Commentary (评论)

In Translation: When does a China tech firm’s corporate apology become a political “confession”?
Hong Kong Free Press, April 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/17/translation-china-tech-firms-corporate-apology-become-political-confession/

23條立法 林太最大任務？ (Is enacting Article 23 Carrie Lam's greatest mission?)
Mingpao, April 17, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180417/s00022/1523884658924

Has Xi Jinping changed China? Not really
China File, April 16, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/has-xi-jinping-changed-china-not-really

The Chinese dissident who wrote in blood
The Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chinese-dissident-who-wrote-in-blood-1523634068

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s Xi Jinping says he is opposed to life-long rule
Financial Times, April 16, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/2b449400-413a-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b

AP Exclusive: Jailed Chinese pastor’s US family seeks mercy
Associated Press, April 16, 2018
https://apnews.com/5f100e3346814ad28caf2ff2ec1a554c

湖北男子不满被贴罚单发朋友圈辱骂交警，被拘5日 (Hubei man detained 5 days for posting ticket on WeChat and insulting traffic police)
Chutian Metropolis Daily WeChat Public Account, April 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2075139

Access to Information (信息公开)

“I am gay, not a pervert”: Furor erupts in China as Sina Weibo bans gay content
微博清理同性恋相关内容引发网友抗议
The New York Times, April 15, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/world/asia/china-gay-ban-sina-weibo-.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180416/china-gay-ban-sina-weibo-/

Asia’s bastion of free speech? Move aside, Hong Kong, it’s Taiwan now.
台湾取代香港成亚洲言论自由新堡垒
The New York Times, April 14, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/world/asia/china-taiwan-hong-kong-free-speech.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20180416/china-taiwan-hong-kong-free-speech/

抖音发布处罚通告：3月份永久封禁15234个账号 (In March, Douyin permanently shuts down 15,234 accounts with “illegal” content, such as pornography, vulgarity, rumor, Bitcoin)
Douyin, April 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2073928

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Are China’s university lecturers exploiting their traditional “godfatherly” roles to abuse students?
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2141772/are-chinas-university-lecturers-exploiting-their-traditional

First foreign NGO de-registers in China
China File, April 13, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/latest/first-foreign-ngo-de-registers-china

Related:
Guangdong gives awards to foreign NGOs
China File, April 13, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/latest/guangdong-gives-awards-foreign-ngos

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ex-chairman of China's insurance regulator has been formally charged - top prosecutor
中国检察机关对保监会原主席项俊波涉嫌受贿案提起公诉--最高检
Reuters, April 16, 2018
EN: https://www.reuters.com/article/china-corruption/ex-chairman-of-chinas-insurance-regulator-has-been-formally-charged-top-prosecutor-idUSB9N1JZ027
CH: https://cn.reuters.com/article/former-insurance-regulator-head-xiang-04-idCNKBS1HN0SA

China’s military veterans ministry opens after pension protests
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2141894/chinas-military-veterans-ministry-opens-after-pension

“Too busy, too much pressure”: an ageing China and the erosion of filial piety
Hong Kong Free Press, April 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/15/busy-much-pressure-ageing-china-erosion-filial-piety/

江苏公安民警依法履职免责标准出炉：不得以舆论炒作等追责 (Jiangsu Province Public Security Department drafts rules granting police impunity during “legitimate law enforcement”. Public opinion, petition, administrative reconsideration and lawsuit shall not hold officers accountable)
Cpd.com.cn, April 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2071191

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The billion-dollar, Alibaba-backed AI company that’s quietly watching people in China
Quartz, April 16, 2018
https://qz.com/1248493/sensetime-the-billion-dollar-alibaba-backed-ai-company-thats-quietly-watching-everyone-in-china/

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

China launches bilingual website to report foreign spies and thwart bids to “overthrow the socialist system”
Agence France-Presse, April 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/16/china-launches-bilingual-website-report-foreign-spies-thwart-bids-overthrow-socialist-system/

学生参与国家安全教育情况纳入档案，构建完善国家安全教育内容体系 (Ministry of Education to revise text books, curriculums to enhance national security education. Records will be put into students’ file as important reference for award evaluation)
Xinhua News Agency, April 13, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/13/content_7520798.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Activist Raphael Wong completes Umbrella Movement prison sentence; released on bail ahead of land protest appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, April 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/16/activist-raphael-wong-completes-umbrella-movement-prison-sentence-released-bail-ahead-land-protest-appeal/

Related:
Mong Kok unrest: Riot trial for Localist Edward Leung and four others to proceed as prosecution closes case
Hong Kong Free Press, April 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/16/mong-kok-unrest-riot-trial-localist-edward-leung-four-others-proceed-prosecution-closes-case/

Living in subdivided flats that nobody wants – the grim struggle to find a home for Hong Kong’s poorer ethnic minorities
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2141793/living-subdivided-flats-nobody-wants-grim-struggle-find

Hong Kong is “only place in the world without national security law”, liaison office chief says
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141777/hong-kong-only-city-world-without-national-security-law

Related:
內地移民斥港府一手造成 10年前融入無困難 (Mainland migrant slams SAR government for creating conflict China and Hong Kong)
Apple Daily, April 15, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180415/58070240

港支联会“毋忘六四”29年长跑 坚持结束一党专政 (HK Alliance holds jogging event in memory of June Fourth, urging to end one-party dictatorship)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-04152018162811.html

Commentary (评论)

As Hong Kong’s crackdown on dissent continues, is independence the secret dream in many hearts?
Hong Kong Free Press, April 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/16/crackdown-dissent-continues-independence-secret-dream-many-hearts/

CY’s legal barrage: why does it not include the newspapers which started the whole thing?
Hong Kong Free Press, April 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/15/cys-legal-barrage-not-include-newspapers-started-whole-thing/

Carrot & stick: How Beijing controls its diaspora
China Digital Times, April 14, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/04/carrot-stick-how-beijing-controls-its-diaspora/

China: End conversion therapy in medical settings
中国：停止医疗机构进行转化治疗
Human Rights Watch, April 14, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/11/14/china-end-conversion-therapy-medical-settings
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2017/11/14/311404

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Uyghur father of two dies after falling ill in Xinjiang re-education camp
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/father-04122018153525.html

Freedom for five men who say they were tortured into confessing
Sixth Tone, April 12, 2018
https://bit.ly/2IOKyl6

Access to Information (信息公开)

Horns honk, and censors in China get a headache
内涵段子被封杀，开车鸣笛也有可能惹麻烦
The New York Times, April 12, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/business/china-bytedance-duanzi-censor.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180413/china-bytedance-duanzi-censor/

Related:
全国扫黄打非办要求网络直播坚持正确导向，直播平台不得出现淫秽色情等不良内容 (National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications meets with 18 live-streaming, short video platforms demanding “content security” and strengthened content review)
Legal Daily, April 12, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/12/content_7519778.htm

网民微信称“习皇”被警拘 人民网“不忘反个人崇拜”文被删 (Netizen detained for calling Xi Jinping “Emperor Xi”. Article warning cult of personality censored on mouthpiece website)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-04122018105731.html

Related:
聂辰席：各级广播电视部门机构要把宪法宣传教育作为重大主题 (SART requires radio and TV organizations to push propaganda of Constitution, “unswervingly safeguard authorities and centralized leadership of Party Central with Xi Jinping as core”)
Chinaxwcb.com, April 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2071945

New target for China’s censors: Content driven by artificial intelligence
中国审查触角伸向AI内容生产
The Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2018
EN: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-target-for-chinas-censors-content-driven-by-artificial-intelligence-1523446234
CH: https://cn.wsj.com/articles/CN-TEC-20180412120513

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

A six-day strike in Shanghai caused by a $110 pay cut – collective action by sanitation workers in China’s “New Era” of stability maintenance
China Change, April 13, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/04/13/a-six-day-strike-in-shanghai-caused-by-a-110-pay-cut-collective-action-by-sanitation-workers-in-chinas-new-era-of-stability-maintenance/

Workers at Flex in Zhuhai enter third week of strike over ownership change
China Labor Bulletin, April 12, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/workers-flex-zhuhai-enter-third-week-strike-over-ownership-change

安徽省芜湖市经开区万春街道办事处张拐社区村民举报基层腐败 (Villagers in Anhui accuse local party officials of corruption)
Weiquanwang, April 12, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/blog-post_15.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua, missing for 15 months since vanishing in Hong Kong, “could face trial by June”
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2141462/chinese-tycoon-xiao-jianhua-missing-15-months-vanishing-hong-kong

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

Xi reviews Navy might in contested waters of South China Sea
The Sydney Morning Herald, April 13, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/xi-reviews-navy-might-in-contested-waters-of-south-china-sea-20180413-p4z9f0.html

Related:
Taiwan president attends military drill off east coast
Reuters, April 13, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-military-drills/taiwan-president-attends-military-drill-off-east-coast-idUSKBN1HK0RC

最高50万元！山东发布举报危害国家安全行为线索奖励办法 (Shandong rewards reporting of activity that endangers national security up to RMB 500,000)
Iqilu.com, April 13, 2018
http://news.iqilu.com/shandong/yuanchuang/2018/0413/3885103.shtml

Q&A: Philippine foreign minister on why Duterte and Xi Jinping get along
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2141500/qa-philippine-foreign-minister-why-duterte-and-xi-jinping-get

Hong Kong (香港)

In unprecedented move, May 7 deadline set for Legco bill committee to scrutinize controversial joint checkpoint plan
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141582/may-7-deadline-set-legco-bill-committee-scrutinise

Agnes Chow election ban: Hong Kong taxpayers foot HK$230k bill for gov’t legal advice
Hong Kong Free Press, April 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/13/agnes-chow-election-ban-hong-kong-taxpayers-foot-hk230k-bill-govt-legal-advice/

Why Beijing came down so hard on pro-democracy academic Benny Tai over Hong Kong independence comments
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141488/why-beijing-came-down-so-hard-pro-democracy-academic-benny

Related:
港千五基督徒联署谴责港府与北京打压戴耀廷 (1,500 Christians in Hong Kong launch signature campaign denouncing SAR government and Beijing for slamming Benny Tai)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-04122018110127.html

You may be prosecuted, Hong Kong police tell injured people they “used as human shield”
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141588/you-may-be-prosecuted-hong-kong-police-tells-injured-people

Sea bridge island’s breakwater blocks offer no protection as they are underwater at high tide, says veteran engineer
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/12/sea-bridge-islands-breakwater-blocks-offer-no-protection-underwater-high-tide-says-veteran-engineer/

普通话如何演变为漩涡中心的语言？香港“推普”的前世今生 (How does Mandarin become the language in the eye of a maelstrom? The history and future of promoting Mandarin in Hong Kong)
The Initium, April 12, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180413-hongkong-mandarin-in-hongkong/

Commentary (评论)

港人必須捍衛自由和法治，否則將一無所有 (Hongkongers much defend freedom and rule of law, otherwise they will have nothing left)
Inmediahk, April 13, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056350

Related:
「港獨派」青年的政治情緒及對未來的看法 (Emotions of Hong Kong pro-independence youths and how they see their future)
Mingpao, April 13, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180413/s00012/1523555443530

China’s moves in Vanuatu: What should Australia do?
The Diplomat, April 12, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/chinas-moves-in-vanuatu-what-should-australia-do/

Related:
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton and Richard Rigby on Chinese influence in Australia
The Conversation, April 13, 2018
https://theconversation.com/politics-with-michelle-grattan-clive-hamilton-and-richard-rigby-on-chinese-influence-in-australia-94973

In China, a march to find her husband
Human Rights Watch, April 12, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/12/china-march-find-her-husband

Lois Wheeler Snow, critic of human rights abuses in China, dies at 97
从追随红星到批评中共：被六四“改变”的斯诺夫人
The New York Times, April 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/obituaries/lois-wheeler-snow-dies.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/obits/20180412/lois-wheeler-snow-dies/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Video: Wife of Chinese rights lawyer put under house arrest as Amnesty condemns “display of thuggery”
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/12/video-wife-chinese-rights-lawyer-put-house-arrest-amnesty-condemns-display-thuggery/

China named “world’s top executioner” as global rate falls
The Guardian, April 12, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/12/china-named-worlds-top-executioner-as-global-rate-falls

How China uses forced confessions as propaganda tool
The New York Times, April 11, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/world/asia/china-forced-confessions-propaganda.html

Related:
Rights groups slam China's televised “confessions,” call for sanctions on state media
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/confessions-sanctions-04112018140238.html

China keeps delaying talks on letting Liu Xiaobo’s widow leave the country – source
Reuters, April 11, 2018
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-rights/china-keeps-delaying-talks-on-letting-liu-xiaobos-widow-leave-the-country-source-idUKKBN1HI0YD

推广业务搭售、附送业主及车主信息近百万条，重庆判决一起侵犯公民个人信息案29人获刑(29 people in Chongqing sentenced to up to 4.5 years for selling personal information)
Legal Daily, April 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/10/content_7517856.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

山东退休教授孙文广遭监控 退休待遇或将取消 (Retired university professor in Shandong punished for criticizing CPC online)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-04112018110121.html

新疆网络风声鹤唳 多名少数民族汉族网民被处罚 (Multiple netizens in Xinjiang detained for spreading “terrorism videos” and “political rumours”)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-04112018105956.html

China just shut down a Reddit-like community
Inkstone, April 11, 2018
https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/china-shuts-down-neihan-duanzi-app-improper-content/article/2141253

Related:
Tech shame in the “New Era”
China Media Project, April 11, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/04/11/tech-shame-in-the-new-era/

抖音暂时关闭直播、评论功能 回应称将全面整改 (Douyin, short-video social media platform, temporarily suspends live-streaming, comment functionality to “improve content review standards”)
Economic Daily, April 11, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/finance/2018-04/11/c_129848402.htm

微博开展涉未成年人违规违法内容专项清理行动，持续三个月 (Sina Weibo bans “vulgar” videos of minors for 3 months)
Sina Weibo Administrator, April 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2070437

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

封「內涵段子」 用戶號召上街 百車塞廣電總局示威 (Hundreds protest at State Administration of Radio and Television in Beijing against popular joke app being permanently shut down)
Mingpao, April 12, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180412/s00013/1523470006455

Related:
江苏海门“抖友”召集四十多辆车拍视频，警方：未许可涉触法 (Police to users of Douyin, a popular short-video social media platform, who gather 40 cars to shoot videos in Jiangsu Province Haimen City: Assembly without permission is illegal)
The Paper, April 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_206781/

Confrontation and disruption in a new exhibition by Chinese-American artist Xiaoze Xie
Global Voices, April 11, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/04/11/confrontation-and-disruption-in-a-new-exhibition-by-chinese-american-artist-xiaoze-xie/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

高隽松：“去中心化”的国务院，贯彻始终的“党领导” (Decentralized State Council and overarching Party leadership)
The Initium, April 12, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180412-opinion-ccp-reformation-plan/

孙政才受贿案一审开庭 被控收受财物1.7亿余元 (Disgraced former Chongqing party chief Sun Zhengcai faces trial, accused of accepting over RMB 170 million of bribes)
Xinhua News Agency, April 12, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-04-12/doc-ifyteqtq8866465.shtml

Related:
Former Chinese political star Sun Zhengcai admits taking bribes
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2141361/ex-chinese-government-high-flyer-trial-over-graft

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Facial recognition tech catches fugitive among huge crowd at pop concert in China
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2141387/facial-recognition-tech-catches-fugitive-among-huge-crowd-pop

Related:
一网上逃犯到南昌听张学友演唱会，被人像识别系统认出后落网 (Police arrests fugitive through facial recognition at concert filled with 10,000 spectators)
Jxnews.com.cn, April 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2068715

Report: Uyghurs in china forced to install surveillance app that leaves their data unsecured
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/report-uyghurs-in-china-forced-to-install-surveillance-app-that-leaves-their-data-unsecured-04102018164341.html

Related:
App targeting Uyghur population censors content, lacks basic security
Open Technology Fund, April 9, 2018
https://www.opentech.fund/article/app-targeting-uyghur-population-censors-content-lacks-basic-security/

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

Chinese navy stages double show of strength as US strike group drills in disputed South China Sea
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2141322/chinese-navy-stages-double-show-strength-us-strike

Sweden charges Tibetan resident with spying on fellow exiles for China
The Guardian, April 12, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/12/sweden-charges-tibetan-resident-with-spying-on-fellow-exiles-for-china

Hong Kong (香港)

Interview: Labelled a “threat to China,” Hong Kong law scholar Benny Tai says Beijing is trying to brainwash Hongkongers
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/12/interview-labelled-threat-china-hong-kong-law-scholar-benny-tai-says-beijing-trying-brainwash-hongkongers/

Hongkongers say press freedom has dropped to its lowest point – survey
Hong Kong Free Press, April 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/12/hongkongers-say-press-freedom-dropped-lowest-point-survey/

Related:
Public evaluation of Hong Kong press freedom drops to new low
Hong Kong Journalist Association, April 11, 2018
https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1633&lang=en-US

Hong Kong legislators to vote on Cheng Chung-tai’s future over flag-flipping antics
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141306/hong-kong-legislators-vote-cheng-chung-tais-future-over-flag

Journalist group slams “rude” men who kissed TV reporter on air at Hong Kong Rugby Sevens
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141356/air-kiss-during-hong-kong-sevens-could-be-considered-sexual

Commentary (评论)

Human cost of Mao’s Great Famine and Cultural Revolution exposed in powerful novel
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/2141230/human-cost-maos-great-famine-and-cultural-revolution

黃偉國：風雨中抱緊學術自由 (Hold on to academic freedom in wind and rain)
Inmediahk, April 12, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056328

China’s communist party takes (even more) control of the media
China File, April 11, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/chinas-communist-party-takes-even-more-control-of-media

UN chief puts China’s leaders over its people
Human Rights Watch, April 11, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/11/un-chief-puts-chinas-leaders-over-its-people

左右逢源還是踏入雷區？馬來西亞大選中的「中國因素」(Taking advantage on both sides or stepping into a minefield: The “China Factor” in Malaysia’s general election
The Initium, April 11, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180411-opinion-lifangfang-malaysia-election/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“Active collaborators of the state”: Media outlets culpable in airing of Chinese TV “confessions,” report says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/11/active-collaborators-state-media-outlets-culpable-airing-chinese-tv-confessions-report-says/

Related:
Scripted and Staged: Behind the scenes of China’s forced TV confessions
RSDL Monitor, April 8, 2018
http://rsdlmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SCRIPTED-AND-STAGED-Behind-the-scenes-of-Chinas-forced-televised-confessions.pdf

李文足稱約30人守在北京住所樓下 買水果亦被阻攔 (Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, escorted back to Beijing and put under house arrest)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 11, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1390573-20180411.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Police shut “privacy art” exhibit for displaying personal data
Sixth Tone, April 11, 2018
https://bit.ly/2JxCKFv

從《水形物語》到《銀翼殺手2049》 奧斯卡大片的「中國特供」 (Nude scenes in The Shape of Water and Blade Runner 2049 censored in Chinese theatres)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 8, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-43688017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

黑龙江维权民师欲见中央巡视组遭扣押 (Thousands of school teachers in Heilongjiang petition for fair pay, some detained by authorities)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-04102018103003.html

环保组织申请公开广西救护穿山甲信息被拒，提行政诉讼获立案 (Environmental group sues forestry authority in Guangxi over pangolins trade information disclosure dispute)
The Paper, April 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2068306

A voice for #Metoo from beyond the grave in China
The Sydney Morning Herald, April 10, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/a-voice-for-metoo-from-beyond-the-grave-in-china-20180410-p4z8ty.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国出台新保甲制：保密监控上报 20户一网格 (Secrecy, surveillance and snitching: New community management system in China)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql2-04102018102215.html

乌鲁木齐规定市民需用身份证实名购票 (Ürümqi asks residents for IDs to buy subway tickets)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/yl-04102018105956.html

Asia’s authoritarians are big fans of regulating Facebook
Foreign Policy, April 10, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/10/asias-authoritarians-are-big-fans-of-regulating-facebook-singapore-cambridge-analytica-china-myanmar-rohingya/

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

Revealed: China's nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missile
The Diplomat, April 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/revealed-chinas-nuclear-capable-air-launched-ballistic-missile/

Hong Kong (香港)

Man jailed for 2 years 10 months for throwing brick at police during Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/11/man-jailed-2-years-10-months-throwing-brick-police-mong-kok-unrest/

“Hatred, contempt and ridicule”: Lawyers for ex-Hong Kong chief CY Leung say democrats are defaming him
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/11/hatred-contempt-ridicule-lawyers-ex-hong-kong-chief-cy-leung-say-democrats-defaming/

不为任何政权背书，我编辑了香港第一本中史教科书——专访人人书局田文忠 (Endorse no regime: The man who edited the first Chinese history textbook in Hong Kong)
The Initium, April 10, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180411-culture-historyeducationinhk2/

戴耀廷：我鼓励港人独立思考是踩到中共真正的红线 (My encouraging Hong Kongers to think independently was what crossed the CPC’s real redline)
Radio France Internationale, April 10, 2018
https://bit.ly/2Hqnzxn

Related:
林鄭月娥稱有關戴耀廷言論不涉言論或學術自由 (Carrie Lam claims Benny Tai’s comment doesn’t involve freedom of speech or academic freedom)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 11, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1390566-20180411.htm

Hong Kong protesters rally in support of disappeared rights lawyer, wife
香港团体中联办示威 抗议粗暴阻挠李文足寻夫
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protesters-04102018114649.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-04102018103032.html

抗爭九巴女車長申設工會獲批 (Defiant female bus driver at KMB allowed to set up trade union)
Apple Daily, April 10, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180410/58053542

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong needs a strong feminist movement, and not just for its women
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2141208/hong-kong-needs-strong-feminist-movement-and-not-just-its

What China’s President Xi’s extended tenure means for Africa
The Conversation, April 10, 2018
https://theconversation.com/what-chinas-president-xis-extended-tenure-means-for-africa-94602

China’s oppression reaches beyond its borders
中国的政治镇压之手伸向海外
The New York Times, April 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/opinion/china-oppression.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180410/china-oppression/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

维权律师王全璋之妻李文足短暂被拘后获释 (Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, released after short detention during her march advocating for husband)
Voice of America, April 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-lawyer-arrest-20180409/4339299.html

上访连坐？湖南蓝山县称“影响子女前途” (Local authorities in Human threaten petitioners with their children's future)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-04092018103541.html

China sends prominent Muslim poet for ideological “re-education”
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-04092018105524.html

江苏全面开展庭审网络直播：以直播为原则、不直播为例外 (Jiangsu High Court to start comprehensive live streaming of all court hearings, exceptions will need approval)
People's Court Daily, April 9, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2065320

Access to Information (信息公开)

江雪：微信个人帐号被封记 (WeChat account of independent investigative journalist shut down)
The Initium, April 10, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180410-mainland-jiangxue/

Related:
China arrests journalist for “spreading rumors” after he reported on Yili Group
Committee to Protect Journalists, April 6, 2018
https://cpj.org/2018/04/china-arrests-journalist-for-spreading-rumors-afte.php

China’s censors take aim at six-year-old game Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Abacus, April 9, 2018
https://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/chinas-censors-take-aim-six-year-old-game-call-duty-black-ops-ii/article/2140830

安卓应用商店已下架今日头条、网易新闻、凤凰新闻、天天快报四款应用 (Toutiao, NetEase News, Phoenix News, Tiantian Kuaibao suspended from Android app stores)
Caijing, April 9, 2018
http://tech.caijing.com.cn/20180409/4432565.shtml

Related:
China state media say 4 popular news apps suspended
Associated Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/04/09/world/asia/ap-as-china-apps-removed.html

China launches campaigns to clean up cultural environment
全国“扫黄打非”办部署“净网2018”等专项行动
Xinhua News Agency, April 9, 2018
EN: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/09/WS5acb737ba3105cdcf65170d1.html
CH: http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/09/content_7516277.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s #MeToo: How a 20-year-old rape case became a rallying cry
北大高岩事件助推中國「我也是」運動
The New York Times, April 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/world/asia/china-metoo-gao-yan.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180410/china-metoo-gao-yan/zh-hant/

Related:
Academic exploitation in China: Online voices help three victims speak from beyond the grave
What’s On Weibo, April 9, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/academic-exploitation-in-china-online-voices-help-three-victims-speak-from-beyond-the-grave/

七旬老妇羁押后离世 广东佛山村民护地维权 (Guangdong villagers fight for land rights after old woman dies following police detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04092018103243.html

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

China's Xi urges Taiwan business community to shun independence
Reuters, April 10, 2018
https://goo.gl/h1pPSE

Related:
China demands halt of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
Reuters, April 9, 2018
https://goo.gl/75Fi2b

“Impossible”: China denies planning military base in Vanuatu
The Guardian, April 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/10/concerns-china-in-talks-with-vanuatu-about-south-pacific-military-base

Hong Kong (香港)

Help detained bookseller and improve domestic workers’ rights, Hong Kong told in submission to UN
South China Moring Post, April 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140978/help-detained-bookseller-and-improve-domestic-workers-rights

These accusations are libelous, says ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung as democrats launch HK$2m crowdfunded investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/10/accusations-libelous-says-ex-hong-kong-leader-cy-leung-democrats-launch-hk2m-crowdfunded-investigation/

Related:
CY Leung exhorts Hong Kong’s advisers to Beijing to strengthen society’s love for China and safeguard national security
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140965/cy-leung-exhorts-hong-kongs-advisers-beijing-strengthen

政權畫紅線限學運發展 學者：學運有涯，前進是岸 (Regime draws red line to keep a lid on student movement, marching forward is the only way out)
Inmediahk, April 9, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056270

Related:
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong joins Chinese dissident Wang Dan’s think tank
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-joins-chinese-dissident-wang-dans-think-tank/

Only HKU can decide whether Benny Tai should be sacked over independence remarks, says education chief
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/hku-can-decide-whether-benny-tai-sacked-independence-remarks-says-education-chief/

Fears parts of world's longest sea bridge are floating away
The Guardian, April 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/09/fears-parts-of-world-longest-sea-bridge-are-floating-away

Related:
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge breakwater design scientific, reasonable and safe, says top gov’t official
Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/10/hong-kong-zhuhai-macao-bridge-breakwater-design-scientific-reasonable-safe-says-top-govt-official/

Commentary (评论)

India and China: lessons on how not to tackle inequality
The Conversation, April 10, 2018
https://theconversation.com/india-and-china-lessons-on-how-not-to-tackle-inequality-94333

With its latest human rights council resolution, China continues its assault on the UN human rights framework
China Change, April 9, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/04/09/with-its-latest-human-rights-council-resolution-china-continues-its-assault-on-the-un-human-rights-framework/

Why Chinese filmgoers don’t buy Hollywood’s values anymore
Sixth Tone, April 9, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002055/why-chinese-filmgoers-dont-buy-hollywoods-values-anymore

China-Africa relations in the Xi Jinping era
China File, April 9, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/china-africa-project/china-africa-relations-xi-jinping-era

Access to Justice (司法公正)

內地維權律師王全璋妻子於天津疑遭國保帶走音訊全無 (Wife of detained rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang reportedly taken by police in Tianjin, remains incommunicado)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1390186-20180409.htm

Imperfect democracy: The way for marriage equality in Taiwan
The Diplomat, April 6, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/imperfect-democracy-the-way-for-marriage-equality-in-taiwan/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China isn’t happy about its newest Internet stars: Teenage moms
The New York Times, April 6, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/technology/china-censor-teen-moms.html

China to purge online video services
China Media Project, April 6, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/04/06/china-to-purge-online-video-services/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing court tells employers to resolve labor disputes through negotiation
China Labor Bulletin, April 9, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/beijing-court-tells-employers-resolve-labour-disputes-through-negotiation

沈阳案：北大“metoo”，制度与程序正义的迷思 (Multiple former students accuse Peking University professor of sexual assault: Myth of the system and procedural justice)
The Initium, April 9, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180409-opinion-yeungshan-pku/

Related:
As #MeToo movement gains traction in China, professor is sacked 20 years after alleged rape
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2140724/chinese-professor-sacked-friends-suicide-victim-demand-apology-20

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Hong Kong cardinal seeks conservative help to block a Vatican-China deal
Reuters, April 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-china-conservatives/hong-kong-cardinal-seeks-conservative-help-to-block-a-vatican-china-deal-idUSKBN1HF0EM

Related:
河南伊川教堂十字架面临强拆 安阳市全面登记“信仰人员” (Party-recognized church in Henan ordered to have cross removed, believers asked to register their IDs)
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-04062018102438.html

Reunited after 24 years: rare happy ending for China's broken families
The Guardian, April 7, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/07/reunited-after-24-years-rare-happy-ending-for-chinas-broken-families

I take the calls at a Chinese suicide prevention hotline
Sixth Tone, April 6, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002052/I%20Take%20the%20Calls%20at%20a%20Chinese%20Suicide%20Prevention%20Hotline

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

A Chinese e-commerce giant is becoming a major investor in facial-recognition technology
Quartz, April 9, 2018
https://qz.com/1247511/alibaba-is-now-a-major-investor-in-facial-recognition-startup-sensetime/

起底网络水军：三千元刷“10万+”阅读量，AI水军已上岗 (Investigation of “Internet Water Army”: RMB 3,000 buys 100,000 reads, AI “Water Army” is now online)
China National Radio, April 6, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2061880

公安部拟规定：窃取个人信息即使不构成犯罪也处罚 (Ministry of Public Security drafts new rules: Theft of personal information will be penalized even if act does not constitute a crime)
Beijing Daily, April 6, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/06/content_7515020.htm

Related:
公安部关于《公安机关互联网安全监督检查规定（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的公告 (Ministry of Public Security solicits public opinions on Draft Regulations of Public Security Organs’ Supervision and Inspection of Internet Security)
Ministry of Public Security, April 4, 2018
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2254536/n4904355/c6090144/content.html

Hong Kong (香港)

In Pictures: Supporters of embattled academic Benny Tai rally to protect free speech in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/09/pictures-supporters-embattled-academic-benny-tai-rally-protect-free-speech-hong-kong/

Related:

回應被指在台發表「港獨」言論 (Benny Tai responds to his alleged “Hong Kong independence” speech in Taiwan)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 6, 2018
http://www.rthk.hk/tv/dtt31/programme/pentaprismII/episode/490298

影像特區﹕為戴耀廷拍張肖像照 (A portrait of Benny Tai and his reference books)
Mingpao, April 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180408/s00005/1523122856042

No taboo topics, scholars say, as they launch first ever academic journal on Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2140532/no-taboo-topics-scholars-say-they-launch-first-ever

In Pictures: Hong Kong activists demand release of China’s political prisoners
Hong Kong Free Press, April 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/07/pictures-hong-kong-activists-demand-release-chinas-political-prisoners/

Design docs suggest HK-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge breakwater blocks should sit above water, not below
Hong Kong Free Press, April 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/07/design-docs-show-hk-zhuhai-macao-bridge-breakwater-blocks-sit-water/

中大生遭拒入境澳門 曾任學生會被標籤「港獨」 (Former CUHK student union officer labeled as pro-independence and banned from entering Macau)
Apple Daily, April 7, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180407/58045328

Leslie Cheung: Asia's gay icon lives on 15 years after his death
張國榮的性別遺產：15年後仍然領先時代
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 30, 2018
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43637749
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-43593167

Commentary (评论)

人民日报海外版：遏制“港独”需要落下实锤 (People’s Daily: Keeping a check on “Hong Kong independence” needs “action in accordance with the law”)
People’s Daily, April 9, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/ga/2018/04-09/8486000.shtml

Why supporters of Hong Kong’s joint checkpoint plan should not compare it to the US/Canada arrangement
Hong Kong Free Press, April 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/08/supporters-hong-kongs-joint-checkpoint-plan-not-compare-uscanada-arrangement/

Hong Kong has a role to play in creating the “Chinese dream” – if it can tread the middle ground
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2140572/hong-kong-has-role-play-creating-chinese-dream-if-it-can

從ROC到PRC，陳香梅的愛情和政治 (From Republic of China to People’s Republic of China: The love story and politics of Anna Chennault)
The Initium, April 6, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180406-taiwan-anna-chennault/

I thought studying journalism outside of China would open doors. Now I’m not so sure.
China File, April 6, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/i-thought-studying-journalism-outside-of-china-would-open-doors-now-im

How far will China go?
Foreign Policy, April 6, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/06/how-far-will-china-go/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

监察全覆盖彰显震慑力 (Total coverage: Detention under Supervision Law sends shockwaves across the country)
People’s Daily, April 6, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0406/c1001-29909277.html

US lawmakers call for investigation of mass incarcerations, surveillance of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/lawmakers-04052018141926.html

甄江华案通报：律师要求会见甄冮华 看守所称查无此人 (Human rights activist Zhen Jianghua denied access to legal counsel after 7 months in detention)
Weiquanwang, April 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/201843.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s media watchdog takes a tough line on content uploaded to popular sites
Abacus, April 5, 2018
https://www.abacusnews.com/big-guns/chinas-media-watchdog-takes-tough-line-content-uploaded-popular-sites/article/2140355

Sunset for China’s “sunshine boy”
China Media Project, April 5, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/04/05/sunset-for-chinas-sunshine-boy/

Crushing a rose under foot: Chinese authorities target Internet chat groups
China Change, April 4, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/04/04/crushing-a-rose-under-foot-chinese-authorities-target-internet-chat-groups/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Sanitation workers are out on strike again in China
China Labor Bulletin, April 6, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/sanitation-workers-are-out-strike-again-china

1,000 days on, wife of “vanished” Chinese lawyer Wang Quanzhang marches 100km for answers
Agence France-Presse, April 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/05/1000-days-wife-vanished-chinese-lawyer-wang-quanzhang-marches-100km-answers/

西安教师强烈要求根据教师法 给广大教师也下发同样的绩效工资的公开信 (School teachers in Xi’an write open letter demanding equal performance-related wages as civil servants)
Weiquanwang, April 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/blog-post_85.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Life in a “coffin home”: how poverty drove six elderly men in China to share a 161 sq ft room
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2140496/life-coffin-home-how-poverty-drove-six-elderly-men-china-share

Tearful reunion highlights plight of China's missing children
Agence France-Presse, April 5, 2018
http://www.asiaone.com/china/tearful-reunion-highlights-plight-chinas-missing-children

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Ex-Google executive opens a school for AI, with China's help
Wired, April 5, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/ex-google-executive-opens-a-school-for-ai-with-chinas-help/

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

Taiwan is again becoming a flashpoint between China and America
The Economist, April 5, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21740049-unlike-tensions-over-trade-and-north-korea-it-involves-red-lines-both-sides-taiwan-again

Chinese hackers targeting US firms’ financial data, report says
Bloomberg, April 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2140423/chinese-hackers-targeting-us-firms-financial-data

Hong Kong (香港)

“Worst precedent since handover”: Lawyers hit out at gov’t’s legal justification for joint checkpoint rail plan
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/06/worst-precedent-since-handover-lawyers-hit-govts-legal-justification-joint-checkpoint-rail-plan/

Attacks against academic Benny Tai may be paving way for controversial national security law, scholars warn
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/06/attacks-academic-benny-tai-may-paving-way-controversial-national-security-law-scholars-warn/

Related:
林鄭月娥稱任何鼓吹港獨自決言論完全不能接受 (Carrie Lam claims any speech advocating for independence or self-determination “totally unacceptable”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 6, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1389762-20180406.htm

No place for disruptive political protests at Chinese University, new president says
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2140480/no-place-disruptive-political-protests-chinese

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge “scientifically proven to be safe” says Carrie Lam
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140583/hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge-scientifically-proven-be-safe

Hong Kong democracy activists in call to “end one-party dictatorship” at June 4 ceremony despite earlier warning
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140456/hong-kong-democracy-activists-call-end-one-party

Commentary (评论)

The responsible use of freedom of expression is the way to defend it
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2140345/responsible-use-freedom-expression-way-defend-it#add-comment

Related:
必須遏止文化大革命2.0 (Cultural Revolution 2.0 must be stopped)
Inmediahk, April 6, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056206a

How the West misread Xi: China abolished term limits to ensure effective governance, not one-man rule
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2140296/how-west-misread-xi-china-abolished-term-limits-ensure

Is gender equality at Chinese colleges a sham?
Sixth Tone, April 5, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002051/Is%20Gender%20Equality%20at%20Chinese%20Colleges%20a%20Sham?

Access to Justice (司法公正)

六四天网黄琦告腾讯构陷 黄母申请政府信息公开 (64tianwang creator Huang Qi sues Tencent for framing him, his mother makes open government information request)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-04042018102747.html

劉霞據報清明家中祭拜劉曉波　仍未接回丈夫骨灰盒 (Liu Xia reported to have commemorated Liu Xiaobo at home during Qing Ming, but hasn’t received his urn)
Mingpao, April 5, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180405/s00004/1522926395905

Life inside China’s social credit laboratory
Foreign Policy, April 3, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/03/life-inside-chinas-social-credit-laboratory/

Access to Information (信息公开)

聂辰席：建设电视剧强国，杜绝浮躁之风侵蚀电视剧健康肌体 (Director of State Administration of Radio and TV: TV dramas should not be overly entertaining, promote money worship, or distort history)
The Paper, April 4, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2060106

违规卸载系统逃避监管 江西39家网吧遭省文化厅查处 (5000 Internet cafes in Jiangxi forced to install surveillance system to monitor video game contents)
Jiang Xi News, April 4, 2018
http://jiangxi.jxnews.com.cn/system/2018/04/04/016842148.shtml

How China is trying to export its soft power
Deutsche Welle, April 5, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2vXVp

Asia China targets sales of Bible online and in bookshops amid Vatican talks
Independent, April 5, 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-bible-ban-sales-online-bookshops-vatican-christianity-religion-freedom-a8290396.html

Releated:
中国电商《圣经》下架 (Bible pulled from online bookstores in China)
Deutsch Welle, April 4, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2vTyx

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

王全璋失蹤1千日　政黨及團體發起遊行抗議 (Political parties and groups protest 1,000 days of Wang Quanzhang’s disappearance)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 5, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1389631-20180405.htm

北京有民眾到趙紫陽故居祭祀　鄰居冀平反六四及趙紫陽 (Beijing residents gather for Qing Ming at former residence of Zhao Ziyang, neighbor hopes his memory is vindicated and June 4th is commemorated)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 5, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1389612-20180405.htm

湖南4名尘肺矿工维权被拘留 (4 miners with lung disease detained for defending their rights)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04042018104242.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中纪委：一个地方的网络热点不断一般都是政治生态不好的反映 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: Continuous recurrence of Internet incidents in same place reflects an unhealthy political ecology)
The Paper, April 5, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2058509

汶川地震十周年　一批遇難學生家長到聚源中學遺址祭祀 (10 year anniversary of Sichuan Earthquake: Parents of student victims commemorate at ruins of Juyuan Middle School)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 5, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1389646-20180405.htm

China's law-enforcers are going global
The Economist, March 31, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21739776-their-methods-are-far-orthodox-chinas-law-enforcers-are-going-global

Hong Kong (香港)

支聯會悼念六四死難者　稱不棄「結束一黨專政」口號 (Hong Kong Alliance commemorates June 4th victims, will not give up “end the one-party dictatorship” slogan)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 5, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1389659-20180405.htm

港近50社团联署支持戴耀廷向北京打压说不 (50 Hong Kong civil society groups sign joint letter opposing Beijing’s pressure on Benny Tai)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-04042018103650.html

Hong Kong democracy activists in call to “end one-party dictatorship” at June 4 ceremony despite earlier warning
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140456/hong-kong-democracy-activists-call-end-one-party

No need to link Benny Tai’s independence comments to launch of national security laws, Hong Kong No 2 official says
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140435/academics-group-criticises-hong-kong-governments-political

Row over law scholar's independence remarks sparks concern in Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/row-over--law-scholars-independence-remarks-sparks-concern-in-hong-kong-04052018110449.html

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全与反恐)

Police in Tibet offer cash rewards for tips on crime, disloyal behavior
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/rewards-04042018162659.html

Commentary (评论)

Xi’s long march on American democracy
Foreign Policy, April 5, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/05/xis-long-march-on-american-democracy/

China’s hardened stance on Hong Kong and Taiwan
The Diplomat, April 4, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/chinas-hardened-stance-on-hong-kong-and-taiwan/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中央政法委启动战略性全局性引领性的十大问题对策研究！ (CPC Political and Legal Commission launches “strategic” policy research on 10 overarching topics, including how to realize “absolute Party leadership over political and legal work”)
Legal Daily, Apr 3, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/03/content_7513316.htm?node=5955

China insists on control of religion, dimming hope of imminent Vatican deal
中國強調宗教事務控制權，與梵蒂岡和解希望渺茫
The New York Times, April 4, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/world/asia/china-catholic-vatican.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180404/china-catholic-vatican/zh-hant/

Related:
我国宗教工作法治化水平不断提高，十多项法律法规保障宗教信仰自由 (China releases Religious Freedom White Paper: Multiple laws, regulations safeguard religious freedom, including National Security Law and Counterterrorism Law)
Legal Daily, Apr 3, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/03/content_7514025.htm?node=5955

《中国保障宗教信仰自由的政策和实践》白皮书 (White Paper: Policies and Practices Safeguarding Religious Freedom in China)
   Xinhua News Agency, Apr 3, 2017
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-04/03/c_1122629624.htm

Uyghur official arrested for sympathizing with political “Re-Education Camp” detainees
Radio Free Asia, April 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/arrested-04032018163824.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China says it protects religious freedom, but the Bible is disappearing from online bookstores
Quartz, April 4, 2018
https://qz.com/1244413/china-says-it-protects-religious-freedom-but-the-bible-is-disappearing-from-online-bookstores/

网游专项行动受理举报1636件立案236件 (In campaign to “purify the Internet’s cultural market,” Ministry of Culture and Tourism dispatched 120,000 officials, investigated 7,858 companies, and handled 1,636 cases)
Legal Daily, Apr 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/02/content_7512821.htm?node=5955

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China human rights: Wife marches for "vanished" husband
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 4, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43644599

Government Accountability (政府问责)

為什麼中國城市女性不願多生二孩？(Why don't Chinese urban women want a second child?)
Financial Times, April 4, 2018
http://big5.ftchinese.com/story/001076997

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

With “Sharp Eyes”, smart phones and TV sets are watching Chinese citizens
Global Voices, April 3, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/04/03/with-sharp-eyes-smart-phones-and-tv-sets-are-watching-chinese-citizens/

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

China’s campaign against Uighur diaspora ramps up
Foreign Policy, April 3, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/03/chinas-campaign-against-uighur-diaspora-ramps-up/

Hong Kong (香港)

大專聯批港府打壓言論學術自由　促收回言論道歉 (Confederation of Tertiary Institutes Staff Unions slams Hong Kong govt’s condemnation of Benny Tai as suppression of academic freedom, urges it to retract statement and make apology)
Mingpao, April 4, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180404/s00001/1522814430661

Related:
专访：我不支持“港独” (Benny Tai: “At this stage, I don’t support Hong Kong independence")
Deutsche Welle, April 3, 2018
https://goo.gl/h6G3eb

HK-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge components found drifting from artificial island, as authority claims it may be an “illusion”
Hong Kong Free Press, April 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/03/hk-zhuhai-macao-bridge-components-found-drifting-artificial-island-authority-claims-may-illusion/

Commentary (评论)

Why do we keep turning a blind eye to Chinese political interference?
The Conversation, April 4, 2018
http://theconversation.com/why-do-we-keep-turning-a-blind-eye-to-chinese-political-interference-94299

戴耀廷鼓吹港獨？「假大空」政治新聞事件輿論戰 (Advocate for Hong Kong Independence? Disinformation warfare in Benny Tai incident)
The Initium, April 4, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180404-opinion-rubylai-bennytai/

Xi Jinping should know that China’s rejuvenation must be peaceful, or it won’t happen at all
South China Morning Post, April 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2140036/xi-jinping-should-know-chinas-rejuvenation-must-be-peaceful

China's flawed model for peace
The Diplomat, April 3, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/chinas-flawed-model-for-peace/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高检:检察院可指派聘请有专门知识的人参与办案 (New guide from Supreme People's Procuratorate allows Procuratorates to hire “persons with specialized knowledge" to participate in case handling activities)
Beijing News, April 3, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-04-03/doc-ifyteqtq3080900.shtml

Chinese police threaten wife of incommunicado lawyer with subversion charge
余文生妻子许艳再被以涉嫌“煽颠罪”传唤
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/threaten-04022018105237.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-04012018124122.html

Tibetan monk jailed five years on charges “related to self-immolation” protest
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/monk-03302018145246.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Man Booker prize criticized for changing Taiwanese author's nationality
The Guardian, April 3, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/03/man-booker-prize-criticised-for-changing-taiwanese-authors-nationality

China cracks down on spoofs of “Communist heroes”
Agence France-Presse, April 3, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-cracks-down-on-spoofs-of--communist-heroes--10099082

China's short video platforms face backlash over "vulgar content"
Technote, March 29, 2018
https://technode.com/2018/03/29/chinas-short-video-platforms-have-become-the-breeding-ground-for-vulgar-content/

Cut sleeve, cut scenes: Gay films have a real hard time in China
Sixthtone, March 29, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001997/cut-sleeve%2C-cut-scenes-gay-films-have-a-real-hard-time-in-china

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Environmental whistleblower sues police for unlawful detention
Sixthtone, March 31, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001981/Environmental%20Whistleblower%20Sues%20Police%20for%20Unlawful%20Detention

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s state-owned banks told to stop lending to local governments as debt crackdown intensifies
South China Morning Post, April 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2139975/chinas-state-owned-banks-told-stop-lending-local-governments-debt

中國內遷製造業工廠振興鄉村 (Chinese factories migrate inland, seek growth in the countryside)
Financial Times, April 3, 2018
http://big5.ftchinese.com/story/001077010

China “environment census” reveals 50% rise in pollution sources
The Guardian, March 31, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/31/china-environment-census-reveals-50-rise-in-pollution-sources

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

Taipei, Beijing spar over Taiwan premier's independence remarks
Retuers, April 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2140042/taipei-beijing-spar-over-taiwan-premiers-independence

Related:
Beijing's message for young Taiwanese: We mean business
The Christian Science Monitor, March 29, 2018
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/0329/Beijing-s-message-for-young-Taiwanese-We-mean-business

China saw 16-fold increase in returning jihadists in 2017, analyst says
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2139983/china-saw-16-fold-increase-returning-jihadists-2017

Hong Kong (香港)

Nine Hong Kong student organisations slam Baptist University for "suppressing freedom" by suspending duo over protest
South China Morning Post, April 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2140026/nine-hong-kong-student-unions-slam-baptist-university

As China tightens squeeze, soul searching for Hong Kong's democracy movement
Reuters, April 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-democracy-insight/as-china-tightens-squeeze-soul-searching-for-hong-kongs-democracy-movement-idUSKCN1HA0L3

民主派議員發佈建議書 倡改革懲教署改善囚權 (Pro-democracy lawmakers issue recommendations, urge correctional services to improve inmates’ rights)
Inmedia, April 3, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056150

Can Benny Tai be prosecuted for independence remarks under Hong Kong law? No, experts say
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2139884/beijing-making-example-out-me-curb-freedom-speech-hong-kong

A Hong Kong newspaper on a mission to promote China’s soft power
《南華早報》會變成北京的宣傳工具嗎？
The New York Times, July 15, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/world/asia/south-china-morning-post-hong-kong-alibaba.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180402/south-china-morning-post-hong-kong-alibaba/zh-hant/

Commentary (评论)

從批鬥戴耀廷看到比2003年草案更惡的23條立法可能 (Intense criticism of Benny Tai shows signs of tougher Article 23 legislation in future)
Inmedia, April 3, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056135

中國推行「基本收入」，可能嗎？應該嗎？ (Can and should China implement universal basic income?)
The Initium, April 3, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180403-opinion-hsu-ubi-in-china/

著迷與警惕：我這一代日本人眼裡的習近平 (Fascination and vigilance: How my generation of Japanese view Xi Jinping)
The New York Times, April 3, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180403/kato-how-does-xi-play-in-japan/zh-hant/

Related:
What Xi Jinping’s power grab means for Canada
The Conversation, April 2, 2018
https://theconversation.com/what-xi-jinpings-power-grab-means-for-canada-94258/

Why Carrie Lam’s Youth Development Commission will do nothing for youth development
Hong Kong Free Press, April 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/02/carrie-lams-youth-development-commission-will-nothing-youth-development/

China’s communist party is abandoning workers
中國共產黨正在拋棄工人
The New York Times, April 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/opinion/china-communist-party-workers-strikes.html?_ga=2.234079134.1247620360.1522736327-1992318097.1513151646
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180403/china-communist-party-workers-strikes/zh-hant/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

傅政华：律师要自觉拥护党的领导拥护社会主义法治 做全面推进依法治国的奋斗者 (Minister of Justice Fu Zhenghua: Lawyers should conscientiously embrace Party leadership and “socialist rule of law,” fight to promote ruling the country by law)
Legal Daily, March 29, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/29/content_7510204.htm?node=5955

王乐泉在中国法学会研究会工作会议上强调，高举旗帜建设中国特色新型法学社团 (China Law Society Director Wang Lequan: Hold high the banner to build a new type of law study group “with Chinese characteristics” that connects the Party with legal practitioners)
Legal Daily, March 29, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-03/29/content_7509106.htm?node=5955

北京锋锐所被吊销执业证 合伙律师转所遥遥无期 (Beijing Fengrui law firm’s license revoked, partners have nowhere to go)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-03292018104316.html

“709”律师王宇汇款海外受阻 银行指天津公安下指令 (Bank says Tianjin public security ordered it to block overseas money transfer by 709 Lawyer Wang Yu)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-03292018104157.html