Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

In China, one former reporter’s journey from journalism to law
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1904348/china-one-former-reporters-journey-journalism-law

Clear explanation needed on missing Hong Kong booksellers before case causes political damage
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1904403/clear-explanation-needed-missing-hong-kong-booksellers-case

I want you to understand the sense of fear that Chinese people feel every day
The Guardian, January 22, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/22/i-want-you-to-understand-the-sense-of-fear-that-chinese-people-feel-every-day

Related:
Unreleased scene from Hooligan Sparrow visualizes filmmaker's fear—video
The Guardian, January 22, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/jan/22/unreleased-scene-from-hooligan-sparrow-visualises-filmmakers-fear-video

Beijing’s war on rights lawyers and activists continues
Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/01/23/beijings-war-on-rights-lawyers-and-activists-continues/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China pushes inferno documentary into purgatory
Hong Kong Free Press, January 22, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/22/china-pushes-inferno-documentary-into-purgatory/

Pro-China posts spam Taiwan President-elect Tsai's Facebook
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 21, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35368930

Impose sanctions on Chinese state media say Reporters Without Borders
Hong Kong Free Press, January 21, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/21/impose-sanctions-on-chinese-state-media-say-reporters-without-borders/

Related:
RSF reiterates call for EU sanctions against CCTV and Xinhua
Reporters Without Borders, January 21, 2016
https://en.rsf.org/china-rsf-reiterates-call-for-eu-21-01-2016,48752.html

外交部：无国界记者一直对华恶意诋毁　不值一驳 (Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Reporters Without Borders has always intentionally vilified China, not worth refuting)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 22, 2016
http://gbcode.rthk.org.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1237601-20160122.htm

Six online shows popular with young people disappear from video websites
Caixin, January 21, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-01-21/100902223.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activist in China’s troubled Xinjiang region is handed 19 years in jail
Time, January
http://time.com/4189878/china-xinjiang-jail-zhang-haitao-uighur/

Charity workers in China say NGOs being “pulled out by the roots”
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1903724/charity-workers-china-say-ngos-being-pulled-out-roots

Chinese rights activist disappears during journey to seek political asylum
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-rights-activist-disappears-during-journey-to-seek-political-asylum-01212016165402.html

遭强拆七旬老太美领馆外放鞭炮诉冤 以“寻衅滋事”被起诉 (Woman in her 70s who set off firecrackers outside American Embassy to petition forced demolition is charged with “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-01212016093823.html

China law could trigger NGO exodus
中国法律或导致境外非政府组织大出逃
Voice of America, January 21, 2016
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/china-law-could-trigger-ngo-exodus/3155724.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-china-ngos-20160121/3157212.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, September 17, 2016
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)

Glory days of Chinese steel leave behind abandoned mills and broken lives
The Guardian, January 22, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/chinese-steel-production-abandoned-mills-broken-lives

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Xi Jinping’s global cyber vision
The Diplomat, January 20, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/xi-jinpings-global-cyber-vision-for-the-future/

Hong Kong (香港)

英媒：中国“绑架”公民 欧盟不能坐视不理 (British media: EU cannot sit idly by as China "kidnaps" its citizens)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 21, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2016/01/160121_press_review

【上完CNN】《環時》社評斥《十年》苦肉計威逼大陸：帶給香港害處大過好處 (After CNN features HK movie “Ten Years,” Global Times accuses film as being “self-injury ploy” to threaten China, which will do more harm than good)
Apple Daily, January 22, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/enews/realtime/20160122/54675506

Hong Kong University class boycott continues amid anger over interference
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1903625/hong-kong-university-class-boycott-continues-amid-anger-over

Hong Kong slips one place in democracy rankings, as mainland rises
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1903613/hong-kong-slips-one-place-democracy-rankings-mainland-rises

For Hong Kong democrats, a deeper resonance in Taiwan's orderly election (+video)
Christian Science Monitor, January 21, 2016
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2016/0121/For-Hong-Kong-democrats-a-deeper-resonance-in-Taiwan-s-orderly-election-video

Hong Kong government under growing pressure to stall copyright bill as time runs short for key discussions
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1903720/hong-kong-government-under-growing-pressure-stall-copyright

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

China finally centralizes its space, cyber, information forces
The Diplomat, January 20, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/china-finally-its-centralizes-space-cyber-information-forces/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong is no longer important: Missing booksellers case proves we have become insignificant in Beijing’s eyes
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1903692/hong-kong-no-longer-important-missing-booksellers-case

China uses foreigners’ televised confessions to serve its own ends
The New York Times, January 22, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/world/asia/china-confession-cctv.html

Visualizing China’s anti-corruption campaign
ChinaFile, January 21, 2016
https://www.chinafile.com/multimedia/infographics/visualizing-chinas-anti-corruption-campaign

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Detained Swedish NGO worker Peter Dahlin’s colleague refutes accusation that his group endangered China’s security
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1903454/detained-swedish-ngo-worker-peter-dahlins-colleague

Treatment of foreigners in China a “worrying trend,” E.U. envoy says
外国人在华遭遇引发欧盟关切
The New York Times, January 21, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/world/asia/china-eu-schweisgut.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160121/c21euchina/

Access to Information (信息公开)

中纪委驻教育部纪检组长:加强监督高校教师传播不当言论 (Head of the Discipline Inspection Commission based inside MOE: Increase supervision and inspection of university professors who disseminate “unsuitable” views)
China Court, January 21, 2016
http://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2016/01/id/1797352.shtml

Fresh doubts raised over reliability of China’s latest GDP figures
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1903425/fresh-doubts-raised-over-reliability-chinas-latest-gdp-figures

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

New controls on Tibetan language study in Qinghai's Pema County
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/controls-01202016160851.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese jailers abuse Uyghur inmate for not speaking Mandarin
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/chinese-jailers-abuse-uyghur-inmate-for-not-speaking-mandarin-01202016171741.html

Where Is Wang Qishan as brokers become corruption targets?
Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/01/18/where-is-wang-qishan-as-brokers-become-corruption-targets/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Facebook makes an app that can bypass China's censors
CNN, January 20, 2016
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/20/technology/facebook-android-tor/index.html

China is blocking circumvention tools with help of cloud service providers
Global Voices, January 20, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/01/20/china-is-blocking-circumvention-tools-with-help-of-cloud-service-providers/

Sina Weibo ends 140-character limit ahead of Twitter
British Broadcasting Corporation,
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35361157

Hong Kong (香港)

Timeline: Hong Kong’s missing booksellers and what has happened so far
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1903405/timeline-hong-kongs-missing-booksellers-and-what-has

Related:
【書店5人失蹤】《前哨》員工東莞探親曾遭帶走問機密　總編輯：我未驚過，行得正，企得正 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] “Frontline” staffer interrogated during visit home to Dongguan, Chief Editor says, “I’m not afraid. I’ve done nothing wrong”)
Mingpao, January 21, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160121/s00001/1453359914514

Serving Hong Kong police officers hit out at missing booksellers investigation
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1903505/serving-hong-kong-police-officers-hit-out-missing

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Europe must not let China act with impunity
Financial Times, January 20, 2016
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/136282aa-bf70-11e5-846f-79b0e3d20eaf.html#axzz3xu0fQyor

Truth, lies and “confession” tape: Why HK must resist Communist Party obfuscation
Hong Kong Free Press, January 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/20/truth-lies-and-confession-tape-why-hk-must-resist-communist-party-obfuscation/

Beijing’s televised confessions
China File, January 21, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/beijings-televised-confessions

大家谈中国：“零败诉”中国的举世悲哀 (Talk about China: Trend of Chinese local governments “never losing a lawsuit” a woe for all the world)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 20, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/comments_on_china/2016/01/160120_coc_china_government_zero-lost

How will mainland China respond to Taiwan’s elections?
The Diplomat, January 21, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/how-will-mainland-china-respond-to-taiwans-elections/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Swedish activist Peter Dahlin paraded on China state TV for “scripted confession”
The Guardian, January 20, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/20/swedish-activist-peter-dahlin-paraded-on-china-state-tv-for-scripted-confession

Related:
中国官媒未审先判：瑞典嫌犯“危害国家安全”被抓 (Chinese state media’s verdict without trial: Swedish suspect arrested for “endangering national security”)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/jz-01192016105327.html

Police smashes illegal organization jeopardizing China's national security
我国执法部门破获一起危害国家安全案件　彼得等犯罪嫌疑人被依法采取刑事强制措施
Xinhua, January 19, 2016
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/19/c_135025088.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2016-01/19/c_1117827737.htm

[视频] 中国执法部门破获一起危害国家安全案件 ([Video] Chinese police uncover illegal organization jeopardizing China's national security)
CCTV, January 20, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z-gP7GReBQ

Treatment of foreigners in China a “worrying trend,” E.U. envoy says
The New York Times, January 19, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/world/asia/china-eu-schweisgut.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China's growth data—can you trust it?
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 19, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35341869

铜锣湾书店事件疑虑未消 广电总局宣布扶植千家实体书店 (Misgivings about Causeway Bay bookstore incident hardly over, China’s media regulatory agency announces it will subsidize 1,000 bookstores)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl2-01192016103909.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibet: Village surveillance, grassland degradation, and living Buddha registration
China Digital Times, January 19, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/no-end-to-tibet-surveillance-program/

Taking China’s fight against AIDS online
The Diplomat, January 17, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/taking-chinas-fight-against-aids-online/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Taiwan-based “clean-handed rising star” suddenly falls under China’s anti-graft probe after being tipped for higher office
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1903294/taiwan-based-clean-handed-rising-star-suddenly-falls

China to prosecute two former top officials for corruption, including head of Shanghai’s free-trade zone
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1902836/china-prosecute-two-former-top-officials-corruption

China jails former party chief of Xinjiang's capital for graft
Reuters, January 19, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-xinjiang-idUSKCN0UY092

Hong Kong (香港)

China accounts for two missing booksellers amid calls for further probes in Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/booksellers-01192016124739.html

Related:
失踪逾3月泰国声称在查桂民海为何无出境纪录 (Gui Minhai missing for over 3 months, Thai authorities claim they are investigating why there is no record of him leaving the country)
Radio France Internationale, January 20, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160120-失踪逾3月泰国声称在查桂民海为何无出境纪录

Hong Kong politicians urge mainland Chinese authorities to “stop keeping everyone in dark” about missing Causeway Bay booksellers
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1903275/hong-kong-politicians-urge-mainland-chinese-authorities

EU, UK, Sweden urge China to disclose information about Hong Kong missing publishers
Hong Kong Free Press, January 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/20/eu-sweden-urge-china-to-disclose-information-about-hong-kong-missing-publishers/

HKU students to boycott class to demand reform of Council’s structure
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/19/hku-students-to-boycott-class-to-demand-reform-of-councils-structure/

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

China fears grow among U.S. businesses
Financial Times, January 20, 2016
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/de8761f4-bf38-11e5-9fdb-87b8d15baec2.html#axzz3xnk7sjWx

Related:
Smog, censorship, antiforeign sentiment: U.S. firms’ China woes
The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/01/20/smog-censorship-antiforeign-sentiment-u-s-firms-china-woes/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Who believes China’s narrative on Hong Kong’s missing bookseller mystery?
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1902805/who-believes-chinas-narrative-hong-kongs-missing-bookseller

Lee Bo’s case highlights grey areas in Hong Kong’s Basic Law on cross-border criminal investigations
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1902834/lee-bos-case-highlights-grey-areas-hong-kongs-basic-law

Q. and A.: Bei Ling on the missing Hong Kong booksellers
The New York Times, January 20, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/world/asia/hong-kong-missing-booksellers.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

European, U.S. and Australian lawyers call for China to end rights crackdown
The Guardian, January 18, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/18/european-us-and-australian-lawyers-call-for-china-to-end-rights-crackdown

Related:
China must end its intimidation and detention of human rights lawyers
The Guardian, January 18, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/18/china-must-end-its-intimidation-and-detention-of-human-rights-lawyers

Mass crackdown on Chinese lawyers and defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, January 15, 2016
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

维权律师袁裕来赴台观大选被禁出境 斥当局做法背离依法治国 (Zhejiang Rights lawyer Yuan Yulai, prohibited from leaving mainland to observe Taiwan election, condemns authorities for violating pledge to “rule country by law”)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-01152016101302.html

Members of petitioners group “Rose China” detained
ChinaChange, January 18, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/01/18/members-of-petitioners-group-rose-china-detained/

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国官媒强调台湾大选变天并非因为两岸关系 (Chinese state media stresses that changes in Taiwan’s political landscape following the presidential election are not caused by cross-strait relationship)
Radio France Internationale, January 18, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160118-中国官媒强调台湾大选变天并非因为两岸关系

国际记者联合会关注中国记者最新受迫害事件 (International Federation of Journalists expresses concern about China’s latest repression of journalists)
Voice of America, January 18, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-ifj-concerns-on-recent-situations-of-journalist-20160118/3151111.html

False emissions reporting undermines China's pollution fight
Reuters, January 17, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-power-emissions-idUSKCN0UV0XS

China's health forum scandal and public mistrust
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35340394

法资书店禁书寒风中独市卖中国政治书 (French owned bookstore remains the only seller of Chinese political titles during “banned books chill”)
Radio France Internationale, January 15, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160115-法资书店禁书寒风中独市卖中国政治书

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

北京街头市民谈台湾大选议民主 (Citizens in Beijing publicly discuss Taiwan presidential election and democracy)
Voice of America, January 17, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/beijing-taiwan-reaction-20160116/3148922.html

China hands life jail term to petitioner after protest, scuffle
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/jail-01152016121538.html

NGOs complain to gov't about “false” medical ads on Baidu forums
Caixin, January 15, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-01-15/100900013.html

China publishes “verified living Buddha” list
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-35342497

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Taiwan’s first female president Tsai Ing-wen warns China after landslide victory
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1901895/taiwans-first-female-president-tsai-ing-wen-warns-china

Related:
After vote, China tells Taiwan to abandon independence "hallucination"
Reuters, January 17, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-election-idUSKCN0UV02I

Indebted Chinese companies increase pressures on government
The New York Times, January 18, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/18/business/dealbook/indebted-chinese-companies-increase-pressures-on-government.html

China has done more about pollution than you think (but it must do more)
The Diplomat, January 17, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/china-has-done-more-about-pollution-than-you-think-but-it-must-do-more/

China to give illegally born children access to social welfare
The Telegraph, January 15, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12101342/China-to-give-illegally-born-children-access-to-social-welfare.html

Calls to improve China’s work safety go unheeded in 2015
China Labor Bulletin, January 18, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/calls-improve-china%E2%80%99s-work-safety-go-unheeded-2015

China charges dozen officials over deadly Shenzhen landslide
深圳滑坡事件十余官员被起诉
The New York Times, January 19, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/world/asia/china-shenzhen-landslide-charges.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160119/c19shenzhen/

China’s search for dissidents has now expanded to foreign countries
Time, January 19, 2016
http://time.com/4184324/gui-minhai-dissident-search/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国大陆网友对蔡英文当选的讨论被赶到了微信里 (Mainland Chinese netizens’ discussion of Tsai Ing-wen’s election forced to go on Weixin)
Radio France Internationale, January 17, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160117-中国大陆网友对蔡英文当选的讨论被赶到了微信里

Why Google quit China—and why it’s heading back
The Atlantic, January 19, 2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/why-google-quit-china-and-why-its-heading-back/424482/

Hong Kong (香港)

Leung’s Policy Address: 48 Kowtows to Beijing whilst ignoring Hongkongers
Hong Kong Free Press, January 18, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/18/leungs-policy-address-48-kowtows-to-beijing-whilst-ignoring-hongkongers/

失踪香港书店老板惊现央视 北京被指欲盖弥彰 (Missing HK bookshop owner suddenly appears on CCTV, Beijing is criticized as “the one who excuses himself accuses himself”)
Radio France Internationale, January 18, 2016
中国/20160118-失踪香港书店老板惊现央视-北京被指欲盖弥彰

Related:
Missing Hong Kong publisher Gui Minhai paraded on China TV
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35338484

Daughter of Hong Kong bookseller dismisses China state TV “confession”
The Guardian, January 18, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/18/daughter-of-hong-kong-bookseller-dismisses-china-state-tv-confession

Causeway Bay bookseller’s changing undershirt prompts questions online about his appearance on state television
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1902731/causeway-bay-booksellers-changing-undershirt-prompts

Seven banned books: Published in Hong Kong, censored in China
Hong Kong Free Press, January 17, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/17/seven-banned-books-published-in-hong-kong-censored-in-china/

Chinese police confirm missing bookseller Lee Bo is in mainland, 17 days after HK enquiry
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/19/breaking-chinese-police-confirm-missing-bookseller-lee-bo-is-in-mainland-17-days-after-hk-enquiry/

Related:
【書店5人失蹤】程翔：李波離境方式違一國兩制　指家書必經審校排演 (Journalist Ching Cheong on disappearance of 5 booksellers: Circumstances of Lee Bo crossing the border violates One Country Two Systems, his letter home must have been edited and practiced)
Mingpao, January 19, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160119/s00001/1453169574383

Taiwan elections “unlikely to affect Hong Kong-mainland relations”
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1901871/taiwan-elections-unlikely-affect-hong-kong-mainland

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

北京清大网站遭伊斯兰国组织黑客攻击 (Tsinghua University’s website attacked by ISIS hackers)
Radio France Internationale, January 18, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160118-北京清大网站遭伊斯兰国组织黑客攻击

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Why the elections in Taiwan matter so much – for Beijing, the region and the U.S.
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1901300/why-elections-taiwan-matter-so-much-beijing-region-and-us

Can old news shed light on the Gui Minhai case?
Medium, January 18, 2016
https://medium.com/china-media-project/can-old-news-shed-light-on-the-gui-minhai-case-a969ea091759#.r5p7kjl5y

Case of Hong Kong bookseller’s disappearance may well drag on
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1902217/case-hong-kong-booksellers-disappearance-may-well-drag

Now you know the terror
China Change, January 17, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/01/17/now-you-know-the-terror/

The dilemma facing rights lawyers in China
Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dilemma-facing-rights-lawyers-in-china-1453137609

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Two more Fengrui detainees formally arrested for subversion
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fengrui-01142016160612.html

Related:
China's pursuit of rights lawyers signals aggressive push against “subversion”
The Guardian, January 14, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/14/chinas-pursuit-of-human-rights-lawyers-signals-aggressive-push-against-subversion

China tells U.S. not to interfere after call for release of rights lawyers
Channel NewsAsia, January 14, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-tells-us-not-to-int/2425698.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: No unauthorized reporting on charged rights lawyers
China Digital Times, January 14, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/minitrue-no-unauthorized-reporting-on-charged-rights-lawyers/

Chinese blogger demands answers over “missing” millions in fund to help “left-behind children” from poor families
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1901093/chinese-blogger-demands-answers-over-missing-millions-fund-help

Beijing police have thousands of Internet monitoring volunteers
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/volunteers-01142016151959.html

Related:
北京高调招募3000网警志愿者 国保大队设“网上斗争室” (Beijing recruits 3000 volunteer internet troops, National Security team to set up “internet combat room”)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl1-01142016101258.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetan language made equal with Chinese in county in China's Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/equal-01132016145116.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Chinese citizens are boycotting search engine Baidu—and praying for Google to come back
Quartz, January 14, 2016
http://qz.com/593120/chinese-citizens-are-boycotting-search-engine-baidu-and-praying-for-google-to-come-back/

人权观察：北京对维权律师的打压前所未有 (Human Rights Watch: Beijing’s crackdown on rights lawyers is unprecedented)
Radio France Internationale, January 14, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160114-人权观察：北京对维权律师的打压前所未有

Related:
China: Subversion charges target lawyers Arrests reflect Xi Jinping’s broader repression of rights activism
Human Rights Watch, January 14, 2016
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/01/14/china-subversion-charges-target-lawyers

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Communist Party graft-busters to widen political watch in 2016
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1901224/chinas-communist-party-graft-busters-widen-political

Related:
中紀委：中國不是結構性腐敗 (CPC Disciplinary Committee: China is not structurally corrupt)
Mingpao, January 15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160115/s00002/1452830076813

China party to target key officials in graft fight: Xinhua
Reuters, January 14, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0UT043

Beijing says corruption suspect “persuaded” to return from UK to China
The Telegraph, January 14, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12098865/Beijing-says-corruption-suspect-persuaded-to-return-from-UK-to-China.html

Report: China’s 1 percent owns 1/3 of wealth
报告称中国最富1%家庭拥有全国1/3财产
The Diplomat, January 15, 2016
EN: http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/report-chinas-1-percent-owns-13-of-wealth/
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001065766

Hong Kong (香港)

梁振英：不排除退出酷刑协议民间组织：漠视人权兼枉作小人 (CY Leung says gov’t may quit UN Convention Against Torture, NGOs criticize him for neglecting human rights and playing the villain in ignorance)
Radio France Internationale, January 14, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160114-梁振英：不排除退出酷刑协议民间组织：漠视人权兼枉作小人

【港大生擬罷課】馬斐森：學生有權表達意見 不會處分 [Vice chancellor Mathieson on HKU students’ organizing strike: Students have the right to express opinions, will not be punished]
Mingpao, January 15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160115/s00001/1452834836569

New owner of Causeway Bay banned bookstore “eyes customer list”, report says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/14/new-owner-of-causeway-bay-banned-bookstore-eyes-customer-list-report-says/

Book on Chinese president pulled as fears grow for missing Hong Kong publishers
The Guardian, January 14, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/14/xi-jinpings-nightmare-book-china-pulled-missing-hong-kong-publishers

“I would be a bad guy if I did not ask”: lawmakers press CY on missing bookseller at Q&A
Hong Kong Free Press, January 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/14/i-would-be-a-bad-guy-if-i-did-not-ask-lawmakers-press-cy-on-missing-bookseller-at-qa/

Related:
【書店5人失蹤】律師會會長熊運信促政府交代李波「人在哪裡」 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] Law Society chair Stephen Hung urges HK government to address the whereabouts of Lee Bo)
Mingpao, January 15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160115/s00001/1452822694069

Two-systems failure: China’s promise of autonomy for Hong Kong is ringing hollow
The Economist, January 14, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21688423-chinas-promise-autonomy-hong-kong-ringing-hollow-two-systems-failure

Access to Justice (司法公正)

美国呼吁中国释放周世锋、王宇、李和平等律师 (U.S. calls on China to release lawyers Zhou Shifeng, Wang Yu, Li Heping, among others)
Voice of America, January 14, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-concerns-china-lawyers-20160113/3144702.html

Related:
Chinese rights advocates Wang Yu, Bao Longjun formally arrested on subversion charges
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1900993/chinese-rights-advocates-wang-yu-and-bao-longjun

"The smog is thick and the night dark”: China charges seven human rights lawyers with subversion
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1900498/smog-thick-and-night-dark-china-charges-seven-human

“维权律师的行动能力让中共恐惧” (“Rights lawyers’ action power threatens CPC”)
Raido France Internationale, January 13, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160113-“维权律师的行动能力让中共恐惧”

Lawyer Wang Yu, held since “Black Friday,” charged
China Digital Times, January 13, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/lawyer-wang-yu-and-husband-held-since-black-friday-charged/

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, January 13, 2016
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

Access to Information (信息公开)

Bad boy, Baidu: Communist Party paper criticizes Chinese internet giant over chat room management
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1901003/bad-boy-baidu-communist-party-paper-criticises-chinese

China is planning a publication that’s digital only and in English—and state-controlled
Quartz, January 13, 2016
http://qz.com/591900/china-is-planning-a-publication-thats-digital-only-and-in-english-and-state-controlled/

The porn trial that’s captivating China’s Internet
The Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/01/12/the-porn-trial-thats-captivating-chinas-internet/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's feminists hail expected election of Taiwan's Tsai
Reuters, January 13, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-women-idUSKCN0UR0YM20160113

Nanjing taxi drivers take strike into its fourth day
Caixin, January 12, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-01-12/100898579.html

China accused of denying Swedish embassy access to detained activist
The Guardian, January 13, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/13/china-accused-of-denying-swedish-embassy-access-to-detained-activist

Related:
Arrest of Swedish rights worker raises questions about the future of foreign NGOs in China
Washington Post, January 13, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/13/arrest-of-swedish-rights-worker-raises-questions-about-the-future-of-foreign-ngos-in-china/

艾未未：乐高决定是“言论自由的胜利” (Ai Weiwei: Lego’s decision is a “victory for freedom of expression”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/01/160114_china_aiweiwei_lego_response

Government Accountability (政府问责)

【書店5人失蹤】台灣陸委會：很難想像民主地方發生這種事　絕不容忍在台發生 (Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council on disappearance of 5 HK booksellers: Hard to imagine this to happen in a democratic place, would not be allowed to happen in Taiwan)
Mingpao, January 14, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160114/s00001/1452737776385

Museum gives fallen Chinese leaders a new trial in the court of public opinion
The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/01/13/museum-gives-fallen-chinese-leaders-a-new-trial-in-the-court-of-public-opinion/

Victim of Tianjin chemical blast to sue Chinese government over lack of compensation
The Independent, January 12, 2016
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/victim-of-tianjin-chemical-blast-to-sue-chinese-government-over-lack-of-compensation-a6806556.html

Former Public Security Vice-Chief jailed
China Digital Times, January 12, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/189938/

Six suspects still at large after Shenzhen landslide
Hong Kong Free Press, January 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/13/six-suspects-still-at-large-after-shenzhen-landslide/

President Xi Jinping pledges to revamp China’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1900500/president-xi-jinping-pledges-revamp-chinas-sweeping

China makes more military reforms, sets up graft busting unit
Reuters, January 11, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/china-military-idUSKCN0UQ0CL20160112

Hong Kong (香港)

The law school stands its ground as HK’s democracy icons debate the city’s future
Hong Kong Free Press, January 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/13/the-law-school-stands-its-ground-as-hks-democracy-icons-debate-the-citys-future/

【施政報告】提「一帶一路」40次　田北俊：李波一次都唔提，唔關心一國兩制架？ ([Policy address] Lawmaker James Tien on CY Leung’s mentioning of “One Belt One Road” 40 times: Not even a mentioning about Lee Bo, is One Country Two Systems not a concern?)
Mingpao, January 13, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160113/s00001/1452675642568

Related:
Hong Kong Legco president urges Beijing to reassure “one country, two systems” still intact in wake of missing bookseller case
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1900497/hong-kong-legco-president-urges-beijing-reassure-one-country

Pro-Beijing lawmaker calls on Hong Kong chief executive to demand answers from mainland China over missing booksellers
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1901113/pro-beijing-lawmaker-calls-hong-kong-chief-executive-demand

Page One bookstore pulls sensitive titles from shelves but says memo to staff was a hoax
Hong Kong Free Press, January 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/13/page-one-bookstore-pulls-sensitive-titles-from-shelves-but-says-memo-to-staff-was-a-hoax/

Publisher suspends launch of dissident’s new book on Xi Jinping due to “fear and pressure”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 12, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/12/publisher-suspends-launch-of-dissidents-new-book-on-xi-jinping-due-to-fear-and-pressure/

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

新疆将起草“反宗教极端主义”法规 (Xinjiang to draft “anti-religious extremism” laws)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/01/160114_china_xinjiang_anti-extremism_statute

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

A letter to the People’s Daily on China Labor Bulletin’s work with labor activists in China
China Labor Bulletin, January 12, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/letter-people%E2%80%99s-daily-china-labour-bulletin%E2%80%99s-work-labour-activists-china

Related:
A reply to the People’s Daily report on the director of the Panyu Workers Service Centre, Zeng Feiyang
对《人民日报》关于“番禺打工族服务部”主任曾飞洋先生报道的回应
China Labor Bulletin, January 8, 2016
EN: http://www.clb.org.hk/en/sites/default/files/File/letter%20to%20Peoples%20Daily.pdf
CH: http://www.clb.org.hk/en/sites/default/files/File/CLB对人民日报报道的回应.pdf

“工运之星”曾飞洋被抓：打着公益幌子敛财谋色 (“Star of labor activists” Zeng Feiyang taken away: In the guise of charity, a cheat for money and sex)
People’s Daily, December 22, 2015
http://app.peopleyuqing.com/detail/index/itemId/1458714752025600_cms_1458714752025600

Given concerns over missing bookseller Lee Bo, it’s vital for all sides to respect Hong Kong’s Basic Law or confidence will crumble
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1900071/given-concerns-over-missing-bookseller-lee-bo-its-vital-all

Access to Justice (司法公正)

至少7名维权律师被中国当局正式逮捕 (At least 7 rights lawyers are formally arrested by Chinese authorities)
Deutsche Welle, January 12, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/至少7名维权律师被中国当局正式逮捕/a-18972806

Related:
Wife of Chinese human rights lawyer missing for six months tells of despair
The Guardian, January 11, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/11/wife-of-chinese-human-rights-lawyer-missing-for-six-months-tells-of-despair

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China police arrest activists in campaign against labor unrest
The Financial Times, January 11, 2016
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7ae19510-b85e-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

回顾：习近平在中央纪委历次全会上的重要讲话 (Review: Xi Jinping’s speeches in the plenary sessions of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection)
People’s Daily, January 12, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0112/c1001-28042083.html

Related:
反腐越深入 群众越拥戴（前沿观察） (The deeper the anti-graft probe, the more public support it receives (Frontline Observations))
People’s Daily, January 12, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0112/c1001-28039613.html

“Be politically sensible”: President Xi Jinping’s advice to new leaders of Chinese military
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1899996/be-politically-sensible-president-xi-jinpings-advice

Chinese inspectors on political mission to test cadres on how well they toe the Communist Party line
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1899998/chinese-inspectors-political-mission-test-cadres-how

Officials demolish ethnic Mongolian herders' homes amid “upgrade” plan
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/demolish-01112016133456.html

Former China deputy security minister sentenced to 15 years jail: State TV
Channel NewsAsia, January 12, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/former-china-deputy/2417784.html

Hong Kong (香港)

China's wall of silence over missing Hong Kong booksellers
The Telegraph, January 11, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12092141/In-a-China-a-wall-of-silence-in-China-over-missing-Hong-Kong-booksellers.html

Related:
李波「强迫失踪」事态国际化英美港人示威 (Lee Bo’s “forcible disappearance” internationalized, Hongkongers residing in Britain and U.S. march in protest)
Radio France Internationale, January 11, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160111-李波「强迫失踪」事态国际化英美港人示威

Missing bookseller’s wife’s column in pro-Beijing newspaper suspended
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/11/missing-booksellers-wifes-column-in-pro-beijing-newspaper-suspended/

律政司：港不容非法拘捕 首席大法官：无人可凌驾法律 (Department of Justice: Hong Kong does not allow illegal arrest; Chief Justice: No one is above the law)
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/152337bf78acf44/lv-zheng-si-gang-bu-rong-fei-fa-ju-bu-shou-xi-da-fa-guan-wu-ren-ke-ling-jia-fa-lv

“One Country Two Systems” under threat says former Chief Secretary
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/11/one-country-two-systems-under-threat-says-former-chief-secretary/

Hong Kong “Umbrella Soldiers” visit boisterous Taiwan to see democracy at work
Reuters, January 11, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-hongkong-idUSKCN0UP2BP20160111

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong is right to worry about the disappearance of bookseller Lee Bo and his associates
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1900000/hong-kong-right-worry-about-disappearance-bookseller-lee-bo

Hong Kong: An attack on the “One Country, Two Systems” principle
The Diplomat, January 11, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/hong-kong-an-attack-on-the-one-country-two-systems-principle/

“Then they came for the bookseller” by Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Los Angeles Review of Books, January 9, 2016
https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/then-they-came-for-the-bookseller/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Prominent dissident makes a criminal complaint against three judges in Guangdong
China Change, January 8, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/01/08/prominent-dissident-makes-a-criminal-complaint-against-three-judges-in-guangdong/

China jails tortured rights lawyer for six months amid protests
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-jails-tortured-rights-lawyer-for-six-months-amid-protests-01082016101746.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

上海加强管控媒体 令避人事变动等政治敏感议题 (Shanghai to tighten media control, issues order to avoid sensitive political topics such as personnel changes)
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1522ee650d9b91a/shang-hai-jia-qiang-guan-kong-mei-ti-ling-bi-ren-shi-bian-dong-deng-zheng-zhi-min-gan-yi-ti

国新办就全面二孩及计生管理情况举行发布会 (State Council Info Office holds press conference on comprehensive two-child policy and birth control management)
Sina News, January 11, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2016-01-11/doc-ifxnkkuy7874744.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Strikes and protests by China’s workers soar to record heights in 2015
China Labor Bulletin, January 7, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/strikes-and-protests-china%E2%80%99s-workers-soar-record-heights-2015

China arrests four labor activists amid crackdown on dissent, lawyers say
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1899794/china-arrests-four-labour-activists-amid-crackdown

Related:
被抓劳维人士四批捕两取保 矛头直指番禺打工族 (Among labor activists taken away, 4 arrested, 2 out on bail, attack directed at Panyu labor group)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01102016104802.html

Hotel in China bans spoken Tibetan, backs off after outcry
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-01082016163707.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese billionaire Zhou Chengjian goes missing
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 8, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35261090

China makes 5 more arrests over deadly Shenzhen landslide: Xinhua
Channel NewsAsia, January 9, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-makes-5-more/2411606.html

Chinese official who oversaw hospital demolition fired
The Washington Post, January 10, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-official-who-oversaw-hospital-demolition-fired/2016/01/10/913d35e0-b75e-11e5-8abc-d09392edc612_story.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Vanishing freedoms? Disappearance of bookseller Lee Bo raises questions about jurisdiction and rights in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1899660/vanishing-freedoms-disappearance-bookseller-lee-bo-raises

Related:
李波再报平安冀外界不要大造文章否则“怎回香港” (Lee Bo reiterates he is safe and sound, hopes public will stop making a fuss, which would affect his chances of returning to Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, January 10, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160110-李波再报平安冀外界不要大造文章否则“怎回香港”

Thousands rally to demand answers from Beijing over missing HK publishers
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/10/thousands-rally-to-demand-answers-from-beijing-over-missing-hk-publishers/

People of Hong Kong seek international support on missing bookseller
The Telegraph, January 10, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/12091571/People-of-Hong-Kong-seek-international-support-on-missing-bookseller.html

Hong Kong police reveal details of couple detained by mainland authorities after being kidnapped to China
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1899702/hong-kong-police-reveal-details-couple-detained-mainland

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

Police increase checks of Uyghur smartphone users in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/police-increase-checks-of-smartphone-users-in-xinjiang-01082016133532.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

“If anything happens…:” Meeting the now-detained human rights lawyers
China Change, January 10, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/01/10/if-anything-happens-meeting-the-now-detained-human-rights-lawyers/

中国不应视公民社会组织为威胁 (China should not see civil societies as threats)
Financial Times, January 11, 2016
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001065678

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Down but not out: six months after China crackdown, human rights lawyers strike back
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/08/down-but-not-out-six-months-after-china-crackdown-human-rights-lawyers-strike-back/

人权组织吁中国释放律师和活动人士 (Human Rights Watch urges China to release lawyers and activists)
Voice of America, January 7, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-hrw-calling-china-to-free-38-detained-lawyers-activists-20160107/3135159.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Journalist detained a year is told he's ineligible for payout
Caixin, January 7, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-01-07/100897238.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国拆十字架运动进入2016年 (China’s “cross-removal movement” enters 2016)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-01072016104423.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“Punishment better than words”: China’s top graft-buster vows no let-up in hunt for corrupt “tigers”
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1898971/punishment-better-words-chinas-top-graft-buster-vows-no

Ordinary Chinese “won't benefit” from Beijing's two-child policy
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/policy-01072016105847.html

Former Chinese steel boss expelled from Party for graft
Channel NewsAsia, January 8, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/former-chinese-steel-boss/2409342.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

A “year of innovation” for Internet controls
China Media Project, January 7, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/01/07/39575/

Hong Kong (香港)

Breaking Hong Kong law to enforce Chinese law OK, state media says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/07/breaking-hong-kong-law-to-enforce-chinese-law-ok-state-media-says/

Many in Hong Kong fear Beijing’s reach after editor and colleagues disappear
The New York Times, January 8, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/world/asia/hong-kong-lee-bo-bookseller-china.html

Related:
香港5000人拟游行抗议禁书店5人被失踪 (5,000 Hongkongers to march to protest banned booksellers’ disappearance)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-01072016105636.html

“Extremely worried” EU urges Hong Kong to investigate booksellers’ disappearance
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/08/extremely-worried-eu-urges-hong-kong-to-investigate-booksellers-disappearance/

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

China’s first counter-terror law and its implications for Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet, January 7, 2016
https://www.savetibet.org/chinas-first-counter-terror-law-and-its-implications-for-tibet/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Conspiracies, commentaries and scandal: see the banned titles in the spotlight after bookseller disappearances
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1898986/conspiracies-commentaries-and-scandal-see-banned-titles

Assessing China’s plan to build Internet power
ChinaFile, January 7, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/media/assessing-chinas-plan-build-internet-power

China’s new anti-terror law highlights tensions between national security and digital privacy
IP Watchdog, January 3, 2016
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/01/03/china-anti-terror-law/id=64396/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s first marriage equality case accepted by court
China Digital Times, January 6, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/chinas-first-marriage-equality-case-accepted-by-court/

Access to Information (信息公开)

提前出版引發轟動 (Published ahead of schedule, “One-Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment” creates a stir)
Sing Tao Daily, January 6, 2016
http://www.singtaousa.com/623060/post-提前出版引發轟動/?variant=zh-hk&fs=16

”The Zhaos”—The demarcation of a divide
China Change, January 6, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/01/06/the-zhaos-the-demarcation-of-a-divide/

Tibetan monk detained, warned over plans to publish book
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/book-01062016131742.html

The decline of independent journalism in China
The Diplomat, January 7, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/the-decline-of-independent-journalism-in-china/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国首例同性恋婚权案立案 当事人遭警察登门调查 (Plaintiff of China’s first case of right to same-sex marriage gets a visit from police at home)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/xl1-01062016101934.html

著名摄影家徐勇记载六四的摄影集《底片》首次在欧洲出版 (Famed photographer Xu Yong’s June Fourth memorial photo collection, “Negatives,” released in Europe for first time)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-01062016101707.html

山东访民强拆上访 一家三口被判刑 (Shandong family of 3 is sentenced for petitioning forced demolition)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gys-01062016145503.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Senior official from Qinghai stands trial over bribery
Xinhua, January 6, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/06/c_134984143.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

CES 2016: Netflix chief says he will follow Apple into China
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35249033

中国持续加强网络管控 (China continues to intensify Internet control)
Radio Free Asia, January 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yl-01062016102711.html

Related:
China vows to make Party's voice strongest in cyberspace
Xinhua, January 7, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/07/c_134986363.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Missing Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo’s British passport counts for little as China reasserts sovereignty
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1898450/missing-hong-kong-bookseller-lee-bos-british-passport

Related:
Britain says suspected abduction of bookseller would be “egregious breach” by China
The Guardian, January 6, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/06/hammond-accuses-china-breach-suspected-abduction-british-bookseller-hong-kong

【賣禁書被失蹤】無綫引「嫖妓論」消息 通訊局收4千投訴 ([Disappearance for selling banned books] Communications Authority receives 4000 complaints about TVB report quoting lawmaker Ng Leung-sing that the booksellers “crossed the border to seek prostitutes”)
Apple Daily, January 6, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20160106/54617423

港台多個時政節目停播 主持邵家臻：被封咪與政治有關 (Program host Mr. Siu says several RTHK political affairs programs were taken off air because of political reasons)
Apple Daily, January 6, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20160106/54616492

港人失信心 觸發BNO續領潮 (Hong Kong people’s loss of confidence touches off wave of “British National Overseas” visa renewals)
Apple Daily, January 7, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20160107/19442112

Street art urges Hong Kongers not to turn a blind eye to missing booksellers
Global Voices, January 7, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/01/07/street-art-urges-hong-kongers-not-to-turn-a-blind-eye-to-missing-booksellers/

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

Controls on Uyghur villages, mosques continue into new year
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/control-01062016160604.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Here comes the Red tide: has “One Country, Two Systems” run aground?
Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/06/here-comes-the-red-tide-has-one-country-two-systems-run-aground/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese lawyer detained, tortured in long-running “revenge” case
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-lawyer-detained-tortured-in-long-running-revenge-case-01052016100348.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

The latest codeword used to beat China's internet censors
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 5, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-35236725

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

国际特赦呼吁中国释放声援浦志强的7人 (Amnesty International calls on Chinese authorities to release 7 citizens who supported Pu Zhiqiang)
Voice of America, January 6, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-amnesty-international-on-detention-of-seven-activists-supporting-pu-zhiqiang-20160105/3132129.html

Workers speak out in support of detained labor activists in Guangdong
China Labor Bulletin, January 5, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/workers-speak-out-support-detained-labour-activists-guangdong

Why millions of Chinese are victimized by the blooming peer-to-peer lending business
Hong Kong Free Press, January 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/05/why-millions-of-chinese-are-victimized-by-the-blooming-peer-to-peer-lending-business/

Labor rights movements gaining momentum in China
Deutsche Welle, January 6, 2016
http://www.dw.com/en/labor-rights-movements-gaining-momentum-in-china/a-18959557

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Death sentences surge, even as more countries drop capital punishment
全球死刑判决增加，中国最多
The New York Times, January 6, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/world/middleeast/fewer-countries-use-death-penalty-but-death-sentences-surge.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20160106/c06death/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's Communist Party sets up smartphone channel for corruption tip-offs
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-communist-party-sets-up-smartphone-channel-for-corruption-tip-offs-01052016103546.html

Microsoft faces new scrutiny in China
The New York Times, January 6, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/business/international/microsoft-china-antitrust-inquiry.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Briton among Hong Kong publishers who vanished after “planning book on Xi Jinping's love life”
The Telegraph, January 5, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/12081920/Riddle-over-missing-Hong-Kong-publisher-deepens-after-he-writes-to-say-he-is-fine.html

【賣禁書被失蹤】港PageOne全線停售政治敏感書籍 ([Disappearance of sellers of banned books] HK PageOne bookstores pull politically sensitive titles from shelves)
Apple Daily, January 5, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20160105/54612627

Related:
Books banned in mainland China sell well in Taiwan, thanks to mainland visitors
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1898224/books-banned-mainland-china-sell-well-taiwan-thanks-mainland

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China's rights lawyers call for better treatment in 2016
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/call-01042016105912.html

Beijing “silencing” outspoken rights lawyer with restrictions on suspended jail term
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1898001/beijing-silencing-outspoken-rights-lawyer-restrictions

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: “Stabilization and control” of QQ users
China Digital Times, January 4, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/minitrue-stabilization-and-control-of-qq-users/

China’s internet users see dark humor amid stock market rout on first trading day of 2016
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1897991/chinas-internet-users-see-dark-humour-amid-stock-market-rout

How my run-in with Chinese censorship shows the country as more than a global Big Brother
The Independent, January 4, 2016
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/how-my-run-in-with-chinese-censorship-shows-the-country-as-more-than-a-global-big-brother-a6794916.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

数千e租宝投资者连日北京维权无果 外媒记者采访遭警阻挠 (Thousands of investors in online investment platform Ezubo petition in Beijing from Jan 1 to Jan 4 to no avail, foreign journalist obstructed by police from covering event)
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01042016103828.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China probes 64 state-owned firm officials
Xinhua, January 4, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/04/c_134977118.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

After mysterious disappearance, Hong Kong publisher claims he is in China “cooperating with authorities”
Washington Post, January 4, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/04/hong-kong-angry-at-china-over-booksellers-disappearance/

Related:
【書店5人失蹤】《環時》：炒作對李波本人非好事　指「綁架」「越境執法」謠言不攻自破 ([5 missing from bookstore] Global Times: Speculation does no good to Lee Bo, rumors of “kidnap” and “law enforcement across boundary” self destructs)
Mingpao, January 5, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160105/s00001/1451952426047

台湾团体呼吁官方对香港铜锣湾书局事件表态 (Taiwan group calls on government to address Hong Kong Causeway Bay Bookstore event)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/01/160104_taiwan_hk_bookstore

程翔指大陆人员来港掳人已非首遭 (Journalist Ching Cheong says mainland Chinese agents' abducting in HK is not unprecedented)
Radio France Internationale, January 5, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/政治/20160105-程翔指大陆人员来港掳人已非首遭

CY on bookseller: It is unacceptable for mainland agencies to enforce law in HK
Hong Kong Free Press, January 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/04/cy-on-bookseller-it-is-unacceptable-for-mainland-agencies-to-enforce-law-in-hk/

梁振英希望失踪人李波提供相关失踪资料 (CY Leung asks the missing Lee Bo to provide information about his own disappearance)
Radio France Internationale, January 5, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/政治/20160105-梁振英希望失踪人李波提供相关失踪资料

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

Anti-terrorism school to be set up in China’s northwest, where restive Xinjiang is located
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1897986/anti-terrorism-school-be-set-chinas-northwest-where

国际媒体关注新疆局势：“恐惧和愤怒在沸腾”(International media concerns about Xinjiang's new situation: “Fear and resentment are widespread”)
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/jz-01042016104431.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Bestsellers in Hong Kong cafe that specializes in banned books highlight the intriguing issues in mainland China
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1898012/bestsellers-hong-kong-cafe-specialises-banned-books

Exiled Chinese democracy leader on dealing with China
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 5, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35228078

One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment by Mei Fong review—a harrowing examination of social control
The Guardian, January 4, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/04/one-child-story-china-most-radical-experiment-mei-fong-review