Government Accountability (政府问责)

Proposal to expand role of China’s armed police force would strengthen Xi Jinping’s power: analysts
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1922766/proposal-expand-role-chinas-armed-police-force-would

Mind your behavior! Xi tells wealthy businessmen to “set a good example” amid criticism of China’s nouveau riche
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1922764/mind-your-behaviour-xi-tells-wealthy-businessmen-set

China’s harsh child discipline, through the lens of domestic violence
The New York Times, March 9, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/world/asia/china-corporal-punishment-education-discipline.html

The Communist Party invented Women’s Day—so why is China so bad at it now?
Quartz, March 9, 2016
http://qz.com/634671/the-communist-party-invented-womens-day-so-why-is-china-so-bad-at-it-now/

陈满蒙冤服刑23年, 拟申请国家赔偿966万 (Wrongly sentenced to 23 years, Chen Man applies for RMB 9.6m in state compensation)
The Paper, March 9 , 2016
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160309/47760705_0.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China is building a big data platform for “precrime”
Ars Technica, March 9, 2016
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/china-is-building-a-big-data-plaform-for-precrime/

Related:
China tries its hand at pre-crime
Bloomberg Businessweek, March 9, 2016
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-03/china-tries-its-hand-at-pre-crime

Hong Kong (香港)

Booksellers slipped back to mainland China after requesting Hong Kong police drop missing persons cases
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1922757/quick-turnabout-two-booksellers-hurried-back-across-border

“Riotous” protesters who stormed LegCo deserve jail time, says High Court judge
Hong Kong Free Press, March 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/09/riotous-protesters-who-stormed-legco-deserve-jail-time-says-high-court-judge/

高铁争议未结 香港机场新跑道又被指违反“一国两制” (Dispute over Express Rail Link yet to settle, proposal of a new runway in Hong Kong airport accused again for breaching “One Country Two Systems”)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl3-03092016101230.html

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

China says takes “distinctly Chinese approach” to national security
Reuters, March
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-security-idUSKCN0WB0PS

Related:
张德江：中国国家安全法以中国特色为基础 (Zhang Dejiang: China’s national security law is based upon Chinese characteristics)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/nu-03092016101831.html

China charity law to forbid activity that “endangers national security”
Channel NewsAsia, March 9, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-charity-law-to-forb/2586830.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, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

张德江:五种恐怖相关活动列入刑事追责范围 (Zhang Dejiang: Five kinds of terrorist-related activities that are included in the scope of criminal responsibility)
CCTV, March 9, 2016
http://news.163.com/16/0309/15/BHNNRNA50001124J.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

法官遇害 源於法治不彰 (Judge murdered in China: The root is the futile rule of law)
Ming Pao, March 10, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160310/s00022/1457585541270

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

慈溪警方推进天网工程建设无死角, “视频同勘”精准锁定嫌疑人 (Cixi (Zhejiang) police nail suspects with "video aided investigation," advancing construction of Skynet with no blind spots)
Legal Daily, March 5, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160305/Articel03003GN.htm

左世忠代表建议加快制定个人信息保护法, GPS信息健康信息都应纳入立法保护 (NPC Deputy Zuo Shizhong proposes fast-tracking enactment of law to protect personal information, as well as GPS and health information)
Legal Daily, March 8, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160308/Articel02005GN.htm

出台“互联网+”行政审批服务文件 (Delegate calls for normative document to increase effectiveness in “Internet Plus” administrative inspection and approval)
Legal Daily, March 7, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160306/Articel06008GN.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Renowned activist Guo Feixiong’s health deteriorates, sister calls for emergency medical parole
China Change, March 8, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/03/08/renowned-activist-guo-feixiongs-health-deteriorates-sister-calls-for-emergency-medical-parole/

Defendants “presumed guilty” in China’s courts, says top lawyer: Presumption of guilt is widespread among law enforcers and leads to torture, delegate says
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1731032/defendants-presumed-guilty-chinas-courts-says-top-lawyer

人民法院受理拐卖妇女儿童案逐年下降,去年审结此类案件853件 判处犯罪分子1362人 (Each year, people's courts are handling fewer cases of trafficking of women and children, last year 853 such cases were tried, with 1,362 persons sentenced)
Legal Daily, March 7, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2016-03/07/content_6514141.htm?node=5954

政府工作报告：把政府活动纳入法治轨道 (Government work report: bring government activities onto the rule of law track)
Legal Daily, March 7, 2016
http://finance.sina.com.cn/china/gncj/2016-03-07/doc-ifxqaffy3673831.shtml

无人机“飞进”法律真空地带, 刘庆峰代表建议将无人机监管列入民用航空法 (Drones are “flying into” legal vacuum, NPC deputy Liu Qingfeng suggests using civil aviation law to regulate drones)
Legal Daily, March 7, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160307/Articel07004GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Article denouncing censorship censored from Chinese magazine’s English website
Hong Kong Free Press, March 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/09/article-denouncing-censorship-censored-from-chinese-magazines-english-website/

Xi Jinping’s crackdown on free speech is being criticized—by advisers to China’s Communist Party
Quartz, March 8, 2016
http://qz.com/633580/advisers-to-chinas-communist-party-are-openly-criticizing-xi-jinpings-crackdown-on-free-speech/

Related:
Advisor mulls freedom of speech proposal
Global Times, March 7, 2016
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2016/0306/896057.html

Are China’s box-office numbers fudged? Regulators investigate “ghost screenings”
The Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/03/09/are-chinas-box-office-numbers-fudged-regulators-investigate-ghost-screenings/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists call for release of jailed Chinese women
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-call-for-release-of-jailed-women-03082016114921.html

Watch: A Chinese feminist’s defiant message to the government that jailed her
Washington Post, March 8, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/03/08/watch-a-chinese-feminists-defiant-message-to-the-government-that-jailed-her/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“女权无疆界”呼吁中国政府停止强制性堕胎 (Women’s Rights Without Frontiers urges Chinese government to stop forced abortions)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-03082016121223.html

Related:
三八节人权组织呼吁中国释放维权妇女 (Human rights organizations urge China to release female rights defenders on International Women’s Day)
Voice of America, March 9, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/free-women-activists-20160308/3225766.html

人民监督员成为真正外部监督力量 (People's supervisors are a genuine external supervisory force)
Legal Daily, March 7, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160306/Articel03005GN.htm

傅莹在人大四次会议首场新闻发布会上说, 民法总则草案预计六月提请审议 (Fu Ying, spokesperson for NPC's 4th plenum, at first media conference: Draft Civil Code expected to be tabled for deliberation in June)
Legal Daily, March 5, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160305/Articel02006GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

New questions emerge over HK booksellers’ detentions
China Digital Times, March 9, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/03/new-questions-emerge-hong-kong-booksellers-detentions/

Hong Kong writer detained in mainland China in 2012, interrogated about identities of those behind banned publications
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1922553/hong-kong-writer-detained-mainland-china-2012-interrogated

Student activists contempt charges to remain despite Dept. of Justice delay, High Court rules
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/08/student-activists-contempt-charges-to-remain-despite-dept-of-justice-delay-high-court-rules/

【旺角暴力衝突】監警會暫收24宗須匯報投訴　含明報記者涉被毆打　無交警向天開槍 ([Mongkok violent dispute] Independent Police Complaints Council receives 24 reportable complaints to date, including Ming Pao journalist being beaten, not including traffic police firing in the air)
Ming Pao, March 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160309/s00001/1457503424208

【兩會】王光亞指香港「出了點事」　但中央對港政策不變 ([The two sessions] Director of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office Wang Guangya says “some accidents took place” in Hong Kong, but central government’s policy to Hong Kong wouldn’t change)
Ming Pao, March 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160309/s00004/1457507173534

港大民调赞成台湾独立者创新高 (HKU poll shows new high of support for Taiwan independence)
Voice of America, March 9, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-taiwan-independence-poll-20160308/3226403.html

香港八大高校学生会 有多支持本土主义？ (How much do Hong Kong’s eight university student associations support localism?)
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/153560d14b810b3/153560d14b810b3

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

Officials from China's Xinjiang region say extremism waning
Voice of America, March 8, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/officials-from-china-xinjiang-region-say-extremism-waning/3225697.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China lets rights lawyer flee to U.S. after release
The New York Times, March 7, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/08/world/asia/lawyer-chen-taihe-flees-china.html

Related:
被拘维权律师抵美，中共是否放松打压？ (Detained rights lawyer arrived U.S., is CPC loosening up the crackdown?)
Voice of America, March 8, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/lawyer-chen-taihe-20160307/3224251.html

Chinese rights lawyer takes legal action after Hong Kong, Taiwan-published books seized
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1922433/chinese-rights-lawyer-takes-legal-action-after-hong

Earnest request to the National People’s Congress to form a Special Committee of Inquiry into the “July 9 crackdown” on lawyers
China Change, March 4, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/03/05/earnest-request-to-the-national-peoples-congress-to-form-a-special-committee-of-inquiry-into-the-july-9-crackdown-on-lawyers/

Related:
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, February 5, 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

NPC spokesperson addresses air pollution problem, says “human rights lawyers” too must respect the law
Hong Kong Free Press, March 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/05/npc-spokesperson-addresses-air-pollution-problem/

MH370 disappearance: Chinese families file lawsuits seeking answers
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 7, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35747869

Access to Information (信息公开)

China's “red princess” turned investigative journalist
Al Jazeera, March 8, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/03/china-red-princess-turned-investigative-journalist-160302101927365.html

Chinese propagandists try cartoons for Communism
Voice of America, March 4, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-propagandists-try-cartoons-for-communism/3219596.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“女权五姐妹”之李婷婷：我现在很“温和” (Li Tingting of “The Feminist Five”: I’m now so “moderate”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 8, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/03/160308_china_rights_activist_li_tingting

Feminists mark setbacks, progress after detentions [Updated]
China Digital Times, March 7, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/03/feminists-mark-setbacks-progress-year-detentions/

Related:
Before International Women’s Day, feminist five and their lawyers are called in by police
China Change, March 6, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/03/06/before-international-womens-day-feminist-five-and-their-lawyers-are-called-in-by-police/

Detained labor activist Meng Han unbowed and unrepentant
China Labor Bulletin, March 8, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/detained-labour-activist-meng-han-unbowed-and-unrepentant

The story of Hooligan Sparrow
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 7, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35742016

Sham marriages between gay men and lesbians are on the rise in China
Vice News, March 7, 2016
http://www.vice.com/read/gay-men-and-lesbians-in-china-are-getting-married-inside-the-chinese-closet

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Safety fears cause concern amid delays to China's Taishan nuclear plant
Radio Free Asia, March 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/safety-03072016114147.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国外交部被网民恳求别再出国撒钱 (Netizens implore the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs not to squander money overseas)
Radio France Internationale, March 8, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160308-中国外交部被网民恳求别再出国撒钱

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong student activists ejected from youth forum after shouting down Carrie Lam
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1922279/hong-kong-student-activists-ejected-youth-forum-after

Fear-jerker. A film abhorrent to the Communist Party has proved a hit in the territory
The Economist, March 5, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21693949-film-abhorrent-communist-party-has-proved-hit-territory-fear-jerker

Exclusive: Email reveals Lee Po feared Gui Minhai kidnapped by Chinese agents before he himself disappeared
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1922289/exclusive-email-reveals-lee-po-feared-gui-minhai-kidnapped

【七警案】律政司要求傳媒交新聞片及攝影師身分　高院拒申請 ([The seven policemen’s violence case] Department of Justice asks for media news footages and identities of the videographers, refused by the High Court)
Ming Pao, March 8, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160308/s00001/1457401252611

Character assassination? Hong Kong’s furore over simplified Chinese
“暗杀”繁体字？简体字实用 但不必进校园
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1920406/character-assassination-hong-kongs-furore-over
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15350f86507520f/an-sha-fan-ti-zi-jian-ti-zi-shi-yong-dan-bu-bi-jin-xiao-yuan

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

香港本土主义与台独：北京的两个担心 (Hong Kong localism and Taiwan independence: two worries of Beijing)
Financial Times, March 8, 2016
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001066508

Access to Information (信息公开)

China shuts down 28,000 illegal websites in national crackdown
Xinhua News, March 4, 2016
http://english.sina.com/news/2016/0304/895556.html

Related:
China to build democratic, transparent Internet governance system: draft outline
Xinhua News, March 5, 2016
http://english.sina.com/news/2016/0304/895748.html

China bans depictions of gay people on television
The Guardian, March 4, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/04/china-bans-gay-people-television-clampdown-xi-jinping-censorship

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国民间联署促人大调查抓捕事件 (Chinese civic groups jointly petition to urge NPC to investigate the mass crackdown)
Voice of America, March 6, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-lawyer-20160306/3221717.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China corruption crackdown “netted 300,000 in 2015”
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 7, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35741357

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing will not sit by and watch push for Hong Kong independence, top adviser warns
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1920882/beijing-will-not-sit-and-watch-push-hong-kong-independence

Related:
Central authority to follow Constitution, Basic Law of HK, Macao: Top legislator
Xinhua News, March 6, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016twosession/2016-03/06/content_23761020.htm

Hong Kong localist’s vote haul in by-election points to further splits in radical groups at Legco polls
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1920904/hong-kong-localists-vote-haul-election-points-further-splits

China warns Hong Kong not to politicize issues
Sina, March 6, 2016
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2016/0306/895945.html

Related:
“Street politics could tarnish Hong Kong’s image,” NPC chairman Zhang Dejiang warns
张德江对旺角骚乱感“惊讶“ 吁港不要诉诸“街头政治”
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921782/street-politics-could-tarnish-hong-kongs-image-npc-chairman
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1535035bcba363f/zhang-de-jiang-dui-wang-jiao-sao-luan-gan-jing-ya-yu-gang-bu-yao-su-zhu-jie-tou-zheng-zhi-

Chair change shows Hong Kong deputies no longer in the driving seat at National People’s Congress
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921753/chair-change-shows-hong-kong-deputies-no-longer-driving-seat

“Missing” bookseller Lui Por back in Hong Kong: government
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/04/missing-bookseller-lui-por-back-in-hong-kong-government/

Related:
Dissident poet turns sleuth to uncover disappearance of bookseller friend Gui Minhai
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1921339/dissident-poet-turns-sleuth-uncover-disappearance

University student unions to sell “banned” books in protest of detained booksellers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/07/university-student-unions-to-sell-banned-books-in-protest-of-detained-booksellers/

Absence of HK tourism from China 5-year plan “reasonable” after anti-tourist sentiment—ex-Lecgo Pres.
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/07/absence-of-hk-tourism-from-china-5-year-plan-reasonable-after-anti-tourist-sentiment/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

香港需要更多梁天琦 (Hong Kong needs more Edward Leungs)
InMedia HK, March 7, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1041091

Access to Justice (司法公正)

国务院修改66部行政法规 (State Council amends 66 administrative laws and regulations)
Legal Daily, March 2, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160302/Articel01003GN.htm

万源市首例强制医疗案开庭审理 (Wanyuan City's first compulsory medical treatment case commences trial)
Sichuan Online, February 26, 2016
http://dazhou.scol.com.cn/wys/201602/54339965.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China: Hip-hop propaganda boosts cult of Xi Jinping
Aljazeera, march 4, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/asia/2016/03/china-hip-hop-propaganda-cult-xi-jinping-160304075941203.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetan self-immolator's family “pressured” by police
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/pressured-03032016162204.html

Tibetan woman detained in Ngaba following solo protest
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protest-03032016144442.html

政协委员抵京‧两会今揭幕, 传中国军费激增两成 (CPPCC Standing Committee members arrive in Beijing: Two Congresses open today, China's military expenditure said to increase rapidly by 20%)
Nanyang Online, March 3, 2016
http://www.nanyang.com/node/750842?tid=461

千人之诺诺，不如一士之谔谔 (The yeses of a thousand people cannot match the honest opinion of a single gentleman)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, March 1, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xcjy/lsjj/201602/t20160229_75034.html

Related:
Tense start to China’s political sessions
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1920433/tense-start-chinas-political-sessions

Government Accountability (政府问责)

No one above the law, warns govt to corrupt officials
China Daily, March 4, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016twosession/2016-03/04/content_23740934.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Cyberattacks expected to rise as China-based state-linked hackers target Hong Kong organizations
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1920277/cyberattacks-expected-rise-china-based-state-linked-hackers

Hong Kong (香港)

Joshua Wong and student leaders vowed non-violence on eve of Occupy protests, court hears
Hong Kong Free Press, March 3, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/03/joshua-wong-and-student-leaders-vowed-non-violence-on-eve-of-occupy-protests-court-hears/

Hong Kong student activist “surprised” when police stopped him at Central Government Offices in 2014
闖公民廣場案 黃之鋒：跟人爬 未料警阻撓
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1920431/hong-kong-student-activist-surprised-when-police-stopped
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/tc/hk-macau-tw/15340f27a36b2e3/chuang-gong-min-guang-chang-an-huang-zhi-feng-gen-ren-pa-wei-liao-jing-zu-nao

衝公民廣場被控　黃之鋒聆訊遲到被官訓斥　周永康稱對行動前會議記憶混亂 (Accused for entering Civic Plaza: Joshua Wong late for hearing rebuked by judge, Alex Chow says memory about pre-action meeting unclear)
Ming Pao, March 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160304/s00001/1457080747879

“Umbrella soldiers” and pan-dems may join hands in upcoming elections, but localists remain skeptical
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/04/upcoming-trends-for-pan-dems/

Beyond the by-election: Hong Kong young people fuel rise of localism at city’s universities
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1920117/beyond-election-hong-kong-young-people-fuel-rise-localism

More support for separate express rail link checkpoints than a shared HK-mainland system
Hong Kong Free Press, March 3, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/03/more-support-for-xrl-separate-check-points-than-joint-hong-kong-mainland-checkpoint/

Hong Kong delivery companies scared about sending “banned books” to mainland China in wake of booksellers case
铜锣湾书店事件后 公司停禁书派递业务
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1920432/hong-kong-delivery-companies-scared-about-sending-banned
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15340bcb8211c1b/tong-luo-wan-shu-dian-shi-jian-hou-gong-si-ting-jin-shu-pai-di-ye-wu

香港铜锣湾书店总经理吕波“已从大陆返港” (Hong Kong Causeway Bay Books manager Lui Bo “has returned to Hong Kong from mainland China”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/03/160304_hk_bookstore_staff_returns

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

两会代表委员支持中国反恐立法 (Standing committee delegates to Two Congresses support China's legislation on counterterrorism)
Xinhua News, March 3, 2016
http://news.china.com/2016lh/news/11176754/20160303/21667303.html

外交部回应《反恐法》：不会影响公民合法权益 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Counter-Terrorism Law: It will not affect citizens' lawful rights and interests)
Beijing News, March 1, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160301/n439046484.shtml

火车站广场实战反恐演练, 不到一分钟解决战斗 (Train station holds live action counterterrorism exercises, combat is over in under a minute)
Peninsula Capital Times, February 26, 2016
http://www.qdxin.cn/qingdao/2016/65197.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Critics fear Beijing's sharp turn to authoritarianism
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 3, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-35714031

Access to Justice (司法公正)

”I can’t stay out of this”—Two statements on the Zhang Kai case
China Change, March 3, 3016
http://chinachange.org/2016/03/03/i-cant-stay-out-of-this-two-statements-on-the-zhang-kai-case/

Chinese activist “worse off” following transfer to prison: sister
Radio Free Asia, March 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-activist-worse-off-following-transfer-to-prison-sister-03022016111244.html

Chinese activists tell parliament: “release our lawyers now”
Radio Free Asia, March 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyers-03022016120936.html

Related:
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, February 5, 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)

中纪委机关报：官员工资、财产信息不透明，让贪官哭穷有底气 (Central Inspection Organs: Lack of transparency of officials' salary and property lends credence to their claims of poverty)
China Discipline and Inspection Newspaper, February 26, 2016
http://www.thepaper.cn/baidu.jsp?contid=1436113

The Communist Party’s strangulation of Chinese expression is now almost total
Time, March 3, 2016
http://time.com/4244317/china-media-communist-censorship/

Related:
February 20, 2016, Southern Metropolis Daily (Shenzhen) front page
China Media Project, March 2, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/03/02/39665/

中国智库调查称 98.1%网民拥护习近平的治网主张 (Chinese think tank survey says 98.1% netizens support Xi Jinping’s position on Internet governance)
Radio Free Asia, March 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-03022016104505.html

內地電視劇內容通則出台　同性戀鬼上身婚外情全被禁 (Mainland China launches general regulations for TV drama contents: homosexual love, spirit possession, extramarital affairs prohibited)
Ming Pao, March 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160303/s00004/1456992018886

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China saw a dramatic increase in wage arrears protests in run up to New Year
China Labor Bulletin, March 2, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china-saw-dramatic-increase-wage-arrears-protests-run-new-year

Two Tibetans set themselves on fire: reports
Agence France-Presse, March 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/02/two-tibetans-set-themselves-on-fire-reports/

Cyber warriors spar over Taiwan's relations with China
Reuters, March 3, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-internet-idUSKCN0W50JT

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese court upholds life sentence for top aide to Bo Xilai
薄熙来旧部吴文康二审维持无期判决
The New York Times, March 2, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/world/asia/china-bo-xilai-aide-wu-wenkang.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160302/c02china/

北京学者胡星斗： 中国应当也有能力取消城乡隔离的户籍制度 (Beijing academic Hu Xingdou: China should have the ability to abolish Hukou system that divides urban and rural areas)
Radio Free Asia, March 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jingmao/sd-03022016104338.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Booksellers’ release in “few days” after televised confessions, but return to Hong Kong uncertain
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1919989/booksellers-release-few-days-after-televised-confessions-return-hong

Police made over 1,000 Occupy-related arrests, new figures show, as lawmaker suggests harsher punishments
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/02/police-made-over-1000-occupy-related-arrests-new-figures-show-as-lawmaker-urges-harsher-punishments/

Facebook's new “angry” emoji a weapon for Hong Kong activists
USA Today, March 2, 2016
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/03/02/facebooks-new-angry-emoji-weapon-hong-kong-activists/81199680/

港大指215非牟利國際組織在港營運　部分對政治前景有隱憂 (HKU data: 215 international NGOs operate in Hong Kong, some worry about the political outlook)
Ming Pao, March 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160303/s00001/1456987913442

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

公安部：不当报道或致恐怖分子获取信息 (Ministry of Public Security: Inappropriate reporting may cause terrorists to obtain information)
China Youth Online, February 26, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160227/n438669401.shtml

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The politics of language could spill on to the streets
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/02/the-politics-of-language-could-spill-on-to-the-streets/

Heard in the hutong: What’s fueling violence against Chinese judges and doctors?
The Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/03/03/heard-in-the-hutong-whats-fueling-violence-against-chinese-judges-and-doctors/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

One year on, China's five feminists remain under tight surveillance
律师再联署敦促当局撤销女权五姐妹案
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2016
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/surveillance-03012016110929.html

CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-03012016105515.html

Related:
Supporting Women's Rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/supporting-womens-rights-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/sheng-yuan-zhong-guo-nu-quan-ren-shi

China “arrests” church pastor after cross protest
Agence France-Presse, March 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/02/china-arrests-church-pastor-after-cross-protest/

“Fair judicial system critical to stop attacks on judges”: China to boost security for court officers
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1919558/fair-judicial-system-critical-stop-attacks-judges-china

“Pull plug on China’s televised confessions” urges top political adviser ahead of meeting of country’s legislature
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1919555/pull-plug-chinas-televised-confessions-urges-top

China makes domestic abuse a crime
Al Jazeera, March 1, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/china-outlaws-domestic-abuse-160301053424903.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Headline news: editor at liberal Chinese newspaper fired over front page double meaning
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1919661/headline-news-editor-liberal-chinese-newspaper-fired-over-front-page

Social media purge goes far beyond Ren Zhiqiang
China Digital Times, March 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/03/social-media-purge-goes-far-beyond-ren-zhiqiang/

It’s actually really hard to figure out what counts as a “banned book” in China
Buzzfeed, March 1, 2016
http://www.buzzfeed.com/beimengfu/banned-books-in-china#.ji7vj9mdY

政协委员呼吁停止安排疑犯上电视“认罪” (CPPCC committee member calls for a halt of televised “confessions” by suspects)
Radio France Internationale, March 2, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160302-政协委员呼吁停止安排疑犯上电视“认罪”

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

As China slashes coal jobs, miners protest in Party’s revolutionary base
Washington Post, March 1, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/as-china-slashes-coal-jobs-miners-protest-in-partys-revolutionary-base/2016/03/01/e59535e1-8f7c-46ca-9d85-602eccc42fb7_story.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s coming ideological wars
Foreign Policy, March 1, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/01/chinas-coming-ideological-wars-new-left-confucius-mao-xi/

Hong Kong (香港)

Circumstances decisive in whether Lee Bo broke the law in leaving Hong Kong—lawmakers, officials
Hong Kong Free Press, March 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/01/circumstances-decisive-in-whether-lee-bo-broke-the-law-in-leaving-hong-kong-lawmakers-officials/

Related:
Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po is not telling the full story, police chief says
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1919564/hong-kong-bookseller-lee-po-not-telling-full-story-police

Three Occupy Central student leaders stand trial in Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/three-occupy-central-student-leaders-stand-trial-in-hong-kong-03012016113904.html

Related:
Hong Kong government sought to secure its headquarters before Joshua Wong and Occupy leaders unleashed protests, court hears
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1919107/hong-kong-government-sought-secure-its-headquarters-joshua

Hong Kong’s “orphans” find their battle cry in an independent film turned box-office hit
Quartz, March 2, 2016
http://qz.com/627147/hong-kongs-orphans-find-their-battle-cry-in-an-independent-film-turned-box-office-hit/

譚惠珠：香港無可能自決2047年後前途　23條「愈早立愈好」 (Deputy of HK to NPC Maria Tam: Hong Kong can have no way of self-determination for post-2047, legislation of Article 23 “the earlier the better”)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160302/s00001/1456902729227

戴耀廷指「本土」已成政治力量　泛民須協調　提改良版「雷動計劃」 (Benny Tai says “localism” has taken form as political power, pan-dems should coordinate accordingly, suggests improved “thunder strategy”)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160302/s00001/1456888107712

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

India, China discuss terrorism, connectivity
The Hindu, February 28, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/india-china-discuss-terrorism-connectivity/article8292352.ece

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China reality check: China's "Internet sovereignty" initiative: origins and consequences
Center for Strategic and International Studies, February 29, 2016
http://csis.org/event/china-reality-check-chinas-internet-sovereignty-initiative-origins-and-consequences

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Where are China's human rights lawyers?
Al Jazeera, February 29, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/02/china-human-rights-lawyers-160224072207598.html

Related:
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, February 5, 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

Slaying of Beijing judge prompts horror in China’s embattled legal community
Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/02/29/slaying-of-beijing-judge-prompts-horror-in-chinas-embattled-legal-community/

The case of Zhang Kai: Refuting lies, clarifying the facts, and setting the record straight
China Change, February 29, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/02/29/the-case-of-zhang-kai-refuting-lies-clarifying-the-facts-and-setting-the-record-right/

中国首部反家暴法今起实施 “同居暴力”纳入其中 (China’s first Anti-domestic Violence Law takes effect, “violence in cohabitation” taken into account)
China News, March 1, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2016/03-01/7778031.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

China party to punish former tycoon for microblog posts
Reuters, March 1, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-idUSKCN0W33I3

Related:
批習「媒體姓黨」遭清算　任志強微博被封　學者：已到二次文革邊緣 (Ren Zhiqiang’s weibo blocked for criticizing Xi’s comment of “media for serving the party”, an academic describes this as the verge of a second Cultural Revolution)
Apple Daily, February 29, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20160229/19509790

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s state media is lying about a detained labor activist, some workers say
Quartz, March 1, 2016
http://qz.com/621390/chinas-state-media-is-lying-about-a-detained-labor-activist-some-workers-say/

北京再有拆迁户被烧死 警方阻止围观拍照 (Another death in fire at household to be forcibly demolished in Beijing, police forbids on-looking and photo taking)
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-02292016115311.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Exclusive: Major powers team up to tell China of concerns over new laws
Reuters, February 29, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-idUSKCN0W225P

Legislature lost 25 members to graft since last year's meeting
Caixin, February 29, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-29/100914088.html

Don’t expect China’s corruption inspectors to work miracles
The Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/02/29/dont-expect-chinas-corruption-inspectors-to-work-miracles/

Q. and A.: Minxin Pei on the future of Communist rule in China
The New York Times, March 1, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/world/asia/china-pei-minxin-communist-party.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Missing Hong Kong booksellers paraded on Chinese TV
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 29, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35685999

Related:
I sneaked into mainland China illegally to help an investigation...and gave up my British citizenship too, says missing Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po
李波：自愿偷渡做证人 已决放弃居英权 外界炒作难回港
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1918997/i-sneaked-mainland-china-illegally-help-investigation-and
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/153303996f4f00c/li-bo-zi-yuan-tou-du-zuo-zheng-ren-yi-jue-fang-qi-ju-ying-quan-wai-jie-chao-zuo-nan-hui-gang

Detained bookseller’s claims difficult to believe, say Hong Kong lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/01/detained-booksellers-claims-difficult-to-believe-say-hong-kong-lawmakers/

【書店5人失蹤】黎棟國指李波無透露如何離港　跨境執法破壞「一國兩制」？　黎：看不到資料證實 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok: Lee Bo did not disclose how he left Hong Kong; when asked if enforcement of law across border damages One Country Two Systems, “there is no evidence purporting to that”)
Ming Pao, March 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160301/s00001/1456796648729

HK anti-China activist runs in key by-election
Agence France-Presse, February 29, 2016
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/02/29/2003640500

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The fight against inequality: Martin Luther King and China's labor activists
NGOs in China, February 29, 2016
http://ngochina.blogspot.hk/2016/02/the-fight-against-inequality-martin.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China pastor who resisted cross removals jailed for corruption
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 26, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35673952

Related:
宗教维权受压：牧师包国华判监14年 律师张凯「被认罪」 (Religious rights defenders repressed: Pastor Bao Guohua sentenced for 14 years, lawyer Zhang Kai forced to “confess”)
Radio France Internationale, February 27, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160227-宗教维权受压：牧师包国华判监14年-律师张凯「被认罪」

2015 another difficult year for criminal defendants, data show
Caixin, February 26, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-26/100913241.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China state broadcaster takes over Oscars live stream
China Film Insider, February 29, 2016
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-state-broadcaster-takes-over-oscars-live-stream/

Cyberspace Administration of China orders websites to shut Ren Zhiqiang's accounts
Fei Chang Dao, February 28, 2016
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2016/02/cyberspace-administration-of-china.html

China closes 580 social media accounts for spreading “rumor”
The Hindu, February 27, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-closes-580-social-media-accounts-for-spreading-rumour/article8289748.ece

Peering through the haze of China’s economic data
The New York Times, February 27, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/world/asia/china-economy-outlook.html

Five things China’s censors cut from a famous American scholar’s book
The Washington Post, February 26, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/26/five-things-chinas-censors-cut-from-fukuyamas-book-on-governance/

国际记者联盟谴责中国判藏人作家珠洛有罪 (International Federation of Journalists denounces China for convicting Tibetan writer Druklo)
Voice of America, February 29, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ifj-20160226/3209220.html

广电总局严管网络剧 中国网友批“锁国” (Chinese netizens criticizes the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television’s tight control on Internet dramas as “locking up the country”)
Radio France Internationale, February 29, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160229-广电总局严管网络剧-中国网友批“锁国”

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's pollution problem gets hairy with “nose-tache” to filter smog
The Guardian, February 29, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/29/chinas-pollution-problem-gets-hairy-as-activists-reveal-nose-tache-to-filter-smog

Strikes and workers’ protests multiply in China, testing party authority
Washington Post, February 24, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/strikes-and-workers-protests-multiply-in-china-testing-party-authority/2016/02/24/caba321c-b3c8-11e5-8abc-d09392edc612_story.html

China tightens censorship of online TV programs days after suspending shows featuring gay love, excessive sex and violence
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1918020/china-tightens-censorship-online-tv-programmes-days-after

China’s feminist school club: the Beijing students talking equality on their lunch break
The Guardian, February
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2016/feb/27/china-feminist-school-club-beijing-students-equality-lunch-break

China's army of petitioners invades Beijing ahead of annual congress
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-army-of-petitioners-invades-beijing-ahead-of-annual-congress-02262016130812.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

CPC to drill members in self-discipline, socialist values
Xinhua, February 28, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/28/c_135138601.htm

Former energy official says police tortured him into confessing
Caixin, February 25, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-25/100912688.html

“Rising star” PLA rear admiral Wang Yu under investigation for corruption
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1918024/rising-star-pla-rear-admiral-wang-yu-under

Son of corrupt Communist Party official admits accepting nearly 1 million yuan in bribes...but blames it on his father
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1917239/son-corrupt-communist-party-official-admits-accepting-nearly-1m

China to prosecute two senior officials from Xinjiang over graft
Reuters, February 29, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-xinjiang-idUSKCN0W20FK

U.S. congressman: China's worsening human rights record harms its world standing
Voice of America, February 26, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-congressman-says-china-worsening-human-rights-record-harms-its-world-standing/3210605.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Missing booksellers “operated illegal business”, but could return to HK soon—state media
Hong Kong Free Press, February 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/29/58042/

Hong Kong protests student leaders go on trial
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 29, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35684340

Related:
This 19-year-old started a massive protest movement in Hong Kong—and now the government is putting him on trial
Business Insider, February 29, 2016
http://www.businessinsider.com/joshua-wong-interview-trial-protest-movement-hong-kong-2016-2

By-election 2016: The rise and rise of Hong Kong Indigenous
Hong Kong Free Press, February 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/29/by-election-2016-the-rise-and-rise-of-hong-kong-indigenous/

Related:
【短片：新東補選】黃成智承認落敗：中間路線艱難　梁天琦：本土理念不是小眾 ([Video: New Territories East by-election] Nelson Wong admits failure: Hard to pursue the mid-way; Edward Leung: Localist concept is not minority)
Ming Pao, February 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160229/s00001/1456684332447

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

政治光譜的新形勢 (The new situation of the political spectrum)
Ming Pao, February 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160229/s00022/1456718268575

Access to Justice (司法公正)

《证券法》修订将继续列入今年立法计划 (Amendment to the securities law will continue to be included in this year's legislative plan)
STCN, February 23, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/finance/2016-02/23/c_128742492.htm

China jails Protestant pastor couple for 12, 14 years
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/couple-02252016120231.html

Chinese Christian rights lawyer accused of “masterminding illegal religious gatherings”, says state-run website
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1917158/chinese-christian-rights-lawyer-accused-masterminding

Related:
Beijing human rights lawyer Zhang Kai “admits” disrupting social order in latest state TV “confession”
Hong Kong Free Press, February 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/26/beijing-human-lawyer-zhang-kai-admits-disrupting-social-order-latest-state-tv-confession/

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, February 5, 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)

证监会回复：未获取关于熔断的4861条具体反馈意见和建议 (CSRC responds to OGI request: Never received 4,861 specific comments and suggestions concerning circuit breaker)
Economic Observer Online, February 25, 2016
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2016/0225/283413.shtml

贵州创新政府信息公开方式：让权力公开“不含糊” (Guizhou innovates OGI methods: Let openness of public authorities be “unambiguous”)
China National Radio, February 25, 2016
http://china.cnr.cn/ygxw/20160225/t20160225_521466970.shtml

China’s central bank defends halting publication of sensitive financial data as record amounts of capital flow out country
South China Morning Post, February26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1917178/chinas-central-bank-defends-halting-publication-sensitive

Related:
As China’s economic picture turns uglier, Beijing applies airbrush
习近平强化经济数据审查，打压不利评论
The New York Times, February 26, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/business/international/china-data-slowing-economy.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20160225/c25chinacrackdown/

网信办：中国去年关闭近五千网站 (Cyberspace Administration of China: China closed down around 5,000 websites last year)
Radio France Internationale, February 25, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160225-网信办：中国去年关闭近五千网

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Guangzhou authorities force steel workers to end one week strike
China Labor Bulletin, February 26, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/guangzhou-authorities-force-steel-workers-end-one-week-strike

Government Accountability (政府问责)

高炎龙申请国家赔偿案开审, 要求按最高标准赔偿 (Gao Yanlong, imprisoned 7 years for murder in a case that did not reach trial, seeks highest level of compensation)
Jing Hua Times, February 25, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160225/n438421849.shtml

Outspoken Chinese real estate mogul becomes latest target of Party wrath
China Change, February 26, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/02/26/outspoken-chinese-real-estate-mogul-becomes-latest-target-of-party-wrath/

China’s anti-corruption body warns “disloyal” cadres over “small” indiscretions
Hong Kong Free Press, February 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/26/chinas-anti-corruption-body-warns-disloyal-cadres-over-small-indiscretions/

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

Tibet closed to foreigners again but tourism booms
The Cable News Network, February 25, 2016
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/24/travel/china-tibet-tourism/

Related:
Tibet to be closed to foreign visitors at the end of February
The Tibet Post, January 31, 2016
http://thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/4888-tibet-to-be-closed-to-foreign-visitors-at-the-end-of-february

Lockdown of Tibet: closure to foreigners deepens isolation
International Federation for Human Rights, February 25, 2016
https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/china/tibet/lockdown-of-tibet-closure-to-foreigners-deepens-isolation

三月份敏感期到来, 西藏实行“封闭令” 汉族游客不受限制 (On eve of March sensitive period, Tibet implements closure order, exempting Han tourists)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-02252016131240.html

国际声援西藏运动主席马特奥在台湾谈西藏议题 (President of International Campaign for Tibet Matteo talks about Tibetan issues in Taiwan)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hx1-02252016101320.html

Interview: “You cannot call that terrorist simply because many people died”
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-gauthier-02252016144508.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

湖南全力推动政法工作上新台阶 (Hunan spares no efforts in pushing forward political and legal affairs work to new stage)
China Youth Online, February 24, 2016
http://www.csrc.gov.cn/pub/shanxi/xxfw/tzzsyd/jczs/201512/t20151229_289222.htm

特殊人群服务管理改革, 宜宾综合试点成效显著 (Outstanding results in Yibin (Sichuan) comprehensive pilot program for reform of services management for vulnerable populations)
Li Dan, February 25, 2016
http://roll.sohu.com/20160225/n438413316.shtml

Brother denied right to visit Ilham Tohti, moderate Uighur scholar sentenced to life in prison
China Change, February 24, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/02/24/brother-denied-visitation-of-ilham-tohti-moderate-uighur-scholar-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/

Access to Information (信息公开)

证监会回应熔断信息公开申请, 称信息在交易所 (CSRC’s response to OGI request on circuit breaker: information is held by stock exchanges)
Caixin, February 24, 2016
http://stock.qq.com/a/20160224/057326.htm

Related:
指数熔断机制 (The circuit breaker mechanism)
China Securities Regulatory Commission, December 29, 2015
http://www.csrc.gov.cn/pub/shanxi/xxfw/tzzsyd/jczs/201512/t20151229_289222.htm

北京律所申请公开熔断规定发布前征求的意见 (Beijing law firm seeks disclosure of opinions received before launch of circuit breaker mechanism)
Caixin, January 7, 2016
http://m.finance.caixin.com/m/2016-01-07/100897162.html

对政府信息公开要重视实证研究 (Empirical research is key for open government information)
Procuratorate Daily, February 23, 2016
http://law.southcn.com/c/2016-02/23/content_142805394.htm

政务公开不应止于信息公开 (Making public the work of government does not stop at open government information)
People’s Daily, February 23, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0223/c1001-28141103.html

Chinese president continues to expand media controls
Voice of America, February 24, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-president-continues-to-expand-media-controls/3204721.html

中国走红同性恋题材网络剧被迫下架 (Famed Chinese online gay drama pulled from Internet)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 24, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/02/160224_online_gay_drama_china

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Parents sacked during China’s one-child policy petition Beijing for their jobs back
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1916507/parents-sacked-during-chinas-one-child-policy-petition

劳维人士家属屡遭当局骚扰 何晓波妻女被软禁 孟晗女友遭逼迁 (Families of labor activists repeatedly harassed by authorities, He Xiaobo’s wife and daughter under house arrest, Meng Han’s girlfriend evicted)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-02242016104836.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

服务大局服务发展, 广东晒出开年政法工作“清单” (Serve the overall situation and development, Guangdong unveils its annual “to do” list for politics and law work)
Legal Daily, February 23, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160223/Articel01010GN.htm

最高法已就念斌国家赔偿申诉立案, 申诉未提精神抚慰金 (SPC accepts Nian Bin state compensation appeal which does not include compensation for emotional harm)
China Youth Online, February 24, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2016/02-24/7770844.shtml

To curb graft in Guangzhou, it takes a village
Caixin, February 24, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-24/100912074.html

国际特赦批评中国控制升级及镇压更严厉 (Amnesty International criticizes China for heightened control and more severe crackdown)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-02242016101622.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

贵阳大数据产业规模总量有望达1300亿元 (Big data industry in Guiyang expected to reach RMB 130 billion)
Legal Daily, February 23, 2016
http://58.42.249.98/epaper/gzrb/Content/20160224/Articel02005WD.htm

Chinese social media platform plays a role in U.S. rallies for NYPD officer
The Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2016
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-liang-protests-20160224-story.html

Tourism officials in southern China embrace Western social media sites like Twitter, YouTube that are banned at home
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1916158/tourism-officials-southern-china-embrace-western-social-media

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong outrage over Chinese subtitle switch
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 24, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35647861

Related:
“Radicals” debating simplified Chinese are “irrational” and “impolite” says state media
Hong Kong Free Press, February 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/25/politicising-simplified-chinese-debate-irrational-and-impolite-says-state-media/

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong back in court to face protest charges
Channel NewsAsia, February 25, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hong-kong-activist-joshua/2546908.html

Foreign Correspondents’ Club “troubled” by China’s failure to explain missing booksellers
Hong Kong Free Press, February 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/25/foreign-correspondents-club-troubled-by-failure-to-explain-missing-booksellers/

Hong Kong braces for weaker growth as “political volatility” strains economy
Reuters, February 24, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-budget-idUSKCN0VX0SN

Hong Kong's missing booksellers: a timeline of events
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/video/hong-kong/1915913/hong-kongs-missing-booksellers-timeline-events

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

China's Xinjiang to use entertainment, possibly singing and dancing, in terror fight
Reuters, February 24, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKCN0VY0CI

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Chinese growing social inequality prompts stronger social control
The Jamestown Foundation, February
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=45126&no_cache=1#.Vs5_t01-MdV

China's Cultural Revolution must be confronted
Al Jazeera, February 24, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/china-cultural-revolution-confronted-mao-zedong-160224101340248.html

China’s newsrooms serve as President Xi’s loyal mouthpieces
Washington Post, February 23, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-newsrooms-serve-as-president-xis-loyal-mouthpieces/2016/02/23/e5b1956c-d9af-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html

China’s increasingly muffled press
The New York Times, February 25, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/opinion/chinasincreasingly-muffled-press.html

A guide to China’s new online publishing rules for foreign media
Crunch Media, February 23, 2016
http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/23/a-guide-to-chinas-new-online-publishing-rules-for-foreign-media/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China moves ahead with trial of Guizhou church members
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/trial-02232016110056.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Tibetan blogger jailed for “endangering social stability”
The Guardian, February 23, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/feb/23/tibetan-blogger-jailed-for-endangering-social-stability

Chinese gay drama pulled from internet, sparking backlash
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1915975/chinese-gay-drama-pulled-internet-sparking-backlash

Minitrue: Suspend broadcast of HK, Taiwan film awards
China Digital Times, February 22, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/02/minitrue-broadcast-of-hk-taiwan-film-awards-suspended/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese security presence “heavy” at Tibetan religious festival
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/presence-02232016163502.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda departments targeted in graft review
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1916034/chinese-communist-partys-propaganda-departments

China's Xi urges implementation of reforms
Xinhua, February 24, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/24/c_135124372.htm

China’s government tries to quell furor over order to allow public access to private residential communities
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1916069/chinas-government-tries-quell-furore-over-order-allow

China tackles pollution crisis by changing the level of what it says is unsafe in Beijing
The Independent, February 23, 2016
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-is-tackling-its-pollution-crisis-by-changing-the-level-of-what-it-says-is-unsafe-a6890786.html

大赦国际公布最新全球人权评估报告 (Amnesty International announces latest world human rights report)
Deutsche Welle, February 24, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/大赦国际公布最新全球人权评估报告/a-19069627

Related:
Amnesty International Report 2015/2016
Amnesty International, February 24, 2016
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2016/02/annual-report-201516/

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing studying causes of Mong Kok riot, reveals Hong Kong Legislative Council president
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1916015/beijing-studying-causes-mong-kok-riot-reveals-hong-kong

University of Hong Kong governing council meeting gets under way amid security and secrecy
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1915956/university-hong-kong-governing-council-meeting

Leader of localist group HK Indigenous charged with rioting, may face 10 years in prison
Hong Kong Free Press, February 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/23/leader-of-localist-group-hk-indigenous-charged-with-rioting-may-face-10-years-in-prison/

Politically charged Chinese art show opens in Hong Kong
The Guardian, February 23, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/23/chinese-art-hong-kong-politically-charged-show-opens

半数大学公投通过撤特首为必然校监 (In poll, half of Hong Kong’s universities favor abolishing “chief executive as university chancellor” system)
Radio France Internationale, February 24, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/政治/20160224-半数大学公投通过撤特首为必然校监

進師盟強烈譴責港大校委會暴力驅趕馮敬恩的聲明 (Statement of Progressive Teachers’ Alliance denouncing HKU Council’s violent expulsion of student leader Billy Fung at Council meeting)
InMedia HK, February 24, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1040853

效法台湾时代力量 香港学民思潮筹党参选立法会 (Following example of Taiwan’s New Power Party, Hong Kong’s Scholarism to form party for LegCo election)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-02232016121251.html

TVB普通话新闻转简体字幕 通讯局收近万宗投诉 (TVB Putonghua news switched to simplified characters subtitles, Communications Authority receives almost 10,000 complaints)
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15311c686574136/tvb-pu-tong-hua-xin-wen-zhuan-jian-ti-zi-mu-tong-xun-ju-shou-jin-wan-zong-tou-su

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Translation: Love, a decisive moment
China Digital Times, February 23, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/02/translation-love-a-decisive-moment/

How long can China’s Internet thrive if the rest of the world gets shut out?
ChinaFile, February 23, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/how-long-can-chinas-internet-thrive-if-rest-world-gets-shut-out

Why Xi Jinping made the state media rounds
Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/02/23/why-xi-jinping-made-the-state-media-rounds/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Appeal begins of harsh 19-year prison term given Xinjiang-based activist Zhang Haitao
China Change, February 21, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/02/21/appeal-begins-of-harsh-19-year-prison-term-given-xinjiang-based-activist-zhang-haitao/

Defense attorneys for jailed Chinese rights lawyers “fired”
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyers-02192016104633.html

Related:
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, February 5, 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

证监会今年正式开展巡回审理 (China Security Regulatory Commission (CSRC) formally launches circuit hearings this year)
Legal Daily, February 18, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160218/Articel06003GN.htm