Access to Justice (司法公正)

“I’m being politically persecuted again”: China revokes license of human rights lawyer Sui Muqing
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/im-politically-persecuted-china-revokes-licence-human-rights-lawyer-sui-muqing/

China detained bookseller Gui Minhai “to stop him from telling his story”
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2130435/china-detained-bookseller-gui-minhai-stop-him-telling

Catholic bishops “asked to stand aside” in favor of those approved by Beijing: Report
教廷迫原任命主教让位给爱国主教？ 梵蒂冈重大让步
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vatican-bishops-01242018135547.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/gf2-01242018110206.html

深圳禁“职业投诉人”恶意举报，包括食品举报却超出合理消费 (Shenzhen bans reports on food safety by “professional complainants” who aim at extorting money from vendors, claiming they “disrupt normal economic market order and affect social harmony and stability”)
Shenzhen Branch of Cyberspace Administration of China, January 24, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1966679

35名抗议草场被汉人侵占的蒙古族牧民被判刑 (35 herdsmen from Inner Mongolia sentenced after fighting for grassland rights)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-01242018153305.html

中央政法工作会议：矢志不渝做社会主义法治国家建设者 (Guo Shengkun, head of Political and Legal Affairs Commission, claims to firmly resist separation of powers and judicial independence.)
People.com.cn, January 23, 2018
http://legal.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0123/c42510-29782366.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Top Chinese university opens institute to study “Xi Jinping Thought”
北大成立「习近平思想」研究院 民主摇篮沦为政权贴金
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xijinping-thought-01242018141832.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/thought-01242018060604.html

黑龙江双鸭山煤矿爆炸2死1伤 地方当局封锁消息 (Heilongjiang government blocks information of deadly coal mine explosion that killed 2 and injured 1)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01242018105908.html

钱钢语象笔记：“命运共同体”考源 (Qian Gang’s notes on word usage: Origin of “community of common destiny”)
Lianhe Zaobao, January 23, 2018
http://www.zaobao.com/forum/views/opinion/story20180123-829382

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

李文足状告胡锡进侵犯名誉权 (Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, sues Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief at Global Times, for reputation damage)
Radio France Internationale, January 24, 2018
http://bit.ly/2na3Xo7

Chinese mom pays price for an Ivanka Trump probe
Associated Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2018/01/25/chinese-mom-pays-price-ivanka-trump-probe/109793334/

去年全国网上信访同比上升近八成 (Number of online petition cases up 80% nationwide year on year)
Legal Daily, January 24, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/24/content_7456149.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

严查网游违规经营 保护未成年人健康成长 (China to crackdown on “illegal operation” of online video games to protect minors)
People’s Daily, January 25, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0125/c1001-29785454.html

中共中央 国务院发出《关于开展扫黑除恶专项斗争的通知》 (CPC Central Committee and State Council issue notice to “start dedicated battle to remove the black and eradicate the evil”)
Xinhua News Agency, January 24, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/24/c_1122309773.htm

Beijing to demolish thousands of “illegal structures”
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 24, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42803571

“She’ll die if she stays with us”: A baby abandoned in China
“孩子在我们手中就是死路一条”，东莞弃婴引热议
The New York Times, January 24, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/world/asia/china-abandoned-baby.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180125/china-abandoned-baby/zh-CN/

China’s new Davos pledge—blue skies, literally, in three years
Quartz, January 24, 2018
https://qz.com/1187931/davos-2018-chinas-new-davos-pledge-blue-skies-literally-in-three-years/

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

Chinese gov’t taking over administration of Tibetan Buddhist monastery Larung Gar, NGO says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/chinese-govt-taking-administration-tibetan-buddhist-monastery-larung-gar-ngo-says/

Related:
China: New controls on Tibetan monastery
Human Rights Watch, January 24, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/24/china-new-controls-tibetan-monastery

Authorities in China’s Qinghai province block Tibetans from travel amid Dalai Lama teachings
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/travel-01242018164735.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Video: UK committed to China relationship, but not at expense of Hong Kong’s Handover agreement, minister says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/video-uk-committed-china-relationship-not-expense-hong-kongs-handover-agreement-minister-says/

Not for Hong Kong justice chief to decide if ousted lawmakers can run in by-elections, pan-dems say
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130430/not-hong-kong-justice-chief-decide-if-ousted-lawmakers-can

Related:
Video: Hong Kong pro-democracy party by-election ad features “battered and bruised” ex-lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/video-hong-kong-pro-democracy-party-election-ad-features-battered-bruised-ex-lawmakers/

Baptist University temporarily suspends two students following standoff over Mandarin test
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/baptist-university-temporarily-suspends-two-students-following-standoff-mandarin-test/

Related:
學聯等聯署 對浸大嚴正抗議和極度遺憾 (Students unions launch signature campaigns in protest against Baptist University’s decision of suspending students)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 24, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1377046-20180124.htm

No timetable for reforms on prosecuting power, Hong Kong justice chief says
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130412/no-timetable-reforms-prosecuting-power-says-hong-kong

Commentary (评论)

Ignore China's economic muscle and condemn it for kidnapping Gui Minhai
The Guardian, January 25, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/25/sweden-ignore-chinas-economic-muscle-condemn-kidnapping-gui-minhai

China reaches into the heart of Europe
The New York Times, January 25, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/opinion/china-germany-tech-manufacturing.html

What happens when the justice secretary’s very action encourage people to disrespect the law?
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2130399/what-happens-when-justice-secretarys-very-action-encourage-people

Apple can’t resist playing by China’s rules
陈光诚：苹果向独裁政权出卖了中国用户
The New York Times, January 23, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/opinion/apple-china-data.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180124/apple-china-data/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Activists and wife say Chinese state media video is an attempt to discredit detained lawyer Yu Wensheng
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/activists-wife-say-chinese-state-media-video-attempt-discredit-detained-lawyer-yu-wensheng/

Related:
北京警方：一男子暴力袭警致两民警受伤，涉妨害公务罪被刑拘 (Beijing police says rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, now under criminal detention for obstruction, violently assaulted and injured two officers)
The Paper, January 23, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1963877

Sweden wants answers about its seized citizen. China isn’t giving any.
瑞典政府要求中国通报桂民海消息遭拒绝
The New York Times, January 23, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/world/asia/china-sweden-bookseller.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180124/china-sweden-bookseller/

Related:
EU envoy urges China to “immediately” release Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai
Agence France-Presse, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/eu-envoy-urges-china-immediately-release-swedish-book-publisher-gui-minhai/

Top human rights lawyer stripped of license in China's Guangdong
广东司法厅无预警突袭 维权律师隋牧青遭吊照
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-license-01232018154542.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawyer-01232018083111.html

王全璋失踪928天 家属25次控告碰壁 (Family of Wang Quanzhang file 25 complaints but get no results during 928 days when he is missing)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01232018103302.html

湖南：检察官承办的案件被告人被宣告无罪的，将进行个案评查 (To improve prosecutorial conduct, Hunan pilots review of 6 types of cases, including those end in not-guilty verdicts, state compensation payments, widespread online reactions)
Hunan Daily, January 23, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1964235

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese media told to tone down coverage of giant firms’ debt, finance woes
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2130318/chinese-media-told-tone-down-coverage-giant-firms-debt-finance

China’s propagandists wanted a hero. “Frost Boy” fit the bill.
“冰花男孩”：从赤贫儿童到宣传明星、爱国英雄
The New York Times, January 23, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/world/asia/china-frost-boy.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180124/china-frost-boy/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Leiyang workers return to Shenzhen to demand long overdue compensation
China Labor Bulletin, January 23, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/leiyang-workers-return-shenzhen-demand-long-overdue-compensation

“Me Too,” Chinese women say. Not so fast, say the censors.
The New York Times, January 23, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/world/asia/china-women-me-too-censorship.html

China faces protests after investment scheme collapses
Associated Press, January 23, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-faces-protests-after-investment-scheme-collapses/2018/01/23/c0aa3e5a-002b-11e8-86b9-8908743c79dd_story.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing's struggle against pollution will be tough, take time - mayor
Reuters, January 24, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/beijing-s-struggle-against-pollution-will-be-tough--take-time---mayor-9890974

Beijing gets serious about cleaning up inappropriate videos targeting children
China Film insider, January 23, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/beijing-gets-serious-about-cleaning-up-inappropriate-videos-targeting-children/

习近平：思想再解放改革再深入工作再抓实 推动全面深化改革在新起点上实现新突破 (In meeting of Leading Group for reforms, Xi Jinping stresses priorities including advancing public interest through OGI, producing scientific research “to raise capacity for innovation in strategic frontiers,” reforming Confucius Institutes to serve “diplomacy with Chinese characteristics”)
Xinhua News Agency, January 23, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/23/c_1122303539.htm

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

The ideology behind China’s fast-changing military
The Diplomat, January 24, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/the-ideology-behind-chinas-fast-changing-military/

Hong Kong (香港)

被質疑大話連篇 鄭若驊：不接受我無誠信 (Questioned for telling lies, Justice chief Teresa Cheng says she doesn’t accept being accused of someone without integrity)
Mingpao, January 24, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180124/s00001/1516774453459

Related:
Neighbors “dragged into” illegal structures scandal of Hong Kong justice chief Teresa Cheng
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130239/neighbours-dragged-illegal-structures-scandal-hong-kong

Baptist University student who protested Mandarin tests cuts mainland internship short following threats
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/baptist-university-student-protested-mandarin-tests-cuts-mainland-internship-short-following-threats/

Related:
Explain pro-Beijing university president’s new five-year term, Hong Kong students warn, or face “consequences”
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2130229/explain-pro- beijing-university-presidents-new-five-year

UK’s commitment to Hong Kong’s freedom not interference by the west, says UK minister at Parliament debate
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/uks-commitment-hong-kongs-freedom-not-interference-west-says-uk-minister-parliament-debate/

Court approves bail for jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, but bail denied for Raphael Wong
Hong Kong Free Press January 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/23/court-approves-bail-jailed-hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-bail-denied-raphael-wong/

Related:
港大民研：對港府信任度急跌逾一成 18至29歲近七成不信北京 (HKU survey finds almost 70% people aged from 18 to 29 in Hong Kong don’t trust Beijing)
Mingpao, January 23, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180123/s00001/1516694722475

Veteran Hong Kong officials among new faces to be named to China’s top political advisory body
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130243/veteran-hong-kong-officials-among-new-faces-be-named-chinas

Commentary (评论)

China’s flagship Communist Party paper awash with declarations for Xi Jinping
Hong Kong Free Press, January 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/24/chinas-flagship-communist-party-paper-awash-declarations-xi-jinping/

China’s grim Christmas ritual: Imprisoning dissidents
The Diplomat, January 24, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-grim-christmas-ritual-imprisoning-dissidents/

Today’s UK parliamentary debate on Hong Kong democracy is timely and long overdue
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/23/todays-uk-parliamentary-debate-hong-kong-democracy-timely-long-overdue/

Hong Kong leader’s role as university chancellor must end to protect academic freedom
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130183/hong-kong-leaders-role-university-chancellor-must-end

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Xi stresses Party's "absolute leadership" over political, legal work
Xinhua News Agency, January 23, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-01-23/detail-ifyqwiqi5767568.shtml

Chinese police seize publisher from train in front of diplomats
瑞典籍香港书商桂民海在火车上被中国警方带走
The New York Times, January 22, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/world/asia/china-police-bookseller-train-gui-minhai.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180123/china-police-bookseller-train-gui-minhai/

Around 120,000 Uyghurs detained for political re-education in Xinjiang’s Kashgar prefecture
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detentions-01222018171657.html

教会长老胡石根病重被拒保外就医 (Imprisoned priest Hu Shigen, suffering from heart disease, denied medical parole)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/gf2-01222018111228.html

律师会见余文生被拒 数十人联署要求公布真相 (Lawyer banned from meeting with detained rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, as dozens launch signature campaign demanding the truth)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01222018111134.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China takes aim at hip-hop, saying “low-taste content” must stop
Reuters, January 22, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-hiphop/china-takes-aim-at-hip-hop-saying-low-taste-content-must-stop-idUSKBN1FB139

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

两千多钱宝“合伙投资人”在南京游行 (Over 2,000 investors of collapsed pyramid scheme march and protest in Nanjing)
Weiquanwang, January 22, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_92.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

误将亚硝酸盐做食盐致多名幼儿食物中毒 河北一幼儿园被查封 (Hebei kindergarten closed for putting Nitrite in meals and poisoning many children)
The Beijing News, January 23, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/23/473667.html

Chinese staff paid in bricks to top up unpaid wages
农民工春节前遭拖欠工资 老板发砖抵薪水
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 22, 2018
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-42779898#
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-42784780

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

China's Xinjiang to build “Great Wall” to protect border: governor
Reuters, January 23, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang/chinas-xinjiang-to-build-great-wall-to-protect-border-governor-idUSKBN1FC022

Chinese hacking against Taiwan: A blessing for the United States?
The Diplomat, January 23, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinese-hacking-against-taiwan-a-blessing-for-the-united-states/

China orders Tibetan pilgrims in India and Nepal to return home
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/india-pilgrims-01222018144658.html

Hong Kong (香港)

New Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng saved HK$6.7m in stamp duty buying additional flat as first-time homeowner
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/23/new-justice-sec-teresa-cheng-saved-hk6-7m-stamp-duty-buying-hk62m-flat-first-time-homeowner/

Related:
Hong Kong pro-government camp losing patience with Teresa Cheng over illegal structures furor, says Paul Tse
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130131/hong-kong-pro-government-camp-losing-patience-teresa-cheng

Baptist University holds open meeting over controversial Mandarin test following 8-hour student standoff
Hong Kong Free Press, January 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/23/baptist-university-holds-open-meeting-controversial-mandarin-test-following-8-hour-student-standoff/

Growing push to limit academic freedom in Hong Kong after Occupy protests, says new UK watchdog report
Hong Kong Free Press, January 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/22/growing-push-limit-academic-freedom-hong-kong-occupy-protests-says-new-uk-watchdog-report/

Related:
In-depth report says academic freedom in Hong Kong under threat
Hong Kong Watch, January 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2018/1/22/in-depth-report-says-academic-freedom-in-hong-kong-under-threat

Hong Kong security minister to follow up and “keep an open mind” on review of police work guidelines
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2130076/hong-kong-security-minister-follow-and-keep-open-mind

Commentary (评论)

专访曾钰成：我们要研究，香港凭什么让中国政府保留一国两制 (Jasper Tsang: We have to figure out on what basis can Hong Kong make the Chinese government keep “One Country, Two Systems”)
The Initium, January 23, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180123-hongkong-jasper-tsang/

Teresa Cheng mired in a crisis of her own making
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130094/teresa-cheng-mired-crisis-her-own-making

Britain will continue to speak up on Hong Kong and any pressures “One, Country, Two Systems” comes under, consul general vows
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2129887/britain-will-continue-speak-hong-kong-and-any-pressures-one

How China forces American companies to do its political bidding
The Washington Post, January 21, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-china-forces-american-companies-to-do-its-political-bidding/2018/01/21/52a1d5a0-fd63-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Detention of Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng “absurd,” says attorney
Agence France-Presse, January 21, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/21/detention-chinese-human-rights-lawyer-yu-wensheng-absurd-says-attorney/

China's progress on intellectual property rights (yes, really)
The Diplomat, January 20, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-progress-on-intellectual-property-rights-yes-really/

“We don't know what conditions will be like at the next prison”
江天勇会被转送河南监狱 暂停探视
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2018
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/conditions-01192018164818.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-01182018105020.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese music fans fear rap latest to fall foul of government censors
Agence France-Presse, January 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2130011/chinese-music-fans-fear-rap-latest-fall-foul-censors

China’s VPN crackdown is about money as much as censorship
Financial Times, January 22, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/35eafc9a-fcf8-11e7-9b32-d7d59aace167

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

港台團體聯署聲明：還人民言論自由 聲援中國11.15讀書會案左派青年 (Groups in Hong Kong and Taiwan launch signature campaign in support of mainland left-wing youngsters who got detained for joining read club)
Inmediahk, January 21, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054655

李氏兄弟姊妹: 呼吁国家重视“低端人口”随迁子女的义务教育 (Citizens in Henan hold banners and demand compulsory education for children of so-called “low-end” migrant workers)
Weiquanwang, January 18, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_20.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

In China, big data is watching you … and that could be a huge “challenge to the West”
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2129897/china-big-data-watching-you-and-could-be-huge-challenge

Related:
Ecuador is fighting crime using Chinese surveillance technology
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2129912/ecuador-fighting-crime-using-chinese-surveillance

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

Ma Zhaoxu: China’s next man at the United Nations ... and on the front line of Xi’s global ambitions
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2129869/ma-zhaoxu-chinas-next-man-united-nations-and-front-line

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong smog hits top of the health risk scale, thanks to haze and low winds
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2130010/hong-kong-smog-hit-top-health-risk-scale-thanks

Localist activist Edward Leung admits assaulting police during Mong Kok unrest, denies rioting charges
Hong Kong Free Press, January 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/22/localist-activist-edward-leung-admits-assaulting-police-mong-kok-unrest-denies-rioting-charges/

Ex-lawmaker Frederick Fung says he will not step in if gov’t bars pro-democracy election nominee from running
Hong Kong Free Press, January 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/22/ex-lawmaker-frederick-fung-says-will-not-step-govt-bars-pro-democracy-election-nominee-running/

Shockingly low response rate to Hong Kong government public consultations revealed
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2129903/shockingly-low-response-rate-hong-kong-government-public

Embattled Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng reveals she has a second property with illegal structures
Hong Kong Free Press, January 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/22/embattled-justice-sec-teresa-cheng-reveals-second-property-illegal-structures/

抗議期間爆粗涉辱師 浸大學生會長願致歉 (Baptist University Student Union chief says he is willing to apologize for using vulgar language against teacher during protest, claiming it was a “verbal misstep”)
Mingpao, January 21, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180121/s00002/1516470328517

Commentary (评论)

團結民主派，抗衡當局打壓 (Unite democratic parties and fight against suppression of the regime)
Inmediahk, January 22, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054682

Hong Kong democracy battle now waged in courts
Voice of America, January 22, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/hong-kong-courts-battle-activism/4218168.html

法政匯思：《中英聯合聲明》是條約嗎？以條約法的角度解讀（一） (Interpret Sino-British Joint Declaration from a treaty law perspective)
Pentoy, January 20, 2018
https://goo.gl/43KZaM

Why go easy on Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng in illegal structures saga?
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2129832/why-go-easy-chief-justice-teresa-cheng-illegal-structures

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Defense lawyers to cover all criminal cases in China
Xinhua News Agency, January 19, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-01-19/detail-ifyquixe4432964.shtml

Related:
Chinese justice minister stresses CPC leadership of lawyers
Xinhua News Agency, January 19, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-01-19/detail-ifyquixe4515582.shtml

Son of detained rights lawyers arrives in Australia after battle to leave China
709案意外突破 王宇儿子遭多番阻挠后终获准出国留学
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2018
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-son-01182018140246.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/arrival-01182018055405.html

Related:
China detains rights lawyer after call for reform
Agence France-Presse, January 19, 2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5287169/China-detains-rights-lawyer-call-reform.html

China jails six Protestants in Yunnan amid massive crackdown on “evil cult”
云南云县“邪教”案6基督徒被判刑 最长13年
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2018
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protestants-01182018110902.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-01182018105144.html

China to discuss constitutional amendments, but how far will Xi Jinping go?
Voice of America, January 18, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-to-discuss-constitutional-amendments/4213388.html

Uyghur inmates suffer health complications due to neglect in Xinjiang detention centers
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/health-01182018171513.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

留學加國大陸生Twitter貼西藏旗 6小時後公安即致電其父母 (Chinese student in Canada posts Tibetan flag on Twitter and police calls his parents 6 hours after)
Stand News, January 18, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DtoFZG

新疆少数民族使用苹果手机受阻 (Ethic groups in Xinjiang face hurdle using iPhones)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-01182018105108.html

加强新时代高校思想政治理论课建设现场推进会召开 (Ministry of Education hosts meeting in Shanghai to push Xi Jinping Thought deeply into “teaching materials, classrooms, and brains” at universities)
Ministry of Education, January 18, 2018
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-01/18/content_5257886.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国LGBT群体用法律为自己发声 把广电总局、京东都告了 (LGBT groups bring State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and JD.com to court)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-42729962

顺德土地问题纷争不断 村民申请信息公开被警扣押 (Villager in Guangdong demands information disclosure over land rights dispute and gets detained by police)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01182018105214.html

The #MeToo movement arrives in the people’s republic
The Economist, January 18, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21735078-communist-party-nervous-metoo-movement-arrives-peoples-republic

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s two-child policy has already stopped working
Quartz, January 19, 2018
https://qz.com/1183692/after-ending-chinas-one-child-policy-in-2015-its-two-child-policy-has-already-stopped-working-as-births-decline/

全总要求各地工会保障春节期间农民工工资支付 (All-China Federation of Trade Unions asks affiliates to ensure migrant workers getting paid during Chinese New Year)
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/18/c_1122280909.htm

多地自曝GDP造假 国家统计局：国家数据实行“分级核算”真实性不受影响 (After many local governments confess to have fabricated GDP numbers, National Bureau of Statistics claims national data is “accounted at different levels” and its authenticity is not affected)
The Beijing News, January 18, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/18/473039.html

国有资产报告制度建立 今年10月将首次晒国资家底 (In new system, first report by State Council on management of state-owned assets will be heard by NPC Standing Committee in October)
Economic Information Daily, January 18, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2018-01/18/c_1122275054.htm

The climate change promise of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
The Diplomat, January 18, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/the-climate-change-promise-of-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

AI beat humans at reading! Maybe not
Wired, January 18, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-beat-humans-at-reading-maybe-not/

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

China is getting tougher on Taiwan
The Economist, January 18, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21735075-it-also-luring-its-people-china-getting-tougher-taiwan

Related:
How China’s military is girding for battle, and what it means for neighbors
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2129471/how-chinas-military-girding-battle-and-what-it-means

Claims that Wendi Deng Murdoch was a spy fuel debate in China as state-run media responds
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2129581/report-wendi-deng-murdoch-could-be-spy-fuels-debate-china

Hong Kong (香港)

Former Bar Assoc. head: Members will unite behind new chair Philip Dykes to face challenges
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/19/former-bar-assoc-head-members-will-unite-behind-new-chair-philip-dykes-face-challenges/

Related:
City’s barristers want Bar Association to “step up to the plate” on constitutional matters, says one of its new leaders
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2129653/citys-barristers-want-bar-association-step-plate/

Incoming HKUST chief Wei Shyy says he will continue university’s stance on Hong Kong independence
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/19/incoming-hkust-chief-wei-shyy-says-will-continue-universitys-stance-hong-kong-independence/

Related:
Hong Kong university condemns independence calls again as student group adds members
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2128704/hong-kong-university-condemns-independence-calls-again

Hong Kong police to receive 3 water cannon vehicles, worth HK$27m, this year
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/19/hong-kong-police-receive-3-water-cannon-vehicles-worth-hk27m-year/

209,700 people live in subdivided flats in Hong Kong, 2016 gov’t by-census reveals
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/19/209700-people-live-subdivided-flats-hong-kong-2016-govt-census-reveals/

浸大生佔領反對普通話試 學生會長批評分機制難明白 (Baptist University students protest at language center against Putonghua test, as student union chief claims grading mechanism is hard to understand)
Mingpao, January 19, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180119/s00001/1516334532862

Hong Kong Law Society warns lack of clarity on joint rail checkpoint could undermine “One Country, Two Systems”
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2129566/hong-kong-law-society-warns-lack-clarity-joint-rail

Commentary (评论)

嚴薔：削減文革的教材，卻為何擴充了改革開放？ (Why China is downplaying Cultural Revolution in school textbooks while chanting Reform and Opening-up?)
The Initium, January 19, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180119-opinion-yanqiang-cultural-revolution/

如果孩子要做之鋒 (What if your child wants to be Joshua Wong)
Inmediahk, January 19, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054607

Is promoting human rights in ASEAN an impossible task?
The Diplomat, January 19, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/is-promoting-human-rights-in-asean-an-impossible-task/

How to stand up for human rights in the age of Trump
Foreign Policy, January 18, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/18/how-to-stand-up-for-human-rights-in-the-age-of-trump/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

辦讀書會被捕 曾談六四 毛左青年獲釋認妥協 (Young Maoists released in Guangdong after being detained for organizing reading groups and talking about June Fourth)
Mingpao, January 18, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180118/s00013/1516211636727

北京律师被拒办理护照“出境或危害国家安全” (Beijing-based rights lawyer not allowed to apply for passport, police claims his “going abroad may endanger national security”)
Voice of America, January 18, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Chinese-Rights-Lawyer-Yu-Wensheng-Denied-Passport-Application-20180117/4211426.html

高智晟失踪逾五个月 妻耿和国内家人被警告 (Rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng disappeared for 5 months, wife and family warned by police)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01172018103129.html

China seeks to export growing repression, lack of freedom at home: Freedom House
自由之家2018全球自由度排行 中国再列不自由国家
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2018
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/repression-export-01172018101604.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01172018103233.html

中国外交部：刘霞“依法享有一切权利” (Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Liu Xia enjoys all rights in accordance with the laws)
Deutsche Welle, January 17, 2018
http://bit.ly/2mSjeK7

“坦白从宽”能不能坐实，18地区试点用数据“说话” (Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate report that in year 1 of pilot program, over 100,000 criminal defendants received lenient sentences after providing confessions)
NPC WeChat Public Account, January 17, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1954616

In China, your spouse’s secret debts can no longer drag you down
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128695/china-revises-marriage-law-definition-joint-liability-protect

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s VPN crackdown may aid government surveillance
中国整顿VPN引发驻华机构担忧政府监控
The Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2018
EN: https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-vpn-crackdown-may-aid-government-surveillance-1516189155
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20180118/bgh112906.asp

曝中学教科书删文革 微博帐号被查封 (Weibo account censored for spreading news about Cultural Revolution being downplayed in history textbooks)
Radio France Internationale, January 17, 2018
http://bit.ly/2mNKR7h

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

趙紫陽逝世13周年骨灰未入土 民眾赴故居悼念 (Public commemorate Zhao Ziyang at his former Beijing residence 13 years after his death)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 17, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1375766-20180117.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

全国统战部长会议：今年要加强新的社会阶层人士统战工作 (United Front to work more on people from “new social hierarchy” in 2018)
United Front WeChat Public Account, January 18, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1956788

Cities in China's Hebei province still top list of smoggiest places
Reuters, January 18, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/cities-in-china-s-hebei-province-still-top-list-of-smoggiest-places-9872126

李克强动员农民工返乡创业被指习近平版上山下乡 (Li Keqiang encouraging migrant workers to back to their rural hometowns accused of being Xi Jinping’s version of Down to the Countryside Movement)
Radio France Internationale, January 18, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DgOhp6

Muslim children in Chinese county banned from attending religious events over break
Reuters, January 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128670/muslim-children-chinese-county-banned-attending-religious-events

Chinese communist party to “resolutely” exclude “Janus-faced" members
The Diplomat, January 16, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinese-communist-party-to-resolutely-exclude-janus-faced-members/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China said to be testing facial recognition system to monitor Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region
Bloomberg, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2129473/china-testing-facial-recognition-system-monitor-muslim-dominated

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

共谍案从何说起？王炳忠与周泓旭之间的五个关键字 (Communist spies in Taiwan: The story of Wang Ping-chung and Zhou Hongxu)
The Initium, January 18, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180118-taiwan-zhou-hong-xu-and-wang-ping-chung-in-spy-probe/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong pro-independence protest leader appears in court for “rioting”
Reuters, January 18, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-court-riot/hong-kong-pro-independence-protest-leader-appears-in-court-for-rioting-idUSKBN1F70ZJ

Related:
Communist Party mouthpiece accuses Hong Kong university student unions of “selling” independence under guise of free speech
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2129509/communist-party-mouthpiece-attacks-hong-kong-university

Hong Kong’s barristers go to the polls for tightest contest in years
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2128690/hong-kongs-barristers-go-polls-tightest-contest-years

Hong Kong justice minister “hiding from legislature” over illegal structures scandal
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2128713/hong-kong-justice-minister-hiding-legislature-over-illegal

Legislature rejects move to censure pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho over “killing” remarks
Hong Kong Free Press, January 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/18/legislature-rejects-move-censure-pro-beijing-lawmaker-junius-ho-killing-remarks/

Related:
何君堯：愛國心來自岳飛，愛港心來自李光耀 (Junius Ho claims his love for the state comes from Yue Fei, a military general in Song Dynasty who fought against Mongol invasion, and his love for Hong Kong comes from Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore)
Mingpao, January 18, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180118/s00001/1516243836704

Commentary (评论)

China: Rights crackdown goes global
中国：打压人权扩及全球
Human Rights Watch, January 18, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/18/china-rights-crackdown-goes-global
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/01/18/313834

The Guardian view on China’s spreading influence: look in the gift horse’s mouth
The Guardian, January 17, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/17/the-guardian-view-on-chinas-spreading-influence-look-in-the-gift-horses-mouth

Stretching the Basic Law to fit Hong Kong’s high-speed rail plan puts “One Country, Two Systems” at risk
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2128635/stretching-basic-law-fit-hong-kongs-high-speed-rail-plan

Carrie Lam, Lord Ashdown’s report is not “foreign meddling” – it reflects Britain’s commitment to the Handover
Hong Kong Free Press, January 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/17/carrie-lam-lord-ashdowns-report-not-foreign-meddling-reflects-britains-commitment-handover/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese-American journalist says China kidnapped his wife
Associated Press, January 17, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-american-journalist-says-china-kidnapped-his-wife/2018/01/17/a4360986-fb5b-11e7-9b5d-bbf0da31214d_story.html

山东肇事司机不予追责 警方：监控已坏 (Government-hired driver released by police and not held accountable for killing 75-year-old villager in accident, as police claims surveillance camera footage is damaged)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf1-01162018111444.html

Confusion surrounds status of Liu Xia amid rumors she will “leave China”
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/confusion-01162018105851.html

Amended regulation-making procedure stresses CPC leadership, due process
Xinhua News Agency, January 16, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/16/c_136900521.htm

Related:
李克强签署国务院令 公布《国务院关于修改〈行政法规制定程序条例〉的决定》和《国务院关于修改〈规章制定程序条例〉的决定》 (Premier Li Keqiang signs off regulation-making procedure amendments)
Xinhua News Agency, January 16, 2018
http://www.gov.cn/premier/2018-01/16/content_5257183.htm

全国人大常委会已开始对合宪性审查相关问题进行研究部署, 维护宪法权威, 合宪性审查如何破局 (Among goals of NPC Standing Committee’s constitutionality inspection work is to “provide constitutional support . . . for major Party, state policies”)
Legal Daily, January 16, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/16/content_7448640.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

How will Macau's new cybersecurity legislation impact freedom of speech?
Global Voices, January 16, 2018
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2018/01/16/how-will-macaus-new-cybersecurity-legislation-impact-freedom-of-speech/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中國最大同志社區被關閉之後，哪裏是同志運動和言論的天花板？ (China shutting down the largest online gay community questions boundaries of LGBT movement)
The Initium, January 17, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180117-mainland-yilutongxing-lgbt-movement/

长沙抗日老兵无钱医病身亡 逾百政府拆迁人员上门抢尸 (Hunan veteran dies after fighting against forced eviction thugs and has his body taken away by local government)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01162018113401.html

近百位尘肺病患者及遗属连日在深圳市政府维权 (Nearly 100 pneumoconiosis victims and family members demand compensation at Shenzhen government)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-01162018110547.html

新疆巴州蒙古族学校被摘牌 引发海内外蒙古人抗议 (Inner Mongolia government changing ethnic schools’ names sparks protest from ethnic communities inside and out of China)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-01162018105653.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Another Chinese city admits releasing “fake” economic data
Reuters, January 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2128629/another-chinese-city-admits-releasing-fake-economic-data

卧底发现：江苏苹果手机代工厂压榨工人工作累报酬低 (Undercover investigation finds Apple factory in Jiangsu exploits workers with poor pay and long hours)
Voice of America, January 17, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/apple-factory-20180116/4210749.html

Related:
Workers making iPhones in China exposed to toxic hazards, report says
The Guardian, January 16, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jan/16/workers-making-iphones-in-china-exposed-to-toxic-hazards-report-says-apple-catcher-technology

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google quietly opens third China office
谷歌悄悄在华设立第三家办事处
Financial Times, January 17, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/a50f908a-fb32-11e7-9b32-d7d59aace167
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075969

Related:
Google says “no changes” to mapping platform in China after report
Reuters, January 16, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-china-maps/google-says-no-changes-to-mapping-platform-in-china-after-report-idUSKBN1F42GD

China disrupts global companies’ web access as censorship bites
中国干扰外企使用VPN
Financial Times, January 16, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/80e50a6c-fa8a-11e7-9b32-d7d59aace167
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075967

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

Amid tension, China carrier group sails through Taiwan Strait
Reuters, January 17, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-flights/amid-tension-china-carrier-group-sails-through-taiwan-strait-idUSKBN1F60C3

Hong Kong (香港)

Joshua Wong, democracy advocate, is sentenced in Hong Kong
香港民运领袖黄之锋被判监禁3个月
The New York Times, January 17, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/world/asia/hong-kong-umbrella-movement-joshua-wong.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180117/hong-kong-umbrella-movement-joshua-wong/

Related:
Magistrate who gave Occupy trio community service was lenient but within sentencing range, says chief justice
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/magistrate-gave-occupy-trio-community-service-lenient-within-sentencing-range-says-chief-justice/

“Ever-greater influence from Beijing”: Hong Kong tumbles in int’l freedom index for third year running
Hong Kong Free Press, January 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/17/ever-greater-influence-beijing-hong-kong-tumbles-intl-freedom-index-third-year-running/

Related:
Human rights undermined in Hong Kong, says Ashdown
The Guardian, January 16, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/16/human-rights-undermined-in-hong-kong-says-ashcroft

中大發聲明反對港獨 港獨研究學會：暫未見行動打壓 (CUHK releases statement opposing Hong Kong independence; student group says there has been no suppression yet)
Mingpao, January 17, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180117/s00001/1516170538391

Related:
“No political considerations": HKU student council upholds disqualification of cabinet election hopefuls
Hong Kong Free Press, January 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/17/no-political-considerations-hku-student-council-upholds-disqualification-cabinet-election-hopefuls/

Pollution blankets Hong Kong on Wednesday, with air quality hitting very unhealthy levels in some parts
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2128649/air-quality-hong-kong-expected-hit-very-unhealthy

Agnes Chow’s Hong Kong self-determination calls “could get her barred from LegCo by-election”
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2128542/agnes-chow-more-likely-be-barred-hong-kong-legco-election

I don’t understand Chief Exec. Carrie Lam’s “new constitutional order,” says top lawyer Lawrence Lok
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/i-dont-recognise-chief-exec-carrie-lams-new-constitutional-order-says-top-lawyer-lawrence-lok/

Commentary (评论)

A police state in Xinjiang in which moderate voices are silenced is not what China needs to achieve stability
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2128581/police-state-xinjiang-which-moderate-voices-are-silenced-not

不要讓想令這個城市變得更好的人孤單落伍 (Don’t let those who want to change the city for the better walk alone)
Inmediahk, January 17, 2018
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054574

“面对共同敌人，和解好吗？”──谈香港民主运动的“败局困境” (Confronted by common enemy, democratic movement in Hong Kong faces prisoner dilemma)
The Initium, January 17, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180117-opinion-prisoner-dilemma/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China rights lawyer says legal license revoked after criticizing President Xi Jinping
Reuters, January 16, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights/china-rights-lawyer-says-legal-license-revoked-after-criticizing-president-xi-jinping-idUSKBN1F5067

Related:
北京律师被吊销执照 曾建议罢免习近平 (Beijing lawyer who once suggested removing Xi Jinping from office gets his license revoked)
Voice of America, January 16, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/yu-wensheng-suspension-20180116/4209585.html

蘇嘉豪被控加重違令罪案件於澳門初級法院開審 (Suspended Macau lawmakers Sulu Hou faces trial after charged with aggravated disobedience)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 16, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1375428-20180116.htm

因海祭刘晓波案遭刑事拘留的黎学文今取保获释 (Li Xuewen released on bail from criminal detention after commemorating Liu Xiaobo)
Weiquanwang, January 15, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_15.html

滞台4年，中国异议人士王中义成功抵美 (Chinese dissident Wang Zhongyi arrives in US after stuck in Taiwan for 4 years)
Voice of America, January 15, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20180115-connect-wang-zhongyi/4208374.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Qantas changes website to recognize Chinese territories
Reuters, January 16, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/qantas-changes-website-to-recognise-chinese-territories-9865982

Chinese institute at UMass Boston is accused of promoting censorship
Boston Globe, January 16, 2018
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/15/chinese-institute-umass-boston-accused-promoting-censorship/U5nL824cIpKTFF7h186TSP/story.html

網曝內地把逃港歷史 淡化為「赴港就業潮」 (China allegedly sugarcoats mainlanders fleeing to Hong Kong from 1950s to 1970s as “wave of going and working in Hong Kong”)
HKET, January 15, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DiSdsJ

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese students use #MeToo to take fight against sexual harassment to elite universities
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128341/chinese-students-use-metoo-take-fight-against-sexual-harassment

北京盲人影院：引發對中國殘障人事業的思考 (Beijing movie theater for the visually disabled draws attention to rights protection in China)
British Broadcasting Company, January 16, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/world-42689261

内蒙古五旗牧民自治区政府上访 (Inner Mongolia herdsmen petition at local government for grassland rights)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-01152018105041.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

How China outsourced work-related accidents and deaths
China Labor Bulletin, January 16, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/how-china-outsourced-work-related-accidents-and-deaths

China’s education ministry to launch mechanism for dealing with sexual harassment on campus
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/chinas-education-ministry-launch-mechanism-dealing-sexual-harassment-campus/

西藏拉多乡牧民土地被强占 矿产资源仍被滥采 (Land-grabbing against herdsmen and exploitation of mineral resources continue in Lhatok, Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-01152018133330.html

噴水、塞棉紗……中國地方官員逃避空氣監測有奇招 (Chinese officials pull stunts to cheat air quality monitoring)
British Broadcasting Company, January 15, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-42687637

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alibaba and Microsoft AI beat humans in Stanford reading test
人工智能在阅读测试中胜过人类
Financial Times, January 15, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/8763219a-f9bc-11e7-9b32-d7d59aace167
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075942

Hong Kong (香港)

姚松炎勝初選 「DQ風險愈來愈低」 泛民范國威戰新東 建制3人直選搶灘 (4 democratic candidates to run for upcoming by-election, as pro-establishment camp sends 3 to compete)
Mingpao, January 16, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180116/s00001/151603887619

Related:
Hong Kong gov’t wouldn’t dare to bar me from running for legislature again, says by-election hopeful Edward Yiu
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/hong-kong-govt-wouldnt-dare-bar-running-legislature-says-election-hopeful-edward-yiu/

與中聯辦「行埋一齊」是合作非干預 林鄭反轟 HK Watch 對香港事務「指指點點」 (Carrie Lam claims Liaison Office is collaborating with SAR government instead of intervening, and slams Hong Kong Watch for interfering in Hong Kong internal affairs)
Stand News, January 16, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DlUtzC

Related:
Video: Chief Exec. Carrie Lam slams new UK watchdog report on Hong Kong rule of law as foreign “meddling”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/chief-exec-carrie-lam-slams-new-uk-watchdog-report-hong-kong-rule-law-foreign-meddling/

Beijing’s office in Hong Kong not involved in city’s affairs unless “mainland angle” emerges, says leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/beijings-office-hong-kong-not-involved-citys-affairs-unless-mainland-angle-emerges-says-leader-carrie-lam/

Related:
〈13天愛上解放軍〉 港女生入青少年軍營後寫信感動中聯辦主任 (Hong Kong girl writes letter claiming she fell in love with People's Liberation Army after spending 13 days at youth camp, and that moves Wang Zhimin, head of Liaison Office)
Mingpao, January 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180115/s00001/1515977179184

Joshua Wong and fellow Occupy Hong Kong student leaders made to wait as top court reserves judgment on jail terms appeal
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2128374/jailed-hong-kong-student-leaders-appeal-jail-terms

Related:
Magistrate who gave Occupy trio community service was lenient but within sentencing range, says chief justice
Hong Kong Free Press, January 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/16/magistrate-gave-occupy-trio-community-service-lenient-within-sentencing-range-says-chief-justice/

Hong Kong woman, 63, arrested for insulting judge in Frankly Chu case
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2128398/hong-kong-woman-63-arrested-insulting-judge-frankly-chu

Commentary (评论)

林鄭護短比司長僭建更醜陋 (Carrie Lam’s cover-up is even uglier than illegal structures at Teresa Cheng’s residence)
Apple Daily, January 16, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180115/20274678

HKU’s reputation has been hurt by politics
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2128383/hkus-reputation-has-been-hurt-politics

2017 shows us that it is time for the international community to speak up for Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, January 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/14/2017-shows-us-time-international-community-speak-hong-kong/

Why China’s good environmental policies have gone wrong
中国式治污：为什么好政策会出错？
The New York Times, January 14, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/opinion/china-environmental-policies-wrong.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180116/china-environmental-policies-wrong/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

I slept handcuffed to a chair: Li Fangping recalls his secret detention
戴着手铐睡觉：李方平回忆他的秘密关押经历
RSDL Monitor, January 14, 2018
EN: http://rsdlmonitor.com/li-fangping-recalls-secret-detention/
CH: http://rsdlmonitor.com/zh/li-fangping-recalls-secret-detention-ch/

翟岩民突发脑梗 妻子刘二敏怒斥当局狱中酷刑 (Liu Ermin, wife of Zhai Yanmin, accuses regime of torturing her husband after Zhai suffered from cerebral infarction)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-01142018155218.html

Related:
709案王全璋律师被失踪917天 律师要求探望仍遭拒绝 (Lawyers once again banned from meeting with 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang after he disappeared 917 days ago)
Weiquanwang, January 12, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/709917.html

中共中央政治局召开会议 讨论拟提请十九届二中全会审议的文件 中共中央总书记习近平主持会议 (Politburo forwards suggested constitutional amendment to “raise high the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics” for consideration at second plenum of 19th party congress later this month)
Xinhua News Agency, January 12, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/12/c_1122250299.htm

Chinese bishop freed after seven months in captivity
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-bishop-freed-seven-months-captivity-141028629.html

Chinese authorities arrest Xinjiang intellectual amid crackdown on prominent Uyghurs
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/arrest-01122018152937.html

How China used a Times documentary as evidence against its subject
當我製作的影片成為中國政府審判扎西文色的證據
The New York Times, January 10, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/insider/tashi-wangchuk-documentary-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180111/tashi-wangchuk-documentary-china/zh-hant/

Access to Information (信息公开)

业内人士揭网络“水军”产业链运作内情 (Insider reveals how RMB 60,000 will mobilize “water army” robots to produce enough comments to lift Weibo post to top spot in “Hot Topic Search list”)
Legal Daily, January 12, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/12/content_7446221.htm

上海网信办责令zara和美敦力网站立即更正违法违规内容 (Shanghai Internet Information Office orders Zara and Medtronic to stop listing Taiwan as country)
Xinhua News Agency, January 12, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/12/c_1122252032.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海市46万的失地农民的58名维权代表冒着严寒来第40次维权到上海市人力资源和社会保障局维权 (58 representatives of 460,000 peasants in Shanghai who lost their lands petition at local Human Resources and Social Security Bureau)
Weiquanwang, January 13, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/465840.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China sees 1,300 fugitives returned from overseas in 2017: China Daily
Reuters, January 15, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime/china-sees-1300-fugitives-returned-from-overseas-in-2017-china-daily-idUSKBN1F404O

China punishes officials for tampering with smog monitoring
Reuters, January 15, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-punishes-officials-for-tampering-with-smog-monitoring-9861374

企业隐瞒工伤伤情职工追问遭二次伤害 申请司法鉴定错漏百出 (Shenyang railway worker demands work-related injury compensation but gets beaten up by local railway authority, and his forensic report is full of mistakes)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-01142018101843.html

”Frost Boy” in China warms up the Internet, and stirs poverty debate
“冰花男孩”揭示中国留守儿童困境
The New York Times, January 13, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/world/asia/frozen-boy-china-poverty.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180115/frozen-boy-china-poverty/

Related:
Chinese officials slammed for flushing US$31,000 from poverty reduction fund down the toilet
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128301/chinese-officials-slammed-flushing-us31000-poverty-reduction-fund

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

內地網絡犯罪領先全球 馬化騰：「三新」方式應對 (Pony Ma, head of Tencent, pledges to work with authorities and crackdown on cybercrime using AI)
Mingpao, January 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180115/s00013/1515952964700

关于督促互联网网络接入服务企业依法持证经营的通知 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issues notice to require Internet service providers and content delivery network enterprises to obtain license starting Jan 1, 2018)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology , January 12, 2018
http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146290/n1146402/n1146440/c6011525/content.html

工信部约谈支付宝等三家企业 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology questions Baidu, Alipay, Toutiao on purposes of personal information collection and adequacy of notification)
Legal Daily, January 12, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/12/content_7446644.htm

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

China’s hybrid warfare and Taiwan
The Diplomat, January 13, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-hybrid-warfare-and-taiwan/

Hong Kong (香港)

Ex-lawmakers Gary Fan, Edward Yiu win pro-democracy camp primaries, ahead of legislative by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/15/breaking-ex-lawmakers-gary-fan-edward-yiu-win-pro-democracy-camp-primaries-ahead-legislative-election/

Related:
More than 26,000 Hongkongers vote in pro-democracy camp primary election for legislative by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/15/26000-hongkongers-vote-pro-democracy-camp-primary-election-legislative-election/

Pro-democracy Demosisto activist Agnes Chow officially announces candidacy for legislative by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/15/pro-democracy-demosisto-activist-agnes-chow-officially-announces-candidacy-legislative-election/

王志民籲「信國家」 傳承「愛國愛港」香港精神 (Wang Zhimin, head of Liaison Office, urges Hong Kong teenagers to “trust the country” and carry on the Hong Kong spirit of “love the motherland, love Hong Kong”)
Mingpao, January 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180115/s00001/1515974539678

Related:
王志民：與林鄭皆感「中西環行埋一齊幾好」 稱中聯辦將與港府走得更近 泛民批影響管治 (Wang Zhimin, head of Liaison Office, says the Office will work more closely with SAR government; pan-democrats criticize)
Mingpao, January 14, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180115/s00002/1515952893268

In Hong Kong, most child abuse victims suffer at hands of parents
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2128210/when-care-turns-cruelty-hong-kong-most-child-abuse-victims

Related:
Hong Kong welfare minister pledges action on child abuse after shocking death of girl, 5
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2128209/hong-kong-welfare-minister-pledges-action-child-abuse-after

Commentary (评论)

四個視角，看中國施派的誤讀與反西方現代性使命 (How Strauss theories are distorted in China)
The Intinium, January 15, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180115-opinion-chenchun-carl-schmitt-leo-strauss/

Hong Kong’s “#MeToo” movement is only just warming up, and we have ways to go
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2128167/hong-kongs-me-too-movement-only-just-warming-and-we-have

Why China’s good environmental policies have gone wrong
The New York Times, January 14, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/opinion/china-environmental-policies-wrong.html

Marriott fiasco shows there’s no room for disrespect when it comes to China’s sovereignty
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2128191/marriott-fiasco-shows-theres-no-room-disrespect-when-it

University rejects Chinese Communist Party-linked influence efforts on campus
The Washington Post, January 14, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/university-rejects-chinese-communist-party-linked-influence-efforts-on-campus/2018/01/14/c454b54e-f7de-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html