Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong ministers and officials slow to sign pro-reform petition
South China Morning Post, May 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1797519/hong-kong-ministers-and-officials-slow-sign-pro-reform

Meeting sought between democrats and Beijing
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 15, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150515/news_20150515_56_1099681.htm

陳文敏認為政改表決6月非死線　可延遲數月 (Former HKU law dean Johannes Chan: June is not final deadline to vote on political reform package, a few months’ delay is possible)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 15, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150515/news_20150515_55_1099760.htm

法律學者：一地兩檢倘列入基本法附件破壞法治 (Law academic: Juxtaposed border control, if included in Basic Law annex, would harm rule of law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 15, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150515/news_20150515_55_1099766.htm

Related:
梁愛詩相信有辦法解決高鐵一地兩檢爭議 (Former HK Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung: there are ways to settle the disputes over juxtaposed border control)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 15, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150515/news_20150515_55_1099749.htm

Counterterrorism (反恐)

国家反恐局：300名中国籍极端分子在叙利亚参战 (State Bureau of Counter-Terrorism: 300 Chinese citizens are extremist elements involved in Syrian fighting) )
China Daily, May 15, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2015-05-15/144031836890.shtml

S. Korea, China, Japan discuss counter-terrorism, cybersecurity
Yonhap News, May 15, 2015
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/05/15/31/0301000000AEN20150515008700315F.html

Nation vows improved efforts to fight terror
China Daily, May 15, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/15/content_20722916.htm

Chinese police order residents in a Xinjiang Prefecture to turn in passports
The New York Times, May 14, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/world/asia/china-passports-xinjiang-ili-kazakh-autonomous-prefecture.html

Tibetans, Uyghurs “blacklisted” at hotels in Chinese cities
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/world/asia/china-passports-xinjiang-ili-kazakh-autonomous-prefecture.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

北京为何要打倒传知行研究所和郭玉闪 (Why Beijing is cracking down on Transition Institute and Guo Yushan)
Voice of America, May 15, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/io-20150514-guo-yushan/2767591.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京“民告官” 乡镇政府败诉率居首 (Beijing's high court issues 2014 report on administrative lawsuits, village and township government litigants are most frequent losers)
People’s Daily, May 13, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0513/c1001-26992467.html

Tiger chairs, electric batons, and chili oil: report finds Chinese police are still torturing suspects
Vice News, May 13, 2015
https://news.vice.com/article/tiger-chairs-electric-batons-and-chili-oil-report-finds-chinese-police-are-still-torturing-suspects

Related:
人权观察：警察刑讯在中国仍普遍存在 (Human Rights Watch: Police torture is still common in China)
Voice of America, May 14, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/voaweishi-news-china-rights-20150513/2765793.html

Tiger Chairs and Cell Bosses: police torture of criminal suspects in China
Human Rights Watch, May 13, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/node/134845

内蒙古开通蒙汉双语12348热线 打造公共法律服务平台 (Inner Mongolia launches Mongolian-Chinese bilingual hotline as a public legal service platform)
Legal Daily, May 14, 2015
http://npc.people.com.cn/n/2015/0514/c14576-26999343.html

家庭暴力引发“母亲杀子”悲剧 北京二中院昨公开审理此案 (Beijing court hears case of mother killing son in family with history of domestic violence)
China Women's News, May 13, 2015
http://www.china-woman.com/2015-05/14/content_62361.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s taxi drivers force local governments to take action against ride hailing apps
China Labour Bulletin, May 14, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/china%E2%80%99s-taxi-drivers-force-local-governments-take-action-against-ride-hailing-apps

China workers said to protest pay at indebted state firm
Bloomberg Business, May 12, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-12/china-workers-said-to-protest-pay-at-indebted-state-firm

Related:
Chinese machinery workers protest proposed layoffs
Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-machinery-workers-protest-against-proposed-layoffs-1431534642

Government Accountability, (政府问责)

北京設追逃辦實行一人一方案 外逃實行季度零報告 (Beijing establishes office for tracking down fugitives, aims to have zero overseas fugitives in quarterly report)
Beijing News, May 14, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/BIG5/n/2015/0514/c1001-26997978.html

China’s Communist party is struggling to guard against corruption: graft-buster
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1795175/chinas-top-graft-buster-likens-battle-against

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China to increase video surveillance in security push
Reuters, May 13, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/13/us-china-security-idUSKBN0NY1F420150513

China imposes smartwatch and wearable tech army ban
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32718266

Hong Kong (香港)

香港政改民調爭論：學者堅稱民調可信 (Debate over HK political reform polling system: academics firmly reiterate reliability of the poll)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 14, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150514_hk_political_reform_poll

香港保安局：1003人因去年 因占中”被捕 (HK Security Bureau: 1,003 people arrested in connection with last year’s Occupy Movement)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/15-05132015150810.html

Counterterrorism (反恐)

上海成立民兵无人机侦察分队 可用于救灾反恐 (Shanghai establishes people’s militia drone reconnaissance squad for use in emergency response and counterterrorism)
Beijing Youth Daily, May 13, 2015
http://news.hexun.com/2015-05-14/175817788.html

东盟地区论坛在南宁召开反恐与打击跨国犯罪会议 (Nanning, Guangxi holds ASEAN Regional Forum to discuss counterterrorism and combatting transnational crime)
Xinhua, May 14, 2015
http://world.people.com.cn/n/2015/0514/c1002-27002115.html

Related:
ARF meeting on anti-terrorism convenes in Nanning
Xinhua, May 14, 2015
http://english.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/today-headlines/2015-05/14/content_6491624.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China’s feminist awakening
The New York Times, May 13, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/opinion/xiao-meili-chinas-feminist-awakening.html

For whom the bell tolls: one Chinese NGO’s alleged crime of “illegal business operation”
China Change, May 13, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/13/to-whom-the-bell-tolls-one-chinese-ngos-alleged-crime-of-illegal-business-operation/

郭玉闪和土气的传知行 (Guo Yushan and the homegrown Transition Institute)
Jin Caiyuan (WeChat), May 14, 2015
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA3OTYwMjE3Mg==&mid=205520704&idx=1&sn=f06cd6a1474cd87d2eb429b0682fb566#rd

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人民法院报微博煽动人民“推墙”？左派惊呼下删文 (Did the People’s Court News’ weibo incite people to “push the wall”? Leftists alarmed as post is deleted)
Radio France Internationale, May 13, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150513-人民法院报微博煽动人民“推墙”？左派惊呼下删文/

See the original post:
People’s Court News, May 11, 2015
[Good evening friends] We’ll encounter different kinds of wall. We push the wall 10 times, it doesn’t collapse. We push the wall 100 times, it doesn’t collapse. Even if we push it 1,000 or 10,000 times, it still doesn’t collapse. The wall will not collapse—but in pushing it forcefully, our muscles will be strengthened, and we will become more powerful human beings. That the wall doesn’t collapse shouldn’t be our excuse for being weak. –Cai Kangyong

【晚安朋友】我们会遇见各种墙。我们推墙十下，墙也不会倒；我们推墙百下，墙也不会倒；我们推墙千下万下，墙还是不会倒。墙就是不会倒，但我们会因为用力推墙而肌肉强健、变成有力量的人。墙不倒、不该成为我们自愿当弱者的借口。——蔡康永

Police torture in China still routine despite reforms: rights group
Reuters, May 12, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/13/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0NY04W20150513

Related:
Tiger Chairs and Cell Bosses: police torture of criminal suspects in China
Human Rights Watch, May 13, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/node/134845

Conviction rates count more in Chinese justice than innocence
The New York Times, May 12, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/world/asia/conviction-rates-count-more-in-chinese-justice-than-innocence.html

Tibetan father and son are assaulted by police in Driru
Radio Free Asia, May 12, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/assaulted-05122015134755.html

错案警示五年坚守防范底线 (In 5th annual review of wrongful cases, more than 100 Henan judges commit to upholding justice)
Legal Daily, May 11, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150511/Articel02002GN.htm

临漳民调筑牢农村法治防线 (Dispute mediation in Linzhang County, Hebei, strengthens rule of law in rural areas)
Legal Daily, May 12, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150512/Articel01002GN.htm

Related:

中华人民共和国人民调解法
People's Mediation Law of the People's Republic of China
The National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2010-08/28/content_1593344.htm
EN: http://www.lawinfochina.com/display.aspx?lib=law&id=8266&CGid=

Access to Information (信息公开)

Is China's “Sunshine Law” within reach?
The Diplomat, May 12, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/is-chinas-sunshine-law-within-reach/

北京：下周一公安部将重点打击4类网络政治谣言/知秋 (Ministry of Public Security to take special action against four types of online political rumors starting May 18)
Boxun, May 12, 2015
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2015/05/201505120610.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

One Love: How foreign NGOs and governments should respond to China’s Draft Foreign NGO Law
China Law and Policy, May 12, 2015
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2015/05/12/one-love-how-foreign-ngos-governments-should-respond-to-chinas-draft-foreign-ngo-law/

Related:
境外非政府组织管理法（草案二次审议稿）全文 (Overseas NGO Draft Law Foreign NGO Management Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed Overseas NGO Draft Law foreign NGO management law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

Cheatsheet for understanding the FNGO Law
China Law Translate, May 11, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/cheatsheet-for-understanding-the-fngo-law/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China and Russia agree to cooperate to fight corruption
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1794703/china-and-russia-agree-cooperate-fight-corruption

Woman to sue over police killing of her son in China's Heilongjiang
Radio Free Asia, May 12, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-05122015143505.html

Related:
黑龙江庆安徐纯合被铁路警察击毙现场又一视频 (Heilongjiang fatal shooting by railway police [VIDEO])
Boxun, May 12, 2015
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/05/201505122153.shtml

庆安警方接受枪击案律师信息公开申请 (Qing'an police receive OGI application from lawyers in shooting case)
Sina, May 11, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/zg/jpm/2015-05-11/19301024.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

借编纂民法典东风强化个人信息保护 (Expert suggests incorporating individual privacy protections into draft civil code)
Legal Daily, May 12, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150512/Articel03002GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Brother of Occupy Central volunteer beaten up in police car following arrest, court hears
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1794612/brother-occupy-central-volunteer-beaten-police-car

誤控智障男事件 張超雄批評警方屢次說謊 (Lawmaker Fernando Cheung criticizes police for lying repeatedly about the wrongful arrest for murder of autistic man)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 13, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150513/news_20150513_55_1099204.htm

劉慧卿指官員落區未能回應市民致更多人反感 (Democratic Party Emily Lau: officials’ inability to respond to residents during community outreach increases popular opposition to political reform proposal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 13, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150513/news_20150513_55_1099287.htm

Counterterrorism (反恐)

中日韩将于15日在北京举行反恐对策磋商 (China-Japan-South Korea to hold counterterrorism policy negotiations in Beijing on May 15)
Global Times Net, May 13, 2015
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/05/13/6651s4961464.htm

南宁和平商场举行首次反恐应急演练 (Naning’s Heping shopping center holds its first counterterrorism emergency exercise)
Nanning Evening News, May 13, 2015
http://www.gx.xinhuanet.com/dtzx/nanning/2015-05/13/c_1115273205.htm

Chinese police order Yining residents to hand in passports in latest crackdown
The Guardian, May 13, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/13/chinese-police-demand-passports-crackdown-rights

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police accused in fatal station shooting
Taipei Times, May 12, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/05/12/2003618112

Related:
黑龙江枪击案补偿协议为死者堂兄签订 妻姐称无效 (Heilongjiang fatal station shooting: sisters of victim’s wife deny validity of compensation agreement signed by cousin)
Phoenix New Media, May 11, 2015
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150510/43727751_0.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

Draft China National Security Laws promote socialist values and censorship
International Federation of Journalists, May 11, 2015
http://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single-view/backpid/33/article/draft-china-national-security-laws-promote-socialist-values-and-censorship/

Lack of transparency adds to public-government mistrust
Global Times, May 11, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/920947.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The future is already present? How the draft foreign NGO management law could be applied
China Law and Policy, May 11, 2015
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2015/05/11/the-future-is-already-present-how-the-draft-foreign-ngo-management-law-could-be-applied/

Related:
境外非政府组织管理法（草案二次审议稿）全文 (Overseas NGO Draft Law Foreign NGO Management Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed Overseas NGO Draft Law foreign NGO management law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

王天安：希望父亲出席我的婚礼 (Wang Tian’an, daughter of political prisoner Wang Bingzhang: I wish my father could attend my wedding)
Voice of America, May 12, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/voaweishi-20150511-voaconnects-wang-bingzhang-wang-tianan/2762885.html

Counterterrorism (反恐)

宜春市公安铸造反恐处突“尖刀”(Yichun city develops special counterterrorism police force to handle emergencies)
Dajiang Net, May 12, 2015
http://jxyc.jxnews.com.cn/system/2015/05/12/013862366.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's local governments lay down rules to punish laidback officials
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1793890/chinas-local-governments-lay-down-rules-punish-laidback

China's top anti-graft agency slams slack local graft-busters for allowing corrupt cadres to rise
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1793888/chinas-top-anti-graft-agency-slams-slack-local-graft

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China, U.S. have weapons for cyberassault
Voice of America, May 11, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-us-have-weapons-for-cyberattack/2760213.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's Tiananmen massacre museum under pressure: activists
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/musem-05112015133113.html

Pro-Beijing group stages petition in support of Hong Kong government's electoral reforms
Channel NewsAsia, May 11, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/pro-beijing-group-stages/1839132.html

學術及專業界聯署籲否決假普選方案 (Academic and professional circles jointly petition to vote down “fake” universal suffrage proposal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 12, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150512/news_20150512_55_1098919.htm

周融質疑三大學聯合民調能否代表全港市民 (Robert Chow Yung, leader of anti -Occupy Central‬ campaign doubts that 3 universities’ joint opinion poll on the political reform proposal can be representative of all HK residents)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 12, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150512/news_20150512_55_1098924.htm

史密斯议员：香港应拒绝现有选举方案 (U.S. lawmaker Chris Smith: Hong Kong should reject the current election proposal)
Voice of America, May 12, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/lawmaker-urges-hk-20150511/2763967.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东高院发布2015年第一季度行政诉讼十大典型案例 (Guangdong Supreme Court publishes ten main types of administrative lawsuits of Q1 2015)
Guangdong Courts, May 8, 2015
http://bit.ly/1PCn7rh

202所监狱建成减假暂办案平台 (202 prisons establish sentence reduction, parole, and case-handling platforms)
Legal Daily, May , 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150511/Articel02008GN.htm

Chinese judicial departments to better handle petitions
Xinhua, May 8, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-05/08/c_134222588.htm

China’s rule of law plan is for real
East Asia Forum, May 10, 2015
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/05/10/chinas-rule-of-law-plan-is-for-real/

中國活動人士因煽動顛覆罪被判5年監禁 (Chinese activist Liu Jiacai sentenced to 5 years for inciting subversion of state power)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150511_liu_jiacai_sentence

China jails Suzhou eviction protester for eight years
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suzhou-eviction-protestor-jailed-for-eight-years-05082015120259.html

Related:
公民广场: 范木根案大事记 (Citizens’ Square: Fan Mugen case timeline)
Human Rights in China, February 4, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/fan-mu-gen-da-shi-ji

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国国家安全法草案增加网络主权规定 (China’s national security law supplemented with cyber-sovereignty regulations)
Voice of America, May 11, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-security-20150508/2759564.html

Related:
中华人民共和国国家安全法（草案）（二次审议稿）征求意见 (National Security Law of the People's Republic of China (2nd draft for review))
[Proposed National Security Law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, May 7, 2015
http://www.npc.gov.cn/COBRS_LFYJNEW/user/UserIndex.jsp?ID=6691283

LinkedIn CEO on Chinese censorship: “It’s gut-wrenching”
Buzzfeed, May 9, 2015
http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/linkedin-ceo-on-chinese-censorship-its-gut-wrenching

China tightens national security in wake of Snowden revelations
The Irish Times, May 9, 2015
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/china-tightens-national-security-in-wake-of-snowden-revelations-1.2205576

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

贾西津：用国家安全视角看待国际关系影响社会经济发展 (Jia Xijin: viewing international relations from a national security perspective will impact socio-economic development)
Phoenix New Media, May 11, 2015
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150511/43732232_0.shtml/

A slow death? China’s draft foreign NGO management law
China Law and Policy, May 10, 2015
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/

How does China's foreign NGO management law curb the development of civil society?
Global Voices, May 10, 2015
https://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/10/how-does-chinas-foreign-ngo-management-law-curb-the-development-of-civil-society/

Related:
Cheatsheet for understanding the FNGO law
China Law Translate, May 11, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/cheatsheet-for-understanding-the-fngo-law/

境外非政府组织管理法（草案二次审议稿）全文 (Overseas NGO Draft Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed Overseas NGO Draft Law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

Global campaign preceded surprise move to free Chinese activists
Reuters, May 7, 2015
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/uk-china-rights-women-idUKKBN0NS2GF20150507

Call for release of three mainland activists
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 8, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150509/news_20150509_56_1098233.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China ex-security tsar Zhou Yongkang's trial delayed amid speculation he withdrew confession
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1792418/trial-chinas-former-security-tsar-zhou-yongkang-hit

Wang Qishan highlights Party discipline in anti-corruption effort
China Daily, May 11, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/10/content_20675042.htm

Related:
中國反腐總管再強調「黨紀嚴於國法」(China’s anti-graft campaign head Wang Qishan reiterates that “party discipline overrides national laws”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 10, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150510_wang_qishan_ccp

Former banker said to be detained amid corruption inquiry
Caixin, May 8, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-08/100807558.html

China repatriates No 2 “Sky Net” fugitive official who fled to Singapore after alleged 94m yuan fraud
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1791773/china-repatriates-no-2-sky-net-fugitive-official-who

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. asks China to investigate cyber attack targeting U.S. sites
Reuters, May 8, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/08/us-cybersecurity-usa-china-idUSKBN0NT1S820150508

Social media encouraging corruption whistleblowing
China Daily, May 9, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/09/content_20665420.htm

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China issues arrest warrant for nine Uyghurs near Mongolian border
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/warrant-05082015143010.html

北京反恐發40萬獎金 店主舉報顧客買斧頭獲獎 (Beijing gives shop owner RMB 400,000 award for reporting a customer who bought a lot of hatchets)
Beijing Times, May 11, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/BIG5/n/2015/0511/c70731-26979525.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Security law “not for Beijing to tighten grip”
The Standard, May 11, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=156866&sid=44435101&con_type=1&d_str=20150511&fc=10

梁爱诗：国安法非钳制压迫 有推翻党的思想行为就是颠覆 (Former HK Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung: National security law is not repressive, anti-Party ideas and actions constitute subversion)
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/14d41450e617a9d/liang-ai-shi-guo-an-fa-fei-qian-zhi-ya-po-you-tui-fan-dang-di-si-xiang-hang-wei-jiu-shi-dian-fu

Related:
New draft of China’s national security law for first time highlights Hong Kong’s responsibilities
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1788847/new-draft-chinas-national-security-law-first-time-highlights

支持政改民意跌 劉慧卿促特區政府向北京說明 (Democratic Party Emily Lau urges HK government to inform Beijing about dwindling public support for reform proposal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 11, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150511/news_20150511_55_1098715.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

范木根周五宣判前儿子及律师北京被绑架 (Fan Mugen’s son and lawyer kidnapped in Beijing prior to his sentencing on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, May 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-05072015100227.html

Related:
公民广场: 范木根案大事记 (Citizens’ Square: Fan Mugen case timeline)
Human Rights in China, February 4, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/fan-mu-gen-da-shi-ji

How Chinese institutions manufacture conviction and quash acquittal
Dui Hua, May 6, 2015
http://www.duihuahrjournal.org/2015/05/how-chinese-institutions-manufacture.html

In Their Defense: China’s latest round of judicial reforms aims to shield criminal defense lawyers from stress, risk and discrimination, but experts say it will be years before any impact is felt
News China, May 2015
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/in-their-defense#id:2220#date:16:38

Access to Information (信息公开)

China media website whitelist targets “false information”
Radio Free Asia, May 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-website-whitelist-targets-false-information-05072015110705.html

Action taken to speed release of govt information
China Daily, May 8, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/08/content_20655086.htm

New China security bill calls for protecting “cyber sovereignty”
Bloomberg Business, May 7, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-08/new-china-security-bill-calls-for-protecting-cyber-sovereignty-

Related:
中华人民共和国国家安全法（草案）（二次审议稿）征求意见 (National Security Law of the People's Republic of China (2nd draft for review))
[Proposed National Security Law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, May 7, 2015
http://www.npc.gov.cn/COBRS_LFYJNEW/user/UserIndex.jsp?ID=6691283

China offers first glimpse of sweeping national security law
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1788339/release-chinas-draft-security-law-sparks-fears-further

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

CDB English Translation of The Overseas NGO Management Law (Second Draft)
China Development Brief, May 7, 2015
http://chinadevelopmentbrief.cn/articles/cdb-english-translation-of-the-overseas-ngo-management-law-second-draft/

草案七问：《境外非政府组织法（草案）》刍议 (7 questions on draft foreign NGO law)
China Development Brief, May 7, 2015
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.org.cn/news-17498.html

Related:
境外非政府组织管理法（草案二次审议稿）全文 (Foreign NGO Management Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed foreign NGO management law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

Rule of Law and civil society in China
The Diplomat, May 7, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/rule-of-law-and-civil-society-in-china/

美國呼籲釋放浦志強 中國指責美干涉內政 (U.S. calls for release of Pu Zhiqiang, China criticizes U.S. for interfering in domestic policy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 7, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150507_china_us_puzhiqiang_reax

Related:
One-year anniversary of lawyer Pu Zhiqiang's detention
U.S. Department of State, May 6, 2015
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/05/241956.htm

China hits back after U.S. calls for release of human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang
Reuters, May 7, 2015
http://www.newsweek.com/china-hits-back-after-us-calls-release-human-rights-lawyer-pu-zhiqiang-329286

Elderly bereaved parents blame lack of pension on China's one-child policy
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pension-05062015125238.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

CPC expels former senior official in Hebei
China Daily, May 8, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/08/content_20656909.htm

China’s hunt for tigers and flies is taking a toll on business
The Financial Times, May 7, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b2cb7c7a-f25c-11e4-b914-00144feab7de.html

China “to hold officials accountable for life for environmental problems”
The Financial Times, May 7, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-08/100807608.html

Counterterrorism (反恐)

2015中国（西安）国际社会公共安全产品暨警察反恐技术装备博览会 ( Xi‘an holds 2015 International Public Security Product and Counter-terrorism Technology and Equipment Expo)
http://xa.sxcps.cn/zh_huiyuan103.html

Hong Kong (香港)

中共《環球時報》批香港中大學生會「不自重」 (CPC’s Global Times criticizes Chinese University of Hong Kong's Student Association for its "lack of self-respect")
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 8, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150508_china_media_reax_hk_pla

Related:
Students criticised over PLA visit
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 8, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150508/news_20150508_56_1098060.htm

Beijing unleashes another attack on student Occupy activists
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1788751/beijing-unleashes-another-attack-student-occupy-activists

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Release of China’s draft security law sparks fears of further erosion of citizens’ freedoms
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1788339/release-chinas-draft-security-law-sparks-fears-further

Access to Justice (司法公正)

丈夫街头殴打妻子 哈尔滨开首份《家庭暴力告诫书》(Harbin man admonished by police after publicly beating wife as city tests out a “Domestic Violence Admonishment System”)
New Evening Newspaper, May 6, 2015
http://hlj.ifeng.com/news/detail_2015_05/07/3871337_0.shtml

Courts in China face balancing act on domestic abuse
家暴受害者杀夫案，法院夹在法理与民意之间
New York Times, May 6, 2015
EN: http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/courts-in-china-face-balancing-act-on-domestic-abuse/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150507/c07chinacourts/

Chinese rights lawyer marks ten months under house arrest
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-05062015160836.html

人权律师浦志强案进入审查起诉关键期 (Rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang’s case enters critical investigation and prosecution stage)
Voice of America, May 7, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/latest-development-of-rights-attorney-20150507/2753348.html

Supreme People’s Court interprets the Administrative Litigation Law
Supreme Court Monitor, May 6, 2015
http://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2015/05/

Related:
最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国行政诉讼法》若干问题的解释
SPC Interpretation on The Administrative Litigation Law
Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, April 22, 2015
CH: http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-14294.html
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/allinterpretation/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Controversy erupts as policeman kills attacker in train station
Caixin, May 6, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-06/100806988.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Foreign NGO Management Law (Second Reading Draft) Full Text
China Law Translate, May 6, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/foreign-ngo-draft-2/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese artist “warned off” 1989 Tiananmen activist photo project
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-64photos-05062015153018.html

天安门母亲坚称永不放弃诉求 山东11公民家庭纪念六四 (Tiananmen mothers insist they will never give up their demands as 11 Shandong families commemorate June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-05062015100719.html

Errant officials to be penalized for pollution
China Daily, May 7, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/07/content_20643404.htm

China military says some not taking graft fight seriously
Reuters, May 6, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-china-corruption-defence-idUSKBN0NS05M20150507

Critics say Xi’s anti-graft campaign shouldn’t be just about counting tigers
The Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/05/07/critics-say-xis-anti-graft-campaign-shouldnt-be-just-about-counting-tigers/

Retired Chinese health ministry official “investigated for corruption”
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1788065/retired-chinese-health-ministry-official-investigated-corruption

Hong Kong (香港)

香港中大學生反對 解放軍訪校活動延遲 (Visit by PLA troops postponed as CUHK students oppose)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150506_cuhk_pla_protest

Related:
Chinese University postpones visit by Hong Kong PLA troops
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1787914/chinese-university-postpones-visit-hong-kong-pla

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

境外NGO法　攘外為了安內 (Foreign NGO Management Law: Repressing external forces to silence internal ones)
On.cc, May 6, 2015
http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/commentary/20150506/bkncn-20150506000318106-0506_05411_001.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Lead poisoning lawsuit tests China's resolve over pollution
The Age, May 6, 2015
http://www.theage.com.au/world/lead-poisoning-lawsuit-tests-chinas-resolve-over-pollution-20150506-ggv33r.html

Appeals against judicial process to be speeded up
China Daily, May 5, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/05/content_20629686.htm

广东中山将在公租房设家暴“庇护屋” (Zhongshan city, Guangdong, plans to install shelters in public housing projects for women fleeing domestic violence)
All China Women’s Federation, May 4, 2015
http://www.china-woman.com/2015-05/04/content_60503.htm

亳州成立首家反家暴庇护所 家暴受害妇女可获得法律援助 (Bozhou city, Anhui, establishes anti-domestic violence shelter where women can obtain legal aid)
Bozhou Daily, May 5, 2015
http://news.hefei.cc/2015/0505/025186667.shtml

殴打妻子致骨折 男子被判刑两年 (Man gets two years’ sentence for long-term domestic violence and causing wife’s bone fracture)
Health Channel, May 4, 2015
http://health.gmw.cn/newspaper/2015-05/04/content_106350424.htm

大陸律師抱團取暖 為陳建剛律師維權 (Chinese lawyers form rights defense group in support of lawyer Chen Jiangang)
New Tang Dynasty Television, May 5, 2015
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/b5/2015/05/05/a1195021.html

浦志强收押周年北京检方三令补充侦查 (On 1-year anniversary of Pu Zhiqiang’s detention, Beijing prosecution orders further investigation for 3rd time)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 5, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/05/150505_china_activist_pu_zhiqiang

China wants more open legal system: Xinhua
Xinhua, May 6, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150506/news_20150506_56_1097399.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

国家网信办公布可供网站转载新闻的新闻单位名单 (State Internet Information Office publishes list of media outlets permitted to repost news)
China.com, May 5, 2015
http://news.sdchina.com/show/3318824.html

近3成政府信息公开指南得零分 “三需要”成借口 (Study by Guangzhou CSO shows nearly 1/3 of government-issued “Open Government Information guides” are deficient and provide inadequate, incorrect, or misleading information)
Legal Net, May 5, 2015
http://news.sohu.com/20150505/n412393999.shtml

Chinese netizens migrate away from closely censored Weibo platforms
中国网民针对微博审查应对不同
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/migrate-05052015135233.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf3-05052015100649.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Xi urges Red Cross China to reform
China Daily, May 5, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/05/content_20629412.htm

Former Chinese propaganda workers protest over unpaid pensions
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pensions-05052015105010.html

Feminist five thank domestic and international support that secured their release
China Change, May 6, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/05/feminist-five-thank-domestic-and-international-support-that-secured-their-release/

Related:
Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Shanghai enacts curbs on business dealings of officials’ relatives
The New York Times, May 5, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/world/asia/shanghai-enacts-curbs-on-business-dealings-of-officials-relatives.html

Related:
The trouble with China's anti-corruption campaign
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-32590433

China prosecutors investigate former investment boss for graft
Reuters, May 5, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/05/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0NQ0RA20150505

Changes to food safety law include tougher punishments
Caixin, May 5, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-04/100806234.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The Chinese government hops on the WeChat bandwagon
China Policy Institute Blog, May 6, 2015
http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/chinapolicyinstitute/2015/05/06/chinese-government-hops-on-the-wechat-bandwagon/

How China will become more cooperative in cyberspace
The Diplomat, May 6, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/how-china-will-become-more-cooperative-in-cyberspace

Related:
Cyber security in China: new political leadership focuses on boosting national security
Mercator Institute for China Studies, December 9, 2014
http://www.merics.org/fileadmin/templates/download/china-monitor/China_Monitor_No_20_eng.pdf

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China orders Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol, cigarettes, to “weaken” Islam
The Washington Post, May 5, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/05/05/china-orders-muslim-shopkeepers-to-sell-alcohol-cigarettes-to-weaken-islam/

Related:
新疆和田政府明令维族人店铺售烟酒 (Xinjiang Hotan prefectural government orders Muslim Uyghurs to sell cigarettes and alcohol)
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-05052015100303.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Pro-Beijing group plans new petition to support Hong Kong electoral reform
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1786594/pro-beijing-group-plans-new-petition-support-hong-kong

董建華：反共者不能出閘 (Ex HK Chief Executive & Vice Chairman of CPPCC Tung Chee-hwa: anti-communists cannot stand for election)
Apple Daily, May 6, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150506/19137616

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Woman suing China Post for gender discrimination
Channel News Asia, May 5, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/woman-suing-china-post/1825796.html

Does money matter when determining which Chinese court will hear your dispute?
Supreme People's Court Monitor, May 5, 2015
http://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2015/05/05/does-money-matter-when-determining-which-chinese-court-will-hear-your-dispute/

China extends detention of rights lawyer ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
浦志强案再度延长审限15天
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-05042015130336.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05042015101444.html

全面依法治国，开启中国法治新时代 (Ruling country in complete accordance with the law, Opening new rule-of-law era in China)
People’s Daily, May 5, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0505/c1001-26947587.html

Related:
依宪治国的精神基础 (Intellectual basis for ruling the country by constitution)
Financial Times, May 5, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001061843

The will of the party: with discussion of legal reform dominating China’s annual Two Sessions, China’s leadership continues to push forward its “rule by law” agenda
News China Magazine, May, 2015
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/the-will-of-the-party

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s scientific progress hinges on access to data
nature, April 28, 2015
http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-scientific-progress-hinges-on-access-to-data-1.17426

Chinese military warned not give away “secrets” on social media
South China Morning Post, May 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1786451/chinese-military-warned-not-give-away-secrets-social

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

出台重大决策 公众参与是必经程序 (New laws in Sichuan coming into effect on June 1 will make soliciting public comments compulsory for all new laws and major policies)
Sichuan Legal News, May 5, 2015
http://dzb.scfzbs.com/shtml/scfzb/20150505/26443.shtml

Related:
四川省人民政府拟定地方性法规草案和制定规章程序规定 (Rules of Sichuan Province People’s Government on Procedures for Drafting Local Regulations and Enacting Regulations)
http://www.sc.gov.cn/10462/10883/11066/2015/5/1/10334482.shtml

四川省重大行政决策程序规定 (Sichuan Province Regulations on Procedures for Major Policies )
http://www.sc.gov.cn/10462/10883/11066/2015/5/1/10334481.shtml

境外非政府组织管理法（草案二次审议稿）全文 (Foreign NGO Management Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed foreign NGO management law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

Thousands of PLA veterans protest in China's Hubei
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/thousands-of-pla-veterans-protest-in-hubei-05042015113307.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

上海：从制度上严防领导干部“一家两制” (Shanghai to prohibit senior officials from practicing “one family, two systems”)
People’s Daily, May 5, 2015
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2015-05/05/nw.D110000renmrb_20150505_5-01.htm

Related:
Shanghai bans officials’ relatives from running private businesses
Financial Times, May 5, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/06a7caa2-f301-11e4-a979-00144feab7de.html

China to let 100 think-tanks bloom
中国智库迎来“百花齐放”年代？
Financial Times, May 4, 2015
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/115be32a-f234-11e4-b914-00144feab7de.html#axzz3ZG5438F6
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001061865

China military says army yet to fully embrace rule of law
Reuters, May 4, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/05/us-china-defence-corruption-idUSKBN0NQ05P20150505

China’s Hua Xia bank says senior official under investigation
The Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-hua-xia-bank-says-senior-official-under-investigation-1430760535

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

How China assesses civil disobedience in cyberspace
The Diplomat, May 4, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/how-china-assesses-civil-disobedience-in-cyberspace/

Hong Kong (香港)

記者遇襲案 認人手續准疑犯戴口罩浴帽 (Assault on journalists case: suspects allowed to wear face mask and shower cap in police lineup)
Apple Daily, May 5, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150505/19136278

Related:
New Hong Kong police chief says suspects have rights as he is drawn into row over identity parade
South China Morning Post, May 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1786124/new-hong-kong-police-chief-says-suspects-have-rights-he

Tensions simmer in Hong Kong in lead up to vote
Voice of America, May 4, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/tensions-simmer-hong-kong-vote/2747827.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China must have a more transparent system for environmental risk assessment
South China Morning Post, May 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1786103/china-must-have-more-transparent-system-environmental-risk

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s exodus of judges
The Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/05/04/what-a-stubborn-exodus-of-judges-means-for-legal-reform-in-china/

北京法院澄清律师被法官殴打事件 调查组调查显示不存在殴打情况 (Beijing court clarifies incident of lawyer being beaten by judge: investigation shows it did not happen)
Legal Daily, April 30, 2015
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2015-04/30/content_6066262.htm

家暴阴影下的妇女权益保护 未能完全翻转的李彦案 (Protecting women's rights in the shadow of domestic violence: the not fully-overturned case of Li Yan)
Southern Weekly, April 30, 2015
http://www.infzm.com/content/109229

Access to Information (信息公开)

Ten detained for rumours about military
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 4, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150504/news_20150504_56_1096866.htm

China lodges protest with U.S. after religious freedom report
Reuters, May 4, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/04/us-china-usa-religion-idUSKBN0NP0N220150504

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hundreds detained by “interceptors” ahead of Labor Day holiday
五一劳动节各地政府忙截访 倪玉兰再被公安逼迁
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/interceptors-05012015105422.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05012015101748.html

Tibetans detained, beaten for protesting construction near sacred site
达赖喇嘛向大陆华人传法 西藏贡觉县藏民反开矿被捕
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/construction-05012015152235.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-05012015120342.html

四川維權人士陳雲飛拘押35天後遭批捕 (Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei officially arrested after 35 days of detention)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150503_china_activist_arrested

In China's Guangdong, 1,000 march on Labor Day over missing paychecks
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-labor-05012015141714.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

President Xi Jinping's corruption crackdown linked to officials' suicides
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1784492/president-xi-jinpings-corruption-crackdown-linked

Chinese navy's transparency on new microblog more a boon than a bane
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1784304/chinese-navys-transparency-new-microblog-more-boon-bane

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国官媒：海外黑客攻击致近期网络问题 (Chinese state media says overseas hackers caused the recent Internet problems)
Deutsche Welle, May 1, 2015
http://www.dw.de/中国官媒海外黑客攻击致近期网络问题/a-18423110

Apps you won’t have heard about at Beijing’s GMIC
Reporters without Borders, May 1, 2015
http://en.rsf.org/china-apps-you-won-t-have-heard-about-at-02-05-2015,47848.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing can't scrap functional constituencies: Fan
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 3, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150503/news_20150503_56_1096797.htm

Counterterrorism (反恐)

新疆六维族人被指涉恐被射杀 五一前南北疆反恐大清查 (Six alleged Uyghur terrorists shot dead during large scale counter-terror investigations in Xinjiang ahead of Labor Day)
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-05012015101824.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Police in China's Guangdong move ahead with activist's subversion trial
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-suchanglan-04302015133624.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

非法发布气象预报最高可罚5万 (Those who publish “unofficial” weather forecasts can be fined up to RMB 50,000)
The Beijing News, May 1, 2015
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2015/05/01/362020.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

东莞厚宏制衣厂突然倒闭 数百工人游行讨薪 (Hundreds of workers protest sudden closure of Dongguan Houhong garment factory, demand immediate salary pay)
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-05012015100541.html

中国劳工活动人士日益成为暴力袭击目标 (More Labor rights activists are targets for violent attacks)
Voice of America, April 30, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chinese-labour-activists-20150430/2742806.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Not so far away: anti-corruption officials try to extend their reach abroad
The Economist, April 30, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21650154-anti-corruption-officials-try-extend-their-reach-abroad-not-so-far-away

宁波启动“猎狐2015”境外追逃专项行动 (Ningbo, Zhejiang police officers go abroad to catch fugitive officials in “Operation Fox Hunt”)
Legal Daily, May 1, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150501/Articel02006GN.htm

司法部武警部队召开监狱安全工作会议 (Ministry of Justice’s armed police hold prison safety meeting)
Legal Daily, May 1, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150501/Articel01003GN.htm

Six GMS countries sign joint declaration, reaffirming anti-human trafficking commitment
Shanghai Daily, April 30, 2015
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=279535

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China worried US cyber strategy “ups the ante on the internet arms race”
Reuters, April 30, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/china-worried-us-cybersecurity-strategy-internet-arms-race

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong teachers union plans alternate Basic Law lesson plan
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1783276/hong-kong-teachers-union-plans-alternate-basic

Hong Kong pan-democrats will be marginalised if they reject 2017 poll plan, warns Exco convenor
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1783315/hong-kong-pan-democrats-will-be-marginalised-if-they-reject

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

反恐演练怎能以抗拆村民为假想敌？(Why is mock village protest used as target of counter-terror drill?”)
Yangtse Evening Post, May 1, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2015-05-01/061931783491.shtml

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China launches special campaign to rectify miscarriages of justice
Xinhua, April 28, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/28/c_134193259.htm

Related:
Hearing reviews 20-year-old rape and murder case
Xinhua, April 29, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/29/c_134193313.htm

Police in China's Suzhou detain dozens in dawn raid on activists [re. Lin Zhao memorial service]
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suzhou-police-detain-dozens-in-dawn-raid-on-activists-04292015142052.html

See more information on Lin Zhao
http://www.hoover.org/news/letters-and-diaries-chinese-political-activist-lin-zhao-opened-hoover-institution-archives

Access to Information (信息公开)

Publisher of China’s leading pro-reform magazine vows to carry on despite growing pressure from authorities
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779317/publisher-chinas-leading-pro-reform-magazine-vows-carry

China's new internet rules raise questions over role of agency
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rules-04292015104205.html

Cloudy with a chance of censorship: China bans unofficial weather reports
The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/29/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-censorship-china-bans-unofficial-weather-reports/?mod=WSJBlog

China’s scientific progress hinges on access to data
Nature, April 28, 2015
http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-scientific-progress-hinges-on-access-to-data-1.17426

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The women of the Chinese internet remain defiant
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 30, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-32518852

Related:
”女权五姐妹” 之一武嵘嵘就不接受传唤发布声明 (Wu Rongrong of the “Feminists Five” issues statement on refusing interrogation summons)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-04292015102833.html

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

China’s miners step up protests as industry downturn continues
China Labour Bulletin, April 29, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/china%E2%80%99s-miners-step-protests-industry-downturn-continues

Chinese labour activists “increasingly targets of violent attacks, intimidation”
Xinhua, April 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1781528/chinese-labour-activists-increasingly-targets-violent-attacks

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Police in Guangdong province practice anti-terrorism drills including the handling of a mock protest by villagers blocking construction of a development.
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1781652/police-southern-china-practice-anti-terrorism-drills-including

Related:
广东江门举行反恐演练 模拟拆迁村民闹事(图) (Jiangmen, Guangdong Province holds anti-terror drills simulating protest by villagers against demolition (with pictures))
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 30, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2015-04-30/092131780292.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Crackdown on corruption at Chinese environmental risk assessment agencies
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779975/crackdown-corruption-chinese-environmental-risk

3 in Guangdong investigated for Party discipline violations
China Daily, April 30. 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/30/content_20582869.htm

Eight hospital heads said to be found taking bribes
Caixin, April 29, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-04-29/100805004.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Goldman and IDG put $50 million to work in a Bitcoin company [Note: IDG is a China-based firm]
The New York Times, April 30, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/business/dealbook/goldman-and-idg-put-50-million-to-work-in-a-bitcoin-company.html

Related:
Under a 2013 notice issued by the People’s Bank of China, Chinese financial institutions are not permitted to use or interact with Bitcoin:
English: https://vip.btcchina.com/page/bocnotice2013
Chinese: http://www.pbc.gov.cn/publish/goutongjiaoliu/524/2013/20131205153156832222251/20131205153156832222251_.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Officials' assurances on reform “conflicting”
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150430/news_20150430_56_1096090.htm

陳文敏指政改方案沒回應市民憂慮 (Ex HKU law dean Johannes Chan says political reform package does not respond to citizens’ concerns)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150430/news_20150430_55_1096119.htm

Related:
李卓人：中央若關心香港內耗 應拆8.31框架 (Pan-dem Lee Cheuk-yan: If Chinese government cares about HK internal friction, August 31 Framework should be dropped)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150429/news_20150429_55_1095886.htm

Less than half HK’s residents support electoral reforms
Taipei Times, April 30, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/04/30/2003617161

Hong Kong trips again in global press freedom ranking
Hong Kong Economic Journal, April 30, 2015
http://www.ejinsight.com/20150430-hong-kong-trips-again-in-global-press-freedon-ranking/

Related:
去年撐警集會記者遇襲案 警指無足夠證據檢控 (Police say not enough evidence to charge attackers of journalists during last year’s pro-police event)
Apple Daily, April 29, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150429/53687604

Freedom of the Press 2015: Harsh Laws and Violence Drive Global Decline
Freedom House, April 28, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/article/freedom-press-2015-harsh-laws-and-violence-drive-global-decline#.VUHjVdKqqko

Freedom of the Press 2015
Freedom House, April 28, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FreedomofthePress_2015_FINAL.pdf

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

YCW conversation–legal reform in China
Young China Watchers, April 28, 2015
http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/ycw-conversation-legal-reform-in-china/

Forced disappearances, brutality, and communist China's politics of fear
Vice News, April 28, 2015
https://news.vice.com/article/forced-disappearances-brutality-and-communist-chinas-politics-of-fear

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China “increases rights of the public” in legal cases against the government
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1778713/china-increases-rights-public-legal-cases-against

Related:
再过几天，最高人民法院《解释》与完成首次大修的《行政诉讼法》将开始实施 (Amended Administrative Litigation Law and SPC interpretation to take effect May 1, aim to facilitate case filing and registration for plaintiffs and enable courts to rule on legality of regulations issued by government)
China Youth Daily, April 28, 2015
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2015-04/28/nw.D110000zgqnb_20150428_6-01.htm

Cases to be chosen as guide for judges' tough decisions
China Daily, April 29, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/29/content_20571870.htm

最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国行政诉讼法》若干问题的解释
SPC Interpretation on the Administrative Litigation Law
Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, April 22, 2015
CH: http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-14294.html
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/allinterpretation/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese authorities accused of covering up shooting of civilians in Xinjiang protest
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779695/chinese-forces-shot-civilians-claim-villagers

Concerns over growing Chinese media controls ahead of Press Freedom Day
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-04282015142632.html

China’s Maodun: A free Internet caged by the Chinese Communist Party
The Jamestown Foundation, April 16, 2015
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=43797&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=25&cHash=f6c22636760f062a5490d56f4ac599d0#.VUDnJ9JVhHx

China internet regulators announce more explicit rules on web censorship
Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-internet-regulators-put-explicit-new-censorship-rules-in-place-1430233546

Related:
中國網信辦出台「約談十條」加強網絡控制 (China’ cyberspace administration office announces rules for stronger web censorship)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/04/150428_china_internet_question

”Providing tea” not as innocent as it may appear
China Daily, April 28, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/28/content_20567627.htm

互联网新闻信息服务单位约谈工作规定
Provisions on admonishment meetings with internet News Information Services
Cyberspace Administration of China, April 28, 2015
CH: http://www.cac.gov.cn/2015-04/28/c_1115112600.htm
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/netnewsadmonish/

美國國務院高調呼籲中國釋放記者高瑜 (U.S. State Department calls on China to release journalist Gao Yu)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2015/04/150428_usa_china_gaoyu

Related:
HRIC Statement: Heavy sentence for Gao Yu exposes hollowness of “rule by law” in China
中国人权声明：重判高瑜暴露中国“依法治国”的虚伪
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/heavy-sentence-gao-yu-exposes-hollowness-rule-law-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-pan-gao-yu-bao-lu-zhong-guo-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de-xu-wei

高瑜案的警示 (Gao Yu’s case as a warning to us)
Human Rights in China Biweekly, April 20, 2015
http://biweekly.hrichina.org/article/27396

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing police recommend charges against civil society advocates
The New York Times, April 28, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/beijing-police-recommend-charges-against-civil-society-advocates/

Activists forced to leave hotels ahead of Lin Zhao Memorial
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/forced-04282015105019.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China says will hunt down serial bribers
Reuters, April 29, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/29/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0NK08J20150429

Wang Jianlin, a billionaire at the intersection of business and power in China
The New York Times, April 28, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/world/asia/wang-jianlin-abillionaire-at-the-intersection-of-business-and-power-in-china.html

Chinese doctor took more than $18m worth of bribes, say reports
The Guardian, April 28, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/28/chinese-doctor-took-more-than-18m-worth-of-bribes-say-reports

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Q. and A.: Ma Jun on using mobile phones to fight pollution
The New York Times, April 28, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/q-and-a-ma-jun-on-using-mobile-phones-to-fight-pollution/

How China Uses its Cyber Power for Internal Security
The Diplomat, April 27, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/how-china-uses-its-cyber-power-for-internal-security/

Hong Kong (香港)

京官：香港先通过政改再看情况然后才考虑“优化”8.31决定 (Beijing official: HK should first pass political reform proposal before considering “optimization” of August 31 Decision)
Radio France Internationale, April 29, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150429-京官：香港先通过政改再看情况然后才考虑“优化”831决定/

董建華：泛民指方案非真普選是誤導市民 (Ex HK Chief Executive & Vice Chairman of CPPCC Tung Chee-hwa: Pan-dems saying that political reform proposal is not “genuine universal suffrage” is misleading the public)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150429/news_20150429_55_1095827.htm

Constitutional development may stall indefinitely
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 27, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150427/news_20150427_56_1095320.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Gao Yu’s real crime
The New York Times, April 28, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/opinion/gao-yus-real-crime.html

学者杨支柱批评北京警方郭玉闪“非法经营案”起诉意见 (Academic Yang Zhizhu criticizes Beijing police for recommending indictment of Guo Yushan on “illegal business”)
Radio France Internationale, April 27, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150427-学者杨支柱批评北京警方郭玉闪“非法经营案”起诉意见/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Legislature Approves Reform of Jury System
Caixin, April 27, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-04-27/100804171.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

”因家暴杀夫判死缓”是否公正 (On whether it is just to receive a death sentence reprieve for murder of abusive husband)
Hua Xia, April 27, 2015
http://www.huaxia.com/xw/xjbzq/2015/04/4376434.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese magazine warned by censors, future now uncertain
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/warned-04272015103205.html

Lawsuit over banned memoir asks China to explain censorship
李锐之女起诉中国海关没收其父回忆录
The New York Times, April 27, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150427/c27memoir/dual/

China’s Internet censor increases scrutiny on news portals
Bloomberg, April 28, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-28/china-internet-censor-increases-scrutiny-on-online-news-portals

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“Vulnerable” women activists struggle to rebuild lives after detention
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rebuild-04272015131002.html

Related:
Chinese officers harshly interrogated women’s rights activist, husband says
The New York Times, April 27, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/world/asia/wu-rongrong-interrogation-china.html

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 24, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Most recent page update:
Wu Rongrong recounts police threats during interrogation in detention: “before they started taking notes and video recording, they would howl at me: ‘we’ll tie you up, throw you in a cell with men, and let them gang rape you; also, your son is only four, there’ll be trouble ahead with school and work.’
武嵘嵘讲述被拘留审讯期间警察对她的威胁：“他们给我做笔录和同步录音录像开始之前，会给我很大的威胁，比如他们向我吼‘把你捆绑后扔到男号子里去，让他们轮奸你’，还有比如‘你儿子才四岁吧，以后上学和工作都会麻烦了！’……”

Why China arrested, then released, five feminists
The Economist, April 27, 2015
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/04/economist-explains-25