Government Accountability (政府问责)

June Fourth

News

Tiananmen Mothers urge Beijing to bear guilt for its “crimes”
Taipei Times, June 4, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/06/04/2003619915

Related:
Chinese leaders cannot escape their historical responsibility for the June Fourth massacre—commemorating the 26th anniversary of the June Fourth tragedy
天安门母亲：中国领导人不可能逃避“六四”大屠杀的历史责任——纪念“六四”惨案二十六周年
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/chinese-leaders-cannot-escape-their-historical-responsibility-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-zhong-guo-ling-dao-ren-bu-ke-neng-tao-bi-liu-si-da-tu

China is exporting its Tiananmen censorship, and we are all victims
Foreign Policy, June 4, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/04/china-is-exporting-its-tiananmen-censorship-and-we-are-all-victims/

Scenes from the Tiananmen memorial events in Hong Kong
The New York Times, June 4, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/scenes-from-tiananmen-memorial-events-in-hong-kong/

香港维园纪念“六四”活动现场实况片段（视频）
Scenes from June 4 memorial activities, Victoria Park (with video)
Boxun, June 4, 2015
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/taiwan/2015/06/201506042240.shtml

Massive Tiananmen Square anniversary vigil planned in Hong Kong
The Guardian, June 4, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/04/massive-tiananmen-square-anniversary-vigil-planned-in-hong-kong

Related:
Hong Kong “Umbrella” protests add poignancy to Tiananmen vigil
Reuters, June 4, 2015
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/04/uk-tiananman-anniversary-hongkong-idUKKBN0OJ2UL20150604

Do not forget Tiananmen, vigil organizers plead
The Standard, June 4, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=62323

香港人和北京渐行渐远 (Hong Kongers and Beijing gradually moving farther apart)
Deutsche Welle, June 4, 2015
http://www.dw.de/香港人和北京渐行渐远/a-18494111

“HK should not be linked to mainland politics”
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 4, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150604/news_20150604_56_1104886.htm

Hong Kong museum dedicated to Tiananmen Square crackdown may be forced to move
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1816060/hong-kong-museum-dedicated-tiananmen-square-crackdown-may-be

U.S. calls for official accounting of Tiananmen Square victims
Business Standard, June 4, 2015
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/us-calls-for-official-accounting-of-tiananmen-square-victims-115060400289_1.html

Related:
On the 26th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
U.S. Department of State - Diplomacy in Action, June 3, 2015
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/06/243157.htm

尤维洁：在全美学自联主办纪念六四26周年集会的书面发言 (Remarks by You Weijie of Tiananmen Mothers at Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars’ gather to mark the 26th anniversary of June Fourth)
Canyu, June 4, 2015
http://canyu.org/n99107c12.aspx

许力平：“我不愿被称作天安门遗孀”(Xu Liping: “I don’t want to be known as the widow of Tiananmen Square”)
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1815686/chinas-anti-corruption-agency-step-inspections-state

一周网事： 纪念六四26周年 (One week on the Internet: Commemorating the 26th anniversary of June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/aw-06032015161700.html

RTHK reporters banned from Tiananmen Square
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 4, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150604/news_20150604_56_1104888.htm

Related:
“六四”26周年之际北京气氛仍然紧张 (Atmosphere in Beijing remains tense on 26th anniversary of June Fourth)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/06/150604_tiananmen_anniversary_beijing

Police swarm Beijing before June 4
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 3, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150603/news_20150603_56_1104756.htm

Young Chinese want to talk about Tiananmen Square, and that terrifies Beijing
Quartz, June 3, 2015
http://qz.com/419083

Statements

China: Tiananmen, 26 years on, the repressive patterns intensify
Amnesty International, June 2, 2015
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/1797/2015/en/

China: end denial about Tiananmen Massacre
Human Rights Watch, June 2, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/02/china-end-denial-about-tiananmen-massacre

Opinion & Commentary

The Torchbearers – participants in the 1989 Democracy Movement who are currently in prison
China Change, June 4, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/06/04/the-torchbearers-participants-in-the-1989-democracy-movement-who-are-currently-in-prison/

Why Beijing wants June 4 vigil to go on
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1816110/why-beijing-wants-june-4-vigil-go

“Did we stand on the side of Tank Man?”: An interview with Teng Biao
The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/06/04/did-we-stand-on-the-side-of-tank-man-an-interview-with-teng-biao/

Chen Guangcheng: 26 years after Tiananmen, things are worse in China
The Washington Post, June 3, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chen-guangcheng-26-years-after-tiananmen-things-are-worse-in-china/2015/06/03/9ee90446-095b-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html

Can dream of human rights & democracy in China survive current crackdown?
U.S. Congressman - Chris Smith, June 3, 2015
http://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398168

The open wound of Tiananmen
The Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-open-wound-of-tiananmen-143335478

How the Tiananmen massacre changed China, and the world
China Change, June 2, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/06/02/how-the-tiananmen-massacre-changed-china-and-the-world/

June 4th stands for the world’s unfinished business
China Change, May 31, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/31/26-years-on-the-world-lives-in-the-shadow-of-june-4th-1989/

On the 26th anniversary of Tian’anmen Massacre – an open letter to fellow students in mainland China
China Change, May 27, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/27/on-the-26th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-massacre-an-open-letter-to-fellow-students-in-mainland-china/

Events

China in 1989 and 2015: Tiananmen, Human Rights, and Democracy
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, June 3, 2015
http://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/china-in-1989-and-2015-tiananmen-human-rights-and-democracy

HRIC Resources

1989: Bearing Witness to the Ultimate Beauty: Diary of an Eyewitness in the Square
Human Rights in China, May, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/5669

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of June Fourth

• June Fourth at 25: Resisting Enforced Amnesia, Building a Just Future
• Restrictions, Detentions, Disappearances, and Arrests Related to June 4, 2014

Background

• June Fourth Overview
• A Chronology of the 1989 Democracy Movement and June Fourth Crackdown
• FAQs on June Fourth, China Rights Forum, 2008, no. 2

Multimedia

• Portraits of Loss and the Quest for Justice, a video documentary produced by Human Rights in China with footage shot by the Tiananmen Mothers, June 2009
• Films and videos
• HRIC June Fourth Podcast Series

China Rights Forum Special June Fourth Issues

• “25 Years after June Fourth,” 2014 , no. 1
• “Facing June Fourth,” 2009, no. 2
• “June 4|2008,” 2008, no. 2
• “Tiananmen: The Once and Future China,” 2004, no. 2

Hong Kong (香港)

Catch-all national security law adds to Hong Kong worry
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1815678/catch-all-national-security-law-adds-hong-kong-worry

Hong Kong's democratic dilemma
The Diplomat, June 4, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/hong-kongs-democratic-dilemma/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China's top court stresses referential precedent for justice
China Daily, June 2, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-06/02/content_20892264.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China: Drop draft law aimed at stifling NGOs—Amnesty International criticizes draft Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations Management Law in a submission to Chinese lawmakers.
Amnesty International, June 2, 2015
http://www.amnesty.ca/news/media-advisories/china-drop-draft-law-aimed-at-stifling-ngo-s-amnesty-international-criticizes

Related:
中國律師《關於暫停制訂“境外非政府組織管理法”的法律建議》 (Chinese lawyers: Legal advice on suspending drafting of Overseas NGO Law)
So Jump, June 2, 2015
http://www.sojump.com/jq/5158297.aspx

HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

Government Accountability (政府问责)

VOA专访: 丁子霖：中共不能回避六四屠杀 (Ding Zilin in VOA interview: CPC cannot evade issue of June Fourth massacre)
Voice of America, June 3, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-special-interveiw-ding-zilin-june-4th-26-years/2804535.html

China detains dissidents, rights activists ahead of June 4 anniversary
Radio Free Asia, June 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-rights-activists-detained-ahead-of-june4-anniversary-06022015102732.html

Related:
Chinese leaders cannot escape their historical responsibility for the June Fourth massacre—commemorating the 26th anniversary of the June Fourth tragedy
天安门母亲：中国领导人不可能逃避“六四”大屠杀的历史责任——纪念“六四”惨案二十六周年
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/chinese-leaders-cannot-escape-their-historical-responsibility-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-zhong-guo-ling-dao-ren-bu-ke-neng-tao-bi-liu-si-da-tu

China: end denial about Tiananmen Massacre
Human Rights Watch, June 2, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/02/china-end-denial-about-tiananmen-massacre

巴黎民运团体为六四纪念碑献花悼六四26周年 (Pro-democracy groups in Paris gather at June Fourth monument to commemorate 26th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre)
Radio France Internationale, June 2, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150602-巴黎民运团体为六四纪念碑献花悼六四26周年/

China's graft-busters admit corruption drive has hurt Communist Party
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1815569/chinas-graft-busters-admit-corruption-drive-has-hurt

Relatives of missing passengers in Chinese cruise ship tragedy outraged over official silence
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1815572/relatives-missing-passengers-chinese-cruise-ship-tragedy-outraged

219.72 yuan per day for wrongful jailing? Experts say not enough
Caixin, June 2, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-06-02/100815614.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Tiananmen leader “hurt and sad” at localist Hongkongers’ hostile stance on mainland China
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1815651/tiananmen-leader-hurt-and-sad-localist-hongkongers-hostile

Hong Kong government accused of exploiting flawed cyberlaw to arrest political activist
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1815414/hong-kong-government-accused-exploiting-flawed-cyberlaw

Police will use “sufficient” force to deal with any June 4 protests
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1814626/police-will-use-sufficient-force-deal-any-june-4-protests

Hong Kong legislature to take up electoral changes June 17
The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-legislature-to-take-up-electoral-reforms-june-17-1433258977

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China's counterterrorism campaign goes global [part 4]
The Diplomat, June 2, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/chinas-counterterrorism-campaign-goes-global/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

How Deng Xiaoping helped create a corrupt China
The New York Times, June 3, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/opinion/bao-tong-how-deng-xiaoping-helped-create-a-corrupt-china.html

How the Tiananmen massacre changed China, and the world
China Change, June 2, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/06/02/how-the-tiananmen-massacre-changed-china-and-the-world/

张博树:中国对89六四历史记忆因禁封而产生可怕断层 (Zhang Boshu: China’s suppression of June Fourth history causes horrible gap in memory)
Radio France Internationale, June 2, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150602-张博树中国对89六四历史记忆因禁封而产生可怕断层/

巴黎專訪Peter Turnley　那一場空白的腥風血雨 (Interview with Peter Turnley: the empty reign of terror)
Apple Daily, June 3, 2015
http://hk.apple.supplement.nextmedia.com/culture/20150603/20438342

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Xi Jinping’s “rule of law” with Chinese characteristics
China Policy Institute, May 28, 2015
http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/chinapolicyinstitute/2015/05/28/xi-jinpings-rule-of-law-with-chinese-characteristics/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s internet police are coming out of the shadows to purify the web
Quartz, June 1, 2015
http://qz.com/416231/chinas-internet-police-are-coming-out-of-the-shadows-to-purify-the-web/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Foreign business groups wary of China’s nonprofit clampdown
The Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-business-groups-wary-of-chinas-nonprofit-clampdown-1433157818

Foreign governments, non-profits press China to revise draft NGO law
Reuters, June 1, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/01/us-china-ngos-idUSKBN0OH2I720150601

Related:
China: scrap repressive Foreign Organizations Law
Human Rights Watch, June 1, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/01/china-scrap-repressive-foreign-organizations-law

NGOs in China express alarm over “xenophobic” regulation
中国境外NGO法律引“恐外”争议
The Financial Times, June 1, 2015
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0d5a0408-0825-11e5-95f4-00144feabdc0.html
CH: http://home.ftchinese.com/story/001062327

HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Yellow umbrellas in Taipei to remember Tiananmen massacre
Focus Taiwan, June 2, 2015
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201506020009.aspx

Tiananmen Mothers urge China to bear responsibility for 'crimes'
Reuters, June 2, 2015
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/02/uk-china-rights-idUKKBN0OI0P420150602

Related:
Chinese leaders cannot escape their historical responsibility for the June Fourth massacre—commemorating the 26th anniversary of the June Fourth tragedy
天安门母亲：中国领导人不可能逃避“六四”大屠杀的历史责任——纪念“六四”惨案二十六周年
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/chinese-leaders-cannot-escape-their-historical-responsibility-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-zhong-guo-ling-dao-ren-bu-ke-neng-tao-bi-liu-si-da-tu

2022冬奧會評估報告出爐 北京似較具優勢 (Assessment report for 2022 Winter Olympics released, Beijing seems to have relative advantage)
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/tc/national/14db37b4118bfbf/2022-dong-ao-hui-ping-gu-bao-gao-chu-lu-bei-jing-si-jiao-ju-you-shi

Related:
Olympics Commission says China promises to respect rights as part of 2022 bid
Reuters, June 1, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/01/china-scrap-repressive-foreign-organizations-law

趙紫陽子稱因規格和選址監控問題 父親安葬無期 (Zhao Ziyang’s son: date of father’s burial cannot be set due to regulations and monitoring of selected grave sites)
Radio Telelvision Hong Kong, June 2, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150602/news_20150602_55_1104309.htm

Chen Wenqing appointed state security minister amid reshuffle
China Want Times, May 29, 2015
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150529000056&cid=1101&MainCatID=0

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Internet police turn to social media for information on cybercrimes
China Daily, June 2, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-06/02/content_20884101.htm

China uses drones to monitor pollution problem from above
Caixin, June 2, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-29/100814593.html

China's military dream
The Diplomat, June 1, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/chinas-military-dream/

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing’s reform plan for Hong Kong is final so don’t expect last-minute changes, CY Leung says
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1814743/beijings-reform-plan-hong-kong-final-so-dont-expect-last

Beijing officials get tough with pan-democrats over Hong Kong electoral reform stance
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1814340/beijing-officials-get-tough-pan-democrats-over-electoral

Related:
香港泛民议员再会北京官员，政改难有共识 (HK pan-dems’ meeting with Beijing officials unlikely to achieve consensus on political reform)
Voice of America, June 1, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/voaweishi-20150601-voaconnects-Hong-Kong/2802792.html

More than 7,000 officers mobilised as Hong Kong police vow swift crackdown on any protests ahead of reform vote
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1814682/more-7000-officers-mobilised-hong-kong-police-vow-swift

Pessimism deepens over Hong Kong's plan for electoral reform
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1814677/pessimism-deepens-over-hong-kongs-plan-electoral-reform

For now, Hong Kong remains a focus for Tiananmen massacre anniversary
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/remains-06012015135921.html

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Exiled leader criticizes China’s crackdown on “terrorist” gangs in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/exiled-leader-criticizes-chinas-crackdown-on-terrorist-gangs-in-xinjiang-06012015153335.html

How the Chinese Government fights terrorism
The Diplomat, June 1, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/how-the-chinese-government-fights-terrorism/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

「雨傘運動」後香港年輕一代重新看六四 (Hong Kong youth’s new perspectives on June Fourth after Umbrella Movement)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 2, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/06/150602_hongkong_junefourth_movement

Will China Close Its Doors?
The New York Times, June 1, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/opinion/will-china-close-its-doors.html

Goodbye to smog, cold noodles and breakneck change: my seven years covering China
The Guardian, June 1, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/jun/01/smog-noodles-china-pollution-injustices-achievements-tania-branigan

Access to Justice (司法公正)

安徽一民警示意在押人员假自杀假解救立功减刑 (At police’s suggestion, detainees stage rescue of fake suicide to earn penalty reduction)
Zhangjiakou Online, May 28, 2015
http://www.zjkonline.com/News/201505/New1326621.html

Chinese court declares “killer-kidnappers” innocent - 17 years too late
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1813090/chinese-court-declares-killer-kidnappers-innocent-17-years-too

Hundreds of Chinese judges quitting over low pay and “bureaucratic intervention”
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1814291/chinese-judges-quitting-due-low-pay-and-bureaucratic

最高法发布5起性侵未成年人犯罪典型案例 潜入女生宿舍奸淫多名幼女获死刑(Supreme People’s Court issues 5 typical cases of sexual offenses against minors: rapist of multiple young girls in a dormitory receives death penalty)
Legal Daily, May 29, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150529/Articel05003GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

社科院专家：政府借口不太清楚难消公众质疑 (CASS Expert: Government’s common response of “it is not very clear” to OGI requests does not ease people’s doubts)
Legal Evening News, May 28, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2015-05-28/143031886908.shtml

China’s shadowy internet police to open social media accounts as internet clampdown intensifies
International Business Times, June 1, 2015
http://www.ibtimes.com/chinas-shadowy-internet-police-open-social-media-accounts-internet-clampdown-1946140

Related:
公安部：建立网警常态化公开巡查执法机制 (Ministry of Public Security: Establish Internet police to normalize public inspections enforcement mechanism)
The Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China, June 1, 2015
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1237/n1342/n803715/4452960.html

Chinese security laws elevate the party and stifle dissent. Mao would approve
The New York Times, May 29, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/world/asia/chinese-national-security-law-aims-to-defend-party-grip-on-power.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Editor's suspension highlights rampant graft in China's state media
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/editors-suspension-highlights-rampant-graft-in-state-media-05292015105640.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

视觉艺术家协会将表扬古巴与中国人权组织 (Visual Artists Guild to honor Cuban and Chinese human rights organizations)
Voice of America, June 1, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/cuba-china-20150529/2797068.html

China rewards “peaceful” Tibetan monasteries with large payments
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/rewards-05292015163604.html

江西一村庄村民阻止企业建设环保工程事件调查 利民环保工程为何难以开工 (Investigation into villagers’ blocking environmental protection construction in Jiangxi: why is it hard to start a project that is good for the villagers and environment?)
Legal Daily, May 29, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150529/Articel04003GN.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

June 4th stands for the world’s unfinished business
China Change, May 30, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/31/26-years-on-the-world-lives-in-the-shadow-of-june-4th-1989/

Remembering undocumented histories
The Nanfang, June 1, 2015
https://thenanfang.com/remembering-undocumented-histories/

Related:
Chinese leaders cannot escape their historical responsibility for the June Fourth massacre—commemorating the 26th anniversary of the June Fourth tragedy
天安门母亲：中国领导人不可能逃避“六四”大屠杀的历史责任——纪念“六四”惨案二十六周年
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/chinese-leaders-cannot-escape-their-historical-responsibility-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-zhong-guo-ling-dao-ren-bu-ke-neng-tao-bi-liu-si-da-tu

江西每天至少4人因职务犯罪落马 行贿人将被曝光 (Every day at least 4 people in Jiangxi are sacked for crimes committed in the course of official duties: those who engage in bribery will be exposed)
Phoenix News, May 28, 2015
http://jx.ifeng.com/news/jd/detail_2015_05/28/3943527_0.shtml

Chinese official overseeing medical device sector under investigation for corruption
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1812126/chinese-official-overseeing-medical-device-sector-under

China’s antigraft tips fly as hunt for tigers appears to change stripes
Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-antigraft-tips-fly-as-hunt-for-tigers-appears-to-change-stripes-1433076719

Trial of Chinese lawmaker features accusations of prostitution
The New York Times, May 29, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/trial-of-chinese-hotelier-features-accusations-of-prostitution/

China charges former senior energy official with graft
Reuters, June 1, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/01/us-china-corruption-energy-idUSKBN0OH1CH20150601

习近平主持审议《共产党党组工作条例（试行）》 (Xi Jinping presides over deliberations for draft CPC work regulations)
Tencent, May 30, 2015
http://news.qq.com/a/20150530/002712.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Mainland refuses China permit for Longhair
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150530/news_20150530_56_1103660.htm

June 4 vigil still delivers powerful message, say young activists
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1813325/june-4-vigil-still-delivers-powerful-message-say-young

Related:
“Around 3,000” join June 4 commemoration march
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 31, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150531/news_20150531_56_1103839.htm

六四週年前夕香港支聯會發起紀念遊行 (Hong Kong Alliance organizes memorial march in the lead-up to June Fourth anniversary)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 31, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150531_hongkong_june_fourth_rally_update

Tensions rise ahead of vigil
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 1, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=157518&sid=44580059&con_type=1&d_str=20150601

香港政改难有共识 “纪念六四”遭遇夹击 (No consensus for Hong Kong’s political reform, June Fourth memorial march disputed)
Deutsche Welle, May 31, 2015
http://www.dw.de/香港政改难有共识-纪念六四遭遇夹击/a-18488266

Beijing rules out Hong Kong electoral reform concessions
The Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-rules-out-hong-kong-electoral-reform-concessions-1433072382

陳偉業指現時否決政改方案氣氛是最好 (Legislator Albert Chan Wai-yip thinks it best to vote down political reform proposal now)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 1, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150601/news_20150601_55_1104056.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

”I was motivated by my conscience,” says Tiananmen letter author
The Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/05/29/i-was-motivated-by-my-conscience-says-tiananmen-letter-author/

專訪張博樹：「六四」是中國政治思潮分水嶺 (Interview with Zhang Boshu: June Fourth marks a watershed in Chinese political thought)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 1, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/06/150601_tiananmen_zhang_boshu_interview

Access to Justice (司法公正)

男方经济主导 离婚多占财产 (Guangzhou ACWF 2013 report on domestic violence: after divorce males get lion's share of assets)
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2015
http://health.dbw.cn/system/2015/05/28/056537508.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese media get the knives out for “super vulgar butcher” activist
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1811991/chinese-media-get-knives-out-super-vulgar-butcher-activist

China’s publishers court America as its authors scorn censorship
The New York Times, May 28, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/business/media/chinas-publishers-court-america-as-its-authors-scorn-censorship.html

Artist detained for posting humorous portrait of China’s president
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1811998/artist-detained-posting-humorous-portrait-chinas-president

冷战之后的媒体战，俄罗斯和中国似乎占据优势 (Russia and China seem to dominate media war in post-Cold War era)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xf-05282015125733.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Where have all the flowers gone? Still time to respond to China’s draft foreign NGO law
China Law and Policy, May 29, 2015
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2015/05/29/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone-still-time-to-respond-to-chinas-draft-foreign-ngo-law/

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement

中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国外逃贪官杨秀珠在美被捕 等候引渡遣返归国 (Chinese fugitive official wanted on corruption charges in U.S. custody, to be repatriated)
Reuters, May 29, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/05/29/china-corruption-usa-idCNKBS0OE01L20150529

The truth About Chinese corruption
The Diplomat, May 29, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/the-truth-about-chinese-corruption/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

High tech helps "Fox Hunt 2015" net China's fugitives
China Daily, May 28, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/28/content_20845747.htm

China cybersecurity plan aims to protect state secrets: official paper
Reuters, May 28, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/28/us-china-cybersecurity-idUSKBN0OD0DO20150528

Related:
Cyber shield to protect top secrets
The Standard, May 29, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=157445&sid=44562229&con_type=1&d_str=20150529

Hong Kong (香港)

港又有民運人士　遭馬來西亞拒絕入境 (Another HK democratic activist denied entry by Malaysia)
Apple Daily, May 29, 2015
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20150529/619163/

Related:
Hong Kong lawmaker “Long Hair” detained at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur airport; passport seized
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1812117/hong-kong-lawmaker-long-hair-detained-malaysias-penang

Determined: Local passion is flaring, but China’s fears of secessionism are overblown
The Economist, May 30, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21652345-local-passion-flaring-chinas-fears-secessionism-are-overblown-determined

Marchers find new reform message
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 29, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=157437&sid=44563534&con_type=1&d_str=20150529

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Chinese police shoot two Uyghurs dead in Xinjiang bomb attack
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/shooting-05282015171745.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

中国政治不透明是中美关系重大障碍 (Opacity of Chinese politics is major obstacle in Sino-American relations)
Financial Times, May 29, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001062249

网友投稿：重返毛时代? 点评习近平言论 (Netizen contributions: Returning to Mao era? Commentaries on Xi Jinping’s speeches)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/05/150528_mao_era

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China's top court stresses death penalty for drug crimes
Xinhua, May 28, 2015
http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0528/c90785-8898822.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

信息公开是发展民主政治的载体 (Open government information is a vehicle for developing democratic governance)
Taiyuan News, May 27, 2015
http://ktx.tynews.com.cn/c/2015-05/27/content_836542.htm

村民要求征地信息公开 区政府“答非所问”被判败诉 (Court rules against local govt for providing “irrelevant” response to villager seeking land requisition information)
The Beijing News, May 27, 2015
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2015/05/27/364914.html

Writers protest over Chinese book fair in NY
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 28, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150528/news_20150528_56_1103006.htm

Foreign journalists in China face increasing intimidation, survey says
Wall Street Journal, May 28, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/05/28/foreign-journalists-in-china-face-increasing-intimidation-survey-says/

美国笔会敦促北京无条件释放所有被监禁作家 (PEN American Center urges Beijing to release all detained writers unconditionally)
Voice of America, May 28, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/pen-rally-20150528/2793742.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Thousands protest high cancer rates linked to pollution in China's Tianjin
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pollution-05272015150247.html

Instructions for commenting on draft legislation
China Law Translate, May 27, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/instructions-for-commenting-on-laws/

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

又一藏族妇女自焚身亡 (Another Tibetan female dies in self-immolation)
Deutsche Welle, May 28, 2015
http://www.dw.de/又一藏族妇女自焚身亡/a-18480054

Government Accountability (政府问责)

監控升級 丁子霖遭竊聽家中對話 (Heightened surveillance: Ding Zilin’s home phone tapped)
Mingpao, May 28, 2015
http://bit.ly/1G0xk1B

Related:
June Fourth Overview
六四概述
Human Rights in China
EN: http://hrichina.org/en/june-fourth-overview
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/liu-si-gai-shu

China's lonely voice of dissent refuses to forget the victims of Tiananmen Square
The Guardian, May 28, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/28/chinas-lonely-voice-of-dissent-refuses-to-forget-the-victims-of-tiananmen-square

Related:
China deletes editorial hitting back at students' Tiananmen letter
Radio Free Asia, May 27, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/editorial-05272015120808.html

China in 1989 and 2015: Tiananmen, Human Rights, and Democracy (hearing)
Congressional Executive Commission on China, June 3, 2015
http://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/china-in-1989-and-2015-tiananmen-human-rights-and-democracy

China increases state compensation standard
国家赔偿标准提升 侵犯人身自由日赔近220元
Beijing Times, May 27, 2015
EN: http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/27/content_20838212.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2015-05/28/c_127850137.htm

Related:
一市民因羁押申请国家赔偿 市检察院负责人回应：将依法给予合理赔偿
(Shenzhen procuratorate pledges fair compensation to resident applying for RMB 100,000 in state compensation for psychological harm from detention)
Shenzhen News, May 28, 2015
http://sztqb.sznews.com/html/2015-05/28/content_3236961.htm

U.S. seeks details on top china official amid bank-hiring probe
the Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/top-china-official-subject-of-u-s-bank-hiring-subpoena-1432743394?tesla=y

Communist Party boss in southern China under investigation for alleged graft
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1810096/communist-party-boss-southern-chinese-city-under

China investigates former top healthcare official for bribery
Reuters, May 28, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/27/us-china-corruption-healthcare-idUSKBN0OC0QH20150527

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's latest law-enforcement gadgets
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 27, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32906009

Hong Kong (香港)

Put political reform debate aside if Legco vetoes proposal, CY Leung urges Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1811105/put-political-reform-debate-aside-if-legco-vetoes-proposal

Hong Kong paper loses four top voices: A pro-China “putsch”?
The Christian Science Monitor, May 27, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0527/Hong-Kong-paper-loses-four-top-voices-A-pro-China-putsch

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China hails crackdown on terror in Xinjiang
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32895245

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Q. and A.: Liao Ran on the Trial of Zhou Yongkang and China’s New Gang of Four
The New York Times, May 28, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/q-and-a-liao-ran-on-the-trial-of-zhou-yongkang-and-chinas-new-gang-of-four

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Arrest sheds light on Chinese lawyers’ protest over rape and murder case
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1810031/arrest-sheds-light-chinese-lawyers-protest-over-rape

Access to Information (信息公开)

Wu Gan [Tufu] jailed for insulting judge, Baidu and Sina Weibo censor search results for "Wu Gan"
Fei Chang Dao, May 26, 2015
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2015/05/wu-gan-jailed-for-insulting-judge-baidu.html

China's new defense white paper and military law
Global Military Justice Reform, May 26, 2015
http://globalmjreform.blogspot.hk/2015/05/chinas-new-defense-white-paper-and.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

俄出台《不受欢迎组织法》防 “颜色革命” (Russia unveils “undesirable organizations law” to prevent a “color revolution”)
Legal Daily, May 26, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150526/Articel11002GN.htm

Related:
Enemies of the state: Beijing targets NGOs
The Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/enemies-of-the-state-beijing-targets-ngos-1432622054

China’s draft foreign NGO law’s impact on a new world order
China Law and Policy, May 26, 2015
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2015/05/26/chinas-draft-foreign-ngo-laws-impact-on-a-new-world-order/

HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

Chinese students in the west call for transparency over Tiananmen Square
The Guardian, May 26, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/26/chinese-students-uk-us-australia-tiananmen-square-letter-china

Related:
On the 26th Anniversary of Tian’anmen Massacre – an Open Letter to Fellow Students in Mainland China
China Change, May 27, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/27/on-the-26th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-massacre-an-open-letter-to-fellow-students-in-mainland-china/

Graffiti in China, part two: The writing on the wall
The Diplomat, May 26, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/graffiti-in-china-part-two-the-writing-on-the-wall/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

回顾八十年代的自由化浪潮－－纪念六四26周年（胡平）(Hu Ping: Reviewing the wave of liberalization in the 1980s—Commemorating the 26th anniversary of June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/pinglun/huping/hp-05252015133030.html

Related:
June Fourth Overview
六四概述
Human Rights in China
EN: http://hrichina.org/en/june-fourth-overview
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/liu-si-gai-shu

A dilemma for China's corruption fighters
The Diplomat, May 26, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/a-dilemma-for-chinas-corruption-fighters/

吉林珲春公安被指刑讯逼供:民警抠伤犯罪嫌疑人耳朵 (Jilin Hunchun public security bureau identified as using torture: video and photos show suspect’s head and ear injuries from police beating )
China Radio International, May 26, 2015
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/05/26/2225s4975773.htm

Related:
Tiger chairs and cell bosses: police torture of criminal suspects in China
Human Right Watch, May 13, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/node/134845

Hong Kong (香港)

周日晤京官撞遊行 梁振英：六四活動年年有 (HK legislators’ May 31 meeting with Beijing officials on same day as June Fourth march, CY Leung says “June Fourth activities happen every year. . . people should decide which is more important”)
AM730, May 27, 2015
http://www.am730.com.hk/article-266175

Joshua Wong fears Beijing critics are now targets
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 27, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150527/news_20150527_56_1102751.htm

After Occupy, democracy activists gear up for battle of Hong Kong electoral reform
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1808846/after-occupy-democracy-activists-gear-battle-hong-kong

HKU students' union to hold its own June 4 vigil
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 27, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150527/news_20150527_56_1102714.htm

In Hong Kong, Tiananmen vigil highlights a rift
Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-hong-kong-june-4-marks-a-rift-1432696667

Counterterrorism (反恐)

新疆吐尔尕特边检站开展联合反恐处突演练(图) (Xinjiang's Torugart Pass border inspection holds joint counterterrorism exercises)
China News, May 21, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2015/05-21/7292762.shtml

Thousands of villagers help police hunt for Xinjiang terrorists
China Daily, May 26, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/26/content_20823507.htm

The terrorist threat in China
The Diplomat, May 26, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/the-terrorist-threat-in-china/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

盡論中國：留學生藉「六四」挑戰習近平 (Opinions on China: Overseas students challenge Xi Jinping with June Fourth)
Apple Daily, May 27, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20150527/19161765

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese woman “dragged out of shower” and house demolished
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1808429/chinese-woman-dragged-out-shower-and-house-demolished

And the law won: The rise and fall of China’s civil-rights lawyers says much about the Communist Party’s approach to the rule of law
The Economist, May 23, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21651843-rise-and-fall-chinas-civil-rights-lawyers-says-much-about-communist-partys-approach

Jailed Chinese rights lawyer dismisses “ethnic hatred,” “picking quarrels” charges
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/charges-05222015151442.html

Related:
律师：将与浦志强见面讨论起诉书控罪 (Lawyer: will meet with Pu Zhiqiang to discuss indictment charges)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 21, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/05/150521_puzhiqiang_shangbaojun

张雪忠：写写微博也犯罪？——关于浦志强案的法律分析 (Zhang Xuezhong: Writing a weibo post is also a crime? Legal analysis of Pu Zhiqiang’s case)
The New Citizens’ Movement, May 20, 2015
http://xgmyd.com/archives/17929

Human rights lawyer's indictment marks the beginning of a “weibo inquisition” in China
Global Voices, May 21, 2015
https://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/22/human-rights-lawyers-indictment-marks-the-beginning-of-a-weibo-inquisition-in-china/

New rules for China's jury system
Xinhua, May 21, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-05/21/c_134259509.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China issues first white paper on military strategy
China Daily, May 26, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/26/content_20820125.htm

Related
China to boost offshore military capability: defense strategy paper
Reuters, May 26, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/26/us-china-defence-idUSKBN0OB0CA20150526

China to speed up building a cyber force
Xinhua, May 26, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-05/26/c_134271018.htm

中国政府发表《中国的军事战略》白皮书
Full text: China's military strategy
Xinhua, May 26, 2015
CH: http://www.81.cn/sydbt/2015-05/26/content_6507368.htm
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-05/26/c_134271001.htm

柴宝文承认指新华社记者受贿是“自编” (Rights defender Chai Baowen admits to “making up” allegation that Xinhua reporters took bribes)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 25, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/05/150525_china_heilongjiang_shooting_rumor_monger

Leaked emails reveal details of China's online “youth civilization volunteers”
Global Voices, May 25, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/25/leaked-mails-reveal-details-on-chinas-online-youth-civilization-volunteers/

人权组织批评中国国家安全法草案
Human rights groups attack China draft security law
The Financial Times, May 25, 2015
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001062176
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e748504e-0072-11e5-a908-00144feabdc0.html

On the legality of shuanggui
Forgotten Archipelago, May 23, 2015
http://florasapio.blogspot.com/2015/05/on-legality-of-shuanggui.html

China’s Xi targets tech elites for Communist Party outreach push
Bloomberg Business, May 21, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-21/china-s-xi-targets-tech-elites-for-communist-party-outreach-push

Related:
中国网络部门鼓励公众举报 ”不良信息” (China’s internet department encourages the public to report “harmful messages”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 22, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/05/150522_china_internet_monitor_children

US writers’ group warns Western authors of Chinese censorship
South China Morning Post, May 21, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1805128/us-writers-group-warns-western-authors-chinese

Related:
Censorship and conscience: foreign authors and the challenge of Chinese censorship
Pen American Center, May 20, 2015
http://www.pen.org/sites/default/files/PEN_Censorship-and-Conscience_5-20-15.pdf

How China's censors influence Hollywood
National Public Radio, May 18, 2015
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/18/407619652/how-chinas-censors-influence-hollywood

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

专家聚首上海交大研讨《境外非政府组织管理法》立法 (Jiaotong University convenes experts to discuss the Foreign NGO Law)
China Education News, May 26, 2015
http://jyb.cn/high/gdjyxw/201505/t20150526_623578.html

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

广东千村民抗议建垃圾焚烧厂遭镇压
Officials vow to “track down” leaders of anti-incinerator protest in China's Guangdong
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2015
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl1-05212015101200.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-incinerator-05212015131754.html

道孚县一藏人自焚身亡 比如县歌手贡布丹增被判刑
Tibetan father of four self-immolates in protest in Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2015
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-05212015145529.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/immolates-05202015165144.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京“六四”26周年临近 天安门母亲被公安看守 (Tiananmen Mothers closely monitored by public security as anniversary of June Fourth draws near)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05262015095721.html

Chinese local governments agree to settle bills after being sued
The Financial Times, May 25, 2015
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/196a38cc-02e3-11e5-8333-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3bE6Yh8VH

China officials made to tour jail in corruption warning
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 25, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-32872872

Nanning government chief accused of graft
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1807875/nanning-government-chief-accused-graft

男子讨薪不成反被判敲诈勒索 获国家赔偿8.6万 (Man who sought back pay convicted of extortion and blackmail, later receives RMB 86,000 in state compensation)
Southern Metropolis Daily, May 22, 2015
http://news.sohu.com/20150526/n413787037.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Temple University physics professor accused of passing tech secrets to China
The Guardian, May 22, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/22/temple-university-professor-china-secrets

3万探头“监控”北京所有重点街面 (30,000 CCTVs “surveil” all major streets of Beijing)
The Beijing News, May 25, 2015
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2015-05/25/content_578668.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

黃之鋒訪大馬被拒入境即時遣返 (Student activist and Scholarism convenor Joshua Wong denied entry to Malaysia to speak about Umbrella Movement and June Fourth)
Apple Daily, May 26, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150526/53779139

Related:
Joshua Wong denied entry to Malaysia for activist forum
Hong Kong Economic Journal, May 26, 2015
http://www.ejinsight.com/20150526-joshua-wong-denied-entry-to-malaysia/

SCMP rejects accusations over columnists
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 26, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150526/news_20150526_56_1102482.htm

Activists plan series of reform rallies
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 26, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150526/news_20150526_56_1102301.htm

港府邀全體議員見京官 劉慧卿拒絕出席 (Democratic Party chairlady Emily Lau to skip HK legislators’ meeting in Shenzhen with Beijing officials for HK affairs)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 23, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150523_hk_china_democrats_reform

Pre-June 4 democracy march to end at liaison office of the central government in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1806241/pre-june-4-democracy-march-end-liaison-office-central

Related:
Annual protest march to wind up at Liaison Office
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 22, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150522/news_20150522_56_1101494.htm

More censorship, or something, at the SCMP
The Nanfang, May 22, 2015
https://thenanfang.com/censorship-something-scmp/

Related:
Hong Kong to get new crowdfunded independent newspaper
The Guardian, May 20, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/20/hong-kong-to-get-new-crowdfunded-independent-newspaper

Counterterrorism (反恐)

上万警民搜捕暴恐分子 掀起反恐防暴风暴 (Over 10,000 police and citizens hunt out and arrest violent terrorists, setting off counterterrorism storm)
[In the first 4 months of 2015, the campaign rooted out 181 terrorist gangs]
Gucheng.com, May 26, 2015
http://finance.gucheng.com/201505/3031267.shtml

China breaks up “181 terrorist groups” in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1808450/china-breaks-181-terrorist-groups-xinjiang

南京特勤队反恐新武器 “声波弹”霸气来袭 (Nanjing’s special counterterrorism squad shows off new aggressive weapons, including “sound cannons”)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2015
http://news.ycnews.cn/2015/0526/2314018.shtml

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Tamer of Beasts, Tamer of Despots
China Change, May 25, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/25/tamer-of-beasts-tamer-of-despots/

Glimpses of Lee Kuan Yew
East Asia Forum, May 25, 2015
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/05/25/glimpses-of-lee-kuan-yew/

The Sword of Damocles hanging over every Chinese NGO: thoughts on the sin of Transition Institute and the uselessness to stay “apolitical”
China Change, May 21, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/21/the-sword-of-damocles-hanging-over-every-chinese-ngo-thoughts-on-the-sin-of-transition-institute-and-the-uselessness-to-stay-apolitical/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Sarcasm and “abusive language”: the remarks that led China to rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang's arrest
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1804835/revealed-remarks-incriminated-chinese-human-rights-lawyer

Related:
Statement by the Spokesperson on charges against Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang
European External Action Service, May 20, 2015
http://eeas.europa.eu/statements-eeas/2015/150520_02_en.htm

欧盟关注中国当局起诉维权律师浦志强 (The European Union concerned about Chinese authorities’ prosecution of rights defense lawyer Pu Zhiqiang)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 20, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/05/150520_eu_china_puzhiqiang

最高法院成立环境资源司法研究中心 (Supreme People’s Court establishes environmental resources judicial research center)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150520/Articel01008GN.htm

温州80后女子不堪家庭暴力 半夜持刀砍死同居男友(China's first major domestic violence criminal case involving unmarried couple: a post-1980-generation woman in Wenzhou kills her live-in boyfriend after suffering domestic abuse )
Wenzhou Online, May 19, 2015
http://news.66wz.com/system/2015/05/20/104453460.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

Foreign authors warned about book censorship in China
The Guardian, May 21, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/21/foreign-authors-warned-about-book-censorship-in-china

Related:
Liu Xiaobo is locked up in China, and locked out of the translation of a Paul Auster novel
The New York Times, May 21, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/liu-xiaobo-is-locked-up-in-china-and-locked-out-of-the-translation-of-a-paul-auster-novel/

美国作家团体：英文书中译版被擅自删改 (PEN American Center reports unauthorized content deletion from Chinese translations of English books)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 21, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2015/05/150521_usa_books_china_censorship

Censorship and conscience: foreign authors and the challenge of Chinese censorship
Pen American Center, May 20, 2015
http://www.pen.org/censorship-and-conscience

Hackers leak files showing inner workings of “China's 50-cent army”
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/files-05202015150018.html

Chinese military declares the internet an ideological “battleground”
The Diplomat, May 21, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/chinese-military-declares-the-internet-an-ideological-battleground/

Related:
China to boost internet speeds amid move to purge “hostile forces”
The Financial Times, May 21, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/42aec046-ff6d-11e4-84b2-00144feabdc0.html

What’s up with the PLA?
China Media Project, May 21, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/05/21/38822/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

专题 : 加强监控境外NGO政策被指大倒退 (Special topic: increased monitoring of overseas NGOs seen as a great setback)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/features/hottopic/Feature-NGO-05202015113352.html

贾西津：用国家安全视角看境外NGO管理法
Considering the foreign NGO law from the perspective of national security
Phoenix News, May 11, 2015
CH: http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150511/43732232_0.shtml/
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/用国家安全视角看境外ngo管理法/

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and

Feedback and Suggestions on the “Overseas NGO Management Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft)” (Second reading)
Anthony Spires (translated by China Development Brief), May 20, 2015
http://chinadevelopmentbrief.cn/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/OverseasNGODraftLaw-Feedback-and-Suggestion-English-version-Final-Draft.pdf

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

Interview with Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei: “The State is scared”
Der Spiegel, May 20, 2015
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-interview-with-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-a-1034661-druck.html

China holds two activists linked to Heilongjiang shooting death
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/files-05202015150018.html

These Chinese people want high-speed rail so badly they are fighting police to get it
Foreign Policy, May 19, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/19/linshui-china-high-speed-rail-protest-police/

拒发护照--中国打压异议的强力工具 (Denial of passports: A powerful tool to suppress dissent in China)
Deutsche Welle, May 21, 2015
http://www.dw.de/拒发护照-中国打压异议的强力工具/a-18463764

信息公开 引导公众参与环境保护(Open government information leads to public participation in environmental protection)
China Radio International, May 20, 2015
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/05/20/6351s4969048.htm

Related:

中华人民共和国环境保护法
Environmental Protection 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/huiyi/lfzt/hjbhfxzaca/2014-04/25/content_1861320.htm
EN: https://www.chinadialogue.net/Environmental-Protection-Law-2014-eversion.pdf

河北回迁房烂尾300业主维权遭抓打 (Replacements for demolished buildings left unfinished in Hebei: 300 proprietors and activists protest, some beaten and picked up by police)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-05202015103027.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

万能居委会无奈的背后：无法承受“100多项证明” (Neighborhood committees stymied by their responsibility to issue more than 100 kinds of proofs for residents)
Xinhua, May 21, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2015/05-20/7290328.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's June 4 vigil will also support mainland Chinese arrested for supporting Occupy
South China Morning Post, May 21, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1804755/hong-kongs-june-4-vigil-will-also-support-mainland-chinese

Beijing official rules out any changes to 2017 election reform framework
South China Morning Post, May 21, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1804769/beijing-official-rules-out-any-changes-2017-election-reform

Votes switch still on cards, claims Tang
HK Standard, May 21, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=157216&sid=44510704&con_type=1&d_str=20150521

Beijing's door is open for talks, says Zhang
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 20, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150520/news_20150520_56_1101017.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

成为笑柄的浦志强案起诉书 (Pu Zhiqiang’s indictment becomes a laughingstock)
[Pages 1-3 contain Pu Zhiqiang’s indictment; pages 4-7 contain Pu’s previous weibo posts compiled by unknown sources. It is unclear whether these pages are part of the official indictment dossier.]
Outside the building (外场楼), May 20, 2015
http://www.letscorp.net/archives/89364

微博成罪证 浦志强被定煽动民族仇恨罪 (Pu Zhiqiang’s weibo posts used as evidence for charge of “inciting ethnic hatred”)
Mingpao, May 16, 2015
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/05/201505160801.shtml

Related:
China releases rights lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang's niece, “on bail”
浦志强外甥女屈振红被取保 民众热议微博屏蔽
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyer-05192015133049.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-05192015103423.html

杨金柱律师因公布“聂树斌案”材料 被律协立案调查 (Lawyer Yang Jinzhu investigated for publishing materials on the Nie Shubin case)
Boxun, May 20, 2015
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2015/05/201505201152.shtml

Related:
Quest for retrial: court holds novel hearing on Nie Shubin case
Duihua, May 19, 2015
http://www.duihuahrjournal.org/2015/05/quest-for-retrial-court-holds-novel.html

Related commentary:
彭劲秀：聂树斌是否遭受刑讯逼供探疑 (Peng Jinxiu: Did Nie Shubin confess under torture?)
21ccom.net, May 15, 2015
http://www.21ccom.net/plus/wapview.php?aid=124729

女民工命丧派出所案民警否认违法 称行为不文明 (Police, denying unlawful conduct, say female migrant worker who died in their custody was “uncivilized”)
China Central Television, May 19, 2015
http://news.ynet.com/3.1/1505/19/10082835.html

Related:
山西太原法院審理周秀雲討薪死亡案 (Taiyuan Court in Shanxi hears case of Zhou Xiuyun, a migrant worker who met an “unnatural death”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 18, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150518_china_shanxi_police_trial

Access to Information (信息公开)

PLA Daily warns of Internet's revolutionary potential
Xinhua, May 20, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-05/20/c_134254845.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

境外非政府组织 管理立法影响的不仅仅是NGO (Overseas NGO management legislation would not only affect NGOs)
China Philanthropy Times, May 18, 2015
http://www.gongyishibao.com/html/yaowen/8031.html

Environmental trial tests Beijing’s nerve on pollution
The Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/environmental-trial-kicks-off-in-china-1431939272

China's extraordinary “nail houses” show the government doesn't get its own way all the time
The Independent, May 20, 2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinas-extraordinary-nail-houses-show-the-government-doesnt-get-its-own-way-all-the-time-10261528.html

维权人士“屠夫”遭江西警方抓捕 (Rights defender Tu Fu detained by Jiangxi police)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-05192015103245.html

Related:
维权人士屠夫江西被抓网友质疑遭报复 (Netizens suspect rights defender Tu Fu’s detention in Jiangxi is act of reprisal)
Voice of America, May 19, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-activist-20150519/2777027.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese President Xi Jinping demands loyalty from state security agencies
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1804119/chinese-president-xi-jinping-demands-loyalty-state

China's graft-busters tighten regulations on cadres' banquets
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1804157/chinas-graft-busters-tighten-regulations-cadres

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's President Xi calls for soft approach in online policing
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1804839/chinas-president-xi-calls-soft-approach-online-policing

China vows hefty investment to improve Internet services
Xinhua News, May 19, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-05/20/c_134254735.htm

Have China and Russia agreed not to attack each other in cyberspace?
The Diplomat, May 20, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/have-china-and-russia-agreed-not-to-attack-each-other-in-cyberspace/

U.S. charges six Chinese citizens with espionage
Al Jazeera, May 20, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/charges-chinese-citizens-economic-espionage-150519173813647.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Corporate voting in proposed Hong Kong nominating committee won't be abolished, Beijing official says
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1804165/corporate-voting-proposed-hong-kong-nominating-committee

Leading columnists purged at Hong Kong’s paper of record
Asia Sentinel, May 20, 2015
http://www.asiasentinel.com/politics/putsch-columnists-south-china-morning-post/

黃成智：若有少許能力人士不為政改做點功夫將後悔 (Democratic Party Wong Sing-chi: even if a few people with power or influence do not make an effort in face of the reform package, they will regret it)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 20, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150520/news_20150520_55_1100920.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Good start by mainland in fight against police abuse of power
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1802584/good-start-mainland-fight-against-police-abuse-power

Beijing and Hong Kong don’t trust each other, making political reform almost impossible
The Nanfang, May 18, 2015
https://thenanfang.com/beijing-hong-kong-dont-trust-making-political-reform-almost-impossible/

Ma Jun: China has reached its environmental tipping point
The Guardian, May 20, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/may/19/ma-jun-china-has-reached-its-environmental-tipping-point

中国女权主义的觉醒 (China’s feminist awakening)
The New York Times, May 18, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20150518/c18xiao/