Friday, December 22, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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十二届全国人大常委会第三十一次会议在京举行(NPC’s Standing Committee holds 31st meeting in Beijing) National People’s Congress, Dec 22, 2017 http://www.npc....

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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黑龙江省民代幼教师6000多人到省教育厅上访维权 (6000 kindergarten substitute teachers from Heliongjiang petition provincial Department of Education for their righ...

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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No man an island: China warns against straying from party path Reuters, December 22, 2017 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-polit...

Hong Kong (香港)

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記協：《香港01》六四報道被擱置　憂涉政治因素(Hong Kong Journalists Association is concerned Hong Kong 01 report on June 4 incident was shelved due to political f...

Commentary (评论)

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因國家安全之名(In the name of national security) Mingpao, December 22, 2017 https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171222/s0...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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刑案律师辩护率大增部分地区达100% (Big increases in rate of defense by criminal lawyers, doubling in some regions) Legal Daily, Dec 21, 2017 http://ww...

Access to Information (信息公开)

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China's ruling communist party bans Christmas, calling it “spiritual opium” 斥圣诞节“精神鸦片” 湖南衡阳官方禁党员干部过圣诞 Radio Free Asia, December 20, 20...

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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上海维权公民今年第22次上街举牌要求批准《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》和要求官员公开财产(For the 22nd time this year, Shanghai rights defenders urge ICCPR ratification for asset transp...

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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被指性侵女学生 南昌大学一副院长被免职(Associate Deans of Nanchang University dismissed over alleged sexual assault of female students) Beijing News, Decemb...

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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中国科技巨擘竞逐人工智能 (Chinese technology giants compete to develop AI) Financial Times, December 21, 2017 https://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075...

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

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China dangles huge payouts for tips on “terrorists” in largely Uyghur Hotan Prefecture Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2017 http://www.rfa...

Hong Kong (香港)

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曾鈺成：政府應坦白承認　基本法沒「一地兩檢」空間(Jasper Tsang, former chairperson of LegCo and DAB, says HKSAR government should admit co-location arrangement has n...

Commentary (评论)

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Xi's China rising, Trump's America waning Aljazeera, December 21, 2017 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/xi-china-rising-...

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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独立学者、作家黎学文在广州火车站遭警方抓捕 疑因海祭刘晓波案(Li Xuewen, independent scholar and writer, is arrested in Guangzhou, possibly related to his act to commemora...

Access to Information (信息公开)

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新疆高调公布13人 “涉暴恐” China detains five more ethnic Kazakhs over "ethnic hatred", "terrorist" content Radio Free Asia, De...

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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河北沧州“煤改气”爆炸赔偿无果 民众市政府抗议 (Protest against Cangzhou government in Hebei, demanding remedies for natural gases explosion) Radio Free Asia, D...

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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Top polluter China unveils nationwide carbon market to reduce emissions Agence France-Presse, December 20, 2017 https://www.hongkongfp....

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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Internet giants told: Accept cyber curbs to be welcome in China Reuters, December 18, 2017 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyb...

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

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China’s flagship TV network has not registered as a foreign agent in US The Washington Post, December 20, 2017 http://www.scmp.com/news...

Hong Kong (香港)

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新人多支持待適當時機立23條 (Most newly elected Hong Kong deputies to the National People’s Congress say they support legislation of Article 23 in due co...