Government Accountability (政府问责)

依法惩治“蝇贪”力推“绿色 精准预防”， 浙江两年查近400件扶贫职务案 (Forcefully promote “targeted prevention” techniques to lawfully punish “fly-sized” corrupt officials: Zhejiang investigates nearly 400 cases of embezzlement involving poverty assistance)
Legal Daily, May 24, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160525/Articel03004GN.htm

多关押5年半，为何不给国家赔偿？ (Man was sentenced to 1 year but imprisoned for 6.5, so why no state compensation?)
Legal Daily, June 1, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/pl/2016-06-01/doc-ifxsqxxs8134189.shtml

Related:
死刑改判1年徒刑，当事人理应获得国家赔偿 (Youth’s death sentence changed to 1-year term after serving 6.5 years should get state compensation)
Today's Topics, June 2, 2016
http://view.news.qq.com/original/intouchtoday/n3544.html

海南检方抗诉诈骗案获改判 (After protest, Hainan Procuratorate gets not-guilty verdict in fraud case changed to 10-year prison term)
Legal Daily, June 1, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160601/Articel03006GN.htm

六四27周年天安门母亲祭奠亲人向政府提出的三项诉求不变 (On 27th anniversary of June Fourth the Tiananmen Mothers’ three demands to the government remain the same)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-06042016112310.html

Related:
Tiananmen Mothers: No amount of power can rub out June Fourth
天安门母亲群体：“六四惨案”二十七年祭
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tiananmen-mothers-no-amount-power-can-rub-out-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-qun-ti-liu-si-can-er-shi-qi-nian-ji

焦点对话：六四事件，无尽的余波与后果 (Focus Dialogue: June Fourth incident, the endless repercussions and consequences)
Voice of America, June 3, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/VOAWeishi-20160603-Pro-and-Con-1/3360361.html

On 27th anniversary, relatives to visit graves of Tiananmen dead
Radio Free Asia, June 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-tiananmen-06032016162256.html

Related:
June Fourth: Support the Call for Truth, Accountability, and Compensation
六四：支持“真相、问责、赔偿”诉求
Human Rights in China, June 3, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/june-fourth-support-call-truth-accountability-and-compensation
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/liu-si-zhi-chi-zhen-xiang-wen-ze-pei-chang-su-qiu

China’s youth think Tiananmen was so 1989
Foreign Policy, June 3, 2016
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/03/chinas-youth-think-tiananmen-was-so-1989-protester-crackdown-historical-memory/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s Great Firewall is harming innovation, scholars say
Time, June 2, 2016
http://time.com/4354665/china-great-firewall-innovation-online-censorship/

Chinese cyber spies hack Taiwan ruling party: security firm
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/chinese-cyber-spies-hack-taiwan-ruling-party-security-firm/

Untangling China’s cybersecurity laws
Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/06/03/untangling-chinas-cybersecurity-laws/

Hong Kong (香港)

Thousands rally in Hong Kong to mark Tiananmen anniversary
香港万众纪念六四，烛光点亮维多利亚公园
The New York Times, June 4, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/world/asia/hong-kong-mark-tiananmen-square-anniversary.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160605/hong-kong-mark-tiananmen-square-anniversary/

Related:
HKFP Lens: “We are proud of Hong Kong”: Silence and candles as city pays tribute to Tiananmen dead
Hong Kong Free Press, June 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/05/hkfp-lens-we-are-proud-of-hong-kong-silence-and-candles-as-city-pays-tribute-to-tiananmen-dead/

Tiananmen vigil ignored by some Hong Kong activists amid ideological split
Agence France-Presse, June 4, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/04/tiananmen-vigil-ignored-by-some-hong-kong-activists-amid-ideological-split

观察：六四晚会人数减　年轻人争议身份认同 (Observation: Numbers done for June Fourth commemoration, young people dispute identity)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/06/160604_ana_hongkong_june_fourth

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

熊选国在新疆法治论坛(2016)会议上指出, 推动“去极端化”工作更系统 (XUAR Party leader at 2016 Xinjiang Rule of Law Conference: Must make “extremism removal” more systematic)
Legal Daily, May 31, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160531/Articel02011GN.htm

上合组织2015年协助消灭150余名恐怖分子 (Shanghai Cooperation Organization helped “eliminate” 150 terrorists in 2015)
Xinhua, May 31, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2016-05/31/c_1118965345.htm

狄伯杰：印中关系莫被“反恐分歧”绑架 (Di Bojie: Sino-Indian relationship should not be hijacked by “differences of opinion over counterterrorism”)
Global Times, June 1, 2016
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/1152/2016-06/8995916.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The historian of the Tiananmen movement and the June Fourth massacre—An interview with Wu Renhua (Part one of two)
China Change, June 3, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/06/03/the-historian-of-the-tiananmen-movement-and-the-june-fourth-massacre-an-interview-with-wu-renhua-part-one-of-two/

The historian of the Tiananmen movement and the June Fourth massacre—An interview with Wu Renhua (Part two of two)
China Change, June 4, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/06/04/the-historian-of-the-tiananmen-movement-and-the-june-fourth-massacre-an-interview-with-wu-renhua-part-two-of-two/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists openly mark Tiananmen crackdown on China's streets
Radio Free Asia, June 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-openly-mark-06022016112155.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Time is “slipping away”: Amnesty International calls for justice ahead of Tiananmen massacre anniversary
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/time-is-slipping-away-amnesty-international-calls-for-justice-ahead-of-tiananmen-massacre-anniversary/

Related:
Tiananmen Mothers: No amount of power can rub out June Fourth
天安门母亲群体：“六四惨案”二十七年祭
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tiananmen-mothers-no-amount-power-can-rub-out-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-qun-ti-liu-si-can-er-shi-qi-nian-ji

China Tiananmen crackdown anniversary remembered in Taiwan
Voice of America, June 3, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/ap-china-tiananmen-crackdown-anniversary-remembered-in-taiwan/3360078.html

Related:
由学生发起的台湾六四晚会： “人权是最大公约数” (Student initiated June Fourth commemoration in Taiwan: “Human rights is the highest common factor”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 3, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/06/160602_china_junefourth_anniversary_taiwan

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China mandates state-private management model to censor the Internet
Global Voices, June 1, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/06/01/china-to-mandates-state-private-management-model-to-censor-the-internet/

Cyberattack on Taiwan’s ruling party pinned on hackers from Chinese mainland
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1963047/cyberattack-taiwans-ruling-party-pinned-hackers-chinese

China's ruling party continues to tighten grip on Internet content
Radio Free Asia, June 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-ruling-party-continues-to-tighten-grip-on-internet-content-06022016113146.html

Breaching China’s Great Firewall requires legal ingenuity
The Financial Times, June 2, 2016
https://next.ft.com/content/20c49114-f1ba-11e5-9f20-c3a047354386

China’s Internet speed ranks 91st in the world
The New York Times, June 3, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/world/asia/china-internet-speed.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Firefighters remove "Never forget June 4" banner unfurled on Kowloon slope
六四27周年前夕 狮子山现“毋忘六四"直幡但已拆除
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1962950/firefighters-remove-never-forget-june-4-banner
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15514bfb7b00f9d/liu-si-2-7-zhou-nian-qian-xi-shi-zi-shan-xian-wu-wang-liu-si-zhi-fan-dan-yi-chai-chu

毋忘八九啟蒙　醞釀民主力量 —— 六四晚會後遊行聲明 (Never forget June Fourth as the source of awakening and its effect on developing democratization—Statement of post June Fourth vigil march)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160603/s00022/1464919197616

Squaring off: A museum of China’s democracy movement in 1989 is in trouble
The Economist, June 4, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21699926-museum-chinas-democracy-movement-1989-trouble-squaring

8 groups with LegCo election votes share address of a pro-China businessman—report
Hong Kong Free Press, June 3, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/03/8-groups-with-legco-election-votes-share-address-with-pro-china-businessman-report/

【禁止酷刑公約】為香港人做過咩？ (What has the “Convention Against Torture” done for Hongkongers so far?)
InMedia HK, June 3, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042701

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

Beijing touts Uighurs’ religious freedom amid terrorism crackdown
The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/06/02/beijing-touts-uighurs-religious-freedom-amid-terrorism-crackdown/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【六四27年】27年前的六四事件與2047年的香港（文：郭榮鏗） ([27th anniversary of June Fourth] June Fourth 27 years ago and Hong Kong in 2047)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160603/s00022/1464924471455

港人註銷特區護照激增 值得關注（文：紀碩鳴） (Attention should be paid to the drastic rise in Hongkongers’ cancellation of their Hong Kong passports)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160603/s00022/1464919197616

Access to Justice (司法公正)

试点地区发现公益诉讼案件线索1233件 (In pilot areas, clues found in 1,233 public interest law suit cases [enabled progress in litigation])
Legal Daily, May 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160517/Articel01012GN.htm

张某等三人印发张贴“法轮功”宣传品获刑 (Zhang “Doe” and 3 others punished for posting “Falungong” propaganda)
Legal Daily, May 19, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160519/Articel01010GN.htm

检察机关三年刑事抗诉近两万件, 157人无罪改判有罪22人有罪改判无罪 (Nationwide procuratorial organs processed nearly 20,000 criminal appeals cases in 3 years, with 157 convicted and 22 found innocent on appeal)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel01006GN.htm

遭儿家暴, 老太申请保护令 (Elderly lady applies for a personal protection order after suffering domestic violence from son)
Beijing Evening News, May 23, 2016
http://right.workercn.cn/156/201605/23/160523153717460.shtml

Slow progress on wrongful convictions
China Digital Times, June 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/slow-progress-wrongful-convictions/

Wife of imprisoned Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong stages hunger strike outside UN HQ
Hong Kong Free Press, June 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/01/wife-of-imprisoned-chinese-rights-activist-guo-feixiong-stages-hunger-strike-outside-un-hq/

Related:
Guo Feixiong on Day 11 of Hunger Strike in Prison, Wife Asks President Xi Jinping to Intervene
郭飞雄狱中绝食11天，妻子吁习近平关注
Human Rights in China, May 19, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/guo-feixiong-day-11-hunger-strike-prison-wife-asks-president-xi-jinping
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/guo-fei-xiong-yu-zhong-jue-shi-11tian-qi-zi-xu-xi-jin-ping-guan-zhu

Access to Information (信息公开)

新行政诉讼法实施一年收案量上升6成, 行政案件立案难基本解决 (In amended Administrative Litigation Law’s first year of implementation, cases handled increased 60%, fundamentally solving the difficulty in filing administrative cases)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel03002GN.htm

"调查发现环境质量信息公开不均衡, 36%样本城市未公开重点排污单位名录 (Investigation finds uneven disclosure of environmental quality information, with 36% of sampled cities lacking public directory of key polluting work units)
Legal Daily, May 23, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2016-05/23/content_6642790.htm?node=20908

“Ever been to Tibet bro?” A nationalistic Chinese Twitter account goes rogue
The Washington Post, June 1, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/01/ever-been-to-tibet-bro-a-nationalistic-chinese-twitter-account-goes-rogue/

Five years of sensitive words on June Fourth
China Digital Times, June 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/five-years-sensitive-words-june-fourth/

中国五毛党：言论审查的另一面 (Chinese “Wumaos”: The other side of censorship)
Voice of America, June 2, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-50-cents-party-20160601/3357731.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

新区"妇女维权活动"启动, 增强维护自身合法权益 (Binhai “Women's Rights Defense Activities” kick off to strengthen defense of individuals’ legitimate rights and interests)
Binhai Times, May 23, 2016
http://www.tianjinwe.com/tianjin/bh/jmbh/201605/t20160523_1002194.html

China’s teachers continue the fight for decent work
China Labor Bulletin, June 1, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china%E2%80%99s-teachers-continue-fight-decent-work

At least five dead in Uyghur prisoner uprising
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/at-lesat-five-06012016164430.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

青海三年多立查贪污贿赂犯罪698人 (Qinghai investigated 698 people for bribery and corruption crimes in past 3 years)
Procuratorate Daily, May 23, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160523/20160523_001/20160523_001_7.htm

北京推广警方“一站式”办案全程无死角监督 (Beijing police promote “one stop style” whole-of-process case handling without any gaps in supervision)
Procuratorate Daily, May 23, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160523/20160523_001/20160523_001_10.htm

最高检新闻发布会介绍检察机关加强行政诉讼监督工作, 去年受理监督“民告官”案超3.4万件 (Supreme People's Procuratorate press conference: Procuratorial organs to strengthen administrative litigation supervisory work, with supervision of “people vs. the government” cases exceeding 340,000 last year)
Legal Daily, May 25, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160525/Articel01009GN.htm

China to probe police officers amid anger over death in custody
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-to-probe-06012016110906.html

Sinosphere: Ding Zilin, Founder of Tiananmen Mothers, is silenced by Chinese police
The New York Times, June 2, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/world/asia/china-ding-zilin-tiananmen-mothers.html

Related:
六四临近高瑜鲍彤被旅游 (As June Fourth approaches, Gao Yu and Bao Tong “made travelling”)
Voice of America, June 1, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-gao-yu-bao-tong-on-forced-tours-as-tiananmen-20160601/3356823.html

前学运领袖：中国政府害怕六四真相 (Former student movement leader: The Chinese government fears truths about June Fourth)
Voice of America, June 2, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-anniversary-with-wuerkaixi-20160601/3357344.html

“六四”27周年：戴着头套说真话的中国青年 (27th anniversary of June Fourth: The Chinese youth who speaks truth wearing head cover)
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/grace-06012016155305.html

Tiananmen Mothers: No amount of power can rub out June Fourth
天安门母亲群体：“六四惨案”二十七年祭
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tiananmen-mothers-no-amount-power-can-rub-out-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-qun-ti-liu-si-can-er-shi-qi-nian-ji

“Totally unacceptable”: China foreign minister lashes out at Canadian reporter for asking about human rights
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/totally-unacceptable-china-foreign-minister-lashes-out-at-canadian-reporter-for-asking-about-human-rights/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

网帖称银川警方放走打砸医院醉酒男子, 执法记录仪还原接警现场澄清谣言 (Online post claims Yinchuan police released drunken man who smashed up hospital but law enforcement record shows that original emergency dispatch labeled event as a rumor)
Legal Daily, May 16, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160516/Articel05006GN.htm

安徽设反电信网络诈骗中心 (Anhui establishes an anti-telecommunications fraud center)
Legal Daily, May 19, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160519/Articel03007GN.htm

Sogou and Microsoft's Bing cooperate on English language search
Feichangdao, May 20, 2016
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2016/05/sogou-and-microsofts-bing-cooperate-on.html

国家网络安全宣传周活动方案发布， 中央网信办牵头六部门参与每年九月第三周举办 (Program activities for National Cyber Security Awareness Week announced: Office of Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs will lead 6 departments to conduct program in the 3rd week of September each year)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel01008GN.htm

网购诈骗重灾小镇实现华丽转身 (Small town devastated by [its role as center of] online sales fraud undergoes a beautiful transformation)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel02005GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Should 18 year olds contest elections? Activist Joshua Wong begins court battle to lower minimum age for Legco candidates
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1961342/should-18-year-olds-contest-elections-activist-joshua-wong

Student groups set to host forum on importance of June 4 crackdown to young Hongkongers
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1961560/student-groups-set-host-forum-importance-june-4-crackdown

Related:
往年共赴維園晚會 同窗3女生 「六四」3抉擇 (3 schoolmates who went to the Victoria Park June Fourth vigil together in the past all make different choices this year)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20160602/s00002/1464804044897

【六四27年】立會外點蠟燭默哀　20泛民議員悼死難者 ([27th anniversary of June Fourth] Lighting candles and observing silence outside LegCo, 20 pan-dem lawmakers commemorate the victims)
Ming Pao, June 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160601/s00001/1464788569857

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Victoria Park vigil has deep and honorable roots, but young people want local focus
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/victoria-park-vigil-has-deep-and-honourable-roots-but-young-people-want-local-focus/

周永康：學生會也好支聯會也好，大家都沒有忘記八九六四，這是大家的共同立場 (Alex Chow: Student unions or HK Alliance, they all did not forget about June Fourth, that is their common ground)
InMedia HK, June 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042677

【六四27年】堅持繼續悼念 就是一種抗爭（文﹕蔡子強） ([27th anniversary of June Fourth] Ivan Choy: Persisting in continuing to commemorate, that is a form of protest)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160602/s00022/1464831559664

Access to Justice (司法公正)

60律师联署：谴责天津警方拒绝“709案”家属自聘律师 (60 lawyers joint petition: Condamning Tianjin police for prohibiting “709 event” families from hiring their lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05312016110823.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s 50 cent party: The other side of censorship
Voice of America, May 31, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinas-50-cent-party-the-other-side-of-censorship/3355262.html

Turns out maybe you shouldn’t trust the “media”
Foreign Policy, May 31, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/31/turns-out-that-maybe-you-shouldnt-trust-the-media/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Rights activist Ni Yulan “barred from leaving” China
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 30, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35924192

Husband of Chinese legal assistant detained for a year “worried for her safety”
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1960356/husband-chinese-legal-assistant-detained-year-worried

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

At least three activists detained in Beijing over Tiananmen Massacre commemoration
Hong Kong Free Press, May 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/31/at-least-three-activists-detained-in-beijing-over-tiananmen-massacre-commemoration/

Chinese worker detained for photos of liquor labels marking Tiananmen Crackdown
男子因纪念“六四”酒瓶照片被拘
The New York Times, May 30, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/world/asia/china-tiananmen-june-4-baijiu.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160531/c31chinatiananmen/

Police close in on Tiananmen Mothers as massacre anniversary nears
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/anniversary-05312016110749.html

Families of Tiananmen Square victims accuse Beijing of three decades of “white terror”
The Guardian, June 1, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/families-tiananmen-square-victims-beijing-white-terror

Related:
Tiananmen Mothers: No amount of power can rub out June Fourth
天安门母亲群体：“六四惨案”二十七年祭
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tiananmen-mothers-no-amount-power-can-rub-out-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-qun-ti-liu-si-can-er-shi-qi-nian-ji

中国近四百万人受奴役 全球超4500万 (4 million people suffer slavery in China, over 45 million globally)
Voice of America, June 1, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-global-slavery-china-20160531/3355428.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

What to make of the newly established cybersecurity association of China
Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 25, 2016
https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-make-newly-established-cybersecurity-association-china

Hong Kong (香港)

100,000 will attend June 4 vigil in Hong Kong, organizer predicts
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1959604/100000-will-attend-june-4-vigil-hong-kong-organiser-predicts

June 4 veteran offers advice to HK students: build bridges, not walls
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1959644/june-4-veteran-offers-advice-hk-students-build-bridges-not

中港兩婦涉偽造13選民登記文件　保釋候審 (2 Hong Kong and mainland women forged documents for 13 applications for voter registration, on bail pending trial)
Ming Pao, June 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160601/s00001/1464771989680

“香港众志”秘书长黄之锋挑战立法会参选年龄限制 (Demosisto Secretary General Joshua Wong challenges age limit for standing for LegCo election)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-05312016103529.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Making the case for nominating Ilham Tohti for the Sakharov Prize—My remarks at the European Parliament
China Change, May 31, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/05/31/making-the-case-for-nominating-ilham-tohti-for-the-sakharov-prize-my-remarks-at-the-european-parliament/

Put petty political divisions aside, pick up a candle and remember the dead on June 4
Hong Kong Free Press, May 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/31/hong-kong-put-petty-political-divisions-aside-pick-up-a-candle-and-remember-the-dead-on-june-4/

「見證六四」是一件無法透過想像去接近的事情 (“Witnessing June Fourth” is something unapproachable through imagination)
InMedia HK, June 1, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042664

六四論壇意義何在？ (What’s the significance of the June Forth fora?)
InMedia HK, June 1, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042663

論代溝——試梳理對維園六四悼念晚會的爭論 (Talking about generation gap—An attempt to straighten out debates over Victoria Park June Fourth commemoration vigil)
InMedia HK, June 1, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042648

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese human rights lawyer’s five-year jail term after subversion conviction “likely to be upheld by appeal verdict”
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1960391/chinese-human-rights-lawyers-five-year-jail-term-after

維權律師女助理傳獄中遭性侵 家人律師禁會面 (Female assistant of rights defender allegedly harassed in detainment, family and advocate prohibited from meeting her)
Hong Kong Economic Times, May 31, 2016
http://china.hket.com/article/1436422/維權律師女助理傳獄中遭性侵%20家人律師禁會面

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://www.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)

中國媒體的新控制手段：資本與技術 (New means of China’s media control: capital and technology)
InMedia HK, May 31, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042638

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese asylum-seekers tracked down to Chongqing amid torture fears
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-asylum-05302016210450.html

“六四”纪念日前夕 多名公民被监控、“被旅游” (In the run-up to June Fourth, many civilians surveilled and “made travelling”)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-05302016105111.html

【六四27年】高瑜引丁子霖來電：6月1日起將遭警軟禁　切斷住所電話 ([27th anniversary of June Fourth] Gao Yu quotes Ding Zilin’s call: Ding will be put under house arrest from June 1, domicile telephone will be cut)
Ming Pao, May 30, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160530/s00004/1464605206558

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China detains two over “1989” Tiananmen crackdown labels on spirits
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-label-05302016212657.html

支聯會申「六四」屠殺為世界記憶項目 (Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China applies for registering June Fourth Massacre with U.N. Memory of World Programme)
InMedia HK, May 31, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042625

美民间团体发起“寻找坦克人”活动 (U.S. civil groups organize “Tell us what happened to the two ‘Tank Men’” activity)
Voice of America, May 31, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-chinese-rights-groups-search-for-two-tiananmen-heros-20160530/3351907.html

Related:
Tell us what happened to the two "Tank Men"
Change.Org
https://www.change.org/p/xi-jinping-tell-us-what-happened-to-the-two-tank-men

China to provide 10% of UN peacekeeping budget
Global Times, May 31, 2016
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2016-05-31/doc-ifxsqxxs7992427.shtml

达赖喇嘛认为中国正发生深度转变 (Dalai Lama thinks China is going through deep changes)
Deutsche Welle, May 31, 2016
/zh/达赖喇嘛认为中国正发生深度转变/a-19294828

Hong Kong (香港)

”Connected by blood”: CY Leung says Hongkongers should care about major mainland incidents like Tiananmen
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1960310/connected-blood-cy-leung-says-hongkongers-should-care-about

Why the plan to rename Pikachu has made Hong Kong angry
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 31, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36414978

中大人團結一致 向梁振英遞交「大信封」行動 (CUHK people unite and give CY Leung the “Big Envelop” (letter of dismissal))
InMedia HK, May 31, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042630

中大校友學生會特首辦請願　促撤李君豪校董任命 (CUHK alumni concern group and student union representatives protest at chief executive's office, demanding to drop appointment of Vincent Lee as Council member)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160531/s00001/1464662020672

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【六四27年】讓六四記憶與大中華觀念脫鈎（文：徐承恩） (Let’s unlink the memory of June Fourth and Pan-China perception)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160531/s00022/1464657386185

六四與《十年》：〈自焚者〉的啟示　（文：梁麗幗@法政匯思） (Yvonne Leung from Progressive Lawyers’ Group—June Fourth and “Ten Years”: Message from the “Self-Immolator”)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160531/s00022/1464661954840

Access to Information (信息公开)

Why China still can’t make sense of the Cultural Revolution
Hong Kong Free Press, May 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/29/why-china-still-cant-make-sense-of-the-cultural-revolution/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Parents protest “toxic” athletics track at school in China's Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, May 27, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/athletics-05272016114148.html

Tibetans in Ngaba warned over anti-mine protests
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/warned-05272016145835.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京列“霾”为气象灾害遭质疑 人为导致污染却怪自然？ (Beijing puts “smog” on the meteorological hazards list, questioned why man made pollution is blamed on nature)
Radio Free Asia, May 27, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl2-05272016102921.html

中国对G7声明表示“强烈不满” (China voices “strong discontent” toward G7 statement)
Deutsche Welle, May 27, 2016
http://www.dw.com//zh/中国对g7声明表示强烈不满/a-19285586

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The secret army of cheerleaders policing China’s Internet
The Guardian, May 29, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/29/china-internet-censorship-strategic-distraction-gary-king

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong cartoonist drops publisher amid charges of self-censorship
Hong Kong Free Press, May 27, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/27/hong-kong-comic-artist-find-new-publisher-political-satire-book-original-one-self-censors/

Ken Tsang: "Beaten" Hong Kong protester sentenced for assault
港「佔中」被毆示威者曾健超獲刑將上訴
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 30, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36410804
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2016/05/160530_hongkong_ken_tseng_sentence

三院校街頭報哀音悼六四：不敢遺忘，有責傳承 (3 tertiary education bodies jointly commemorate June Fourth by singing and talking with people in the streets: Never forget, bear the responsibility to pass the message on)
InMedia HK, May 30, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042605

Turnout plunges by half as Hongkongers march to remember June 4 Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy
香港六四游行人数减半 有学生会杯葛但亦有学生支持
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1958596/turnout-plunges-half-hongkongers-march-remember-june-4
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15500059748a259/xiang-gang-liu-si-you-xing-ren-shu-jian-ban-you-xue-sheng-bei-ge-dan-yi-you-xue-sheng-zhi-chi

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

China’s halal constitution
The Diplomat, May 27, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/chinas-halal-constitution/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【六四電影】《天安門》重遇記——給電影學院同學的一封信（文：家明） ([June Fourth film] Seeing “Tiananmen” again—a letter to film school students)
Ming Pao, May 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160529/s00022/1464488215385

「六四」之於一名九十後 (June Fourth to a post-90s)
InMedia HK, May 29, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042599

我與八九民運的生命經驗 (Me and my life experience of 1989 democratic movement)
InMedia HK, May 30, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042609

【文革五十年】追溯文革的思想源頭（文：黃東） ([50th anniversary of Cultural Revolution] Tracing the ideological origins of the Cultural Revolution)
Ming Pao, May 28, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160528/s00022/1464402625491

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Wives of detained Chinese human rights lawyers refuse to be silenced
Cable News Network, May 27, 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/27/asia/chinese-human-rights-lawyers-wives-video/index.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)

China’s independent journalists face high risks—and are in high demand
Global Voices, May 26, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/05/26/chinas-independent-journalists-face-high-risks-and-are-in-high-demand/

China among 10 countries blocking press freedom watchdog from UN status
Hong Kong Free Press, May 27, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/27/china-among-10-countries-blocking-press-freedom-watchdog-un-status/

Related:
CPJ denied ECOSOC consultative status after vote in UN NGO Committee
Committee to Protect Journalists, May 26, 2016
https://cpj.org/2016/05/cpj-denied-ecosoc-consultative-status-after-vote-i.php

Blurred lines: Chinese state media pixelates Taiwanese flag in news clip about new president
Hong Kong Free Press, May 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/26/chinese-state-media-pixelates-taiwanese-flag-video-new-president/

It may have been quickly censored, but a sex tape is the talk of China
The Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2016
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-sex-tape-20160526-snap-story.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Walmart workers in Shenzhen finally get the official trade union on their side
China Labor Bulletin, May 27, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/walmart-workers-shenzhen-finally-get-official-trade-union-their-side

Two Tibetan monks detained in Ngaba on unknown charges
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/charges-05262016150613.html

Death of activist in Chinese custody sparks outcry
Voice of America, May 26, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/death-of-activist-in-chinese-custody-sparks-outcry/3346925.html

制反强拆标语被“寻衅滋事” 南方街头运动者欧荣贵失踪数日证实遭刑拘 (Southern Street Movement participant Ou Ronggui criminally detained after a few days’ disappearance, charged with “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” for making anti-forcible demolition slogan banners)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-05262016110840.html

良心犯郭飞雄关注组致信联合国 (Concern group for prisoner of conscience Guo Feixiong sends open letter to the U.N.)
Voice of America, May 26, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-chinese-political-prisoner-guo-feixiong-open-letter-to-un-human-rights-20160526/3347283.html

Related:
Guo Feixiong on Day 11 of Hunger Strike in Prison, Wife Asks President Xi Jinping to Intervene
郭飞雄狱中绝食11天，妻子吁习近平关注
Human Rights in China, May 19, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/guo-feixiong-day-11-hunger-strike-prison-wife-asks-president-xi-jinping
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/guo-fei-xiong-yu-zhong-jue-shi-11tian-qi-zi-xu-xi-jin-ping-guan-zhu

Hunger Strike Relay to Support Guo Feixiong Continues
绝食声援郭飞雄
Human Rights in China, May 16, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jue-shi-sheng-yuan-guo-fei-xiong
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jue-shi-sheng-yuan-guo-fei-xiong

Save Guo Feixiong: Hunger Strike Relay Proposal
救援郭飞雄接力绝食倡议书
Human Rights in China, May 2, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/save-guo-feixiong-hunger-strike-relay-proposal
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jiu-yuan-guo-fei-xiong-jie-li-jue-shi-chang-yi-shu

Wife of Guo Feixiong Appeals to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Regarding His Deteriorating Condition
张青吁联合国人权事务高级专员关注丈夫郭飞雄遭虐案
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/wife-guo-feixiong-appeals-un-high-commissioner-human-rights-regarding-his
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/zhang-qing-xu-lian-he-guo-ren-quan-shi-wu-gao-ji-zhuan

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s state firms must become “bigger, stronger” and still be at the core of the nation
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1955852/chinas-state-firms-must-become-bigger-stronger-and-still-be-core

China to promote anti-corruption efforts at G20: minister
Reuters, May 26, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-g-idUSKCN0YH0UT

China clamps down on memorial events ahead of Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-tiananmen-05262016142624.html

悼念六四天安門屠殺二十七週年 (Commemorating 27th anniversary of June Fourth Tiananmen Massacre)
China Worker Info, May 26, 2016
http://chinaworker.info/hhk/2016/05/26/12765/

Hong Kong (香港)

Rocking boats, shaking mountains: To bewilderment in China, neither Hong Kong nor Taiwan seems to want to follow its script
The Economist, May 28, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21699480-bewilderment-china-neither-hong-kong-nor-taiwan-seems-want-follow-its-script-rocking

“Ungrounded, unjustified and arbitrary”: Artists slam removal of ICC protest art
Hong Kong Free Press, May 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/25/ungrounded-unjustified-and-arbitrary-artists-slam-removal-of-icc-protest-art/

Hong Kong protests: “beaten” activist found guilty of assault
香港“占中”被殴示威者曾健超袭警及拒捕罪名成立
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 26, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36387664
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/05/160526_hongkong_ken_tsang_verdict

中大師生校友聯署聲明：校董會不是政治酬庸！廢除特首校監必然制！ (CUHK staff, students and alumni joint petition: The university council is no political reward! Abolish chief executive-council head mechanism!)
InMedia HK, May 27, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042571

Related:
「梁粉」李君豪獲委任中大校董　潘淑嫻任城大校董　任期3年 (“CY Leung fans” appointed as CU and CityU council members for 3 years’ term)
Ming Pao, May 25, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160527/s00001/1464322900974

聯校六四論壇活動宣言 (Declaration of joint university June Fourth forum)
InMedia HK, May 27, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042566

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China and the end of reform
ChinaFile, May 26, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/viewpoint/china-and-end-of-reform

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese media attacked Taiwan’s new president for being a single woman and it kinda failed
Buzzfeed News, May 26, 2016
https://www.buzzfeed.com/beimengfu/china-attacked-taiwans-new-president-for-being-single-and-it

Related:
Minitrue: Delete “inappropriate” op-ed on Tsai Ing-wen
China Digital Times, May 25, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/05/minitrue-inappropriate-op-ed-tsai-ing-wen/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetans protest unsafe conditions in their town in Draggo
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/unsafe-05252016132526.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Obama “very weak and compromising” on China human rights issues, Chinese journalist tells U.S. hearing
Hong Kong Free Press, May 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/25/obama-very-weak-and-compromising-on-china-human-rights-issues-chinese-journalist-tells-us-hearing/

Not enough character? Communist Party frets over Constitution copying
The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/25/not-enough-character-communist-party-frets-over-constitution-copying-%E2%80%8B/

“It was a grave mistake”: tearful former top graft-buster admits taking 140 million yuan in bribes
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1954589/it-was-grave-mistake-tearful-former-top-graft-buster

“Political mistakes,” more than graft, led to downfall of Chinese military chiefs Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1954587/political-mistakes-more-graft-led-downfall-chinese

法国各界将和中国流亡人士一起纪念六四 (French communities to commemorate June Fourth with Chinese exiles)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/gr-05252016110919.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China increases scrutiny of Internet, tech companies
Voice of America, May 25, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-increases-scrutiny-ofinternet-tech-companies/3345312.html

Q. and A.: Ben Hillman and Gray Tuttle on ethnic unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet
The New York Times, May 27, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/world/asia/china-xinjiang-tibet-ethnic-unrest.html

China’s emerging cyberspace strategy
The Diplomat, May 24, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/chinas-emerging-cyberspace-strategy/

Hong Kong (香港)

Victoria Park Tiananmen vigil has become rigid, CUHK student leader says
Hong Kong Free Press, May 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/26/june-4-tiananmen-vigil-at-victoria-park-has-become-rigid-cuhk-student-leader-says/

Daughter of Swedish bookseller says he is illegally held in China on dubious charges
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/daughter-of-swedish-05252016104726.html

Hong Kong’s international law problem
ChinaFile, May 25, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/viewpoint/hong-kongs-international-law-problem

香港民团抗议张德江访港时警方打压人权 (Hong Kong groups protest police suppression of human rights during Zhang Dejiang’s visit)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-05252016161155.html

張德江訪港當局安排大量警力保護　香港眾志質疑違憲研司法覆核 (Authorities deploy huge police forces to ensure safety during Zhang Dejiang’s visit, Demosisto suspects violation of constitution, mulls possibility of judicial review)
Ming Pao, May 26, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160526/s00001/1464194430068

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Concern for jailed activist Guo Feixiong’s health as supporters detained
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-guofeixiong-05242016170440.html

Related:
Guo Feixiong on Day 11 of Hunger Strike in Prison, Wife Asks President Xi Jinping to Intervene
郭飞雄狱中绝食11天，妻子吁习近平关注
Human Rights in China, May 19, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/guo-feixiong-day-11-hunger-strike-prison-wife-asks-president-xi-jinping
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/guo-fei-xiong-yu-zhong-jue-shi-11tian-qi-zi-xu-xi-jin-ping-guan-zhu

Hunger Strike Relay to Support Guo Feixiong Continues
绝食声援郭飞雄
Human Rights in China, May 16, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jue-shi-sheng-yuan-guo-fei-xiong
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jue-shi-sheng-yuan-guo-fei-xiong

Save Guo Feixiong: Hunger Strike Relay Proposal
救援郭飞雄接力绝食倡议书
Human Rights in China, May 2, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/save-guo-feixiong-hunger-strike-relay-proposal
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/jiu-yuan-guo-fei-xiong-jie-li-jue-shi-chang-yi-shu

Wife of Guo Feixiong Appeals to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Regarding His Deteriorating Condition
张青吁联合国人权事务高级专员关注丈夫郭飞雄遭虐案
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/wife-guo-feixiong-appeals-un-high-commissioner-human-rights-regarding-his
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/zhang-qing-xu-lian-he-guo-ren-quan-shi-wu-gao-ji-zhuan

Access to Information (信息公开)

No country for academics: Chinese crackdown forces intellectuals abroad
The Guardian, May 24, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/24/academics-china-crackdown-forces-intellectuals-abroad

Chinese province aims to lead big data charge
The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/25/chinese-province-aims-to-lead-big-data-charge/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Netizen voices: No respect for family planning officers
China Digital Times, May 24, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/05/netizen-voices-comeuppance-one-child-policy-enforcers/

Protest held after grief-stricken relatives beat up five doctors following woman’s death
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1953791/protest-held-after-grief-stricken-relatives-beat-five-doctors

Chinese police detain protesting Sichuan quake parents
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/parents-05242016130621.html

China’s middle class vents over growing list of grievances
The Wall Street Journal, May 24, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/24/chinas-middle-class-vents-over-growing-list-of-grievances/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Write after me: China’s Communist Party members “must put hearts” into transcribing full 15,000-character constitution
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1952703/write-after-me-chinas-communist-party-members-must-put

The forgotten children of China's prisoners—video
The Guardian, May 24, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2016/may/24/the-forgotten-children-of-chinas-prisoners-video

卫计委:发现农村留守儿童疑遭不法侵害等情况须强制报告 (Health and Family Planning Commission: Instances of rural left behind children being illegally harmed should be compulsorily reported)
People’s Daily, May 25, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0525/c1001-28379171.html

U.S. disappointed by Chinese scrapping of online Q&A session
Voice of America, May 24, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/united-states-disappointed-chinese-shutdown-online-question-answer-session/3344940.html

纽约文革图片展落幕，李伟东论为何反思文革 (New York photo exhibition on Cultural Revolution closes, Li Weidong discusses why we should reflect on Cultural Revolution)
Voice of America, May 25, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-li-weidong-20160524/3344171.html

文化大革命五十周年：从广东逃到香港的知青 (50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution: The educated youths who fled Guangdong for Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 25, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/05/160525_hongkong_cultural_revolution_escapees

Hong Kong (香港)

Daughter of missing Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai to testify before United States committee
桂敏海之女出席美国听证会 吁各国勿让中国违法跨境执法
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2016
EN : http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1952855/daughter-missing-hong-kong-bookseller-gui-minhai-testify
CH : http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/154e5fee17e57b4/gui-min-hai-zhi-nv-chu-xi-mei-guo-ting-zheng-hui-yu-ge-guo-wu-rang-zhong-guo-wei-fa-kua-jing-zhi-fa

Related:
Video: “Speaking up is the only option I have”: Daughter of “abducted” bookseller testifies at U.S. hearing
Hong Kong Free Press, May 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/25/video-speaking-up-is-the-only-option-i-have-daughter-of-abducted-bookseller-testifies-at-us-hearing/

July 1 democracy rally organizers urge gov’t to reopen Civic Square forecourt as march end point
Hong Kong Free Press, May 24, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/24/july-1-democracy-rally-organisers-urge-govt-to-reopen-civic-square-forecourt-as-march-end-point/

Hong Kong wants to remain a global arts hub while censoring political art
Quartz, May 25, 2016
http://qz.com/691105/hong-kong-wants-to-remain-a-global-arts-hub-while-censoring-political-art/

“It’s time for us to set a new political agenda for Hong Kong.” A Q&A with student activist Joshua Wong
ChinaFile, May 24, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/viewpoint/its-time-us-set-new-political-agenda-hong-kong

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【港獨爭拗】不卑不亢（文：陳文敏） ([Debates over Hong Kong’s independence] Johannes Chan: Neither servile nor overbearing)
Ming Pao, May 25, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160525/s00022/1464143938964

Populist or liberal: What kind of democracy does Hong Kong really want?
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1952744/populist-or-liberal-what-kind-democracy-does-hong-kong-really-want

Hong Kong laid on a big, expensive show, but was Zhang Dejiang visiting or “inspecting” us?
Hong Kong Free Press, May 24, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/24/hong-kong-laid-on-a-big-expensive-show-but-was-zhang-dejiang-visiting-or-inspecting-us/

China’s new law on international NGOs—and questions about legal reform
The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/25/chinas-new-law-on-international-ngos-and-questions-about-legal-reform/

【文革五十年】否定文革才能捍衛改革開放 ([50th anniversary of Cultural Revolution] Only by denying the Cultural Revolution can reform and opening be protected)
Ming Pao, May 25, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160525/s00022/1464142804015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京市民将可拿手机申请法律援助 (Beijing citizens will be able to apply for legal assistance with a mobile phone)
Beijing Daily, May 24, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0524/c1001-28373885.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China school milk: Social media users up in arms over “hush-up”
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 20, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36346205

China’s Internet propaganda is more subtle and sophisticated than it ever has been
Quartz, May 24, 2016
http://qz.com/690650/chinas-internet-propaganda-is-more-subtle-and-sophisticated-than-it-ever-has-been/

Harvard study: China fabricates 488 million social media posts per year
The Diplomat, May 20, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/harvard-study-china-fabricates-488-million-social-media-posts-per-year/

Not-so-soft spot: U.S. embassy Q&A scrubbed from Chinese social media site
The Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/05/20/not-so-soft-spot-u-s-embassy-qa-scrubbed-from-chinese-social-media-site/

China holds writer, publisher over dissent, “forbidden books”
Radio Free Asia, May 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/books-05232016123637.html

中国出版界强人被捕引发外界严重关注 (China’s publishing industry strongman arrested, stirs serious concern)
Voice of America, May 23, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/Chinese-publisher-arrested-20160524/3343478.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Over 200 people support Guo Feixiong in a hunger strike relay
China Change, May 23, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/05/23/over-200-people-support-guo-feixiong-in-a-hunger-strike-relay/

Decapitated churches in China’s Christian heartland
浙江两年拆上千十字架，中国或进一步限制基督教
The New York Times, May 21, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/world/asia/china-christians-zhejiang.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160523/c23chinacross/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet works.
The Washington Post, May 23, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-scary-lesson-to-the-world-censoring-the-internet-works/2016/05/23/413afe78-fff3-11e5-8bb1-f124a43f84dc_story.html

Xi’s Internet: China’s new normal online reality
Hong Kong Free Press, May 22, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/22/xis-internet-chinas-new-normal-online-reality/

China mulls new ways to control video websites
Hong Kong Free Press, May 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/23/china-mulls-new-ways-control-video-websites/

Hong Kong (香港)

ICC building protest art suspended as Arts Council slams artists’ “disrespect”
Hong Kong Free Press, May 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/23/icc-building-protest-art-suspended-as-arts-council-slams-artists-disrespect/

Related:
Joint statement
Hong Kong Arts Development Council, May 22, 2016
http://www.hkadc.org.hk/?p=14364&lang=en

ICC《我們就是六十秒的朋友》創作者：請藝發局收回不實聲明，停止任意移除作品 (Artists of ICC installation “Our 60-second friendship begins now” request the Arts Development Council to withdraw false statement, and refrain from removing artwork at will)
Standnews, May 23, 2016
http://bit.ly/27QP4Yt

港大續辦六四集會 論壇傾香港前途 (HKU continues to organize June Fourth commemoration, discussion forum to focus on Hong Kong’s future)
InMedia HK, May 24, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042524

港支联会：纪念六四体现港人意志和价值 (Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China: Commemorating June Fourth reflects Hongkongers’ will and values)
Voice of America, May 24, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/June-4th-20160524/3343447.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【張德江訪港】張德江訪港帶來的破壞（文：潘小濤） ([ZDJ’s visit to HK] The damages brought by Zhang Dejiang’s visit to Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, May 24, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160524/s00022/1464055672356

【張德江訪港】漫談張德江訪港（文：呂秉權） ([ZDJ’s visit to HK] Discursive talk on Zhang Dejiang’s visit to Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, May 24, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160524/s00022/1464055163904

Access to Information (信息公开)

哈佛研究稱「五毛」年發5億留言影響輿論　環時駁斥「一知半解」 (Harvard study finds “Wumaos” post 500 million comments yearly to impact public opinion, Global Times rebuts: superficial knowledge)
Ming Pao, May 21, 2106
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160521/s00004/1463802049903

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

NGOs take chemical factories to court
China Daily, May 23, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-05/23/content_25426849.htm

Chinese press freedom activist on hunger strike for two weeks, says family
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1951569/chinese-press-freedom-activist-hunger-strike-two-weeks

Related:
声援郭飞雄接力绝食抗议已20天，200多人参加 (Hunger strike relay to support Guo Feixiong into 20 days, over 200 participants)
Voice of America, May 23, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-feixiong-guo-protest-20160522/3341187.html

Guo Feixiong on day 11 of hunger strike in prison, wife asks president Xi Jinping to intervene
Human Rights in China, May 19, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/guo-feixiong-day-11-hunger-strike-prison-wife-asks-president-xi-jinping

Chinese protests over university quotas spread to third province
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1951077/chinese-protests-over-university-quotas-spread-third-province

Chinese blogger detained over Buddhist temples "smear"
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1951038/chinese-blogger-detained-over-buddhist-temples-smear

北京自由派学者例行聚餐因六四临近被阻挠 (Beijing liberal scholars’ regular gathering meal obstructed in the run up to June Fourth)
Voice of China, May 23, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/beijing-dissident-20160523/3341838.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Tsai shows no goodwill on cross-Strait ties: mainland scholar
Xinhua, May23, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-05/23/content_25428423.htm

Related:
Minitrue: Adopt unified approach on Taiwan inauguration
China Digital Times, May 23, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/05/taiwan-president-takes-cautious-line-china/

维护两岸关系和平发展的关键在于坚持“九二共识”政治基础 (The key to maintaining cross-strait peace lies in upholding political foundation of the 1992 consensus)
Xinhua, May 21, 2016
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201605/21/139997_47434217.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong government pours cold water on call for a human rights commission
South China Morning Post, May 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1949919/hong-kong-government-pours-cold-water-call-human

HK-mainland trade drops in Q1
Xinhua, May 21, 2016
http://english.sina.com/news/2016-05-21/doc-ifxsktvr1038622.shtml

Hong Kong’s student leaders to miss Tiananmen Square vigil for first time after split with organisers
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1951566/hong-kongs-student-leaders-miss-tiananmen-square-vigil-first

Lights out for controversial 2047 “Countdown Machine” art installation on Hong Kong’s ICC building
港艺发局叫停ICC倒数机 创作人质疑高层权力人士介入
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1951495/lights-out-controversial-2047-countdown-machine
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/154dcf48b8c00b8/gang-yi-fa-ju-jiao-ting-icc-dao-shu-ji-chuang-zuo-ren-zhi-yi-gao-ceng-quan-li-ren-shi-jie-ru

泛民批评京官处理港独枪炮论武力恐吓 (Pan-dems denounce Beijing official’s talk of military treatment to Hong Kong’s independence advocacies as threats of violence)
Voice of America, May 22, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hk-independence-20160522/3340837.html

Related:
Beijing will use law and public opinion to handle Hong Kong independence issue, not guns, insists prominent lawyer
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1950931/beijing-will-use-law-and-public-opinion-handle-hong-kong

Why people in Hong Kong scoff at China’s grandiose Belt and Road plans
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/business/global-economy/article/1950407/why-people-hong-kong-scoff-chinas-grandiose-belt-and-road

“六四”27周年前夕 港支联会举办民主风筝行动 (In the run up to the 27th anniversary of June Fourth, Hong Kong Alliance organizes kite flying activity for democracy)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-05222016113339.html

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

Chinese military mulls new policies to seek educated recruits
Xinhua, May 23, 2016
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-05/23/content_25428424.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Long may our judicial system remain independent
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1950997/long-may-our-judicial-system-remain-independent

【蔡英文就職】蔡英文給香港的信（文：曾偉強） ([Tsai Ing-wen’s inauguration] Tsai Ing-wen’s letter to Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, May 22, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160522/s00022/1463893793929

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Uyghur teenager convicted of plotting to leave China, join separatist group gets 20 years
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-tenager-convicted-05192016151457.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Taiwan swears in first female president as hostile Beijing looks on
Agence France Presse, May 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/20/taiwan-swears-in-tsai-ing-wen-as-first-female-president-as-hostile-beijing-looks-on/

Related:
Taiwan's new president Tsai Ing-wen vows to reduce dependence on Beijing
The Guardian, May 20, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/20/taiwans-new-president-tsai-ing-wen-vows-to-reduce-dependence-on-beijing

Beijing expresses dissatisfaction after Taiwan’s new President Tsai Ing-wen swaps “consensus”for “historic fact”
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1948433/beijing-expresses-dissatisfaction-after-taiwans-new

Poor mainland ties will hurt Taiwan
Global TImes, May 20, 2106
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2016-05-20/doc-ifxsktkp9026037.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

《国家网络安全宣传周活动方案》发布 (Release of “program of national cybersecurity promotion week”)
People’s Daily, May 20, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0520/c1001-28364682.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Demosistō activists released on HK$500 bail after attempting to block Chinese official’s motorcade
Hong Kong Free Press, May 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/20/joshua-wong-and-demosisto-activists-released-on-bail-after-attempting-to-block-chinese-official-zhangs-motorcade/

Everyone will have to “foot the bill” if Hong Kong becomes chaotic, warns Zhang Dejiang
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1947240/everyone-will-have-foot-bill-if-hong-kong-becomes-chaotic

香港支联会向张德江发公开信要求平反六四 (Hong Kong Alliance sends open letter to Zhang Dejiang demanding to rehabilitate June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-05192016103533.html

Chinese official condemns calls for greater autonomy in Hong Kong
The New York Times, May 19, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/world/asia/hong-kong-independence-zhang-dejiang.html?_r=0

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong must find the courage to restart electoral reform dialogue
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1947229/hong-kong-must-find-courage-restart-electoral-reform

張德江到訪三日，香港倒退六十年 (Zhang Dejiang’s 3-day visit drives Hong Kong 60 years backwards)
InMedia HK, May 19, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042441

張德江「看、聽、講」了什麼？ (What did Zhang Dejiang “see, listen, and talk”?)
InMedia HK, May 19, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/10424429