Access to Justice (司法公正)

刑案律师辩护率大增部分地区达100% (Big increases in rate of defense by criminal lawyers, doubling in some regions)
Legal Daily, Dec 21, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-12/21/content_7427226.htm?node=5955

著名民运人士杨天水先生遭中共当局强制“海葬” 家人遭巨大压力被禁言(CPC authorities force sea burial of Yang Tianshui (Yang Tongyan), veteran democracy activist who died last month, and pressure family to remain silent)
Weiquanwang, December 20, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/blog-post_38.html

Gay hate crime? The Nest accused of assault on lesbian couple
Shanghaiist, December 20, 2017
http://shanghaiist.com/2017/12/20/nest_assault.php

反强拆 广西北海两村民被批捕(Two villagers in Beihai, Guangxi Province, detained for opposing forced demolition)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-12202017103708.html

天津首起侮辱国旗案宣判 (Man is sentenced to 2 years in Tianjin’s first case of dishonoring national flag)
Legal Daily, Dec 20, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-12/20/content_7425861.htm

20个省份成立法官检察官惩戒委(20 provinces set up Judge and Prosecutor Disciplinary Sanction Commission)
Legal Daily, Dec 20, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-12/19/content_7424846.htm?node=5955

最高检公安部联合发文规范经济犯罪案件办理：防止侦查权滥用 (Supreme People’s Court and Ministry of Public Security jointly issue regulation on handling economic crimes to prevent abuse of investigative power)
The Paper, Dec 19, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1912932

《法治政府建设实施纲要》尚未落实到位 近半数未如期公布法治政府建设年报 (Implementation Outline for Building Government of Rule of Law falls short in practice, as half of government units miss deadline for publishing annual reports)
Legal Daily, Dec 18, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-12/18/content_7423562.htm?node=5955

最高法：人格权有望单独成编入民法典，保护互联网时代隐私权 (Supreme People’s Court: “Right to character” to be written into civil code to protect privacy right in Internet era)
The Paper, Dec 18, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1910358

Access to Information (信息公开)

China's ruling communist party bans Christmas, calling it “spiritual opium”
斥圣诞节“精神鸦片” 湖南衡阳官方禁党员干部过圣诞
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xmas-12202017113540.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql2-12202017103645.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海维权公民今年第22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(For the 22nd time this year, Shanghai rights defenders urge ICCPR ratification for asset transparency of government officials)
Weiquanwang, December 20, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/22.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

被指性侵女学生 南昌大学一副院长被免职(Associate Deans of Nanchang University dismissed over alleged sexual assault of female students)
Beijing News, December 21, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/21/469477.html

China shapes economic blueprint around “Xi Jinping Thought”
The Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2017
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-shapes-economic-blueprint-around-xi-jinping-thought-1513786561

Related:
習近平新時代經濟思想出爐 中央經濟工作會議閉幕 首關注教育醫療電騙(Xi’s economic thought unveiled, raise concerns about education, health and electronic frauds)
Mingpao, December 21, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171221/s00013/1513793308629

近5年妥善处理群众信访195万余件 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate properly handled 1.95 million petitions in past five years)
Legal Daily, Dec 20, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-12/20/content_7425989.htm?node=5955

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国科技巨擘竞逐人工智能 (Chinese technology giants compete to develop AI)
Financial Times, December 21, 2017
https://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075569

国产APP软件私闯网民禁地 关闭通讯录仍如无掩鸡笼(Chinese apps access chat records without user authorization)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-12202017103517.html

男子私自搭建VPN服务器非法获利50余万元被判刑 (Man is sentenced to 5 years and fined RMB 500,000 for building VPN)
JCRB.Com, Dec 20, 2017
http://news.jcrb.com/jszx/201712/t20171220_1827177.html

腾讯发布“谣言治理年度报告”：拦截谣言5亿次 (Tencent intercepted rumors over 500 million times, its “Annual Report of Managing Rumors” says)
The Paper, Dec 20, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1914787

中宣部等印发通知要求进一步加强社会主义核心价值观网上传播(Central Propaganda Department issues notice requiring stepped-up dissemination of socialist core values online)
Xinhua, Dec 17, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-12/17/c_1122123232.htm

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

China dangles huge payouts for tips on “terrorists” in largely Uyghur Hotan Prefecture
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/tips-12202017172516.html

China outcry as Taiwan arrests pro-Beijing party members accused of spying
The Telegraph, December 20, 2017
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/20/china-outcry-taiwan-arrests-pro-beijing-party-members-accused/

Hong Kong (香港)

曾鈺成：政府應坦白承認　基本法沒「一地兩檢」空間(Jasper Tsang, former chairperson of LegCo and DAB, says HKSAR government should admit co-location arrangement has no ground in Basic Law)
Mingpao, December 21, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171221/s00001/1513823267358

林鄭月娥：未來12個月很難開展23條立法工作(Carrie Lam says it will be difficult to start work on Article 23 legislation within next year)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 21, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1371173-20171221.htm

Related:
With legislative changes, some Hong Kong pro-democracy activists fear "Article 23 is coming to town"
Global Voice, December 20, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/12/20/with-legislative-changes-some-hong-kong-pro-democracy-activists-fear-article-23-is-coming-to-town/

Hong Kong government makes 123 data requests to Facebook in first half of 2017
Hong Kong Free Press, December 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/21/hong-kong-government-makes-123-data-requests-facebook-first-half-2017/

Outgoing HKU head calls visit to Occupy protesters the "defining moment" of his term
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2125160/outgoing-hku-head-calls-visit-occupy-protesters-defining

Rimsky Yuen (Secretary of Justice) tenders resignation, reports say
The Standard, December 21, 2017
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=100949&sid=4

Ex-Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho indicted in US over US$2.9 million in bribes to African officials
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2125014/ex-hong-kong-minister-patrick-ho-indicted-us-over-us29

Commentary (评论)

Xi's China rising, Trump's America waning
Aljazeera, December 21, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/xi-china-rising-trump-america-waning-171220111758013.html

新聞工作者眼中的網絡科技安全問題(Digital security problems seen from journalists’ perspective)
Mingpao, December 21, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171221/s00022/1513772457473

解决社会问题的死循环需要“比慢”(Breaking the vicious cycle of China’s complex social problems requires “slow” systematic thinking)
Financial Times, December 21, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075576

Hong Kong must do more on data protection
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2125148/hong-kong-must-do-more-data-protection

Five things to know about China’s national carbon market
China Dialogue, December 19, 2017
https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/10303-Five-things-to-know-about-China-s-national-carbon-market/en

Access to Justice (司法公正)

独立学者、作家黎学文在广州火车站遭警方抓捕 疑因海祭刘晓波案(Li Xuewen, independent scholar and writer, is arrested in Guangzhou, possibly related to his act to commemorate Liu Xiaobo)
Weiquanwang, December 19, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/blog-post_36.html

无国界记者：中国是全世界记者的最大监狱(Reporters Without Borders says China locked the most journalists away in the world)
Voice of America, December 20, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-reporters-without-frontiers-20171219/4170211.html

Related:
China is "the world’s biggest prison for journalists", says media watchdog Reporters Without Borders
Hong Kong Free Press, December 20, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/20/china-worlds-biggest-prison-journalists-says-media-watchdog-reporters-without-borders/

Access to Information (信息公开)

新疆高调公布13人 “涉暴恐”
China detains five more ethnic Kazakhs over "ethnic hatred", "terrorist" content
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kazakhs-12192017113550.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-12192017105139.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

河北沧州“煤改气”爆炸赔偿无果 民众市政府抗议 (Protest against Cangzhou government in Hebei, demanding remedies for natural gases explosion)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-12192017105213.html

China public death sentences over drugs alarm web users
British Broadcasting Company, December 18, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42403250

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Top polluter China unveils nationwide carbon market to reduce emissions
Agence France-Presse, December 20, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/20/top-polluter-china-unveils-nationwide-carbon-market-reduce-emissions/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Internet giants told: Accept cyber curbs to be welcome in China
Reuters, December 18, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber/internet-giants-told-accept-cyber-curbs-to-be-welcome-in-china-idUSKBN1EC1MQ

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

China’s flagship TV network has not registered as a foreign agent in US
The Washington Post, December 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2125051/chinas-flagship-tv-network-has-not-registered-foreign

Twelve days in Xinjiang: How China’s surveillance state overwhelms daily life
The Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2017
https://www.wsj.com/articles/twelve-days-in-xinjiang-how-chinas-surveillance-state-overwhelms-daily-life-1513700355

Hong Kong (香港)

新人多支持待適當時機立23條 (Most newly elected Hong Kong deputies to the National People’s Congress say they support legislation of Article 23 in due course)
Ming Pao, December 20, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171220/s00002/1513707129508

Outgoing CUHK head: students’ harsh criticism of his political views “regrettable”
Hong Kong Free Press, December 20, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/20/outgoing-cuhk-head-students-harsh-criticism-political-views-regrettable/

Hong Kong football association fined for Chinese anthem booing
Channel New Asia, December 20, 2017
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hong-kong-football-association-fined-for-chinese-anthem-booing-9513044/

Investigative newswire FactWire makes urgent request for HK$3.8m from readers
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/19/investigative-newswire-factwire-makes-urgent-request-hk3-8m-readers/

Carrie Lam praises school that kicked students out of graduation ceremony for “disrespecting” national anthem
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/19/carrie-lam-praises-school-kicked-students-graduation-ceremony-disrespecting-national-anthem/

Commentary (评论)

Spare me the crocodile tears, Hong Kong’s treatment of domestic workers is modern slavery
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2124974/spare-me-crocodile-tears-hong-kongs-treatment-domestic-workers-modern

How companies can win against China’s “carrots and sticks”
Financial Times, December 20, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/b6bb55c4-e4b4-11e7-97e2-916d4fbac0da

Was Moon Jae-in’s China Trip Successful?
The Diplomat, December 19, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/was-moon-jae-ins-china-trip-successful/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

”Disappeared” Beijing Artist Who Made Video of Migrant Protests Released on Bail
Radio Free Asia, December 18
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/artist-12182017112339.html

China Detains Kazakhs During "Unity Week" in Troubled Xinjiang Region
Radio Free Asia, December 18
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/unity-12182017115834.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

省市联合工作组彻查兰州危废污染(Gansu Provincial Government form working group to investigate Lanzhou toxic wastes)
The Beijing News, December 19
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/19/469156.html

上海研究制定托幼机构标准 专家建议设虐待儿童罪 (Shanghai government intends to standardise regulations on childcare services, experts propose criminalize child abuses)
The Paper, December 19
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-12-18/doc-ifypsvkp4534862.shtml

安监总局:化工行业前11个月事故203起 死亡238人 (State Administration of Worker Safety reported 238 occupational deaths in the chemistry industries last 11 months)
Legal Daily, December 18
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-12-18/doc-ifypsvkp4498110.shtml

北京逐“低端人口”后遗症 高丽营二十多所幼儿园遭查封(Seizure of two dozens of kindergartens in Gaoliying, Beijing, marks the second wave of mass eviction)
Radio Free Asia, December 18
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12182017111950.html

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

China Claims "New Breakthroughs in Anti-Missile Cooperation" with Russia
The Diplomat, December 19
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/china-claims-new-breakthroughs-in-anti-missile-cooperation-with-russia/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hongkongers must now "love" mainland to get scholarships in China
South China Morning Post, December 19
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2124840/beijing-pumps-us227-million-more-annual-scholarships-hong

王晨：港區人大代表選舉有序進行 充分發揚民主(36 seats of Hong Kong deputies to the National People’s Congress is generated, VC of NPCSC comments says democracy is substantially exercised)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 19
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1370833-20171219.htm

Ex-policeman guilty of assaulting Hong Kong Occupy protest bystander with baton in 2014
South China Morning Post, December 18
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2124766/ex-policeman-guilty-assaulting-hong-kong-occupy-protest

Related:
Police association "disappointed" by retired cop Frankly Chu’s Occupy assault conviction
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/19/police-association-disappointed-retired-cop-frankly-chus-occupy-assault-conviction/

The Chief Executive refuse to comment on the case, said respect the court judgment
MingPao, December 19, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171219/s00001/1513640497651

Cheung Chau resident Kwok Cheuk-kin files judicial review over legislature house rule changes
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/18/cheung-chau-resident-kwok-cheuk-kin-files-judicial-review-legislature-house-rule-changes/

Commentary (评论)

Why Hong Kong must heed EU warning over “constant interference” in “one country, two systems”
South China Morning Post, December 19
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2124882/why-hong-kong-must-heed-eu-warning-over-constant

蔡奇屹立不搖的邏輯(Why Cai Qi, Mayor of Beijing still maintaining his position?)
Mingpao, December 19
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171219/s00013/1513620728141

得一地兩檢 失基本法尊嚴 (High-speed railway co-location arrangement is disrespectful to the Basic Law)
Mingpao, December 19
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171219/s00022/1513603106081

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Thousands in China watch as 10 people sentenced to death in sport stadium
The Guardian, December 18, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/thousands-china-watch-executed-sport-stadium

人格权或单独成编入民法典 个人信息保护立法加速 (Personality Rights may included in Civil Code, speeding up protection to the right to privacy)
Legal Daily, December 18, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-12-18/doc-ifyptkyk5087704.shtml

China's Uighur minority shackled by digital technology as thousands are detained for “vocational training”
The Independent, December 17, 2017
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thousands-china-xinjiang-uighur-beijing-disappear-fears-authorities-thought-police-personal-safety-a8115421.html

中共中央办公厅 国务院办公厅印发《生态环境损害赔偿制度改革方案》
China to expand pilot reform in ecological damage compensation
Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2017
EN:http://english.sina.com/china/e/2017-12-18/detail-ifypsvkp4229640.shtml
CH:http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017-12/17/content_5247952.htm

Hua Yong: Detained Chinese artist's emotional last video
British Broadcasting Company, December 16, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42379722

Related:

华涌拍摄“低端人口”被驱逐视频遭抓捕 公民上街举牌声援(Hua Yong, activist artist who filmed Beijing mass eviction is arrested, citizens call for his release)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-12172017095716.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

中宣部號召文藝界做「紅色輕騎兵」 學者：仿效毛時代 料爛尾收場(China Publicity Department asks cultural groups to serve as “Red Light Cavalry”, scholars anticipate the plan is likely to fall apart)
Ming Pao, December 18, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171218/s00013/1513534057684

作品諷時政 京強撤思想藝術展 剩「半條被子」 藝術家：間接宣傳(Beijing art exhibition that criticize current affairs largely banned)
Ming Pao, December 17, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171217/s00013/1513446564917

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Fighting pollution: China shivers as shift from coal to gas plagued by shortages
Agence France-Presse, December 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/18/fighting-pollution-china-shivers-shift-coal-gas-plagued-shortages/

Related:

China has won battles against air pollution, but not the war
The Economist, December 14, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21732581-fierce-restrictions-use-coal-have-got-it-only-so-far-china-has-won-battles-against-air

Hong Kong (香港)

Localist Edward Leung leaves Hong Kong Indigenous in light of upcoming trial
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/18/localist-edward-leung-leaves-hong-kong-indigenous-light-upcoming-trial/

泛民或提司法覆核　李慧琼：人大有釋法權利 (Pan-Dem consider to file judicial review against LegCo rule change, DAB’s Starry Lee said the NPCSC can re-interpret the Basic Law)
Mingpao, December 18, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171218/s00001/1513565128456

Related:

Hong Kong lawmaker promises more extreme action after legislature rule changes curb filibustering
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124686/hong-kong-lawmaker-promises-extreme-action-after-legislature

Two Hong Kong students kicked out of graduation ceremony after not standing for national anthem
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2124697/two-hong-kong-students-kicked-out-graduation-ceremony-after

外傭團體遊行促正視移民工權益及濫收中介費問題 (Migrant groups demonstrated demanding fair treatment and stop overcharging from agencies)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 17, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1370507-20171217.htm

Commentary (评论)

As Christmas decorations highlight inequality, what are Hong Kong’s officials doing about the poor?
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/18/christmas-decorations-highlight-inequality-hong-kongs-officials-poor/

「一國一制」真的好 (“One Country One System is good”)
Ming Pao, December 18, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171218/s00022/1513516226297

Can Environmental Lawsuits in China Succeed?
China File, December 14, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/can-environmental-lawsuits-china-succeed

How China’s “sharp power” is muting criticism abroad
The Economist, December 14, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21732545-and-stealthily-trying-shape-public-opinion-its-favour-how-chinas-sharp-power-muting

Inside China's vast new experiment in social ranking
Wired, December 14, 2017
https://www.wired.com/story/age-of-social-credit/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

"I live like a plant": Chinese dissident’s widow Liu Xia sends desperate letter
Agence France-Presse, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/i-live-like-plant-chinese-dissidents-widow-liu-xia-sends-desperate-letter/

China corrects 37 wrongful convictions for 61 people: white paper
中国人权法治化保障的新进展
Xinhua News Agency, December 15, 2017
EN:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/15/c_136827952.htm
CH:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/15/c_136827952.htm

男子制作传播侮辱成吉思汗挂像视频 被判有期徒刑 (Man sentenced to 1 year in prison for treading on picture of Genghis Khan and sharing video of it on social media)
Ordos city police, December 15, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-12-15/doc-ifyptkyk4573828.shtml

Chinese security guards beat South Korean journalists in shocking footage from Beijing trade fair
Newsweek, December 14, 2017
http://www.newsweek.com/chinese-security-guards-attack-south-korean-press-covering-president-moon-jae-747889/

投身NGO指导网民突破封锁 广东甄江华因涉嫌煽颠被监视居住 (Guangdong-based activist Zhen Jianghua under “residential surveillance at designated location” for inciting subversion)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-12142017131756.html

广东及北京等地家庭教会遭驱赶 (Home churches in Guangdong and Beijing harassed and evicted)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-12142017131110.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Communist Party, military among latest to promote Xi Jinping’s political ideology in “thought” centres
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2124406/communist-party-military-among-latest-promote-xi/

Related:

10家习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心（院）成立 (10 research centers and institutes of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era set up across China)
People’s Daily, December 15, 2017
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2017-12/15/nw.D110000renmrb_20171215_2-04.htm

奥威尔的预言与毛时代的回归：严密监控下的中国 (Orwell’s prophecy and retuning of Mao’s era: China under tight surveillance)
Voice of America, December 15, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-state-surveillance-20171214/4164853.html

南京清「餘毒」 銷毁前書記撰序史書 (Nanjing destroys history books prefaced by corrupt former party secretary)
Mingpao, December 15, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171215/s00013/1513275212291

中國佛教協會高僧：十九大報告是當代佛經 已手抄3遍要再抄10遍 (Deputy of Buddhist Association of China says report of 19th party congress is modern-day Buddhist sutra and he will hand-copy it for 13 times)
HK01, December 14, 2017
http://bit.ly/2zdQlPq

China has 41 journalists behind bars amid ever-widening media controls centers
全球关押新闻工作者再创新高 中国排名第二
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-has-41-journalists-behind-bars-amid-ever-widening-media-controls-12142017103536.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/survey-12142017071139.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing mass evictions continue in wake of second fatal fire
北京十八里店乡火灾后“低端人口”再遭暴力驱逐 公民联署敦促蔡奇辞职
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/beijing-evictions-12142017104315.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-12142017131428.html

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

"中国之长臂"伸向海外 输出专制并捏造形象 (“Long arm of China” exports authoritarianism)
Voice of America, December 15, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/cecc-hearing-china-long-arm-20171215/4164961.html

Related:
The long arm of China: exporting authoritarianism with Chinese characteristics
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, December 13, 2017
https://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/the-long-arm-of-china-exporting-authoritarianism-with-chinese-characteristics

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam gets pat on the back from premier Li Keqiang for “proactive” governance and pushing bay area plan
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124461/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-hailed-premier-li-keqiang

Lawmaker barred for the day as battle over change of legislature’s house rules nears end
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/lawmaker-barred-day-battle-change-legislatures-house-rules-nears-end/

Top pick for new HKU vice-chancellor faces questions over research links to US military
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2124429/professor-questions-suitability-top-pick-next-hku-head

Related:

張翔晤港大教職員 與會者引述張稱不反對學術討論港獨 (Zhang Xiang, new head of HKU, meets with staff and says he doesn’t oppose academic discussion on Hong Kong independence)
Mingpao, December 15, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171215/s00001/1513310796113

Court accepts appeal application from cop found guilty of assaulting democracy activist Ken Tsang
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/court-accepts-appeal-application-cop-found-guilty-assaulting-democracy-activist-ken-tsang/

Civil Human Rights Front calls on public to “defend Hong Kong” at annual new year march
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/15/civil-human-rights-front-calls-public-defend-hong-kong-annual-new-year-march/

Related:

元旦遊行守護香港 民陣：禮崩樂壞 市民不能沉默 (Civil Human Rights Front organizes January 1 march to defend Hong Kong)
Inmediahk, December 14, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053912

ATV studio bomb makers get 26-46 months in jail
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1370266-20171215.htm

Hong Kong to be notified in 30 days if residents detained in China for “endangering national security”
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/14/hong-kong-notified-30-days-residents-detained-china-endangering-national-security/

Related:

通報機制新安排：內地拘危害國安港人須30天內通報 (New mechanism says mainland will notify Hong Kong in 30 days if residents get detained for activity endangering national security)
Mingpao, December 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171214/s00001/1513236958710

Commentary (评论)

In Beijing, who is and isn’t a “low-end person?”
China Change, December 14, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/12/14/in-beijing-who-is-and-isnt-a-low-end-person/

Human rights and press freedom in Hong Kong - A brief memoir
Hong Kong Watch, December 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2017/12/14/francis-moriarty-human-rights-and-press-freedom-in-hong-kong-a-brief-memoir

Access to Justice (司法公正)

采访郭文贵电视主持人与大陆妻子失联三个月 (TV anchor interviews Miles Kwok, Chinese billionaire in exile, and his wife goes incommunicado for 3 months)
Voice of America, December 14, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chen-xiao-ping-wife-lost-contact-20171213/4162695.html

China marks Nanjing Massacre anniversary, detains rights activists
习近平出席南京大屠杀公祭 维权人士被严管逾24小时
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/anniversary-12132017115632.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-12132017103548.html

China moves ahead with subversion trial of rights website founder Liu Feiyue
刘飞跃“煽颠罪”湖北随州中院正式立案
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liufeiyue-trial-12132017142438.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12132017103304.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Number of jailed journalists hits record high, advocacy group says
2017年中国41名记者入狱，全球第二多
The New York Times, December 14, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/world/20171214/journalists-jailed-committee-to-protect-journalists/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/world/20171214/journalists-jailed-committee-to-protect-journalists/

Artist flees Beijing after filming devastation of mass evictions
公开“大驱逐”视频的艺术家逃离北京
The New York Times, December 14, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171214/china-beijing-migrants-eviction/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171214/china-beijing-migrants-eviction/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

撞斷九江大橋 船長出獄查「空心橋墩」 (Ex-convict captain investigates “hollow bridge pier” after his ship slammed into bridge in Jiangxi and killed 8)
Mingpao, December 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171214/s00013/1513188343264

English transcript of video featuring activist Zhen Jianghua
i-CABLE News, December 13, 2017
https://www.nchrd.org/2017/12/19545/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

携程亲子园事件5名工作人员被批捕 (Five kindergarten staffers in Shanghai under arrested after child abuse scandal)
Beijing News, December 13, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/13/468422.html

保定一纸厂发生燃爆事故致4死 公司负责人已被警方控制 (Owner of paper mill detained by police after fire and explosion killed 4 in Hebei)
Beijing News, December 13, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/13/468427.html

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

人权组织批评新疆强行收集居民生物信息 (Human rights organisation criticizes Xinjiang for forcefully collecting biological data from residents)
Reuters, December 13, 2017
http://bit.ly/2C4wdxE

Hong Kong (香港)

Showdown in LegCo over changes to its rule book: What’s fuelling the continuing clash?
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124207/showdown-legco-over-changes-its-rule-book-whats-fuelling

Related:
學者發起聯署 反對修改議事規則 「社會將付上代價」 (Scholars launch signature campaign in protest against LegCo rules changes, warning “society will pay”)
Inmediahk, December 13, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053889/

Civic Party lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki among ten disqualified from running for China legislature seats
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/14/civic-party-lawmaker-kwok-ka-ki-among-ten-disqualified-running-china-legislature-seats/

Related:
港區人大選舉確認49人為候選人 郭家麒斥假選舉 (49 confirmed as candidates for NPC Hong Kong election, and pro-democracy lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki calls it fake)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 13, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1369897-20171213.htm

Hong Kong to pay HK$2.36 billion share of mega bridge project’s HK$11.7 billion cost overrun
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2124232/hong-kong-pay-hk236-billion-share-mega-bridge-projects-hk117/

入境處下周一起擴展旅客自助離境服務 櫃位增設鏡頭識別容貌 (Immigration to add face-detection counters at borders next week)
Mingpao, December 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171214/s00001/1513232374693

Candidate for Hong Kong University vice-chancellor position urged to reveal stance on academic freedom
Hong Kong Free Press, December 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/13/candidate-hong-kong-university-vice-chancellor-position-urged-reveal-stance-academic-freedom/

Commentary (评论)

Does Xi Jinping Thought really matter?
The Diplomat, December 14, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/does-xi-jinping-thought-really-matter/

China’s stealthy holiday crackdowns
The Diplomat, December 14, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/chinas-stealthy-holiday-crackdowns/

Record number of journalists jailed as Turkey, China, Egypt pay scant price for repression
Committee to Protect Journalists, December 13, 2017
https://cpj.org/reports/2017/12/journalists-prison-jail-record-number-turkey-china-egypt.php

China’s film industry: Blocked by its own Great Wall
China Film Insider, December 13, 2017
http://chinafilminsider.com/chinas-film-industry-blocked-by-its-own-great-wall/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Uyghur woman dies of condition left untreated in Chinese police detention
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/death-12122017164350.html

长期为民发声 湖北网络大V罗兰青被抓 (Luo Lanqing, Key Opinion Leader in Hubei, allegedly arrested for advocating for public)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12122017101416.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese authorities collecting DNA from all residents of Xinjiang
The Guardian, December 13, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/chinese-authorities-collecting-dna-residents-xinjiang

China displays clout at Internet conference but some doubts remain
Voice of America, December 12, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-internet-conference-brings-tech-companies-together/4160056.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

北京新建村5名护送华涌的村民被抓捕 华涌吁关注救援 (5 villagers in Beijing outskirts arrested for protecting artist Hua Chong from police)
Weiquanwang, December 12, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/5.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese province admits homes left freezing after overzealous coal ban
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2124104/chinese-province-admits-homes-left-freezing-after

Fire in southern Beijing kills five, weeks after government launches safety hazards campaign
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2124105/fire-southern-beijing-kills-five-weeks-after-government-launches

Related:
Government edicts do nothing to prevent fire danger in China’s workplaces
China Labor Bulletin, December 12, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/government-edicts-do-nothing-prevent-fire-danger-china%E2%80%99s-workplaces

教育部清理令时限已过，常州大学官网仍有上千人身份证被泄露 (Changzhou University continues to leak students’ ID information online after deadline set by education ministry)
The Paper, December 12, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1902245

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google宣布中國成立AI中心 (Google announces establishment of AI center in China)
Mingpao, December 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171213/s00002/1513139161826

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

China denies using LinkedIn to recruit German informants
中國否認利用社群媒體滲透德國政界
The New York Times, December 12, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171212/china-germany-linkedin/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171212/china-germany-linkedin/zh-hant/

Hong Kong (香港)

Nine Hong Kong democracy activists banned from contesting seats in China’s legislature
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124153/nine-hong-kong-democracy-activists-banned-contesting-seats

Democrats use their last chance to form two investigative committees before rules change
Hong Kong Free Press, December 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/13/democrats-use-last-chance-form-two-investigative-committees-rules-change/

Related:
南京大屠殺類比拉布 工聯會郭偉強：把握千載難逢機會修改 (Lawmaker from HKFTU compares filibuster to Nanking Massacre and says changing LegCo rules is chance of lifetime)
Inmediahk, December 13, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053875a

《星島》專欄：中聯辦擬搞首個公眾開放日 (Liaison Office to hold first Open Day)
Sing Tao Daily, December 13, 2017
http://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/1088057/

US professor Zhang Xiang set to be confirmed as next University of Hong Kong vice-chancellor
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2124095/us-professor-zhang-xiang-set-be-confirmed-next-university

Commentary (评论)

Under red China, democracy is dead in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2124100/under-red-china-democracy-dead-hong-kong

人民記得你…… (People will remember you……)
Mingpao, December 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171213/s00022/1513082492100

#MeToo and Vera Lui show why Hong Kong needs better sex education classes
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123968/metoo-and-vera-lui-show-why-hong-kong-needs-better-sex

China’s chilling “social credit” blacklist
The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2017
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-chilling-social-credit-blacklist-1513036054

Access to Justice (司法公正)

年终特稿: 709人权律师案盘点 19大后有转机？ (Will things turn for better after 19th party congress for “709” human rights lawyers?)
Voice of America, December 12, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/human-right-20171211/4159445.html

Related:
李昱函代理律师李柏光、蔺其磊就被其被刑讯逼供、狱中虐待提起控告 (Defense counsels of lawyer Li Yuhan sue detention center and police officers for torture and abuse)
Weiquanwang, December 11, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/blog-post_66.html

張先玲：丈夫生前指解決六四事件路漫長 叮囑注意身體 (Zhang Xianling, Tiananmen Mothers activist, says late husband asked her to stay in good health as vindicating June Fourth will take years)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 12, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1369602-20171212.htm

透明度不足影响问责赔偿 8律师携手为肺结核学生维权 (8 lawyers join force to represent Hunan students who contracted TB, demanding transparency, accountability, and compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/gf1-12112017100646.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

年终报道：中国过去一年严厉封杀维权网站及网言 (China cracks down on right-defending website and speech on Internet during past year)
Voice of America, December 11, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/China-human-rights-situation-worsened-20171211/4158239.html

澳門倡電話卡實名制 網絡安全法今起公開諮詢 (Macau presses for SIM card real-name identification and solicits opinion on cybersecurity law)
Stand News, December 11, 2017
http://bit.ly/2jP61QQ

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“南方傻瓜”甄江华：黑暗中行走的抗争者 (Zhen Jianghua, defier who walks in dark)
The Initium, December 12, 2017
https://theinitium.com/article/20171212-mainland-zhenjianghua/

The app that’s naming and shaming China’s polluters
Bloomberg, December 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2123959/app-thats-naming-and-shaming-chinas-polluters

Hundreds take part in rare protest in Beijing over migrant crackdown
The Guardian, December 11, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/11/hundreds-take-part-rare-protest-beijing-migrant-crackdown

广东顺德村民逆风维权 当局夜半抓人 (Villagers in Guangdong defend land rights and get arrested by police at night)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12112017100549.html

安徽南陵数百教师请愿 警喷射辣椒水驱散 (Hundreds of teachers in Anhui petition for better wages and get pepper-sprayed by police)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12112017100326.html

内蒙牧民请愿讨要草场补贴 海外新书揭内蒙种族灭绝 (Inner Mongolian herdsmen petition for grassland compensation; New book revealing ethnic cleansing launched)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-12112017100414.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing orders agencies to spearhead China’s transition to domestic “green cars”
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2123895/beijing-orders-agencies-spearhead-chinas-transition/

Inside China's “virtue schools” for women
British Broadcasting Company, December 12, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-42305137/

Education, health fees among key concerns
China Daily, December 12, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201712/12/WS5a2f29d4a3108bc8c6721a30.html/

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

New Zealand security chiefs warn of China threat
新西兰安全部门就中国威胁发出警告
Financial Times, December 11, 2017
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/4c23258a-de28-11e7-a8a4-0a1e63a52f9c
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075438

Hong Kong (香港)

泛民百人立會外示威紮營 警凌晨抬人完成清場 (Over 100 pan-democrats camp outside LegCo in protest against rule changes and removed by police after midnight)
Mingpao, December 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171212/s00001/1513035498355

Related:
嚴詞反駁批評 林鄭：政府不會做損害市民工作 (Carrie Lam outright rejects criticism and says SAR government will not harm its citizens)
Mingpao, December 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171212/s00001/1513046744435

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters removed from outside legislature amid protest over house rules
Hong Kong Free Press, December 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/12/just-guards-remove-hong-kong-pro-democracy-lawmakers-outside-legislature-amid-protest-house-rules/

英倫「香港監察」今日成立，保港人權 (London-based Hong Kong Watch launched to defend human rights)
Local Press, December 11, 2017
http://www.localpresshk.com/2017/12/hk-watch-launched-today/

Related:
New watchdog aims to "blow whistle" on Beijing and London over Hong Kong freedoms and rule of law
Hong Kong Free Press, December 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/12/new-watchdog-aims-blow-whistle-beijing-london-hong-kong-freedoms-rule-law/

趁開放日校外派傳單遭警圍 聖母書院學生批校方「多餘」 (Secondary schoolers send out localism flyers on Open Day and get surrounded by police)
Apple Daily, December 9, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20171209/57560270

Commentary (评论)

立會修議事規則 為所欲為時代到了 (As LegCo rules change, time to do whatever they want has come)
Mingpao, December 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171212/s00022/1512995101012

仿佛又回到人人都「說假話、放衛星」的年代了 (We seem to be reliving era in which everyone lies)
Inmediahk, December 12, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053845

世道人生：殘害人權的最大魔怪 (Behemoth that tramples on human rights)
Apple Daily, December 12, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20171212/20242172

Hong Kong must show greater commitment to equality
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123893/hong-kong-must-show-greater-commitment-equality

From forced evictions of migrant workers to abused children: violations of social & economic rights in China refute the “China development model”
从遭遇强迫驱逐的农民工到受虐待的儿童：- 经济社会人权继续得不到保障是对「中国发展模式」的有力反驳
Chinese Human Right Defenders, December 11, 2017
EN: https://www.nchrd.org/2017/12/from-forced-evictions-of-migrant-workers-to-abused-children-violations-of-social-economic-rights-in-china-refute-the-china-development-model/
CH: https://www.nchrd.org/2017/12/from-forced-evictions-of-migrant-workers-chin-ver/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

維權律師：面臨前所未有壓力 (Rights lawyer Mo Shaoping says lawyers now face unprecedented pressure)
Mingpao, December 11, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171211/s00013/1512929019688

刘霞致信诺奖文学得主赫塔米勒称“我要疯了我那么孤单” (Liu Xia writes to Nobel Laureate Herta Müller saying “I am going crazy, I am so lonely”)
Radio France Internationale, December 10, 2017
http://bit.ly/2AslFfr

律师会见在押犯新规印发：会见被侦查起诉在押罪犯时不被监听 (New regulations allows detainees to meet with lawyers without being listened to)
The Paper, December 10, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1899492

Access to Information (信息公开)

German spy agency warns of Chinese LinkedIn espionage
British Broadcasting Company, December 11, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42304297

In your face: China’s all-seeing state
British Broadcasting Company, December 10, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-42248056/in-your-face-china-s-all-seeing-state

Related:
China must accelerate implementation of big data strategy: Xi
Xinhua News Agency, December 9, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201712/09/WS5a2bba55a310eefe3e9a12ea.html

The fall of Chinese internet Czar Lu Wei
Global Voices, December 10, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/12/10/the-fall-of-chinese-internet-czar-lu-wei/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

世界人权日 北京遭驱逐外地人要人权 (Hundreds protest against forced eviction in Beijing, demanding human rights on Human Rights Day)
Voice of America, December 10, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/4157363.html

《刘晓波纪念文集》纽约发布 (Collected writings in commemoration of Liu Xiaobo launched in New York)
Voice of America, December 10, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/liu-xiaobo-collected-writings-nyc-20171209/4157190.html

北京画家华涌“只因干了记者应该干而不敢干的活”而匆匆逃亡在祖国的大地上 (Beijing-based artist Hua Chong wanted by police for live-streaming forced eviction in city outskirts)
Weiquanwang, December 9, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/blog-post_56.html

南街能成为法外之地吗？——35位大学生的起诉状 (35 university students sue Henan food factory for labor law violations)
Weiquanwang, December 8, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/35.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s rapidly greying population leaves provincial pension pots seriously short of cash
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2123703/chinas-rapidly-greying-population-leaves-provincial

China starts formal legal proceedings against disgraced senior politician
Reuters, December 11, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption/china-starts-formal-legal-proceedings-against-disgraced-senior-politician-idUSKBN1E5095?

Related:
涉受賄罪 最高檢對前重慶市委書記孫政才立案偵查 (Supreme People's Procuratorate launches anti-graft probe against former Chongqing party secretary Sun Zhengcai)
HK01, December 11, 2017
http://bit.ly/2jN05rt

辽宁：5年收回事业编制15万名 (Liaoning cuts 150,000 government jobs during past 5 years)
People.com.cn, December 11, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1211/c1001-29699411.html

Chinese official suspended for forcing man to apologise after he told anti-poverty inspectors he was not getting his benefits
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2123670/chinese-official-suspended-forcing-man-apologise-after-he-told

江蘇連雲港化工廠爆炸4死6人失蹤 負責人被控制 (Company head detained by police after chemical factory explosion that kills at least 4 in Jiangsu)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1369341-20171210.htm

中國幼兒園頻傳虐童 聯國專家心碎 (UN experts heartbroken by news of child abuse at Chinese kindergartens)
United Daily News, December 9, 2017
https://udn.com/news/story/7332/2865784?from=udn-ch1_breaknews-1-cate4-news

EU “Deeply Troubled” by China’s human rights record
Agence France-Presse, December 8, 2017
https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/190828-eu-troubled-china-human-rights

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

Beijing extends powers of state security agents under counter-espionage law
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2123210/beijing-extends-powers-state-security-agents-under

Hong Kong (香港)

14個香港民間團體致聯合國人權事務高級專員公開信 (14 Hong Kong civil society groups write open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Inmediahk, December 11, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053832

Hong Kong court upholds SFC action, paving the way for cross-border securities investigations
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2123692/hong-kong-court-upholds-sfc-action-paving-way-cross-border

Arrest warrant issued after activist fails to appear in court over rioting charges
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/09/arrest-warrant-issued-activist-fails-appear-court-rioting-charges/

Related:
香港本土派悍将黄台仰违反保释条件被法院通缉 (Hong Kong court issues arrest warrant after localism activist Ray Wong violates bail conditions)
Radio France Internationale, December 10, 2017
http://bit.ly/2AsmrsR

建制派設街站反對拉布 民主派明晚立會外通宵紮營 (Pro-establishment sets street booths slamming filibusters, as pro-democracy camp plans to protest overnight outside LegCo against rules changes)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1369330-20171210.htm

Related:
立會示威區加裝1米高鋼板 (1-meter-high steel barriers set up outside LegCo building)
Mingpao, December 11, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171211/s00001/1512974057729

Arbitration legal eagle Teresa Cheng tipped to be Hong Kong’s next justice secretary
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2123698/legal-heavyweight-teresa-cheng-tipped-be-hong-kongs-next

“We just want to win money”: Should Hongkongers stand for the national anthem at horse races?
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2123695/we-just-want-win-money-should-hongkongers-stand-national

Commentary (评论)

A more open Internet is in China’s interest
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123738/more-open-internet-chinas-interest

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China jails 21 people for 2015 nursing home fire: Xinhua
Reuters, December 8, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fire/china-jails-21-people-for-2015-nursing-home-fire-xinhua-idUSKBN1E203M

排除阻力 魏玛将颁人权奖给伊力哈木 (Against all odds, Ilham Tohti awarded 2017 Weimar Human Rights Award)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2017
http://bit.ly/2AZDeCW

新疆周远案：背负“罪名”20年 庭上无人表达歉意 (No one apologizes on court to Zhou Yuan, man who spent 20 years in Xinjiang jail for crime he didn’t commit)
China News Weekly, December 7, 2017
http://www.kanfanews.com/pc/index/article/1049368

拆迁公司嚣张袭击 两北京律师险遭活埋 (2 Beijing lawyers attacked by eviction mobs and almost get buried alive)
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12072017104902.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China, accused of abuses, hosts human rights forum
Agence France-Presse, December 8, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/08/china-accused-abuses-hosts-human-rights-forum/

Related:
王毅：坚定不移走中国特色人权发展道路 (Wang Yi, head of MFA, says China will unwaveringly walk down road of human rights development with Chinese characteristics)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 7, 2017
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/wjbzhd/t1517385.shtml

The gentrification of Beijing: razing of migrant villages spells end of China dream
The Guardian, December 8, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/08/beijing-gentrification-china-migrant-villages-destroyed

Related:
China evicts dissidents, shutters businesses for Fortune Global Forum in Guangzhou
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-evicts-dissidents-shutters-businesses-for-fortune-global-forum-in-guangzhou-12072017142209.html

China gets a new system to curb corruption—and ideological lapses
The Economist, December 7, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21732136-communist-party-gives-itself-more-policing-and-judicial-powers-china-gets-new-system-curb

人社部要求各地政府在2017年底前清偿工程款拖欠 (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security demands local governments to pay all wages in arrears to construction workers before yearend)
Xinhua News Agency, December 7, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1207/c1001-29692940.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Jail in Hong Kong for booing China's national anthem
Al Jazeera, December 8, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/jail-hong-kong-booing-china-national-anthem-171206174453509.html

Hong Kong democrats struggle to prevent debate over changes to legislature’s house rules
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/07/hong-kong-democrats-struggle-prevent-debate-changes-legislatures-house-rules/

Commentary (评论)

一國兩制原意就是要香港「染紅」？ (Is original intention of “One Country, Two Systems” to dye Hong Kong red?)
Mingpao, December 8, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171208/s00022/1512651115015

從大學生角度看民主牆爭論 (Look at Democracy Wall dispute from angle of university students)
Inmediahk, December 8, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053788

Hong Kong should waive the debt of disqualified lawmakers, following Australia’s example
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123268/hong-kong-should-waive-debt-disqualified-lawmakers-following

Sieren’s China: Internet blockade only hurts China
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/sierens-china-internet-blockade-only-hurts-china/a-41703600

China, under Xi Jinping, embarks on a quest to win the trust of its people
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123239/china-under-xi-jinping-embarks-quest-win-trust-its-people

Access to Justice (司法公正)

（受权发布）中华人民共和国反间谍法实施细则 (PRC releases details of implementation of counter-espionage law)
Xinhua News Agency, December 6, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-12/06/c_1122068667.htm

Related:
China adds broad new definitions to counter-espionage law
Reuters, December 6, 2017
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-adds-broad-new-definitions-to-counter-espionage-law-9474856

童养媳14岁产女求助无门 重庆司法局禁止律师接案 (Chongqing Justice Bureau bans rights lawyer from representing 14-year-old bride who was raped and forced to get pregnant)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-12062017104220.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China hosts global forum featuring own take on human rights
Associated Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-hosts-global-forum-featuring-own-take-on-human-rights/2017/12/06/22b2f3da-dafc-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html

第四届世界互联网大会闭幕 一边促进开放共享一边加强网络管控 (To conclude 4th World Internet Conference: Openness and sharing on one hand, tightened control on other)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yl-12062017104413.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Fatal accident highlights intense pressures faced by China’s food-delivery workers
China Labor Bulletin, December 6, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/fatal-accident-highlights-intense-pressures-faced-china%E2%80%99s-food-delivery-workers

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China to further promote government information sharing and disclosure
Xinhua News Agency, December 7, 2017
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2017-12-07/detail-ifypnqvn0752294.shtml

安徽一煤矿现20余人腐败窝案:每个环节都渗透贿影 (Bribery everywhere in Anhui coal mine corruption case that involves over 20)
Procuratorate’s Daily, December 7, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1895519

Chinese schools investigated for holding classes outside during freezing winter
The Telegraph, December 6, 2017
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/06/probe-launched-china-schools-hold-classes-outside-freezing-winter/

Related:
“煤改气”凸显天然气供应短板 (North China residents face natural gas supply shortage after sudden coal ban)
Caijing Magazine, December 7, 2017
http://yuanchuang.caijing.com.cn/2017/1207/4373279.shtml

Chinese living on North Korean border told to prepare for nuclear disaster by state newspaper
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2123188/state-owned-chinese-newspaper-border-north-korea-tells

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Apple CEO hopeful banned apps will return to China store
Associated Press, December 6, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/apple-ceo-hopeful-banned-apps-will-return-to-china-store/2017/12/06/f8fe9902-da6c-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong legislative meeting halted as democrats protest changes to house rules
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/07/hong-kong-legislative-meeting-halted-democrats-protest-changes-house-rules/

Four convicted of unlawful assembly and assault over activist Nathan Law’s airport attack
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/07/four-convicted-unlawful-assembly-assault-activist-nathan-laws-airport-attack/

Judge postpones sentencing of Hong Kong democracy activist
Associated Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-activist-wong-faces-new-court-sentence/2017/12/07/ec10c120-db0c-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html

Little difference between students using Cantonese or Mandarin as medium to learn Chinese – int’l study
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/07/little-difference-students-using-cantonese-mandarin-medium-learn-chinese-intl-study/

Related:
Teaching Chinese in Mandarin blamed as Hong Kong pupils struggle with higher level reading skills
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2123208/teaching-chinese-mandarin-blamed-hong-kong-pupils-struggle

Taiwanese writer Chang Tieh-chih says he was denied entry to Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, December 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/06/taiwanese-writer-chang-tieh-chih-says-denied-entry-hong-kong/

Related:
台湾知名文化人张铁志为何不能入境香港？ (Why couldn’t renowned Taiwanese intellectual Chang Tieh-chih enter Hong Kong?)
British Broadcasting Company, December 6, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-42251825

Six pan-dems enter primary race to contest two seats in Hong Kong LegCo by-election
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2123005/six-pan-dems-primary-race-contest-two-seats-hong-kong-legco

Commentary (评论)

為何「低端人口」不反抗？ (Why don’t “low-end population” fight back?)
Mingpao, December 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171207/s00022/1512566986451

中国强推煤改气惹民怨，为什么环保与温暖不可兼得？ (China turns away from coal to gas, but why do environment protection and supply of heat go against each other)
The Initium, December 6, 2017
https://theinitium.com/roundtable/20171206-roundtable-zh-change-coal-to-gas/

China and Germany: So far, yet so close
The Diplomat, December 6, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/china-and-germany-so-far-yet-so-close/

Amnesty International: China: detained rights lawyer further ill-treated: Li Yuhan (国际特赦组织：李昱函律師獄中遭受進一步虐待)
Amnesty International, December 5, 2017
EN: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/7546/2017/en/
CH: https://zh.amnesty.org/more-resources/detained-rights-lawyer-further-ill-treated/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese woman sacked for being pregnant wins landmark case against employer
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2123114/pregnant-chinese-woman-wins-against-firm-discrimination

60多岁李昱函律师在沈阳市第一看守所持续遭受虐待折磨 (Rights lawyer Li Yuhan, in her 60s, abused and tortured at Shenyang detention center)
Weiquanwang, December 6, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/60.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese state media takes praise for leader to new heights as Xi tightens grip
Reuters, December 6, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinese-state-media-takes-praise-for-leader-to-new-heights-as-xi-tightens-grip-idUSKBN1E00MW

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

把「低端人口」帶到國際層面 中國導演：不拍他們便不存在 (Wen Hai, Chinese director brings “low-end population” to international stage and says if you don’t film them, they don’t exist)
Apple Daily, December 5, 2017
https://tw.news.appledaily.com/us/realtime/20171205/1253423/

Chinese military veterans detained, beaten in Beijing after pension petition
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-military-veterans-detained-beaten-in-beijing-after-pension-petition-12052017110040.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

全市1500余幼儿园均配责任督学 (Beijing assigns supervisors to over 1,500 kindergartens)
Beijing News, December 6, 2017
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2017-12/06/content_704531.htm?div=-1

Senior citizen picks through garbage piles to support family
China Daily, December 5, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-12/05/content_35221104.htm

河北省教育厅就取暖问题发通知：保障广大师生安全、温暖过冬 (Hebei education authority issues notice pledging supply of heating to schools)
People’s Government of Hebei Province, December 5, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1892797

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Inside China’s big tech conference, new ways to track citizens
人工智能、人脸识别：中国步入高科技监控时代
The New York Times, December 6, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20171206/china-internet-conference-wuzhen/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20171206/china-internet-conference-wuzhen/

Ma warns foreign firms to obey rules
Shanghai Daily, December 6, 2017
http://english.sina.com/buz/b/2017-12-06/detail-ifypikwu1750183.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

民主派誓阻改議事規則：今削立會權力 明通過廿三條 (Democratic camp vows to halt change to LegCo rules, fearing weakened LegCo would lead to passing of Article 23)
Inmediahk, December 6, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053741

Related:
Few tactics remain to prevent changes to legislature’s rules, says pro-democracy lawmaker Alvin Yeung
Hong Kong Free Press, December 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/06/tactics-remain-prevent-changes-legislatures-rules-says-pro-democracy-lawmaker-alvin-yeung/

愛東邨食水含重金屬微粒　鉛銅鐵皆有　水署：分離器未能阻隔 (Heavy metal particles found in tap water at public estate; Water Supply Department says separator failed to work)
Mingpao, December 5, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171205/s00001/1512457394278

王振民：香港屬紅色中國　沒染紅之說 (Wang Zhenmin, Liaison Office legal chief, says Hong Kong is part of red China, and there is no such thing as Hong Kong being dyed red)
Mingpao, December 5, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171205/s00002/1512410962545/

Related:
Liaison Office legal chief Wang Zhenmin: “Hong Kong is part of red China”
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/05/liaison-office-legal-chief-wang-zhenmin-hong-kong-part-red-china/

漩渦裏外　周永康的微笑：救世不必當苦行僧 (Alex Chow smiles: You don’t have to go through hardship to save world)
Stand News, December 5, 2017
https://goo.gl/e2jHMj

Commentary (评论)

周云蓬：《中国孩子》十年记，孩子们的墓碑如影随形 (Zhou Yunpeng on 10th anniversary of release of song named “China’s Children”: Their tombs follow me like shadow)
The Initium, December 6, 2017
https://theinitium.com/article/20171206-culture-chinakids/

There’s no escaping constitutional reality for Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123046/theres-no-escaping-constitutional-reality-hong-kong

Why Xi’s anti-corruption drive in China’s military needs a long-term solution
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2122930/xis-sweeping-anti-corruption-drive-chinas-military-may-prove

Is Wang Huning trying to hide his light?
The Diplomat, December 5, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/is-wang-huning-trying-to-hide-his-light/