, September 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-build-up-web-forces-20180906/4560222.html

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defend Chinese partnerships to US Congress probe into foreign efforts to influence politics
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2162957/facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey

Chinese company says they are bringing Google Cloud to China then swiftly denies the news
Technode, September 5, 2018
https://technode.com/2018/09/05/google-cloud-china-capital-online/

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

外国学者：中国以反恐为名推广国家安全政策 (Scholar: China is pushing national security policies in name of counterterrorism efforts)
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/hj-09052018203157.html

律师黄思敏被禁出境 维权危害国家安全？(Authorities bar 709 lawyer from leaving China, say her exit would "endanger national security")
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf-09052018092633.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing official pushes Article 23 enactment
The Standard, September 6, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=199901&sid=4&sid=4

鄧龍威已向菲方提交上訴書 (Hong Konger jailed in Philippines files appeal after receiving new entry-record evidence from government)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 6, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1416337-20180905.htm

Chinese officials attend editorial meeting of Hong Kong newspaper
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/newspaper-09052018110721.html

Commentary (评论)

“Talking politics”
China Media Project, September 5, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/09/05/talking-politics/

A people’s banana republic: Peak Xi Jinping
China Heritage, September 5, 2018
http://chinaheritage.net/journal/a-peoples-banana-republic/?lang=zh

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709律师余文生案审查起诉再延期 (Deadline for decision to prosecute further delayed in 709 lawyer Yu Wenshen's case)
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-09042018093932.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

【甄江華案】檢察院上月宣布已開庭審理後刪帖　關注群批：鬼鬼祟祟 (Rights defender Zhen Jianghua still held incommunicado as notice of her “open” trial in August is deleted)
The Stand News, September 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/甄江華案-檢察院上月宣布已開庭審理後刪帖-關注群批-鬼鬼祟祟/

坚持“八种理念”实现“八个转变”加快政法网络新媒体创新发展 (Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on need to accelerate innovative use of new media to shape narratives, serve CPC)
Legal Daily, September 5, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-09/05/content_7637863.htm?node=5955

Overseas social scientists “face real repression” during research in China
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2162950/overseas-social-scientists-face-real-repression-during-research

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s workers aren’t fighting a trade war–they’re fighting a labor war
The Nation, September 4, 2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/chinas-workers-arent-fighting-a-trade-war-theyre-fighting-a-labor-war/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing targets independent religions as party control tightens
Financial Times, September 5, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/1f7264b0-b0af-11e8-8d14-6f049d06439c

司法局副局长王文生被查(Deputy director of Guangzhou Justice Bureau investigated for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
Guangzhou Daily, September 5, 2018
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/pc/html/2018-09/05/content_99278_541499.htm

专访: 中国系统性干预外国大学自主(Interview: China systematically interferes with autonomy of foreign universities)
Deutsche Welle, September 5, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34JNO

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Beijing accused of pressuring Spanish university to drop Taiwanese cultural event
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2162875/beijing-accused-pressuring-spanish-university-drop-taiwanese

China’s Repression of Muslim Uighurs is Apparently Growing More Intense
NPR, September 4, 2018
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/04/644617905/chinas-repression-of-muslim-uighurs-is-apparently-growing-more-intense

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Journalists Assoc. protests lack of media invites to joint checkpoint ceremony
Hong Kong Free Press, September 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/05/hong-kong-journalists-assoc-protests-lack-media-invites-joint-checkpoint-ceremony/

學術自由學者聯盟：聯署反對以法律訴訟箝制批評(Scholars' Alliance for Academic Freedom: Objection to silencing criticisms through lawsuits)
inmediahk.net, September 5, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059312a

外交部官員旁聽《南早》編採會議　無國界記者憂慮干預 (Reporters Without Borders raises concerns over Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials attending SCMP editorial meeting)
The Stand News, September 4, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/外交部官員旁聽-南早-編採會議-無國界記者憂慮干預/

Related:
RSF concerned about the presence of Chinese officials at Hong Kong daily SCMP’s editorial meeting
Reporters Without Borders, September 4, 2018
https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-concerned-about-presence-chinese-officials-hong-kong-daily-scmps-editorial-meeting

內地「失信人名單」制度 港高鐵適用 (Mainland's credit blacklist system applicable to high-speed rail Hong Kong section despite MTR's objections)
Sing Tao Daily, September 4, 2018
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1868116&target=2

Commentary (评论)

The Other Political Correctness
The New Republic, September 5, 2018
https://newrepublic.com/article/150476/american-elite-universities-selfcensorship-china

检察机关频频提前介入大要案侦查 专家建议 (The pros and cons of early intervention by procuratorate in criminal investigation)
Legal Daily, September 3, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-09/03/content_7636777.htm?node=5955

Access to Justice (司法公正)

湖北省政协原副主席刘善桥受贿案一审宣判 (Former vice chair of Hubei Political Consultative Conference sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribery)
People’s Daily, September 4, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0904/c1001-30272051.html

江西广播电视台党委委员、副台长李建国接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Deputy director of Jiangxi Radio and Television Station and Party committee member investigated for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
People's Daily, September 4, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0904/c1001-30272049.html"

As MeToo unnerves China, a student fights to tell her story
Associated Press, September 3, 2018
https://www.apnews.com/188ddcd956c94cb58af5b260463fe69f/As-MeToo-unnerves-China,-a-student-fights-to-tell-her-story

人权人士徐秦取保候审 获有限自由 (Human rights activist Xu Qin is released on bail, freedom still restricted)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-09032018091307.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China officially bans ABC website, claims internet is "fully open"
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, September 3, 2018
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-03/china-officially-bans-abc-website/10193158

Related:
法媒：中国屏蔽澳广ABC网站 (China officially bans ABC website, claims internet is "fully open")
Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34CCH

言论对党有害? 厦门大学解除周运中教职 (Xiamen University dismisses professor for "erroneous" online speech criticizing Chinese people)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xql-09032018110219.html

中国新闻管控升级 “触线”记者遭噤声 (Local reporters who "crossed the line" silenced as control over press freedom tightens)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql2-08312018091337.html

Chinese university hires "patriotic," "politically educated" mentors for foreign students
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-university-hires-patriotic-politically-educated-mentors-08312018095625.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

聲援佳士北大學生遭跨省追捕(Student supporters of Jasic protests arrested after issuing public letter condemning violent eviction)
Ming Pao, September 4, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180904/s00013/1535999456645

Related:
Jasic not an isolated case: Rare spike in arrests and violent police intervention to dissolve protests across China
China Labour Bulletin, September 3, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/jasic-not-isolated-case-rare-spike-arrests-and-violent-police-intervention-dissolve-worker

深圳佳士工人声援团成员遭清场后被限制自由 (Clamp down on Jasic protests supporters continues after rally forcefully dispersed)
Voice of America, September 2, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-supporters-of-shenzhen-workers-harassed-and-put-under-house-arrest-20180902/4554476.html

China police detain 46 after violent protest over schooling
Associated Press, September 3, 2018
https://www.apnews.com/4b48f438b7b8434d849b6b60bbdf20a3/China-police-detain-46-after-violent-protest-over-schooling

Related:
湖南耒阳家长抗议 与警方爆冲突(Students' parents in Hunan clash with police during protest)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34AwD

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Muslim crackdown extends to those living abroad
The Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-muslim-crackdown-extends-to-those-living-abroad-1535718957

Related:
Chinese paper blames West for encouraging Xinjiang extremists
Reuters, September 1, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-xinjiang/chinese-paper-blames-west-for-encouraging-xinjiang-extremists-idUSKCN1LH33X

"No factual basis": China disputes UN report on Uighur discrimination
Hong Kong Free Press, September 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/01/no-factual-basis-china-disputes-un-report-uighur-discrimination/

Tibetan pilgrim sees restrictions, heavy police presence in Lhasa
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/lhasa-08312018165307.html

Hong Kong (香港)

林鄭譴責大學學生會講港獨 批歪風入校園 不容衝擊習近平所說底線 (Carrie Lam condemns university student unions' speeches on independence, stresses no tolerance for challenges to Xi Jinping's bottom-line)
Ming Pao, September 4, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180904/s00001/1536027789963

Related:
學生動源：大陸執法部門曾扣查成員家屬　警告不能再參與政治活動 (Mainland authorities warn relatives of pro-independence student association members against political participation, threaten "further action")
The Stand News, September 1, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/學生動源-大陸執法部門扣查成員家屬-要求停止參與政治活動

Speak up against those who advocate ‘absurd’ idea of Hong Kong independence, Carrie Lam tells university students and leaders
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2162693/hong-kong-independence-absurd-citys-leader-carrie-lam-says

Unscheduled departure: China’s legal reach extends to Hong Kong rail station
Reuters, September 4, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-rail/unscheduled-departure-chinas-legal-reach-extends-to-hong-kong-rail-station-idUSKCN1LK0J4

Related:
Mainland Chinese laws enforced in Hong Kong’s high-speed rail terminus as concerns rise over fresh issues
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/04/mainland-chinese-laws-enforced-hong-kongs-high-speed-rail-terminus-concerns-rise-fresh-issues/

香港16个团体抗议中国政府在新疆严酷打压维族(16 Hong Kong groups protest mainland government’s harsh suppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, September 2, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-hongkong-protest-china-xinjiang-20180902/4554564.html

UN committee recommends Hong Kong widen racial discrimination law, collect hate speech statistics
Hong Kong Free Press, September 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/01/un-committee-recommends-hong-kong-widen-racial-discrimination-law-collect-hate-speech-statistics/

Related:
非政府組織代表團回應聯合國消除種族歧視委員會就香港報告的結論性意見(Joint reply by civil society organizations on CERD Committee's Concluding Observations on Hong Kong)
Inmediahk.net, August 31, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059234

Five Hongkongers found guilty of criminal contempt for blocking clearance of Occupy Mong Kok site
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/31/five-hongkongers-found-guilty-criminal-contempt-blocking-clearance-occupy-mong-kok-site/

Commentary (评论)

China’s Jaw-Dropping Family Separation Policy
The Atlantic, September 4, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/09/china-internment-camps-uighur-muslim-children/569062/

中国陪审制度，沦为党管法陪衬? (Chinese jury system: Will it become an instrument to enhance CPC’s control of the law?)
Voice of America, September 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-reform-jury-system-20180903/4555624.html