「全面管治權」提法有違一國兩制初衷 (“Comprehensive control” contradicts original intention of “One Country, Two Systems”)
Mingpao, November 6, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171106/s00022/1509885273806
Why former Chinese soldiers are skeptical about president’s promise of better treatment
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2117765/why-former-chinese-soldiers-are-sceptical-about
打压不断 文东海或被吊销律师执照 (709 defense counsel Wen Donghai fears his practicing license will be revoked as crackdown continues)
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-11022017104038.html
Prominent international writers ask China to release widow of Nobel winner
Washington Post, November 2, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/prominent-international-writers-ask-china-to-release-widow-of-nobel-winner/2017/11/02/9c44017a-be42-11e7-9294-705f80164f6e_story.html
落实人身安全保护令 预防和制止家庭暴力——天津河西区法院关于人身安全保护令案件的调研报告 (Tianjin Hexi District Court publishes survey report on personal security protection order of Anti-domestic Violence Law)
People’s Court Daily, November 2, 2017
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2017-11/02/content_131595.htm?div=-1
湖北公安厅决定命名法制警长：专职监督公安民警执法活动 (Hubei Public Security Department names legal sheriff to monitor law enforcement of police)
The Paper, November 2, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1847917
People with hypertension barred from jobs in China's civil service: Lawyers
中国律师联署 呼吁停止歧视两亿高血压患者
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hypertension-jobs-11022017151825.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ql1-11022017103716.html
上海公民近日上街举牌为唐荆陵、袁新亭呐喊 (Citizens in Shanghai hold placards on street in support of human rights defender Tang Jingling and Yuan Xinting)
Weiquanwang, November 2, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/blog-post_40.html
河南：烟花爆竹生产企业全部退出本省 (Henan forces all firework factories out of province)
The Paper, November 3, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1848739
5年来从120多个国家和地区缉捕逃犯3317名 (3,317 fugitives hunted down from over 120 countries and regions during past 5 years)
Legal Daily, November 2, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-11/02/content_7376518.htm?node=5955
How the panda became China’s diplomatic weapon of choice
Financial Times, November 2, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/8a04a532-be92-11e7-9836-b25f8adaa111
林鄭月娥再指非建制派議員「無所不用其極」拖延辯論 (Carrie Lam criticizes lawmakers who are not in pro-establishment camp for being “completely unscrupulous” in delaying debate on co-location arrangement)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1362829-20171103.htm?spTabChangeable=0
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Legco debate on joint rail checkpoint adjourned after meeting descends into chaos
South China Morning Post, November 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2118197/legco-debate-joint-rail-checkpoint-adjourned-after-meeting
Basic Law Committee chair: Hongkongers will need to stand up when national anthem plays at racecourse
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/02/basic-law-committee-chair-hongkongers-will-need-stand-national-anthem-plays-racecourse/
歷史其實就是政治問題 (History is in fact a political issue)
Mingpao, November 3, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171103/s00022/1509627710026
The future of particle physics will live and die in China
Foreign Policy, November 3, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/02/the-future-of-particle-physics-will-live-and-die-in-china/
China's mass detention of Xinjiang's ethnic minorities shows no sign of let-up
新疆逾20哈族人因与哈国议员合影被捕
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detention-11012017120255.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-11012017101811.html
侮辱国歌情节严重，最高可判3年 (Serious disrespect to national anthem punishable by up to 3 years in jail)
National People’s Congress, November 1, 2017
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/2017-11/01/content_2030240.htm
最高人民检察院关于人民检察院全面深化司法改革情况的报告 (Supreme People's Procuratorate reports to NPCSC on comprehensively deepening judicial reform on People’s Procuratorate)
National People’s Congress, November 1, 2017
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2017-11/01/content_2030494.htm
最高人民法院关于人民法院全面深化司法改革情况的报告 (Supreme People's Court reports to NPCSC on comprehensively deepening judicial reform on People’s Court)
National People’s Congress, November 1, 2017
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2017-11/01/content_2030821.htm
Headlines from China: “Have a Nice Day” passes Chinese censorship with “slight adjustments”
China Film Insider, November 1, 2017
http://chinafilminsider.com/headlines-from-china-have-a-nice-day-passes-china-censorship/
China clamps down on news content providers in private sector
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/content-controls-11012017132143.html
台湾公民团体持续关注中国维权律师处境 (Civil society groups in Taiwan continue to pay attention to human rights lawyers in China)
Voice of America, November 1, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-taiwan-keep-eyeing-on-china-human-rights-lawyer-window-20171101/4095223.html
Political prisoner’s wife beaten by relatives who asked her to leave husband
China Change, November 1, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/11/01/political-prisoners-wife-beaten-by-relatives-who-asked-her-to-leave-husband/
山西将把违法违规煤矿负责人纳入“黑名单”管理 (Shanxi to blacklist bosses of illegal mines)
Xinhua News Agency, November 1, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2017-11/01/c_1121890242.htm
陕西取缔一网瘾治疗机构：非法办学存极大安全隐患 (Shaanxi outlaws Internet addiction treatment center because of huge safety concerns)
Beijing News, November 1, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/11/01/462459.html
Hongkongers who boo national anthem could be charged even before local law is passed, Exco member warns
South China Morning Post, November 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2118075/hongkongers-who-boo-national-anthem-could-be-charged-even
理大調查：七成中學生不信內地政府 協理副校長指港生認知不足 「應多去看看」 (PolyU survey finds 70% secondary school students don’t trust mainland government)
Mingpao, November 2, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171102/s00001/1509599783044
立法會辯論一地兩檢 關注組集會 羅冠聰籲港人勿放棄 (Concern group protests against co-location arrangement and Nathan Law asks Hongkongers not to give up)
Inmediahk, November 1, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053063
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Mainland border checkpoint motion on verge of moving forward as Hong Kong opposition runs out of filibuster options
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2118019/mainland-border-checkpoint-motion-verge-moving-forward-hong
稱社民連不滅「同共產黨鬥長命」(Avery Ng says League of Social Democrats won’t vanish and he will outlive CPC)
Apple Daily, November 1, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20171101/20200892
Hong Kong’s autonomous status has significantly deteriorated, UK think tank says
Hong Kong Free Press, November 1, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/01/hong-kongs-autonomous-status-significantly-deteriorated-uk-think-tank-says/
Nathan Law felt his “life was under grave threat” in Hong Kong airport attack by pro-China mob
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2117960/nathan-law-felt-his-life-was-under-grave-threat-hong-kong
Don't dwell on “one or two events”, Hong Kong education chief says on why Tiananmen crackdown not in Chinese history plan
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2117792/hong-kong-education-chief-urges-against-dwelling-one-or-two
被淪為洗腦工具的中史教育 (Chinese history education that turned into brainwashing tool)
Standnews, November 2, 2017
http://bit.ly/2z6U95O
As Trump visits Asia, Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong warns business is eclipsing rights
Time, November 1, 2017
http://time.com/5004982/joshua-wong-donald-trump-china/
How are U.S.-China cyber relations progressing?
The Diplomat, November 1, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/how-are-us-china-cyber-relations-progressing/
“709案”代理律师李昱函被刑事拘留 (709 lawyer’s defense counsel Li Yuhan criminally detained)
Weiquanwang, October 31, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/10/709_31.html
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61-year old human rights lawyer criminally detained in Shenyang
China Change, October 31, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/10/31/60-year-old-human-rights-lawyer-criminally-detained-in-shenyang/
Uyghur “political criminals” jailed without trial in Xinjiang’s Kashgar prefecture
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/trials-10312017151531.html
刑事案件律师辩护全覆盖？李静林律师：完全做秀 (Lawyer Li Jinglin on full coverage of lawyers defending criminal cases: totally a show)
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-10312017105119.html
全国律师行业党委成立 一万六千余家律所已建立党组织 (National Legal Profession Party Committee established, as over 16,000 law firms set up internal party organizations)
Legal Daily, October 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/31/content_7373796.htm
Outcry as latest global publisher bows to China censors
施普林格•自然集团向中国审查制度低头
Financial Times, November 1, 2017
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/2d195ffc-be2e-11e7-b8a3-38a6e068f464
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001074891
China's universities, officials rush to join personality cult around president
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xijinping-cult-10312017143142.html
11月新规②｜广东律师会见不受次数限制，宁夏重罚扬尘污染 (New regulations in November: Guangdong lawyers allowed unlimited number of meetings with clients; Ningxia heavily punishes dust-related pollution)
The Paper, October 31, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1843551
The CPC vows to “lead everything” once again
The Diplomat, October 28, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/the-ccp-vows-to-lead-everything-once-again/
Apple's Cook, Facebook's Zuckerberg meet China's Xi in Beijing
Reuters, October 30, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tech/apples-cook-facebooks-zuckerberg-meet-chinas-xi-in-beijing-idUSKBN1CZ1NP
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习近平会见清华大学经济管理学院顾问委员会海外委员和中方企业家委员 (Xi Jinping meets with foreign and Chinese entrepreneurs on advisory board of Tsinghua School of Economics and Management)
Xinhua News Agency, October 30, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-10/30/c_1121879572.htm
英國智庫國會發表報告 批香港人權司法皆倒退 (British think tank releases report criticizing deterioration of human rights and rule of law in Hong Kong)
Apple Daily, November 1, 2017
https://tw.appledaily.com/new/realtime/20171101/1232652
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Hong Kong After 20 Years: the Rollback of Civil, Human, and Legal Rights
Henry Jackson Society, October 31, 2017
http://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Hong-Kong-20-years.pdf
Hong Kong in Xi Jinping’s “new era”
The Diplomat, November 1, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/hong-kong-in-xi-jinpings-new-era/
雙子有懼 不渴求做救世主，促反思英雄主義 (Joshua Wong and Nathan Law do not want to become saviors and call for reflection on heroism)
Mingpao, October 31, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171031/s00002/1509386524882
Hong Kong democrat Avery Ng found guilty of “attacking” ex-leader CY Leung with fish sandwich
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/31/hong-kong-democrat-averg-ng-found-guilty-attacking-ex-leader-cy-leung-fish-sandwich/
「一帶一路」移植中國式勞資糾紛往海外 (“One Belt One Road” brings Chinese-style labor disputes overseas)
Inmediahk, November 1, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053056
「從小聽黨話，永遠跟黨走」？ (“Obeying party since childhood and following party’s footsteps forever”?)
Mingpao, November 1, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171101/s00022/1509456107572
香港法律改革委員會前主席：中國削弱香港法治；英國袖手旁觀 (Prof. Carol Jones: UK unwilling to tackle China when it breaches Joint Declaration)
Local Press, October 31, 2017
http://www.localpresshk.com/2017/10/prof-carol-jones-uk-unwilling-to-tackle-china-when-it-contravenes-joint-declaration/
官方统计删除生育率关键数据有害无益 (Gov't censoring critical birth rate statistics does only harm no good)
Caixin, October 30, 2017
http://opinion.caixin.com/2017-10-30/101162781.html
刑法修正案（十）拟增加“侮辱国歌罪” 公共场合歪唱国歌可处三年以下徒刑 (Criminal Law amendment to add crime of “insulting national anthem” which is to be punishable by 3 years in prison)
Beijing News, October 31, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/10/31/462290.html
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China considers three-year jail terms for disrespecting national anthem
Reuters, October 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-law-anthem/china-considers-three-year-jail-terms-for-disrespecting-national-anthem-idUSKBN1D0075
Chinese artist kidnapped, told to leave Beijing artists' village
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/artist-10302017145738.html
新疆昌吉、伊犁警方抓捕多名哈萨克人 (Many Kazakhs arrested by police and sent to “vocational training centers” in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-10302017104712.html
Chinese universities race to embrace Xi Jinping’s theories
中国高校争相拥抱“习近平思想”
Financial Times, October 30, 2017
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/7002d916-bd47-11e7-b8a3-38a6e068f464
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001074874
87人因违规配备使用公务用车被处理 (Nanchang, Jiangxi, investigates and punishes 87 people for using public vehicles in violation of regulations)
People’s Daily, October 31, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1031/c1001-29617537.html
维族医师揭露器官移植黑幕 吁关注新疆人权 (Uyghur doctor reveals organ transplant scandal and calls for attention to human rights in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hx-10302017101954.html
擲三文治案 吳文遠罪成判囚3周 (Avery Ng, chairman of League of Social Democrats, sentenced to three weeks in prison for throwing sandwich at CY Leung)
Mingpao, October 31, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171031/s00001/1509433849344
Barred UK activist’s new Hong Kong Watch group draws support from British foreign policy heavyweights
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2117715/barred-uk-activists-new-hong-kong-watch-group-draws-support
香港劳工团体游行抗议中共废除集体谈判权 (Hong Kong labor groups march in protest against CPC's denial against right to collective bargaining)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp2-10302017141646.html
六七暴動、六四事件不列入初中中史修訂課程大綱 (1967 riots and June Fourth excluded from Chinese history curriculum for junior secondary school students)
CitizenNews, October 30, 2017
http://bit.ly/2gRjcyF
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1967 leftist riots and 1989 Tiananmen massacre excluded from Hong Kong’s revised history curriculum
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/31/1967-leftist-riots-1989-tiananmen-massacre-excluded-hong-kongs-revised-history-curriculum/
中聯辦約校長教師 談初中中史課程 葉建源憂介入 教聯指純了解沒問題 (Liaison Office calls principals and teachers to talk about Chinese history curriculum)
Mingpao, October 30, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171030/s00002/1509300131318
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Beijing officials in Hong Kong invite principals to discuss Chinese history school subject
Hong Kong Free Press, October 30, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/30/beijing-officials-hong-kong-invite-principals-discuss-chinese-history-school-subject/
TVB抽起《頭條新聞》播習近平講話 通訊局發強烈勸喻促遵從指示 無綫：應終止不合時宜的規定 (TVB “advised strongly” by Communication Authority to replace program with showing of Xi Jinping’s speech)
Mingpao, October 30, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171030/s00001/1509352722166
The path to speaking up for trans people in China
Wagic, October 30, 2017
https://www.wagic.org/blank-2/2017/10/30/The-Path-To-Speaking-Up-For-Trans-People-in-China
A brief taste of freedom reminds me to never stop fighting for Hong Kong
The Guardian, October 29, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2017/oct/29/a-brief-taste-of-freedom-reminds-me-to-never-stop-fighting-for-hong-kong
党的领导是中国特色社会主义法治最根本的保证 ("Socialism with Chinese Characteristics": Party leadership is the most fundamental guarantee of ruling by law)
Legal Daily, October 25, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/26/content_7369291.htm?node=5955
Chinese universities race to establish Xi Jinping Thought institutes to help leader’s ideas "enter students’ hearts and minds"
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2117629/chinese-universities-race-establish-xi-jinping-thought
中共中央办公厅印发《关于在全国各地推开国家监察体制改革试点方案》 (Central Office of the CCP issues “Pilot Plan for Launching National Supervision System Reforms across the Country”)
Central People’s Government, October 25, 2017
http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2017-10/29/content_5235245.htm
十八届中央纪律检查委员会向中国共产党第十九次全国代表大会的工作报告 (Work report of the 18th Central Commission of Discipline Inspection presented to the 19th Party Congress)
Xinhua, October 29, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-10/29/c_1121873020.htm
前三季度全国纪检监察机关处分33.8万人 包括56名省部级及以上干部 (National discipline inspection organs punished 338,000 people, including 56 provincial level or above cadres in 1st 3 quarters of 2017)
Xinhua, October 29, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2017-10/29/c_1121873608.htm
China attacks “schemers and plotters” and pledges to set up state anti-corruption unit
The Guardian, October 30, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/30/china-attacks-schemers-and-plotters-and-pledges-to-set-up-state-anti-corruption-unit
11月新规：保险业实施双录 互联网域名管理明确责任 (New regulations in November: Both videotaping and recording required in insurance industry; clear responsibilities defined for management of Internet Domain Names)
China News, October 27, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/10-27/8361555.shtml
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互联网域名管理办法 (Internet Domain Name Management Measures)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, September 1, 2017
http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146285/n1146352/n3054355/n3057254/n3057264/c5778555/content.html
国家互联网信息办公室公布《互联网新闻信息服务单位内容管理从业人员管理办法》(Cyberspace Administration of China issues “Management Measures for Content Management Practitioners in Internet News Information Service Units”)
Cyberspace Administration of China, October 30, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-10/30/c_1121877890.htm
国家互联网信息办公室公布《互联网新闻信息服务新技术新应用安全评估管理规定》(Cyberspace Administration of China issues “Management Measures for Security Assessments of New Technology and Applications in Internet News Information Services”)
Cyberspace Administration of China, October 30, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-10/30/c_1121878100.htm
重拳出击形成有力震慑 ——三季度全国网信行政执法工作取得明显成效 (Law enforcement work on national Internet information administration achieves remarkable results in third quarter)
Cyberspace Administration of China, October 27, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-10/27/c_1121868206.htm
Hong Kong’s High Court rules police need a warrant to search mobile phones
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2117341/hong-kongs-high-court-rules-police-need-warrant-search
Bookseller Gui Minhai “half free” after being detained in China for two years
The Guardian, October 27, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/27/bookseller-gui-minhai-half-free-detained-china
The 14 “upholds” of China’s “new era” of socialism have something missing: human rights
Hong Kong Free Press, October 29, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/29/14-upholds-chinas-new-era-socialism-something-missing-human-rights/
Inside China’s secret “magic weapon” for worldwide influence
The Financial Times, October 26, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/fb2b3934-b004-11e7-beba-5521c713abf4
China releases women's rights activist who supported Hong Kong's democracy movement
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-release-10262017142622.html
新疆哈萨克族留学生一家四口被捕 (Four family members of Kazakh student studying in Egypt arrested in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-10262017104004.html
An inconvenient truth? China omits key figures that may have highlighted its demographic time bomb from official statistics
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2117167/inconvenient-truth-china-omits-key-figures-may-have-highlighted
Today’s front pages in China are all the same
Quartz, October 26, 2017
https://qz.com/1112320/chinas-19th-party-congress-the-front-pages-of-chinas-top-newspapers-are-all-the-same-today-and-all-about-xi-jinping/
Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for “objective reporting” as some foreign media barred from Communist Party press conference
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2116923/no-smiles-no-waves-no-speeches-how-chinas-new-leaders
上海公民举行今年第19次上街举牌要求批准《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》和要求官员公开财产的抗争活动 (Citizens in Shanghai hold placards on streets demanding ratification of ICCPR and officials to declare their properties)
Weiquanwang, October 27, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/10/19_27.html
Politburo boy band? An alternative take on China's new leaders
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 25, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-41744945
Three disgraced Chinese Communist Party officials accused of trying to rig elections
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2117190/three-disgraced-chinese-communist-party-officials
After China's party congress wraps up, security clampdown remains in place
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/congress-security-10262017125948.html
獨立中文作家筆會：桂民海與妻暫住寧波 將申護照望返德國 (Independent Chinese Pen: Gui Minhai stays with wife in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and will apply for passport to go to Germany)
Mingpao, October 27, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171027/s00004/1509062826036
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Dissident bookseller Gui Minhai is staying in Eastern China and wishes to return to Europe, says friend
Hong Kong Free Press, October 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/27/dissident-bookseller-gui-minhai-staying-eastern-china-wishes-return-europe-says-friend/
關注組集會反一地兩檢 學者專家同斥政府不斷講大話 (Concern group protests against co-location arrangement, as scholars and experts criticize government for lying)
Inmediahk, October 26, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1052953
黃仁龍對宣誓風波觸發釋法感可惜 形容「政治味非常濃」 (Wong Yan-lung, former Secretary for Justice, says pity and “very political” that oath-taking triggered NPC’s interpretation of the Basic Law)
HK01, October 26, 2017
http://bit.ly/2yVuFI4
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“Pity” that Beijing interpreted Basic Law during oath-taking saga, former Hong Kong justice chief says
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2117229/pity-beijing-interpreted-basic-law-during-oath-taking-saga
封建官吏推動的現代化 — 論中共十九大 (On 19th party congress: Modernization forwarded by feudalistic bureaucrats)
Inmediahk, October 27, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1052963
广东人权捍卫者苏昌兰今刑满出狱 (Guangdong human rights defender Su Changlan finishes prison term and is released)
Weiquanwang, October 26, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/10/blog-post_63.html
静海警方：李文星被传销组织送归途中意外溺亡 不予刑事立案 (Tianjin police refuse to file criminal case saying university graduate Li Wenxing drowned accidentally when pyramid scheme gang sent him to train station)
Beijing News, October 25, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/10/25/461717.html
China lawyer recounts torture under Xi's “war on law”
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 25, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-41661862
China’s middle class incomes fail to take off in 2017
China Labor Bulletin, October 25, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china’s-middle-class-incomes-fail-take-2017
湖北鄂州公安机关“政治体检”： 整治47名“吃空饷”民警 (Hubei punishes 47 police officers who get paid without working)
Chutian Metropolis Daily, October 26, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1838624
湖南紧盯一把手腐败：五年立案查处违纪一把手4615人 (Hunan investigates 4,615 people who hold director positions for party principle violation during past five years)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Magazine, October 26, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1828497
Higher profile for anti-corruption watchdogs as China’s graft-busters rise up the rungs of power
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2117005/higher-profile-anti-corruption-watchdogs-chinas-graft
国家监察法在制定过程中还需解决哪些问题 (What questions need to be answered during legislation of National Supervision Law)
Legal Daily, October 25, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/commentary/content/2017-10/25/content_7367498.htm
China's Xi taps low-profile official to take over war on graft
Reuters, October 25, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-corruption/chinas-xi-taps-low-profile-official-to-take-over-war-on-graft-idUSKBN1CU1BM
网络综合治理体系如何构建 (How to build comprehensive governance system of Internet)
Legal Daily, October 25, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/25/content_7366648.htm
Chinese uni uses facial recognition to track absent students
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 25, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-41749929
国际人权组织担忧香港书商桂民海是否真自由 (Int’l human rights organisations worry whether HK book seller Gui Minhai is really free)
Voice of America, October 26, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/hong-kong-gui-minhai/4086905.html
劉兆佳料民主派與中央未來20年對普選不會找到共同點 (Liu Zhaojia expects pro democracy camp to find no common ground with Central Government in terms of universal suffrage in next twenty years)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 26, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1361341-20171026.htm
林鄭：不排除同步啟動「三步走」 強調非威脅 (Carrie Lam says won’t rule out chance of simultaneously starting “three-step” co-location arrangement and emphasizes that it is not a threat)
Mingpao, October 26, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171026/s00001/1508984786119
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Images of “dormitory” for mainland officers at Express Rail terminus contradict gov’t claims
FactWire, October 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/25/images-dormitory-mainland-officers-express-rail-terminus-contradict-govt-claims/ 關注組集會抗議 吳靄儀：現況比反831更嚴峻 (Concern group protests against co-location arrangement and Margaret Ng says situation is more dire than NPC’s 831 interoperation of the Basic Law)
Inmediahk, October 25, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1052929 Hong Kong’s opposition prevents Carrie Lam’s motion on joint rail checkpoint plan
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2116995/hong-kongs-opposition-prevents-carrie-lams-motion-joint-rail
Hong Kong police to get awards for security work during visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2116976/hong-kong-police-get-awards-security-work-during-visit
是否強制學生看《基本法》研討會 林鄭：學生可合上眼 (Carrie Lam says students are not forced to watch seminar on the Basic Law as they can choose to close their eyes)
Radio Televison Hong Kong, October 25, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1361281-20171025.htm
Activist Joshua Wong freed on bail: We will “fight together” for Hong Kong democracy
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/24/activist-joshua-wong-freed-bail-will-fight-together-hong-kong-democracy/
十九大收緊自治 香港一個獨特功能將消失 (Unique function of Hong Kong will disappear as 19th party congress tightens control over autonomy)
Mingpao, October 26, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171026/s00022/1508936385225
Xi Jinping unveils China’s new leaders but no clear successor
没有接班人的“新时代”：习近平大权独揽
The New York Times, October 26, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171026/xi-jinping-china/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171026/xi-jinping-china/
The rule of law stands firm in Hong Kong
The Guardian, October 25, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/the-rule-of-law-stands-firm-in-hong-kong
China refuses to admit it has a rape problem. I would know.
Foreign Policy, October 25, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/25/china-refuses-to-admit-it-has-a-rape-problem-i-would-know/
“709案”代理律师李昱函在沈阳被警方带走 至今失联 (709 lawyer’s defense counsel Li Yuhan taken by police in Shenyang on Oct 9 and remains incommunicado)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-10242017103306.html
广州当局再次拒绝律师会见遭刑拘词曲作者徐琳 (Guangzhou authorities ban lawyer from meeting with criminally detained songwriter Xu Lin again)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-10242017103336.html
打通司法行政改革“最后一公里” (Pushing through the “last mile” of judicial administration reform)
Legal Daily, October 24, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/24/content_7365309.htm?node=5955
Protest after Western media “troublemakers” barred from Xi Jinping speech
The Guardian, October 25, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/protest-after-western-media-troublemakers-barred-from-xi-jinping-speech
19大之际，上海公民上街举牌要求:“终结一党专政”、“反对迫害，释放政治犯”、“解除党禁报禁，兑现结社自由”、“废除言论审查，保障言论自由” (Citizens in Shanghai protest during 19th party congress by holding placards demanding end of one party dictatorship, release of political prisoners)
Weiquanwang, October 24, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/10/19_24.html
China unveils new leadership, with Xi Jinping more powerful than ever
The New York Times, October 24, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/world/asia/xi-jinping-china.html
China’s Communist Party is all in on the power of technology
Quartz, October 25, 2017
https://qz.com/1102948/chinas-communist-party-is-all-in-on-the-power-of-technology-and-thats-tricky-for-its-tech-giants/
China creates “database of voices” to boost surveillance
Time, October 23, 2017
http://time.com/4992849/china-voice-database-surveillance/
China is said to free Hong Kong bookseller, but family says he’s missing
香港书商“获释”后仍然下落不明
The New York Times, October 25, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171025/gui-minhai-hong-kong-bookseller/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171025/gui-minhai-hong-kong-bookseller/
Bailed activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law share experiences of prison life
Hong Kong Free Press, October 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/25/bailed-activists-joshua-wong-nathan-law-share-experiences-prison-life/
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羅冠聰和黃之鋒稱繼續堅持爭取民主信念 (Nathan Law and Joshua Wong say that they will continue to fight for democracy and their belief)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 24, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1361041-20171024.htm
林鄭對習近平發言感鼓舞 直言最關心香港部分 (Carrie Lam says Hong Kong is inspired by Xi Jinping’s speech and she cares most about part of Hong Kong)
Mingpao, October 25, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171025/s00001/1508900192428
陳帆指高鐵對香港貢獻巨大 應盡快通過一地兩檢議案 (Frank Chan, Secretary for Transport and Housing, says high-speed rail makes great contribution to Hong Kong and motion of co-location arrangement should be passed as soon as possible)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 25, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1361190-20171025.htm
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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to re-enter the fray at rally against high-speed rail checkpoint plan
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2116839/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-re-enter-fray-rally-against
中共十九大七常委档案：细看中国最有权势的七个人 (A closer look at profiles of seven most powerful men in China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 25, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-41745184
The banner of “Xi Jinping thought” marches out into the world
Hong Kong Free Press, October 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/25/xi-jinpings-banner-marches-world/
Xi Jinping: has China’s strongman forgotten the perils of power?
The Guardian, October 25, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/xi-jinping-has-china-strongman-forgotten-the-perils-of-power
How Mao molded communism to create a new China
毛泽东的共产主义和“新中国”
The New York Times, October 24, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20171024/how-mao-molded-communism-to-create-a-new-china/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20171024/how-mao-molded-communism-to-create-a-new-china/
The Guardian view on Chinese politics: an age of ambition
The Guardian, October 24, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/24/the-guardian-view-on-chinese-politics-an-age-of-ambition
習近平思想入中共黨章表決通過 (19th party congress votes and approves inclusion of “Xi Jinping thought” in CPC constitution)
Mingpao, October 24, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171024/s00004/1508817517181
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President Xi Jinping tightens his grip on China as name added to Communist constitution
Agence France-Presse, October 24, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/24/just-president-xi-jinping-joins-mao-chinese-communist-party-constitution/
十九大提出的“立法清单”，全国人大将如何落实？ (How will NPC implement legislation list proposed by 19th party congress?)
23 Xi Jiao Min Xiang, October 23, 2017
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20171023/52760788_0.shtml
China's 19th party congress sends a message to Chinese media
The Diplomat, October 18, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/chinas-19th-party-congress-sends-a-message-to-chinese-media/
Chinese Communist Party vows to “sinicize religions” in China
The Diplomat, October 24, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/chinese-communist-party-vows-to-sinicize-religions-in-china/
Chinese military veterans skeptical over president's promise to “protect their rights”
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/veterans-10232017114254.html
China's complicated approach to transgender rights
The Diplomat, October 23, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/chinas-complicated-approach-to-transgender-rights/
政法+人工智能 如何满足人民新期待 (How can political and legal work, as well as artificial intelligence, meet people’s new expectations)
Legal Daily, October 23, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/23/
content_7365190.htm
習近平稱要讓港澳同胞共擔民族復興責任 (Xi Jinping says people in Hong Kong and Macau will share responsibility for national rejuvenation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 24, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360942-20171024.htm
回應教育部長國教言論 林鄭籲勿以有色眼鏡看中央關懷 (Carrie Lam responds to comments of Chinese education chief on national education: don’t look at Central Government’s care through colored lenses)
Mingpao, October 24, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171024/s00001/1508812842680
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Carrie Lam: Do not interpret mainland official’s comments on national education through colored lenses
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/24/carrie-lam-not-interpret-mainland-officials-comments-national-education-coloured-lenses/
終審法院批准黃之鋒羅冠聰保釋等候上訴 (Court of Final Appeal approves bail of Joshua Wong and Nathan Law until their appeal applications are heard)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 24, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360907-20171024.htm
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Jailed Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law freed on bail by Court of Final Appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/24/breaking-jailed-hong-kong-activists-joshua-wong-nathan-law-freed-bail-court-final-appeal/
Pro-democracy lawmaker questions need for new police division tackling protests and terrorism
Hong Kong Free Press, October 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/23/pro-democracy-lawmaker-questions-need-new-police-division-tackling-protests-terrorism/
What it could mean if China’s leader won’t name an heir
习近平料将推迟确立接班人，这意味着什么？
The New York Times, October 24, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171024/china-xi-jinping-successor/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171024/china-xi-jinping-successor/
中共十九大：港台的希望与恐惧 (19th party congress: hopes and fears of Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, October 23, 2017
http://bit.ly/2y29EHt
China wrongly detained 3 human rights activists, U.N. experts say
联合国人权小组呼吁中国释放三名活动人士
The New York Times, October 23, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171023/china-activists-arrested-united-nations/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171023/china-activists-arrested-united-nations/
For some Chinese dissidents, party congress means a paid “vacation”
Reuters, October 22, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-rights-insight/for-some-chinese-dissidents-party-congress-means-a-paid-vacation-idUSKBN1CR01T
党是全面依法治国坚强领导核心 (Party is strong and leading core for comprehensively ruling the country by law)
Legal Daily, October 20, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/20/content_7362645.htm
“Into the brains” of China’s children: Xi Jinping’s “thought” to become compulsory school topic
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2116504/brains-chinas-children-xi-jinpings-thought-become
党的十九大举行第二场记者招待会 介绍加强思想道德和文化建设情况 (Second press conference of 19th party congress introduces work on ideology, ethics and culture)
Xinhua News Agency, October 20, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2017-10/20/c_1121833475.htm
He’s the anti-graft tsar about to leave China’s top leadership. So what will happen to Wang Qishan?
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2116284/hes-anti-graft-tsar-about-leave-chinas-top-leadership
广东省检察院出台八小时外监管规定：因私外出当日不回需报备 (Guangdong Province Procuratorate issues regulation to supervise officials outside 8-hour working time)
Yangcheng Evening News, October 20, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1832057
葉建源指陳寶生對香港教育事務發表指向性言論不恰當 (Lawmaker says Chinese education chief’s directive comment over Hong Kong education affairs is inappropriate)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 23, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360744-20171023.htm
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教育部長：特區政府有責任推行國民教育 教育部可協助 (Chinese education chief: SAR gov’t is responsible for promoting national education and Chinese education dept. can help)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 23, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360737-20171023.htm Hong Kong teachers must love China to do their job properly, education chief says
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2116503/fortify-teachers-patriotic-mission-chinas-education
O記D隊新出爐 監控大型公眾活動嚴重刑事罪行 (Police launches new team to monitor large-scale public activities and investigate related serious crimes)
HK01, October 22, 2017
https://www.hk01.com/sns/article/124442
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New police division for Hong Kong mass protests sparks fears community relations will worsen
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2116499/new-police-division-hong-kong-mass-protests-sparks-fears
二百人香港夜祭刘晓波逝世百日 (200 in HK mourn for Liu Xiaobo on 100th day after his death)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-10222017113037.html
北京批英方对人权人士被拒入境香港问题的表态 (Beijing criticizes Britain for “wrong comments and actions” over entry ban of Benedict Rogers)
Voice of America, October 21, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/hk-mofa-20171020/4079868.html
習大帝專權對香港的影響 (Emperor Xi’s dictatorship and how it affects Hong Kong)
Apple Daily, October 20, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20171020/20188621
不再幻想，堅決抗爭——中共治港二十年政策回顧 (Stop dreaming, determined to fight—a review of how CPC ruled Hong Kong during past 20 years)
CitizenNews, October 19, 2017
http://bit.ly/2h1Noro
UN tells China to release human rights activists and pay them compensation
The Guardian, October 20, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/un-china-report-release-human-rights-activists-pay-compensation
Chinese police detain, “disappear” dozens of rights activists, petitioners
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/congress-disappeared-10192017133618.html
党的十九大新闻中心举行首场集体采访 关注推进全面依法治国 (19th party congress press center hosts first group interview focusing on promoting “Comprehensively Ruling the Country by Law”)
Xinhua News Agency, October 19, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/19cpcnc/2017-10/19/c_1121827924.htm
读懂十九大报告中全面推进依法治国的新内涵 (To understand new connotation of “Comprehensively Ruling the Country by Law” in 19th party congress report)
Legal Daily, October 19, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/commentary/content/2017-10/19/content_7362278.htm?node=34251
中宣部副部長孫志軍：高度重視宣傳思想文化工作 (Propaganda deputy Sun Zhijun: Party attaches great importance to propaganda, thinking, and culture work)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 20, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360287-20171020.htm
A kinder, gentler new anti-corruption system for China?
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2116151/kinder-gentler-new-anti-graft-system-china
China says hopes U.S. can abandon bias, view China objectively
Reuters, October 19, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-india-tillerson-china/china-says-hopes-u-s-can-abandon-bias-view-china-objectively-idUSKBN1CO0VS
中国官员将林肯废奴与中共废西藏农奴制相比较 (Chinese official compares Lincoln emancipating slaves with CPC eradicating serfdom in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-10192017112155.html
“刷脸”作证：广州现全国首例证人通过微信小程序远程作证案 (First case of witness giving testimony remotely using WeChat facial recognition function takes place in Guangzhou)
The Paper, October 19, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1830867
Hong Kong soccer fans’ booing of China's national anthem soon to be illegal
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-anthem-10192017150227.html
If you think protest is finished in Hong Kong, think again
The Economist, October 19, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21730411-next-stand-could-be-uglier-if-you-think-protest-finished-hong-kong-think-again
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho urges HKU Council to suspend Occupy protest leader Benny Tai
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/19/pro-beijing-lawmaker-junius-ho-urges-hku-council-suspend-occupy-protest-leader-benny-tai/
李飛指追溯期由人大常委會決定 法律學者斥毀一國兩制 (Li Fei says NPC decides whether National Anthem Law will be retroactive; law scholar criticizes it as ruining “One Country, Two Systems”)
HK01, October 18, 2017
https://www.hk01.com/港聞/126854/-國歌法-李飛指追溯期由人大常委會決定-法律學者斥毀一國兩制
香港被全面管治新時代 (A new era of Hong Kong under comprehensive control)
Mingpao, October 20, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171020/s00022/1508420929951
Jailing of Hong Kong democracy activists a failure to uphold international law
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2116227/jailing-hong-kong-democracy-activists-failure-uphold
法治中国！习近平说，成立中央全面依法治国领导小组 (Xi Jinping says Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Ruling the Country by Law will be established)
Legal Daily, October 18, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/18/content_7360911.htm?node=5955
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为法治强国而歌:十九大报告中的法治“音符” (Rule of law elements in 19th party congress report)
Legal Daily, October 18, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/18/content_7361226.htm?node=5955
习近平：制定国家监察法 用留置取代“两规”措施 (Xi Jinping: to enact National Supervision Law and replace discipline inspection rules with detention measures carried out by Supervision Committee)
Xinhua News Agency, October 18, 2017
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20171018/52687822_0.shtml
让审理者裁判 由裁判者负责——十八大以来人民法院司法改革工作述评 (Description and comment of People’s Court judicial reform since 18th party congress)
Supreme People’s Court, October 18, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-64072.html
China’s getting a new law to fight corruption, but there’s still no place for lawyers
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2115966/chinas-getting-new-law-fight-corruption-theres-still-no
Chinese police round up dissidents as Communist Party congress kicks off
Hong Kong Free Press, October 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/18/chinese-police-round-dissidents-communist-party-congress-kicks-off/
China in cyber lockdown as WeChat, QQ and Weibo ban changes to users’ profiles
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2115913/china-cyber-lockdown-wechat-qq-and-weibo-ban-changes-users
全民观看十九大直播 幼儿园也不放过洗脑 (Even kindergarten children get brainwashed as whole nation watches live broadcast of 19th party congress)
Voice of America, October 18, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/CHINESE-WATCHED-19TH-PARTY-CONGRESS/4075590.html
中纪委副书记杨晓渡：5年处分153.7万人，5.8万人移送司法 (Yang Xiaodu, deputy of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: 1,537,000 people punished and 58,000 sent to judiciary during past 5 years)
The Beijing News, October 19, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/10/19/461284.html
胡春華：廣東空氣質量雖達標但部分小流域水污染仍嚴重 (Hu Chunhua: air quality in Guangdong meets standard but water pollution in some small basins still severe)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 19, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360096-20171019.htm
Chinese Internet Law: What the West doesn’t see
The Diplomat, October 18, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/chinese-internet-law-what-the-west-doesnt-see/
張曉明稱習近平工作報告與保障特區高度自治權並不矛盾 (Zhang Xiaoming: there is no contradiction between Xi Jinping’s work report and ensuring high-level of autonomy of Hong Kong)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 19, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1360025-20171019.htm
Theresa May wants “one country, two systems” respected in wake of Hong Kong barring activist from entering city
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2116067/british-leader-wants-one-country-two-systems-respected-wake
Xi’s speech shows Beijing’s resolve to confront any threat to national unity, academics say
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2115963/xis-speech-shows-beijings-resolve-confront-any-threat
楊庭輝：任意詮釋《基本法》 香港自治權還剩多少？ (Yeung Ting-fai: How much autonomy does Hong Kong have left as the Basic Law is being arbitrarily interpreted)
Inmediahk, October 19, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1052789
How the fall of Causeway Bay Books helped resurrect a long-lost Chinese erotic literature classic
Quartz, October 19, 2017
https://qz.com/1098346/how-the-fall-of-causeway-bay-books-helped-resurrect-a-long-lost-chinese-erotic-literature-classic/
The Guardian view on Xi Jinping: the life and soul of the party
The Guardian, October 18, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/18/the-guardian-view-on-xi-jinping-the-life-and-soul-of-the-party
China is getting better at undermining global human rights
Foreign Policy, October 18, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/18/china-is-getting-better-at-undermining-global-human-rights/
Chinese author Ma Jian: “The Communist Party keeps their people well-fed, but in a cage”
Deutsche Welle, October 18, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/chinese-author-ma-jian-the-communist-party-keeps-their-people-well-fed-but-in-a-cage/a-41016073
2017年8月份律师协会维权惩戒工作通报 (Report of lawyer associations’ work on defending rights and punishment in August 2017)
Ministry of Justice, October 17, 2017
http://www.moj.gov.cn/2017/1017/9095.html
最高检、司法部:全国人民监督员管理信息系统在山西、吉林等11个省（区、市）试运行 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate and Ministry of Justice: Pilot national people supervisors administration information system launched in Shanxi, Jilin and other 9 provinces, cities or districts)
Supreme People’s Procuratorate, October 17, 2017
http://www.spp.gov.cn/zdgz/201710/t20171017_202680.shtml
曹建明：坚决维护党中央权威和集中统一领导 (Cao Jianming, Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Uphold firmly the authority and centralized unified leadership of the Party Central Committee)
Supreme People’s Procuratorate, October 17, 2017
http://www.spp.gov.cn/tt/201710/t20171017_202588.shtml
新疆6名哈萨克族人被判刑 一人“非法朝觐”被酷刑致残 (Six Kazakhs sentenced to jail and one tortured and maimed in Xinjiang for going on "illegal pilgrimage”)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-10172017104953.html
桂民海失聯兩年 筆會籲放人 (Chinese Pen urges Gui Minhai to be released on two years anniversary of his disappearance)
Mingpao, October 18, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171018/s00013/1508263448984
Taiwan activists call for social media campaign on China's human rights record
台NGO控诉大陆输出人权灾难 吁19大抗议行动
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taiwan-china-10172017143627.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-10172017101146.html
Cyberspace, religion, lawyers, dissidents: China’s shrinking civil society under Xi Jinping’s crackdown
Agence France-Presse, October 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/18/cyberspace-religion-lawyers-dissidents-chinas-shrinking-civil-society-xi-jinpings-crackdown/
China on edge amid 19th party congress
The Diplomat, October 17, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/china-on-edge-amid-19th-party-congress/
盘点5年政法机关惩腐：获无期徒刑“大老虎”达19人 (Anti-graft campaign sends 19 “big tigers” in administrative and judicial organs to life sentence during past 5 years)
Legal Daily, October 18, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/10-18/8354969.shtml
公车压减逾六成 接待支出降幅大 (Public spendings of government vehicles and official receptions down by over 60% during past 5 years)
People’s Daily, October 18, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1018/c1001-29593123.html
China's Xi vows to carry on anti-corruption crusade
Al Jazeera, October 18, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/china-xi-vows-carry-anti-corruption-crusade-171018045437038.html
China corruption punishments pick up ahead of party congress
Financial Times, October 17, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/407e9449-564e-3001-8ea4-785e37f22d26
Chinese Communist Party expels former justice minister for “serious discipline problems”
The Diplomat, October 16, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/chinese-communist-party-expels-former-justice-minister-for-serious-discipline-problems/
最高检发布第九批指导性案例 对惩治计算机网络犯罪提供办案指导 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate issues ninth set of guiding cases providing guidance to handle computer and internet crimes)
Supreme People’s Procuratorate, October 17, 2017
http://www.spp.gov.cn/zdgz/201710/t20171017_202662.shtml
習近平：牢牢掌握中央對港澳全面管治權 (Xi Jinping: Central Gov't has firm comprehensive control over Hong Kong and Macau)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 18, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1359894-20171018.htm
李飛稱人大常委會即將通過將國歌法納入基本法附件三 (Li Fei: NPC will include National Anthem Law under Annex III of the Basic Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 18, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1359832-20171018.htm
中大法律院長：國歌法設追溯期違人權 雙學三子改判不屬一罪兩審 (Head of CUHK faculty of law: Human rights is violated if National Anthem Law is made retroactive; re-sentencing of student leaders should not be classifies as “double jeopardy”)
Mingpao, October 18, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171018/s00001/1508306070677
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Democracy activist jailings: Int’l lawyers “misunderstand” Hong Kong’s legal system, says Carrie Lam and Justice Dept.
Hong Kong Free Press, October 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/17/democracy-activist-jailings-intl-lawyers-misunderstand-hong-kongs-legal-system-says-carrie-lam-justice-dept/
中史明年成初中必修科 何漢權：會以中國人身分為光榮 (Chinese history to become compulsory at junior secondary school; chief of Education Convergence says students will be proud of their Chinese identity)
Mingpao, October 17, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171017/s00001/1508230190366
Britain summons Chinese ambassador after UK activist denied Hong Kong entry
Reuters, October 17, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-hongkong/britain-summons-chinese-ambassador-after-uk-activist-denied-hong-kong-entry-idUSKBN1CM2BC
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羅哲斯被港拒入境釀外交風波 英傳召中國大使 (Britain summons Chinese ambassador after Rogers denied entry into Hong Kong)
Apple Daily, October 17, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20171017/57344512
As party gathers, Xi Jinping displays a firm grip on power
十九大开幕：习近平示强权，欲重塑中国政治
The New York Times, October 18, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171018/xi-jinping-communist-party-china/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171018/xi-jinping-communist-party-china/
Gui Minhai, 2 years on: I was put back on a plane, but Chinese critics of Beijing face a far graver threat
Hong Kong Free Press, October 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/17/gui-minhai-2-years-i-put-back-plane-chinese-critics-beijing-face-far-graver-threat/
Liu Xia, widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, “forced to travel” ahead of China’s key Congress meeting, says NGO
Hong Kong Free Press, October 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/16/liu-xia-widow-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-forced-travel-ahead-chinas-key-congress-meeting-says-ngo/
首批42名港澳律师获中国内地律师“工作证” (First group of 42 Hong Kong and Macau lawyers granted “work permit” as mainland lawyers)
Chinanews, October 16, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/ga/2017/10-16/8354062.shtml
十二届全国人大常委会第三十次会议10月30日开始举行，将审议刑法修正案（十）草案等 (30th meeting of the 12th NPC Standing Committee to be held on Oct 31 to review Criminal Law Amendment (10) and others)
Legal Daily, October 16, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-10/16/content_7358393.htm
最高人民法院 司法部出台《关于开展律师调解试点工作的意见》 (Supreme People’s Court and Ministry of Justice issues “Opinions on Launch Pilot Work of Lawyer Conciliation”)
Ministry of Justice, October 16, 2017
http://www.moj.gov.cn/2017/1016/9038.html
China's “stability maintenance” agents move to silence critics before party congress
The Guardian, October 17, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/17/china-communist-party-congress-agents-stifle-activists
China state media attacks Western democracy ahead of Congress
Reuters, October 17, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-politics/china-state-media-attacks-western-democracy-ahead-of-congress-idUSKBN1CM0AB
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Enlightened Chinese democracy puts the West in the shade
Xinhua News Agency, October 17, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/19thcpcnationalcongress/2017-10/17/content_33364425.htm
China criticized for failing to grant Hong Kong journalists and media outlets access to key Congress meeting
Hong Kong Free Press, October 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/16/china-criticised-failing-grant-hong-kong-journalists-media-outlets-access-key-congress-meeting/
To inspire young Communists, China turns to "Red Army" schools
中国欲重塑思想政治教育，设立“红军小学”
The New York Times, October 16, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171016/china-schools-propaganda-education/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171016/china-schools-propaganda-education/
China trumpets minimum wage increases prior to Party Congress
China Labor Bulletin, October 17, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china-trumpets-minimum-wage-increases-prior-party-congress
国家社会组织管理局关于开展2017年度全国性社会组织评估工作的通知 (State social organization administration bureau to launch 2017 national social organization evaluation work)
Ministry of Civil Affairs, October 16, 2017
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/jg/jgsj/201507/20150700847760.shtml
Bonfire of the freebies: China officials forgo free fruit and haircuts in Xi austerity drive
The Guardian, October 16, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/16/bonfire-of-the-freebies-china-officials-forgo-free-fruit-and-haircuts-in-xi-austerity-drive
China seeks to rid Beijing of smog, dissidents ahead of Communist Party Congress
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/congress-preparations-10162017152458.html
人脸识别技术迎井喷期 专家建议完善标准保护隐私 (Facial recognition technologies explode and experts recommend to improve privacy protection standards)
Xinhua News Agency, October 16, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2017-10/16/c_1121806849.htm
Internet controls could isolate China, German ambassador warns
Reuters, October 16, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-germany/german-ambassador-warns-that-internet-controls-could-harm-companies-isolate-china-idUSKBN1CL18Q
最高检：今年前9月涉计算机犯罪案件公诉334件710人 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate: 710 people in 334 cases prosecuted for computer involved crimes in first nine months of 2017)
Legal Daily, October 16, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/content/2017-10/16/content_7358242.htm?node=53628
北京实施人物同检 地铁安检大混乱 (Chaos in Beijing subway as both persons and objects required to go through security checks)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/gf3-10162017104535.html
Xi Jinping gets credit for solving Hong Kong’s “unprecedented challenges”
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2115608/chinese-communist-party-praises-xi-jinping-steering-hong
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引領「一國兩制」航船破浪前行 (Ploughing the waves, guiding the ship of “One Country, Two Systems” forward)
Wen Wei Po, October 16, 2017
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2017/10/16/WA1710160001.htm
12國際律師斥判刑違一罪不兩罰原則 律政司反駁：他們不了解案件及香港法律制度 (Department of Justice refutes 12 int’l lawyers’ criticism of “double jeopardy”: they don’t know about the case and legal system in Hong Kong)
Mingpao, October 16, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171016/s00001/1508158004097
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Democracy activist jailings: Int’l lawyers “misunderstand” Hong Kong’s legal system, says Carrie Lam and Justice Dept.
Hong Kong Free Press, October 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/17/democracy-activist-jailings-intl-lawyers-misunderstand-hong-kongs-legal-system-says-carrie-lam-justice-dept/
“Absurd” to view visit as meddling in Hong Kong affairs, says human rights activist barred from city
Hong Kong Free Press, October 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/16/absurd-view-visit-meddling-hong-kong-affairs-says-human-rights-activist-barred-city/
稱九成人支持一地兩檢 林鄭再談學童自殺：傷心關注但不想公開講 (Carrie Lam says 90% of Hongkongers support “one place, two checks” and she is deeply saddened and concerned about students committing suicide but refuses to talk about the issue in public)
Mingpao, October 16, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171016/s00001/1508149173857
After China makes insulting national anthem illegal, Hong Kong takes steps to enact similar law
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2115503/after-china-makes-insulting-national-anthem-illegal-hong
民主鐵人劉曉波的一生 (The life of Liu Xiaobo, the democracy ironman)
Inmediahk, October 17, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1052750
Xi Jinping and China’s new era of glory
习近平的千秋大业
The New York Times, October 16, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20171016/xi-jinping-china/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20171016/xi-jinping-china/
Xi Jinping’s quest to revive Stalin’s communist ideology
The Washington Post, October 16, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/10/16/xi-jinpings-quest-to-revive-stalins-communist-ideology/
1.3 billion people are in one man’s grip
Foreign Policy, October 16, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/16/1-3-billion-people-are-in-one-mans-grip-xi-jinping-china-party-congress/
Beijing eyes stake in every influential Chinese media company—Should they worry?
Forbes, October 16, 2017
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insideasia/2017/10/16/beijing-eyes-stake-in-every-influential-chinese-media-company-should-they-worry/#7fab304f715d