Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国严重雾霾波及近5亿人 (China's severe smog affecting nearly 500 million people)
Financial Times, December 20, 2016
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070643

China tightens financial oversight on military after scandals
Reuters, December 21, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence-corruption-idUSKBN14A072

Former senior Chinese official jailed for life for graft
Voice of America, December 20, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/former-senior-chinese-official-jailed-for-life-for-graft/3643370.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s anticorruption drive ensnares the lowly and rattles families
The Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-anticorruption-drive-ensnares-the-lowly-and-rattles-families-1482248291

Hong Kong (香港)

Competitive, democratic elections could lead to separatism, ex-Hong Kong chief Tung Chee-hwa claims
Hong Kong Free Press, December 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/20/competitive-democratic-elections-could-lead-to-separatism-ex-hong-kong-chief-tung-chee-hwa-claims/

Commentary (评论)

記在The 4th Chinese LGBT Conference之後——關於我個人參與運動的初衷與反思 (My intentions for and reflections on participating in the 4th Chinese LGBT Conference)
InMediaHK, December 14, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046557

Christmas in the People’s Daily
China Media Project, December 21, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/12/21/40039/

China’s “social credit” system: Turning big data into mass surveillance
The Wall Street Journal, December 21, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/12/21/chinas-social-credit-system-turning-big-data-into-mass-surveillance/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

王峭岭获奖 (Wang Qiaoling collects award)
YouTube, December 16, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_LwEF9PAE&feature=youtu.be

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

Access to Information (信息公开)

Phrase of the week: Smog the people
China Digital Times, December 16, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/phrase-week-smog-people/

China bans user-made, “unlicensed” video, audio from social media
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/video-ban-12192016103336.html

China’s dodgy data: A rational response to a skewed system, report says
The Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/12/20/chinas-dodgy-data-a-rational-response-to-a-skewed-system-report-says/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese authorities are burying their heads not in sand, but in smog
Global Voices, December 19, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/12/19/chinese-authorities-are-burying-their-heads-not-in-sand-but-in-smog/

Related:
全国过半省份遭“霾伏” 多地PM2.5爆表 (Half of provinces nationwide experience heavy smog with off-the-charts PM2.5 Air Quality Index)
Legal Daily, December 20, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2016-12/20/content_6924011.htm?node=5955a>

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

Under the guise of public safety, China demolishes thousands of mosques
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/udner-the-guise-of-public-safety-12192016140127.html

China doesn’t mind Islamic extremists
Foreign Policy, December 16, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/16/china-doesnt-mind-islamic-extremists/

Hong Kong (香港)

2016：香港政治动荡持续的一年 (2016: One year of political turmoil in Hong Kong)
Deutsche Welle, December 18, 2016
http://bit.ly/2h5mWhf

Interview: What happened, and what’s next, for ousted Hong Kong lawmaker Baggio Leung
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/18/interview-what-happened-and-whats-next-for-ousted-hong-kong-lawmaker-baggio-leung/

Hong Kong’s leader, loyal to a fault
The New York Times, December 18, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/opinion/hong-kongs-leader-loyal-to-a-fault.html

Commentary (评论)

Liu Ermu: Political prisoners are not criminals
China Digital Times, December 19, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/liu-ermu-political-prisoners-not-criminals/

Inclusiveness might be more important than democracy in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2055989/inclusiveness-might-be-more-important-democracy-hong-kong

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China police confirm detention of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
The Guardian, December 16, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/16/china-police-confirm-detention-of-human-rights-lawyer-jiang-tianyong

Related:
律师江天勇"认罪" 家属指疑点重重 (Lawyer Jiang Tianyong “confesses” but family remains doubtful)
Deutsche Welle, December 17, 2016
http://bit.ly/2h2rsOR

Statement concerning the disappearance of lawyer Jiang Tianyong for over six days
Human Rights in China, November 27, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/statement-concerning-disappearance-lawyer-jiang-tianyong-over-six-days

Activists hold photo campaign to demand release of Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/19/activists-hold-photo-campaign-demand-release-chinese-human-rights-activist-liu-xiaobo/

Access to Information (信息公开)

The fate of press freedom in China’s era of “Reform and Opening up”: An interview with Chang Ping
China Change, December 15, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/15/the-fate-of-press-freedom-in-chinas-era-of-reform-and-opening-up-an-interview-with-chang-ping/

How China’s highly censored WeChat and Weibo fight fake news ... and other controversial content
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2055179/what-facebook-can-learn-chinas-wechat-and-weibo-how

All the news unfit to print: What Beijing quashed in 2016
Foreign Policy, December 16, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/16/all-the-news-unfit-to-print-what-beijing-quashed-in-2016/

Facing a transition of power, China’s Xi Jinping is more desperate than ever to control young minds
Quartz, December 19, 2016
http://qz.com/861680/facing-a-transition-of-power-xi-jinping-is-more-desperate-than-ever-to-control-young-minds/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Interview: “We called on Trump for justice in Wukan”
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wukan-zhuang-12162016161546.html

“女权五姐妹” 郑楚然致函特朗普 倡停止性别歧视 (Zheng Churan, of “Feminist Five,” writes to Trump to advocate to end sex discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-12162016102118.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China jails brother of former aide to Hu Jintao for graft
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2055280/china-jails-brother-former-aide-hu-jintao-graft

Another Chinese propaganda video ties mainland rights defense activism, protests in Hong Kong, and the Syrian war into one anti-U.S. narrative
China Change, December 18, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/18/another-chinese-propaganda-video-ties-mainland-rights-defense-activism-protests-in-hong-kong-and-the-syrian-war-into-one-anti-u-s-narrative/

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

New Xinjiang party boss boosts surveillance, police patrols
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/boosts-12162016145709.html

Hong Kong (香港)

香港活动人士蔡耀昌被禁廿载终于获准去广州 (Hong Kong activist Richard Tsoi, forbidden from entering mainland for 20 years, finally allowed to go to Guangzhou)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 18, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38359712

China’s top man in Hong Kong travels to Beijing as rumors swirl that he may be removed
Hong Kong Free Press, December 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/16/chinas-top-man-in-hong-kong-travels-to-beijing-as-rumours-swirl-that-he-may-be-removed/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China takes action on thousands of websites for “harmful,” obscene content
Reuters, December 15, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-idUSKBN1441GK

Related:
中国关闭数千“有害”网站制定视频直播新规 (China shuts down thousands of “harmful” websites and sets new restrictions on live-streaming)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-internet-20161215/3637715.html

凤凰网“严重违法违规” 北京网信办责令整改 (Phoenix website (ifeng) in "serious violation of the law," Beijing Internet Information Office orders rectification)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-12142016102407.html

Popular Chinese Muslim website down after posting letter critical of Xi
转发致习近平公开信 穆斯林网站被封
Reuters, December 14, 2016
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-china-censorship-islam-idUSKBN1431LC
CH:http://bit.ly/2hmuPzn

Related:
中国最大穆斯林网站中穆网被封 (The most popular Chinese Muslim website is down)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20161215-中国最大穆斯林网站中穆网被封

VOA连线(王亚秋)：报告：中国关押记者人数世界第二多(CPJ Annual Report: Number of journalists detained in China is 2nd largest in world)
Voice of America, December 14, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/VOAWeishi-20161214-VOAConnects/3635890.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese activist Zheng Churan: “Hey Trump, feminists are watching you”
中国女权活动人士：特朗普，我们在盯着你
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 16, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38325121
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38328603

上海千余名知青上访 要求政府落实养老保障 (Over 1000 “educated youth” who returned to Shanghai after being sent to countryside during the Cultural Revolution, petition government to provide them more livable social security benefits)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml2-12142016102535.html

"不上床就下岗" 八成职场性骚扰来自上司 ("Don’t go to bed, get laid-off," supervisors responsible for 80% of workplace sexual harassment)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-12142016115526.html

中国境外NGO管理法生效在即多家机构或撤出 (With the Foreign NGO Management Law’s impending implementation, numerous organizations might withdraw from China)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-foreign-ngo-20161215/3637607.html

Hundreds of Mao's Cultural Revolution “urban youth” protest over low pensions
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hundreds-of-maos-cultural-revolution-urban-youth-protest-over-low-pensions-12152016105823.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese official’s wife jailed for taking 1.5 million yuan of bribes in new vaccine scandal
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2054876/chinese-officials-wife-jailed-taking-15-million-yuan

Too big, too Leninist—a China crisis is a matter of time
The Financial Times, December 13, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/6a1b4010-be4c-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080

China says justice ministry official probed for suspected graft
Reuters, December 15, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN14503G

年终报道：2016，信仰仍在风雨中飘摇 (Year-end report: Religions are still under repression)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/yearender-china-religion-20161215/3638163.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Court postpones judicial review against four pro-democracy lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/15/court-postpones-judicial-review-four-pro-democracy-lawmakers/

Hong Kong is preparing to choose a new leader
The Economist, December 15, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21711954-only-loyalists-need-apply-hong-kong-preparing-choose-new-leader

Related:
“Winning back Hong Kong”: Regina Ip joins leadership race, pledges to enact controversial security law
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/15/winning-back-hong-kong-regina-ip-joins-leadership-race-pledges-to-enact-controversial-security-law/

Commentary (评论)

Yan Xin: Opposition and the legitimacy of state power
China Digital Times, December 14, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/yan-xin-%e7%87%95%e8%96%aa-opposition-legitimacy-state-power/

年终报道：习近平来年面临严峻挑战 (Year-end report: Xi Jinping is facing severe challenges next year)
Voice of America, December 16, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/china-politics-year-ender-20161215/3638128.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police admit detaining missing activist Jiang Tianyong
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/15/chinese-police-admit-detaining-missing-activist-jian-tianyong/

3 Tibetans arrested for circulating self-immolation video as suicide note surfaces
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/14/3-tibetans-arrested-circulating-self-immolation-video-suicide-note-surfaces/

Access to Information (信息公开)

凤凰网“严重违法违规” 北京网信办责令整改 (Phoenix website (ifeng) in "serious violation of the law," Beijing Internet Information Office orders rectification)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-12142016102407.html

Chinese Muslim website blocked after Xi letter
China Digital Times, December 14, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/popular-chinese-muslim-website-blocked-xi-letter/

Related:
Popular Chinese Muslim website down after posting letter critical of Xi
转发致习近平公开信 穆斯林网站被封
Reuters, December 14, 2016
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-china-censorship-islam-idUSKBN1431LC
CH:http://bit.ly/2hmuPzn

北京對藏人管制：靠信息封鎖過日子 (Beijing controls Tibetans basing on information blockade)
Radio France Internationale, December 14, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161215-北京對藏人管制：靠信息封鎖過日子

三名藏人因涉嫌传播自焚视频被捕 (Three Tibetans arrested for spreading the video of a Tibetan’s self-immolation)
Voice of America, December 14, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/tibet-self-immolation-20161213/3635001.html

VOA连线(王亚秋)：报告：中国关押记者人数世界第二多(CPJ Annual Report: Number of journalists detained in China is 2nd largest in world)
Voice of America, December 14, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/VOAWeishi-20161214-VOAConnects/3635890.html

Nassim Nicholas Taleb hits out at Chinese printers’ censorship of his book
The Guardian, December 14, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/14/nassim-nicholas-taleb-hits-out-at-chinese-printers-censorship-of-his-book

Miss World contestant who challenged China is allowed to speak once more
The New York Times, December 14, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/world/asia/anastasia-lin-miss-world-china-canada.html

China holds 38 journalists behind bars in 2016: Press freedom group
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-holds-38-journalists-behind-bars-in-2016-press-freedom-group-12142016104803.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海千余名知青上访 要求政府落实养老保障 (Over 1000 “educated youth” who returned to Shanghai after being sent to countryside during the Cultural Revolution, petition government to provide them more livable social security benefits)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml2-12142016102535.html

"不上床就下岗" 八成职场性骚扰来自上司 ("Don’t go to bed, get laid-off," supervisors responsible for 80% of workplace sexual harassment)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-12142016115526.html

Choking on smog, China’s urban dwellers emerge in protest
China Change, December 14, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/14/choking-on-smog-middle-class-protests-emerge/

Larung Gar teachers visit nuns housed in temporary camp
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/visit-12142016151721.html

New Chinese law puts foreign nonprofits in limbo
The Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-nonprofits-brace-for-new-regulations-in-china-1481735054

人权日及南京大屠杀公祭日被拘 民间演说家韩良怒斥公安无良 (Detained for activities on Human Rights Day and Nanjing Massacre memorial day, civil public speaker Han Liang condemns ruthlessness of the public security)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12142016102149.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Communist Party mouthpiece quotes China Daily as “foreign media” to reassure public over slowing economy
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2054515/communist-party-mouthpiece-quotes-china-daily-foreign-media

China jails former Nanjing city chief for 12 years for graft
Reuters, December 14, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-court-idUSKBN1430TA

國台辦不反對九二共識之外的新共識但核心需同屬一中 (China’s Taiwan Affairs Office does not oppose new consensuses other than the “1992 consensus,” so long as the core principle is “One China”)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161215-國台辦不反對九二共識之外的新共識但核心需同屬一中

Hong Kong (香港)

独派香港民族党领袖遭台湾统派围攻 台湾政府与民间团体谴责暴力 (Leaders of separatist Hong Kong National Party assaulted by unificationists in Taiwan—Taiwan government and rights groups condemn the violence)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx-12132016132336.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Open to negotiation? A review of China’s abridged Criminal Procedures
China Law Translate, December 13, 2016
http://chinalawtranslate.com/open-to-negotiation/?lang=en#_Toc469406025

Access to Information (信息公开)

新疆通过防治网络“虚假”和“有害”信息的条例 (Standing Committee of 12th People's Congress for XUAR adopts regulations on control and punishment of online transmission of “false” information)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-12122016115249.html

Related:
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Regulations on Control and Punishment of Online Transmission of False Information
China Law Translate, December 7, 2016
http://bit.ly/2hrybOT

Pageant silences beauty queen, a critic of China, at U.S. contest
The New York Times, December 13, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/world/asia/anastasia-lin-miss-world-china-censorship.html

China’s Internet censors crack down on news portal over U.S. election coverage
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2054252/chinas-internet-censors-crack-down-news-portal-over-us

Chengdu authorities clamp down on air pollution reporting following protests
Hong Kong Free Press, December 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/13/chengdu-authorities-clamp-down-on-air-pollution-reporting-following-protests/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Don't spread “straight-man cancer,” China feminist warns Trump
The Guardian, December 14, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/14/dont-spread-straight-man-cancer-china-feminist-warns-trump

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China dismisses critics’ Human Rights Day statements
China Digital Times, December 13, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/china-dismisses-critics-human-rights-day-statements/

Self-immolator’s wife, daughters “tortured” in detention
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tortured-12132016135235.html

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

Uyghur farmers sent to school in China “anti-extremism” drive
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/school-12132016172810.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Localist duo “confident” Hong Kong’s highest court will hear their appeal over oath row
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/14/localist-duo-confident-hong-kongs-highest-court-will-hear-their-appeal-over-oath-row/

Related:
香港立法會宣誓風波：梁頌恆游蕙禎決定上訴終審法院 (Oath-taking row: Leung and Yau to take their case to the Court of Final Appeal)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 14, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-38311691

港媒問：張曉明去了哪？ (Hong Kong media asks: Where is Zhang Xiaoming, the director of the Liaison Office?)
Radio France Internationale, December 14, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161214-港媒問：張曉明去了哪？

政府辦回歸20周年海報設計及短片比賽　加強市民對港歸屬感 (Hong Kong government organizes “Poster design and video competitions in celebration of HKSAR's 20th anniversary” to strengthen citizens’ sense of belonging)
Ming Pao, December 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161214/s00001/1481702872957

民陣元旦遊行「反釋法、撤覆核、我要真普選」　盼傘後專業團體參與 (Civil Human Rights Front organizes New Year’s Day march protesting NPC interpretation of Basic Law, calling for withdrawal of legal challenge to lawmakers’ oath-taking and demanding for “genuine universal suffrage,” hoping more post-Umbrella professional groups will join)
Ming Pao, December 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161214/s00001/1481704449433

Lesson for Trump in Hong Kong: try to bounce China at your peril
The Financial Times, December 12, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/901ca766-c038-11e6-9bca-2b93a6856354

Commentary (评论)

Ai Weiwei and the art of activism
Village Voice, December 13, 2016
http://www.villagevoice.com/arts/ai-weiwei-and-the-art-of-activism-9453819

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Heart, brain of Chinese dissident removed amid suspicions over cause of death
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pengming-organs-12122016134006.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

新書被要求改「中國台灣」　《黑天鵝》作者轟：在美國銷售卻由中國審查 (Author of “The Black Swan” Nassim Nicholas Taleb asked to change “Taiwan” into “China, Taiwan” in new book printed in China, author resists and hits back: book to be sold in the U.S. is not to be censored by China)
Ming Pao, December 13, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161213/s00004/1481601679089

Minitrue: Notice on Chengdu environmental coverage
China Digital Times, December 12, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/minitrue-urgent-notice-chengdu-environmental-coverage/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China riot police seal off city center after smog protesters put masks on statues
The Guardian, December 12, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/12/china-riot-police-seal-off-city-centre-after-smog-protesters-put-masks-on-statues

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Passports taken, more police ... new party boss Chen Quanguo acts to tame Xinjiang with methods used in Tibet
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2053739/party-high-flier-uses-his-tibet-model-bid-tame-xinjiang

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

China cyber: Stepping into the shoes of a “major power”
The Diplomat, December 13, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/china-cyber-stepping-into-the-shoes-of-a-major-power/

Hong Kong (香港)

Breaking: Hong Kong’s ousted lawmakers to take legal battle to Court of Final Appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, December 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/13/breaking-hong-kongs-ousted-lawmakers-to-take-legal-battle-to-court-of-final-appeal/

HK becoming China, veteran mainland journalist laments
Hong Kong Economic Journal, December 9, 2016
http://www.ejinsight.com/20161209-hk-becoming-china-veteran-mainland-journalist-laments/

Hong Kong's pro-Beijing Chief Executive is leaving. But there are plenty more where he came from
Global Voices, December 12, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/12/12/hong-kongs-pro-beijing-chief-executive-is-leaving-but-there-are-plenty-more-where-he-came-from/

Hong Kong pro-democracy groups make record gains
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 12, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38286355

Video: Localist lawmaker and pro-Beijing lawmaker share a moment at LegCo meeting
Hong Kong Free Press, December 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/13/video-localist-lawmaker-pro-beijing-lawmaker-share-moment-legco-meeting/

鼓吹港獨香港民族黨黨員在台灣遇襲 (Members of separatist Hong Kong National Party assaulted in Taiwan)
Radio France Internationale, December 13, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161213-鼓吹港獨香港民族黨黨員在台灣遇襲

Avoid using “mainland mentality” to tackle Hong Kong problems, Chinese scholar urges Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press, December 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/13/avoid-using-mainland-mentality-to-tackle-hong-kong-problems-chinese-scholar-urges-beijing/

港大民調：梁振英袁國強評分跌至上任最低 (HKU Public Opinion Programme: Chief Executive CY Leung and Justice Sec Rimsky Yuen ratings lowest since taking office)
Ming Pao, December 13, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161213/s00001/1481616141547

Commentary (评论)

How Xi Jinping can avoid becoming a dictator
The New York Times, December 12, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/opinion/how-xi-jinping-can-avoid-becoming-a-dictator.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Tibetan father of three self-immolates in Gansu
China Digital Times, December 9, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/tibetan-father-three-self-immolates-gansu/

Wives of detained Chinese rights lawyers demand answers
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 9, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38259063

China puts dissidents under house arrest for Human Rights Day
Radio Free Asia, December 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-detain-12092016141330.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Translation: Game developers lament censors’ demands
China Digital Times, December 11, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/translation-game-developers-lament-censors-demands/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed leader says he will not seek re-election
The New York Times, December 9, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/world/asia/hong-kong-cy-leung-reelection.html

China slaps ban on new students at Larung Gar Tibetan Academy
Radio Free Asia, December 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/ban-12092016104543.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Human Rights Day: U.S. and E.U. call on China to release political prisoners
The Guardian, December 10, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/dec/10/human-rights-day-us-and-eu-call-on-china-to-release-political-prisoners

Related:
欧盟对中国人权恶化感到“极端困扰” (E.U.: “Extremely troubled” about the deterioration of the China’s human rights situation)
Voice of America, December 10, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-rights-eu-20161208/3629955.html

國際筆會百餘作家簽聯名信呼籲中國停止打壓人權 (PEN International groups over 100 writers to sign joint petition urging China to stop clamping down on human rights)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-38273841

In graft fight, China makes it harder to move capital, people overseas
Reuters, December 9, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN13Y16F

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China riot police seal off city center after smog protesters put masks on statues
The Guardian, December 12, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/12/china-riot-police-seal-offcity-centre-after-smog-protesters-put-masks-on-statues

Xinjiang, tense Chinese region, adopts strict Internet controls
新疆网络管控新规严惩“虚假信息”
The New York Times, December 10, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/world/asia/xinjiang-china-uighur-internet-controls.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161212/xinjiang-china-uighur-internet-controls/

Hong Kong (香港)

傳真社：WeChat、淘寶支付程式記錄手機敏感資料　可傳到內地伺服器 (FactWire: Mainland China developed payment applications such as WeChat and Taobao can record sensitive information from phones and can transmit to mainland servers)
Ming Pao, December 10, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161210/s00001/1481342038164

First int’l human rights film festival run by mainland NGO launches in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/10/first-intl-human-rights-film-festival-run-by-mainland-ngo-launches-in-hong-kong/

Is this proof Hong Kong’s “Umbrella Protests” failed?
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-38251592

“One country, two systems” and a vicious circle in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2053388/one-country-two-systems-and-vicious-circle-hong-kong

Hong Kong’s fears for its freedoms can inspire an arts and culture boom
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2053230/hong-kongs-fears-its-freedoms-can-inspire-arts-and-culture

In Pictures: Around 1000 protest crackdown on pro-democracy lawmakers as election race hots up
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/10/pictures-around-1000-protest-crackdown-pro-democracy-lawmakers-election-race-hots/

Commentary (评论)

Time for China to release writers, journalists and activists
The Guardian, December 10, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/10/time-for-china-to-release-writers-journalists-and-activists

Access to Justice (司法公正)

What happened to China's arrested rights lawyers?
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 9, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38250590

Tibetans given long jail terms for celebrating Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday
Hong Kong Free Press, December 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/08/tibetans-given-long-jail-terms-celebrating-dalai-lamas-80th-birthday/

Xi Jinping T-shirt activist confirmed held in Northeast China Detention Center
Radio Free Asia, December 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xi-jinping-tshirt-activist-confirmed-held-in-northeast-china-detention-center-12082016110338.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Oscar push for documentary puts Chinese activist “Hooligan Sparrow” in the spotlight
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2053044/oscar-push-documentary-puts-chinese-activist-spotlight

China imposes hefty fines for fake or harmful news in Xinjiang
Reuters, December 8, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN13X17R

China's Xi calls for universities' allegiance to the Communist Party
Reuters, December 9, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-education-idUSKBN13Y0B5

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

藏人组织：藏区又发生抗议自焚事件 (Free Tibet: Another protester self-immolates)
Voice of America, December 9, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/protesters-call-for-freedom-20161208/3628505.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China vows to punish local government officials for forging economic data
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2052949/china-vows-punish-local-government-officials-forging

Song Lin, former chairman of China Resources, is formally charged with corruption
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2052971/song-lin-former-chairman-china-resources-formally

2 ex-Chinese diplomats charged with running forced-labor ring
The New York Times, December 8, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/nyregion/2-ex-chinese-diplomats-charged-forced-labor-ring.html

U.S. lawmakers, Chinese dissidents ask Trump to pressure Beijing on rights
Voice of America, December 8, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-us-relations-trump-pressure-dissidents-branstad/3628824.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China universities must become Communist party “strongholds,” says Xi Jinping
The Guardian, December 9, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/china-universities-must-become-communist-party-strongholds-says-xi-jinping

Hong Kong (香港)

北京不同意 梁振英悵然宣布不競選連任 (Without endorsement from Beijing, CY Leung will not seek re-election)
Radio France Internationale, December 9, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161209-北京不同意-梁振英悵然宣布不競選連任

Related:
Almost 70% Hongkongers oppose re-election of CY Leung, Democratic Party poll suggests
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/09/almost-70-hongkongers-oppose-re-election-cy-leung-democratic-party-poll-suggests/

【短片：朱經緯涉打人】投訴警察課擬以濫權代毆打指控　黎棟國：雙方就證據交換意見正常不過 ([Former superintendent Franklin Chu’s alleged violence] Complaints Against Police Office changes “assault” allegation to less serious “unauthorized use of authority,” Security Sec Lai Tung-kwok says exchange of opinions between CAPO and its watchdog IPCC is simply normal)
Ming Pao, December 8, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161208/s00001/1481189843563

被取消議員資格梁頌恆收附刀片恐嚇信 (Ousted lawmaker Baggio Leung receives death threat with blade in post)
Radio France Internationale, December 9, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/政治/20161208-被取消議員資格梁頌恆收附刀片恐嚇信

港自決派黃台仰將赴台 與台獨組織交流 (Advocate of self-determination Wong Toi-yeung goes to Taiwan and will exchange with Taiwanese independence organization)
Radio France Internationale, December 9, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161209-港自決派黃台仰將赴台-與台獨組織交流

Commentary (评论)

Time’s up: China must release imprisoned lawyer Wang Quanzhang
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/09/times-china-must-release-imprisoned-lawyer-wang-quanzhang/

請梁振英不連任 為香港做一件好事（文：尹兆堅） (Pray that CY Leung won’t re-elect, for the good of Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, December 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161209/s00022/1481246948571

如何面對不流血的政治謀殺？（文：黎恩灝） (How to handle bloodless political murders?)
Ming Pao, December 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161209/s00022/1481245069844

中国能否成为国际气候治理领袖？ (Can China be international climate leader?)
The Financial Times, December 9, 2016
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070490?full=y

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高法：涉家暴离婚案, 未成年子女一般不判给施暴方 (Supreme People's Court: In divorce cases involving domestic violence, custody of minors will not usually be given to perpetrator)
China News, December 1, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2016/12-01/8080707.shtml

习近平对“五四宪法”历史资料陈列馆作出重要指示强调, 普及宪法知识增强宪法意识弘扬宪法精神推动宪法实施 (Xi Jinping at exhibition of historical materials on the "1954 Constitution": emphasizes popularizing constitutional knowledge, strengthening constitutional awareness, enriching constitutional spirit, and promoting constitutional implementation)
Legal Daily, December 5, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20161205/Articel01002GN.htm

Related:
1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
Human Rights in China, December 5, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/1954-constitution-peoples-republic-china

Human Rights Watch: Abolish inter-party secret detentions
China Digital Times, December 6, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/human-rights-watch-abolish-inter-party-secret-detention-system/

China to try top human rights lawyer, delays three other cases
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/delays-12072016122907.html

Seven Tibetans handed long jail terms by Chinese court
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/jail-12072016130024.html

Draft law expands Chinese police discretion on gun use
Voice of America, December 7, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/draft-law-expands-chinese-police-discretion-on-gun-use/3626762.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

“Hostile foreign website”: 64 Tianwang volunteers questioned after founder’s disappearance
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/07/hostile-foreign-website-64-tianwang-volunteers-questioned-after-founders-disappearance/

China shuts down thousands of live stream accounts
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 7, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38232602

China statistics head acknowledges false data problems
Financial Times, December 8, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/0361c1a4-bcfe-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“警察法”修订草案公开征求意见, 首次提出袭警处理 ("Police Law" draft Amendment open for public consultation, incorporates handling attacks on police for 1st time)
CCTV Online, December 5, 2016
www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201612/05/t20161205_18393631.shtml

最高法：聂树斌案不排除指供和诱供的可能 (Supreme People's Court: Nie Shubin case does not rule out possibility of trapping or inducing people to making false confessions)
Beijing News, December 5, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2016-12-02/doc-ifxyicnf1404693.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China “willing to work with Trump on cybersecurity”
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2052881/china-willing-work-trump-cybersecurity

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong ombudsman: Government should stop stonewalling digital news outlets
The Diplomat, December 7, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/hong-kong-ombudsman-government-should-stop-stonewalling-digital-news-outlets/

Daniel Lee, independent bookseller in Hong Kong: “Our future looks very grim”
Deutsche Welle, December 6, 2016
http://www.dw.com/en/daniel-lee-independent-bookseller-in-hong-kong-our-future-looks-very-grim/a-36639482

廉署成民望最低紀律部隊 比駐港解放軍還差 (Hong Kong corruption watchdog ICAC rated worst among disciplined services, even less popular than People’s Liberation Army)
Radio France Internationale, December 7, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/政治/20161207-廉署成民望最低紀律部隊-比駐港解放軍還差

Commentary (评论)

當梁振英稱呼你為「朋友」（文﹕蔡子強） (When CY Leung calls you “friend”)
Ming Pao, December 8, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161208/s00022/1481163410440

Access to Justice (司法公正)

UN fears Chinese human rights lawyer has been “disappeared” by authorities
The Guardian, December 6, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/un-human-rights-china-missing-lawyer-jiang-tianyong

Related:
聯合國促中國調查人權活動人士江天勇下落 (UN human rights experts demand China to investigate the whereabouts of rights defender Jiang Tianyong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-38228457

UN experts urge China to investigate disappearance of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, December 6, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20987&LangID=E

709大抓捕：李和平被起诉 谢燕益、王全璋、李春富案均再次退补 (709 crackdown: Li Heping accused; Xie Yanyi, Wang Quanzhang and Li Chunfu cases investigation period extended again)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12062016104420.html

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

Beijing court issues first domestic violence protection order to male victim
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/07/beijing-court-issues-first-domestic-violence-protection-order-to-male-victim/

China releases second Tibetan tied to self-immolation protest
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/releases-12062016151351.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Striking workers call for negotiations at multinationals
China Labor Bulletin, December 6, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/striking-workers-call-negotiations-multinationals

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China torturing suspects in “war on corruption” says Human Rights Watch
The Guardian, December 8, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/dec/06/china-torturing-suspects-in-war-on-corruption-says-human-rights-watch

Related:
人權觀察報告批評中國秘密拘押制度損害反腐運動 (Human Rights Watch report criticizes the harm that China’s secret detention system does to her anti-corruption campaign)
Radio France Internationale, December 6, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161206-人權觀察報告批評中國秘密拘押制度損害反腐運動

“Special Measures”—Detention and Torture in the Chinese Communist Party’s Shuanggui System
Human Rights Watch, December 6, 2016
https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/12/06/special-measures/detention-and-torture-chinese-communist-partys-shuanggui-system

China vows to record graft probe grillings after torture report
Financial Times, December 7, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/0f18b7d0-bc1f-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080

Beijing grits teeth in face of Trump's tweets
The Guardian, December 5, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/05/beijing-grits-teeth-in-face-of-trumps-tweets

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Graft buster says officials’ interrogations should be recorded
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2052308/graft-buster-says-officials-interrogations-should-be

China’s securities Czar takes aim at new-money Barbarians
The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/12/05/chinas-securities-czar-takes-aim-at-new-money-barbarians/

Hong Kong (香港)

Amid uproar, Hong Kong government backs down after barring questions from lawmakers facing review
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2051892/amid-uproar-government-backs-down-decision-block-questions-lawmakers

Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement changes strategy
Al Jazeera, December 7, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/hong-kong-pro-democracy-movement-election-161205065003667.html

北京解禁回乡证 民主派称坚持平反六四 (Beijing lifts ban on “Home Visit Permit”—but Hong Kong pan-dems insist on principles such as demand for redressing June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-12062016104557.html

Commentary (评论)

The road of no return Part 1: Beijing’s ruling on Hong Kong’s Basic Law cannot be justified
Hong Kong Free Press, December 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/06/the-road-of-no-return-part-1-beijings-ruling-on-hong-kongs-basic-law-cannot-be-justified/

Related:
The road of no return Part 2: How the courts could have handled the oaths row
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/07/road-no-return-part-2-courts-handled-oaths-row/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

A Human Rights Watch report details first-hand accounts of torture under China’s anti-corruption campaign
Quartz, December 6, 2016
http://qz.com/851402/a-human-rights-watch-report-details-first-hand-accounts-of-torture-under-chinas-anti-corruption-campaign/

The People's Republic of the disappeared
The Diplomat, December 6, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/the-peoples-republic-of-the-disappeared/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

UN fears Chinese human rights lawyer has been 'disappeared' by authorities
The Guardian, December 6, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/un-human-rights-china-missing-lawyer-jiang-tianyong

Related:
UN experts urge China to investigate disappearance of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, December 6, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20987&LangID=E

No more “private vote” for China’s top leaders in Communist Party’s new hiring and firing rules
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051973/new-chinese-communist-party-rules-underscore-collective

China protests Trump's Taiwan presidential phone call, media issues warnings
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/phone-12052016124755.html

Related:
China really isn’t joking about Taiwan
Foreign Policy, December 5, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/05/china-really-isnt-joking-about-taiwan/

U.S.-China relations: Public diplomacy and soft power
The Diplomat, December 5, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/us-china-relations-public-diplomacy-and-soft-power/

与蔡英文通话：并非偶然？ (Conversation with Tsai Ing-wen was premeditated?)
Deutsche Welle, December 5, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/与蔡英文通话并非偶然/a-36654122

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alibaba’s Jack Ma sees dawn of data-sharing era in global internet age
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2051287/alibabas-jack-ma-sees-dawn-data-sharing-era-global-internet-age

There’s only one clear winner if Facebook breaks into China—and it’s not Facebook
Quartz, December 6, 2016
http://qz.com/846464/theres-only-one-clear-winner-if-facebook-fb-breaks-into-china-and-its-not-facebook/

Hong Kong (香港)

【宣誓覆核】羅冠聰CNN專訪：必定會反擊　自決不同港獨 ([Legal challenge to elected lawmakers’ oath-taking] Nathan Law at CNN interview: We have to fight back; self-determination is not the same as independence)
Ming Pao, December 6, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161206/s00001/1480986644471

Lawmaker vacancies announced in gov’t record as localist Youngspiration duo officially ejected
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/05/lawmaker-vacancies-announced-in-govt-record-as-localist-youngspiration-duo-officially-ejected/

香港再有青年组织成立 重点关注教育 (Another youth organization set up in Hong Kong, focusing on education)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ml1-12052016102551.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Supporters issue statement after lawyer disappears
China Digital Times, November 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/11/lawyers-black-friday-relatives-issue-statement-supporters-disappearance/

Nie Shubin: China clears man 21 years after execution
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38179311

Interview: “They humiliate you, and treat you like animals, worse than a dog”
Radio Free Asia, December 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/humiliate-12022016120009.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

“Speech is freedom itself”—Chang Ping’s acceptance speech for the CJFE 2016 International Press Freedom Award
China Change, December 4, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/12/04/speech-is-freedom-itself-chang-pings-acceptance-speech-for-the-cjfe-2016-international-press-freedom-award/

Chinese local police may soon be able to censor news of disasters
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051174/chinese-local-police-may-soon-be-able-censor-news

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖 (Wang Qiaoling, Chinese rights lawyer Li Heping’s wife, receives the Franco-German Human Rights Prize)
Deutsche Welle, December 2, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖/a-36617455

How many tragedies must there be before the union starts doing its job?
China Labor Bulletin, December 2, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/how-many-tragedies-must-there-be-union-starts-doing-its-job

China's rebellious Catholics
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38179337

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s top graft-buster says two party officials absent from key meeting “accountable for systemic corruption”
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051111/chinas-top-graft-buster-says-two-party-officials-absent

China’s local governments call time on tradition of heavy drinking at official functions
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051190/chinas-local-governments-call-time-tradition-heavy

Former Chinese central bank chief resurfaces after 18 months
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051650/former-chinese-central-bank-chief-resurfaces-after-18

Trump, Taiwan and China: The controversy, explained
特朗普蔡英文通话意味着什么？6个问题帮你解读
The New York Times, December 3, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/world/asia/trump-taiwan-and-china-the-controversy-explained.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20161204/trump-taiwan-and-china-the-controversy-explained/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Russia, China, and the push for “digital sovereignty”
Global Voices, December 2, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/12/02/russia-china-and-the-push-for-digital-sovereignty/

Hong Kong (香港)

Resisting dissolution: The stalemate between Hong Kong civil society and China’s central government
Hong Kong Free Press, December 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/04/resisting-dissolution-stalemate-hong-kong-civil-society-chinas-central-government/

Hong Kong government seeks to bar four more MPs
The Guardian, December 2, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/hong-kong-beijing-sixtus-leung-yau-wai-ching-4-more-mps

Related:
陳弘毅：覆核規模較想像大 (Legal scholar Albert Chen Hung-yee on the judicial review: The scale is larger than I imagined)
Sing Tao, December 2, 2016
https://www.singtaousa.com/976767/post-陳弘毅：覆核規模較想像大/

【宣誓覆核】指中共打壓工具多　羅冠聰稱不驚訝政治生涯被縮短 ([Legal challenge to oath-taking] Nathan Law: The Communist Party has many ways of oppression; wouldn’t be surprised if political career is cut short)
Ming Pao, December 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161203/s00001/1480755725176

這是政變，推翻立法會選舉結果的政變 (Civil Human Rights Front’s statement in protest of legal challenge to elected lawmakers’ oath-taking: This is a coup—one that seeks to overthrow LegCo election results)
InMedia HK, December 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046209

Why Hong Kongers are calling for independence
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/05/why-hong-kongers-are-calling-for-independence-explained-for-ex-governor-chris-patten/

Hong Kong officials widen legal attack on fledgling independence movement
Reuters, December 2, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKBN13R170

“They want us to be silent”: Hong Kong lawmaker under threat vows to fight
Cable News Network, December 5, 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/05/asia/hong-kong-democracy-nathan-law/index.html

民族感情蓋過破壞法治憂慮：釋法支持反對相若 (Nationalism overshadows worries about infringed rule of law: For and against NPC interpretation of Basic Law roughly the same level)
Radio France Internationale, December 5, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161205-民族感情蓋過破壞法治憂慮：釋法支持反對相若

Commentary (评论)

The intersection of Chinese law and politics
ChinaFile, November 30, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/sinica-podcast/intersection-of-chinese-law-and-politics

Rebel Pepper (变态辣椒): Delayed justice
China Digital Times, December 2, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/rebel-pepper-%e5%8f%98%e6%80%81%e8%be%a3%e6%a4%92%ef%bc%9adelayed-justice/

The government’s purge of the legislature is appalling—Hong Kong’s courts must stand firm
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/05/the-governments-purge-of-the-legislature-is-appalling-hong-kongs-courts-must-stand-firm/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Xinjiang police hold Uyghur hostage against brother’s “crime”
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/hostage-12012016105819.html

News of Chinese lawyer’s beatings in prison “only tip of the iceberg,” wife told
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/02/news-chinese-lawyers-beatings-prison-tip-iceberg-wife-told/

Chinese lawyers call for end to HIV testing of new employees on World AIDS Day
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hiv-rights-12012016133246.html

谢阳首获律师会见 会见前遭狱警殴打 (Lawyer in 709 crackdown Xie Yang finally got the first chance to see his lawyer, suffered violence from prison guards before meeting)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-12012016105356.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Word of the week: Wall
China Digital Times, December 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/word-week-wall/

One App, Two Systems: How WeChat uses one censorship policy in China and another internationally
The Citizen Lab, December 2, 2016
https://citizenlab.org/2016/11/wechat-china-censorship-one-app-two-systems/

Related:
How to avoid getting your WeChat messages censored both in and outside China
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2051054/wechat-users-messages-censored-outside-china-says

Draft law gives Chinese police control of online discussion on disasters
Reuters, December 2, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-censorship-idUSKBN13R0E5

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Citizen journalists’ detentions may foreshadow foreign NGO law
China Digital Times, December 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/citizen-journalists-detentions-may-foreshadow-foreign-ngo-law/

Related:
打压维权人士新一轮浪潮 (New wave of crackdown on rights defenders)
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/打压维权人士新一轮浪潮/a-36604214

“六四天网”创办人黄琦被拘4天其母下落不明 (Four days into arrest of Huang Qi, founder of rights website Tianwang, his mother missing)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12012016105054.html

Whistle-blowing AIDS doctor reflects on roots of epidemic in China
The New York Times, December 1, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/world/asia/world-aids-day-china-gao-yaojie.html

China and the Church: The “outlaw” do-it-yourself bishop
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38140492

成都可口可樂工人罷工遭武力鎮壓 職工盟到港總部抗議 (Chengdu Coca-Cola workers’ strike violently cracked down, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions protest at company’s head office in Hong Kong)
InMedia HK, December 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046205

Government Accountability (政府问责)

【短片】死刑處決21年後　枉死青年聶樹斌姦殺案終改判無罪　父：兒子終可瞑目了 ([Video] 21 years after execution of death sentence, wrongfully accused and killed young man Nie Shubin announced innocent)
Ming Pao, December 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161202/s00004/1480657474643

Related:
聶樹斌案平反: 網絡指任何歌功頌德都是可恥的 (Nie Shubin case redressed: Netizens slam various state media outlets’ glorification of China’s advancement in judiciary)
Radio France Internationale, December 2, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161202-聶樹斌案平反-網絡指任何歌功頌德都是可恥的

China's top graft-buster tells party members to give up the ghosts
Reuters, December 1, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN13R0A3

China’s second most powerful man warns of dissent and corruption in the Communist Party
Quartz, December 2, 2016
http://qz.com/851218/wang-qishan-chinas-second-most-powerful-man-warns-of-dissent-and-systematic-corruption-inside-the-communist-party/

Hong Kong (香港)

【宣誓覆核】律政司入稟覆核劉小麗、姚松炎、梁國雄、羅冠聰議員資格 ([Judicial review on oath-taking] Justice Sec and Chief Executive challenge the qualifications of elected pro-democracy lawmakers Lau Siu-lai, Edward Yiu, Leung Kwok-hung and Nathan Law)
Ming Pao, December 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161202/s00001/1480670518403

Related:
Hong Kong gov’t lodges legal challenges against four more pro-democracy lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, December 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/02/breaking-hong-kong-govt-lodges-legal-challenges-four-pro-democracy-lawmakers/

Hong Kong will have democracy sooner rather than later, says Chris Patten
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2050886/hong-kong-will-have-democracy-sooner-rather-later-says-chris

Commentary (评论)

China: No 1 enemy of Internet freedom or the global champion of online technology?
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2050375/china-no-1-enemy-internet-freedom-or-global-champion-online

热点采访：海外民运人士如何看待彭明的去世？ (Popular topic: How do overseas dissidents see the death of Peng Ming?)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wy-12012016152012.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

3 Chinese rights activists vanish, apparently in state crackdown
The New York Times, November 30, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/world/asia/china-human-rights-activists-arrested.html

Related:
Disappeared lawyer a long-time target of surveillance, detention, and torture
China Change, November 30, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/11/30/disappeared-lawyer-a-long-time-target-of-surveillance-detention-and-torture/

"六四天网"创办人黄琦被捕 (Founder of rights website Tianwang, Huang Qi, arrested)
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/六四天网创办人黄琦被捕/a-36597200

China’s most “radical” political prisoner dies in jail
China Change, November 30, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/11/30/chinas-most-radical-political-prisoner-dies-in-jail/

Related:
中国著名异议人士彭明于湖北监狱身亡 (Famous Chinese dissident Peng Ming dies in jail in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11302016101555.html

原《企業家之友》雜誌社長彭明死於獄中 (Former president of magazine Friends of Entrepreneurs, Peng Ming, dies in jail)
Radio France Internationale, November 30, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161130-原《企業家之友》雜誌社長彭明死於獄中

Access to Information (信息公开)

China is censoring people’s chats without them even knowing about it
Quartz, December 1, 2016
http://qz.com/848885/china-is-censoring-peoples-chats-without-their-even-knowing-about-it/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese court tries former senior provincial official for graft
Reuters, November 30, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN13P188

China’s Politburo tightens benefits of retired and present party, state leaders
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2050769/chinas-politburo-tightens-benefits-retired-and-present

Government could go after more lawmakers in oath-taking saga, Hong Kong justice minister says
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2050781/government-could-go-after-more-lawmakers-oath-taking-saga

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Moscow learns From Beijing on Internet censorship
China Digital Times, November 30, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/11/moscow-learning-beijing-internet-censorship/

Alipay’s new app abuses personal data and reinforces China's class divisions, critics say
Global Voices, November 30, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/11/30/alipays-new-app-abuses-personal-data-and-reinforces-chinas-class-divisions-critics-say/

Why Facebook's China adventure will need more than censorship to succeed
The Guardian, November 30, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/30/why-facebooks-china-adventure-will-need-more-than-censorship-to-succeed

Hong Kong (香港)

【回鄉證解禁】何君堯指中央以前怯懦　現有了自信肯定傳統泛民「愛國不搞港獨」 (Lawmaker Junius Ho on the lifting of “Home Return Permit” ban: The central government was timid in the past, but now confident enough that traditional Hong Kong pan-dems “are patriotic and wouldn’t advocate independence”)
Ming Pao, December 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161201/s00001/1480567025762

Related:
民主党调查：港独并非主流意见 (Democratic Party’s survey: Hong Kong independence is not the majority opinion)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-11302016102308.html

Lau Siu-lai says Hong Kong government’s case against her “political persecution”
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2050405/lau-siu-lai-says-hong-kong-governments-case-against-her

Beijing’s interpretation of Hong Kong Basic Law to apply retroactively
The Diplomat, December 1, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/beijings-interpretation-of-hong-kong-basic-law-to-apply-retroactively/

English-language China news and commentary site The Nanfang closes citing commercial pressure
Hong Kong Free Press, December 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/01/english-language-china-news-and-commentary-site-the-nanfang-closes-citing-commercial-pressure/

Pro-independence activists in Taiwan and Hong Kong colluded to stir trouble, says Beijing
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2050399/pro-independence-activists-taiwan-and-hong-kong

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Police in China's Sichuan raid rights website, detain founder
“六四天网”创办人黄琦遭警方抄家羁押
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2016
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tianwang-raid-11292016151040.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11292016104030.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China says foreign NGOs must provide funding proof
Reuters, November 29, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-ngos-idUSKBN13P08R

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, May 5, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/fa-lu-zi-xun/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai

China shutters online chat groups amid praise of Cuba's Castro
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/shutters-11292016111423.html

中国独立媒体人高瑜病情加重 再被当局延长“监外执行” (Independent journalist Gao Yu's health worsens, “execution of sentence outside jail” extended by authorities)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-11292016111645.html