Government Accountability (政府问责)

China corruption could lead to Soviet-style collapse, graft buster says
Reuters, November 15, 2017
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-corruption-could-lead-to-soviet-style-collapse--graft-buster-says-9408282

NGO Human Rights Watch urges Chinese gov’t to put an end to sexual orientation “conversion” therapy
Hong Kong Free Press, November 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/15/ngo-human-rights-watch-urges-chinese-govt-put-end-sexual-orientation-conversion-therapy/

10月份中国28座大城市空气质量只有四座达标 (Only 4 of 28 big cities in China meet air quality standard in October)
Radio France Internationale, November 14, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20171114-10月份中国28座大城市空气质量只有四座达标

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Wuhan rolls out all-in-one ID app
China Daily, November 15, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-11/15/content_34564579.htm

Related:
全国首个智慧城市时空信息云平台建成 (Wuhan sets up China’s first smart city cloud information platform)
National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, November 14, 2017
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017-11/14/content_5239531.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

李家超不評論羅哲斯被拒入境 稱外國政府無權干預 (Secretary for Security John Lee refuses to comment on Rogers Benedict’s entry ban, claiming foreign government has no right to interfere)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1364948-20171115.htm

“港独”入校计划再启动 学校外派发单张涉20院校 (Groups hand out flyers of Hong Kong independence outside 20 schools)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/gf2-11142017095425.html

Related:
Education Bureau calls for halt to pro-independence activity after flyers distributed outside schools
Hong Kong Free Press, November 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/15/education-bureau-calls-halt-pro-independence-activity-flyers-distributed-outside-schools/

50中學安排學生看李飛直播 眾志籲家長寫信拒絕 (Demosisto urges parents to write letters in protest against live broadcast of Beijing official’s speech to 50 secondary schools)
The Standnews, November 14, 2017
https://thestandnews.com/politics/50中學安排學生看李飛直播-眾志籲家長寫信拒絕/

Related:
梁愛詩認為強制中小學教育國歌很正常 (Beijing advisor Elsie Leung says forcing primary and secondary schoolers to learn national anthem is very normal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1364892-20171115.htm

王志民向建制派宣講：23條未立法值認真思考 (Liaison Office head Wang Zhiming preaches to pro-establishment camp: Failure to enact Article 23 is worth serious pondering)
Mingpao, November 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171114/s00001/1510654001654

Related:
Don’t worry about anthem, checkpoint sagas - Hong Kong is still autonomous, Beijing insists
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2119928/amid-hong-kong-political-sagas-beijing-says-one-country-two

亞洲足協派人監場足協勸勿噓國歌 球迷少理 (Asian Football Confederation sends staff to stadium and urges fans not to boo national anthem, few comply)
Apple Daily, November 14, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20171114/57457968

Related:
Defiant Hong Kong football fans boo Chinese national anthem at Asian Cup match against Lebanon
Hong Kong Free Press, November 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/14/just-defiant-hong-kong-football-fans-boo-chinese-national-anthem-asian-cup-match-lebanon/

Occupy activists’ appeal against jail terms can proceed, Hong Kong court rules
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2119914/occupy-activists-appeal-against-jail-terms-can-proceed-hong

Commentary (评论)

How “One Country, Two Systems" is tearing Beijing and Hong Kong further apart
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2119977/how-one-country-two-systems-tearing-beijing-and-hong-kong

Why Xi Jinping needs a stronger Communist Party to achieve his Chinese dream
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2119833/why-xi-jinping-needs-stronger-communist-party-achieve-his

Access to Justice (司法公正)

維權律師18歲兒子出國遭海關剪護照 因出國有可能危害國家安全 (18-year-old son of rights lawyer banned from leaving China and has passport canceled, as him going abroad could “endanger national security”)
Mingpao, November 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171113/s00004/1510578436362

Related:
The nightmare – an excerpt of lawyer Wang Yu’s account of 709 detention and torture
The People’s Republic of the Disappeared, November 13, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/11/13/the-nightmare-an-excerpt-of-lawyer-wang-yus-account-of-709-detention-and-torture/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Want to escape poverty? Replace pictures of Jesus with Xi Jinping, Christian villagers urged
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2119699/praise-xi-jinping-not-jesus-escape-poverty-christian

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese kindergarten “accused of abusing children”
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2119804/chinese-kindergarten-accused-abusing-children

部分政府网站泄露公民隐私信息 专家：应问责相关人员 (Experts say people related should be held to account, as some government websites leak citizen’s private information)
Legal Daily, November 14, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1114/c1001-29644558.html

Hong Kong (香港)

反東北8人獲高院批准上訴 (Eight New Territories development protestors allowed to take cases to Court of Final Appeal)
Inmediahk, November 14, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053311

Applying national anthem law retroactively in Hong Kong is unconstitutional, says former prosecutor
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2119693/applying-national-anthem-law-retroactively-hong-kong

Hong Kong teachers “stop pupils from handing out” pro-independence fliers at school
South China Morning Post, November 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2119800/hong-kong-teachers-stop-pupils-handing-out-pro-independence

Related:
教育局：任何港獨主張或活動違反一國兩制及基本法 (Education Bureau says any assertion or activity of Hong Kong independence violates “One Country, Two Systems” and the Basic Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 14, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1364706-20171114.htm

黃之鋒入稟挑戰監禁3個月或以上者5年內不能參選限制 (Joshua Wong challenges 5-year election ban for those jailed for 3 months or above)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 14, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1364721-20171114.htm

Related:
Joshua Wong challenges election ban on “political prisoners”
The Standard, November 14, 2017
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=99511&sid=4

回應雙學三子案 美眾議院促保港人基本權利 (In response to jailing of student activists, United States House of Representatives urges protection of Hongkongers’ basic rights)
Mingpao, November 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171113/s00001/1510581168229

港民间团体悼杨天水 促释放高智晟等异见人士 (Hong Kong groups mourn Yang Tianshui and press for release of Gao Zhisheng and other dissidents)
Radio Free Asia, November 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-11132017104057.html

Commentary (评论)

Donald Tsang’s downfall is a tragedy, but it’s CY Leung who owes Hongkongers some answers
Hong Kong Free Press, November 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/14/donald-tsangs-downfall-tragedy-cy-leung-owes-hongkongers-answers/

Why do Hongkongers boo the Chinese national anthem?
The Diplomat, November 14, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/why-do-hong-kongers-boo-the-chinese-national-anthem/

Related:
管不了靈魂的國歌法 (A National Anthem Law that can’t control souls)
Apple Daily, November 9, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20171109/20208696

Access to Justice (司法公正)

失蹤多月 官方指高智晟軟禁在家鄉 (Gao Zhisheng confirmed by Chinese authorities to be under house arrest in hometown after going reportedly missing for months)
Mingpao, November 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171113/s00013/1510509409569

警察拘留洛阳曾红卫十天，法院判洛阳市公安局洛龙分局赔偿原告损失及抚慰金 (Court in Luoyang, Henan, rules in favor of Zeng Hongwei who was detained for 10 days, and demands local police to compensate)
Weiquanwang, November 12, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/blog-post_12.html

中国人权律师拟赴港治病遭边检拦截 (Chinese human rights lawyer stopped at border on medical trip to Hong Kong)
Voice of America, November 12, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Chinese-rights-lawyer-denied-leaving-for-medical-treatment-20171112/4111549.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

A look inside China's propaganda bureaucracy
Advox, November 12, 2017
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2017/11/12/a-look-inside-chinas-propaganda-bureaucracy/

In China's "democracy village", no one wants to talk any more
Reuters, November 10, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-wukan-insight/in-chinas-democracy-village-no-one-wants-to-talk-any-more-idUSKBN1DA15F

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Release worker representative Fu Tianbo and resume collective bargaining at FAW-Volkswagen
China Labor Bulletin, November 13, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/release-worker-representative-fu-tianbo-and-resume-collective-bargaining-faw-volkswagen

“大陆曹顺利人权团队”上海公民继续上街举牌声援被政治迫害坐牢的唐荆陵袁新亭 (Citizens in Shanghai continue to hold placards on street in support of Tang Jingling and Yuan Xinting)
Weiquanwang, November 10, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/blog-post_64.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

吉林:9至10月查处违反中央八项规定精神问题285起 (Jilin province investigates 285 cases of Party principle violation in September and October)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, November 13, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1113/c1001-29641556.html

湖南永州醉酒致休庭法官将被免职并调离法院系统 (Drunk judge who fell asleep on court in Yongzhou, Hunan, removed from judiciary post)
Beijing News, November 12, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/11/12/463933.html

Related:
地名姓名性别都写错 “7错裁判文书”法官被问责 (Judge held to account for putting wrong names, gender, and addresses on court document)
Xinhua News Agency, November 12, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-11-12/doc-ifynrsrf4100506.shtml

China faces historic corruption battle
Reuters, November 11, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/china-faces-historic-corruption-battle-171111071313737.html

Hong Kong (香港)

黃之鋒指獄中須裸體蹲地答問題 懲教署長：沒這要求 個別情況可投訴 (Joshua Wong says inmates are asked to squat and answer questions naked; prison chief denies such demands exist)
Mingpao, November 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171112/s00001/1510466413014

Related:
Prison chief denies activist Joshua Wong was told to squat and answer questions naked in jail
Hong Kong Free Press, November 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/13/prison-chief-denies-activist-joshua-wong-told-squat-answer-questions-naked-jail/

梁愛詩：立法會有權在國歌法立法時增設追溯期 (Elsie Leung says LegCo has right to make National Anthem Law retroactive during legislation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 12, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1364386-20171112.htm

Related:
National anthem law could have retroactive power if large-scale breach occurs, says top Beijing adviser Elsie Leung
Hong Kong Free Press, November 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/13/national-anthem-law-retroactive-power-large-scale-breach-occurs-says-top-beijing-adviser-elsie-leung/

支联会圣诞卡寄刘霞冀好好活下去 (HK Alliance sends Christmas cards signed by Hongkongers to Liu Xia asking her to live on well)
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-11122017110718.html

Commentary (评论)

傘運世代效應 年長者也政治覺醒 (Generational effect of Umbrella Movement: Seniors are awakened politically as well)
Mingpao, November 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171113/s00022/1510501279129

Why Chinese Communist Party’s largest elite body now has a lot of new members but not many young ones
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2118939/why-chinese-communist-partys-largest-elite-body-now-has

Hong Kong has the 2022 Gay Games. Life for China’s LGBTI people may improve at last
The Guardian, November 12, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/12/china-lgbt-gay-games-hong-kong-equality

China’s all-powerful leader should heed the lessons from history, former official says
The Washington Post, November 11, 2017
http://wapo.st/2yWkDr6

Access to Information (信息公开)

Why Xi Jinping’s (airbrushed) face is plastered all over China
The New York Times, November 9, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/09/world/asia/xi-propaganda.html

The death of Chinese independent cinema?
China Film Insider, November 9, 2017
http://chinafilminsider.com/the-death-of-chinese-independent-cinema/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

国家卫计委：高危孕产妇实行“专案管理” (National Health and Family Planning Commission says it will manage high-risk pregnant women’s cases individually)
Beijing News, November 10, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/11/09/463589.html

史上最严环保强化督查持续7个月 仍有企业违法排污 (Companies continue to break laws and pollute after strict environmental supervision began 7 months ago)
Legal Daily, November 9, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1110/c1001-29638567.html

国务院办公厅印发《消防安全责任制实施办法》 (State Council General Office issues implementation of fire safety responsibility system)
Xinhua News Agency, November 9, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1109/c1001-29637329.html

Human rights and playing the crowds off the agenda for Trump in China
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2119182/human-rights-and-playing-crowds-agenda-trump-china

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

新疆公安被指奖励协警抓人 两位阿訇被抓六个月无音信 (Xinjiang police reported of rewarding auxiliary force for arresting minorities, and two imans detained and remain incommunicado for 6 months)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-11092017102011.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Democrat James To claims Chief Exec. Carrie Lam wants to turn legislature into rubber stamping body
Hong Kong Free Press, November 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/10/democrat-james-claims-chief-exec-carrie-lam-wants-turn-legislature-rubber-stamping-body/

Related:
Hong Kong leader reveals backing for legislature changes, says some rules are backward
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2119152/hong-kong-leader-laments-early-struggles-while-revealing

港足對巴林友賽前逾20警場外戒備 有球迷噓國歌舉中指大聲叫「去廁所」 (Hong Kong football fans boo national anthem and yell “go to the toilet”, as over 20 police stand-by during friendly match against Bahrain)
Mingpao, November 9, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171109/s00001/1510229418351

Related:
Defiant Hong Kong football fans boo China's national anthem
The Guardian, November 9, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/09/defiant-hong-kong-football-fans-boo-china-national-anthem

楊潤雄對「噓國歌」稱痛心 指學校一直有教導學生 (Education head Kevin Yeung feels “heartbroken” about Hong Kong football fans booing national anthem, claiming schools have been teaching students)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1364087-20171110.htm

“I should have just let them stay,” says former top policeman on trial for alleged assault during Occupy protests
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2119149/windsurfing-typhoon-ex-policeman-accused-assault-says

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong youth dream of democracy, fairness and a greener world. So does China
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2119257/hong-kong-youth-dream-democracy-fairness-and-greener-world

專制獨裁不能壓倒民主自由 (Tyranny and dictatorship can’t overpower democracy and freedom)
Apple Daily, November 9, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20171109/20208690

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Harassment and house arrest in China as Trump has “beyond terrific” time
The Guardian, November 9, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/09/harassment-house-arrest-china-trump-beyond-terrific-time

Related:
胡佳：川普访华应促刘霞重获自由 (Hu Jia says Trump should press for Liu Xia’s freedom during China visit)
Voice of America, November 8, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voa-interview-hu-jia-20171108/4106032.html

Chinese dissident writer Yang Tongyan dies on medical parole
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2119006/chinese-dissident-writer-yang-tongyan-dies-medical-parole

律师彭永和遭打压 发出“跳江公告” (Rights lawyer Peng Yonghe releases suicide statement after being persecuted by authority in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-11082017094259.html

司法部出台意见 加强“十三五”期间残疾人公共法律服务建设 (Ministry of Justice issues opinions to enhance public legal service for disables during 13th Five-Year Plan)
Legal Daily, November 8, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-11/08/content_7382066.htm?node=5955

洛阳发生假警察扰村民，警察抓村民不抓假警察 (Villagers in Luoyang, Henan, arrested by police for fighting against fake police)
Weiquanwang, November 9, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/blog-post_9.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Donald Trump breaks through China’s “Great Firewall” with first tweet
Hong Kong Free Press, November 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/09/donald-trump-breaks-chinas-great-firewall-first-tweet/

China spreads propaganda to U.S. on Facebook, a platform it bans at home
The New York Times, November 8, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/technology/china-facebook.html

王滬寧要求中國記協組織記者堅定不移跟黨走 (Wang Huning, China’s ideology chief, demands journalists to unwaveringly follow the Party during association conference)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 8, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1363775-20171108.htm

Related:
“Sing for the new era”: Chinese journalists told to spread the word on Xi Jinping’s ideology
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2118958/sing-new-era-chinese-journalists-told-spread-word-xis

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海10多位公民上街举牌悼念民运斗士杨天水 (Over 10 citizens in Shanghai hold placards on street to mourn democracy fighter Yang Tianshui)
Weiquanwang, November 9, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/10.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

上海警方通报“携程亲子园虐童事件”：涉案3人被刑拘 (Shanghai police puts three under criminal detention after child abuse scandal breaks out at care center)
Beijing News, November 9, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/11/09/463535.html

社会组织信用信息管理办法征求意见，受到限期停止活动处罚列入严重违法失信名单 (Regulation that gives social organization credit ratings to limit their activities and possibly put them on blacklist solicits public opinions)
Legal Daily, November 8, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-11/08/content_7381761.htm?node=5955

Related:
民政部关于《社会组织信用信息管理办法（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知 (Notice of the Ministry of Civil Affairs on soliciting public opinions for Measures on Administration of Social Organization Credit Information)
Ministry of Civil Affairs, November 8, 2017
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/tzl/201711/20171100006615.shtml

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

Xinjiang authorities jail Uyghur “religious extremist” for scolding son for drinking
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/drinking-11082017154732.html

New guidelines on Uyghur “signs of extremism” issued to Xinjiang authorities
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/guidelines-11072017153331.html

Hong Kong (香港)

林鄭月娥：公務員學院將有認識國家課程 (Carrie Lam says there will be courses on getting to know the nation at civil servant academy)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 9, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1363797-20171109.htm

楊潤雄：反對議員用「赤化」形容中國歷史和國民教育 (Education head Kevin Young says he is against lawmakers referring to Chinese history and national education as falling under Communist control)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 9, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1363848-20171109.htm

社運攝影師辦13+3攝影展 冀港人毋忘抗爭者 (Social movement photographer holds exhibition about jailed activists and hopes Hongkongers not to forget about them)
Inmediahk, November 8, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053217

A Hong Kong mother’s fight for the truth behind girl’s death on mainland China
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2119010/hong-kong-mothers-fight-truth-behind-girls-death-mainland

Hong Kong police told to use new tactics to confront protesters during Occupy, retired officer tells court
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2119008/hong-kong-police-told-use-new-tactics-confront-protesters

Commentary (评论)

中国应建设什么样的婴幼儿童照护体系？ (What kind of preschooler care system should China establish?)
Financial Times, November 9, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001074999

Is China bidding farewell to separation of party and government?
The Diplomat, November 8, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/is-china-bidding-farewell-to-separation-of-party-and-government/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

特朗普訪華前夕 多名北京維權人士失去自由 (Rights defenders in Beijing lose freedom before Trump visit)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 8, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1363679-20171108.htm

遭中共当局迫害的江苏著名政治犯杨天水先生已经去世 (Political prisoner Yang Tianshui, aka Yang Tongyan, dies at 56)
Weiquanwang, November 7, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/blog-post_90.html

“民生观察”网编丁灵杰被捕逾37天 家人仍未获通知 (Ding Lingjie, editor of msguancha.com, arrested for 37 days while family receives no notification)
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-11072017100808.html

广东高院在全国首推家事调查员制度 第一批46名省级家事调查员受聘上岗 (Guangdong High Court hires first group of 46 provincial-level domestic affair investigators)
Legal Daily, November 7, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-11/07/content_7380437.htm?node=5955

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s human rights record won’t be on Donald Trump’s agenda, activists fear
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2118753/chinas-human-rights-record-wont-be-trumps-agenda

Related:
Rights groups urge trump to address China’s human rights violations
Voice of America, November 7, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/rights-groups-urge-trump-to-address-china-human-rights-violations/4104407.html

监察六类人群 四种情形可留置——监察法草案看点盘点 (National Supervision Law monitors 6 groups of people and could detain them under 4 circumstances)
Xinhua News Agency, November 7, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2017-11/07/c_1121920119.htm

Related:
People's Republic of China Supervision Law (draft)
China Law Translate, November 6, 2017
http://bit.ly/2zkhMrx

Hong Kong (香港)

Their sons sought a more democratic Hong Kong, and got prison
当他们的儿子为香港的民主被关进监狱
The New York Times, November 8, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/hk-taiwan/20171108/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/hk-taiwan/20171108/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution/

周永康：香港引入《國歌法》 可見一國兩制平衡正消失 (Alex Chow says balance of “one country, two systems” is disappearing as Hong Kong introduces National Anthem Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 8, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/video-gallery.htm?vid=1363610

HKUST “pressures” Umbrella movie organiser to drop democracy figures from screening panel
Hong Kong Free Press, November 8, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/08/hkust-pressures-umbrella-movie-organiser-drop-democracy-figures-screening-panel/

馬斐森：港大為免被孤立 最終聯署10大校長聲明 (Mathieson, head of HKU, says he signed joint statement of 10 university heads to avoid isolation)
Mingpao, November 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171107/s00001/1510041766386

Related:
HKU head: I signed anti-Hong Kong independence statement to avoid “isolation” from other universities
Hong Kong Free Press, November 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/07/hku-head-i-signed-anti-hong-kong-independence-statement-avoid-isolation-universities/

Commentary (评论)

Is China’s belt and road initiative increasing crime and terrorism?
The Diplomat, November 7, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/is-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-increasing-crime-and-terrorism/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Detained Sichuan rights activist in stark warning to police after beatings
黄琦：强迫我认罪，你们只能得到一具尸体
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/beatings-11062017110629.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11062017094421.html

制定看守所法、修改警察法被建议列入下届人大常委会立法规划 (Legislation of Detention Center Law and Amendment of Police Law planned for next NPC meeting)
The Paper, November 5, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1850782

Access to Information (信息公开)

Second volume of Xi's book on governance published
Xinhua News Agency, November 7, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-11/07/content_34224491.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

蒙冤警察郭少坤致共和国各级政府负责人的公开申诉信 (Disabled police officer writes open letter demanding fair compensation and treatment)
Weiquanwang, November 7, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/blog-post_20.html

维权律师李昱函失联1个月 逾80律师公民联署要求放人 (Over 80 lawyers and citizens write open letter demanding release of rights lawyer Li Yuhan who went incommunicado one month ago)
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-11062017095333.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's former top graft-buster warns of plots to seize power
Reuters, November 7, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption/chinas-former-top-graft-buster-warns-of-plots-to-seize-power-idUSKBN1D70HR

石家庄 企业超排4次停产整治 (Shijiazhuang, Hebei, halts business operations caught failing to meet pollution standards for the fourth time)
People’s Daily, November 7, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1107/c1001-29630416.html

国家监察委定性“政治机关” 分析指地位至高党政合一 (National Supervision Committee identified as “political organ” and has supreme status)
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yf2-11062017094754.html

China won’t allow a Mao-style cult of personality around Xi, says top Communist Party academic
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2118671/china-wont-allow-mao-style-cult-personality-around-xi

Chinese president demands "absolute loyalty" from military
The Diplomat, November 7, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/chinese-president-demands-absolute-loyalty-from-military/

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

Chinese police to step up crackdown on financial crime
Reuters, November 7, 2017
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/chinese-police-to-step-up-crackdown-on-financial-crime-9382694

11名维族和哈族涉“恐与极端宗教”被刑拘 (11 Uyghur and Kazakh minorities criminally detained for involvement in “terrorism and religious extremism”)
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-11062017094231.html

Hong Kong (香港)

闖入公民廣場案 終院批准三子上訴許可 (Court of Final Appeal allows student leaders' leave application to appeal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 7, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1363414-20171107.htm

Related:
Hong Kong democracy activists win last chance to appeal jail terms in highest court
Reuters, November 7, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics/hong-kong-democracy-activists-win-last-chance-to-appeal-jail-terms-in-highest-court-idUSKBN1D70C5

UN experts urge Hong Kong High Court to uphold international human rights law in activists’ cases
联合国专家敦促香港终审法院在审理民主活动人士一案应遵守国际人权法
Human Rights in China, November 6, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/un-experts-urge-hong-kong-high-court-uphold-international-human-rights-law
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/lian-he-guo-zhuan-jia-dun-cu-xiang-gang-zhong-shen-fa-yuan-zai-shen-li

Related:
黃之鋒感謝聯合國人權理事會發聲明 反映國際社會關注 (Joshua Wong thanks UN human rights experts for releasing statement and says International community is paying attention to HK democracy)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 7, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1363456-20171107.htm

林鄭月娥：國歌法立法本年度提交立會 冀盡快完成 (Carrie Lam says local legislation of National Anthem Law will be presented to LegCo before year end and hopes process finish as soon as possible)
Radio Televison Hong Kong, November 7, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1363412-20171107.htm

梁振英：以國家名義殺人不犯法 指名字有「國」或「華」證港人盼民族復興 (CY Leung says killing under name of State is legal and expects Chinese national rejuvenation)
Mingpao, November 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171107/s00001/1510013514283

Related:
Ex-chief exec. CY Leung says young Hongkongers have incorrect understanding of ‘country’
Hong Kong Free Press, November 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/07/ex-chief-exec-cy-leung-says-young-hongkongers-have-incorrect-understanding-of-country/

人大常委任內為港人爭取了什麼？ 范太：答不到，做完就不記得 (Rita Fan, NPC Hong Kong delegate, says she couldn’t remember what she has fought for Hongkongers during her tenure)
Mingpao, November 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171107/s00001/1510022212110

Court rejects appeal application from citizen seeking to disqualify two more pro-democracy lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, November 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/06/court-rejects-appeal-application-citizen-seeking-disqualify-two-pro-democracy-lawmakers/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

旧金山华人追思刘晓波：刘晓波是上帝赐给汉语世界的自由魂 (Chinese in San Francisco mourn Liu Xiaobo and call him free spirit that God bestows upon Chinese-speaking society)
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-11052017114753.html

中国六四天网创办人黄琦看守所遭虐待 (Huang Qi, founder of 64tianwang.com, abused in detention center)
Voice of America, November 5, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-activist-abused-in-detention-center-20171105/4101377.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China warns on overseas content after Springer Nature pulls some articles
Reuters, November 6, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship/china-warns-on-overseas-content-after-springer-nature-pulls-some-articles-idUSKBN1D60EF?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Workers fight for their livelihoods as pressure builds on China’s retail sector
China Labor Bulletin, November 3, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/workers-fight-their-livelihoods-pressure-builds-china%E2%80%99s-retail-sector

Government Accountability (政府问责)

国家监察体制改革试点取得实效 (Pilot reform of National Supervision System bears fruit)
People’s Daily, November 6, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1106/c1001-29627809.html

Related:
China to expand corruption supervision pilot scheme nationwide: Xinhua
Reuters, November 5, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-expand-corruption-supervision-pilot-scheme-nationwide-xinhua-050017502.html

China may grasp climate leadership at UN talks with Trump pulling out
Voice of America, November 5, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-climate-leadership-un-talks/4101414.html

Related:
How China – the world’s biggest polluter – won the praise of green groups
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2118534/how-china-worlds-biggest-polluter-won-praise-green

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Federation of Students launches HK$1m fund to assist prosecuted pro-democracy protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, November 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/06/hong-kong-federation-students-launches-hk1m-fund-assist-prosecuted-pro-democracy-protesters/

Hong Kong prosecutors decide against third trial for former leader Donald Tsang over bribery charge
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2118559/hong-kong-prosecutors-decide-against-third-trial-former

《國歌法》本地立法後 康文署等部門執法 (Leisure and Cultural Services Department amongst law enforcement bodies after local legislation of National Anthem Law)
Sing Tao Daily, November 6, 2017
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1692918&target=2

Related:
Hongkongers will not be arrested for refusing to stand for national anthem, government adviser says
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2118503/hongkongers-will-not-be-arrested-refusing-stand-national

Former Hong Kong professor sold flat and car to fund legal case against Chinese University
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2118488/former-hong-kong-professor-sold-flat-and-car-fund-legal

More Hongkongers now living below poverty line, labor and welfare chief says
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2118491/more-hongkongers-now-living-below-poverty-line-labour-and

Commentary (评论)

「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

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Related:
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/

Commentary (评论)

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/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Related:
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

Commentary (评论)

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/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“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

Related:
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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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

Related:
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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Related:
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/

Commentary (评论)

「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

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Related:
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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Related:
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

Related:
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

Commentary (评论)

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

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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

Related:
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 (香港)

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

Commentary (评论)

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

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

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

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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Related:
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

Related:
“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

Commentary (评论)

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

Access to Justice (司法公正)

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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

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

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

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

Hong Kong (香港)

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

Related:
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/