ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Guangzhou police place police stations at 83 websites and internet companies
Fei Chang Dao, September 17, 2015
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2015/09/guangzhou-police-place-police-stations.html

China tries to extract pledge of compliance from U.S. tech firms
中国要求美国科技公司服从政府管控
The New York Times, September 17, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20150917/c17pledge/dual/

Related:
The pledge China wants tech companies to sign
New York Times, September 16, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/16/technology/document-the-pledge-china-wants-tech-companies-to-sign.html

Obama warns of “weaponizing the internet” ahead of Xi Jinping's U.S. visit
The Guardian, September 16, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/16/obama-china-cybersecurity-weaponise-the-internet-xi-jinping-visit

How China boosts Its tech startups
Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-china-boosts-its-tech-startups-1442443212

白宫不会透露美国就网络间谍活动可能对中国所采取措施的详情 (White House will not disclose details of possible measures taken by U.S. in response to China’s cyber espionage)
Reuters, September 17, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/09/17/usa-china-cybersecurity-whitehouse-idCNKCS0RH06520150917

Hong Kong (香港)

30 Hong Kong pupils get half a day in Stanley prison, but government denies radical scheme is bid to frighten youth from political activism
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/1858876/30-hong-kong-pupils-get-half-day-stanley-prison-government-denies-radical

”The separation of powers is not a necessary condition for democracy”—LegCo president
Hong Kong Free Press, September 17, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/17/the-separation-of-powers-is-not-a-necessary-condition-for-democracy-legco-president/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

覆巢：中国权利NGO生死劫（万字完整版）(The life of death tragedy of China’s rights NGOs)
Initium Media, September 17, 2015
https://www.zine.la/article/532ff3e45d2911e5974252540d79d783/?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0

From China, messages to President Obama before Xi Jinping’s visit (1)
China Change, September 16, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/09/16/from-china-messages-to-president-obama-before-xi-jinpings-visit-1/

Related:
Letter to President Obama. Re: Xi Jinping Visit
Human Rights in China, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA et. al., September 9, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/joint-statement/letter-president-obama

Corruption, once useful, has no place today in China's aspiring market economy
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1858773/corruption-once-useful-has-no-place-today-chinas-aspiring

Sieren's China: Difficult reforms in store
Deustche Welle, September 17, 2015
http://www.dw.com/en/sierens-china-difficult-reforms-in-store/a-18719009?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

浅析反家庭暴力立法中的法理 (Basic analysis of legal principles within the domestic violence legislation)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2015-09-16/doc-ifxhxzxp4358993.shtml

Tianjin disaster exposes China’s compensation lottery
China Labor Bulletin, September 17, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/tianjin-disaster-exposes-china%E2%80%99s-compensation-lottery

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Despite crackdown, Chinese lawyers vow to press for human rights
The New York Times, September 16, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/china-lawyers-human-rights-crackdown/

中国女性面对家庭暴力为何多容忍 (Why do China's women tolerate domestic violence?)
Phoenix Blog News, September 15, 2015
http://blog.ifeng.com/article/37449081.html

法官检察官将享受特殊政策 (Judges and prosecutors to enjoy special policies)
Xinhua, September 15, 2015
http://view.inews.qq.com/a/NEW2015091505215801?

全国律协举办第一期省级律师协会领导成员培训班, 学习贯彻全国律师工作会议精神大力加强律师协会领导班子建设 (ACLA holds 1st leader training session for provincial-level lawyers' associations)
Legal Daily, September 15, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150915/Articel02003GN.htm

公安改革驶入快车道群众受益更多获得感 (Public security reforms enter the fast lane, let the masses truly feel they have benefited)
Legal Daily, September 15, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150915/Articel05006GN.htm

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Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists’ families targeted
China Digital Times, September 15, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/dont-return-sydney-student-told-fathers-disappearance/

Related:
Don't return, a Sydney uni student is told after his father “disappears” in China
Sydney Morning Herald, September 14, 2015
http://www.smh.com.au/world/dont-return-a-sydney-uni-student-is-told-after-his-father-disappears-in-china-20150913-gjlee1.html

A Hong Kong business magnate “runs away”. Chinese netizens ask, why shouldn't he?
Global Voices, September 15, 2015
https://globalvoices.org/2015/09/15/a-hong-kong-business-magnate-runs-away-chinese-netizens-ask-why-shouldnt-he/

Foxconn sacks Shenzhen workers for protest over social insurance payments
China Labor Bulletin, September 15, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/foxconn-sacks-shenzhen-workers-protest-over-social-insurance-payments

Chinese police say school for homeless petitioner children “illegal”
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/school-09152015113010.html

习近平访美前 中国维权学者郭玉闪获释 (Chinese rights defender and academic Guo Yushan released before Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S.)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 15, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/09/150915_china_guoyushan_release

艾未未：我会少讲一点政治 (Ai Weiwei: I will talk less about politics)
Radio France Internationale, September 15, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150915-艾未未：我會少講一點政治

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China moves diplomat to graft-busting role as Beijing seeks global help in bringing suspects home
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1858385/china-moves-diplomat-senior-role-anti-graft-bureau

China's finance minister wants better corruption fighting mechanisms
Reuters, September 16, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/16/us-china-corruption-finmin-idUSKCN0RG07G20150916

China military says senior officer probed
China Daily, September 15, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-09/15/content_21885775.htm

Mooncakes under spotlight after Chinese government crackdown
Channel NewsAsia, September 15, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mooncakes-under-spotlight/2127918.html

Villager in Shandong burns to death in row over forced demolition
Hong Kong Free Press, September 16, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/16/villager-in-shandong-burns-to-death-in-row-over-forced-demolition/

Chinese state dinner now a date: Sept. 25
USA Today, September 15, 2015
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/15/chinese-state-dinner-now-date-sept-25/72334032/

Related:
Letter to President Obama. Re: Xi Jinping Visit
Human Rights in China, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA et. al., September 9, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/joint-statement/letter-president-obama

Speakers from U.S., Cuba, China, Russia, Iran line up for 70th UN General Assembly
Deutsche Welle, September 15, 2015
http://www.dw.com/en/speakers-from-us-cuba-china-russia-iran-line-up-for-70th-un-general-assembly/a-18716650

美国百名企业家致函奥巴马和习近平 (100 American entrepreneurs send open letter to Obama and Xi Jinping)
Radio France Internationale, September 16, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150915-美国百名企业家致函奥巴马和习近平

美调查：中国人对反腐满意度创新高 对基层政府满意度创新低 (Harvard survey: Chinese satisfaction with central government’s anti-graft work reaches a new high, but an all-time 11-year low in satisfaction with local governments)
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/14fd4299287d1b1/mei-diao-cha-zhong-fan-fu-man-yi-du-chuang-xin-gao-dui-ji-ceng-zheng-fu-man-yi-du-chuang-xin-di

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Cyberthreat posed by China and Iran confounds White House
The New York Times, September 15, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/world/asia/cyberthreat-posed-by-china-and-iran-confounds-white-house.html

Hong Kong (香港)

No one is above the law, says Hong Kong’s top judge in surprise rebuke to leader CY Leung's defense of his “transcendent” position
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1858653/hong-kong-leader-cy-leung-makes-fresh-defence-beijing

Related:
香港特首梁振英：特首地位“确实是超然” (CY Leung: Chief executive’s position “truly has overriding power”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 16, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/09/150916_hongkong_zhang_xiaoming_responses

Counterterrorism (反恐)

阅兵后无人机再现身“雄鹰-2015”警方反恐演练 (After troop reviews, drones reappear in “Operation Eagle 2015" police counterterrorism exercises)
Chinabyte.com, September 15, 2015
http://news.chinabyte.com/256/13549256.shtml

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Above the law: China official undermines Hong Kong’s core values
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/16/above-the-law-china-official-undermines-hong-kongs-core-values/

Market misdirection in Hong Kong
The Wall Street Journal, September 15, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/market-misdirection-in-hong-kong-1442359715

Ai Weiwei: a changed man
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 15, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34258880

China’s state-owned enterprise reform plans face compromise
Financial Times, September 16, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5eeeb84a-5aaa-11e5-97e9-7f0bf5e7177b.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

346 days in jail
China Media Project, September 14, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/09/14/39233/

Detained scholar released ahead of Chinese president’s visit to the United States
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1858341/detained-scholar-released-ahead-chinese-presidents

沈阳妇女权益保护条例获批准, 政府应设立家暴受害妇女庇护场所 (Shenyang regulations for protecting the rights and interests of women approved, government should establish domestic violence shelters)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150914/Articel03003GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Liberal media group forced onto “correct road”
China Digital Times, September 12, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/liberal-media-group-forced-onto-correct-road/

What do U.S. economists think of official China statistics? “Only a fool would believe them”
Wall Street Journal, September 15, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/09/15/what-do-u-s-economists-think-of-official-china-statistics-only-a-fool-would-believe-them/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

3千陸豐村民抗議核電站 遭逾2千警鎮壓 (3,000 Lufeng, Guangdong villagers protesting nuclear plant are suppressed by over 2,000 policemen)
Apple Daily, September 13, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20150913/54199899

A joke about refrigerators mocks China's trend toward extreme patriotism
Global Voices, September 14, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/09/14/a-joke-about-refrigerators-mocks-chinas-trend-toward-extreme-patriotism/

Nanjing police hold 23 evictees who used social media to organize
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-evictees-09142015120853.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Opening Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein at the 30th session of the Human Rights Council
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, September 20, 1993
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Media.aspx?IsMediaPage=true&LangID=E

Related:
联合国人权专员担忧中国被拘禁律师处境 (UN human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein expresses concern about detained Chinese rights lawyers)
Deutsche Welle, September 14, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/联合国人权专员担忧中国被拘禁律师处境/a-18713047

习近平访美 纽约时报欢迎广告引起质疑 (Xi Jinping’s US Visit, Full Page Welcome Ad in New York Times raises questions)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xql-09142015111717.html

Related:
New York Times carries full-page ad for new Xi Jinping book
Want China Times, September 14, 2015
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx

Senior official at China's labor ministry investigated for alleged corruption
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1858255/senior-official-chinas-labour-ministry-investigated

China begins nationwide nuclear safety checks after deadly Tianjin explosions
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1858284/china-begins-nationwide-nuclear-safety-checks-after

SOEs take measures to reduce graft
China Daily, September 15, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-09/15/content_21853284.htm

Citic Securities draws Beijing’s ire after meltdown
Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/citic-securities-draws-beijings-ire-after-meltdown-1442272270

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. will not impose sanctions on Chinese firms before state visit by President Xi Jinping
美媒：习访美前不制裁中国黑客 上周五通宵开会达协议
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1858319/us-will-not-impose-sanctions-chinese-firms-state-visit
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/international/14fcfe8ec8b7e37/mei-mei-xi-fang-mei-qian-bu-zhi-cai-zhong-guo-hei-ke-shang-zhou-wu-tong-xiao-kai-hui-da-xie-yi

社交媒体网络直播自杀行为渐多专家呼吁, 网络运营商不应对直播自杀“放任自流”(Experts urge online business operators to stop allowing suicides to be broadcasted live online)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150914/Articel04002GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

C.Y. defends Zhang’s comments about separation of powers amid protest
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/15/cy-defends-zhangs-comments-about-separation-of-powers-amid-protest/

中联办主任语出惊人 香港律师界深表遗憾 (Hong Kong legal circles expresses deep regret over Liaison chief’s shocking comment on the supremacy of the powers of the Chief Executive) British Broadcasting Corporation, September 12, 2015 )
Deutsche Welle, September 14, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/中联办主任语出惊人-香港律师界深表遗憾/a-18714300

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Authorities in Xinjiang require special permits to buy kitchen knives
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/knives-09142015143756.html

大数据、钱袋子、摄像头 ——来自中东反恐前沿的宝贵经验 (Big data, cash, and surveillance cameras: Valuable experiences in counterterrorism from the Middle East)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2015-09/14/c_134622841.htm

反恐专家：中国和东盟应合作打击网络恐怖主义 (Counterterrorism expert: China and ASEAN should cooperate to combat cyber terrorism)
Beijing News, September 14, 2015
http://news.sohu.com/20150914/n421094916.shtml

揭秘北京“丰台劝导队”：已提供反恐信息60件 (Unmasking Beijing's “Fengtai Advisor Clique”: Group has already provided 60 pieces of counterterrorism information)
Beijing Times, September 14, 2015
http://news.sohu.com/20150914/n421025575.shtml

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

时事大家谈：王岐山谈中共“合法性”，显现中共危机意识？ (“Let’s Talk Current Affairs”: Does Wang Qishan’s talk of CPC “legitimacy” reflect the Party’s awareness of a crisis?)
Voice of America, September 15, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/VOAWeishi-IssuesandOpinions-20150914-why-wang-qishan-talks-about-CPCs-legitimacy/2963097.html

Assessing the Chinese government’s role in the stock markets

分析：中国政府在股市动荡中发挥了什么作用
The New York Times, September 15,2 015
EN: http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/china-stock-market-government-intervention/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20150915/c15sino-stock/

Blaming a business journalist for market turmoil is misguided
Caixin, September 14, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-09-14/100849615.html

Is China serious about its new state-owned enterprise reforms?
The Diplomat, September 14, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/is-china-serious-about-its-new-state-owned-enterprise-reforms/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Party turns to a failed approach to fixing judicial system
Caixin, September 14, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-09-14/100849472.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

艾未未: 中国仍独裁但当局态度有改善 (Ai Weiwei: China is still a dictatorship but authorities’ attitude has improved)
Voice of America, September 14, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/aiweiwei-20150911/2960551.html

Jailed Chinese activist Guo Feixiong wins international rights award
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-guofeixiong-09112015112310.html

Retired teachers in China protest lack of benefits on day intended to honor them
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-teachers-09112015120209.html

Two more Tibetans are detained following solo protests in Ngaba
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/solo-09112015164530.html

”God’s united front” and the battle over China’ crosses
Foreign Policy, September 11, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/11/china-church-christianity-cross-persecution-oppression-law/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

被羁押十数月后判无罪 他们称要讨回公道 (Detained for over 10 months before being found not guilty, they say they want justice returned to them)
Yangcheng Evening News, September 11, 2015
http://yj.southcn.com/content/2015-09/11/content_132663755.htm

女子被非法拘禁4天索赔5亿 维权24年获赔2千 (Woman unlawfully taken into custody for 4 days seeks RMB 500 million, but 24 years spent standing up for her rights gets her RMB 2,000 in compensation)
Xinhua, September 11, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/wh/2015-09-11/doc-ifxhupik6732818.shtml

记者刘虎不获起诉 将申请国家赔偿 (Journalist Liu Hu will not be prosecuted, says will apply for state compensation)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/reporter-09102015095646.html?encoding=simplified

After Tianjin blast, homeowners tell of pressure to accept compensation
China Digital Times, September 11, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/tianjin-blast-homeowners-tell-of-pressure-to-accept-compensation/

中央党校原副校长:中央酝酿高级领导人行为准则 (Former VP of Central Party School: Central government considering a code of conduct for senior party leaders)
Bejing Daily, September 9, 2015
http://www.bjd.com.cn/jryw/gnxw/201509/09/t20150909_10035863.html

China's top graft-buster breaks taboo by discussing Communist Party's “legitimacy”
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1857441/chinas-top-graft-buster-breaks-taboo-discussing

China unveils details to fix state-owned enterprises
Al Jazeera, September 13, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/china-unveils-details-fix-state-owned-enterprises-150913135602561.html

Company had 24 “naked officials”, authorities say
China Daily, September 14, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-09/14/content_21850026.htm

China's energy giant Sinopec to sell off hotels and ditch cars in graft crackdown
The Guardian, September 14, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/14/chinas-energy-giant-sinopec-to-sell-off-hotels-and-ditch-cars-in-graft-crackdown

Forcing a woman to have an abortion at eight months: Welcome to 21st century China
The Telegraph, September 11, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11858723/China-Forced-abortion-late-term-to-avoid-one-child-policy.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Partnership boosts users over China’s Great Firewall
The New York Times, September 13, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/business/partnership-boosts-users-over-chinas-great-firewall.html

Cyberattacks are “not acceptable”, Obama warns ahead of Xi Jinping's state visit
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1857956/china-restructure-zombie-state-owned-companies-and

Related:
习近平出访前美中“坦率”讨论网络安全 (China and U.S. to “honestly” discuss cybersecurity prior to Xi Jinping’s visit)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/09/150913_us_china_cyber_security

Seattle is nearly as important as the White House during Xi Jinping’s upcoming US trip
Quartz, September 11, 2015
http://qz.com/500248/xi-jinpings-upcoming-seattle-tour-tech-tech-and-more-tech/

China’s new economic strategies require an overhaul of its telecommunications industry
NewsChina Magazine, September, 2015
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/chinas-new-economic-strategies-require-an-overhaul-of-its-telecommunication#id:2403#date:17:08

Hong Kong (香港)

Is HK an unsafe harbor for academic freedom?
China Digital Times, September 11, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/unsafe-harbour-academic-freedom-hong-kong/

One year on, students who led Hong Kong's Occupy Central movement to gather again for protests' anniversary
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1857885/one-year-students-who-led-hong-kongs-occupy-central-movement

香港中联办张晓明：特首地位超然于三权 (Zhang Xiaoming, top Beijing official in HK: Chief executive’s powers surpass those of the traditional practice of separation of 3 powers)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 12, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/09/150912_hongkong_zhangxiaoming_powers

Related:
Beijing’s liaison chief under fire after saying separation of powers “does not suit Hong Kong”
Hong Kong Free Press, September 14, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/14/beijings-liaison-chief-under-fire-after-saying-separation-of-powers-does-not-suit-hong-kong/

反水货团体：上水石湖墟水货店年半翻倍 要求取消一周一行 (Anti-parallel trading group: Parallel goods shops in Sheung Shui Shek Wu Hui doubled in 6 months, demand cancellation of exit-entry permit that allows 1 trip a week)
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/14fca4d2577b3e4/fan-shui-huo-tuan-ti-shang-shui-shi-hu-xu-shui-huo-dian-nian-ban-fan-bei-yao-qiu-qu-xiao-yi-zhou-yi-xing

Counterterrorism (反恐)

中蒙边境地区警方首次举行联合反恐演习 (Sino-Mongolian border police hold 1st joint counterterrorism exercises)
Xinhua, September 11, 2015
http://military.china.com.cn/2015-09/11/content_36558204_3.htm

China vows to “intensify” fight against Tibetan separatists
The Diplomat, September 12, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/china-vows-to-intensify-fight-against-tibetan-separatists/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Q. and A.: Tony Saich on what Chinese want from their leaders
The New York Times, September 11, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/anthony-saich-china-communist-party/

Ai Weiwei—from criminal to art-world superstar
The Guardian, September 12, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/sep/12/ai-weiwei-exhibition-royal-academy-from-criminal-to-art-world-superstar

Photos: Chinese leaders visit the U.S.
Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/09/14/photos-chinese-leaders-visit-the-u-s/

Related:
Letter to President Obama. Re: Xi Jinping Visit
Human Rights in China, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA et. al., September 9, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/joint-statement/letter-president-obama

Access to Justice (司法公正)

刑法修正案(九)新增条款重拳打击诚信失范, 网络造谣医闹替考入刑可遏歪风陋习 (Criminal Law Amendment (9) new amendments strike hard at loss of social trust—online rumor mongering, harassment of medical staff, and getting others to sit one's exams all criminalized)
Legal Daily, September 10, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150910/Articel05006GN.htm

我国24.7%家庭存家庭暴力 平均遭35次家暴才报警 (24.7% of Chinese experience domestic violence, on average there are 35 instances of violence before reporting to police)
PLA Online, September 10, 2015
http://news.sohu.com/20150910/n420773557.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

Wang Xiaolu’s confession and the future of Chinese media
China Digital Times, September 8, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/what-does-wang-xiaolus-detention-mean-for-chinese-media/

Minitrue: Keep reporting on bright economic future
China Digital Times, September 10, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/minitrue-keep-reporting-on-bright-economic-future/

Whistle-blowing Chinese journalist vows to continue exposing corruption as Beijing prosecutors drop charges of defamation
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1857147/whistle-blowing-chinese-journalist-vows-continue

Censored: A young survivor decries handling of Tianjin explosion
Foreign Policy, September 10, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/10/censored-china-young-survivor-tianjin-explosion-viral-post/

China’s boisterous social media: When Beijing’s online propaganda goes awry
Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/09/11/chinas-boisterous-social-media-when-beijings-online-propaganda-goes-awry/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Rights groups up pressure on White House ahead of Chinese presidential visit
九国际人权团体呼吁奥巴马会见中国维权人士 为习近平访美施压
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rights-groups-up-pressure-on-white-house-ahead-of-chinese-presidential-visit-09102015105928.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl3-09102015103504.html

Related:
Letter to President Obama. Re: Xi Jinping Visit
Human Rights in China, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA et. al., September 9, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/joint-statement/letter-president-obama

郭飞雄获爱尔兰2015年前线人权卫士奖 (Guo Feixiong receives 2015 Frontline Defenders award for human rights work)
Radio France Internationale, September 11, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150910-郭飞雄获爱尔兰2015年前线人权卫士奖

Government Accountability (政府问责)

法院或法官，究竟谁该道歉？(Courts or judges, who should actually apologize?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, September 10, 2015
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150910/44621678_0.shtml

公安局长遭举报称多数不实 网友：说说属实的部分 (Public Security Bureau chief who was denounced: much of his reported malfeasance not true, Netizens: So tell us the true part)
Modern Bulletin, September 10, 2015
http://news.sohu.com/20150910/n420776180.shtml

China to prosecute former China Resources chairman for graft
Reuters, September 11, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/11/us-china-corruption-china-resources-idUSKCN0RB0BA20150911

China sends graft inspectors into restive Xinjiang
Taipei Times, September 11, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/09/11/2003627476

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

广州警方设83个网安警务室 (Guangzhou police set up 83 online cybersecurity police units)
Legal Daily, September 10, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150910/Articel02011GN.htm

China, U.S. can cooperate on cyber security: Chinese official
Channel NewsAsia, September 11, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-us-can-cooperate-on/2119074.html

中国呼吁美国停止无根据的网络攻击指控 (China asks U.S. to stop unfounded accusations about cyber-attacks)
Reuters, September 11, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/09/11/cn-us-idCNKCS0RB0R120150911

Hong Kong (香港)

New director of Hong Kong’s ATV lives in mainland China, records reveal, as station denies receiving “red” investment
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1857208/new-director-hong-kongs-atv-lives-mainland-china-records

Two pro-Beijing lawmakers go head to head for LegCo house committee chairmanship
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/11/two-pro-beijing-lawmakers-go-head-to-head-for-legco-house-committee-chairmanship/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Diplomacy in the time of repression
The Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/diplomacy-in-the-time-of-repression-1441905164

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Two months on, lawyers for China's detained attorneys still don't know where they are
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyers-09092015103329.html

Related:
Wang Qiaoling's battle to find missing lawyer husband, Li Heping
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 10, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-34199455

Mass suppression of lawyers reveals true nature of Xi’s “rule by law”
对维权律师的大规模镇压揭示了习近平“依法治国”的真实面目
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Letter to President Obama. Re: Xi Jinping Visit
Human Rights in China, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA et. al., September 9, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/joint-statement/letter-president-obama

习访美前舆论关注高瑜取保候审案 (International concern about Gao Yu’s pending trial in the run-up to Xi’s visit to US)
Voice of America, September 9, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/prior-xi-jinping-usa-visit-gao-yu-case-spotlight/2953619.html

反家暴离不开德法共治 (Anti-domestic violence inseparable from good laws and public governance)
Legal Daily, September 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150909/Articel07006GN.htm

Anhui court apologizes to 19 wrongfully convicted in scam case
Caixin, September 9, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-09-09/100847976.html

司法部部署在监狱罪犯中开展专题教育活动, 用爱国主义和法治精神熏陶罪犯 (Ministry of Justice launches educational activities for inmates—uses patriotism, nationalism, and the spirit of rule of law to train criminals)
Legal Daily, September 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150909/Articel01007GN.htm

第二届中欧法律援助研讨会在京召开, 赵大程出席开幕式并致辞 (Second Sino-European Seminar on Legal Aid opens, Zhao Dacheng convenes and delivers speech)
Legal Daily, September 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150909/Articel02002GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

推进计生信息公开 (Promoting openness for family planning information)
Anhui Online, September 8, 2015
http://www.kaixian.tv/gd/2015/0908/820684.html

刑事执法要遵从公开透明原则 (Criminal law enforcement must comply with the principle of public transparency)
Legal Daily, September 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150909/Articel07008GN.htm

Minitrue: All’s well on Tibet anniversary
China Digital Times, September 9, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/minitrue-alls-well-on-tibet-anniversary/

Beijing urged to be transparent with its financial decisions in light of market turmoil
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1856819/beijing-urged-take-transparent-approach-financial

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

反家暴法草案首设人身安全保护令制度专家建议, 公安机关也应参与保护令执行 (Anti domestic violence draft law creates personal protection orders, experts suggest Public Security authorities be involved in enforcement)
Legal Daily, September 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150909/Articel03002GN.htm

环保组织状告污染腾格里三企业请求法院判令三家污染企业恢复生态环境 (Environmental organization sues 3 businesses that polluted Tengger Desert, requests court to order them to restore ecology of environment)
Legal Daily, September 8, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150908/Articel06005GN.htm

Chinese authorities detain some 20 herders amid Inner Mongolia drought protests
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/herders-09092015135109.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

天津受灾业主：赔偿协议无排程无价钱 国企上司“劝说”签署 (Property owners afflicted by Tianjin explosion: No dates or price on compensation agreements, “coerced” to sign by seniors at SOEs)
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14fb50bd75e7033/tian-jin-shou-zai-ye-zhu-pei-chang-xie-yi-wu-pai-cheng-wu-jia-qian-guo-qi-shang-si-quan-shuo-qian-shu

Tianjin announces compensations for martyred firefighters' families
China Daily, September 10, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-09/10/content_21837429.htm

China’s Communist Party considers code of conduct for senior cadres after purge of high-level officials
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1856692/chinas-communist-party-considers-code-conduct-senior

China says senior official visited Interpol to push graft fight
Reuters, September 9, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/10/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0RA0AX20150910

上海将关闭超过150家工厂确保“迪士尼蓝” (Shanghai to close over 150 factories to ensure “Disneyland blue sky”)
Radio France Internationale, September 9, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150909-上海将关闭超过150家工厂确保“迪士尼蓝”

2014年8万多人得到国家司法救助 (80,000 people received State legal aid in 2014)
China Youth Daily, September 8, 2015
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2015-09/08/nw.D110000zgqnb_20150908_6-03.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China assisted Pakistan on armed drone, say experts
Financial Times, September 9, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6df963c4-576e-11e5-a28b-50226830d644.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy Central founder Benny Tai “not ruling out” legal challenge to HKU's decision to punish him over handling of donations
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1856805/occupy-central-founder-benny-tai-not-ruling-out-legal

Pan-democrats team up at district level to push for Hong Kong reform as consensus agreed on talking to Beijing
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1856654/pan-democrats-team-district-level-push-hong-kong-reform

Soccer fans' booing of Chinese national anthem sparks furor in Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/soccer-fans-booing-of-chinese-national-anthem-sparks-furor-in-hong-kong-09092015102309.html

Counterterrorism (反恐)

广东公安厅部署深化反恐维稳和社会治安工作 (Guangdong public security departments deploy personnel for intensified counterterrorism, stability maintenance, and social governance work)
Chinanews, September 6, 2015
http://www.gd.chinanews.com/2015/2015-09-06/2/357608.shtml

男子编造虚假恐怖信息“资阳车站有炸弹”被拘 (Man who spreads false terrorism threat of “bomb at Ziyang General Bus Station” is detained)
Chinanews, September 6, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2015/09-06/7506671.shtml

湖南两人散布恐怖分子要炸炼油厂谣言被拘(图) (Two in Hunan detained for disseminating rumors that terrorists plan to bomb an oil refinery)
The Paper, September 6, 2015
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1372204

Bangkok bomb linked to East Turkestan Islamic Movement, as Chinese media stops downplaying issue due to sensitivities over Uygurs
South China Morning Post,
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1856783/bangkok-bomb-linked-east-turkestan-islamic-movement

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

媒体观察：北京学者：不是人坏 而是制度才出法西斯 (Media Watch: Beijing academic says It is not people who are bad but the system that creates fascists)
Voice of America, September 10, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/voaweishi-20150909-media-watch/2953636.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中山实施律师信用等级管理 (Zhongshan, Guangdong tests “credibility rating system” for lawyers)
Legal Daily, September 8, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150908/Articel02015GN.htm

中国一法院为错判首次"公开道歉" (Chinese court “publicly apologizes” for wrongful convictions)
Deutsche Welle, September 8, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国一法院为错判首次公开道歉/a-18700473

Chinese human rights lawyers intercepted en route to Hong Kong, barred from travel
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/08/chinese-human-rights-lawyers-intercepted-en-route-to-hong-kong-barred-from-travel/

4 prisoners are released in amnesty
China Daily, September 9, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-09/09/content_21827323.htm

Veteran Chinese rights activist Qin Yongmin being probed for “subversion”
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/veteran-09082015110656.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chemical plant explosion in Zhejiang as information concerns follow Shandong blast
China Digital Times, September 7, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/chemical-plant-explosion-in-zhejiang-as-transparency-concerns-follow-shandong-blast/

Report on toll from Shandong blast is called “coldblooded”
The New York Times, September 7, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/07/dongying-shandong-chemical-explosion

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Ai Weiwei on Beijing: “It's a prison for freedom of speech”
The Guardian, September 8, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/video/2015/sep/08/ai-weiwei-beijing-prison-freedom-of-speech

吴淦（屠夫）预先录制视频：我不会自杀及不会放弃请律师 (Tu Fu pre-recorded video: I will not commit suicide or give up requesting a lawyer [Chinese and English subtitles])
Boxun, July 6, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ur406iUFrU

Trolls go after artists who aren't “patriotic” enough during China's WWII parade
Global Voices, September 8, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/09/08/trolls-go-after-artists-who-arent-patriotic-enough-during-chinas-wwii-parade/

Pressure builds on Walmart in Shenzhen as trade union activists fight back
China Labour Bulletin, September 9, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/pressure-builds-walmart-shenzhen-trade-union-activists-fight-back

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Blast-hit Tianjin residents still in the dark over compensation
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/blast-hit-tianjin-residents-still-in-the-dark-over-compensation-09082015100129.html

枣庄排查危爆物品安全隐患 (Zaozhuang, Shandong inspects security risks of hazardous materials)
Legal Daily, September 8, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150908/Articel02013GN.htm

Li Yifei dismisses detention rumors after market shifts
Financial Times, September 8, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f68ca2c2-55f8-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China flexes tech muscles before a state visit
The New York Times, September 9, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/science/china-flexes-tech-muscles-before-state-visit-with-meeting-of-industry-giants.html

Foreign smartphone brands like Apple a victim of rising Chinese nationalism
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1855743/foreign-smartphone-brands-apple-victim-rising-chinese

Hong Kong (香港)

Rafael Hui graft case: Thomas Chan, Francis Kwan stand “no chance of success” in appeals, prosecution tells court
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1856337/rafael-hui-graft-case-thomas-chan-francis-kwan-stand-no

Dissident Tik Chi-yuen quits Hong Kong’s Democratic Party “to follow dream of democracy”
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1856607/dissident-tik-chi-yuen-quits-hong-kongs-democratic-party

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Uneasy silence follows journalist’s arrest
China Media Project, September 8, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/09/08/39216/

Could privatization clean out the corruption in China's state-owned enterprises?
Global Voices, September 9, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/09/09/could-privatization-clean-out-the-corruption-in-chinas-state-owned-enterprises/

Transparency from China over stock market rescue the only way to restore confidence
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1856523/transparency-china-over-stock-market-rescue-only-way-restore

The important anniversary China won't celebrate in 2016
The Diplomat, September 8, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/the-important-anniversary-china-wont-celebrate-in-2016/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

刑法修正案(九)两处修改旨在维护法庭秩序树立警察权威, 细化流程避免扰乱法庭秩序罪“落地难” (Two Amendments to Criminal Law Amendment (9) intended to ensure courtroom order and establish police authority—refining the process to avert a rough landing for the crime of “disturbing courtroom order”)
Legal Daily, September 8, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150908/Articel05003GN.htm

冤假错案纠正后，政法机关都是怎样道歉的？(After a miscarriage of justice is corrected, how do law enforcement authorities apologize?)
Phoenix Online, September 8, 2015
http://xw.qq.com/news/20150908049317

Chinese rights lawyer held for over a year without trial refused bail after court postpones case for three months
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1856201/chinese-rights-lawyer-held-over-year-without-trial

China executes two sexual criminals
Xinhua News, September 7, 2015
http://english.sina.com/china/2015/0907/845712.html

Chinese human rights lawyer could face spying charges
The Guardian, September 4, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/04/zhang-kai-chinese-human-rights-lawyer-could-face-spying-charges

Access to Information (信息公开)

Google will comply to get Play into China
China Digital Times, September 4, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/google-will-comply-censorship-laws-get-play-china/

Related:
谷歌或重返中国 (Google may return to China)
Voice of America, September 7, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-google-expects-to-return-to-mainland-20150904/2948439.html

Best CRT post today? Not in China
The Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/09/07/best-crt-post-today-not-in-china/

Caijing journalist’s shaming signals China’s growing control over news media
The New York Times, September 7, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/07/business/media/caijing-journalists-shaming-signals-chinas-growing-control-over-news-media.html

Sensitive words: long live the elder
China Digital Times, September 3, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/sensitive-words-long-live-elder/

In pictures: censored memes, search terms and images from China’s WWII parade
Hong Kong Free Press, September 3, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/03/in-pictures-censored-memes-search-terms-and-images-from-chinas-wwii-parade/

同性恋影片『寻找罗麦』全本通过审查 (Homosexual film “Seeking McCartney” approved by authorities)
Radio France Internationale, September 3, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150902-同性恋影片『寻找罗麦』全本通过审查

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

How China’s public saw the Beijing parade
China Digital Times, September 4, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/how-chinas-public-saw-the-beijing-parade/

Tale of two parades as ordinary Chinese barred from display
Taipei Times, September 4, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/09/04/2003626933

Tianjin blasts: plans to turn site into “eco park” mocked on Chinese social media
The Guardian, September 6, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/06/tianjin-blasts-plans-to-turn-site-into-eco-park-mocked-on-chinese-social-media

山东爆炸官称家属情绪稳定新华社批“不是人话” (Xinhua: Official claim that families of Shandong explosion victims are in a “stable mood” is inhumane)
Radio France Internationale, September 8, 2015
中国/20150908-山东爆炸官称家属情绪稳定新华社批“不是人话”

Chinese activist incommunicado after teaching people how to win votes
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-09042015101411.html

Related:
姚立法QQ群普法讲座开课前被带走 (Yao Lifa taken away right before beginning his popular online legal knowledge lecture in a 400-member QQ group)
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-09042015103453.html

We want you: Chinese anti-graft watchdog seeks public tip-offs on corrupt officials
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1855859/we-want-you-chinese-anti-graft-watchdog-seeks-public

Chinese rights activists step up calls for action ahead of President's trip
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rights-activists-step-up-calls-for-action-ahead-of-presidents-trip-09032015112212.html

任建峰：致張凱律師的公開信 (Convener of Progressive Lawyers Group Yam Kin Fung: Open letter to lawyer Zhang Kai)
Mingpao, September 4, 2015
http://bit.ly/1JDix9x

Guangdong activists who made lawyer T-Shirts “harmed state security”
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyers-09072015213312.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

阅兵花了200亿？学者促当局交代 (Military parade cost $3.1 billion? Academics urge official accounting)
Radio France Internationale, September 8, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150908-阅兵花了200亿？学者促当局交代

Families of dead contract firefighters row with Tianjin government over warehouse blast compensation
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1855687/families-dead-contract-firefighters-row-tianjin-government-over

Rights attorney Zhong Jinhua publicly resigns from the Communist Party of China
Boxun, September 4, 2015
http://en.boxun.com/2015/09/04/rights-attorney-zhong-jinhua-publicly-resigns-from-the-chinese-communist-party/

中国西藏网总裁：裁军30万 习近平应获诺贝尔和平奖 (President of China’s Tibet website: Xi Jinping should be awarded Nobel Peace Prize for dismissing 300,000 troops)
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14fa694699d04d9/zhong-guo-xi-zang-wang-zong-cai-cai-jun-30-wan-xi-jin-ping-ying-huo-nuo-bei-er-he-ping-jiang

China sees at least one workplace explosion per week on average, says NGO
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/04/china-sees-at-least-one-workplace-explosion-per-week-on-average-says-ngo/

China party fears most a crisis over corruption, official says
Reuters, September 8, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/08/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0R80IM20150908

China warns of corruption behind high-end mooncakes ahead of festivals
China Daily, September 6, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-09/06/content_21800131.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. may impose sanctions on Chinese firms over alleged cyber theft of trade secrets “as early as next week”
再传美将制裁中国黑客 最快下周动手
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1855191/us-may-impose-sanctions-chinese-firms-over-alleged
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/international/14f95e53a5f53d3/zai-chuan-mei-jiang-zhi-cai-zhong-guo-hei-ke-zui-kuai-xia-zhou-dong-shou

Hong Kong (香港)

香港逾百人再掀反水货客游行 引发冲突1人被捕1警伤 (Over 100 in Hong Kong march again to protest parallel trading, 1 arrested and 1 officer injured)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl3-09072015150551.html

HKFP Lens: Remnants of pro-democracy Occupy protests remain as 1-year anniversary approaches
Hong Kong Free Press, September 6, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/06/hkfp-lens-remnants-of-pro-democracy-occupy-protests-remain-as-one-year-anniversary-approaches/

Coming to America: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to give talks in U.S. on Occupy Central and umbrella movement
South China Morning, September 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1855212/coming-america-hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-give-talks-us

Beijing contact with Hong Kong pan-democrats on hold until after November polls: Ronny Tong
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1855642/beijing-contacts-hong-kong-pan-democrats-hold-until-after

Localist leader arrested at “Reclaim Sheung Shui” protest
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/07/localist-leader-arrested-at-reclaim-sheung-shui-protest/

Pan-democrats not interested in going to Beijing until June 4 is redressed—lawmaker Albert Ho
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/04/pan-democrats-not-interested-in-going-to-beijing-until-june-4-is-redressed-lawmaker-albert-ho/

Counterterrorism (反恐)

裁军30万传将收编武警负责新疆维稳 (300,000 troops to be dismissed, some say to be rearranged as armed “stability maintenance” police in Xinjiang)
Radio France Internationale, September 4, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150904-裁军30万传将收编武警负责新疆维稳

Alleged shootout between police and “Uyghur extremists” sparks Chinese social media crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/08/alleged-shootout-between-police-and-uyghur-extremists-sparks-chinese-social-media-crackdown/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Meet Lu Jun, one of China’s most wanted social activists
Wall Street Journal, September
http://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-lu-jun-one-of-chinas-most-wanted-social-activists-1441521914

A moral dilemma for the American Bar Association
Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-moral-dilemma-for-the-american-bar-association/2015/09/06/55e4bf74-5343-11e5-933e-7d06c647a395_story.html

A “positive energy” war for peace
China Media Project, September 7, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/09/07/39195/

Related:
Drawing the news: I come in peace
China Digital Times, September 3, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/drawing-the-news-i-come-in-peace/

Unnatural aristocrats: In China and its role model, Singapore, “meritocratic” leaders are under scrutiny
The Economist, September 5, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21663273-china-and-its-role-model-singapore-meritocratic-leaders-are-under-scrutiny-unnatural

Hong Kong’s disunited front
Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kongs-disunited-front-1441236994

Access to Justice (司法公正)

美国国务院日前发起“释放20位女性良心犯”活动 (U.S. State Department launches “Free the 20 Women Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Concern Campaign”)
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-09022015162024.html

温州警方拒绝律师会见张凯 广州公安带教会牧师强制旅游 (Wenzhou police deny lawyer’s meeting with Zhang Kai, Guangzhou authorities force pastor to “travel”)
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-09022015125949.html

Ai Weiwei gives first public talk since 2011 – and becomes a selfie Santa Claus
The Guardian, September 3, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/sep/03/ai-weiwei-first-public-talk-since-2011-artist-china-censorship-selfie

Law change would mean no early release for graft convicts
Caixing, September 2, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-08-28/100844834.html

新疆兵团完善三级社区矫正组织体系, 矫正期间重新犯罪率0.2%以下 (Xinjiang brigade perfects three-tiered community corrections organization system, community corrections recidivism rate is less than 0.2%)
Legal Daily, September 3, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150903/Articel02012GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

The military parade posts China censored
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34137519

Related:
Chinese social media reacts to military parade with patriotism and mockery
The Guardian, September 3, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/03/chinese-social-media-reacts-parade-patriotism-and-mockery

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetans defy crackdown to honor monk who died in police custody
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/monk-09022015143012.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The U.S. hoped indicting 5 Chinese hackers would deter Beijing’s cyberwarriors. It hasn’t worked.
Foreign Policy, September 2, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/02/the-u-s-hoped-indicting-5-chinese-hackers-would-deter-beijings-cyberwarriors-it-hasnt-worked/

Digital, Social & Mobile in China in 2015
We Are Social, August 18, 2015
http://wearesocial.net/blog/2015/08/digital-social-mobile-china-2015/

Social Insecurity: A recent report indicates serious security vulnerabilities in the government’s social security data banks – who should plug the gaps? NewsChina investigates
News China, August 2015
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/social-insecurity#id:2328#date:17:25

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy protester's defence 'undermined' as Hong Kong magistrate changes charge at the last minute
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1854825/occupy-protesters-defence-undermined-hong-kong-magistrate

Counterterrorism (反恐)

网传荣县现"恐怖分子" 警方辟谣:只是有偷盗嫌疑 (Police deny rumors from online repostings of a “terrorist” in Rong County, Sichuan: It is just a suspected thief)
Southcn.com, September 1, 2015
http://news.southcn.com/py/content/2015-09/01/content_131968777.htm

山东男子酒后拨打江苏110 谎称在火车站放两颗炸弹, 江苏无锡宣判编造虚假恐怖信息案 (Shandong man dials 110 in Jiangsu after drinking to claim there are 2 bombs in train station, Jiangsu Wuxi City pronounces verdict in spreading false terrorist information case)
Legal Daily, September 2, 2015
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2015-09/01/content_6251356.htm?node=20908

Pakistan tells China “almost all” Uygur militants eliminated.
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1854671/pakistan-says-almost-all-uygur-militants-eliminated

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Tanks a lot: The high price of pomp
The Economist, September 5, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21663277-high-price-pomp-tanks-lot

Parade’s end: The real purpose of a rare military display was to show who is in charge
The Economist, September 5, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21663278-real-purpose-rare-military-display-was-show-who-charge-parades-end

Amnesty as a stepping stone to rule of law
Caixin, September 2, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-09-02/100846002.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

U.S. calls for China to release Christian lawyer ahead of President’s Xi Jinping’s state visit
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1854631/us-calls-china-release-christian-lawyer-ahead

Four activists held in China's Guangdong over lawyer campaign T-shirts
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tshirts-09012015105022.html

Related:
Mass suppression of lawyers reveals true nature of Xi’s “rule by law”
对维权律师的大规模镇压揭示了习近平“依法治国”的真实面目
Human Rights in China, July 14, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/mass-suppression-lawyers-reveals-true-nature-xis-rule-law
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/dui-wei-quan-lu-shi-de-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-jie-shi-liao-xi-jin-ping-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de

The case of Wang Yu, emblem of China's human rights crackdown
The Guardian, September 2, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/the-case-of-wang-yu-emblem-of-chinas-human-rights-crackdown

中国修订刑法：拐卖妇女儿童买方一律入罪 (China has revised criminal law: equal criminalization for purchasing trafficked women or children)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 2, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/09/150902_china_criminal_law_abducted_women

Access to Information (信息公开)

马英九：中共自称领导抗战令人遗憾 (Ma Ying-jeou: CPC’s claim to have led the War of Resistance is regrettable)
Voice of America, September 2, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ma-yingjiu-20150902/2941896.html

“If China is not to blame, then who is?”
China Digital Times, September 1, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/if-china-is-not-to-blame-then-who-is/

Related:
Call for Chinese authorities to free reporter detained over “false” stock market crash story
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1854427/call-chinese-authorities-free-reporter-detained-over

“Authorities should deliver an honest explanation”: First comments by Tianjin’s ex-party boss—now current vice-premier—on disaster response
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1854385/state-media-carries-comments-first-time-tianjins-ex

3 Chinese missiles to look out for during the September 3 parade
The Diplomat, September 2, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/revealed-chinas-secret-censorship-instructions-for-its-military-parade/

Related:
Beijing closes down, while schools are told to praise Party ahead of war parade
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/shutters-09012015115321.html

娱乐节目为纪念抗战让路 中国观众表示不满 (Chinese audience unhappy that War of Resistance remembrance programs will be broadcast instead of entertainment)
Deutsche Welle, September 1, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/娱乐节目为纪念抗战让路-中国观众表示不满/a-18687766

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Rebel without a country
Foreign Policy, September 2, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/31/chinas-most-infamous-political-cartoonist-dissident-tokyo-japan-exile-rebel-pepper/

德国西藏倡议组织与藏人协会联合在中国驻德使馆前举办悼念丹增德勒仁波切活动 (Tibetan organizations hold vigil at Chinese Embassy in Berlin for Lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who died in Chinese jail)
Radio Free Asia, September 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/gr-09012015103908.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

从“口头”到“书面”——防城港市立案登记制度改革综述(From oral to written: a general narrative of the reform of Fangchenggang City’s case filing system)
Fangchenggang City News, September 1, 2015
http://www.fcgsnews.com/news/hot/2015-9-1/73326.shtml

Deadly explosions highlight China workplace dangers
Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/deadly-explosions-highlight-china-workplace-dangers-1441100168

国务院：居住证管理办法等立法力争年内完成(State Council Legislative Plan for Remainder of 2015: We will strive to ensure Management Measures for Residential Permits and other legislation will be completed by year-end)
China News, September 2, 2015
http://news.china.com/domestic/945/20150902/20320824.html

UN Ambassador Power highlights plight of women prisoners
Voice of America, September 1, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/ambassador-power-highlights-plight-women-prisoners/2941850.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese iPhone users hit by “KeyRaider” malware
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 1, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34114487

Quantum computing and Alibaba’s leap of faith
ChinaFile, September 1, 2015
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/caixin-media/quantum-computing-and-alibabas-leap-faith

美国准备对中国黑客实施制裁 (U.S. to sanction Chinese hackers)
Financial Times, September 1, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001063761

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy activists arrested for obstructing Mong Kok clearance have summons discharged
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1854490/occupy-activists-arrested-obstructing-mong-kok-clearance

HKU alumni vote overwhelmingly to remove CY Leung as chancellor
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/02/hku-alumni-vote-overwhelmingly-to-remove-cy-leung-as-chancellor/

Related:
港大毕业生议会通过动议：要校委会30日内任命副校 取消特首兼任校监 (HKU alumni association passes motion: Council to appoint pro-vice chancellor within 30 days, Chief Executive shall not be the chancellor of the university)
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/14f8cd80339a94a/gang-da-bi-ye-sheng-yi-hui-tong-guo-dong-yi-yao-xiao-wei-hui-30-nei-ren-ming-fu-xiao-qu-xiao-te-shou-jian-ren-xiao-jian

Leader of Hong Kong democracy protests Joshua Wong to face trial
The Guardian, September 2, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/leader-of-hong-kong-democracy-protests-joshua-wong-to-face-trial

Only three pan-dems invited to Beijing military parade
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/02/only-three-pan-dems-invited-to-beijing-military-parade/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Explosions in China: The links between Party rule and business corruption.
The Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/explosions-in-china-1441150618

大阅兵与大管制 (The massive parade and its massive restrictions)
Financial Times, September 2, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001063763

依宪执政五人谈: 依宪治国离不开律师 (A five-person discussion: ruling the country according to the constitution cannot be done without the lawyers)
Yanhuang Chunqiu, September 2, 2015
http://www.yhcqw.com/html/tg/2015/89/158921443HGB6K9915E891DHDD22IGHAB_3.html

保护举报人法律要更给力(The law needs to better protect whistleblowers)
Legal Daily, September 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150902/Articel07004GN.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Lawyer Who Advised Churches in China Faces Secretive Detention
The New York Times, September 1, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/world/asia/china-lawyer-churches-zhang-kai.html

Related:
The work of lawyer Zhang Kai: “I have God as my backer”
China Change, August 31, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/08/31/the-work-of-lawyer-zhang-kai-i-have-god-as-my-backer/

失踪北京律师在温州“监居” 外界担心酷刑 (Disappeared Beijing lawyer under “residential surveillance” in Wenzhou, raises concern over possibility of torture)
Voice of America, September 1, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-china-lawyer-20150831/2939079.html

人权组织呼吁立即释放财经记者王晓璐 (Human rights organizations urge for immediate release of Caijing reporter Wang Xiaolu)
Voice of America, September 1, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/human-rights-group-china-20150831/2939802.html