Government Accountability (政府问责)

Rebuilding after Sichuan earthquake, one brick and one life at a time
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2145551/rebuilding-after-sichuan-earthquake-one-brick-and-one-life-time

Related:
In Pictures: Life among the ruins – Chinese village 10 years after quake
Agence France-Presse, May 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/10/pictures-life-among-ruins-chinese-village-10-years-quake/

南昌全面推行行政执法公示制度改革 (Nanchang City fully implements system to publish administrative law enforcement information)
Legal Daily, May 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/content/2018-05/10/content_7541858.htm

Public shaming of drug users in Guangdong: “Drug-related crimes in family” painted on houses
What’s on Weibo, May 10, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/public-shaming-of-drug-users-in-guangdong-drug-related-crimes-in-family-painted-on-houses/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China develops youth credit system for building high-trust society
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-05-11/detail-ihamfahw2555055.shtml

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

China again flies bombers around Taiwan
Reuters, May 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence-taiwan/china-again-flies-bombers-around-taiwan-idUSKBN1IC0O6

Related:
US and Taiwan hold first defense industry forum as tensions with mainland China intensify
Associated Press, May 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145715/us-and-taiwan-hold-first-defence-industry-forum

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong democracy rally organizers say gov’t is “ridiculous” for handing July 1 venue to pro-Beijing group
Hong Kong Free Press, May 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/11/hong-kong-democracy-rally-organisers-say-govt-ridiculous-handing-july-1-venue-pro-beijing-group/

Ousted Hong Kong lawmakers Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching convicted for storming Legco meeting
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145636/ousted-hong-kong-lawmakers-sixtus-leong-and

Related:
Under threat of jail and bankruptcy, Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching discuss future of Hong Kong pro-independence movement
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145676/under-threat-jail-and-bankruptcy-baggio-leung

Hong Kong activist Avery Ng convicted of disclosing details of corruption probe, faces up to a year in prison
Hong Kong Free Press, May 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/11/just-hong-kong-activist-avery-ng-convicted-disclosing-details-corruption-probe-faces-year-prison/

Liberal HKU academic throws hat in ring for Hong Kong Law Society council seat
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145606/liberal-hku-academic-throws-hat-ring-hong

Ex-chief exec. CY Leung defends calls for Hongkongers to embrace “Bay Area people” identity
Hong Kong Free Press, May 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/10/ex-chief-exec-cy-leung-defends-calls-hongkongers-embrace-daya-bay-people-identity/

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong can solve its housing problems without finding more land – just don’t ignore the facts
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2145382/hong-kong-can-solve-its-housing-problems-without-finding

Access to Justice (司法公正)

”Give Liu Xia her freedom”: 24 Hong Kong democrats urge Pres. Xi Jinping to release widow of Peace Prize laureate
Hong Kong Free Press, May 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/10/give-liu-xia-freedom-24-hong-kong-democrats-urge-pres-xi-jinping-release-widow-peace-prize-laureate/

Abide in darkness: China’s war on religion stalls Vatican deal
The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/abide-in-darkness-chinas-war-on-religion-puts-vatican-deal-in-doubt-1525858496

周强：坚持中国特色社会主义审判制度 (Supreme People’s Court president Zhou Qiang: A socialist trial system with Chinese characteristics in the new era must uphold CPC’s leadership)
Legal Daily, May 9, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/09/content_7540968.htm?node=5955

Authorities in Xinjiang’s Kashgar detain Uyghurs at “open political re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/camps-05092018154928.html

China to target religious activities of foreign nationals with revised rules
宗教局出台辣招打击境内外国人宗教活动
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/religious-05092018120457.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion-05092018071048.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

The popular TV shows taking Chinese soft power abroad
Sixth Tone, May 9, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002235/the-popular-tv-shows-taking-chinese-soft-power-abroad

抖音邀请各界代表共同拟订“社区公约”：禁止什么，弘扬什么 (Video app Douyin invites representatives from “all walks of life” to jointly draft “community convention” to decide what should be prohibited, promoted)
China News Service, May 9, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2119195

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Looking for Rohmer challenges China's cinematic gay taboo
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 10, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-44000069

Van drivers across China go on strike protesting Lalamove pay cuts
China Labor Bulletin, May 9, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/van-drivers-across-china-go-strike-protesting-lalamove-pay-cuts

逾百尘肺病患者连日在深圳市政府维权 (Over 100 workers suffering from pneumoconiosis protest in Shenzhen for compensation at city government)
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-05092018100333.html

陕西省原民、代、幼教师一千多人今天在该省信访局上访 (Over 1,000 school teachers in Shaanxi petition at province capital for social insurance payments)
Weiquanwang, May 9, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_57.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

10 years after tragic quake, China calls for “thanksgiving”
中国称川震十周年纪念为“感恩日”引发不满
The New York Times, May 10, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/world/asia/china-sichuan-earthquake-thanksgiving.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180510/10-years-after-deadly-earthquake-china-calls-for-thanksgiving/

Former head of China's Anbang jailed for 18 years
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 10, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-44063780

How Chinese police interviews fail sexually abused kids
Sixth Tone, May 9, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002238/How%20Chinese%20Police%20Interviews%20Fail%20Sexually%20Abused%20Kids

Hong Kong exported more construction waste to mainland China than it sent to city’s own facilities in 2017
South China Morning Post, May 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2145418/hong-kong-exported-more-construction-waste

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Facial recognition tech is creepy when it works—and creepier when it doesn’t
Wired, May 9, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/facial-recognition-tech-creepy-works-or-not/

For better or worse, Africa’s digital future is tied to China
China File, May 9, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/china-africa-project/better-or-worse-africas-digital-future-tied-china

中国网络社会组织联合会在京成立 (Jack Ma, Ma Huateng chair China Federation of Internet Societies consisting of 300 groups to study and implement Xi Jinping thought and promote “correct political direction”)
Cyberspace Administration of China, May 9, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-05/09/c_1122808560.htm

Related:
China sets up federation for Internet-related social organizations
Xinhua News Agency, May 9, 2017
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/09/c_137167173.htm

一下科技成立党组织，创始人：将政治素质纳入晋升考核要素中 (Founder of Yixia Technology “excited” to establish Party cell, will include “political quality caliber” as key factor in employee promotion)
Beijing Internet Association Party Committee, May 9, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2119869

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

China's anti-spy campaign: Cash rewards and warnings of “dangerous times”
The Guardian, May 10, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/10/chinas-anti-spy-campaign-cash-rewards-and-warnings-about-red-heads

Hong Kong (香港)

Tell UN of “thwarted” universal suffrage goals and “retrogression” in Hongkongers’ political rights, Bar Association urges government
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145386/tell-un-thwarted-goals-and-retrogression

Related:
Comments of The Hong Kong Bar Association (“HKBA”) on the Outline of The Third Report of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”) for the United Nations Human Rights Council (“Council) Universal Periodic Review (“UPR”)
Hong Kong Bar Association, May 7, 2018
https://bit.ly/2IqY7KV

Organizers of Hong Kong’s July 1 march Civil Human Rights Front denied use of Victoria Park soccer pitches after priority given to pro-Beijing groups for second year running
South China Moring Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2145497/hong-kong-july-1-march-organisers-lose-venue-priority-pro

Forced labor must be criminalized in Hong Kong to protect thousands of "invisible" victims, Raza Husain QC tells High Court
South China Moring Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145433/forced-labour-must-be-criminalised-hong-kong

Commentary (评论)

中國網絡集權體制的新聞挑戰 (How China’s centralized Internet poses challenges to journalism)
Mingpao, May 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180510/s00012/1525888835082

How PRC diplomatic messaging impedes its foreign policy objectives
The Jamestown Foundation, May 9, 2018
https://jamestown.org/program/how-prc-diplomatic-messaging-impedes-its-foreign-policy-objectives/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

云南楚雄法庭开庭审理7名基督徒 指涉邪教罪 (Yunnan puts 7 Christians on trial for suspected “cult” crimes)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/ql2-05082018100616.html

衡水警方：司机以辅警拿不出执法证不配合并拍视频，被拘十日 (Hebei driver takes video of auxiliary police who couldn’t show law enforcement credentials is detained 10 days for “refusing to cooperate”)
Jizhou Traffic Police WeChat Public Account, May 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2117764

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s curbs on foreign press should be eased, says German Foreign Ministry State Secretary Andreas Michaelis
Reuters, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145162/chinas-curbs-foreign-press-should-be-eased-says-german

Wang Bing gives voice to “re-education” camp survivors
《死灵魂》：记录中国劳改营幸存者的苦难记忆
The New York Times, May 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/movies/wang-bing-dead-souls.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/film-tv/20180508/wang-bing-dead-souls/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

湖南常宁警方：5人联合小区业主拉横幅堵市政府门，被拘5日 (5 people in Hunan are detained 5 days for gathering proprietors to hold banners in front of city government)
Changning Police WeChat Public Account, May 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2116891

淋汽油守护家园 广西北海再爆强拆冲突 (Villagers in Guangxi fight against forced eviction with Molotov Cocktails)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-05082018100028.html

国有四大银行维权军人在北京军人退役事务部抗议 (Dismissed veterans at state-owned banks protest at Ministry of Veterans Affairs in Beijing)
Weiquanwang, May 8, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_85.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Shanghai tops list of China’s highest earners, but national wealth gap continues to grow
South China Morning Post, May 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2145238/shanghai-tops-list-chinas-highest-earners-national-wealth-gap

刊发照片！吉林多地纪委监委网站通报落马官员时打破惯例 (Jilin Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission, Supervision Commission unprecedentedly release photos of government officials under investigation)
The Paper, May 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2117807

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's ruling party trials Virtual Reality tests of members’ loyalty
山东青阳镇首创检验党员党性的虚拟场景 惹争议
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tests-05082018111042.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-05072018105340.html

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

Ex-C.I.A. officer indicted in dismantling of U.S. informant network in China
前CIA雇员李振成被控帮助中国破坏美国在华谍网
The New York Times, May 8, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/politics/cia-china-jerry-lee-indictment.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180509/cia-china-jerry-lee-indictment/

China's ambitious foreign policy agenda
Deutsche Welle, May 8, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/chinas-ambitious-foreign-policy-agenda/a-43706383

Hong Kong (香港)

Democrat files complaint accusing legislator Junius Ho of failing to declare interest in two properties
Hong Kong Free Press, May 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/09/democrat-files-complaint-accusing-legislator-junius-ho-failing-declare-interest-two-properties/

Hong Kong gov’t hires Shenzhen company to build new email system, raising security concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, May 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/09/hong-kong-govt-hires-shenzhen-company-build-new-email-system-raising-security-concerns/

Is there middle ground in Fanling golf course debate as Hong Kong tries to solve housing crisis?
South China Morning Post, May 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2145217/there-middle-ground-fanling-golf-course-debate-hong-kong

Six in 10 teachers want liberal studies to remain as is, according to new survey on controversial Hong Kong school subject
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2145232/six-10-teachers-want-liberal-studies-remain-according-new

Demosisto party candidate Agnes Chow launches High Court bid to have Hong Kong election ban overturned on Bill of Rights grounds
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2145146/demosisto-party-candidate-agnes-chow-launches-high-court-bid

Use Hong Kong’s example to argue against “China model” of development, opposition politicians tell US audience
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2145084/use-hong-kongs-example-argue-against-china-model-development

Commentary (评论)

China’s rise will continue, whether the West likes it or not
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2145155/chinas-rise-will-continue-whether-west-likes-it-or-not

Homosexuality, social media activism and the future of a queer China
China Policy Institute, April 25, 2018
https://cpianalysis.org/2018/04/27/homosexuality-social-media-activism-and-the-future-of-a-queer-china/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

秦永敏案将于2018年5月11日正式开庭 (Veteran political dissident Qin Yongmin to face trail on May 11 in Wuhan on subversion charges)
Weiquanwang, May 8, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/2018511.html

著名人权律师江天勇被转到河南第二监狱 (Human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong transferred to Henan No. 2 Prison)
Weiquanwang, May 8, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_12.html

学者：新疆再教育营关人或近百万 警察抓人有指标 (Xinjiang police puts nearly 1 million in re-education camp to meet quota: Scholar)
Voice of America, May 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/4383631.html

Related:
新疆“培训中心”系统性强迫灌服不明药物 女人停经男人丧失生殖功能 (Xinjiang said to systemically sterilize people at re-education camps)
China Aid, May 4, 2018
http://www.chinaaid.net/2018/05/blog-post_89.html?m=1#.WuzezrGp9L0.whatsapp

Chinese writers arrested for online “slurs” about dairy firm as Beijing tightens grip on social media
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145060/chinese-writers-arrested-online-slurs-about-dairy-firm

中共中央印发《社会主义核心价值观融入法治建设立法修法规划》 (CPC Central Committee issues plan to “integrate socialists core values into” drafting and revision of laws)
Xinhua News Agency, May 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-05/07/c_1122796215.htm

最高检：持续加大刑事申诉案件公开审查力度 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate: Will continue to increase open court hearings of criminal appeals )
Supreme People's Procuratorate, May 7, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/07/content_7538610.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

“五四”北大突现大字报 批习近平搞个人崇拜 (73-year-old Peking University alumnus criticizes Xi Jinping for cult of personality on campus posters)
Radio Free Asia, May 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-05072018105616.html

Xi capitalizes on Marx’s legacy to rally China around communist party
The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-capitalizes-on-marxs-legacy-to-rally-china-around-communist-party-1525707225

快手党支部：树立正确的网络安全观，用科技提升人民的幸福感 (CPC cell inside video-streaming platform Kuaishou vows to shape a “correct” view of cybersecurity and use technology to enhance people’s sense of well-being, seriously study and implement the spirit of Xi Jinping’s important speeches)
Beijing Internet Association Party Committee, May 7, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2116150

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

家長申訴京維穩 譚作人：校舍問題爛尾 重建談何成就 (Tan Zuoren and deceased students’ parents continue to demand justice 10 years after Sichuan Earthquake)
Mingpao, May 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180508/s00013/1525716432623

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former top Chinese Communist official Sun Zhengcai jailed for life for bribery
Agence France-Presse, May 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/08/former-top-chinese-communist-official-sun-zhengcai-jailed-life-bribery/

「全國之愛匯聚」 汶川定512為感恩日 (Wenchuan County authority sets May 12 as “Day of Gratitude” 10 years after devastating earthquake hit Sichuan)
HKET, May 7, 2018
https://bit.ly/2rqIh8w

Related:
The young amputees of the Wenchuan earthquake
Sixth Tone, May 7, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002219/The%20Young%20Amputees%20of%20the%20Wenchuan%20Earthquake

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

“车脸识别”神器秒查涉牌违法 1秒分析300余张照片 (Intelligent “car-recognition system” used by Chinese traffic police can analyze over 300 photos per second)
People's Daily, May 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/yuqing/2018-05/07/c_129865742.htm

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

Taiwan accuses World Health Organization of bowing to Beijing over invitation to top health meeting
Agence France-Presse, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145129/taiwan-accuses-world-health-organisation-bowing-beijing

Related:
US and international airlines risk curbs on mainland operations if they refuse to obey Beijing’s “one-China” rules in Taiwan row
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145062/foreign-airlines-risk-curbs-mainland-operations-if-they

Chinese missiles are transforming the balance of power in the skies
Bloomberg, May 8, 2018
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-07/chinese-missiles-are-transforming-balance-of-power-in-the-skies

US ramps up criticism of Beijing on Weibo over demands that airlines list Taiwan and Hong Kong as part of China
Agence France-Presse, May 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/07/us-ramps-criticism-beijing-weibo-demands-airlines-list-taiwan-hong-kong-part-china/

Hong Kong (香港)

U-turn as lawmaker Regina Ip files motion to condemn democrat Ted Hui over phone snatching row
Hong Kong Free Press, May 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/08/u-turn-lawmaker-regina-ip-files-motion-condemn-democrat-ted-hui-phone-snatching-row/

“Death threat” with nine dead cockroaches sent to Hong Kong lawmaker Elizabeth Quat
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2145092/hong-kong-lawmaker-elizabeth-quat-makes-police-report-after

Controversial Express Rail joint checkpoint bill passes committee stage amid protests; next reading in June
Hong Kong Free Press, May 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/07/controversial-express-rail-joint-checkpoint-bill-passes-committee-stage-amid-protests-next-reading-june/

Related:
No more ways to convince lawmakers about Express Rail joint checkpoint bill, says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, May 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/08/no-ways-convince-lawmakers-express-rail-joint-checkpoint-bill-says-chief-exec-carrie-lam/

Commentary (评论)

Hear China’s totalitarian cruelty in this widow’s sobs
The Washington Post, May 7, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/hear-chinas-totalitarian-cruelty-in-this-widows-sobs/2018/05/07/c3b271ec-5221-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859_story.html

2017 Annual Report on Human Rights Situation in Tibet
2017年西藏人权状况年度报告
Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy, May 7, 2018
EN: http://e.issuu.com/embed.html#33384233/61019923
CH: http://e.issuu.com/embed.html#33384233/61021262

Think it's funny that China is cracking down on Peppa Pig? Think again
The Guardian, May 7, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/07/china-cracking-down-on-peppa-pig

Playing with fire: why are Donald Trump and Xi Jinping whipping up nationalist fervor?
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2145008/playing-fire-why-are-donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-whipping

Related:
What role does soft power play in China-US relations?
The Diplomat, May 8, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/what-role-does-soft-power-play-in-china-us-relations/

The significance of crane operators across China going on strike
China Change, May 7, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/05/07/the-significance-of-crane-operators-across-china-going-on-strike/

You could never replace Cantonese as the language of Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2145001/you-could-never-replace-cantonese-language-hong-kong

High-speed empire: Chinese expansion and the future of Southeast Asia
China File, May 3, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/books/high-speed-empire

Access to Justice (司法公正)

河南著名人权捍卫者贾灵敏今日刑满获释 众多维权人士前往迎接 (Veteran human rights defender Jia Lingmin released from Henan prison after 4 years in jail)
Weiquanwang, May 7, 2018
https://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_54.html

709王全璋律师妻子李文足就王全璋失踪1029天向最高检提起第29次控告 竟遭法警强行驱离 (Police forces Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, out of Supreme People's Procuratorate)
Weiquanwang, May 4, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/709102929.html

Top Chinese rights lawyer banned from traveling to United States
丁家喜律师被指可能危害国家安全禁出境
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ban-05042018135234.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawyer-05042018074419.html

检察日报刊文：女性求职，面试官不应问“生不生二孩” (Procuratorate Daily: Employers should not ask about plans for a second child when interviewing female job seekers)
Procuratorate Daily, May 4, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2110561

Access to Information (信息公开)

How China censors its Internet and controls information, from Great Firewall to 50 Cent Army: two new books explain
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2144692/how-china-censors-its-internet-and-controls-information-great-firewall

WeChat has blocked 500 million postings in fight against fake news
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2144900/wechat-has-blocked-500-million-postings-fight-against-fake-news

On this Chinese TV show, participants have nothing to lose but their chains
“马克思是对的”，中共向千禧一代灌输“正统”思想
The New York Times, May 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/world/asia/china-karl-marx-xi-jinping.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180507/china-karl-marx-xi-jinping/

Related:
Living Marxism: the Chinese Communist party reasserts control
Financial Times, May 6, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/766d2a42-419d-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

汶川地震十年系列—公民社会从爆发到沉寂的艰难之路 (From explosive flourishing to dead silence: The hard trail trekked by civil society 10 years after the Sichuan Earthquake)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 7, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-43972586

Related:
积分制要来了 境外NGO日子或将更难过 (Foreign NGOs face tougher days ahead as credit-rating mechanism looms)
Deutsche Welle, May 6, 2018
https://bit.ly/2KH1gEF

湖南省武冈市教师一千多人冒雨在市政府门前游行示威 (Over 1,000 school teachers in Hunan protest at government for fair pay)
Weiquanwang, May 6, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_20.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

【川震十年】遇難學生家長堅持追究責任 (Parents of students who died under shoddy school buildings during Sichuan Earthquake continue to demand accountability after 10 years)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 7, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1395069-20180507.htm

Related:
回家 (Going home)
China Youth Daily, May 28, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-05/28/content_2200571.htm

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

Forcing airlines to classify Taiwan, Hong Kong as Chinese territories is “Orwellian nonsense,” White House says
Agence France-Presse, May 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/06/forcing-airlines-classify-taiwan-hong-kong-chinese-territories-orwellian-nonsense-white-house-says/

Related:
Bishop warns Beijing against political pressure on Qantas over Taiwan
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 7, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bishop-warns-beijing-against-political-pressure-on-qantas-over-taiwan-20180507-p4zdui.html

赵克志：坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导 全力做好新时代维护国家安全和社会稳定工作 (Minister of Public Security: Persist in Xi Jinping Thought, unwaveringly enhance Party leadership in political, legal, and public security work, defend national security and social stability in the New Era)
Legal Daily, May 4, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/04/content_7537196.htm

When China and America spar over technology, it is about far more
The Economist, May 3, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21741600-nearly-all-high-tech-has-military-implications-and-stirs-national-pride-when-china-and-america

Hong Kong (香港)

【暴動罪審訊】辯方結案：梁天琦錯在真誠有些幼稚的幻想 以為選舉遊行能阻警武力清場 (Mong Kok Unrest trial: In defendant’s closing speech, Edward Leung described as “genuine but somewhat native,” thinks starting a rally would stop police's forceful eviction)
The Stand News, May 7, 2018
https://bit.ly/2HSqHp4

Lawmakers expelled: Regina Ip plays hardball as row over Hong Kong cross-border rail plan gets heated
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144991/lawmakers-expelled-regina-ip-plays-hardball-row-over-hong

Motion to condemn democrat Ted Hui may be withdrawn after his arrest, says fellow lawmaker Regina Ip
Hong Kong Free Press, May 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/07/motion-condemn-democrat-ted-hui-may-withdrawn-arrest-says-fellow-lawmaker-regina-ip/

香港教科书审查争议──历史教育只能是传达国族情感的工具？ (Hong Kong history textbook controversy: Is history education merely a tool to pass on nationalist sentiment?)
The Initium, May 7, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180507-opinion-chuwaili-hk-history/

Related:
Arguments over liberal studies refuse to die down as educators call for controversial Hong Kong school subject to be made elective
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2144892/arguments-over-liberal-studies-refuse-die-down-educators

What happens when Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students are separated at school from ethnic Chinese children?
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2144877/what-happens-when-hong-kongs-ethnic-minority-students-are

Out for the count? Hong Kong’s battered independence movement
Agence France-Presse, May 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/06/count-hong-kongs-battered-independence-movement/

Hong Kong youth groups reject People’s Liberation Army foot drill pressure
Agence France-Presse, May 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/05/hong-kong-youth-groups-reject-peoples-liberation-army-foot-drill-pressure/

The Pillar of Shame: The history of Hong Kong’s harrowing tribute to the Tiananmen massacre victims
Hong Kong Free Press, May 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/05/pillar-shame-history-hong-kongs-harrowing-tribute-tiananmen-massacre-victims/

陳帆稱香港絕大部分沉默大多數都支持高鐵 (Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan claims the silent majority of Hongkongers support high-speed rail)
Apple Daily, May 5, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180505/58154862

Commentary (评论)

“New Era, New Thought, New Journey”: Chinese tech firms tilt toward the Communist Party
Hong Kong Free Press, May 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/06/new-era-new-thought-new-journey-chinese-tech-firms-tilt-toward-communist-party/

In China’s digital era, the humble bulletin board still attracts readers… and secret policemen
Hong Kong Free Press, May 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/06/chinas-digital-era-humble-bulletin-board-still-attracts-readers-secret-policemen/

Confessions made in China
Chinoiresie, May 3, 2018
http://www.chinoiresie.info/confessions-made-in-china/

Is Hong Kong turning into Asia’s censored city?
The Global and Mail, May 2, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-is-hong-kong-turning-into-asias-censored-city/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Germany says Liu Xiaobo's widow is welcome “at any time”
Associated Press, May 3, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/germany-says-liu-xiaobo-widow-is-welcome-at-any-time/4375772.html

广东全面启动刑案律师辩护全覆盖，试行指定辩护与被告人自愿相结合制度 (Guangdong pilots program to provide defense counsel in all criminal cases, defendants may refuse assigned lawyers)
Legal Daily, May 3, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/03/content_7535178.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

No regrets: Xi says Marxism still “totally correct” for China
Reuters, May 4, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-marx-china/no-regrets-xi-says-marxism-still-totally-correct-for-china-idUSKBN1I50ET

Related:
Xi encourages lifetime loyalty to Party among young people
Xinhua News Agency, May 4, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-05-04/detail-ifzyqqiq5262686.shtml

急刹车后短视频行业路在何方？专家：尽快建立内容审查机制 (Short video platforms flourish in China, experts advocate for content review mechanism)
Economic Reference, May 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2108199

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s teachers follow their American colleagues out on strike
China Labor Bulletin, May 4, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china%E2%80%99s-teachers-follow-their-american-colleagues-out-strike

World Press Freedom Day 2018: Xi Jinping, release Tibetan Tashi Wangchuk – charged over a NYTimes report
Hong Kong Free Press, May 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-xi-jinping-release-tibetan-tashi-wangchuk-charged-nytimes-report/

安徽高岭村民与警冲突 抗议建垃圾焚烧厂 (Villagers in Anhui clash with police in protest against construction of waste incineration plant)
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-05032018095238.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

In China’s cities, young people with rural ties are angry
The Economist, May 3, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21741602-they-are-one-biggest-threats-countrys-social-stability-chinas-cities-young-people

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

U.S. says will be consequences for China's South China Sea militarization
Reuters, May 4, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-says-consequences-china-laser-incidents-190812003.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Lawmaker Ted Hui seeks explanation from Privacy Commissioner over gov’t officers in legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, May 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/04/lawmaker-ted-hui-seeks-explanation-privacy-commissioner-govt-officers-legislature/

Related:
Privacy Commissioner says lawmakers’ movements in legislature are not sensitive information
Hong Kong Free Press, May 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/04/privacy-commissioner-says-lawmakers-movements-legislature-not-sensitive-information/

Activist plans “alternative” English-language candlelit vigil to mark 29 years since Tiananmen massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, May 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/04/activist-plans-alternative-english-language-candlelit-vigil-mark-29-years-since-tiananmen-massacre/

Around 6,500 people emigrated from Hong Kong in 2017 – a 12-year low
Hong Kong Free Press, May 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/03/around-6500-people-emigrated-hong-kong-2017-12-year-low/

We must integrate with China’s trade plans, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warns lawmakers – or risk losing out
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144571/we-must-integrate-chinas-trade-plans-hong-kong-leader-carrie

Commentary (评论)

China's President Xi Jinping is pushing a Marxist revival — but how communist is it really?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, May 4, 2018
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-04/china-xi-jinping-is-pushing-a-marxist-revival/9724720

Related:
Karl Marx, Cai Yuanpei, and the legacies of May Fourth
RADII, May 4, 2018
https://radiichina.com/karl-marx-cai-yuanpei-and-the-legacies-of-may-fourth/

China must release detained crane workers on strike & would-be May 1st protesters
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 3, 2018
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/05/china-must-release-detained-crane-workers-on-strike-would-be-may-1st-protesters/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

全国首例英烈保护公益诉讼：保护董存瑞英雄形象 (Hebei prosecutor demands local civil affairs authority, police to protect image of Dong Cunrui in accordance with the new hero law)
Sina, May 3, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-05-03/doc-ifzyqqiq1961755.shtml

“Easier to die than live”: Liu Xia, widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, cries out for help in phone call
China Change, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/easier-die-live-liu-xia-widow-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-cries-help-phone-call/

四川阿坝一藏人遭“政治罪名”秘密判刑13年 (Tibetan in Sichuan secretly sentenced to 13 years in jail for “political crime”)
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-05022018101117.html

中国施压家庭教会 安徽牧师被判囚三年 (Family church priest in Anhui sentenced to 3 years in jail for “damaging property intentionally”)
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-05022018093416.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

黑龙江省失业教师一万多人到该省信访局上访维权 (Over 10,000 jobless teachers in Heilongjiang petition in province capital)
Weiquanwang, May 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_96.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese cities ordered to axe new projects after failing to hit winter pollution targets
Reuters, May 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2144503/chinese-cities-ordered-axe-new-projects-after-failing

民政部部署开展扫黑除恶专项斗争，重心对准涉黑涉恶人员操纵村委会选举 (Ministry of Civil Affairs launches “clean up gang crime, eradicate evil” anti-corruption campaign specifically targeted at gangsters who manipulate village committee elections)
Legal Daily, May 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/02/content_7535003.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese companies are watching the brain waves of their employees
Abacus, May 3, 2018
https://www.abacusnews.com/future-tech/chinese-companies-are-watching-brain-waves-their-employees/article/2144208

Tech giants feel the squeeze as Xi Jinping tightens his grip
习近平强权时代，中国科技巨头变身政府“好伙伴”
The New York Times, May 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/technology/china-xi-jinping-technology-innovation.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20180503/china-xi-technology-innovation/

家长成“老赖”，孩子不能上学？这所中学的招生政策让网友吵翻了 (Middle school in Shandong announces new enrolment guidelines: Students with “untrustworthy” parents, based on the social credit system, denied admission)
Guanchazhe, April 30, 2018
http://user.guancha.cn/main/content?id=14661&s=fwzxfbbt

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

China deploys cruise missiles on South China Sea outposts – reports
Reuters, May 3, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/china-deploys-cruise-missiles-on-south-china-sea-outposts-reports

China ramps up pressure on Qantas over Taiwan
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 2, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/china-ramps-up-pressure-on-qantas-over-taiwan-20180501-p4zcmn.html

White House considers restricting Chinese researchers over espionage fears
忧间谍活动，白宫或限制中国人在美从事敏感研究
The New York Times, April 30, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/trump-china-researchers-espionage.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180502/trump-china-researchers-espionage/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong police expect first anti-riot vehicle with water cannons to arrive this month
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2144369/hong-kong-police-expect-receive-anti-riot

Hong Kong court convicts nine more over 2016 Mong Kok riot
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2144397/hong-kong-court-convicts-nine-more-over-2016

Hong Kong officials’ “lax” monitoring of taxpayer-funded social welfare NGOs blasted
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144375/hong-kong-officials-lax-monitoring-taxpayer-funded-social

Number of registered Hong Kong homeless soars as sky-high rents force people to sleep rough
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2144384/number-registered-hong-kong-homeless-soars-sky-high-rents

Potential changes to Hong Kong liberal studies subject draw concern
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/potential-changes-hong-kong-liberal-studies-subject-draw-concern/

Commentary (评论)

Peppa Pig should be proud
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 3, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/peppa-pig-should-be-proud-20180503-p4zd56.html

Hong Kong can best serve China through diplomacy – but first it must make its allegiances clear
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2144202/hong-kong-can-best-serve-china-through-diplomacy-first-it

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese crane operators stage nationwide strike ahead of Labor Day
全国塔吊工人五一如期罢工 多处工地停工
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-05012018121258.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor-05012018093946.html

Translation: Yue Xin “On the Week Since My Open Letter” (Full Text)
木·田：我在公开信后的一周里
China Digital Times, May 1, 2018
EN: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/05/translation-yue-xin-on-the-week-since-my-open-letter-full-text/
CH: https://github.com/DeboutSQ/Xin-Yue/blob/master/mingguini.md

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Father detained after 7-year-old son thrown off bridge in southwest China
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2144337/father-detained-after-7-year-old-son-thrown-bridge-southwest

How Chinese veterans could derail President Xi’s plans
The Diplomat, May 1, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/how-chinese-veterans-could-derail-president-xis-plans/

中非合作被诋毁，人民日报：鞋子合不合脚，只有穿鞋的人知道 (Chinese ambassador to Malawi responds to criticism of Chinese investment in Africa on People’s Daily: Whether the shoes fit, only the wearer knows)
People’s Daily, April 30, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-04/30/nw.D110000renmrb_20180430_2-03.htm

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

Chinese state media accuse Taiwan of sour grapes after ally poached
Reuters, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2144264/chinese-state-media-accuse-taiwan-sour-grapes-after

Related:
China's new “tug-of-war” with Taiwan over influence in the Pacific
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 2, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-s-new-tug-of-war-with-taiwan-over-influence-in-the-pacific-20180502-p4zcxt.html

Hong Kong (香港)

9被告全部罪成 三星期後聽取求情判刑 另1人仍棄保潛逃 (All remaining 9 defendants found guilty of rioting by Hong Kong court)
Mingpao, May 2, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180502/s00001/1525246343618

Hong Kong’s top court rejects bid by banks and law firms to intervene in LGBT appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/hong-kongs-top-court-rejects-bid-banks-law-firms-intervene-lgbt-appeal/

Cantonese a dialect, not a mother tongue, says Hong Kong Education Bureau supporting material on Mandarin
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/cantonese-dialect-not-mother-tongue-says-hong-kong-education-bureau-supporting-material-mandarin/

“Enough! Stand up!”: Thousands march for labor rights, urging standard working hours in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/enough-stand-thousands-march-labour-rights-urging-standard-working-hours-hong-kong/

Gov’t will not reveal full design, security details of new Express Rail terminal, as they could be for terror attacks
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/01/govt-will-not-reveal-full-design-security-details-new-express-rail-terminal-terror-attacks/

Calls to better protect mothers after employee alleges discrimination at cosmetics firm Crabtree & Evelyn
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/01/calls-better-protect-mothers-employee-alleges-discrimination-cosmetics-firm-crabtree-evelyn/

Commentary (评论)

中國還有希望嗎？從中國的公民社會說起 (Is there still hope in China? Let's start from civil society)
Inmediahk, May 2, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056742

香港工人的惡夢，何時終結？ (When will Hong Kong workers’ nightmare be over?)
Inmediahk, May 2, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056732

Hong Kong’s pan-democrat lawmakers should accept Beijing’s hand of friendship
South China Morning Post, May 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2144300/hong-kongs-pan-democrat-lawmakers-should-accept-beijings

Xi Jinping and the third Chinese revolution
The Diplomat, May 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/xi-jinping-and-the-third-chinese-revolution/

Taiwan shining: the island with global potential as a tech and free speech stronghold
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/01/taiwan-shining-island-global-potential-tech-free-speech-stronghold/

Authoritarian China should immediately set Liu Xia free
The Asahi Shimbun, May 1, 2018
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201805010022.html

France’s Macron buys into China’s rights vision
马克龙向中国人权观低头
Human Rights Watch, April 27, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/27/frances-macron-buys-chinas-rights-vision
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/04/27/317423

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Police detain Chinese activists marking 50th anniversary of Lin Zhao's death
民主先驱林昭遇难50周年 多位祭奠人士遭控制
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-04302018114334.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04302018101602.html

Tianjin police “investigate” colleagues of detained human rights lawyer
公安“侦查”王全璋案 多名维权律师拒绝配合
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/colleagues-04302018113935.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04272018102431.html

蔡志国感慨“信访见人不见底”，五一节前“三骗子胡同”突然不见了信访人 (Hebei rights defender observes: usual crowds of petitioners in front of State Bureau of Letters and Calls in Beijing have been cleared away before May 1 holiday)
Weiquanwang, May 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/04/blog-post_83.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Peppa Pig blocked from China's Douyin video platform
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 30, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43953432

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The AI arms race: China and US compete to dominate big data
Financial Times, May 1, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/e33a6994-447e-11e8-93cf-67ac3a6482fd

”Forget the Facebook leak”: China is mining data directly from workers’ brains on an industrial scale
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2143899/forget-facebook-leak-china-mining-data-directly-workers-brains

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国多地塔吊司机拉横幅上街 要求涨工资 (Crane operators nationwide strike and protest to demand wages increase and overtime pay for high-risk work)
Voice of America, April 30, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-collective-action-and-strike-broke-out-by-construction-crane-operators-in-numerous-regions-of-china-20180430/4370725.html

袁凌：從調查記者轉型作家，記錄鄉村、底層和體制邊緣人 (Yuan Ling, an investigative journalist and author, on recording the lives of rural, marginalized people)
The Initium, April 30, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180430-mainland-yuanling/

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

White house considers restricting Chinese researchers over espionage fears
The New York Times, April 30, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/trump-china-researchers-espionage.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Article 23 national security law in Hong Kong could help win more democracy, government adviser Ronny Tong says
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144199/article-23-national-security-law-hong-kong-could-help-win

Government is rewriting the history of Hong Kong, one inconvenient phrase at a time
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144200/government-rewriting-history-hong-kong-one-inconvenient

Cutting off former Hong Kong legislator’s famous long hair was not discriminatory, court rules
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2143998/cutting-former-hong-kong-legislators-famous

Activists complain to Ombudsman over gov’t officers monitoring lawmakers’ whereabouts inside legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/30/activists-complain-ombudsman-govt-officers-monitoring-lawmakers-whereabouts-inside-legislature/

Other (其他)

目击者：中方施压约旦 台湾参展旗帜遭扯 (Taiwan flag ripped off exhibition in Jordan, allegedly at China’s request)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm1-04302018102735.html

Taiwan’s diplomatic isolation increases as Dominican Republic recognizes China
The New York Times, May 1, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/world/asia/taiwan-dominican-republic-recognize.html

Commentary (评论)

Censorship “maybe”? Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam fails to reassure on press freedom
Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/01/censorship-maybe-hong-kongs-carrie-lam-fails-reassure-press-freedom/

The rise of populism and implications for China
China File, April 30, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/library/china-world-podcast/rise-of-populism-and-implications-china

誰砸爛大學基層教師的飯碗？(Who smashed the rice bowls of Hong Kong adjunct faculties?)
Inmedia, April 30, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056712a

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人民陪审员法表决通过 明确人民陪审员与法官有同等权利 (NPC Standing Committee passes law of People’s Assessors who “have the same rights as judges”)
Xinhua News Agency, April 27, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-04/27/c_1122755575.htm

Related:
中华人民共和国人民陪审员法 (People’s Assessors Law of the People’s Republic of China)
National People’s Congress, April 27, 2018
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2018-04/27/content_2053975.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

佩佩豬突遭抖音封殺 網哀：我們懷念她 (Peppa Pig censored by Douyin, Chinese video platform)
TVBS, April 30, 2018
https://news.tvbs.com.tw/fun/911102

李克强让人民运用互联网大数据监督政府讲话遭删 (Li Keqiang’s comment on people monitoring government using Internet, big data censored in China)
Radio France Internationale, April 30, 2018
https://bit.ly/2HFFpzF

China’s state broadcaster backs Russian version of the Syrian crisis, saying chemical attacks were staged
Global Voices, April 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/28/chinas-state-broadcaster-backs-russian-version-syrian-crisis-saying-chemical-attacks-staged/

广东省网信办等部门加强网络空间治理 积极查办违法违规案件 (Guangdong Internet and Informatization Office censors 6 million pieces of “harmful information,” shuts down 580,000 Internet accounts, takes down 700 apps in 2018)
China Cyberspace Administration, April 27, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-04/27/c_1122750744.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

珠海偉創力罷工遭官方工會破壞 (Zhuhai workers’ strike sabotaged by party-controlled trade union)
Inmediahk, April 30, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056686

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese girl abducted, hidden and beaten finally finds birth parents 21 years on
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2144027/chinese-girl-abducted-hidden-and-beaten-finally-finds-birth

A new class struggle: Chinese party members get back to Communist Manifesto basics
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2143841/new-class-struggle-chinese-party-members-get-back

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

Taiwan president says willing to meet China's Xi “for peace”
Agence France-Presse, April 27, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/taiwan-president-says-willing-meet-chinas-xi-peace-003615062.html

公安部：铸牢对党忠诚政治灵魂，发扬国保队伍优良传统 (Ministry of Public Security honors Domestic Security officers for “loyalty to the Party”)
Ministry of Public Security, April 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2101036

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong poet and supporter of late dissident Liu Xiaobo battles terminal cancer
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2143965/hong-kong-poet-and-supporter-late-dissident-liu-xiaobo

Correctional Services Dept. wins appeal to overturn sexual discrimination challenge against male prisoner haircuts
Hong Kong Free Press, April 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/30/correctional-services-dept-wins-appeal-overturn-sexual-discrimination-challenge-male-prisoner-haircuts/

Hong Kong housing protests grow as Labor Party demands seizure of city’s most exclusive golf club
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2143904/hong-kong-housing-protests-grow-labour-party-demands-seizure

Commentary (评论)

為何仍堅持建設民主中國？ (Why do we persist in building a democratic China?)
Inmediahk, April 30, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056705

How China’s filmmakers became nostalgic for a socialist past
China Film Insider, April 29, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/how-chinas-filmmakers-became-nostalgic-for-a-socialist-past/

Free speech: Hong Kong’s new limits, new punishments, and the fate of academic Benny Tai
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/29/free-speech-hong-kongs-new-limits-new-punishments-fate-academic-benny-tai/

The Ted Hui debacle: Tragedy, farce, and the hypocrisy of Hong Kong’s pro-establishment camp
Hong Kong Free Press, April 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/29/ted-hui-debacle-tragedy-farce-hypocrisy-hong-kongs-pro-establishment-camp/

The demise of watchdog journalism in China
中国调查性报道的衰亡
The New York Times, April 27, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/opinion/watchdog-journalism-china-oppression.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180428/watchdog-journalism-china-oppression/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709律师续受打压 李和平面临吊照要求听证 (Rights lawyer Li Heping stripped of license to practice following detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04262018102336.html

Germany, US renew calls for release of Liu Xiaobo’s widow from house arrest
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2143583/germany-us-renew-calls-release-liu-xiaobos-widow-house

China moves to police its history with new law
The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-moves-to-police-its-history-with-new-law-1524758002

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese journalist held for “libel” of Yili chairman Pan Gang
写小说被认为“诽谤伊利” 作者刘成昆被跨省抓捕
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/author-libel-04262018132005.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04262018102257.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Sim Chi Yin, a patient photographer, wins Chris Hondros award
曾拍摄中国尘肺病患者的摄影师沈绮颖获奖
The New York Times, April 25, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/lens/sim-chi-yin-a-patient-photographer-wins-chris-hondros-award.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/lens/20180426/sim-chi-yin-a-patient-photographer-wins-chris-hondros-award/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alibaba to help Chinese courts go on cloud
Xinhua News Agency, April 27, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-04-27/detail-ifztkpip2455281.shtm

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

台“陆生共谍案”二审维持有罪判决 (Taiwan court upholds sentence, sends Chinese spy to jail)
Deutsche Welle, April 26, 2018
https://bit.ly/2JrZB4z

Taiwan accuses China of compromising global health over WHO ban
Agence France-Presse, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/taiwan-accuses-china-compromising-global-health-ban/

Hong Kong (香港)

In Pictures: Labor Party member assaulted at Fanling golf course protest
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/27/pictures-labour-party-member-assaulted-fanling-golf-course-protest/

Democratic Party will not oppose possible probe into phone-grabbing lawmaker
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/27/democratic-party-will-not-oppose-possible-probe-phone-grabbing-lawmaker/

Pro-independence activist Andy Chan files final appeal against failed election bid
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/pro-independence-activist-andy-chan-files-final-appeal-failed-election-bid/

Gay Games is Hong Kong’s chance to show the city’s inclusivity – will it recognize same-sex unions and legislate to protect LGBT rights?
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2143252/gay-games-hong-kongs-chance-show-citys-inclusivity-will-it-recognise-same

Commentary (评论)

王光亞老而不死 (Beijing official Wang Guangya is old, he just won’t die)
Inmediahk, April 27, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056633

程翔：悼「六四」、抗威權 香港在中國威權統治下的前景及我們的應對 (Mourn June Fourth, fight against authoritarianism: Future of Hong Kong under Chinese authoritarian rule and what can we do)
Inmediahk, April 27, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056648

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Video: “I will not accept gov’t-appointed lawyer unless tortured,” arrested Chinese lawyer Yu Wensheng says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/video-i-will-not-accept-govt-appointed-lawyer-unless-tortured-arrested-chinese-lawyer-yu-wensheng-says/

Prominent Uyghur scholar detained in Xinjiang capital Urumqi: official
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-04252018140407.html

China to punish those who “glorify wars of invasion”
Reuters, April 25, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-history/china-to-punish-those-who-glorify-wars-of-invasion-idUSKBN1HW1DX

完善衔接机制加强追逃力度总结试点经验，刑事诉讼法迎来第三次修改，缺席审判制度及速裁程序等拟入法 (NPC Standing Committee proposes amendments to Criminal Procedure Law: Permit trial in absentia, set up plea bargain system, speed up trial procedures)
Legal Daily, April 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2018-04/25/content_7530273.htm

刑事法律援助工作联席会议第一次会议强调，充分发挥刑事法律援助在加强人权司法保障 促进司法公正中的重要作用 (7 departments, including Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Ministry of State Security, to enhance coordination, improve legal aid for criminal cases and “strengthen judicial protection of human rights”)
Legal Daily, April 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/25/content_7530388.htm

司法部、全国普法办召开会议要求 以高度的政治责任感组织开展好宪法学习宣传教育活动 (Ministry of Justice launches campaign to promote studying Constitution with “great sense of political responsibility”, combining “Constitutional education with studying Xi Jinping Thought”)
Ministry of Justice, April 24, 2018
http://www.moj.gov.cn/news/content/2018-04/24/bnyw_18562.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

一部委局级干部建微信群被处分：群成员在群内互通政商信息 (Official punished for exchanging political and business information in WeChat group)
The Paper, April 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2097284

拍底层文革故事的中国“凯鲁亚克” (China’s Jack Kerouac who makes documentary about the Cultural Revolution)
The New York Times, April 25, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180425/siling-xu-xing/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

维权律师遭停牌 陈家鸿状告南宁司法局 (Rights lawyer sues Justice Bureau in Guangxi for license suspension)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04252018103922.html

Students defiant as Chinese university warns #MeToo activist
北大压制性侵案舆论，学生贴大字报反抗
The New York Times, April 24, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/world/asia/china-metoo-peking-university.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180425/china-metoo-peking-university/

Related:
李一鸣 (发起人 2016级本科生)：就部分同学因申请信息公开被约谈一事致北大校方的联名信 (Peking University students launch signature campaign in support of Yue Xin who gets intimidated by management for demanding information disclosure)
Weiquanwang, April 25, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/2016.html

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

Senate passes motion condemning China’s “hostile behavior” in South China Sea
The Global and Mail, April 25, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-senate-passes-motion-condemning-chinas-hostile-behaviour-in-south/

Related:
China says Canada Senate motion on disputed sea stirs “troubles”
Reuters, April 25, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-canada-senate/china-says-canada-senate-motion-on-south-china-sea-stirs-up-troubles-idUSKBN1HW276

Hong Kong (香港)

Exclusive: Application by Hong Kong’s July 1 democracy march to use Victoria Park pitches rejected for second year
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/exclusive-application-hong-kongs-july-1-democracy-march-use-victoria-park-pitches-rejected-second-year/

Those calling for end to “one-party dictatorship” probably cannot run for legislature, Beijing official says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/calling-end-one-party-dictatorship-probably-cannot-run-legco-seats-says-beijing-official/

Related:
No guarantees that advocates of ending one party rule will not be prosecuted, says Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, April 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/24/no-guarantees-advocates-ending-one-party-rule-will-not-prosecuted-says-carrie-lam/

Commentary (评论)

China’s new aircraft carrier is already obsolete
Foreign Policy, April 25, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/25/chinas-new-carrier-is-already-obsolete/

Hong Kong must remain a beacon of freedom of expression as China, and the region, cracks down on critics
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2143215/hong-kong-must-remain-beacon-freedom-expression-china-and

Access to Justice (司法公正)

西藏那曲数十名藏人矿山维权 遭当局抓捕殴打 (Police beat, detain over 30 residents in Tibet for protesting against mining in sacred mountains)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-04242018101211.html

Uyghurs in XUAR’s Ghulja City held in at least five “political re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ghulja-04242018132236.html

最高人民法院、司法部联合发文保障律师诉讼权利和规范律师参与庭审活动 (Supreme People’s Court, Ministry of Justice prohibit lawyers from publishing open letters and statements online in name of “defending rights”)
Legal Daily, April 24, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/24/content_7528409.htm

最高法党组会议指出，司法服务保障网络安全和信息化建设 (Supreme People’s Court to promote international judicial cooperation in cyberspace, “actively demonstrate to the international community the superiority of socialist rule by law with Chinese characteristics”)
Legal Daily, April 24, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/24/content_7529424.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Tencent cracks down on underaged smut in ongoing online clean-up
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2143212/tencent-cracks-down-underaged-smut-ongoing-online-clean

Why did China take its own propaganda film offline? Netizens point to US tech sanctions
Global Voices, April 24, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/04/24/why-did-china-take-its-own-propaganda-film-offline-netizens-point-to-us-tech-sanctions/