HRIC Daily Brief

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

C.Y. Leung criticized for using simplified Chinese characters in social media post
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/21/cy-leung-criticised-using-simplified-chinese-characters-social-media-post/

Commentary (评论)

Dangers of China’s counter-terrorism law for Tibetans and Uyghurs
International Campaign for Tibet, November 15, 2016
https://www.savetibet.org/dangers-of-chinas-counter-terrorism-law-for-tibetans-and-uyghurs/

The world, and congress, have an interest in what happens In Hong Kong
Forbes, November 17, 2016
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikegonzalez3/2016/11/17/the-world-and-congress-have-an-interest-in-what-happens-in-hong-kong/#78ddcde6470b

Oathgate will hurt Hong Kong democracy
Al Jazeera, November 21, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/oathgate-hurt-hong-kong-democracy-161120085542934.html

A retreat from TPP would empower China
The New York Times, November 21, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/opinion/a-retreat-from-tpp-would-empower-china.html

徐友渔：中国学术自由是文革以来最糟的 (Xu Youyu: Situation of academic freedom the worst since Cultural Revolution)
Voice of America, November 22, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/xu-youyu-20161121/3606071.html

Monday, November 21, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Villagers execution in China ignites uproar over inequality of justice
The New York Times, November 21, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/world/asia/villagers-execution-in-china-ignites-uproar-over-inequality-of-justice.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Lights, camera, redaction: China sets new rules for filmmakers
The Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/lights-camera-redaction-china-sets-new-rules-for-filmmakers-1479466803

Feng Xiaogang lashes out at China’s richest man over “Bovary” interference
China Film Insider, November 18, 2016
http://chinafilminsider.com/breaking-feng-xiaogang-lashes-chinas-richest-man-bovary-interference/

高智晟、胡石根、唐荆陵三人被提名为诺贝尔和平奖侯选人 (Gao Zhisheng, Hu Shigen and Tang Jingling nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-11182016104411.html

In China, voters pick “Clinton,” “Trump” and “Braised chicken” over locals
The Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/11/18/in-china-voters-pick-clinton-trump-and-braised-chicken-over-locals/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“I was tortured in detention”: Released Guangzhou Three activist
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-torture-11182016132508.html

第三期国家人权行动计划的新特点 (New features of the Third National Human Rights Action Plan)
People’s Daily, November 21, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/1121/c1001-28882339.html

在第六次全国妇女儿童工作会议上的讲话 (Speech at the 6th National Women and Children Congress)
People’s Daily, November 21, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/1121/c1001-28883347.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

No surprise: Backdoors and spyware on smartphones is the norm in China
Global Voices, November 19, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/11/19/no-surprise-backdoors-and-spyware-on-smartphones-is-the-norm-in-china/

China says terrorism, fake news impel greater global internet curbs
Reuters, November 19, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-idUSKBN13F01K

Hong Kong (香港)

Expect more “one-country” focus in Hong Kong policy and appreciate preferential treatment, mainland defense expert advises
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2047404/expect-more-one-country-focus-hong-kong-policy-and

CUHK students slam university chief’s “Mandarin first” congregation speech
Hong Kong Free Press, November 18, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/18/cuhk-students-slam-university-chiefs-mandarin-first-congregation-speech/

China's Xi calls on HK leader to maintain stability
Reuters, November 20, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-hongkong-idUSKBN13G04R

Xi Jinping “fully acknowledges” Hong Kong government’s handling of oath-taking saga, chief executive says
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2047810/xi-jinping-and-leung-chun-ying-discuss-travel-not-politics

Commentary (评论)

Who is Chinese? The upper Han
The Economist, November 19, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21710264-worlds-rising-superpower-has-particular-vision-ethnicity-and-nationhood-has

China’s controversial, out-sized role in Africa’s digital revolution
ChinaFile, November 17, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/china-africa-project/chinas-controversial-out-sized-role-africas-digital-revolution

Beijing’s new Internet laws hint at trade barriers
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2047410/beijings-new-internet-laws-hint-trade-barriers

The rise and rise of localism among Hong Kong youth
Hong Kong Free Press, November 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/20/the-rise-and-rise-of-localism-among-hong-kong-youth/

Hong Kong’s oath row is so perfect for Beijing, they couldn’t have planned it better themselves
Hong Kong Free Press, November 21, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/21/hong-kongs-oath-row-is-so-perfect-for-beijing-they-couldnt-have-planned-it-better-themselves/

Writing China: Madeleine Thien, “do not say we have nothing”
The Wall Street Journal, November 21, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/11/21/writing-china-madeleine-thien-do-not-say-we-have-nothing/

Death sentence, sense of injustice and public opinion in China
Jerry’s Blog, November 17, 2016
http://www.jeromecohen.net/jerrys-blog/2016/11/17/death-sentence-sense-of-injustice-and-public-opinion-in-china

習近平未撐梁振英連任遲遲不表態將更顯特首欽點本質 (Xi Jinping has not expressed support for CY Leung’s re-election, non-declaration at this late stage highlights the nature of appointment)
Radio France Internationale, November 21, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161121-習近平未撐梁振英連任-遲遲不表態將更顯特首欽點本質

香港 : 反抗政府清洗立法會！ (Hong Kong, protest government’s cleansing in the LegCo!)
China Worker Info, November 17, 2016
http://chinaworker.info/hhk/2016/11/17/13661/

Friday, November 18, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

Statement of the week: China’s Internet is open
China Digital Times, November 17, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/11/statement-week-chinas-internet-open/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's Christians vow to defy new rules banning organized worship
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/christians-rules-11172016111545.html

中国当局劫毁高智晟新书耿和公布电子版抗议封锁 (Chinese authorities intercept and destroy Gao Zhisheng’s new book, his wife publishes electronic version to protest the blockade)
Radio Free Asia, November 17, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-11172016102836.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s anti-graft watchdog publicly shames and demotes Chinese railway official who sent 2,300 bawdy texts to woman
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2046951/chinas-anti-graft-watchdog-publicly-shames-and-demotes-chinese

China says family cut off funds to get most-wanted graft suspect back
Reuters, November 17, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-usa-idUSKBN13C150

马英九大马举行国际记者会指责北京打压 (Ma Ying-jeou holds press conference in Malaysia protesting China’s suppression)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/11/161117_taiwan_malaysia_ma_china

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China builds a brave new online world behind the wire
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2047028/china-builds-brave-new-online-world-behind-wire

China doubles down on Internet control after tough new law
Voice of America, November 17, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-internet-control/3600962.html

Xi Jinping pushes China’s vision for the worldwide web
Financial Times, November 16, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/482bcfd0-abd0-11e6-9cb3-bb8207902122

Hong Kong (香港)

High Court to hear Youngspiration duo’s appeal over oath dispute
Hong Kong Free Press, November 17, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/17/high-court-hear-youngspiration-duos-appeal-oath-dispute/

Retired photojournalist seeks legal challenge over oaths of 14 lawmakers and Chief Exec. C.Y. Leung
Hong Kong Free Press, November 17, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/17/retired-reporter-seeks-legal-challenge-over-oaths-of-14-lawmakers-and-chief-exec-cy-leung/

【誓詞風波】新華社：高院裁決維護一國兩制尊嚴　打擊「港獨」分子氣焰 ([Oath-taking row] Xinhua: High Court’s ruling defends the dignity of One Country Two Systems, blowing “separatist elements’” bluster)
Ming Pao, November 17, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161117/s00001/1479369846437

Commentary (评论)

Lawyer who helped draft Basic Law says Beijing interpretation has destroyed “one country, two systems”
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2046959/lawyer-who-helped-draft-basic-law-says-beijing

反對派必須勇敢承認分歧（文：葉健民） (Opposition parties must bravely recognize their differences)
Ming Pao, November 18, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161118/s00022/1479432872513

當政治沒有曙光，我們更需要白票 (One should cast a blank vote especially when political situation isn’t hopeful)
InMedia HK, November 18, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045920

What does Xi's “One China" mean for Hong Kong's democracy?
习近平的“一个中国”对香港民主意味着什么？
Voice of America, November 18, 2016
EN: http://www.voanews.com/a/china-hong-kong/3601047.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/a/Xi-HONGKONG-DEMOCRACY/3601531.html

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

Kim Jong Un gets new mean nickname after Chinese censors block fat jokes
Gizmodo, November 17, 2016
http://gizmodo.com/kim-jong-un-gets-new-mean-nickname-after-chinese-censor-1789073146

BBC stopped from visiting China independent candidate
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38005603

Related:
In China, foreign correspondents continue to face harassment, restrictions
Committee to Protect Journalists, November 15, 2016
https://cpj.org/blog/2016/11/in-china-foreign-correspondents-continue-to-face-h.php

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Across China, Walmart faces labor unrest as authorities stand aside
The New York Times, November 17, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/world/asia/across-china-walmart-faces-labor-unrest-as-authorities-stand-aside.html

China elections: Independent candidates fight for the ballot
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37997706

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Communist Party leadership calls for fairer global governance of Internet
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2046645/communist-party-leadership-calls-fairer-global

Related:
《网络安全法》通过后中国举办第三次世界互联网大会习近平再提网络主权 (China holds 3rd World Internet Conference after Cybersecurity Law passed, Xi Jinping reiterates about “cyber sovereignty”)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl2-11162016103016.html

Secret back door in some U.S. phones sent data to China, analysts say
中国公司被指在安卓手机留“后门”
The New York Times, November 16, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20161116/china-phones-software-security/dual/

Hong Kong (香港)

Disqualified Hong Kong lawmakers Leung and Yau in High Court for battle to keep seats until appeal
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2046900/hong-kong-high-court-set-rule-whether-baggio-leung-and-yau

Hong Kong abductions: Marco Rubio seeks U.S. sanctions against officials
The Guardian, November 17, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/17/hong-kong-abductions-marco-rubio-seeks-us-sanctions-against-officials

China's interference in Hong Kong reaching alarming levels: U.S. congressional panel
Reuters, November 16, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-usa-idUSKBN13C07Z

Hong Kong umbrella movement documentary to get limited screening
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/screening-11162016105313.html

香港学运领袖黄之锋现身美国国会 (Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong appears at U.S. Congress)
Deutsche Welle, November 17, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/香港学运领袖黄之锋现身美国国会/a-36418721

Related:
黃之鋒訪華盛頓　促特朗普關注中國打壓香港 (Joshua Wong visits Washington DC, urges Trump to pay attention to China’s oppression of Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2016/11/161117_us_china_hongkong_trump

【人大釋法】中大畢業禮舉反釋法標語被指不適當　學生反問校長：兩民選議員被DQ，那什麼是莊嚴？ ([NPC interpretation of Basic Law] Students’ protest against NPC interpretation at graduation ceremony chided as inappropriate, students question Vice-Chancellor what “solemnity” means when democratically elected legislators got disqualified)
Ming Pao, November 17, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161117/s00001/1479357711410

Related:
中大今舉行畢業禮　火車站外現反梁反人大橫額 (Anti-CY Leung and anti-NPC banners appear at train station on CUHK graduation ceremony day)
Ming Pao, November 17, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161117/s00001/1479342257960

Commentary (评论)

The future of public interest litigation in China
ChinaFile, November 16, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/environment/future-of-public-interest-litigation-china

香港法律专家谈宣誓案判决的影响 (Hong Kong legal experts comment on impacts of the ruling of oath-taking case)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-11162016103532.html

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Unswayed by extraordinary public outcry, China executes nail-gun killer
The Washington Post, November 15, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/unswayed-by-extraordinary-public-outcry-china-executes-nail-gun-killer/2016/11/15/cbef295c-ab12-11e6-8410-7613f8c1dae8_story.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Foreign journalists working in China face increased harassment
The Guardian, November 15, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/nov/15/foreign-journalists-working-in-china-face-increased-harassment

Chinese state media CEO challenges Tencent’s power over online news
Global Voices, November 15, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/11/15/chinese-state-media-ceo-challenges-tencents-power-over-online-news/

Chinese media praise Trump’s “experience and ideology”
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2046302/chinese-media-praise-trumps-experience-and-ideology

New law, slowing sales take shine off China’s box office
Asia Times, November 15, 2016
http://www.atimes.com/article/new-law-slowing-sales-take-shine-off-chinas-box-office/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“We have a fake election”: China disrupts local campaigns
The New York Times, November 16, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/world/asia/beijing-china-local-elections.html

中国将开世界互联网大会维权人士被跨省稳控 (China to hold World Internet Conference, rights defenders across provinces under strict control)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-11152016104658.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese leadership sending “confusing” messages over reform of state-owned enterprises: China watcher
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2046500/chinese-leadership-sending-confusing-messages-over-reform-state

China holds officials to account for sloppy environmental efforts
Voice of America, November 15, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-pollution/3597961.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court bans pro-independence politicians from office
The Guardian, November 15, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/15/hong-kong-bans-pro-democracy-politicians-after-beijing-rewrites-oath-law

Related:
“Elections are meaningless”: Elected localist duo to appeal against court ruling barring them from legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, November 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/15/breaking-elected-localist-duo-to-appeal-against-hong-kong-court-ruling-barring-them-from-legislature/
Judgment: Between The Chief Executive of the HKSAR (1st Plaintiff) Secretary for Justice (2nd Plaintiff) and Yau Wai China (1st Defendant), Sixtus Leung Chung Hang (2nd Defendant), President of the Legislative Council
The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Court of First Instance, November 15, 2016
http://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/lrs/common/search/search_result_detail_frame.jsp?DIS=106799&QS=%2B&TP=JU
Press Summary: Constitutional and Administrative Law List. No. 185 of 2016 and Miscellaneous Proceedings No. 2819 of 2016.
新聞摘要: 憲法及行政訴訟2016年第185號及雜項案件2016年第2819號。本摘要由高等法院司法助理擬備，並非判決書的一部分。
The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Court of First Instance, November 15, 2016
EN: http://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/doc/judg/html/vetted/other/en/2016/HCAL000185A_2016_files/HCAL000185A_2016ES.htm
CH: http://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/doc/judg/html/vetted/other/en/2016/HCAL000185A_2016_files/HCAL000185A_2016CS.htm

香港活動人士黃之鋒將在新加坡研討會發言 (Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to speak at a forum in Singapore)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 16, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2016/11/161116_hongkong_joshua_wong_singapore

朱經緯涉毆途人兩年未定是否檢控　黎棟國指律政司一直與警溝通　現不宜評論 (No charge yet two years after former superintendent Franklin Chu allegedly beat passers-by, Security Sec Lai Tung-kwok refuses to comment at this stage while DOJ has been communicating with the police)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161116/s00001/1479278259831

Commentary (评论)

China’s great leap backward
The Atlantic, December 2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/12/chinas-great-leap-backward/505817/

Facebook, Microsoft, LinkedIn and others must resist China’s Orwellian vision of the Internet
Hong Kong Free Press, November 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/16/facebook-microsoft-linkedin-and-others-must-resist-chinas-orwellian-vision-of-the-internet/

【梁游敗訴】評法院梁游宣誓案判辭（文：任建峰） (Progressive Lawyers Group Kevin Yam on the Court’s ruling over localist duo’s oath taking)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161116/s00022/1479258162674

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Outcry as China executes symbol of injustice Jia Jinglong
The Guardian, November 15, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/15/outcry-as-china-executes-symbol-of-injustice-jia-jinglong

Related:
12 Chinese legal professionals’ letter of appeal for the review of Jia Jinglong’s death penalty
China Change, November 14, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/11/14/12-chinese-legal-professionals-letter-of-appeal-for-the-review-of-jia-jinglongs-death-penalty/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Online freedom hit by pressure on social media, apps; China worst offender
Agence France-Presse, November 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/15/online-freedom-hit-pressure-social-media-apps-china-worst-offender/

New China data shows mixed economic picture
The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-manufacturing-index-highest-in-over-two-years-1477964363

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Throwing labor activists in jail won’t solve China’s structural problems
Quartz, November 14, 2016
http://qz.com/827623/throwing-labor-activists-like-meng-han-in-jail-wont-solve-chinas-structural-problems/

Police in Shanghai, Beijing detain more independent election candidates
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/election-detentions-11142016160141.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese official suspended over petitioner’s death after he’s handcuffed and beaten in 81-hour ordeal
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2046106/chinese-official-suspended-over-petitioners-death-after-hes

Hundreds of families relocated in eastern China told their homes face demolition months after moving in
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2046090/hundreds-families-relocated-eastern-china-told-their-homes-face

Human rights groups protest over Interpol president’s appointment
Financial Times, November 10, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/3da20eba-a72c-11e6-8b69-02899e8bd9d1

Trump and China: fears that deal-making will consign human rights to political “roadkill”
The Guardian, November 15, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/15/trump-and-china-fears-deal-making-consign-human-rights-to-political-roadkill

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Booming e-businesses amid tight censorship ... can China have it both ways with the Internet?
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2046121/booming-e-businesses-amid-tight-censorship-can-china

Hong Kong (香港)

Breaking: Localist lawmakers face ejection from Hong Kong legislature as gov’t wins legal challenge
Hong Kong Free Press, November 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/15/breaking-localist-lawmakers-face-ejection-from-hong-kong-legislature-as-govt-wins-legal-challenge/

Related:
【短片：誓詞風波】高院裁定政府勝訴　梁游喪失議員資格 ([Video: Oath controversy] The High Court rules that government wins, Leung and Yau barred from legislature)
Ming Pao, November 15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161115/s00001/1479167639802
【梁游敗訴】法官：釋法與否結果都一樣 ([Leung and Yau lost] Judge: Same result with or without NPC interpretation of law)
Ming Pao, November 15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161115/s00001/1479196740671

HKFP Lens: “Punish those who insult China”—Pro-Beijing groups rally against localist lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, November 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/14/hkfp-lens-punish-those-who-insult-china-pro-beijing-groups-rally-against-localist-lawmakers/

香港议员批评北京当局借人大释法加剧乱港 (Hong Kong legislator criticizes Beijing for using NPC interpretation of the Basic Law to intensify disputes in Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-11142016112823.html

The people of Hong Kong vs. The People’s Republic of China
Foreign Policy, November 11, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/11/the-people-of-hong-kong-vs-the-peoples-republic-of-china/

Commentary (评论)

Beijing’s ruling amounts to a purge of dissident voices from Hong Kong’s legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, November 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/14/beijings-ruling-amounts-to-a-purge-of-dissident-voices-from-hong-kongs-legislature/

Interpol appointment highlights abuses
The Guardian, November 14, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/14/interpol-appointment-highlights-abuses

【人大釋法】評釋法風波（一至四）（文：劉進圖） (Former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau on the controversy of NPC’s interpretation of the Basic Law I-IV)
Ming Pao, November 11-15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161111/s00022/1478823611415
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161112/s00022/1478909528893
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161114/s00022/1479085011636
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161115/s00022/1479173732003

Monday, November 14, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

Cash-strapped Beijing Times to stop publishing at end of year
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2045613/cash-strapped-beijing-times-stop-publishing-end-year

Interview: Prize-winning Chinese citizen journalism website still going strong despite suppression
Hong Kong Free Press, November 12, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/12/interview-prize-winning-chinese-citizen-journalism-website-still-going-strong-despite-suppression/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China also is going to the polls. But you’d barely know it.
The Washington Post, November 11, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-is-also-going-to-the-polls-but-youd-barely-know-it/2016/11/10/a7ad8666-a049-11e6-8864-6f892cad0865_story.html

中国民间发起联署要求释放肖育辉 (Chinese civilians organize joint petition demanding release of Xiao Yuhui)
Radio Free Asia, November 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-11132016084745.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former top graft-buster gets suspended death sentence for taking bribes
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2045197/former-top-graft-buster-gets-suspended-death-sentence-taking-bribes

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China is the obstacle to Google’s plan to end Internet censorship
Hong Kong Free Press, November 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/13/china-obstacle-googles-plan-end-internet-censorship/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong politician calls pro-independence activists “cancer cells” at rally of thousands
The Guardian, November 14, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/14/hong-kong-politician-calls-pro-independence-activists-cancer-cells-rally-thousands-china

Related:
Protesters claim they were paid to attend pro-Beijing rally in support of China’s ruling on oath row
Hong Kong Free Press, November 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/14/protesters-claim-they-were-paid-to-attend-pro-beijing-rally-in-support-of-chinas-ruling-on-oath-row/
反港獨撐釋法萬人集會　有參加者不知釋法內容稱「要睇返報紙」 (Anti-Hong Kong independence and pro-NPC interpretation rally—some participants ignorant of the interpretation content, saying they have to “check that again from newspapers”)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161113/s00001/1479031461594

China issues unity warning amid fears of political “purge” in Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-xi-11112016140936.html

Hong Kong writers relaunch literary group in face of “unprecedented” threat to free speech
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2045576/hong-kong-writers-relaunch-literary-group-face

【毛孟靜退公民黨】以香港本土身分留在議會　毛指與黨理念不同　續與民主派合作 ([Claudia Mo quits Civic Party] Continuing to serve the legislature as an independent democrat with the group Hong Kong First, Claudia Mo resigns from Civic Party due to ideological differences)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161114/s00001/1479107115580

【誓詞風波】黨報：港生須學中國歷史　狹義排外令港走上絕途 ([Oath-taking row] State media: Hong Kong students must learn Chinese history, xenophobia in narrow sense will bring Hong Kong to a dead end)
Ming Pao, November 12, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161112/s00001/1478908322543

Commentary (评论)

How will Donald Trump’s victory impact China and U.S.-China relations?
ChinaFile, November 11, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/sinica-podcast/how-will-donald-trumps-victory-impact-china-and-us-china-relations

Trump’s America and Hong Kong’s oath taking crisis: How they are linked
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2044871/trumps-america-and-hong-kongs-oath-taking-crisis-how-they-are

Beijing tightens its grip in Hong Kong again
The New York Times, November 13, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/opinion/beijing-tightens-its-grip-in-hong-kong-again.html

历史学家怎样看孙中山？ (How do historians view Sun Yat-sen?)
Deutsche Welle, November 12, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/历史学家怎样看孙中山/a-36372863

Related:
孫中山先生150年冥壽抽水祭 (Sun Yat-sen’s 150th birthday seriously manipulated)
InMedia HK, November 12, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045808

對香港未來的樂觀希望（文：董建華） (Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and former Hong Kong chief Tung Chee-hwa: Optimistic outlook of Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, November 12, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161112/s00022/1478877025940

Friday, November 11, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国官媒继续借大选抨击美政治体制 (Chinese state media continues to use the presidential election to attack U.S. political system)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yf3-11102016104014.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China holds elections
The Economist, November 10, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21709975-only-way-it-likes-them-china-holds-elections

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China sentences former police chief to death for sinful, cruel murder
Reuters, November 11, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime-idUSKBN1360BR

China, rocked by fresh blasts, jails 49 over Tianjin disaster
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tianjin-blast-11102016160555.html

中国与联合国：不断深化的合作 (China and the UN: Continuously deepening collaboration)
People’s Daily, November 11, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/1111/c1001-28852920.html

英媒：孟宏伟领导国际刑警组织令人权团体忧虑 (British media: Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei to head Interpol, rights groups worried)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 11, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2016/11/161111_press_review

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China adopts a tough cyber-security law
The Economist, November 10, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21710001-foreign-firms-are-worried-china-adopts-tough-cyber-security-law

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

Xi Jinping vows to fight separatism and any attempts to split territory from China
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2045110/xi-jinping-vows-fight-separatism-and-any-attempts-split

Hong Kong (香港)

Why did Beijing slap down Hong Kong separatists? To make a point
觸及「核心利益」，北京對香港不惜殺一儆百
The New York Times, November 10, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/world/asia/china-hong-kong-independence.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161110/china-hong-kong-independence/zh-hant/

8 more pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong may lose seats
又有8名香港立法會議員被指宣誓心不誠
The New York Times, November 11, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/world/asia/china-hong-kong-oath.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161111/china-hong-kong-oath/zh-hant/

Students protest Basic Law interpretation during visit from former secretary of justice
Hong Kong Free Press, November 10, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/10/students-protest-basic-law-interpretation-visit-former-secretary-justice/

彭定康月底港大談香港前途大學管治 (Former Governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten to talk about future of Hong Kong and university governance end November)
Ming Pao, November 11, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161111/s00001/1478849533434

Hong Kong venue cancels screening of protest film, citing political concerns
The New York Times, November 11, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/world/asia/china-hong-kong-oath.html

Commentary (评论)

Thank you Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-Ching for doing exactly what I voted for you to do
Hong Kong Free Press, November 10, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/10/thank-you-baggio-leung-and-yau-wai-ching-for-doing-exactly-what-i-voted-for-you-to-do/

Hong Kong’s protest leaders demand self-determination
The Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kongs-protest-leaders-demand-self-determination-1478721911

From local identity to the pursuit of independence: The changing face of Hong Kong localism
Hong Kong Free Press, November 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/11/from-local-identity-to-the-pursuit-of-independence-the-changing-face-of-hong-kong-localism/

How Hong Kong’s courts interpret Beijing’s interpretation of the Basic Law may yet surprise
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2044385/how-hong-kongs-courts-interpret-beijings-interpretation

Hong Kong courts should reject Beijing’s Basic Law ruling, says legal heavyweight
Hong Kong Free Press, November 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/11/hong-kong-courts-should-reject-beijings-basic-law-ruling-says-legal-heavyweight/

“An epochal change”: what a Trump presidency means for the Asia Pacific region
The Guardian, November 10, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/10/an-epochal-change-what-a-trump-presidency-means-for-the-asia-pacific-region

拒絕當權者的思維 (Reject the thinking of those in power)
InMedia HK, November 11, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045770

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

Muzzled Chinese media frame Trump win as loss for “elite politics”
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2044389/chinas-censors-order-news-outlets-limit-coverage-us

Less censorship could make independent film productions suffer
China Film Insider, November 9, 2016
http://chinafilminsider.com/less-censorship-make-independent-film-productions-suffer/

为何要隆重纪念这位伟人，中共五代领导人如是说 (Why this giant should be commemorated grandly, according to five generations of CPC leaders)
People’s Daily, November 10, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/1110/c1001-28851700.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese activists welcome press freedom award to bloggers, rights website
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-award-11092016145040.html

“No grace period” for foreign NGOs in new law: China
Reuters, November 10, 2016
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/11/10/2003658972

北京维权人士李美青出家门遭多名男子殴打 (Beijing rights defender Li Meiqing beaten up by gang of “black security guards” at her doorstep)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11092016111420.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese warehouse chief gets suspended death sentence over 2015 Tianjin blast that killed 173
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2044719/chinese-businessman-receives-suspended-death-sentence

Related:
China convicts dozens for last year's giant explosions in Tianjin
Deutsche Welle, November 9, 2016
http://www.dw.com/en/china-convicts-dozens-for-last-years-giant-explosions-in-tianjin/a-36324321

Senior Chinese public security official chosen as Interpol head: Xinhua
Reuters, November 9, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-interpol-idUSKBN1350BB

Related:
英媒：中国公安部副部长当选国际刑警组织主席 (China’s vice public security minister appointed Interpol head)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 10, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2016/11/161110_press_review

China announces details of elections to party congress, with poll likely to be most secretive in a decade
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2044733/china-announces-details-elections-party-congress-poll

Chinese police to extradite second fugitive from France: state media
Reuters, November 8, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-france-idUSKBN1340G1

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

What does China's new cybersecurity law mean for Chinese Internet companies?
The Diplomat, November 10, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/11/what-does-chinas-new-cybersecurity-law-mean-for-chinese-internet-companies/

Hong Kong (香港)

15 lawmakers treated oath-taking as “ceremony of insults,” says China Liaison Office legal chief
Hong Kong Free Press, November 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/09/15-lawmakers-treated-oath-taking-ceremony-insults-says-china-liaison-office-legal-chief/

京官炮打司法界評論批藉機壓低香港一制底線 (Beijing official bombs Hong Kong judicial sector, some denounce this as attempt to lower Hong Kong's bottom line of "Two Systems")
Radio France Internationale, November 10, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161110-京官炮打司法界-評論批藉機壓低香港一制底線

Taiwan's ruling party urges China to respect Hong Kong's democratic aspirations
Reuters, November 8, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-taiwan-idUSKBN1340GX

加国”港加联”团体抗议中国人大对香港基本法的解释 (Canadian group Canada Hong Kong Link protests NPC’s interpretation of Hong Kong Basic Law)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/zw-11092016101502.html

How a word, “Chee-na,” renewed a crisis between Beijing and Hong Kong
The New York Times, November 10, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/world/asia/china-hong-kong-oath.h tml

港特首参选人胡国兴不担心释法掀人治吁人大“有权慎用” (Chief executive candidate Woo Kwok-hing doesn’t worry that the interpretation would turn into rule of man, calling on NPC to “carefully exercise power”)
Radio Free Asia, November 9 , 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-11092016112105.html

议员批评梁振英借人大释法激化矛盾博取连任 (Lawmakers criticize CY Leung’s manipulation of NPC law interpretation for intensifying conflicts, attempting to seek another term of office)
Radio Free Asia, November 9 , 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-11092016112031.html

【回應釋法】團體周日遊行撐釋法　籲參加者小心被插贓有錢收 ([Response to NPC law interpretation] A group organizes march to support the interpretation on Sunday, reminding participants to be aware of being falsely accused for being paid)
Ming Pao, November 10, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161110/s00001/1478753955358

Commentary (评论)

評論料美國將減少關注香港惟北京不會放緩干預 (Commentators expect that the U.S. will pay less attention to Hong Kong, while Beijing will not lessen intervention)
Radio France Internationale, November 10, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161110-評論料美國將減少關注香港-惟北京不會放緩干預

Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

One year on: Reform pilots on procuratorates initiating public interest litigation
NPC Observer, November 8, 2016
https://npcobserver.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/one-year-on-reform-pilots-on-procuratorates-initiating-public-interest-litigation/

Access to Information (信息公开)

”Doctor Strange” wins China weekend box office easily
China Film Insider, November 8, 2016
http://chinafilminsider.com/doctor-strange-wins-china-weekend-box-office-easily/

Related:
Doctor Strange’s erasure of Tibet is a political statement
Screen Rant, April 30, 2016
http://screenrant.com/doctor-strange-china-tibet-ancient-one/

Chinese journalists get an exhilarating look at the U.S. election
The New York Times, November 10, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/world/asia/us-election-china-journalists.html

China passes law to ensure films “serve the people and socialism”
The Guardian, November 8, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/08/china-passes-film-industry-law-box-office-fraud

President Xi Jinping urges China’s journalists to conform to the Communist Party
Hong Kong Free Press, November 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/08/president-xi-jinping-urges-chinas-journalists-to-conform-to-the-communist-party/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国“记者节”民间促开放新闻采访 “天网”、“非新闻”海外获奖 (“Journalists' Festival” in China: Civilians call for liberating news gathering; websites 64 Tianwang and Nonnews receive awards from international organism)
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-11082016101858.html

Thousands clash with Chinese police amid protests over school demolition
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/thousands-clash-with-chinese-police-amid-protests-over-school-demolition-11082016104104.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

德人权专员将赴华“探监” (German Human Rights Commissioner plan to visit prison cells in China trip)
Deutsche Welle, November 8, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/德人权专员将赴华探监/a-36314543

Related:
德中人权对话：争论从个案开始 (Germany-China human rights dialogue: Disputes began from cases)
Deutsche Welle, November 9, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/德中人权对话争论从个案开始/a-36325617

“Unsupervised power is very dangerous”: China’s top graft-buster warns Communist Party’s 80 million members to toe the line
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2043998/chinas-discipline-tsar-tells-communist-partys-80

China to make supervision system more efficient
Xinhua, November 7, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/07/c_135812309.htm

Provincial party shake-up paves way for leadership changes
Caixin, November 8, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-11-08/101005390.html

In a first, China and Pakistan plan joint army counter-terror command
India Today, November 8, 2016
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-pakistan-joint-army-counter-terror-command/1/805609.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China cybersecurity law likely to harm foreign firms operating on mainland, says Asia finance body chief
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2044033/china-cybersecurity-law-likely-harm-foreign-firms

Related:
China's Cybersecurity Law could be used to target peaceful activists
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/target-11082016114505.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong: lawyers and activists march against Beijing “meddling”
The Guardian, November 8, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/08/hundreds-silently-march-in-hong-kong-in-protest-at-beijing-meddling

Who’s next? Pro-democracy politicians stand firm as pro-Beijing camp target more lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, November 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/07/whos-next-pro-democracy-politicians-stand-firm-as-pro-beijing-camp-target-more-lawmakers/

Related:
人大释法逐“独派” 香港各界忧法治 (NPC interpretation chasing “separatist camp,” Hong Kong’s rule of law worriesome)
Deutsche Welle, November 8, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/人大释法逐独派-香港各界忧法治/a-36304543

Hong Kong’s leader is angling for a fight by threatening to revive a draconian anti-subversion law
Quartz, November 7, 2016
http://qz.com/829242/hong-kongs-leader-cy-leung-is-angling-for-a-fight-by-a-threatening-to-revive-article-23-a-draconian-anti-subversion-law/

Commentary (评论)

China just won the U.S. election
Foreign Policy, November 9, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/09/china-just-won-the-u-s-election-trump-victory/

Related:
特朗普當選對中國有何影響？ (What are the effects of Trump’s victory to China?)
Radio France Internationale, November 9, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161109-特朗普當選對中國有何影響？

【人大釋法】法治始終要靠政權懂得自制（文：任建峰） (Progressive Lawyers Group Kevin Yam on NPC law interpretation: Rule of law counts of self-discipline of the regime)
Ming Pao, November 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161109/s00022/1478651753323

Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

在中国官媒工作的美记者谈中国媒体笔下的美国大选 (How an American journalist working at a Chinese state media house sees the reportage of U.S. presidential election in Chinese media)
Voice of America, November 8, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/how-china-cover-us-election-20161107/3585929.html

China’s Internet controls will get stricter, to dismay of foreign business
中国通过网络安全法，在华外企不安
The New York Times, November 8, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/business/international/china-cyber-security-regulations.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161108/china-cyber-security-regulations/

Related:
中华人民共和国网络安全法 (People’s Republic of China Cybersecurity Law)
Xinhua, November 7, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2016-11/07/c_1119867015.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong lawyers prepare protest march after China inflames political crisis
Reuters, November 7, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-justice-idUSKBN1330BT

Related:
釋法變立法京誓連根拔起本土派 (Interpretation turns into legislation, Beijing vows to uproot localists)
Apple Daily, November 8, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20161108/19826573
李飛定義：自決是港獨　朱凱廸轟中共政治羅網越張越大 (Li Fei definition: Self-determination also means separatism; Eddie Chu denounces CPC’s intensifying political chase)
Apple Daily, November 8, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20161108/19826499
釋法：英美促克制護一國兩制中籲勿干預 (Britain and USA call on NPC to restrain power to interpret the Basic Law and upkeep One Country Two Systems, China warns foreign countries not to intervene)
Radio France Internationale, November 8, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161108-釋法：英美促克制護一國兩制-中籲勿干預
Britain says concerned by Chinese National People's Congress's decision on Hong Kong
Reuters, November 7, 2016
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-hongkong-china-politics-britain-idUKKBN1321I8
Analysts fear Beijing’s ruling could curtail debate if Hong Kong lawmakers fear legal action
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2043736/analysts-fear-beijings-ruling-could-curtail-debate-if-hong
Beijing intervention roils waters for Hong Kong's top judge
Reuters, November 7, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-justice-idUSKBN1330BT

4 arrested and 2 police injured in late-night protest over Basic Law interpretation
Hong Kong Free Press, November 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/07/4-arrested-2-police-injured-late-night-protest-basic-law-interpretation/

Yau Wai-ching's transformation from quiet Hong Kong office worker to radical politician
The Age, November 8, 2016
http://www.theage.com.au/world/yau-waichings-transformation-from-quiet-hong-kong-office-worker-to-radical-politician-20161107-gsk391

Commentary (评论)

Beijing’s heavy hand on Hong Kong
The Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/beijings-heavy-hand-on-hong-kong-1478565392

Reform needed in how Chinese judges think
The Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/11/07/reform-needed-in-how-chinese-judges-think/

Monday, November 07, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

Fruit Ninja meets the Communist Party: game on in battle for patriotic hearts and minds
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2043495/fruit-ninja-meets-communist-party-game-battle-patriotic

China passes restrictive new film law
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 7, 2016
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1295250-20161107.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

A declaration by Yao Lifa and 57 other candidates for People’s Representative in Qianjiang City, Hubei province
China Change, November 6, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/11/06/a-declaration-by-yao-lifa-and-57-other-candidates-for-peoples-representative-in-qianjiang-city-hubei-province/

Coal, steel workers oppose raw deals in capacity reduction
China Labor Bulletin, November 4, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/coal-steel-workers-oppose-raw-deals-capacity-reduction

From under a pickup truck in Shanghai: a desperate protest
The Wall Street Journal, November 2, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/11/02/from-under-a-pickup-truck-in-shanghai-a-desperate-protest/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Senior graft-buster appointed China’s new spy chief amid leadership reshuffle
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2043605/former-anticorruption-agency-official-named-chinas

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China adopts controversial cybersecurity law: Xinhua
Reuters, November 6, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-cyber-idUSKBN132049

Related:
China’s new cybersecurity law rattles foreign tech firms
The Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-approves-cybersecurity-law-1478491064
全国人大常委会表决通过网络安全法 (The NPC passes the Cybersecurity Law)
Sina.com.cn, November 7, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2016-11-07/doc-ifxxmyuk6113873.shtml
十二届全国人大常委会第二十四次会议在京闭幕表决通过网络安全法等 (The 24th session of 12th NPC Standing Committee concludes in Beijing, passing the Cybersecurity Law, etc.)
Cyberspace Administration of China, November 7, 2016
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2016-11/07/c_1119864319.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

“There is no more One Country Two Systems”: Thousands rally against Beijing’s intervention in oath row
Hong Kong Free Press, November 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/06/there-is-no-more-one-country-two-systems-thousands-rally-against-beijings-intervention-in-oath-row/

Related:
Full text: Interpretation of Article 104 of Basic Law of Hong Kong SAR
全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于《中华人民共和国香港特别行政区基本法》第一百零四条的解释
Xinhua, November 7, 2016
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/07/c_135811504.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/gangao/2016-11/07/c_1119862546.htm
LIVE: Protesters clash with police at China Liaison Office, pepper spray deployed, road occupied
Hong Kong Free Press, November 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/06/live-protesters-clash-police-china-liaison-office-pepper-spray-deployed-road-occupied/
China intervenes in Hong Kong legal system in boldest move yet
Reuters, November 7, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-politics-idUSKBN13204P
China bars two rebel Hong Kong MPs from retaking oath
Al Jazeera, November 7, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/china-bars-rebel-hong-kong-mps-retaking-oath-161107033944766.html
“Festering pustules”: the two pro-democracy activists who are targets of China's wrath
The Guardian, November 7, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/07/festering-pustules-two-pro-democracy-activists-targets-chinas-wrath
Top legislature reviews draft interpretation to Hong Kong Basic Law
Xinhua, November 5, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/05/c_135808411.htm
梁振英：支持人大釋法 23條立法有現實意義 (CY Leung supports NPC interpretation of the Law and considers legislation of Article 23 having realistic significance)
InMedia HK, November 7, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045681
民主派轟釋法變相修法嚴重踐踏法治 (Pan-democrats condemn the NPC interpretation as a form of modifying the Law, trampling severely on rule of law)
InMedia HK, November 7, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045691
朱凱廸：把握釋法危機民主自決修改基本法 (Eddie Chu: Take advantage of the crisis of the law interpretation, modify the Basic Law of democratic self-determination)
InMedia HK, November 7, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/10456895

People Power activists urge protesters to head to China Liaison Office instead of planned end point. pic.twitter.com/fy21NLqNbp
— Hong Kong Free Press (@HongKongFP) November 6, 2016

Protesters make a choice: Around a third choose detour to China Liaison Office instead of proceeding to end point in Central. pic.twitter.com/Q3CI6s1NIj
— Tom Grundy (@tomgrundy) November 6, 2016

Police are squeezing protesters further out east. pic.twitter.com/ds2PF0pxNh
— Alan Wong (@alanwongw) November 6, 2016

Lively again at the #oathgate in #HongKong as march encounters police actions v. @HongKongHermit https://t.co/MgDworLNfa cc: @dwmnews_aspac
— Michael J. Buell (@buell003) November 6, 2016

If China meant to chill Hong Kong speech, booksellers’ case did the job
The New York Times, November 5, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/world/asia/hong-kong-china-booksellers-pen.html

Related:
Writing on the wall: Disappeared booksellers and free expression in Hong Kong
PEN America, November 5, 2016
https://pen.org/writing-on-the-wall

Commentary (评论)

This is the beginning of the end of Hong Kong
The Guardian, November 7, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/07/this-is-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-hong-kong-china

Friday, November 04, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东工人领袖孟晗被判一年零九个月 (Guangdong labor activist Meng Han sentenced to one year and nine months)
China Labor Bulletin, November 3, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/广东工人领袖孟晗被判一年零九个月

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s top Internet regulator lays down the rules on live-streaming programs
South China Morning Post, November 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2043012/chinas-internet-regulator-tightens-restrictions-live

A crackdown on international-style education in China could make it harder for students to study abroad
Quartz, November 3, 2016
http://qz.com/821667/a-crackdown-on-international-style-education-in-china-could-make-it-harder-for-students-to-study-abroad/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“六四酒案”退补侦查陈云飞羁押年半未审 (Activist Chen Yunfei accused in “June Fourth alcohol case” investigation pushed back, already detained for one year six months without trial)
Radio Free Asia, November 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl3-11032016103116.html

Xi Jinping attacks “conspiracies” and “lust for power” of China's enemies within
The Guardian, November 3, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/03/xi-jinping-attacks-conspiracies-and-lust-for-power-of-chinas-enemies-within

Larung Gar monks and nuns “locked out” before eviction
Radio Free Asia, November 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/locked-11032016140556.html

China’s “core” conundrum: Policing the Party’s watchers
The Wall Street Journal, November 3, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/11/03/chinas-core-conundrum-policing-the-partys-watchers/

Hong Kong (香港)

Court notified as Hong Kong gov’t confirms Beijing will discuss intervening over oath-taking row
Hong Kong Free Press, November 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/04/breaking-court-notified-as-hong-kong-govt-confirms-beijing-will-discuss-intervening-over-oath-taking-row/

Related:
中国人大将就香港基本法104条释法 (China’s National People’s Congress to interpret Article 104 of Hong Kong Basic Law)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/11/161104_hk_basic_law_interpretation
China wants to nip in the bud any talk of Hong Kong’s independence
The Economist, November 5, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21709581-ruling-its-legislature-will-inflame-passions-territory-china-wants-nip-bud
China could ban lawmakers from Hong Kong parliament as crisis escalates
The Guardian, November 4, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/04/china-could-ban-lawmakers-in-hong-kong-parliament-crisis-escalates
Hong Kong lawyers to hold silent march over Beijing’s decision to intervene in LegCo oath row
Hong Kong Free Press, November 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/04/hong-kong-lawyers-hold-silent-march-beijings-decision-intervene-legco-oath-row/

Thursday, November 03, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

German deputy leader, in China, urges release of human rights lawyers
Reuters, November 2, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-china-activists-idUSKBN12X1IO

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, September 13, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology
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, June 10, 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

Guangdong labor activist Meng Han sentenced to 1 year, 9 months
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/03/guangdong-labour-activist-meng-han-sentenced-1-year-9-months/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Feng Xiaogang’s “I am not Madame Bovary” clears China censorship
China Film Insider, November 2, 2016
http://chinafilminsider.com/feng-xiaogangs-not-madame-bovary-clears-china-censorship/

Willing proxies give China’s censors a global reach
The Diplomat, November 3, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/11/willing-proxies-give-chinas-censors-a-global-reach/

Report: China censorship machine not the monolith it appears to be
The Wall Street Journal, November 2, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/11/02/report-chinas-streaming-app-censorship-not-well-coordinated/

Hong Kong's parliament: A chaotic show that reveals deeper concerns
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-37846569

【立會新局】特首辦發聲明：「毋須亦不應」就UGL事件成立專責委員會調查 (Chief Executive Office statement: “Unnecessary and should not” set up special investigative committee for UGL case)
Ming Pao, November 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161102/s00001/1478089790629

Commentary (评论)

Ai Weiwei to west: tackle China on human rights whatever the cost
The Guardian, November 3, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/03/ai-weiwei-to-west-tackle-china-on-human-rights-whatever-the-cost

强人政治重新成为“时尚”？ (Has strongman politics become “fashion” again?)
The Financial Times, November 3, 2106
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001069970?full=y

香港新聞網站流量排名知多少（文：蘇鑰機、李月蓮） (How much do you know about the traffic of Hong Kong’s news websites?)
Ming Pao, November 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161103/s00022/1478133553558

【誓詞風波】法治與基本法（文：李浩然） ([Oath-taking scandal] Rule of law and the Basic Law)
Ming Pao, November 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161103/s00022/1478134246261

【誓詞風波】唔識法，點釋法？香港為何淪落如此？ ([Oath-taking scandal] Can those who don’t know the Law interpret it? Why has Hong Kong degenerated to this?)
Ming Pao, November 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161103/s00022/1478135711151