Hong Kong (香港)

7 protesters to plead guilty to criminal contempt over Mong Kok Umbrella Movement camp clearance
Hong Kong Free Press, March 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/26/7-protesters-plead-guilty-criminal-contempt-mong-kok-umbrella-movement-camp-clearance/

”How can she now say she represents us?”: Hong Kong’s poorly housed reject city leader Carrie Lam using their plight to back controversial land plans
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2138845/how-can-she-now-say-she-represents-us-hong-kongs

Philippines recalls Hong Kong labor attaché, known for his strong anti-human trafficking views, sparking outrage
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2138853/philippines-recalls-labour-attache-hong-kong-sparking

Hong Kong pro-democracy party defends acceptance of donation from city leader Carrie Lam
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2138833/hong-kong-pro-democracy-party-defends-acceptance-donation

Worker News: Hongkongers run website reporting from the grassroots side of labor disputes
Hong Kong Free Press, March 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/25/worker-news-hongkongers-run-website-reporting-grassroots-side-labour-disputes/

Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities: we are not a burden, but an opportunity our government is ignoring
Hong Kong Free Press, March 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/25/hong-kongs-ethnic-minorities-not-burden-opportunity-government-ignoring/

“Foreword to Hong Kong’s national anthem law will promote patriotic spirit”
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2138704/foreword-hong-kongs-national-anthem-law-will-promote

Commentary (评论)

陳紹銘：口說關心劏房兒童 心中更愛高球權貴 (Carrie Lam claims to care about children living in sub-divided apartments, but she loves the golf-playing elites much more)
Inmediahk, March 26, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055984

Are loving China and the Communist Party the same thing? Hong Kong and Beijing each grapple with question
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2138802/are-loving-china-and-communist-party-same-thing-hong-kong

大學怪談﹕向大學派錢，錢往哪裏去了？(Tale of university: With all the resources allocating to Hong Kong universities, where does the money go?)
Mingpao, March 25, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180325/s00005/1521912848774

憲法是根本大法，還是一紙空文？(Is Constitution the cornerstone of state, or merely a piece of paper?)
Mingpao, March 25, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180325/s00005/1521912849866

Curating revolution
China File, March 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/books/curating-revolution

Guerrilla ideology
厉害了，中国之声
Deutsche Welle, March 22, 2018
EN: http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/03/26/guerrilla-ideology/
CH: https://goo.gl/fjtFEm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Detained Chinese lawyer “at risk of torture” in China's Jiangsu: rights group
律师要求见余文生再遭拒绝 家属在徐州遭全程监控
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/yuwensheng-torture-03222018150114.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-03222018101242.html

Xinjiang authorities targeting Uyghurs under 40 for re-education camps
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/1980-03222018155500.html

台湾李净瑜获签证将赴大陆探监 (Wife of Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che granted mainland entry to visit husband after many attempts)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-03222018114423.html

遭羁押的徐秦罪名又加“煽动颠覆国家政权罪” 不准会见 (Human rights activist Xu Qin charged with subversion and denied access to legal counsel)
Weiquanwang, March 22, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/03/blog-post_78.html

任全牛律师：甄江华被捕近7个月 律师要求会见 被告知仍处于指定监居 (Human rights activist Zhen Jianghua remains under residential surveillance at designated location for 7 months)
Weiquanwang, March 22, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/03/7.html

中国社科院发布司法透明度指数： 呈两极化，文书公开待完善 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Report on 2017 Rule of Law in China shows 60-point gap in judicial transparency extremes, Tibet High Court and Xinjiang Urumqi Intermediate Court at bottom)
The Paper, March 22, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2037308

Access to Information (信息公开)

国家新闻出版广电部门：网站不得擅自重新剪辑经典文艺作品 (SAPPRFT bans re-editing, re-dubbing, re-subtitling of classic and original audio and video programs)
Xinhua News Agency, March 22, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-03/22/c_1122577762.htm

Related:
China tightens scrutiny over online videos, bans illegal downloads and remakes
China Film Insider, March 22, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-tightens-scrutiny-online-videos-bans-illegal-downloads-remakes/

西藏网信办研究部署网络正能量传播工作 (Tibet Internet Information Office deploys online propaganda on “positive energy,” upholds principle of “Party controlling the media”)
Cyberspace Administration of China, March 20, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-03/20/c_1122563720.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Why are Shenzhen police regulating labor relations in the food delivery business?
China Labor Bulletin, March 23, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/why-are-shenzhen-police-regulating-labour-relations-food-delivery-business

U.N. rights experts urge China to provide care for rights lawyer
Reuters, March 23, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un/u-n-rights-experts-urge-china-to-provide-care-for-rights-lawyer-idUSKBN1GZ179

Related:
China: UN experts concerned about health of jailed rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
OHCHR, March 23, 2018
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22890&LangID=E

Shanghai orders citizens to give up their local residence rights if they have a foreign green card
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2138437/shanghai-orders-citizens-give-their-local-residence-rights-if

上班期间冲饮功夫茶 广东揭阳27名公职人员被处理 (27 public servants punished in Guangdong for drinking kung fu tea at work)
The Beijing News, March 22, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/03/22/480112.html

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

First China ambassador calls for calm in influence debate
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 22, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/first-china-ambassador-calls-for-calm-in-influence-debate-20180322-p4z5r0.html

China should prepare for military action over Taiwan: Chinese paper
Reuters, March 22, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-usa/china-should-prepare-for-military-action-over-taiwan-chinese-paper-idUSKBN1GY015

Hong Kong (香港)

JUST IN: Hong Kong gov’t announces HK$4,000 cash handouts to around 2.8 million eligible residents
Hong Kong Free Press, March 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/23/just-hong-kong-govt-announces-hk4000-cash-handouts-around-2-8-million-eligible-residents/

Court rejects activist Raphael Wong’s appeal to overturn Occupy jail sentence
Hong Kong Free Press, March 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/23/court-rejects-activist-raphael-wongs-appeal-overturn-occupy-jail-sentence/

Should Hong Kong’s national anthem law specify the responsibility of schools to teach the song?
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2138506/should-hong-kongs-national-anthem-law-specify-responsibility

Related:
數十團體聯署要求政府就《國歌法》立法進行公眾諮詢 (Dozens of groups launch signature campaign demanding public consultation of local legislation of National Anthem Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 23, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1387521-20180323.htm

Hong Kong police officer fired two gun shots to save stricken colleague’s life, Edward Leung riot trial hears
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2138477/hong-kong-police-officer-fired-two-gun-shots-save-stricken

Hong Kong’s new human trafficking action plan – a rhetorical maneuver or reason for hope?
Hong Kong Free Press, March 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/22/hong-kongs-new-human-trafficking-action-plan-rhetorical-manoeuvre-reason-hope/

【浸大炒工會主席】黃偉國評估表現「very good」學校話唔夠「outstanding」 (Baptist University refuses to renew contract with assistant professor Benson Wong claiming he is “very good” but not “outstanding”)
Inmediahk, March 22, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055922

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong justice seen to be done with two more foreign judges
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2138525/hong-kong-justice-seen-be-done-two-more-foreign-judges

各就各位 思想審查開步！ (On your marks and march toward censorship of thought!)
Mingpao, March 23, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180323/s00022/1521725153052

How democracy can survive big data
The New York Times, March 22, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/opinion/democracy-survive-data.html

Is democracy dying?
Foreign Policy, March 22, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/22/is-democracy-dying/

一個年代就在一個星期裏匆匆終結 (An era in Hong Kong ends with red capital replacing local capital, pro-establishment replacing pan-dems, and unification replacing diversification)
Mingpao, March 21, 2018
https://m.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180321/s00022/1521536966921

Nobody knows anything about China
Foreign Policy, March 21, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/nobody-knows-anything-about-china/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

余文生遭刑拘律师求见 国际特赦紧急救援 (Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng denied access to legal counsel under detention. Amnesty urges international community to take actions)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-03212018095915.html

Related:
China: Further information: Human rights lawyer detained incommunicado: Yu Wensheng
Amnesty International, March 21, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/8106/2018/en/

China gives Communist Party more control over policy and media
中国公布改革方案，加强党对文化外交等领域控制
The New York Times, March 21, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/world/asia/china-communist-party-xi-jinping.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180322/china-communist-party-xi-jinping/

（两会受权发布）第十三届全国人民代表大会第一次会议主席团关于《中华人民共和国宪法修正案（草案）》审议情况的报告 (Report of NPC Presidium on Constitutional amendments: Deputies unanimously endorse changes to Party leadership, term limits and Supervision Commission)
Xinhua News Agency, March 21, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-03/21/c_1122572188.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

When reform means tighter controls
China Media Project, March 22, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/03/22/when-reform-means-tighter-controls/

Australian critic of Beijing refused entry to China and deported
The Guardian, March 22, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/22/australian-critic-of-beijing-refused-entry-to-china-and-deported

Sensitive word of the week: King Sager
China Digital Times, March 21, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/03/sensitive-word-of-the-week-king-sager/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Separated Souls: Uyghur journalist’s unbreakable resolve to help her detained family
分离的灵魂：维族女记者帮助家人获释的坚定决心
Amnesty International, March 16, 2018
EN: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/uighur-journalists-unbreakable-resolve-to-help-detained-family/
CH: https://zh.amnesty.org/more-resources/uighur-journalists-resolve-help-detained-family/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s forced labor problem
The Diplomat, March 21, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/chinas-forced-labor-problem/

南京一公务员非法泄露他人信息82万余条，获刑四年 (Nanjing public servant sentenced to 4 years in prison for leaking 820,000 pieces of personal information)
Chinanews.com, March 21, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2036521

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Campaign targets Apple over privacy betrayal for Chinese iCloud users
Amnesty International, March 22, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/apple-privacy-betrayal-for-chinese-icloud-users/

China activists fear high-tech crackdown in Xi's “new era”
Agence France-Presse, March 21, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-activists-fear-high-tech-crackdown-in-xi-s--new-era--10063418

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

US lawmakers seek to force Confucius Institutes to register as foreign agents
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2138313/us-lawmakers-seek-force-confucius-institutes-register-foreign-agents

China’s Trojan Horse human rights resolution
The Diplomat, March 22, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/chinas-trojan-horse-human-rights-resolution/

It’s the mysterious department behind China’s growing influence across the globe. And it’s getting bigger
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2138196/its-mysterious-department-behind-chinas-growing

習近平：台獨「注定受到歷史懲罰」 台灣外交部：別國不該說三道四 (Xi Jinping claims Taiwan independence “destined to be punished by history”. Taiwan MFA refutes “other country shouldn’t make irresponsible remarks”.)
Local Press, March 21, 2018
http://www.localpresshk.com/2018/03/taiwan-independence-xi-jinping/

Related:
辽宁舰现身台湾海峡 台媒:解放军舰机绕台极大化 (China sails aircraft carrier through Taiwan Strait)
People’s Daily, March 22, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/gat/2018-03-22/doc-ifysnuae7316693.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Chief Exec. Carrie Lam hails “historic moment” as Hong Kong set to welcome first female judges to top court
Hong Kong Free Press, March 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/22/chief-exec-carrie-lam-hails-historic-moment-hong-kong-set-welcome-first-female-judges-top-court/

Hiring more ethnic minority staff a “win-win” scenario in Hong Kong workplaces, leaders say
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2138290/hiring-more-ethnic-minorities-win-win-scenario-hong-kong

Hong Kong launches action plan on human trafficking but critics say more must be done
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2138273/hong-kong-launches-action-plan-human-trafficking-critics

Hong Kong’s new top Basic Law official: the bureaucrat involved in drafting recent amendments to China’s constitution
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2138288/hong-kongs-new-top-basic-law-official-bureaucrat-who-drafted

Commentary (评论)

收威權政府三萬元的代價 (Price to pay for accepting 30,000 dollars from the authoritarian government)
Inmediahk, March 22, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055925

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese rights activists fearful as policeman takes charge of legal affairs
Reuters, March 21, 2018
https://goo.gl/ozEfPJ

Related:
Chinese dissident and official trade barbs at UN human rights meeting
The Guardian, March 20, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/20/chinese-dissident-and-official-trade-barbs-at-un-human-rights-meeting

China sets up state monitoring agency with sweeping powers to detain
新《国家监察法》威胁中国基本人权
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/powers-03202018151434.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-03202018105808.html

Tibetan man detained after villagers protest Chinese mine plans
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/mine-03202018170709.html

陕西安康一男子篡改歌曲讥讽交警并发到微信群，被行政拘留 (Shaanxi man detained for remixing a song to satirize police in WeChat)
The Paper, March 20, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2035367

西安网警：一公众号发文歪曲事实损害警察形象，两人被罚款 (Xi’an public account administrator fined for publishing article that “damages” police image)
The Paper, March 20, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2034855

Access to Information (信息公开)

A Beijing bookstore where George Washington is on the shelves
一家門口掛著《獨立宣言》的北京書店
The New York Times, March 20, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/world/asia/beijing-bookstore-allsages.html
CH: https://goo.gl/dLjvjJ

今天起，电影管理工作划入中共中央宣传部 (Publicity Department of Communist Party to oversee China’s film sector)
Chinafilm.com, March 20, 2018
http://www.chinafilm.com/xyfx/4136.jhtml

Related:
China tightens grip on media with regulator reshuffle: Communist Party document
Reuters, March 21, 2018
https://goo.gl/s2pwDt

China approves giant propaganda machine to improve global image
Bloomberg, March 20, 2018
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-20/china-to-open-manufacturing-cut-tariffs-and-taxes-premier-says

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Professor accused of sexual abuse to resign, says University
Sixthtone, March 21, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001927/Professor%20Accused%20of%20Sexual%20Abuse%20to%20Resign,%20Says%20University

Tibet and India’s China policy
The Diplomat, March 20, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/tibet-and-indias-china-policy/

Xi Jinping: How China's president got ahead, in hats
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 20, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43480624

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Yunnan to open first Biobank for ethnic minorities
Sixthtone, March 21, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001937/Yunnan%20to%20Open%20First%20Biobank%20for%20Ethnic%20Minorities

闯红灯，个人信息被当场曝光！网友吵翻，交警回应… (Shenzhen police release jaywalkers’ photos and personal information online, netizens debate right to privacy versus public safety)
China Youth Online, March 20, 2018
http://news.cyol.com/content/2018-03/20/content_17035552.htm

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

China trials unmanned tanks in latest modernization push
Reuters, March 21, 2018
https://goo.gl/ye9AGS

Xi Jinping tries to rally support for Chinese dream in nationalist speech
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2138112/xi-jinping-tries-rally-support-chinese-dream

Related:
China sends carrier through Taiwan Strait after Xi Jinping warning against separatism
Reuters, March 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2138165/china-sends-carrier-through-taiwan-strait-after-xi

We are helping, not infiltrating other countries, says Chinese premier
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 20, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/we-are-helping-not-infiltrating-other-countries-says-chinese-premier-20180320-p4z5b0.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Exco member Regina Ip upstages new lawmakers by chanting slogans at Legco swearing-in
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2138145/exco-member-regina-ip-upstages-new-lawmakers-chanting

Related:
Advocates of ending “one-party dictatorship” cannot serve in Hong Kong legislature, says Chinese official in Macau
Hong Kong Free Press, March 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/20/advocates-ending-one-party-dictatorship-cannot-serve-hong-kong-legislature-says-chinese-official-macau/

Hong Kong’s top court clears the way for 13 land protesters to appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, March 21, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/21/hong-kongs-top-court-clears-way-13-land-protesters-appeal/

林鄭出席黨慶捐3萬 民主黨尹兆堅：不滿施政就拒邀請是極端 (Carrie Lam donates 30k to Democratic Party’s Gala, leader says “it would be too extreme" not to invite her)
Inmedia, March 21, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055904

66 per cent discount on land fees for Hong Kong’s elite sports clubs draws fire, but minister defends plan
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2138177/66-cent-discount-land-fees-hong-kongs-elite-sports-clubs

Commentary (评论)

一黨專政 (One Party dictatorship)
Mingpao, March 21, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180321/s00022/1521563522911

補選後的香港民主派統合困局 (The political quagmire of Hong Kong's democratic camp post by-election)
The Initium, March 21, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180321-opinion-mangok-311-hong-kong/

What the West doesn’t get about Xi Jinping
西方世界沒有讀懂習近平
The New York Times, March 20, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/opinion/xi-jinping-china-west.html
CH: https://goo.gl/L7gzZB/

China: New Supervision Law a systemic threat to human rights
Amnesty International, March 20, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/china-new-supervision-law-threat-to-human-rights/

Xi Jinping: How China's president got ahead, in hats
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 20, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43480624

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Xi Jinping tells parliament China must not be complacent
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 20, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43466685

最高法：案件当事人婚姻登记等信息被纳入查询范围 (Supreme People’s Court and Ministry of Civil Affairs to share social credit information including marriage status, social organization registration, individual income, and a “blacklist of dishonest people or groups”)
The Paper, March 19, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2033629

专访：用李明哲案件恐吓整个台湾 (China use Lee Ming-Che case to scary Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, March 19, 2018
https://goo.gl/1uPXmg

Xinjiang authorities up detentions in Uyghur majority areas of Ghulja city
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detentions-03192018151252.html

China improves social credit system
Xinhua News Agency, March 19, 2018
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201803/19/WS5aafcebea3106e7dcc14292d.html

浙江发布首起对编外人员使用监察留置措施案件 (Zhejiang Provincial Supervision Commission unprecedentedly “retains in custody” (liuzhi) a worker who is neither a Party member nor public servant)
Xinhua News Agency, March 16, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2018-03/16/c_1122548541.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Soldiers put on social credit blacklist for leaving service
Sixth Tone, March 19, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001938/Soldiers%20Put%20on%20Social%20Credit%20Blacklist%20for%20Leaving%20Service

India: Chinese hackers spying on Indians using WhatsApp, warns army
Deutsche Welle, March 19, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/india-chinese-hackers-spying-on-indians-using-whatsapp-warns-army/a-43042013

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Detained Chinese environmental worker released after public outcry
环保人士调研广东信宜非法开采排污遭拘留
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/release-03192018105728.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ql1-03192018103305.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Five important takeaways from China’s national people’s congress
The New York Times, March 19, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/world/asia/china-national-peoples-congress-xi-jinping.html

China's radical plan to limit the populations of Beijing and Shanghai
The Guardian, March 19, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/19/plan-big-city-disease-populations-fall-beijing-shanghai

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

Xi Jinping warns he is ready to “fight bloody battles” against China's enemies
The Guardian, March 20, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/20/xi-jinping-warns-fight-bloody-battles-chinas-enemies

The Taiwan travel act in context
The Diplomat, March 19, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/the-taiwan-travel-act-in-context/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hongkongers may be barred from elections over “end one-party dictatorship” slogans, says top Beijing delegate
Hong Kong Free Press, March 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/20/hongkongers-may-barred-elections-end-one-party-dictatorship-slogan-says-top-beijing-delegate/

Related:
Hong Kong election disqualification for those who lobby against one-party rule a “betrayal” to city values
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137916/hong-kong-election-disqualification-those-who-lobby-against

Hong Kong’s Chinese national anthem law “shouldn’t include rule for schools”, legal scholar says
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137863/schools-clause-national-anthem-bill-will-undermine-law-warns

Related:
Insult China’s national anthem at your peril
Human Rights Watch, March 19, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/19/insult-chinas-national-anthem-your-peril

年輕大狀陳偉彥：大律師本應無畏無懼 (Young Barrister Joe Chan says “Barrister should be fearless”)
Standnews, March 19, 2018
https://goo.gl/6sFjNA

Two Hong Kong activists admit roles in anti-Beijing protest, where crowds thronged liaison office and charged at officers
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2137923/two-hong-kong-activists-admit-roles-anti-beijing-protest

Commentary (评论)

The voters speak, and surprise: Democrats no longer do “better than expected”
Hong Kong Free Press, March 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/20/voters-speak-surprise-democrats-no-longer-better-expected/

習近平會做「終身領導人」嗎? (Will Xi rule for life?)
The New York Times, March 20, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180320/deng-yuwen-forever-xi-jinping/zh-hant/

Xi reforms will tighten his control over China
中國通過機構改革加強行政管控
Financial Times, March 19, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/bf2a315a-2b6b-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381
CH: http://big5.ftchinese.com/story/001076807

Access to Justice (司法公正)

When China’s top lawmakers don’t go by the Communist Party’s playbook
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137742/when-chinas-top-lawmakers-dont-go-communist-partys

中國即將通過國家監察法 紀委「雙規」將合法化 (China to pass Supervision Law, legalizing detention of party members during investigation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 19, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-43451802

China anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan named Xi Jinping's deputy
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 17, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43440877

Related:
Surprise choice for China’s new anti-graft watchdog signals Communist Party’s authority over the state
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137735/yang-xiaodu-surprise-choice-head-chinas-new-powerful

Detained Chinese rights group spokeswoman denied visit from defense lawyer
人权斗士徐秦被监视居住 律师会见遭拒
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/spokeswoman-isolation-03162018164533.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-03162018103211.html

中國網絡安全法：外企為何抱有疑慮? (Why foreign enterprises worry about the China's Cybersecurity Law?)
Financial Times, March 16, 2018
http://big5.ftchinese.com/story/001076746

多部门：适当限制特定严重失信人乘坐民航火车，5月起实施 (Multiple departments issue opinions on restricting “seriously untrustworthy people” from travelling on trains and planes)
Chinanews.com, March 16, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2031193

China steps up pressure on dissidents who oppose changes to constitution
广东维权人士接受外媒采访被警方警告
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pressure-03162018151240.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-03162018103356.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China propaganda kicks into overdrive as “helmsman” Xi re-anointed president
Reuters, March 18, 2018
https://goo.gl/4d4AM3

Digital protectionism and national security
Financial Times, March 17, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/112e233c-2912-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0

How a viral eye roll broke the silence on China's heavily censored web
Global Voices, March 16, 2018
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2018/03/17/how-a-viral-eye-roll-broke-the-silence-on-chinas-heavily-censored-web/

最高法网络公开审判流程信息新规解读：杜绝“选择性公开” (Supreme People’s Court issues regulations to prohibit “selective” disclosure of judicial process information online)
China Court, March 16, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2031366

2017年四季度9省份名义GDP负增长 (9 provinces record negative nominal GDP growth in Q4 2017, likely resulting from correction of false data)
Nikkei, March 16, 2018
http://cn.nikkei.com/china/ceconomy/29646-2018-03-16-08-58-45.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Made-in-China halal: Online discussions on “Halalification”
What’s on Weibo, March 17, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/made-in-china-halal-online-discussions-on-halalification/

Young China: How the restless generation will change their country and the world
China File, March 16, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/books/young-china

Related:
異鄉人——竺晶瑩：從「盛世」中出走，那些與我同行的中國年輕人 (The Stranger: Story of young Chinese and I who exit from a “Golden Age” China)
The Initium, March 16, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180316-strangers-sandi/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Why ghost marriages live on in rural China
Sixth Tone, March 19, 2018
http://bit.ly/2ppmdLi

China widens Xi's corruption crackdown
Agence France-Presse, March 18, 2018
https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/china-widens-xis-corruption-crackdown-doc-12m7op1

China has new three-year plan to clean up environment, minister says
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137666/china-has-new-three-year-plan-clean-environment

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s new frontiers in dystopian tech
The Atlantic, March 18, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/big-in-china-machines-that-scan-your-face/554075/

Deleted, suspended, demoted: Censorship, Silicon Valley-style
Al Jazeera, March 18, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2018/03/deleted-suspended-demoted-censorship-silicon-valley-style-180317111051502.html

工业和信息化部关于做好电信业务经营不良名单和失信名单管理工作的通知 (MIIT: New credit system for telecommunications industry will blacklist/expose harmful, dishonest companies)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, March 16, 2018
http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146285/n1146352/n3054355/n3057709/n3057714/c6088105/content.html

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

China urges US to “correct mistake” on Taiwan
Agence France-Presse, March 18, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/18/china-urges-us-to-correct-mistake-on-taiwan

Prague opened the door to Chinese influence. Now it may need to change course.
Foreign Policy, March 16, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/16/prague-to-czech-chinese-influence-cefc-energy-communist-party/

Related:
“We Are Chinese”: How China is influencing Sierra Leone’s presidential election
The Diplomat, March 16, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/we-are-chinese-how-china-is-influencing-sierra-leones-presidential-election/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s proposed national anthem law deviates from common law norms, says legal scholar
Hong Kong Free Press, March 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/19/hong-kongs-proposed-national-anthem-law-deviates-common-law-norms-says-legal-scholar/

Related:
No need for formal consultation over law against national anthem abuse, says Hong Kong leader
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137650/no-need-formal-consultation-over-law-against-national-anthem

專訪余英時 拒絕變順民 寄語港人：不要放棄 (Renowned Sinologist Yu Ying-shin encourages HongKongers to never give up and become docile people)
Apple Daily, March 18, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/wonder/realtime/article/20180318/57946191

最年長被告 周樹榮：公民抗命就係無畏無懼 (Oldest defender in anti-NPC interpretation protest says civil disobedience means being fearless)
Inmediahk, March 18, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055839

Hongkongers who lobby for end to “one-party dictatorship” run risk of election disqualification, top Beijing delegate warns
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137638/hongkongers-who-urge-end-one-party-dictatorship-run-risk

Commentary (评论)

Never mind the partisan labels: the real loser of Hong Kong’s by-elections was our political system
Hong Kong Free Press, March 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/19/never-mind-partisan-labels-real-loser-hong-kongs-elections-political-system/

Youth commissions? Hong Kong should stop prosecuting and disqualifying young people to regain their trust
Hong Kong Free Press, March 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/18/youth-commissions-hong-kong-stop-prosecuting-disqualifying-young-people-regain-trust/

Xi’s indefinite grasp on power has finally captured the West’s attention – now what?
The Conversation, March 16, 2018
https://theconversation.com/xis-indefinite-grasp-on-power-has-finally-captured-the-wests-attention-now-what-92721

Human rights are not enough
The Nation, March 16, 2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/human-rights-are-not-enough/

Policy analysis on China’s civil society organizations
China-Europe Association for Civil Rights, March 15, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/analysis/policy-analysis-chinas-civil-society-organizations

Access to Justice (司法公正)

When Xi speaks, Chinese officials jump. Maybe too high.
The New York Times, March 16, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-power.html

New China “crime” crackdown targets threats to party rule
Associated Press, March 15, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/new-china-crime-crackdown-targets-threats-to-party-rule/4301254.html

709案代理律师李昱函被起诉 (Rights lawyer and 709 Crackdown legal counsel Li Yuhan officially charged)
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-03152018114321.html

哥哥拘押中死亡 广东张唯楚找工作受阻 (Guangdong police warns local company not to hire woman who demands justice for bother died under detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-03152018114044.html

代表热议贯彻落实全面依法治国基本方略, 党的领导是深化依法治国实践主心骨 (NPC deputies stress Party leadership as pillar of “intensifying governing the country by law”)
Legal Daily, March 15, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/15/content_7497575.htm

全国政协十三届一次会议共收到提案5360件, 发展社会主义民主政治方面建议反映比较集中 (CPPCC concludes with 5,360 proposals received, most focus on developing “socialist democracy” and “enhancing comprehensive Party leadership”)
Legal Daily, March 15, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/15/content_7497572.htm

Related:
China Focus: China's top political advisory body concludes annual session, stressing CPC leadership
Xinhua News Agency, March 15, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/15/c_137041743.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China says political education for students now back on track
Reuters, March 16, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-education/china-says-political-education-for-students-now-back-on-track-idUSKCN1GS0DI

In Pictures: An eye-roll goes viral in China, as censors put a lid on it
Agence France-Presse, March 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/15/pictures-eye-roll-goes-viral-china-censors-put-lid/

A bar street falls quiet as Beijing puts a limit on foreigners
北京加強管控，酒吧被要求限制外國顧客人數
The New York Times, March 15, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/world/asia/china-beijing-foreigners.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180316/china-beijing-foreigners/zh-hant/

Guns for hire: China’s social media militia engage on command
Sixthtone, March 12, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001904/guns-for-hire-chinas-social-media-militia-engage-on-command

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Ethnic Uyghurs protest Chinese security crackdown
Associated Press, March 16, 2018
https://apnews.com/7817b44ef57641d8a36cd1fe17a1e379

Chinese protest removal of presidential term limits outside China
北加州华人集会抗议习近平修宪终身执政
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/removal-03152018144934.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ck-03152018094024.html/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Will Wang Qishan’s new job become a problem for the Communist Party?
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137398/will-wang-qishans-new-job-become-problem-communist

聚焦监察法草案：留置调查措施不是刑事强制措施 (China Discipline Inspection Daily: “Retention in custody” (liuzhi) not a criminal coercive measure, investigation will abide by constitution and “utilize” Party rules)
China Discipline Inspection Daily, March 15, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2029456

China’s peasants left for the cities to seek their fortune, and it made them miserable
The Washington Post, March 15, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/15/chinas-peasants-left-for-the-cities-to-seek-their-fortune-and-it-made-them-miserable/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

以法为鉴 浙江首个互联网+失信联动惩戒平台上线 (Zhejiang launches first online credit information sharing and punishing platform)
Chinanews.com, March 16, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0316/c1001-29871491.html

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

Chinese hackers accused of targeting US defense firms linked to South China Sea
Bloomberg, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2137496/chinese-hackers-accused-targeting-us-defence-firms

Petition campaign sparked by Chinese reporter’s dramatic eye roll demands probe of US broadcaster’s Communist Party ties
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2137428/petition-campaign-sparked-chinese-reporters-dramatic-eye-roll

Chinese students blacklisted for refusing to carry out compulsory military training
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2137469/chinese-students-blacklisted-refusing-carry-out-compulsory

Hong Kong (香港)

港府提建議 侮辱國歌最高監禁3年 (SAR gov suggests up to 3 years imprisonment for insulting Chinese national anthem)
Central News Agency, March 16, 2018
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/201803160203-1.aspx

No interim ban against Hong Kong by-election winner being sworn in
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2137432/no-interim-ban-against-hong-kong-election-winner-being

Related:
Defeated by-election candidate Edward Yiu says he may run in 2019 District Council elections
Hong Kong Free Press, March 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/16/defeated-election-candidate-edward-yiu-says-may-run-2019-district-council-elections/

UK warns of increasing Beijing pressure on Hong Kong after activist jailings and ousting of lawmakers
Agence France-Presse, March 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/16/uk-warns-increasing-beijing-pressure-hong-kong-activist-jailings-ousting-lawmakers/

Related:
外交部駐港特派員公署促英方 停止對香港事務說三道四 (Office of the Commissioner of  MFA urges UK to stop making random and irresponsible remarks on HK issues)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 15, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1386095-20180315.htm

Hong Kong gov’t ignored 723 hectares of brownfield land that could be used for 84,000 flats, say researchers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/16/hong-kong-govt-ignored-723-hectares-brownfield-land-used-84000-flats-say-researchers/

City of sadness? Hong Kong drops five spots to 76th in UN World Happiness Report
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/15/city-sadness-hong-kong-drops-five-spots-76th-un-world-happiness-report/

Commentary (评论)

香港保守主義的反挫與部落政治的宿命 (The counterblow of Hong Kong conservatism and the loop of tribal politics)
The Initium, March 16, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180316-opinion-anderson-311/

Hong Kong must stop clinging to the fiction of racial superiority and treat foreign domestic helpers with respect
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2137310/hong-kong-must-stop-clinging-fiction-racial-superiority-and

Xi Jinping and China's return to one-man rule
The Diplomat, March 15, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/xi-jinping-and-chinas-return-to-one-man-rule/

Campaign of forced evictions in Beijing contravenes international human rights standards
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, March 14, 2018
https://www.cecc.gov/publications/commission-analysis/campaign-of-forced-evictions-in-beijing-contravenes-international

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese crackdown separates Pakistani husbands from Uyghur wives
The Guardian, March 15, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/chinese-crackdown-separates-pakistani-husbands-from-uighur-wives

Related:
Uyghur teenager dies in custody at political re-education camp
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/teenager-03142018154926.html/

国务院办公厅关于印发国务院2018年立法工作计划的通知 (Draft legislations to be forwarded by State Council to NPC Standing Committee for review in 2018: Regulations of Internet Protection of Minors, draft Encryption Law, Regulations on Registration and Administration of Social Organizations, revised Regulations on Open Government Information)
Central People’s Government, March 14, 2018
http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2018-03/14/content_5274006.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

文艺界政协委员探讨影视剧如何讲好中国故事 (CPPCC member from field of art and literature: ”Our films, TV dramas should go to Europe and America” to spread “socialist core values”)
China Youth Daily, March 14, 2018
http://news.cyol.com/content/2018-03/14/content_17021134.htm

被控传播非法信息 新疆8名维族哈族网民被刑拘 (Xinjiang cirminally detains 8 Uyghurs and Kazakhs for allegedly spreading “illegal information”)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-03142018103102.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Guangdong workers show once again how collective bargaining should be done
China Labor Bulletin, March 14, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/guangdong-workers-show-once-again-how-collective-bargaining-should-be-done

中国曹顺利人权团队部分人权捍卫者上街举牌纪念曹顺利被迫害致死4周年 要求联合国彻查曹顺利死亡真相 (Human rights defenders hold placards to commemorate Cao Shunli, demand UN investigation)
Weiquanwang, March 14, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/03/4.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

How a new health commission could help reduce smoking in China
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2137208/how-new-health-commission-could-help-reduce-smoking-china

As the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders turns 20, China wages a multi-pronged attack on rights defenders
China Change, March 14, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/03/14/as-the-un-declaration-on-human-rights-defenders-turns-20-china-wages-a-multi-pronged-attack-on-rights-defenders/

China tells Vatican it's fighting illegal organ transplants
Associated Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/03/14/world/europe/ap-eu-rel-vatican-china-organs.html

Wang Yang: the “down-to-earth liberal” taking on China’s top advisory job
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137217/wang-yang-down-earth-liberal-taking-chinas-top-advisory

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alibaba says future of e-commerce to be more personalized
Xinhua News Agency, March 15, 2018
http://english.sina.com/buz/b/2018-03-15/detail-ifyshrst9571946.shtml

WeChat joins list of Chinese technology banned by overseas militaries on security worries
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2137232/wechat-joins-list-chinese-technology-banned-overseas-militaries

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

Is Beijing planning to take Taiwan back ... by force?
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137259/beijing-planning-take-taiwan-back-force

指中國無聲侵略 新書出版曾受阻 澳教授：澳洲人是時候發聲 (Clive Hamilton calls Australian to speak out against Chinese influence at book launch)
Stand News, March 14, 2018
http://bit.ly/2DsQOMm

China’s domestic security spending: An analysis of available data
The Jamestown Foundation, March 12, 2018
https://jamestown.org/program/chinas-domestic-security-spending-analysis-available-data/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's judges voice fears over China influence in judiciary
Reuters, March 15, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-law/hong-kongs-judges-voice-fears-over-china-influence-in-judiciary-idUSKCN1GR0LD

「投2號」可拿民建聯福袋？ 民協區議員獲錄音 指或違選舉舞弊條例 (“Those who vote for No.2 can get a DAB gift pack”, pro-Beijing party accused of by-election fraud)
Stand News, March 15, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Gtmoww

Related:
Hong Kong voters are rational and by-election result was expected, says Beijing’s former top man in city Wang Guangya
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2137151/hong-kong-voters-are-rational-and-election-result-was

Ex-Hong Kong leaders Tung Chee-hwa and CY Leung chosen as vice-chairs of China’s top advisory body again
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/15/ex-hong-kong-leaders-tung-chee-hwa-cy-leung-chosen-vice-chairs-chinas-top-advisory-body/

Activist Agnes Chow indicates she may challenge decision to bar her from by-election
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/activist-agnes-chow-indicates-may-challenge-decision-bar-election/

“She didn’t even let me enter”: 1 in 4 kindergartens unfriendly towards ethnic minority students, survey finds
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/didnt-even-let-enter-1-4-kindergartens-unfriendly-towards-ethnic-minority-students-survey-finds/

I find Xi Jinping “more and more charismatic and admirable”, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/i-find-xi-jinping-charismatic-admirable-says-hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam/

Commentary (评论)

取消國家主席任期限制的論述偏向 (Deviated angle in reporting Xi removing term limits)
Mingpao, March 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180315/s00012/1521050282593

Liberals had high hopes for the Chinese constitution – then came the ultimate insult
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/15/liberals-high-hopes-chinese-constitution-came-ultimate-insult/

Were the by-election results a “stunning defeat” for Hong Kong’s democrats? Not quite
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/14/election-results-stunning-defeat-democrats-not-quite/

Related:
Hong Kong’s pan-democrats might find their missing by-election voters among indifferent young people
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2137123/hong-kongs-pan-democrats-might-find-their-missing-election

What is it like to be Black in China?
Inkstone, March 14, 2018
https://www.inkstonenews.com/opinion/black-panther-what-it-be-black-china/article/2136990

Congressional-Executive Commission on China 2017 Annual Report
2017 年年度报告执行摘要中文译文
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, March 14, 2018
EN: https://www.cecc.gov/publications/annual-reports/2017-annual-report
CH: https://www.cecc.gov/publications/annual-reports/2017-annual-report-executive-summary-chinese-translation-2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China unveils superagencies to fight pollution and other threats to party rule
习近平宣布建立超级机构，应对三大潜在威胁
The New York Times, March 13, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-congress-pollution-corruption.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180314/china-xi-jinping-congress-pollution-corruption/

Related:
关于《中华人民共和国监察法(草案)》的说明 (Statement of the Supervision Law of PRC (Draft))
Xinhua News Agency, March 13, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2018-03-13/doc-ifysfrty0686350.shtml

司法部官员指称吊照律师“害群之马” 遭谴责 (Ministry of Justice slammed for calling rights lawyers “black sheep”)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-03132018120134.html

Tibetan monk released after serving 10-year prison term, two others detained
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-03132018162710.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China dragoons viewers to make pro-Xi film a blockbuster
Agence France-Presse, March 14, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/lifestyle/china-dragoons-viewers-to-make-pro-xi-film-a-blockbuster-10041904

习近平欲为文革翻案？解读新版历史教科书争议 (Is Xi trying to reverse the verdict of Cultural Revolution? Interpreting the new history textbook controversy)
The New York Times, March 14, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180314/song-yongyi-china-textbook/

A reporter rolled her eyes, and China’s Internet broke
史诗级白眼：两会记者夸张表情引爆中国互联网
The New York Times, March 13, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/world/asia/china-eye-roll-liang-xiangyi.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180314/china-eye-roll-liang-xiangyi/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chen Jianfang & Li Xiaoling named 2018 recipients of Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 14, 2018
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/03/chen-jianfang-li-xiaoling-named-2018-csl-award/

山西大学出现抗习海报 成境内首间与海外留学生连线高校 (Anti-Xi posters appear in Shanxi University amid global #NotMyPresident campaign)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xi-03132018085728.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

关于国务院机构改革方案的说明 (State Council sets up new Ministry of Culture and Tourism and State Administration of Radio and TV, both tasked with “implementing party propaganda policies”)
Xinhua News Agency, March 14, 2018
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-03/14/content_5273856.htm

China puts an end to its notorious one-child policy enforcer
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137094/china-puts-end-its-notorious-one-child-policy-enforcer

China plans new competition, food watchdog in government revamp
Reuters, March 13, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-competition/china-plans-new-competition-food-watchdog-in-government-revamp-idUSKCN1GP1JC

New immigration bureau set up to handle growing number of foreigners in China
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137058/new-immigration-bureau-set-handle-growing-number

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

王士岭代表：建议全民开展国际公德教育，建立个人信用档案 (15 NPC deputies propose nationwide international social ethics education to raise international laws awareness, build performance-based individual credit files)
The Paper, March 13, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2027703

China delaying reports of software loopholes so intelligence agency can exploit them, researchers find
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/13/china-delaying-reports-software-loopholes-intelligence-agency-can-exploit-researchers-find/

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

Xinjiang official vows to continue “intense” campaign against separatists
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137061/xinjiang-official-vows-continue-intense-campaign

Fear of China scuttles deal that didn't involve China
Wired, March 13, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/fear-of-china-scuttles-deal-that-didnt-involve-china/

China launches mega aid agency in big shift from recipient to donor
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2137036/china-launches-mega-aid-agency-big-shift-recipient

Why China spends huge amounts on internal security
Inkstone, March 13, 2018
https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/how-much-china-spends-internal-security/article/2136970

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