Access to Justice (司法公正)

刘飞跃母亲：当局背弃承诺
Mother of jailed Chinese activist says court “broke promise” to family
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019

Canada-based pop star Wanting Qu pleads for mother in Harbin death-penalty corruption case – but China’s netizens are unimpressed
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019

各地逾30团体促华无罪释放王全璋和刘飞跃 美称王全璋案令人不安 (30 some organizations worldwide urge release of jailed activists Wang Quanzhang and Liu Feiyue)
Radio France Internationale, January 30, 2019

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加拿大駐華大使館關注王全璋及劉飛躍因顛覆罪被判囚 (Sentencing of Wang Quanzhang and Liu Feiyue concerns Canadian embassy, raises doubts on China’s promises on rule of law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 31, 2019

Jailing of Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang sparks public outcry
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

全国首部网络直播标准出台 (CAC issues first-ever guidelines for online live-streaming and hosts)
Legal Daily, January 31, 2019

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China bans live-stream hosts from wearing “sexy underwear or see-through clothes”
Independent, January 31, 2019

Tibetan monasteries in Nangchen banned from teaching language to young Tibetans
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019

政府不放心 中国将取缔校外补习班 (Student tuition centers shut down due to government distrust of education bodies outside party control)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

US lawmakers nominate jailed Uygur Ilham Tohti for Nobel Peace Prize, seeking global pressure on China
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019

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美國會提名在囚維族學者伊力哈木　角逐諾貝爾和平獎 (U.S. senators nominate jailed scholar Ilham Tohti for Nobel Peace Prize)
Ming Pao, January 31, 2019

加拿大夫妇凯文·加勒特讲述被中国扣留经过 (Canadian couple reveals custody experience in China in 2014)
BBC News, January 31, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

「霧霾又回來了！」 環保和GDP之間，到底該如何選擇？(The smog is back: How does China choose between pollution and GDP?)
The Initium, January 31, 2019

全国人大常委会组成人员分组审议外商投资法草案, 建议进一步研究外商投资企业投诉工作机制 (NPC Standing Committee reviews draft Foreign Investment Law, considers system for national security review)

Legal Daily, January 31, 2019

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China fast tracks new foreign investment law as US talks loom
Channel NewsAsia, January 30, 2019

Xi’s tough talk on Taiwan backfires, as Tsai support surges
Associated Press, January 30, 2019

中央宣传部、中央文明办部署开展2019年传统节日文化活动 (Central Propaganda Department, Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Guiding Committee issue directive on “turning traditional festivals into patriotic festivals”
Xinhua, January 29, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Exclusive: EU considers proposals to exclude Chinese firms from 5G networks
Reuters, January 31, 2019

China unveils guideline on science and technology innovation board
Xinhua, January 31, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

”Very high chance” lost papers on Hong Kong’s scandal-hit Sha Tin-Central Link destroyed on purpose, says legislator Tanya Chan
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2019

Lawmakers and NGOs call for longer consultation on archives law and access to information regime
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2019

支聯會年宵籌募經費 盼四月重開六四紀念館 (Hong Kong Alliance raises funds in hopes of reopening June Fourth memorial museum)
Inmediahk.net, January 30, 2019

Commentary (评论)

A China-controlled internet? Why tech giant Huawei roils Western fears.
The Christian Science Monitor, January 30, 2019

Detained blogger revealed true picture of Chinese information warfare
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 26, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Groups decry Lee Ming-che’s isolation
Taipei Times, January 30, 2019

司法部举行“全面深化司法行政改革”新闻发布会 (Ministry of Justice publishes Outline for the Comprehensively Deepening Reforms of Judicial Administration (2018-2022), which includes “continuing to strengthen the construction of political organs”)
Legal Daily, January 29, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Over half of foreign correspondents say reporting conditions in China deteriorated in 2018 – report
Hong Kong Free Press, January 29, 2019

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Chinese authorities “cut off foreign reporter’s phone call with young son”, amid growing crackdown on journalists
Independent, January 29, 2019

中國「宮鬥劇」被停播、官媒列5大罪狀，連《爸爸去哪兒》也無限延期 (Popular historical dramas disappear from TV as state media names “five sins” of negative influence)
The News Lens, January 29, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

人权团体呼吁中国释放民生观察网创办人刘飞跃 (Human rights organizations call on China to release jailed activist Liu Feiyue
Voice of America, January 30, 2019

團體遊行要求釋放國內政治犯 何俊仁：王全璋無罪，一日監都唔應該坐 (Hong Kong groups rally to demand release of political prisoners in China as Wang Quanzhang receives 4.5-year sentence)
Inmediahk.net, January 29, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“We just can’t pay”: Mahathir soothes China’s ego over Malaysia’s cancelled East Coast Rail Link
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019

Mandatory “poverty alleviation” worse than being poor (VIDEO)
Bitter Winter, January 29, 2019

New temple-shutdown tactic: Suspend permits
Bitter Winter, January 29, 2019

对权益受损党员干部建立救济机制 (Discipline inspection and supervision organs explore establishing clarification and relief mechanisms for government officials “falsely reported”)
Legal Daily, January 29, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

How China acquired mastery of vital microchip technology
Financial Times, January 29, 2019

Australia's TPG Telecom dumps Huawei-supplied mobile network citing government ban
Reuters, January 29, 2019

北京市教委：全面排查中小学APP 群里不得刷屏点赞发红包 (Beijing Education Commission issues regulations to prohibit using Internet groups to criticize, praise students)
Xinhua, January 29, 2019

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

Changes in China’s coast guard
The Diplomat, January 30, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

年宵布袋印眾志標誌兩度被拒　香港眾志：製作公司稱收政府批文禁印 (Factories say they received “government notice” not to print Demosisto’s name and logo)
The Stand News, January 29, 2019

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Hong Kong pro-democracy group Demosisto has Lunar New Year bags “censored” after mainland Chinese firm refuses to print logo
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019

Beijing says no to Hong Kong leader’s plan to strengthen city’s anti-corruption laws to encompass gifts to chief executive
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2019

Commentary (评论)

China’s new Maximalism in three slogans
The Diplomat, January 30, 2019

Dreaming of Taiwan’s return: Chinese President Xi and the story of Hong Kong’s “great success”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 27, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

EU team visits China’s Xinjiang region to gather evidence on re-education camps
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2019

再教育营学员遭虐待致残 (Nurse sent to camp rendered paraplegic)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist Liu Feiyue given five years' jail for “inciting subversion”
The Guardian, January 29, 2019

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China jailing of rights website founder aimed at grassroots activism: group
Reuters, January 29, 2019

China: Release Liu Feiyue and decriminalize human rights activism
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 29, 2019

中國指李明哲妻「言論與事實不符」禁探監3月　立法委員：言論限制伸到家屬身上 (China says Li Mingzhe’s wife made “untrue statements,” bars her from visiting Li for 3 months)
Citizen News, January 29, 2019

王全璋遭重判四年半　妻子：王全璋無罪　公檢法有罪 (Li Wenzu, wife of jailed Wang Quanzhang: Wang is innocent; the guilty ones are the public security orgrans, procuratorates, and courts)
Citizen News, January 28, 2019

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王全璋妻子李文足憂丈夫健康要求探監 (Li Wenzu worried about Wang Quanzhang’s health, asks for prison visit)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 28, 2019

Tibetan language advocate marks third year behind bars
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Foreign media reporting conditions in China worsen, group says
Reuters, January 29, 2019

Minireview: 2018 in Censorship (Jan-Oct)
China Digital Times, January 28, 2019

Bilibili appears to have started censoring gay content featuring kissing scenes
SupChina, January 25, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists urge UK regulator to punish Chinese state TV over airing of detained bookseller “confessions”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2019

王全璋遭判刑 港台人权团体谴责 (Civil society organizations from Taiwan and Hong Kong slam Wang Quanzhang’s sentencing)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019

Related:
Free Wang Quanzhang: Prison sentence a gross injustice & blatant political persecution of a human rights lawyer
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 28, 2019

要求無罪釋放王全璋律師之聲明 (Joint statement demanding unconditional release of lawyer Wang Quanzhang)
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, January 28, 2019

China: Disgraceful 4 and a half years prison term for human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang
Amnesty International, January 28, 2019

Detained writer Yang Hengjun left letter calling for a more democratic China
The Guardian, January 28, 2019

Chinese police detain, question Tibetan anti-poaching activists at Qinghai lake
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

毒疫苗受害儿童家长呼吁国家设立救助基金 (Vaccine scandal parents urge government to set up aid foundation)
Voice of America, January 28, 2019

中央政法委书记郭声琨：增强政治自觉，强化责任担当 (Guo Shengkun, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Commission: “CPC Political and Legal Work Regulations” are a milestone, legal and political organs at all levels must strictly comply with)
Xinhua, January 26, 2019

Related:
中共中央印发《中国共产党政法工作条例》(Full Text: “CPC Political and Legal Work Regulations”)
Xinhua, January 18, 2019