Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Focus Topic: Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (专题：赤贫和人权)

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End-of-mission statement on China, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights UN Off...

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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律师事务所收费, 三种情况下, 实行政府指导价 (In three kinds of situations, law firm charges should follow the government’s indicative price range) East Asia E...

Access to Information (信息公开)

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未按规定公开信息 将取消承接政府购买服务资格, 社会团体信息公开有了新政策 (Eligibility for government procurement contracts to be cancelled if regulations on open government in...

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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王宝强可以向马蓉索赔吗？ (Could Wang Baoqiang seek damages from Ma Rong?) Tianjin News, August 22, 2016 http://epaper.tianjinwe.com/mrxb/mrxb/2016-0...

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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四个大学生坐牢一年半 检方撤诉了, 事发广西，4人现欲申请国家赔偿 (Four university students spent one and a half years in jail before the procuratorate withdrew the prosecu...

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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中央网信办：加快网络安全审查等领域标准制定 (Office of Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs: Speed up drafting of standards for cybersecurity examinations...

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

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Independence, “thought crime” and the Singaporification of Hong Kong Hong Kong Free Press, August 23, 2016 https://www.hongkongfp.com/20...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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How Chinese rights lawyer’s courtroom mea culpa went off script South China Morning Post, August 22, 2016 http://www.scmp.com/news/china...

Access to Information (信息公开)

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Defying web censors, Chinese “worship” toads to mark a former state leader’s 90th birthday Global Voices, August 20, 2016 https://global...

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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Tibetan cultures pressured from within and without China Digital Times, August 19, 2016 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/08/tibetan-cul...

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

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Uyghurs “fenced in” to neighborhoods in China's Xinjiang region Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyg...

Hong Kong (香港)

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Anger in Hong Kong as Arrival poster shifts Shanghai landmark to city The Guardian, August 19, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

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“My name is Li Heping, and I love being a lawyer” China Change, August 21, 2016 https://chinachange.org/2016/08/21/my-name-is-li-heping-...
Friday, August 19, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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Prominent Chinese dissidents still face surveillance, house arrest Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/chin...

Access to Information (信息公开)

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Former leader of the week: Toad China Digital Times, August 18, 2016 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/08/former-leader-week-toad/ Bei...

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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China's Zhejiang bans religious activities in hospitals as crackdown widens Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/engl...

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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Lessons from China’s deadly floods yet to be learned, say angry, grieving villagers South China Morning Post, August 19, 2016 http://www...

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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Chinese firms take aim at international cloud computing Voice of America, August 18, 2016 http://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-firms-take-ai...

Hong Kong (香港)

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British consul general: Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” has worked “incredibly well” since 1997 handover to China South China Morni...

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

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Zhao Ziyang’s legacy ChinaFile, August 18, 2016 http://www.chinafile.com/viewpoint/zhao-ziyangs-legacy