Hong Kong (香港)

“Innocent victim”: Activist Howard Lam pleads not guilty to making false police report over abduction allegations
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/innocent-victim-activist-howard-lam-pleads-not-guilty-making-false-police-report-abduction-allegations/

王光亞：立會補選結果不錯 搞政治活動對香港發展不利 (Former head of HK and Macau Affairs Office claims by-election results “not bad”, “political activity harms development of HK”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 14, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1385708-20180314.htm

Related:
“Dirty election”: Lawmaker-elect Au Nok-hin calls pro-Beijing camp “sore loser" for filing legal challenge against him
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/dirty-election-lawmaker-elect-au-nok-hin-calls-pro-beijing-camp-sore-loser-filing-legal-challenge/

Joint checkpoint deal has no constitutional foundation; legislature has no authority to enact it, says Bar Assoc.
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/joint-checkpoint-deal-no-constitutional-foundation-legislature-no-authority-enact-says-bar-assoc/

Related:
Submission of the Hong Kong Bar Association: In respect of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Bill
Hong Kong Bar Association, March 13, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Fz8mMK

Apologetic Hong Kong by-election loser Edward Yiu says pan-dems must explain confrontational Legco antics to voters
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137053/apologetic-hong-kong-election-loser-edward-yiu-says-pan-dems

Related:
鏗鏘集：意料之外 (An unexpected failure)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 12, 2018
https://youtu.be/6UgWdTnzDpk

Businessman files challenge to disqualify incoming lawmaker Au Nok-hin over burning of Basic Law “prop”
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/13/businessman-files-challenge-disqualify-incoming-lawmaker-au-nok-hin-burning-basic-law-prop/

Related:
市民提覆核區諾軒資格 梁家傑:與選民為敵 (Alan Leong calls citizen’s attempt to disqualify Au Nok-hin “making enemy with the people”)
HKEJ, March 13, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DqEtIq

Commentary (评论)

What the Xi Jinping era will mean for China and the world
Livemint, March 14, 2018
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/ZZk5DnIo0Ko48l1BPPfq2O/What-the-Xi-Jinping-era-will-mean-for-China-and-the-world.html

Can the quad counter China's Belt and Road Initiative?
The Diplomat, March 14, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/can-the-quad-counter-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative/

政治局勢急變 我的幾點思考 (Nathan Law: My thoughts on the changing political tides)
Inmediahk, March 14, 2018
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055745

Forbidden Feeds: Government controls on social media in China
PEN America, March 13, 2018
https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PENAmerica_Forbidden-Feeds-3.13-3.pdf

Access to Justice (司法公正)

國家《監察法》草案指可將被調查人「留置」特定場所 (NPC reviews draft of Supervision Law, suspects could be held at designated location for up to 6 months without trial)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1385576-20180313.htm

Related:
Far-reaching powers of China’s new super anti-corruption agency revealed
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136949/far-reaching-powers-chinas-new-super-anti-corruption

太陽花學運佔領立法院案二審 高院維持原判22人無罪 (Taiwan High Court upholds ruling, acquits 22 Sunflower Student Movement activists)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1385560-20180313.htm

四川女子网上发布虚假信息诽谤警方不作为，被行政拘留5日 (Sichuan woman detained for 5 days for allegedly spreading false information online of being extorted by thugs at police station)
Chinanews.com, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/03-12/8466033.shtml

Xi's rise crushes political reform predictions
Agence France-Presse, March 12, 2018
https://www.afp.com/en/news/824/xis-rise-crushes-political-reform-predictions-doc-12d47y1

Access to Information (信息公开)

Beijing police order limit on foreigners in university district pizza bars and cafes
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136879/beijing-police-order-limit-foreigners-university

Chinese culture ministry merger in the works in renewed overseas soft power push
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136901/chinese-culture-ministry-merger-works-renewed-overseas

“Shameless naysayers”: Chinese media hits back at questions over Xi Jinping's power grab
The Guardian, March 12, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/chinese-media-hits-back-questions-xi-jinpings-power-grab

中国司法部禁止律师接受外媒采访 (Ministry of Justice bans lawyers from talking to foreign media)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/QL2-03122018122012.html

微信调整公众号留言功能开放规则：取消新注册账号留言功能 (WeChat disables comment function for newly registered public accounts)
The Paper, March 12, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2025601

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The future lasts forever
来日方长
Medium, March 12, 2018
EN: https://medium.com/@xisnotmypresident/the-future-lasts-forever-566b2cd7dfb7
CH: http://bit.ly/2FIKjub

Turning the rubble of China’s mass evictions into protest art
北京“大驱逐”后，来自艺术界的反抗之声
The New York Times, March 10, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/world/asia/china-migrants-protest-art.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180312/china-migrants-protest-art/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China slashes ministries in sweeping changes to reduce bureaucracy, end turf wars
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2136939/china-unveils-sweeping-governmental-changes-cut-bureaucracy-and

Related:
China’s Communist Party centralizes power over finance, pollution control
The New York Times, March 12, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/business/china-consolidates-power-financial-industry.html

国务院组建退役军人事务部，加强服务保障体系建设 (State Council to set up veteran’s affair department to provide better care)
The Beijing News, March 13, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/03/13/478793.html

China proposes abolition of work safety body
China Labor Bulletin, March 13, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china-proposes-abolition-work-safety-body

China's attendance at Vatican organ conference hailed as boon to ties, peace
Reuters, March 12, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-vatican/chinas-attendance-at-vatican-organ-conference-hailed-as-boon-to-ties-peace-idUSKCN1GO0N4

Four years after declaring war on pollution, China is winning
治理空气污染迅速见效，中国是怎么做到的？
The New York Times, March 12, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/upshot/china-pollution-environment-longer-lives.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180313/china-pollution-environment-longer-lives/

A Chinese mayor-to-be tells his story
China File, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/excerpts/chinese-mayor-be-tells-his-story

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

China’s Xi Jinping calls for military loyalty to new constitution
Agence France-Presse, March 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/13/chinas-xi-jinping-calls-military-loyalty-new-constitution/

China’s arms sales rise as it vies with US for influence on the world stage
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2136877/chinas-arms-sales-rise-it-vies-us-influence-world-stage

Hong Kong (香港)

Edward Yiu on failed by-election bid: I should have done more traditional street campaigning
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/13/edward-yiu-failed-election-bid-i-done-traditional-street-campaigning/

Related:
Choices of the rich, poor and middle-class: how Hong Kong Island residents voted in Sunday’s by-election
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136864/choices-rich-poor-and-middle-class-how-hong-kong-island

Did localists abandon the pan-democrats in Hong Kong by-election?
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136899/did-localists-abandon-pan-democrats-hong-kong-election

Related:
By-election victor Gary Fan secures support from democratic camp, but failed to win over localists
Hong Kong Free Press, March 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/12/election-victor-gary-fan-secures-support-democratic-camp-failed-win-localists/

Commentary (评论)

As China and the Vatican make peace, will a reconciliation between official and underground churches follow?
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2136841/china-and-vatican-make-peace-will-reconciliation-between

補選結果芻議：還姚松炎一個公道 (Results of by-election: Justice needs to be served for Edward Yiu)
Mingpao, March 13, 2018
https://m.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180313/ s00012/1520879184488

Related:
馬嶽：姚松炎敗選 揭露比失落議席更嚴重的真相 (Political scientist Ma Ngok says Edward Yiu losing LegCo seat reveals HK citizens are tired, don’t care about disqualifications as much as the pan-dems thought)
Stand News, March 12, 2018
http://bit.ly/2FBynXF

「完美的獨裁者」：是什麼限制了中國政治研究者的想像力？ (The perfect dictator: What constrains Chinese political researchers from imaging?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 12, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/indepth-43368160

Chinese history isn’t over
China File, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/chinese-history-isnt-over

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China sets up new super agency to fight corruption
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136757/china-sets-new-super-agency-fight-corruption

Related:
监察法生效后会否与人民检察院组织法冲突？王胜明回应 (Will the Supervision Law contradict to the Organic Law of the People’s Procuatorates? Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee says the later and Criminal Law will be amended for consistency)
Chinanews.com, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/03-12/8465533.shtml

Xi Jinping’s rise from graft-fighting governor to president for life
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/11/xi-jinpings-rise-graft-fighting-governor-president-life/

Related:
“This could destroy China”: Parliament sets Xi Jinping up to rule for life
The Guardian, March 11, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/11/this-could-destroy-china-parliament-sets-xi-jinping-up-to-rule-for-life/

维权“女侠”吴菊芳被刑拘，南京公安制造冤假错案打脸最高法院 (Rights defender Wu Jufang, previously kidnapped in secret, confirmed of under detention of Nanjing police)
Weiquanwang, March 11, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/03/blog-post_22.html

修宪提案几乎全票通过 两张反对票是遮羞布？ (Constitution amendments passed almost unanimously, are the only two nays just cover-up?)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/hc-03112018141352.html

Related:
胡佳：这个时候要站在最前沿抗争 (Chinese dissent Hu Jia says it is time to fight on the front line)
Voice of America, March 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/hujia-interview-20180310/4291511.html

十三届全国人大一次会议举行第二次全体会议 (Heads of Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate report to NPC, propose “thoroughly studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought” as 2018 work priority)
National People’s Congress, March 9, 2018
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/dbdhhy/13_1/2018-03/09/content_2044925.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese state media defends removing presidential term limits
Reuters, March 12, 2018
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-state-media-defends-removing-presidential-term-limits

Why has Cantonese fallen out of favor with Guangzhou youngsters?
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2136237/why-has-cantonese-fallen-out-favour-guangzhou-youngsters

Prominent Chinese feminist social media account censored on International Women’s Day
Hong Kong Free Press, March 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/09/prominent-chinese-feminist-social-media-account-censored-international-womens-day/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Civil society groups maligned as Western conspiracy in Asia
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 11, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/civil-society-groups-maligned-as-western-conspiracy-in-asia-20180311-p4z3t3.html

Taiwanese protesters rally for “nuclear-free” island
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136732/taiwanese-protesters-rally-nuclear-free-island

违宪损害法治 公民吁罢免司法部长张军 (Citizens and lawyers launch petition and call head of Ministry of Justice to resign, claiming new regulations on legal practitioners violate the Constitution)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-03092018093225.html

Far from home and censors, some Chinese students protest Xi’s power move
“不是我的国家主席”：在美中国留学生抗议修宪
The New York Times, March 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/us/xi-student-protest-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180312/xi-student-protest-china/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国生态保护红线年内划定 为绿水青山设制度“屏障” (Ministry of Environmental Protection claims to draw “bio-protection redline” before year end)
Chinanews.com, March 12, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/03-12/8465598.shtml

部分地方行政干预司法情况严重 人大法工委回应 (NPC Law Committee says serious executive interference in judiciary persists in some part of the country)
Chinanews.com, March 12, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2018-03-12/doc-ifyseuks3012332.shtml

【聚焦监察法草案】②监察委员会是政治机关 (China Discipline Inspection Daily: National Supervision Commission is a political organ — not an administrative or judicial organ — whose fundamental purpose is to bolster CPC leadership in anti-corruption work)
China Discipline Inspection Commission, March 8, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201803/t20180308_165743.html

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

China to restructure foreign affairs team in push for greater role on world stage, source says
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2136651/china-restructure-foreign-affairs-team-push-greater

Hong Kong, (香港)

Hong Kong democrats win 2 of 4 seats in legislative by-election, as ousted lawmaker Edward Yiu fails to regain seat
Hong Kong Free Press, March 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/12/breaking-hong-kong-democrats-win-2-4-seats-legislative-election/

Related:
Campaigning failures and inexperience cost me the election, says defeated Hong Kong democrat Edward Yiu
Hong Kong Free Press, March 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/12/campaigning-failures-inexperience-cost-election-says-defeated-hong-kong-democrat-edward-yiu/

九西票站分析 建制區議員樁腳效應勁 公屋區得票大勝 (Statistics from polling stations show pro-establishment successfully mobilize their own constituencies, huge victory in public housing districts)
Inmediahk, March 12, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055700

What happened to the disqualifications backlash? Five takeaways from Hong Kong’s Legco by-election
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136794/what-happened-disqualifications-backlash-5-takeaways-hong

President of legislature says he is not worried about repeat of oath-taking row
Hong Kong Free Press, March 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/12/president-legislature-says-not-worried-repeat-oath-taking-row/

”Constitutional order” in Hong Kong maintained, leader of China’s legislature says
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136752/constitutional-order-hong-kong-maintained-leader-chinas

Commentary (评论)

西方对中国崛起的神助攻 (How the West assist rise of China)
Financial Times, March 12, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001076655

“President for life” Xi risks repeat of China’s Mao-era mistakes
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2136255/president-life-xi-risks-repeat-chinas-mao-era-mistakes

”Every place you go, you are being watched”: Reporting from Xi's China
The Guardian, March 10, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/10/chill-looks-set-linger-reporting-from-xis-china

YouTube, the great radicalizer
The New York Times, March 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-politics-radical.html

End of an era
China File, March 9, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/books/end-of-era

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高法：认真落实习近平主席特赦令，特赦罪犯31527人 (Supreme People’s Court perfects legal protection of human rights and pardons 31,527 criminals following Xi’s order)
The Paper, March 9, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2023538

Related:
周强：赞成宪法修正案草案 坚决遵守维护宪法 (Supreme People’s Court chief Zhou Qiang: “Sincerely supports constitutional amendments” that “meet the needs of the era” and “fulfils people’s expectations”)
Supreme People’s Court, March 7, 2018
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-83992.html

Sweden criticizes China's “unacceptable” behavior in detaining bookseller
The Guardian, March 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/09/sweden-china-unacceptable-behaviour-detaining-bookseller

黄琦拒绝认罪 检察院提刑期最高15年 (Huang Qi, founder of pro-democracy website, refuses to confess and faces 15 yrs in jail)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-03082018103047.html

西藏流亡官方悼念拉萨起义死难者 (Exiled Tibetan gov mourns victims in 1989 Lhasa uprising)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-03082018114724.html

Interview: “I wanted her to be safe”
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/sister-03082018164727.html

China on track for “return to Mao Era" of ideological controls: analysts
习近平高调赞同修宪 评论指友好西方国家会重新评价
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xijinping-control-03082018125136.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xi-03082018084642.html

Xi Jinping's latest tag: living Buddhist deity, Chinese official says
Reuters, March 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-xi-boddhisatva/xi-jinpings-latest-tag-living-buddhist-deity-chinese-official-says-idUSKCN1GK0V6

Related:
Xi Jinping is using his growing authority to amass even more
The Economist, March 8, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21738333-hopes-bold-economic-reforms-look-forlorn-xi-jinping-using-his-growing-authority-amass

38位文艺界委员联合提案：制定保护国格与民族尊严专门法 (38 CPPCC members propose legislation to protect national dignity and severely punish Chinese citizens promoting Japanese militarism, insulting national heroes and martyrs)
China Youth Daily, March 8, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2022747

Access to Information (信息公开)

Weibo whack-a-mole
China File, March 8, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/media/weibo-whack-mole

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

"Feminist Five" activist on #MeToo's impact in China
Cable News Network, March 8, 2018
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/03/08/newsstream-metoo-china-stout-wei.cnn

番禺手袋厂数百工人连续四天罢工 (Hundreds of handbag factory workers in Guangdong strike for 4 days)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-03082018103113.html

中国大学生“妇女节”前挂“删掉”、“期限”内容横幅 (Chinese university students put up banners with innuendo about Constitution amendments in protest)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yl-03082018102737.html

媽媽站起來 (Mum, stand up)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 6, 2018
http://bit.ly/2tsCrI9

Government Accountability (政府问责)

We followed a Chinese couple on their annual 1,000-mile journey to see their kids
Vice News, March 9, 2018
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/xw59g3/what-chinese-new-year-largest-migration-on-earth-is-like

批中梵協議荒謬 陳日君：送更多人進入鳥籠 (Joseph Zen slams Vatican-China deal, calling it ridiculous and will send more people into “birdcage”)
Inmediahk, March 9, 2018
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055627a/

樓繼偉警告社保制度已經入不敷支 (Former head of Ministry of Finance warns social security runs behind expenses)
i-Cable News, March 8, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Ib2Rl0

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

贵州检察院检察长：大数据让司法公正看得见摸得着 (Guizhou procuratorate chief: Big Data serves justice, makes it more accessible)
The Beijing News, March 9, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/wevideo/2018/03/09/478375.html

China’s answer to Silicon Valley: too much talk and not enough action, official complains
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136428/greater-bay-area-project-needs-state-leader-helm-or-itll-be

The uncomfortable marriage between China and its tech giants
The Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-godfathers-of-chinese-tech-get-an-offer-they-cant-refuse-1520510404

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

China not trying to “replace America,” foreign minister says
Agence France-Presse, March 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/09/china-not-trying-replace-america-foreign-minister-says/

”No back-room deals, everything is transparent”: China defends belt and road investments
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2136438/no-back-room-deals-everything-transparent-china-defends

Hong Kong (香港)

Edward Yiu needs high turnout rate, pan-dem and localists’ votes to win Kowloon West
Hong Kong Free Press, March 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/09/edward-yiu-needs-high-turnout-rate-pan-dem-localists-votes-win-kowloon-west/

Related:
Hong Kong votes in “de facto referendum” on Beijing intervention
Financial Times, March 9, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/6bec6cd8-2341-11e8-ae48-60d3531b7d11

駱應淦：應修例澄清自決準則 DQ前諮詢提名顧問會 (Lawrence Lok S.C says HK government should clarify definition of self-determination, consult with Nomination Advisory Committees before disqualifying candidates)
Citizen News, March 9, 2018
https://goo.gl/qHEDCU

Related:
Cancel Hong Kong’s by-election and reinstate disqualified lawmakers, UK-based watchdog urges
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/08/cancel-hong-kongs-election-reinstate-disqualified-lawmakers-uk-based-watchdog-urges/

高齡海嘯來襲香港，「虐老院」就是我們的未來居所嗎？ (Hong Kong faces “ageing tsunami”: Is living in “elderly torture houses” our future?)
The Initium, March 9, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180309-hongkong-who-care-for-elderly-04/

Commentary (评论)

工人權益 日日退步 (Retreating labor rights)
Mingpao, March 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180309/s00022/1520515649651

逆權事業 全民有責 (Everyone has a responsibility to defend rights)
Mingpao, March 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180309/s00012/1520531844815

Reversing reform
China File, March 8, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/excerpts/reversing-reform

China: Allow UN rights experts into Tibet
Human Rights Watch, March 8, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/08/china-allow-un-rights-experts-tibet

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Macau move to curtail foreign judges sparks concerns over China's growing control
Reuters, March 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-macau-law/macau-move-to-curtail-foreign-judges-sparks-concerns-over-chinas-growing-control-idUSKCN1GK08U

习近平等分别参加全国人大会议一些代表团审议 (Xi Jinping: Constitution amendments “reflect the common will of the Party and the people”, “democracy is fully exercised”)
Xinhua News Agency, March 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018lh/2018-03/07/c_1122503168.htm

Related:
How Xi Jinping made his power grab: With stealth, speed and guile
The New York Times, March 7, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-party-term-limit.html

四川阿坝发生2018年首起藏人自焚事件 (Tibetan man self-immolates in Sichuan. First death in 2018)
Voice of America, March 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/first-tibet-immolation-in-2018-20180307/4285436.html

Related:
西藏黨委書記批評美聯社報道西藏自焚事件非實事求是 (Tibet party secretary slams AP for reporting self-immolation not based on facts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 8, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1384630-20180308.htm

Exiled Uyghur leader says “red notice” demonstrates China’s harassment of critics abroad
Radio Free Asia, March 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/notice-03072018173643.html

India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New Delhi
Reuters, March 7, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-china-tibet/india-with-eye-on-china-ties-bans-tibetans-rally-in-new-delhi-idUSKCN1GJ1HP

Access to Information (信息公开)

思想话语权事关国家安全 (People’s Daily: Authority of thought concerns national security)
People’s Daily, March 8, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-03/08/nw.D110000renmrb_20180308_2-07.htm

两会新疆微信“九不准” 违者最高囚八年 (Xinjiang tightens censorship on WeChat during Two Sessions, warning offenders of 8 years behind bars)
Radio Free Asia, March 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql3-03072018105849.html

Shantou University was a model for China’s reform. Now, why is it toeing the line?
The Christian Science Monitor, March 5, 2018
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/0305/Shantou-University-was-a-model-for-China-s-reform.-Now-why-is-it-toeing-the-line

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China faces shortage of express delivery workers in the New Year
China Labor Bulletin, March 8, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china-faces-shortage-express-delivery-workers-new-year

After #MeToo success, Chinese rights activists urge lawmakers to join the fight against sexual harassment
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136199/after-metoo-success-chinese-rights-activists-urge

Related:
#MeToo movement meets China's firewall
Deutsche Welle, March 7, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/metoo-movement-meets-chinas-firewall/a-42871881

Chinese students in America say “Not My President”
Foreign Policy, March 7, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/07/chinese-students-in-america-say-not-my-president-xi-jinping-china/

Related:
China’s long arm reaches into American campuses
Foreign Policy, March 7, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/07/chinas-long-arm-reaches-into-american-campuses-chinese-students-scholars-association-university-communist-party/

公民联署促人大代表罢免司法部长张军 (Citizens launch signature campaign calling for removal of Ministry of Justice chief Zhang Jun)
Radio Free Asia, March 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/singature-03072018085044.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

湖南省纪委：常宁市法院原书记员酒后殴打纪委书记 已被刑拘 (Drunk Hunan court clerk beats up local Commission for Discipline Inspection party chief. He is now criminally detained)
The Beijing News, March 8, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/03/08/478219.html

How Chinese women “hold up half the sky” but earn far less than men
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2136228/job-convenience-cited-factor-why-women-earn-less-china

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Weibo user claims data theft, extortion by iCloud support
China Digital Times, March 8, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/03/weibo-user-claims-data-theft-extortion-icloud-tech-support/

China’s Huawei is at center of fight over 5G’s future
The New York Times, March 7, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/technology/china-huawei-5g-standards.html

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

Taiwan's allies ditching Taipei an “irresistible trend”, China says
Reuters, March 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-taiwan/taiwans-allies-ditching-taipei-an-irresistible-trend-china-says-idUSKCN1GK0KR

China pushing to be more active in region, global diplomacy
Associated Press, March 8, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-pushing-to-be-more-active-in-region-global-diplomacy/2018/03/08/b531c068-228e-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html

Related:
How does China formulate its foreign policy?
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2136248/how-does-china-formulate-its-foreign-policy

Eight countries in danger of falling into China’s “debt trap”
Quartz, March 7, 2018
https://qz.com/1223768/china-debt-trap-these-eight-countries-are-in-danger-of-debt-overloads-from-chinas-belt-and-road-plans/

Hong Kong (香港)

國歌法列明規範場合 擬納入中小學教育指引條文 補選後啟動本地程序 (LegCo to kick off local legislation of National Anthem Law and including it in guidelines for middle and primary schools)
Mingpao, March 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180308/s00001/1520445855924

Related:
Can Beijing achieve its next big goal for Hong Kong – making people feel more Chinese?
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136180/can-beijing-achieve-its-next-big-goal-hong-kong-making

Elderly activist convicted of contempt for wearing “Reclaim Hong Kong” scarf during Mong Kok unrest trial
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/08/elderly-activist-convicted-contempt-wearing-reclaim-hong-kong-scarf-mong-kok-unrest-trial/

Related:
Another man accused of taking photos in courtroom during Mong Kok trial
Hong Kong Free Press, March 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/08/another-man-accused-taking-photos-courtroom-mong-kok-trial/

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam should delegate more and stick around for two terms, aide urges
South China Morning Post, March 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136192/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-should-delegate-more-and-stick

收集逾50宗個案 她誓要揭露香港基督教性暴力真象 (NGO worker collects cases and vows to disclose truth of sexual violence at Christian Churches in Hong Kong)
Stand News, March 7, 2018
http://bit.ly/2oTMXUh

明報記者投訴遭警打 監警：無法完全證屬實 (Police Complaints Council finds alleged beating of Mingpao reporter “totally unable to prove to be true”)
Mingpao, March 7, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180307/s00002/1520360345852

Commentary (评论)

Rebels and rebellion in classic Chinese literature
Global Voices, March 8, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/03/08/rebels-and-rebellion-in-classic-chinese-literature/

Xi Jinping amends China’s Constitution
Lawfare, March 7, 2018
https://www.lawfareblog.com/xi-jinping-amends-chinas-constitution

Related:
Xi Jinping and China’s “good emperor, bad emperor” problem
Financial Times, March 8, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/eaa0c39a-2200-11e8-9a70-08f715791301

China’s military spending
China File, March 6, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/chinas-military-spending

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China moves to shutter law firm at center of crackdown on rights lawyers
709大抓捕：北京锋锐律所执业证拟被吊销
Radio Free Asia, March 6, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/firm-03062018144558.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-03062018104608.html

Stop treating all Tibetans like separatists, army soprano tells political meeting
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2136007/stop-treating-all-tibetans-separatists-army-soprano

Access to Information (信息公开)

维吾尔人逃得出故土，逃不开无形的监控 (Uyghurs overseas fall under CPC’s surveillance)
Voice of America, March 7, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/uyghur-20180306/4283745.html

Writer Jung Chang entry in Macau not guaranteed by authorities
Macau News, March 5, 2018
https://macaunews.mo/writer-jung-chang-entry-macau-not-guaranteed-authorities/

Related:
Statement on international authors being denied access to Macau
PEN Hong Kong, March 6, 2018
http://www.penhongkong.org/statement-on-international-authors-being-denied-access-to-macau/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

200支強光手電筒直射公安雙眼、分組到派出所「盯哨」 中國基督徒保衛十字架之戰 (Chinese Christians defy police using flashlights and counter-surveillance tactics)
The Storm Media, March 6, 2018
http://www.storm.mg/article/406664

Government Accountability (政府问责)

去年扶貧資金至少7.3億被冒領挪用 扶貧辦稱已改革 (At least 730 million yuan of poverty alleviation fund embezzled. Authority pledges reform)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 7, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1384482-20180307.htm

Related:
刘永富：已有500多位基层同志倒在脱贫攻坚第一线 (Liu Yongfu, head of Poverty Alleviation Office, claims more than 500 cadres “fall on the frontline of storming war against poverty”)
China.com.cn, March 7, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2018-03-07/doc-ifxipenp2973589.shtml

Five years after graft scandal, China city says still dealing with aftermath
Reuters, March 6, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-chongqing/five-years-after-graft-scandal-china-city-says-still-dealing-with-aftermath-idUSKCN1GI18Y

The secret insider terms used in Chinese money laundering
Quartz, March 6, 2018
https://qz.com/1223009/corruption-in-china-has-created-new-terms-for-money-laundering/

中国“维稳费”递增 2000亿黑色产业链 (China spends almost 200 billion yuan on stability maintenance in 2017, part of it paid to private security contractors)
Radio Free Asia, March 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-03062018103947.html

Related:
China spends more on domestic security as Xi’s powers grow
The Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-spends-more-on-domestic-security-as-xis-powers-grow-1520358522

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

If you get on China's “blacklist,” you can be banned from travel
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 6, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/big-brother-stops-millions-boarding-planes-trains-in-china-20180306-p4z33u.html

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

Wary Taiwan eyes growing shadow of China’s Xi Jinping
Agence France-Presse, March 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/07/wary-taiwan-eyes-growing-shadow-chinas-xi-jinping/

America’s other espionage challenge: China
被美国忽视的间谍活动威胁：中国
The New York Times, March 5, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/opinion/china-espionage.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180306/china-espionage/

Hong Kong (香港)

Freedom of speech a core value but advocating independence violates Basic Law, new CUHK head says
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/07/freedom-speech-core-value-advocating-independence-violates-basic-law-new-cuhk-head-says/

Criticism of Hong Kong budget continues unabated, with public satisfaction at a record low
South China Morning Post, March 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2136030/criticism-hong-kong-budget-continues-unabated-public

In Pictures: Hong Kong migrant worker groups march in solidarity ahead of International Women’s Day
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/07/pictures-hong-kong-migrant-worker-groups-march-solidarity-ahead-international-womens-day/

近百名市民九巴車廠外集會聲援被解僱車長 (Nearly 100 citizens gather in support of dismissed KMB drivers)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 6, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1384343-20180306.htm

Related:
KMB suspends decision to fire four bus drivers who participated in strike, after outcry
Hong Kong Free Press, March 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/07/kmb-suspends-decision-fire-four-bus-drivers-participated-strike-protests/

High Court judge slams use of “undesirable” public relations tactics during Donald Tsang bribery hearing
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2136025/high-court-judge-slams-undesirable-public-relations-tactics

王振民：港司法體系上設處理國家安全犯罪機構 (Liaison Office legal chief claims to top judiciary system of Hong Kong with institution that deals with national security crimes)
Citizen News, March 5, 2018
http://bit.ly/2tjpMHo

Commentary (评论)

Courts & torts: Driving the Chinese legal system
China File, March 6, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/sinica-podcast/courts-torts-driving-chinese-legal-system

Xi Jinping is making his bid for the history books by pitting himself against Deng’s legacy
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2135784/xi-jinping-making-his-bid-history-books-pitting-himself

Related:
Xi won’t go
Human Rights Watch, March 6, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/06/xi-wont-go

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China claims move to scrap presidential term limit has wide support
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2135838/china-claims-move-scrap-presidential-term-limit-has

Related:
「好皇帝」、「壞皇帝」 福山如何看習近平修憲 (“Good emperor”, “bad emperor”, Fukuyama’s views on Xi amending the Constitution)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 5, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-43276770

China is not a garden-variety dictatorship
The Atlantic, March 5, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/china-xi-jinping-president/554795/

Related:
NPC: Should Xi Jinping be China's president for life?
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 6, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-43293242/npc-should-xi-jinping-be-china-s-president-for-life

Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja: “I have my own sad story to tell”
Deutsche Welle, March 5, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/uighur-journalist-gulchehra-hoja-i-have-my-own-sad-story-to-tell/a-42835267

Daughter of Uyghur camp detainee in need of urgent treatment following stove accident
Radio Free Asia, March 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/daughter-03052018144433.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Why China won’t let people compare Xi Jinping with an imperial predecessor
The Conversation, March 5, 2018
https://theconversation.com/why-china-wont-let-people-compare-xi-jinping-with-an-imperial-predecessor-92617

Behind public persona, the real Xi Jinping is a guarded secret
官方形象背後，神秘的習近平主席
The New York Times, March 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-leader.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180306/xi-jinping-china-leader/zh-hant/

Lantern Festival riddles outwit and enrage Chinese censorship authorities
Global Voices, March 5, 2018
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2018/03/05/lantern-festival-riddles-outwit-and-enrage-chinese-censorship-authorities/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hong Kong fears for its freedoms as China's president plans to rule indefinitely
抗议任期没限制　支联会游行反对修宪
Radio Free Asia, March 4, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-termlimits-03052018143037.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-alliance-03042018095206.html?encoding=simplified

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Corruption surveillance to triple as China's new anti-graft agency tightens screws
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2135829/chinas-new-anti-graft-agency-will-be-watching-triple

This remote Chinese school has just three students. But with live streaming technology, they share a classroom with hundreds
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2135718/china-connects-remote-schools-technology-part-goal-eliminate-poverty

长沙发动群众检举揭发黑恶势力犯罪线索，公布举报电话和邮箱 （People in Changsha asked to report "black and evil powers" to police）
The Paper, March 6, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2019468

China’s women-only subway cars, where men rush in
广州地铁：挤满男人的女性专用车厢
The New York Times, March 4, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/business/china-women-only-subway-cars.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180306/china-women-only-subway-cars/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

WeChat hits one billion monthly users - are you one of them?
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 6, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43283690

Big brother stops millions boarding planes, trains in China
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 6, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/big-brother-stops-millions-boarding-planes-trains-in-china-20180306-p4z33u.html

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

China wants “beautiful” reunification with Taiwan
Al Jazeera, March 5, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/china-beautiful-reunification-taiwan-180305160655195.html

Related:
Taiwan looks to domestic arms industry to respond to China
Associated Press, March 6, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taiwan-looks-to-domestic-arms-industry-to-respond-to-china/2018/03/06/0329b1e8-2106-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html

No. 2 spender China to boost defense spending in 2018
Associated Press, March 5, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-says-defense-budget-rise-173-billion-2018-004816205.html

Related:
China defends hike in military spending as proportionate and low
Reuters, March 6, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-defence/china-defends-hike-in-military-spending-as-proportionate-and-low-idUSKBN1GI01S

Hong Kong (香港)

Zero tolerance for Hong Kong independence, top Chinese official quoted as saying
Hong Kong Free Press, March 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/06/zero-tolerance-hong-kong-independence-top-chinese-official-quoted-saying/

Up to 100 Hong Kong civil groups can air views on joint checkpoint plan ... but each speaker gets only 3 minutes
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2135833/100-hong-kong-civil-groups-can-air-views-joint-checkpoint

Three Hong Kong police officers arrested for allegedly planting evidence
Hong Kong Free Press, March 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/06/three-hong-kong-police-officers-arrested-allegedly-planting-evidence/

Raphael Wong did not intend to obstruct justice during Occupy protest, appellate court hears
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2135812/raphael-wong-did-not-intend-obstruct-justice-during-occupy

China’s power to interpret Hong Kong’s Basic Law “greatest threat to rule of law,” Bar Assoc. head
Hong Kong Free Press, March 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/06/chinas-power-interpret-hong-kongs-basic-law-greatest-threat-rule-law-bar-assoc-head/

Commentary (评论)

What China's elimination of presidential term limits does and doesn't mean
The Diplomat, March 6, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/what-chinas-elimination-of-presidential-term-limits-does-and-doesnt-mean/

Invest in Hong Kong’s future instead of giving us cash handouts
South China Morning Post, March 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2135910/invest-hong-kongs-future-instead-giving-us-cash-handouts

China’s “win-win” resolution is anything but
中国提“共赢”决议是睁眼瞎话
Human Rights Watch, March 5, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/05/chinas-win-win-resolution-anything
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/03/05/315502

Xi’s no Mao … or Deng … or Chiang – So who is he?
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2135162/xis-no-mao-or-deng-or-chiang-so-who-he

Does a stronger Xi mean a weaker Chinese Communist Party?
更强大的习近平，更弱小的共产党？
The New York Times, March 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/opinion/xi-jinping-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180305/xi-jinping-china/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

修憲草案倡增設「國家監察委員會」為最高監察機關 (National Supervisory Commission to become top supervision agency, says Constitution amendments draft)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 5, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1383942-20180305.htm

Xi power play in focus as China parliament opens
Agence France-Presse, March 5, 2018
https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/xi-power-play-focus-china-parliament-opens-doc-11w6fs2

Related:
China's “two sessions”: Economics, environment and Xi's power
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 5, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43239646

Hu Jia and NPC: China's dissidents silenced by enforced “holidays”
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 5, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-43278771/hu-jia-and-npc-china-s-dissidents-silenced-by-enforced-holidays

Access to Information (信息公开)

China presses its Internet censorship efforts cross the globe
冲出“防火长城”，中国互联网审查走向世界
The New York Times, March 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/technology/china-technology-censorship-borders-expansion.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180305/china-technology-censorship-borders-expansion/

人民日报：表情包也要有“法治脸” (People’s Daily: Internet memes should be based on public interest and comply with laws, not break moral code or contain superstitious content)
People’s Daily, March 2, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-03/02/nw.D110000renmrb_20180302_5-05.htm

多部门重拳整治网络直播间违法行为 记者调查发现网络直播平台“雾霾”正在消散 (“Content becomes more elegant” after multiple departments crack down on “illegal behavior” during live-streaming)
Legal Daily, March 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/02/content_7485909.htm

Zhihu, China’s Quora, removed from app stores for one week for insufficient censorship
Shanghaiist, March 2, 2018
https://medium.com/shanghaiist/zhihu-chinas-quora-removed-from-app-stores-for-one-week-for-insufficient-censorship-bff15280741c

China bans George Orwell's Animal Farm and letter “N” as censors bolster Xi Jinping's plan to keep power indefinitely
Independent, March 1, 2018
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-animal-farm-ban-censorship-george-orwell-xi-jinping-power-letter-n-a8235071.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Five lawyers write to Minister of Justice: Cease the campaign-style political crackdown against China’s lawyers
China Change, March 2, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/03/02/five-lawyers-write-to-minister-of-justice-cease-the-campaign-style-political-crackdown-against-chinas-lawyers/

Related:
致司法部部长张军的一封公开信: 请终止对律师的运动式打压 (Open letter to Zhang Jun, Minister of Justice: Please cease the campaign-style political crackdown against lawyers)
Evernote, March 2, 2018
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s574/sh/bedbe526-4424-4624-9e1f-9a8813dd84ab/9a8ac8cd87c235d2cbe0435232acd755

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China to be more open to foreign investment, speed up Beijing-led trade bloc and strengthen its military: Li Keqiang
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2135619/what-will-chinas-parliamentary-session-reveal-about-its

China’s women-only subway cars, where men rush in
The New York Times, March 4, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/business/china-women-only-subway-cars.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Tencent CEO urges ID link for Hong Kong and Chinese citizens
Bloomberg, March 5, 2018
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-05/tencent-ceo-urges-id-link-for-hong-kong-and-chinese-citizens

The increasing use of artificial intelligence is stoking privacy concerns in China
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2135713/increasing-use-artificial-intelligence-stoking-privacy-concerns

“飞屏”“ＶＲ”来袭 北京检方首次启用可视化系统公诉 (Beijing procurators provide witnesses with virtual reality technology to reconstruct crime scene in court)
Xinhua News Agency, March 1, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-03/01/c_1122474043.htm

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

China NPC: Government sets trillion yuan military budget
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 5, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43282527

Europe once saw Xi Jinping as a hedge against Trump. Not anymore.
The New York Times, March 4, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/world/europe/europe-china-xi-trump-trade.html

Chinese police are demanding personal information from Uyghurs in France
Foreign Policy, March 2, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/02/chinese-police-are-secretly-demanding-personal-information-from-french-citizens-uighurs-xinjiang/

China's cyber militias
The Diplomat, March 1, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/chinas-cyber-militias/

Hong Kong (香港)

No plans to merge Hong Kong and Taiwan affairs offices, former Beijing official says
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2135638/no-plans-merge-hong-kong-and-taiwan-affairs-offices-former

Related:
China’s Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Offices to merge, top Beijing adviser says
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/02/chinas-taiwan-hong-kong-macao-affairs-offices-merge-top-beijing-adviser-says/

Premier Li Keqiang declares China’s hold over Hong Kong is being strengthened, stops short of warning against independence
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2135685/premier-li-keqiang-declares-chinas-hold-over-hong-kong-being

Related:
China cuts reference to Hong Kong’s people governing themselves in key report
The Washington Post, March 5, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/05/china-cuts-reference-to-hong-kongs-people-governing-themselves-in-key-report/

Ex-lawmaker “Long Hair” cannot be charged with contempt for taking files from official, magistrate rules
Hong Kong Free Press, March 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/05/ex-lawmaker-long-hair-cannot-charged-contempt-taking-files-official-magistrate-rules/

區諾軒義工街頭遇襲骨裂 陳家珮強烈譴責促查 (Volunteer of pan-dems by-election hopeful Au Nok-hin attacked and suffered from fracture)
Mingpao, March 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180305/s00001/1520207832250

Related:
Interview: Why accidental by-election hopeful Au Nok-hin is seeking your “protest vote”
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/04/interview-accidental-election-hopeful-au-nok-hin-seeking-protest-vote/

Hong Kong’s McSleeper trend rises 50 per cent in three years, as NGO highlights vulnerability of women in the group
South China Morning Post, March 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2135647/hong-kongs-mcsleeper-trend-rises-50-cent-three-years-ngo

姚松炎的社區大計：我要同 48 萬人一齊做議員！ (Edward Yiu’s big community plan: I will be a lawmaker together with 480,000 people!)
Stand News, March 2, 2018
http://bit.ly/2I2dBC8

Commentary (评论)

China’s “win-win” resolution is anything but
Human Rights Watch, March 5, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/05/chinas-win-win-resolution-anything

民主疲憊 文明倒退？ (Democracy fatigue and civilization in regression)
Mingpao, March 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180305/s00022/1520165472721

只有用宪法，宪法才有用 (Constitution can only be useful when used constitutionally)
Financial Times, March 5, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001076552

With term limits move, Xi is setting himself up for failure
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2135418/term-limits-move-xi-setting-himself-failure

Related:
Xi Jinping’s power play: from president to China’s new dictator?
The Guardian, March 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/04/xi-jinping-from-president-to-china-new-dictator

Hong Kong in 2018 – time to pack your bags, or is there still room for utopianism?
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/04/hong-kong-2018-time-pack-bags-still-room-utopianism/

High Court ruling on “live-in” rule guarantees further abuse of Hong Kong’s domestic workers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/04/high-court-ruling-live-rule-guarantees-abuse-hong-kongs-domestic-workers/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China's top paper says Xi Jinping won't necessarily serve for life
Cable News Network, March 1, 2018
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/01/asia/china-peoples-daily-xi-jinping-term-limits-intl/index.html

Related:
保证党和国家长治久安的重大制度安排 (People’s Daily: Important institutional arrangements [constitutional amendments] are meant to ensure long-term stability of party and state)
People’s Daily, March 1, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-03/01/nw.D110000renmrb_20180301_2-03.htm

After U.S.-based reporters exposed abuses, China seized their relatives
中国拘留多名自由亚洲电台维族记者亲属
The New York Times, March 1, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rfa.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180302/china-xinjiang-rfa/

Related:
Rights groups condemn China’s detention of RFA reporters’ relatives
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/reporters-relatives-03012018164751.html

全国政协委员吕红兵提案：建议只有律师能担任刑事案件辩护人 (CPPCC’s Lyu Hongbin: Prohibit disbarred lawyers from representing clients in criminal defense posing as relatives and friends)
The Paper, March 1, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2014209

Cybersecurity law causing “mass concerns” among foreign firms in China
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2135338/cybersecurity-law-causing-mass-concerns-among-foreign-firms-china

China places outspoken dissidents under house arrest ahead of parliament
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-03012018125427.html

李昱函受虐绝食 律师拟申请取保候审 (Rights lawyer Li Yuhan stages hunger strike against torture under detention. Lawyer to apply for bail)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf3-02282018101545.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

重拳整治乱象 还网络一片清朗 (Chinese authorities crack down on “illegal” and “vulgar” online video games)
People’s Daily, March 2, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0302/c1001-29842942.html

批澳大利亚出版反华书籍，华春莹送出一句古诗 (MFA spokesperson criticizes book “Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia” by quoting ancient poem: “Despite the incessant cry of apes from the banks, the swift boat has already sailed through thousands of hills”)
Global Times, March 1, 2018
http://world.huanqiu.com/exclusive/2018-03/11634025.html

Related:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on March 1, 2018
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, March 1, 2018
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1538767.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China Media Bulletin: Resisting Beijing’s influence, New Year Gala, #MeToo in China (Issue No. 126)
中国媒体快报：抵抗北京的影响力、春晚、#MeToo在中国 (Issue 126, Simplified Chinese)
Freedom House, March 1, 2018
EN: https://freedomhouse.org/china-media/china-media-bulletin-resisting-beijings-influence-new-year-gala-metoo-in-china-issue-no-126
CH: https://freedomhouse.org/china-media/metooissue-126-simplified-chinese

陕西富平县两个村村民：我们坚决反对建垃圾焚烧发电厂 (Villagers in Shaanxi petition against construction of waste incineration power plants)
Weiquanwang, March 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/03/blog-post_1.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s new vice-premiers to lead battles against poverty, pollution and economic risks
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2135094/chinas-new-vice-premiers-lead-battles-against-poverty

Related:
Exclusive: Xi confidant set to become China's new spy master - sources
Reuters, February 28, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-security-exclusive/exclusive-xi-confidant-set-to-become-chinas-new-spy-master-sources-idUSKCN1GC17K

China’s parliament is a growing billionaires’ club
人大和政协，中国的“亿万富翁俱乐部”
The New York Times, March 1, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/business/china-parliament-billionaires.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180302/china-parliament-billionaires/

专访陈日君: 中梵协议是"投降" 出卖了地下教会 (Joseph Zen calls Sino-Vatican deal “surrender”, claiming it betrays underground Churches)
Deutsche Welle, March 1, 2018
http://bit.ly/2GV2f1l

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

在数字极权下的上海生活是怎样一种体验？ (What’s it like to live in digitally totalitarian Shanghai?)
China Digital Times, March 1, 2018
http://bit.ly/2GXhwi6

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

China warns Taiwan playing with fire over U.S. bill
Reuters, March 2, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-taiwan/china-warns-taiwan-playing-with-fire-over-u-s-bill-idUSKCN1GE039

World braces for blowback from Xi lifetime power play in China
Agence France-Presse, February 28, 2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5443793/World-braces-blowback-Xi-lifetime-power-play-China.html

Hong Kong (香港)

中央機構改革 台辦港澳辦合併 (Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office to merge with Taiwan Affairs Office)
Mingpao, March 2, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180302/s00013/1519929059508

Budget 2018: Tax deductions for Hongkongers renting their homes not feasible this year, says finance chief
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/02/budget-2018-tax-deductions-hongkongers-renting-homes-not-feasible-year-says-finance-chief/

Related:
Budget 2018: Environmental group says gov’t green bonds could lead to more “white elephant” projects
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/02/budget-2018-environmental-group-says-govt-green-bonds-lead-white-elephant-projects/

Court rejects appeal bid from ex-chief exec. aide Lew Mon-hung over obstruction of justice conviction
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/02/court-rejects-appeal-bid-ex-chief-exec-aide-lew-mon-hung-obstruction-justice-conviction/

Pro-democracy bloc suffers another blow as Hong Kong Legco approves more rule book changes for Finance Committee
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2135324/pro-democracy-bloc-suffers-another-blow-hong-kong-legco

“I really want to kill you!”: Hong Kong woman arrested after video shows employer hitting Indonesian domestic helper
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2135278/i-really-want-kill-you-video-showing-employer-hitting

Video: Treatment of student sparks questions over Hong Kong police training on autism
Hong Kong Free Press, March 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/01/video-treatment-student-sparks-questions-hong-kong-police-training-autism/

林郑月娥新春酒会自认“忠诚如狗” (Carrie Lam claims “loyal as a dog” during Lunar New Year party)
Radio France Internationale, March 1, 2018
http://bit.ly/2CVx2cg

Commentary (评论)

彭丽君：毛美学──创新还是整合，民族自信还是感官控制？ (Maoist aesthetic: Innovation or integration; national confidence or control of senses?)
The Initium, March 2, 2108
https://theinitium.com/article/20180302-opinion-panglaikwan-aesthetics-of-the-maoist/

Xi Jinping and the perils of one-person rule in China
The New Yorker, March 1, 2018
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/xi-jinping-and-the-perils-of-one-person-rule-in-china

How the West got China wrong
The Economist, March 1, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21737517-it-bet-china-would-head-towards-democracy-and-market-economy-gamble-has-failed-how

Maybe the law does actually matter to Xi Jinping
China File, March 1, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/maybe-law-does-actually-matter-xi-jinping

Can Chinese journalists criticize the party-state?
China File, March 1, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/sinica-podcast/can-chinese-journalists-criticize-party-state

Xi Jinping’s authoritarian rise in China has been powered by sexism
The Washington Post, March 1, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/01/xi-jinpings-authoritarian-rise-in-china-has-been-powered-by-sexism/

When the cat’s away …
习近平们的春天来了
The New York Times, February 27, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/opinion/trump-strongmen-democracy.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180302/trump-strongmen-democracy/