Access to Justice (司法公正)

Sweden condemns China's “brutal” detention of bookseller Gui Minhai
The Guardian, February 6, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/06/sweden-condemns-chinas-brutal-detention-of-bookseller-gui-minhai

Related:
“He might not have that much time left”: Daughter’s fears grow over bookseller Gui Minhai missing in China
Agence France-Presse, February 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/05/might-not-much-time-left-daughters-fears-grow-bookseller-gui-minhai-missing-china/

史庭福因宣讲六四真相而被“寻衅滋事罪”案将在2018年2月8日南京开庭审理 (Rights defender Shi Tingfu faces trial in Nanjing for “picking quarrels” after giving public speech about June Fourth)
Weiquanwang, February 6, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/201828.html

Tibetan monk freed after five-year prison term for “politically sensitive” writings
青海藏人刑满获释后仍无人身自由
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/freed-02052018141331.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-02052018104217.html

内蒙公安枪击致死以钱封口 遗孀揭尸检造假讨公道 (Inner Mongolia widow denies hush money, unveils fake autopsy report and demands justice for husband who was shot dead by police)
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-02052018100445.html

李静瑜为丈夫李明哲案前往联合国 (Wife of jailed Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che petitions at UN for support of husband’s release)
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-02052018103855.html

Chinese anti-censorship activist Zhen Jianghua denied access to lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/05/chinese-anti-censorship-activist-zhen-jianghua-denied-access-lawyer/

Access to Information (信息公开)

一家书店的葬礼，和它告别的时代 (Funeral of a bookstore and the era it bids farewell to)
The Initium, February 6, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180206-mainland-monsoon-bookstore/

浙江网信办关闭“叔叔不约”等一批违法违规网站及用户账号 (Zhejiang censors a group of “illegal” websites and social media accounts)
Zhejiang Branch of Cyberspace Administration of China, February 6, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1985586

Related:
有偿删帖 有偿炒作——“网络水军”违法犯罪活动调查 (Crackdown on “Internet water army” has led to 200 arrests, shutdown of 5,000 Internet accounts and nearly 10,000 websites since May 2017)
Xinhua News Agency, February 4, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-02/04/c_1122366587.htm

严格执法形成震慑 规范执法彰显法治——2017年全国网信行政执法工作扎实推进 (Cyberspace Administration of China reports “clear results” in 2017 administrative law enforcement work, including shutting down 22,587 websites, 3.17 million accounts and chat groups)
Cyberspace Administration of China, February 5, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-02/05/c_1122368756.htm

国家新闻出版广电总局关于《电影行政处罚裁量办法（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的公告 (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television solicits public opinions on draft of “Administrative Punishment Discretionary Measures for Films”, contents that damage national dignity, honor and social stability will result in heavy punishments)
State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, February 2, 2018
http://zqyj.chinalaw.gov.cn/readmore?id=2377&listType=2

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

#MeToo with Chinese characteristics
The Atlantic, February 6, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/metoo-in-china/552326/

律师申请会见余文生遭拒 千人联署促放人 (Over 1,000 sign petition urging release of rights lawyer Yu Wensheng)
Voice of America, February 5, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-attorney-refused-to-visit-detained-yu-wensheng-20180205/4239387.html

Related:
律师发函公安部门查询高智晟下落 (Lawyers write letter to Ministry of Public Security asking for whereabouts of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hdc-02052018101354.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

首钢水钢公司煤气中毒致9死 安监总局通报存在问题 (Gas leak kills 9 at Guizhou steel mill as State Administration of Work Safety recognizes safety issues)
Chinanews.com, February 6, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/02-06/8442292.shtml

State-run Chinese paper confident China will establish ties with Vatican
Reuters, February 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2132205/state-run-chinese-paper-confident-china-will-establish

Related:
陳日君點名批教廷國務卿：內地教友最大痛苦 是遭「親人」負賣 (Former Bishop of Hong Kong Joseph Zen criticizes Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin for not understanding the suffering of mainland believers)
Mingpao, February 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180205/s00001/1517828867312

河南周口50所民办学校遭关闭强拆 (Henan shuts down and demolishes over 50 private schools and kindergartens)
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/ql2-02052018095551.html

江西全面部署扫黑除恶工作 已抓获涉案人员1111人 (Jiangxi arrests 1,111 people amid fully-implemented “remove the black and eradicate the evil” campaign)
Xinhua News Agency, February 5, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-02/05/c_1122372781.htm

Related:
广东部署扫黑除恶，要建“全国最安全地区” (Guangdong pledges to become “the nation’s safest area” amid “remove the black and eradicate the evil” campaign)
China News Service, February 6, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1985780

China boosts intellectual property protection – for its own tech at least
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2132135/drones-dredgers-stop-chinas-top-tech-falling-foreign

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

刷脸进站、AI机器视觉 高科技助春运更快速便捷 (Guangzhou South Railway Station uses facial recognition on passengers during Spring Festival travel)
Legal Daily, February 5, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-02/05/content_7468039.htm

Related:
逃犯无处可逃 全国铁路第一款人像比对警务眼镜投入实战 (Fugitives have nowhere to run as China's first wearable facial recognition device put to use by police at Henan high-speed railway station)
QQ.com, February 5, 2018
http://new.qq.com/omn/20180205/20180205A0MBQ8.html#p=1

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

China’s meddling poses greater threat to EU than Kremlin, says study
Politico. February 5, 2018
https://www.politico.eu/article/chinas-meddling-poses-greater-threat-to-eu-than-kremlin-says-study/

Related:
Authoritarian advance: Responding to China’s growing political influence in Europe
Mercator Institute for China Studies and the Global Public Policy Institute, February 5, 2018
https://www.merics.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/GPPi_MERICS_Authoritarian_Advance_2018_1.pdf

Is China inflicting a “century of humiliation” on the world?
The Diplomat, February 4, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/is-china-inflicting-a-century-of-humiliation-on-the-world/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Alex Chow, Nathan Law free to go after Occupy sentence appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, February 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/06/breaking-hong-kong-democracy-activists-joshua-wong-alex-chow-nathan-law-free-go-occupy-sentence-appeal/

Journalism NGO reports “unprecedented hardship” for Hong Kong’s media industry and “bleak” trends in China
Hong Kong Free Press, February 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/06/journalism-ngo-reports-unprecedented-hardship-hong-kongs-media-industry-bleak-trends-china/

Election ban rules “very clear”, Carrie Lam insists, but says government will “seriously consider” clarifying them if needed
South China Morning Post, February 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2132202/election-ban-rules-very-clear-carrie-lam-insists-says

Related:
Embattled Demosisto party hangs large black banners protesting banning of Hong Kong by-election candidates
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/05/embattled-demosisto-party-hangs-large-black-banners-protesting-banning-hong-kong-election-candidates/

In Pictures: Hong Kong students in UK protest banning of pro-democracy candidates from by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/05/pictures-hong-kong-students-uk-protest-banning-pro-democracy-candidates-election/

林鄭月娥冀議員盡快完成審議及落實一地兩檢條例草案 (Carrie Lam urges lawmakers to review draft co-location arrangement and implement it ASAP)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 5, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1379269-20180205.htm

Commentary (评论)

曲蕃夫：特雷莎·梅访华与褪色的中英“黄金时代” (May’s China trip and the faded “Gold Age” of Sino-British relations)
The Initium, February 6, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180206-international-qiu-theresa-may/

Hong Kong’s Nobel nominees should aim for the bigger prize: democracy, not “self-determination” from China
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2132031/hong-kongs-nobel-nominees-should-aim-bigger-prize-democracy

Hong Kong’s courts have defended its freedoms. Is Beijing changing that?
北京重压下，香港司法系统能继续捍卫自由吗？
The New York Times, February 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/world/asia/china-hong-kong-courts.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180206/china-hong-kong-courts/

桂民海再被捕 只有一個原因 (There is only one reason for Gui Minhai getting arrested again)
Stand News, February 5, 2018
http://bit.ly/2BGMtIP

What it’s like to live in a surveillance state
新疆：天罗地网下的监控世界
The New York Times, February 3, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/opinion/sunday/china-surveillance-state-uighurs.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180205/china-surveillance-state-uighurs/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

狱中福建人权律师纪斯尊境况危殆 处于昏迷状态 靠输氧呼吸 无法正常交谈 (Jailed Fujian human rights lawyer Ji Sizun, in coma and critical conditions)
Weiquanwang, February 4, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post_39.html

China, the Vatican and a controversial deal
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 4, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42914029

吊销隋牧青律师证听证会今召开 各地律师、维权人士云集广州声援 (Guangzhou Justice Bureau hears Sui Muqing’s disbarment, lawyers and human rights defenders show up in solidarity)
Weiquanwang, February 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post_89.html

Related:
关注隋牧青律师吊牌事件联署签名活动正式结束 联署达2,788人 (2,788 people join petition in protest against disbarment of Sui Muqing)
Weiquanwang, February 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/2788.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

US YouTube users to see “gov’t funded” labels on China’s Xinhua, and US-backed RFA videos
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/05/us-youtube-users-see-govt-funded-labels-chinas-xinhua-us-backed-rfa-videos/

Sudden change at the top of CCTV
China Media Project, February 4, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/02/02/sudden-change-at-the-top-of-china-central-television/

China’s hip-hop haters turn their ire to “Hanmai”
China Film Insider, February 4, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/chinas-hip-hop-haters-turn-ire-hanmai/

国家网信办等六部委联合整治炒作明星绯闻隐私和娱乐八卦 (Six ministries move against online providers of “vulgar” entertainment, gossips on celebrity scandals)
Cyberspace Administration of China, February 2, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-02/02/c_1122359930.htm

文化部：清理涉及经典革命歌曲的恶搞视频、音乐四千余条 (Ministry of Culture deletes 4,000 video and audios that spoof classic revolutionary songs)
Ministry of Culture, February 2, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1981239

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

「青」入工運──青年參與者在1223反勞基法遊行的現場紀錄 (Youth in labor movement: A first-hand record of Taiwan Dec 23 Anti-Labor Law amendment rally)
The Initium, February 5, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180202-opinion-nthu-1223-protest/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

2018年中央一号文件公布 近年来一号文件都说了些啥 (State Council issued the “No.1 Central Document”, continue its focus to the “three rural issues”)
The Beijing News, February 5, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/02/05/475301.html

China expands battle against pollution to its top coal producing province
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2131952/china-expands-battle-against-pollution-northwest-region

Decades after US immigration policy separated his family, a man searches for his ancestral village in China
Global Voices, February 4, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/02/04/decades-after-us-immigration-policy-separated-his-family-a-man-searches-for-his-ancestral-village-in-china/

Theresa May, praised by Chinese media for her soft stance on human rights, gets roasted by British press
The Washington Post, February 3, 2018
https://goo.gl/9YjcmG

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China cracks down on tech credit scoring
Financial Times, February 4, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/f23e0cb2-07ec-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5

Apple's China data center to open in 2020
Xinhua News Agency, February 4, 2018
http://english.sina.com/news/2018-02-04/detail-ifyremfz4548414.shtml

China’s swarms of smart drones have enormous military potential
The Diplomat, February 3, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/chinas-swarms-of-smart-drones-have-enormous-military-potential/

National Security (国家安全和反恐)

China accuses US of “Cold War mentality” over nuclear policy
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 4, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42935758

Related:
China’s plan to use artificial intelligence to boost the thinking skills of nuclear submarine commanders
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2131127/chinas-plan-use-artificial-intelligence-boost-thinking-skills

Hong Kong (香港)

”Political interference”: Hong Kong’s top leaders express “regret” over Umbrella Movement’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/05/political-interference-hong-kongs-top-leaders-express-regret-umbrella-movements-nobel-peace-prize-nomination/

Related:
Enemy of the state? Agnes Chow, the 21-year-old activist who has China worried
The Guardian, February 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/04/agnes-chow-hong-kong-activist-who-has-china-worried-democracy

Opposition to controversial national security law could become new reason for Legco election ban, Beijing adviser says
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2132013/opposition-controversial-national-security-law-could-become

Hong Kong government accused of lying to public over how many houses could be built on exclusive golf course
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2131958/hong-kong-government-accused-lying-public-over-how

Is Beijing envoy’s personal travelogue a veiled boost for joint checkpoints at Hong Kong-mainland China link?
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131957/beijing-envoys-personal-travelogue-veiled-boost-joint

Hong Kong democracy activists urge UK to release unseen files
The Guardian, February 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/04/hong-kong-democracy-activists-urge-uk-release-unseen-files-foreign-office

Withdraw outdated school sex education guidelines, Hong Kong lawmaker Ray Chan suggests
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/04/withdraw-outdated-school-sex-education-guidelines-hong-kong-lawmaker-ray-chan-suggests/

Commentary (评论)

專權選舉的自由陰影 (Freedom under the shadow of authoritarian election)
Mingpao, February 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180205/s00022/1517745344954

China’s credit ratings plan: from social media to medium of social control
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2131737/chinas-credit-ratings-plan-social-media-medium-social-control

Related:
China's surveillance state should scare everyone
The Atlantic, February 5, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/china-surveillance/552203/

Our hackable political future
The New York Times, February 4, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/opinion/hacking-politics-future.html

China’s “Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location” – a license to disappear, hold and torture dissenters
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/04/chinas-residential-surveillance-designated-location-licence-disappear-hold-torture-dissenters/

Under neo-totalitarianism, there is no “civil society” in China
China Change, February 4, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/02/04/under-neo-totalitarianism-there-is-no-civil-society-in-china/

Journalism denied: How China views facts, fairness, transparency and objectivity in reporting
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/04/journalism-denied-china-views-facts-fairness-transparency-objectivity-reporting/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

甄江华案通报：律师收到不准许会见决定书和不予变更强制措施通知书 目前指定居所监视居住 (Human rights defender Zhen Jianghua denied access to legal counsel and put under residential surveillance at designated location for inciting subversion)
Weiquanwang, February 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post_28.html

广东反贪人士“惠州区伯”李建新案开审 家属公民旁听受阻 (Li Jianxin, man fights against local-level corruption, faces racketeering charges in Guangdong, as some family members and citizens barred from entering courtroom)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-02012018104719.html

钱宝网实际控制人张小雷等人被依法执行逮捕 (Zhang Xiaolei, man behind busted pyramid scheme, and others formally arrested)
The Beijing News, February 1, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/02/01/474953.html

Germany calls for release of Chinese human rights lawyer arrested for inciting subversion
Reuters, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2131540/germany-calls-release-chinese-human-rights-lawyer

Access to Information (信息公开)

微博客信息服务管理规定 (CAC releases Microblog Information Service Management Regulations in line with Cybersecurity Law and Internet News Information Service Management Regulations)
Cybersecurity Administration of China, February 2, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-02/02/c_1122358726.htm

广东省网信办约谈UC头条 社会、视频等四个频道暂时下线整改 (Guangdong authorities shut down 4 channels of UC Toutiao, the online news dissemination platform, for “hyping wrong-headed, vulgar, pornographic information”)
Southcn.com, February 1, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-02/01/c_1122355857.htm

Related:
文化部严肃查处恶搞《黄河大合唱》等红色经典视频，已下线3898条 (Ministry of Culture investigates spoofing of patriotic songs and censors 3,898 videos and 165 audios)
The Beijing News, February 2, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/02/02/475078.html

華春瑩再爆金句 斥《產經》記者「來者不善」須自省 ( (Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman rebukes Japanese journalist over deteriorating environment for foreign media in China by saying “you have to self-reflect deeply”)
Mingpao, February 1, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180201/s00004/1517492166215

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Rise of “morality schools” for Chinese women sparks outcry
Associated Press, February 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2131731/rise-morality-schools-chinese-women-sparks-outcry

河南一访民通过国家司法考试：上访14年后，开始学法用法 (Henan woman teaches herself law and passes National Judicial Exam after petitioning for 14 years)
China Youth Daily, February 1, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1978640

西咸新区龙安居业主：我们到陕西省政府省人大请愿 (Store owners petition at government and NPC in Shaanxi asking for refund of project that remains unfinished for years)
Weiquanwang, February 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post_46.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China commends Theresa May for “sidestepping” human rights
The Guardian, February 2, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/02/china-commends-visiting-theresa-may-for-sidestepping-human-rights

China brings nearly 13 mln people out of poverty in 2017 - Xinhua
Reuters, February 2, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-brings-nearly-13-mln-people-out-of-poverty-in-2017---xinhua-9919026

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

China reacts to ASIO claims of “extreme threat” with a joke
The Sydney Morning Herald, February 2, 2018
http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-reacts-to-asio-claims-of-extreme-threat-with-a-joke-20180201-h0s9j5.html

Chinese foreign aid in East Asia during the Trump era
The Diplomat, February 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/chinese-foreign-aid-in-east-asia-during-the-trump-era/

Hong Kong (香港)

Student Union slams Baptist U “crackdown” on Mandarin test protesters, as school lifts suspensions
Hong Kong Free Press, February 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/02/student-union-slams-baptist-u-crackdown-mandarin-test-protesters-school-lifts-suspensions/

Joshua Wong and other Occupy leaders nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by US congressmen
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131544/joshua-wong-and-other-occupy-leaders-nominated-nobel-peace

Related:
Bipartisan group of lawmakers nominates Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement for the Nobel Peace Prize
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, February 1, 2018
https://www.cecc.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-nominates-hong-kong%E2%80%99s-pro-democracy

“Noxious fish” and grasshoppers unleashed as banned candidates protest at Hong Kong election briefing
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/noxious-fish-grasshoppers-unleashed-banned-candidates-protest-hong-kong-election-briefing/

Related:
官威壓中電 DQ主任「撻朵」迫跟進屋企停電 (Official responsible for disqualifying pan-dems found of trying to bend electricity company to meet her personal request by filing complaint on paper identifiable as from government official and sending it via government fax machine during working hours)
Apple Daily, February 2, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180202/57782629

Hong Kong police officers can operate at Legco without prior approval or invitation, court rules
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131621/hong-kong-police-officers-can-operate-legco-without-prior

Commentary (评论)

China’s middle class is pulling up the ladder behind itself
Foreign Policy, February 1, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/01/chinas-middle-class-is-pulling-up-the-ladder-behind-itself/

Journalism denied: How China views the news
China Media Project, February 1, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/02/01/journalism-denied-a-reminder-of-how-china-views-the-news/

Gerry Shih on China’s Uyghur Muslims, under pressure at home and abroad
Supchina, February 1, 2018
http://supchina.com/podcast/gerry-shih-chinas-uyghur-muslims-pressure-home-abroad/

Hong Kong’s great leap backward on political rights
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/hong-kongs-great-leap-backward-political-rights/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东：一起特大拐卖儿童案一审宣判26人被判刑 (Guangdong sentences 26 child traffickers to up to suspended death penalty)
Xinhua News Agency, February 1, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-02/01/c_1122352520.htm

司法部公示对42名律师的处罚决定，6人因干扰诉讼活动被罚 (Ministry of Justice punishes 42 lawyers, including 6 for interfering with prosecution)
Legal Daily, February 1, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1979019

Tibetan nun dies after years of ill health following prison term
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/nun-01312018153945.html

孙林“煽动颠覆国家政权案”即将开庭 (Citizen journalist Sun Lin faces inciting subversion trial in Nanjing)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01312018103235.html

Related:
被控提供国家机密 黄琦案移送四川绵阳法院 (Huang Qi, website owner charged with leaking state secrets, transferred to local court in Mianyang, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-01312018103421.html

Macau’s plan to exclude foreign judges from national security cases violates Basic Law, says top lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/macaus-plan-exclude-foreign-judges-national-security-cases-violates-basic-law-says-top-lawyer/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China to block overseas VPN services from end of March
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-to-block-overseas-vpn-services-from-end-of-march-01312018102313.html

Related:
Interview: Young Chinese developer drops circumvention project over “doxing” threat
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/threat-01312018103837.html

《劉曉波紀念詩集》周四出版 港台兩地有售 (Collection of poems commemorating Liu Xiaobo published and on shelf in Hong Kong and Taiwan from Thursday)
Mingpao, January 31, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180131/s00004/1517402847961

Related:
The death of Shanghai’s iconic independent bookstore
The Diplomat, January 31, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/the-death-of-shanghais-iconic-independent-bookstore/

China orders Muji to destroy catalog over “problem map”
Associated Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-orders-muji-to-destroy-catalog-over-problem-map/2018/01/31/45b5e940-066d-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html

Related:
无印良品回应问题地图：漏绘钓鱼岛等属实，已按要求整改 (Pressed by China, Japanese retailer Muji destroys “problem map” with “errors” concerning Taiwan and Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands)
The Paper, January 30, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1975469

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国律师关于尊重和保障律师执业权利的声明 (Lawyers sign statement calling for respect and protection of lawyers’ rights in China)
Weiquanwang, February 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post.html

Related:
逾2000人联署声援维权律师 国保软硬兼施图击破 (Over 2,000 join signature campaign in support of rights lawyers despite police intimidation)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawyer-01312018071012.html

公民社会自由度调查 中朝沙特垫底 (Report finds China, North Korea and Saudi Arabia worse performers of civil society freedom)
Deutsche Welle, January 31, 2018
http://bit.ly/2GBNJw8

中国各地疫苗患儿家长北京乞讨求助 (Parents of tainted vaccine victims petition for financial aid at health authority in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-01312018102845.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

31省份监察委主任全选出 省级监察委密集挂牌 (Heads of supervisory commission elected in 31 provinces)
Chinanews.com, February 1, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0201/c1001-29798961.html

充当涉黑组织“保护伞” ，广东清远29名公安民警被处分 (City in Guangdong punishes 29 police officers for shielding local mafia)
Yangcheng Evening News, January 31, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1977601

安徽“垃圾非法倾倒长江案”刑拘5人 环保部门将提公益诉讼 (Anhui criminally detains 5 for dumping industrial waste into Yangtze River, as environment authority pledges to press public interest charges)
The Beijing News, January 31, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/31/474755.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

CNNIC发布第41次《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》 (CINNIC's Internet development report says netizens in China totaled 772 million by end of 2017)
Cyberspace Administration of China, January 31, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-01/31/c_1122346138.htm

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

Mainland spokesperson stresses punishment for national security violations
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-01-31/detail-ifyreuzn0583937.shtml

China lashes out at Taiwan over cancellation of flights
Associated Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-lashes-out-at-taiwan-over-cancellation-of-flights/2018/01/31/b33a4a00-065f-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html

Hong Kong (香港)

立法會新界東補選 陳國強被裁定提名無效 (James Chan Kwok-keung, member of Sha Tin District Council, disqualified and banned from LegCo by-election over political beliefs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 1, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378597-20180201.htm

Related:
Second Hong Kong opposition candidate banned from running in Legislative Council by-election
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131455/second-hong-kong-opposition-candidate-banned-running

UK Foreign Office urges respect for rights after Agnes Chow banned from Hong Kong election
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/uk-foreign-office-urges-respect-rights-agnes-chow-banned-hong-kong-election/

Related:
Theresa May must not sacrifice Hong Kong for trade favors from the People’s Republic
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/theresa-may-must-not-sacrifice-hong-kong-trade-favours-peoples-republic/

Baptist U lifts suspensions on student pair involved in Hong Kong campus protest
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2131575/baptist-u-lifts-suspensions-student-pair-involved-hong-kong

Beijing envoy in Hong Kong urges preparedness against “significant political and legal incidents” this year
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131452/beijing-envoy-hong-kong-urges-preparedness-against

Hong Kong citizens move to Taiwan in waves after political upsets
Voice of America, January 31, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/hong-kong-citizens-move-to-taiwan-in-waves-after-political-upsets/4232788.html

Commentary (评论)

香港納入黨國體制對台灣的警訊 (Warning for Taiwan after Hong Kong being included in the 
“Party-State”)
Inmediahk, February 1, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054935

Related:
How English can save Hong Kong from becoming “just another Chinese city”
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131336/how-english-can-save-hong-kong-becoming-just-another-chinese

Hong Kong health crisis in need of long-term cure
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131478/hong-kong-health-crisis-need-long-term-cure

Disqualified: How the gov’t compromised Hong Kong’s only free and fair election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/disqualified-hong-kong-govt-compromised-citys-free-fair-elections/

Related:
北京將會後悔DQ香港眾志 (Beijing will regret disqualifying Demosistō)
The House News Bloggers, February 1, 2018
http://bit.ly/2nvIllr

口炮党人选集 | 新极权下没有所谓公民社会 (There is no so-called civil society under neo-totalitarianism)
China Digital Times, January 31, 2018
http://bit.ly/2BJwW6B

China: Families of Interpol targets harassed
中国：国际刑警红色通告人员家属被骚扰
Human Rights Watch, January 31, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/31/china-families-interpol-targets-harassed
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/01/31/314426

Access to Justice (司法公正)

周远案当事人获赔191万：对结果持保留态度 将申诉 (Zhou Yuan receives 1,910,000 yuan of state compensation after spending 20 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, and he pledges to appeal to the supreme court)
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-01/31/c_1122343890.htm

700人联署声援余文生 国际特赦紧急呼吁 (700 sign petition calling for release of rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, as Amnesty International issues emergency statement)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01302018102303.html

甘肃临夏农民工讨薪事件： 张成义被刑事拘留 律师会见未果 (Migrant worker representative barred from meeting with lawyer after being criminally detained in Gansu for “not paying wages” while the developer remains at large)
Weiquanwang, January 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_533.html

Uyghur Muslim scholar dies in Chinese police custody
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-death-01292018180427.html

Related:
Interview: “I lost all hope of surviving”
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kazakh-01302018161655.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Foreign journalists say reporting conditions in China deteriorated in 2017
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/foreign-journalists-say-reporting-conditions-china-deteriorated-2017/

Related:
2018年1月29日外交部发言人华春莹主持例行记者会 (MFA spokesperson dodges “antagonistic” VPN question, says China will “continuously promote comprehensive opening up to the outside world”)
Ministry of Foreign Affair, January 29, 2018
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/fyrbt_673021/t1529866.shtml

China's secret police “recruit students as agents” to spy on activists overseas
国保海外撒网 诱异见留学生做卧底
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/recruit-01302018110158.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/spy-01262018062505.html

Related:
How Chinese government uses “front organizations” to influence Australian society and monitor behavior of its citizens studying there
The Guardian, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2131309/how-chinese-government-uses-front-organisations-influence

中国一军机贵州坠毁多人身亡 当局封锁消息 (China blocks news of deadly military plane crash in Guizhou)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/ql1-01302018102222.html

Interview: “I came to live a life free from surveillance”
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/interview-i-came-to-live-a-life-free-from-surveillance-01302018095509.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Vatican rebukes Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen for remarks on “selling out” of Chinese Catholics
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131316/vatican-rebukes-hong-kongs-cardinal-zen-remarks-selling-out

China's #MeToo movement in colleges initially encouraged by authorities, then frustrated
Reuters, January 31, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-harassment-insight/chinas-metoo-movement-in-colleges-initially-encouraged-by-authorities-then-frustrated-idUSKBN1FJ33W

中国公民社会前景：乐观还是堪忧？ (Experts have mixed views on future of civil society in China)
Voice of America, January 31, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/ngo-20180130/4232289.html

中国曹顺利人权团队在上海的部分人权捍卫者近日第5次上街举牌要求中共政权立即释放全国政治犯并解除党禁报禁 (Human rights defenders in Shanghai hold placards on street demanding release of political prisoners and allowing political parties and media to operate freely)
Weiquanwang, January 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/5_30.html

投诉：陕西石泉县鬼谷庄景区民工到省政府讨薪 (Migrant workers demand wage in arrears at provincial government in Shaanxi)
Weiquanwang, January 30, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_970.html

维权人士冯正虎等人控告上海高院院长 (Rights defenders in Shanghai take head of city’s top court to court)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01302018102441.html

民政部：严重失信社会组织将被列入重点监管对象 (New measures from Ministry of Civil Affairs include characterizing social organizations without CPC committees as engaging in aberrant activities)
Xinhua News Agency, January 30, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/30/c_129802145.htm

Related:
《社会组织信用信息管理办法》 (Measures for the Administration of Social Organization Credit Information (Full Text))
Ministry of Civil Affairs, January 30, 2018
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/gk/fg/shzzgl/201801/20180100007671.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China drawing up “fresh battle plan” to tackle smog
Reuters, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2131331/china-drawing-fresh-battle-plan-tackle-smog

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

腾讯信用全国公测 阿里、腾讯下一场“鏖战”在信用？ (Tencent tests credit system based on social networking data nationwide)
The Beijing News, January 31, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/01/31/474734.html

王力雄：“天网”之下，还有革命的可能吗？ (Wang Lixiong: Is revolution still possible under “Skynet”?)
The New York Times, January 31, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180131/wang-lixiong/

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

Chinese military paper urges increase in nuclear deterrence capabilities
Reuters, January 30, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-security/chinese-military-paper-urges-increase-in-nuclear-deterrence-capabilities-idUSKBN1FJ1A0

Hong Kong (香港)

全球民主指數 港跌至71位 並列巴拉圭、納米比亞 (Economist Democracy Index 2017: Hong Kong slips to 71st place)
Mingpao, January 31, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180131/s00001/1517380372601

Related:
Democracy Index 2017
Economist Intelligence Unit, January 31, 2018
https://www.eiu.com/topic/democracy-index

In Pictures: District councilors seeking answers over Agnes Chow election ban blocked from meeting
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/pictures-district-councillors-seeking-answers-agnes-chow-election-ban-blocked-meeting/

Related:
Video: Agnes Chow was not banned from election because of her political affiliation, Carrie Lam says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/30/video-agnes-chow-not-banned-election-political-affiliation-carrie-lam-says/

Theresa May pledges to raise Hong Kong and human rights with China
The Guardian, January 31, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/31/theresa-may-pledges-to-raise-hong-kong-and-human-rights-with-china

Related:
Theresa May – as you travel to China, let me tell you about my family's treatment under Xi Jinping
The Independent, January 30, 2018
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-china-visit-xi-jinping-human-rights-brexit-trade-deal-tiananmen-square-protest-a8184856.html

香港团体中联办抗议中共打压维权律师 (Hong Kong groups protest in front of Liaison Office against CPC’s suppression of rights lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-01302018102658.html

76-year-old former track coach arrested in connection with sexual assault of Hong Kong hurdler Vera Lui
Hong Kong Free Press, January 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/30/76-year-old-former-track-coach-arrested-connection-sexual-assault-hong-kong-hurdler-vera-lui/

Commentary (评论)

China rewrites the rules on how to rise in influence in the Middle East
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131328/china-rewrites-rules-how-rise-influence-middle-east

Agnes Chow’s by-election disqualification robs us all of a debate on Hong Kong’s future
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131233/agnes-chows-election-disqualification-robs-us-all-debate

Related:
世道人生：退無可退 (No running away from autocracy)
Apple Daily, January 30, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180130/20289707

廖天琪：桂民海的遭遇绝非孤立事件 (Liao Tianqi, head of Chinese PEN, claims Gui Minhai’s ordeal is not an isolated incident)
Radio France Internationale, January 30, 2018
http://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/97450

Beijing attacks Hong Kong’s rule of law
The Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-attacks-hong-kongs-rule-of-law-1517270605

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China's legislature discusses Constitution revision
Xinhua News Agency, January 30, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-01-30/detail-ifyqzcxi1667543.shtml

李明哲妻子前往大陸探監 遭拒絕登機 (Wife of Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che stopped by mainland airliner from going to visit husband in Hunan prison)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 30, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378105-20180130.htm

Related:
Taiwan activist Li Ming-che's wife stopped from flying to China to visit husband: rights groups
Reuters, January 30, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-taiwan/taiwan-activist-li-ming-ches-wife-stopped-from-flying-to-china-to-visit-husband-rights-groups-idUSKBN1FJ0YF

澳門擬修法 涉「國家安全」案件限中國籍法官審理 外籍法官不得處理 (Macau plans to revise law to stop foreign judges from taking on “national security” cases and hand them to Chinese peers)
Stand News, January 30, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Gvsf48

福建“赤脚律师”纪斯尊据报狱中病危 (Ji Sizun, rights lawyer based in Fujian, critically ill in prison, says legal counsel)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-01292018103822.html

2月1日起一批新规将施行：退休后或可多领一份收入 (Revised Religious Affairs Regulations to strengthen “standards” for religious information services online)
People.com.cn, January 26, 2018
http://legal.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0126/c42510-29787693.html

最高检召开党组会学习贯彻习近平关于政法工作重要指示 (China’s Chief Prosecutor urges procuratorates at all levels to uphold CPC’s absolute leadership in their work)
Supreme People’s Procuratorate, January 26, 2018
http://www.spp.gov.cn/zdgz/201801/t20180126_209578.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

工信部：中国VPN政策不影响用户信息安全，通信自由受保护 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology claims China’s VPN policy doesn’t affect information safety of users and protects their freedom to communicate)
The Paper, January 30, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1975382

北京市网信办依法约谈新浪微博 热搜榜、热门话题榜等版块暂时下线整改 (Beijing Internet Information Office summons Sina Weibo for talk, suspends “Hot Topic Search List,” “Hot Topic List,” and other functions for “rectification”)
Cyberspace Administration of China, January 27, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-01/27/c_1122326857.htm

Related:
China tightens screws on social media, taking aim at rap, crude cartoons, dirty jokes and celebrity gossip
Agence France-Presse, January 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/29/china-tightens-screws-social-media-taking-aim-rap-crude-cartoons-dirty-jokes-celebrity-gossip/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国千余民师齐聚北京维权 冀获全国两会关注 (Over 1,000 teachers from across China gather in Beijing demanding social security contributions and medical care)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01292018101853.html

内蒙古多旗牧民代表自治区政府维权 (Inner Mongolia herdsmen representatives petition for grassland rights at local government)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-01292018100600.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Deaths from workplace accidents in China fall 12pc in 2017 to 38,000
Reuters, January 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2131147/deaths-workplace-accidents-china-fall-12pc-2017-38000

郑州“抽梯”事件当事人：“跟城管说了好多遍不要拿走” (Billboard installation worker falls to his death in descent attempt after urban management officials removed his ladder)
The Beijing News, January 29, 2018
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CFYbvQQPWbxufsZFQ1iLeg

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

公安部已成立全国公安大数据工作领导小组 (Ministry of Public Security forms Leading Group on National Public Security Big Data Work in aimed at “major advance toward informatizing public security by 2020”)
China Youth Daily, January 26, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1968827

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

Xinjiang crackdown must go on to subdue “terror risks”, China says
Reuters, January 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2131063/xinjiang-crackdown-must-go-subdue-terror-risks-china

China rejects “preposterous” African Union headquarters spying report
Deutsche Welle, January 29, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/china-rejects-preposterous-african-union-headquarters-spying-report/a-42356816

China stakes its claim to the Arctic
The Diplomat, January 29, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/china-stakes-its-claim-to-the-arctic/

Hong Kong (香港)

Banning Agnes Chow from by-election “risks Hong Kong’s int’l reputation as a free and open society”, EU says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/30/banning-agnes-chow-election-risks-hong-kongs-intl-reputation-free-open-society-eu-says/

Related:
Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng gave legal advice to gov’t over banning candidates from legislative by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/29/justice-sec-teresa-cheng-gave-legal-advice-govt-banning-candidates-legislative-election/

Hong Kong justice chief Teresa Cheng survives two no-confidence motions amid criticism from lawmakers
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131105/hong-kong-justice-chief-teresa-cheng-survives-two-no

Related:
港大民研指林鄭月娥評分及民望淨值創上任來新低 (HKU survey finds Carrie Lam’s rating hits new low)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 30, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378091-20180130.htm

劉子頎及陳樂行向浸大語文中心教職員道歉 (Baptist University student activists apologize to staff at language center)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 30, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378099-20180130.htm

Hong Kong’s poor breathing in more bad air than the wealthy, study finds
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2131092/hong-kongs-poor-breathing-more-bad-air-wealthy

Chris Patten urges PM to raise Hong Kong plight on China visit
The Guardian, January 29, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/29/lord-patten-calls-on-theresa-may-to-challenge-china-over-hong-kong-rights

Related:
外交部重申堅決反對外國政府或個人干預香港事務 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs slams foreign interference of Hong Kong affairs by any governments or individuals)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 30, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378120-20180130.htm

Commentary (评论)

強權時代築高牆 (The high wall built between Hongkongers in the era of autocracy)
Inmediahk, January 30, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054882

社评：“锐实力”，披着学术外衣的骂人话 (“Sharp Power”, foul language in disguise of academic research)
Global Times, January 29, 2018
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2018-01/11561545.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

維權律師余文生涉煽動顛覆國家政權在指定居所監視居住 (Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng put under residential surveillance at designated location for inciting subversion)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 29, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1377809-20180129.htm

Related:
China rights lawyer charged with “inciting subversion”
Agence France-Presse, January 29, 2018
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-rights-lawyer-charged-inciting-subversion-072623165.html

US “deeply concerned” over China detention of Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai
Agence France-Presse, January 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/28/us-deeply-concerned-china-detention-swedish-book-publisher-gui-minhai/

中国异议人士张林抵美与女儿团聚 (Chinese dissident Zhang Lin arrives in the US and reunite with daughters)
Voice of America, January 27, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voa-connect-nyc-zhang-lin-20180126/4227069.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

南京警方：8名网民因编造散布“钱宝网”非法集资案件谣言被行拘 (Nanjing police arrests and detains 8 netizens for spreading “rumors” online about pyramid scheme)
The Beijing News, January 29, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/29/474411.html

China cracks down on social media giant Weibo to maintain “social stability”
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/china-cracks-down-on-social-media-giant-weibo-to-maintain-social-stability/a-42339741

人民日报痛批《黄河大合唱》被"恶搞":是对历史的亵渎 (People’s Daily slams spoofing of patriotic song as blasphemy of history)
People’s Daily, January 28, 2018
http://app.peopleapp.com/Api/600/DetailApi/shareArticle?type=0&article_id=944385

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

陳日君曾到梵蒂岡親向教宗就內地教會情況陳情 (Joseph Zen, former Bishop of Hong Kong, petition to Pope Francis in person in Vatican on half of mainland churches that are under Chinese suppression)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 29, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1377894-20180129.htm

Related:
陳日君引述教宗已指示：別再讓教廷人員在內地受迫害 (Joseph Zen says Pope Francis has asked clergy to stop Bishops in China from being persecuted by CPC)
Mingpao, January 29, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180129/s00004/1517208465986

709案最后一人王全璋杳无音讯 公民“一人一照”吁让王全璋回家过年 (Citizens join photo campaign demanding release of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang before China New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-01282018121351.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

New rules sought to protect pre-school children
Shanghai Daily, January 29, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-01-29/detail-ifyqyesy3692982.shtml

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

中国称破获涉台间谍案 (China claims to have busted Taiwan espionage scheme in Jiangsu)
Voice of America, January 28, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/China-Jiangsu-Taiwan-Spies-20180128-/4228474.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong gov’t allows pro-democracy candidate Edward Yiu after rumors of ban
Hong Kong Free Press, January 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/29/breaking-hong-kong-govt-allows-pro-democracy-candidate-edward-yiu-enter-election-race-reports/

港府與中國鐵路簽署備忘錄 特首：為高鐵開通奠定基礎 (SAR government inks memo with China Railway as leader Carrie Lam calls it laying the foundation for high speed rail)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 29, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1377885-20180129.htm

张晓明:港青应关心祖国 对国家有情感才能做大事 (Zhang Xiaoming, head of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, urges Hong Kong youngsters to care about motherland, claiming they can only “achieve something great” if they have feelings for the country)
People’s Daily, January 29, 2018
http://news.haiwainet.cn/n/2018/0129/c3541093-31248436.html

Hong Kong bars democracy advocate from running for legislature
香港民主派候选人周庭被禁止参加立法会补选
The New York Times, January 27, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/world/asia/hong-kong-democracy-election.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180129/hong-kong-democracy-election/

Related:
In Pictures: 2,000 Hongkongers protest ban on pro-democracy election hopeful Agnes Chow
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/28/pictures-2000-hongkongers-protest-disqualification-demosistos-agnes-chow/

Commentary (评论)

我們不得不參與政治，只為那是我們活得像個人的尊嚴所在 (We have no choice but to get involved in politics, because that’s what makes us human and gives us dignity)
Inmediahk, January 29, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054859

除了粗口還可以講甚麼 (What else can we say other than foul language)
Apple Daily, January 29, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180129/20288803

Related:
Foul language in Hong Kong: it’s not what you say but how you say it
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131022/foul-language-hong-kong-its-not-what-you-say-how-you-say-it

Agnes Chow’s disqualification does opposition a favor
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130960/agnes-chows-disqualification-does-opposition-favour

Hong Kong’s new water cannon police trucks: if they don’t make your eyes water, the bill will
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/28/hong-kongs-new-water-cannon-police-trucks-dont-make-eyes-water-bill-will/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese doctor told bookseller Gui Minhai to seek medical care abroad, daughter says
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2130624/chinese-doctor-told-bookseller-gui-minhai-seek-medical

杀警案死囚许有臣二审维持原判 (Henan top court upholds death penalty of petitioner Xu Youcheng who stabbed an officer to death in 2014)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf3-01252018105348.html

河北法院网络直播抓“老赖”，超38万网民感受执行现场 (Live stream of “deadbeat” arrests by Hebei courts get over 380,000 views)
Hebei Daily, January 25, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1968108

Access to Information (信息公开)

国内网络青年开发翻墙软件遭“人肉”威胁 (Youngster develops software that breaks through the “Great Firewall” but gets threatened)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ck-01252018100414.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

内蒙古毕拉河林业局强行退耕还林 农民集体抗议 (Inner Mongolia peasants protest for land rights at local forestry authority)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/yf2-01252018103935.html

Related:
China jails dozens of ethnic Mongolian herders who blockaded highway construction
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mongolia-herders-01252018135138.html

Students fight back against forced factory labor
Sixthtone, January 25, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001615/students-fight-back-against-forced-factory-labor

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi Jinping puts China’s mafia in cross hairs, but fears of judicial abuse remain
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2130629/xi-puts-chinas-mafia-cross-hairs-fears-judicial-abuse

大兴将建宿舍式“打工者之家” (Beijing to build dormitories and pubic canteens for migrant workers)
Beijing Youth Daily, January 26, 2018
http://epaper.ynet.com/html/2018-01/26/content_277288.htm

China needs high-quality, equal for all education: vice premier
Xinhua News Agency, January 26, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-01-26/detail-ifyqyqni3017478.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

滴滴成立AI Labs 加大人工智能领域投入 (Taxi-hailing app developer Didi Chuxing launches AI Labs to further research on artificial intelligence)
ifeng.com, January 26, 2018
http://wemedia.ifeng.com/46680235/wemedia.shtml

法律专家谈“儿童邪典”：就算不涉黄，传播暴力内容也可获罪 (Legal experts discuss “ElsaGate” in China: Dissemination of violent contents may constitute a crime, even without pornography)
The Paper, January 25, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1968398

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

China denies plan to build military base in Afghanistan
Reuters, January 25, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-afghanistan/china-denies-plan-to-build-military-base-in-afghanistan-idUSKBN1FE196

China signaling it may finally “militarize” the South China Sea officially
The Diplomat, January 25, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/china-signaling-it-may-finally-militarize-the-south-china-sea-officially/

Hong Kong (香港)

Mainland law in Hong Kong: Gov’t begins final step to enact controversial joint checkpoint mechanism
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/26/mainland-law-hong-kong-govt-begins-final-step-enact-controversial-joint-checkpoint-mechanism/

Will activist duo be banned from by-elections? Pan-dems demand answers from beleaguered justice chief
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130621/pan-dems-demand-answers-justice-minister-amid-mounting

Related:
Interview: Pro-democracy by-election candidate Agnes Chow: who is she and why does she want your vote?
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/interview-pro-democracy-election-candidate-agnes-chow-want-vote/

Baptist University lecturer decries “cultural revolution”-style attacks on students protesting Mandarin tests
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/26/baptist-university-lecturer-decries-cultural-revolution-style-attacks-students-protesting-mandarin-tests/

Related:
浸大教職員發起聯署：老師總不應該被威脅或恐嚇 (Baptist University staff launch signature campaign in support of language center colleagues claiming teachers shouldn’t be threatened or intimidated)
Mingpao, January 25, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180125/s00001/1516880655237

China's top advisory body gains over 50 new Hong Kong faces
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130595/dozens-new-faces-hong-kong-join-top-china-advisory-body

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong students the real losers in language battle
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130639/hong-kong-students-real-losers-language-battle

Hong Kong should replace its justice chief Teresa Cheng, and refine rules on illegal structures
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130564/hong-kong-should-replace-its-justice-chief-teresa-cheng-and

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