Monday, January 22, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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Detention of Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng “absurd,” says attorney Agence France-Presse, January 21, 2018 https://www.hongkon...

Access to Information (信息公开)

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Chinese music fans fear rap latest to fall foul of government censors Agence France-Presse, January 22, 2018 http://www.scmp.com/news/c...

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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港台團體聯署聲明：還人民言論自由 聲援中國11.15讀書會案左派青年 (Groups in Hong Kong and Taiwan launch signature campaign in support of mainland left-wing youngsters who...

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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In China, big data is watching you … and that could be a huge “challenge to the West” South China Morning Post, January 21, 2018 http:/...

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

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Ma Zhaoxu: China’s next man at the United Nations ... and on the front line of Xi’s global ambitions South China Morning Post, January 21...

Hong Kong (香港)

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Hong Kong smog hits top of the health risk scale, thanks to haze and low winds South China Morning Post, January 22, 2018 http://www.sc...

Commentary (评论)

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團結民主派，抗衡當局打壓 (Unite democratic parties and fight against suppression of the regime) Inmediahk, January 22, 2018 https://www.inmediahk.n...
Friday, January 19, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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Defense lawyers to cover all criminal cases in China Xinhua News Agency, January 19, 2018 http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-01-19/de...

Access to Information (信息公开)

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留學加國大陸生Twitter貼西藏旗 6小時後公安即致電其父母 (Chinese student in Canada posts Tibetan flag on Twitter and police calls his parents 6 hours after) Stan...

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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中国LGBT群体用法律为自己发声 把广电总局、京东都告了 (LGBT groups bring State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and JD.com to court) ...

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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China’s two-child policy has already stopped working Quartz, January 19, 2018 https://qz.com/1183692/after-ending-chinas-one-child-poli...

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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AI beat humans at reading! Maybe not Wired, January 18, 2018 https://www.wired.com/story/ai-beat-humans-at-reading-maybe-not/

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

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China is getting tougher on Taiwan The Economist, January 18, 2018 https://www.economist.com/news/china/21735075-it-also-luring-its-peo...

Hong Kong (香港)

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Former Bar Assoc. head: Members will unite behind new chair Philip Dykes to face challenges Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2018 http...

Commentary (评论)

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嚴薔：削減文革的教材，卻為何擴充了改革開放？ (Why China is downplaying Cultural Revolution in school textbooks while chanting Reform and Opening-up?) The Initi...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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辦讀書會被捕 曾談六四 毛左青年獲釋認妥協 (Young Maoists released in Guangdong after being detained for organizing reading groups and talking about June Fourth)...

Access to Information (信息公开)

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China’s VPN crackdown may aid government surveillance 中国整顿VPN引发驻华机构担忧政府监控 The Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2018 EN: https://www.wsj...

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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趙紫陽逝世13周年骨灰未入土 民眾赴故居悼念 (Public commemorate Zhao Ziyang at his former Beijing residence 13 years after his death) Radio Television Hong Ko...

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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全国统战部长会议：今年要加强新的社会阶层人士统战工作 (United Front to work more on people from “new social hierarchy” in 2018) United Front WeChat Public Account, ...

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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China said to be testing facial recognition system to monitor Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region Bloomberg, January 18, 2018 http://www.s...