Commentary (评论)

From Singapore to the US, overseas Chinese are increasingly fearful of criticizing Beijing. Is this what China wants?
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/china/article/2153771/singapore-us-overseas-chinese-are-increasingly-fearful

Sex pests on the subway: China is finally cracking down, thanks to its brave women
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2153965/sex-pests-subway-china-finally-cracking-down

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Shanghai woman missing, believed detained after inking poster of President
“泼墨女孩”一天内被广泛传播 中国网民赞其勇敢
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ink-07052018111115.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-07052018092434.html

UN experts seek urgent release of widow of human rights activist Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153817/un-experts-seek-urgent-release-liu-xiaobos-widow

Related:
联合国专家呼吁中国政府释放刘霞 (UN experts urge China to release Liu Xia)
Voice of America, July 5, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-un-experts-seek-urgent-release-of-window-of-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-20180704/4467713.html

河北衡水法院将“老赖”拍成“大片”，在每场电影开始前公映 (Hebei court broadcasts debtors’ personal information as “movie trailer” in local theaters)
Higher People’s Court of Hebei Province, July 5, 2018
http://www.hebeicourt.gov.cn/public/detail.php?id=30456

Stern Hu: Australian former Rio Tinto executive released from Chinese jail
The Guardian, July 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/04/stern-hu-australian-former-rio-tinto-executive-released-from-chinese-jail

网上点赞刺警行为 男子被行拘10日 (Netizen jailed for 10 days after applauding police-stabbing suspect online)
Beijing News, July 4, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/04/493784.html

谢阳：709案是中国司法史的屈辱标志 (Human rights lawyer on 709 Incident: a disgrace in legal history of China)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wy-07042018105845.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's Xi Jinping warns again graft fight not yet over
Reuters, July 5, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinas-xi-jinping-warns-again-graft-fight-not-yet-over-idUSKBN1JV03I

上海检察院原检察长陈旭受贿案一审开庭 (Corruption trial begins for former Chief of Shanghai People’s Procuratorate)
Legal Daily, July 5, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/05/content_7587133.htm?node=5955

中央纪委 国家监委：逾27000人违反八项规定被查 (Over 27,000 officials investigated in first five months of 2018 for violating CPC Eight-point Regulation)
People's Daily, July 5, 2018
http://tv.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0705/c61600-30127800.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Top Hong Kong court grants UK lesbian right to spousal visa
Reuters, July 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-britain-lgbt/hong-kong-court-grants-british-lesbian-right-to-spousal-visa-idUSKBN1JU083

Related:
“Why should we give up our life?”: lesbian expat criticizes “pure discrimination” of Hong Kong gov’t after court victory
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/05/give-life-lesbian-expat-criticises-pure-discrimination-hong-kong-govt-court-victory/

楊潤雄：今屆政府不重推國教科　用港人接受方式推行　黃之鋒：國教分拆上市 (Secretary of Education will not re-launch “national education” as independent subject, Joshua Wong warns diminishing academic freedom)
The Stand News, July 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/楊潤雄-今屆政府不重推國教科-用港人接受方式推行-黃之鋒-國教分拆上市/

Hong Kong’s Law Society and Bar Assoc. condemn “unjustified, derogatory and personal attacks” against judge
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/05/hong-kongs-law-society-bar-assoc-condemn-unjustified-derogatory-personal-attacks-judge/

Related:
Joint statement of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Bar Association in response to personal attacks on a judge
香港律師會與香港大律師公會　就一名法官受到人身攻擊發表的聯合聲明
Law Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Bar Association, July 4, 2018
EN: https://hkba.org/sites/default/files/20180704%20-%20Joint%20Statement%20-%20Attacks%20on%20the%20Judiciary%20%28English%29.pdf
CH: https://hkba.org/sites/default/files/20180704%20-%20Joint%20Statement%20-%20Attacks%20on%20the%20Judiciary%20%28Chinese%29.pdf

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong ordered to pay HK$8,000 legal fees after losing compensation claim
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153787/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong

Commentary (评论)

評QT判決：同性伴侶權利之法律戰 (QT judgment: definition of marriage unchanged, same-sex couples’ legal rights still unequal)
The Stand News, July 4, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/lgbtq/評qt判決-同性伴侶權利之法律戰/

【觸不得的紅線．3】我曾把自己當中國人 — 專訪西藏流亡政府駐台代表 (I used to identify as Chinese, says Dalai Lama’s former translator)
The Stand News, July 4, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/台灣/觸不得的紅線-3-我曾把自己當中國人-專訪西藏流亡政府駐台代表/

China’s Belt and Road: exporting evangelism?
The Diplomat, July 4, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/chinas-belt-and-road-exporting-evangelism/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709婚礼受阻 维权人士遭软禁 (Rights activists under house arrest for planning to wed on July 9, third anniversary of 709 Incident)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07032018092431.html

無綫專訪「709事件」維權律師王宇　稱當局曾以其子要挾認罪 (Human rights lawyer arrested in 709 Incident was forced to plead guilty as authority threatened to destroy her son’s future)
Mingpao, July 2, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180702/s00004/1530527610771

李文足等709家屬計劃到多間看守所探望被捕維權人士 (709 lawyers’ family members visit detained rights lawyers and activists in jails)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 3, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1404894-20180703.htm

中国律协章程加强党建：律师要跟党走 (All China Lawyers Association adds Party ideology into charter)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07022018093913.html

Police detain dissident in China's Hunan on “orders from higher up”
曾撰文批评习近平而因言获罪　作家彭佩玉近日再度被抓
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-detain-dissident-in-chinas-hunan-07032018120408.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/writer-07032018074107.html

Uyghur exile group leader’s mother died in Xinjiang detention center
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/mother-07022018164214.html

遭拆迁七旬老人坠楼身亡 警方认定自杀受质疑 (Elderly protester’s fall from local government building ruled as suicide by police, families disagree)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07032018092155.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

上海学童遇袭 官方封锁消息 (Authorities disperse protests and ban news coverage on Shanghai school killing)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/gf1-07022018094055.html

中国人大副校长忠告学生不要告密 (Vice President of Renmin University advises students against snitching)
Radio France Internationale, July 2, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180702-中国人大副校长忠告学生不要告密

All aboard Xi Jinping’s train of Thought as city decorates subway carriages with propaganda
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153582/all-aboard-chinas-propaganda-express-xi-jinpings-new

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Top Chinese rights lawyer resigns from ruling party in protest
不满被律协抹黑 湖南律师文东海宣布退党
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/resigns-07032018132714.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/gf2-07032018092759.html

党庆前夕 浙江嘉兴爆发警民冲突 (Protesters in Jiaxing City occupy government building, clashing with police)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07022018094233.html

河南杞县一家庭教会被断电及罚款 (House church in Henan is fined and cut off electricity for “illegal gathering”)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-07022018093635.html

Chinese woman denied teaching certificate because of height
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44700473

湖南尘肺病人再赴广东深圳维权 (Hundred black lung patients from Hunan demand compensation in Shenzhen, turned away empty handed)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-07032018092545.html

ICT and Human Rights (信息技术与人权）

China firm develops “laser gun”
Channel NewsAsia, Jul y 3, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-firm-develops--laser-gun--10494818

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

China Deploys Police, Restricts Online Discussion in Malho Ahead of Dalai Lama’s Birthday
达赖喇嘛寿辰临近 青海黄南藏区强化防控
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/birthday-07052018151848.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07032018093355.html

Hong Kong (香港)

警毆明報記者 投訴課列無法追查 明報嚴正要求更徹底調查 事主將覆核 (Ming Pao reporter’s assault complaint against police dismissed as “not pursuable,” complainant to file appeal)
Mingpao, July 3, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180703/s00002/1530555040992

Related:
Reporter slams Hong Kong police complaints office after claims he was beaten by officers rejected despite video footage of incident
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153486/reporter-slams-hong-kong-police-complaints

Hard for ethnic youth to find jobs
The Standard, July 3, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=197417&sid=4&sid=4

Support for same-sex marriage in Hong Kong grows as new study shows attitudes to LGBT community are changing in city
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2153635/support-same-sex-marriage-hong-kong-grows-new-study-shows

Silenced in God’s name: sexual harassment at Hong Kong churches must be stopped
Hong Kong Free Press, July 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/03/silenced-gods-name-sexual-harassment-hong-kong-churches-must-stopped/

Commentary (评论)

专访：回归廿一年 香港法治面对内忧外患？ (Interview with former HKU Law dean: a look at rule of law in Hong Kong 21 years after the Handover)
Deutsche Welle, July 1, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/30TCd

The dark side of the Chinese dream
The Nation, July 3, 2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/dark-side-chinese-dream/

港人政治權利與所謂「觸碰國家底線」 (Hong Kong people’s political rights and "crossing country’s bottom line")
inmediahk.net, July 4, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058080

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Dozens of Uyghur children of Xinjiang village camp detainees sent to live in orphanages
Voice of America, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/orphanages-07022018143057.html

Related:
One in 10 Uyghur residents of Xinjiang township jailed or detained in “Re-Education Camp”
Voice of America, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/target-06292018132506.html

被問王全璋失蹤事件　傅政華稱要依法處置 (Head of Ministry of Justice emphasizes on “rule of law” in his first public remarks on 709 Incident)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 29, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1404279-20180629.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese video app Douyin counts the cost of insulting Korean war hero as advertising halted
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153321/chinese-video-app-douyin-counts-cost-insulting-korean

Related:
北京市网信办、市工商局联合约谈抖音、搜狗等公司并要求专项整改 (Beijing Cyberspace Affairs Commission orders companies to remove online ads slandering heroes and martyrs)
Beijing Cyberspace Affairs Commission WeChat, July 1, 2018
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NmMyD-ooPPxXXKVHvECdjA

China tightens party control of foreign university ventures
中国收紧对中外合办大学的控制
Financial Times, July 2, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/4b885540-7b6d-11e8-8e67-1e1a0846c475
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001078278/ce

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese leaders gather for back-to-back meetings after military veterans protest
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153459/chinese-leaders-gather-back-back-meetings-after

Police in China's Guangzhou cremate rights activist's body in secret
张六毛遗体被火化 死因未解家属不放弃
Voice of America, June 29, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/cremate-06292018112102.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-06292018101308.html

人权律师遭打压 年检被评定“不称职” (Human rights lawyers graded "incompetent" in annual license assessment review)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06292018101017.html

内蒙古牧民代表北京上访遭截访控制 (Inner Mongolian herdsmen petitioners intercepted and disbanded in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-06292018100910.html

Dozens detained in China's Harbin after protesters blockade trash plant
Voice of America, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/plant-07022018110541.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

生态环境部回应临汾监测数据造假：性质之恶劣令人发指 发现一起严肃查处一起 (16 officials convicted for fabricating air quality data)
Beijing News, June 29, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/29/493158.html

广州家庭教会少年学堂被禁 (House church forced to close its Sunday school)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-06292018100717.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

网民爆腾讯APP偷取用户私隐 腾讯否认 (Netizens call out Tencent web browser for spying on users)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hj-06292018103756.html

Related:
继QQ浏览器后，Vivo手机又测出百度手机输入法后台录音 (Cellphone users allege Baidu input app secretly records conversations in the background)
China News Finance, July 2, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2234532

China introduces millimeter wave tech into airports security checks
Xinhua, July 2, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-07-02/detail-ihespqry4360193.shtml

Related:
中国民航局：毫米波人体成像设备将正式用于机场安检 (Civil Aviation Administration releases usage guideline on millimeter wave technology)
China News, June 26, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2018/06-26/8547695.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Thousands protest in Hong Kong on anniversary of handover to China
香港七一大游行，呼吁中国结束一党专政
The New York Times, July 1, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180702/hong-kong-march-handover/dual/

Related:
Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters defiant, but rally turnout hits a low
Reuters, July 2, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-anniversary/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-protesters-defiant-but-rally-turnout-hits-a-low-idUSKBN1JR143

Hong Kong gov’t criticizes “disrespectful, sensational, misleading” chants at annual democracy rally
Hong Kong Free Press, July 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/02/hong-kong-govt-criticises-disrespectful-sensational-misleading-chants-annual-democracy-rally/

Celebrations to mark anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China give attendees chance to display love of country
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2153302/celebrations-mark-anniversary-hong-kongs-return-china-give

Joshua Wong’s Demosisto raises most money at Hong Kong’s July 1 march but traditional pro-democracy groups fall behind
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153465/joshua-wongs-demosisto-raises-most-money-hong-kongs-july-1

Beijing’s meddling in Hong Kong affairs through the city’s liaison office has eased under Carrie Lam but experts warn she still needs to tread carefully
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153167/beijings-meddling-hong-kong-affairs-through-citys-liaison

Related:
Tackling Hong Kong’s housing crisis is my top priority but I have not forgotten about national security law, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153289/tackling-hong-kongs-housing-crisis-my-top-priority-i-have

港民主派吁蔡英文为香港民主发声(Hong Kong Democratic Party urges Tsai Ing-Wen to speak up for democracy in Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-06292018101743.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“云上法庭”在厦门首发落地，人脸识别自动对比审核身份信息 (Xiamen launches “smart” court utilizing cloud computing technology)
Economic Daily, June 29, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2227144

女高中生自杀引发对中国反性骚扰立法关注(High school girl suicide incident sparks discussion of sexual harassment legislation in China)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/wy-06282018122031.html

中共黨員赴麥加朝覲被開除黨籍　中紀委：違反黨的政治紀律 (CPC member expelled from the Party for attending hajj at Mecca)
The Stand News, June 29, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/中共黨員赴麥加朝覲被開除黨籍-中紀委-違反黨的政治紀律

Access to Information (信息公开)

The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown
The Guardian, June 28, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/29/the-great-firewall-of-china-xi-jinpings-internet-shutdown

Beijing welcomes Wall Street, but bans Hollywood, in “openness for business” push amid trade spat with Trump
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2153147/beijing-welcomes-wall-street-bans-hollywood-openness-business

China says US should tell airlines to change websites in Taiwan row
Channel NewsAisa, June 29, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-says-us-should-tell-airlines-to-change-websites-in-taiwan-row-10484272

Students snitch on teachers as China pushes ideology on campus
VOA News, June 29, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/students-report-on-teachers-as-china-pushes-ideology-on-campus/4459896.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

藏人代表在澳洲国会就西藏宗教状况作证 (Tibetan representatives testify at Australian parliament)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06282018101409.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

江苏张家港通报沙钢污染事件处理：34名干部和责任人被问责 (Jiangsu steel factory pollution investigation holds 34 officials accountable)
The Paper, June 28, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2226199

“公众满意度”将纳入基层政务公开试点评估标准 (“Public satisfaction” as assessment criterion of local governments’ services)
Legal Daily, June 28, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/28/content_7580801.htm?node=5955

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

China wants eyes and ears on every street
The Economist, June 28, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/06/30/china-wants-eyes-and-ears-on-every-street

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong gears up for annual protest as leader marks first year in office
Channel NewsAsia, June 29, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hong-kong-gears-up-for-annual-protest-as-leader-marks-first-year-in-office-10484152

七一遊行維園草坪起步 民陣籲市民避免衝突 歡迎沿途加入 (Civil Human Rights Front urges residents to join July 1 march along the way and avoid confrontation)
inmediahk.net, June 28, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057977

港大學生會缺席七一遊行 會長：結束一黨專政非現時訴求 (Hong Kong University students opt out of July 1 march: ending one-party rule not a current demand)
inmediahk.net, June 28, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057975

Related:
Prosecutions hobble Hong Kong activist leaders
VOA News, June 29, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/prosecutions-hobble-hong-kong-activist-leaders-/4458904.html

Hong Kong's democracy movement “needs new ideas”
Deutsche Welle, June 29, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kongs-democracy-movement-needs-new-ideas/a-44457328

Hong Kong slams US report on human trafficking despite waiver keeping it off list of worst offenders
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153094/plan-eliminating-human-trafficking-enough

No evidence that Hong Kong judges are prejudiced by “political persuasion,” city’s Law Society states
South China Morning post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2152996/no-evidence-hong-kong-judges-are-prejudiced

Commentary (评论)

Does Hong Kong’s annual July 1 democracy march violate the law? An analysis and rebuttal
Hong Kong Free Press, June 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/29/hong-kongs-annual-july-1-democracy-march-violate-law-analysis-rebuttal/

Baptist University speaks the right language
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2153009/baptist-university-speaks-right-language

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese rights lawyer “forcibly medicated” in prison: family
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/medicated-06272018131637.html

China locks up, tortures Muslims in “re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/china-locks-up-tortures-muslims-in-re-education-camps-06272018150827.html

Related:
Rising star footballer is among more than a million Uyghurs sent to Chinese “re-education” camps
Global Voices, June 25, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/06/25/rising-star-footballer-is-among-more-than-a-million-uyghurs-sent-to-chinese-re-education-camps/

新疆当局虐待被扣少数民族招式曝光 (Brutal treatment of detained ethnic minorities in Xinjiang exposed)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjing-muslim-06272018084331.html?encoding=simplified

More than 2 dozen Uyghurs from one Xinjiang county perished in re-education camps
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/deaths-06272018141605.html

Professor who called on Chinese president to resign faces subversion trial
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/professor-who-called-on-chinese-president-to-resign-06282018114232.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

陈一新：应对国家政治安全风险挑战“一二三四五”对策 (CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary highlights cyberspace as one of two strategic battlefields for safeguarding national and political security)
Chang An Jian (WeChat), June 28, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/28/content_7580239.htm?node=5955

衡水一中邯郸分校回应校门停放坦克争议：加强爱国主义教育 (Hengshui high school places 2 tanks at school gate to strengthen patriotic education)
The Paper, June 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2223688

Mao 101: inside a Chinese classroom training the communists of tomorrow
The New York Times, June 28, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/world/asia/chinese-classrooms-education-communists.html

Exclusive: China rejects US request for talks on airline website dispute
Channel NewsAsia, June 28, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/china-rejects-us-request-for-talks-on-airline-website-row-10478962

The one person in China who can’t talk about soccer during The World Cup
SupChina, June 27, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/06/27/the-one-person-in-china-who-cant-talk-about-soccer-during-the-world-cup/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

内蒙古牧民抗议草场遭强占及官员贪腐 (Inner Mongolian herdsmen protest grassland seizure, official corruption)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-06272018100112.html

镇江市退伍军人维权遭镇压　3老兵失联疑在清场行动中死亡 (Three veterans still missing after protest forcefully disbanded as rumor of death spreads)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/veteran-06272018083812.html?encoding=simplified

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中纪委曝光：被撤副所长仍主持工作 两领导干部被问责 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection makes public 7 leading cases of local government lapses)
People's Daily, June 27, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0627/c1001-30091705.html

安徽省政府原秘书长杨敬农受贿1760余万元 获刑10年 (Anhui government official found guilty of corruption, receives 10 years in prison)
Beijing News, June 27, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/27/492864.html

Related:
安徽省政府原秘书长杨敬农一审获刑10年(Former Anhui Province secretary gets 10 years for accepting bribes)
Discipline Inspection and Surpervision of Anhui, June 27, 2918
http://www.ahjjjc.gov.cn/ywbb/p/59481.html

陕西：适龄残疾儿童少年招生入学将实行 “全覆盖、零拒绝” (Shaanxi implements “all inclusive, zero rejection” admission policy for disabled children)
Xinhua, June 28, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-06/28/c_129902689.htm

河南省信访局副局长李全胜接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Chief of Henan Bureau of Letters and Calls under investigation for corruption)
Xinhua, June 28, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/28/content_7580785.htm?node=5955

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

快手：永久封禁12个涉“庆阳女孩跳楼遭网络直播”事件账号 (Short video and social network company Kuai Shou permanently shuts down 12 accounts for live streaming suicide incident)
Modern Express, June 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2221157

Related:
Chinese teenager’s suicide sparks #MeToo soul-searching, anger at onlookers
Hong Kong Free Press, June 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/28/chinese-teenagers-suicide-sparks-metoo-soul-searching-anger-onlookers/

China’s social credit system “could interfere in other nations’ sovereignty”
The Guardian, June 27, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/28/chinas-social-credit-system-could-interfere-in-other-nations-sovereignty

China’s hi-tech police state in fractious Xinjiang a boon for security firms
Agence France-Presse, June 27, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2152749/chinas-hi-tech-police-state-fractious-xinjiang-boon

Related:
中国高科技公司从新疆监控大获其利 (China's high-tech companies gain huge profits from monitoring in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/wy-06272018104226.html

Huawei wouldn't give Australian users' data to China, says chairman
The Guardian, June 27, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/27/huawei-wouldnt-give-australian-users-data-to-china-says-chairman

Related:
Huawei chairman slams US lawmaker calls for its US education partnerships to be investigated
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2152846/huawei-chairman-slams-us-lawmaker-calls-its-us-education-partnerships-be

公安部拟将网络分为五个安保等级 严禁泄露个人信息 (Ministry of Public Security proposes 5 levels of protection for personal information online)
Chinanews, June 27, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/06-27/8548011.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong civil organization to send observers to monitor police actions during annual July 1 march
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/27/hong-kong-civil-organisation-send-observers-monitor-police-actions-annual-july-1-march/

Woman who reportedly asked for students’ details at Tiananmen vigil was plainclothes police officer
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/27/woman-reportedly-asked-students-details-tiananmen-vigil-plainclothes-police-officer/

浸大拒撤普通話畢業要求 學生批淡化訴求 (Hong Kong Baptist University refuses to drop Mandarin test as graduation requirement despite students' request)
Inmedia, June 28, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057971

Related:
Baptist University to keep controversial Mandarin graduation requirement, months after test spat
Hong Kong Free Press, June 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/28/baptist-university-keep-controversial-mandarin-graduation-requirement-months-test-spat/

Library user files legal challenge against Hong Kong libraries’ decision to remove LGBT-themed children’s books
Hong Kong Free Press, June 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/28/library-user-files-legal-challenge-hong-kong-libraries-decision-remove-lgbt-themed-childrens-books/

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong: freedoms rapidly deteriorating
香港：自由迅速恶化
Human Rights Watch, June 27, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/27/hong-kong-freedoms-rapidly-deteriorating
CN: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/06/27/319712

終審法院本質上是一個政治法庭（文：邵善波） (Shiu Sin-Por: Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal is in its essence a political court)
Mingpao, June 28, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180628/s00022/1530103784301

【專訪】哥大人權學者司馬霑﹕犯法的不是政治人物，而是政府 (Interview with human rights scholar James Seymour: government—not political activists—is the law breaker)
The Stand News, June 28, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/專訪-哥大人權學者司馬霑-犯法的不是政治人物-而是政府/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

黄琦母亲揭露当局罗织“绝密”文件陷害黄琦 (Mother calls “leaking top secrets” charge against rights activist Huang Qi a fabrication)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-06262018100133.html
EH: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fabricated-06262018113212.html

山东首例英烈权益保护公益诉讼案宣判 一网友辱骂烈士被要求在媒体公开道歉 (First conviction in Shandong under Heroes and Martyrs Protection Act )
Beijing News, June 26, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/26/492677.html

上访农妇获刑4年 广东高院改判无罪 (Guangdong high court reverses guilty conviction of village petitioner)
Beijing News, June 26, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/26/492604.html

Activists who investigated abuse at Chinese suppliers for Ivanka Trump’s brand released from bail terms
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2152631/activists-who-investigated-abuse-chinese-suppliers-ivanka-trumps-brand

河南焦作将三万农民转为居民，十多年后才发现引起诉讼 (Henan court hears case of farmland loss by 30,000 peasants who were designated “townspeople” by local government 14 years ago)
Human Rights Defenders，June 26, 2018
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post_711.html

党校教师“颠覆”案当事人子肃坚称无罪 (CPC Party school teacher charged with inciting subversion insists on innocence)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06262018100327.html

Sexual harassment case aftermath: The depressing tale of Somebody Li from Gansu
SupChina, June 26, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/06/26/sexual-harassment-case-aftermath-the-depressing-tale-of-somebody-li-from-gansu/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

维权人士在北京拉横幅要求落实医疗养老平等权利 (In Beijing, rights activists demand medical assistance, care, and equality for the elderly)
Human Rights Defenders, June 26, 2018
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post_52.html

流亡藏人举办“国际反酷刑日”活动 (Group of Tibetan ex-political prisoners celebrates International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in India to pressure Chinese government)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06262018100556.html

刘晓波逝世周年祭日来临 全球纪念会拟在柏林教堂举行 (Berlin church to host commemoration of Liu Xiaobo on first anniversary of his death)
Radio France Internationale, June 26, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180626-刘晓波逝世周年祭日来临-全球纪念会拟在柏林教堂举行

老兵维权层出不穷 有政治力量背后操纵？(Are political forces behind the waves of veterans’ protest?)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wy-06262018104113.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Russia and China see in Trump era a chance to roll back human rights promotion at U.N.
Foreign Policy, June 26, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/26/russia-and-china-see-in-trump-era-a-chance-to-roll-back-human-rights-promotion-at-u-n/

Xinjiang rapidly building crematoria to extinguish Uyghur funeral traditions
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/crematoriums-06262018151126.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国监控系统正在走出国门 (Chinese surveillance system on the march abroad)
Voice of America, June 26, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-surveillance-system-20180625/4454289.html

CEO of a facial recognition company: The tech is too volatile to give to law enforcement
Quartz, June 27, 2018
https://qz.com/1315034/

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

China reaffirms Taiwan threats following naval mission
Washington Post, June 27, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-reaffirms-taiwan-threats-following-naval-mission/2018/06/26/9c4eeb1c-79bd-11e8-ac4e-421ef7165923_story.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Foreign judges key to success of Hong Kong’s top court, chief justice says
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2152512/foreign-judges-key-success-hong-kongs-top

香港“国歌法”将提交立法会 民间团体抗议 (Civil society protests national anthem bill, demanding withdrawal)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp2-06262018103225.html

【六四29】01揭疑似女警蒐學生資料　警方曾拒認　保安局證為警員 (Security Bureau admits sending undercover police to June Fourth Memorial)
HK01, June 27, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/社會新聞/203958/六四29-01揭疑似女警蒐學生資料-警方曾拒認-保安局證為警員

Related:
【六四29】神秘女子收集到場中學生資料　曾進出警察指揮中心 (Suspicious woman collects students’ information at June Fourth Memorial, found to enter police command center)
HK01, June 04, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/社會新聞/195685/六四29-神秘女子收集到場中學生資料-曾進出警察指揮中心

Commentary (评论)

Former governor Chris Patten: Hong Kong’s Public Order Ordinance contravenes UN Convention
Hong Kong Free Press, June 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/26/former-governor-chris-patten-hong-kongs-public-order-ordinance-contravenes-un-convention/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

全国律师行业党校揭牌成立 打造律师行业党性教育新高地 (CPC Committee on All-China Legal Profession unveils Party School, touts “new height” in Party-ist education)
Legal Daily, June 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/25/content_7577468.htm?node=5955

Access to Information (信息公开)

Reeducation returns to China
Foreign Affairs, June 20, 2018
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2018-06-20/reeducation-returns-china

Beijing tries to play down “Made in China 2025” as Donald Trump escalates trade hostilities
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2152422/beijing-tries-play-down-made-china-2025-donald-trump

Chinese forum event attended by Hong Kong ex-leader C.Y. Leung tries to censor local media
Hong Kong Free Press, June 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/25/chinese-forum-event-attended-hong-kong-ex-leader-cy-leung-tries-censor-local-media/

Chinese uni teaches women to be “perfect” in era of President Xi
Sydney Morning Herald, June 26, 2018
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/chinese-uni-teaches-women-to-be-perfect-in-era-of-president-xi-20180626-p4znpb.html

How China tried to shut down Australian media coverage of its debt-trap diplomacy in the Pacific
Business Insider, June 21, 2018
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-china-censors-media-it-disagrees-with-australia-2018-6

Beijing’s demand to refer to “China Taiwan” still being defied by U.S. airlines
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2152459/beijings-demand-refer-china-taiwan-still-being-defied

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Marching Across China, Army Veterans Join Ranks of Protesters
New York Times, June 25, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/asia/china-veterans-protests.html
CN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180626/china-veterans-protests/

Related:
Chinese police detain, beat military veterans in crackdown operation
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/veterans-detentions-06252018130421.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

吉林省商务厅原厅长丛红霞、原副巡视员姜伟军被逮捕(Jilin commerce department’s former head and deputy inspector arrested on corruption charges)
Jilin Government Press Release, June 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2220181

China punishes 7,199 officials in May for violating austerity rules
ECNS.cn, June 25, 2018
http://www.ecns.cn/news/politics/2018-06-25/detail-ifyvmiee7353881.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Proposal for suspension and fines targets Hong Kong lawmakers who continue to misbehave
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2152389/proposal-suspension-and-fines-targets-hong-kong-lawmakers

Related:
Legislator punishment ideas wanted
The Standard, June 26, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=197204&sid=4&sid=4

Pro-democracy organizers defy Hong Kong officials over July 1 rally and tell supporters to join march along the route
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2152406/pro-democracy-organisers-defy-hong-kong-officials-over-july

Related:
Appeal board upholds police decision over starting point for annual Hong Kong democracy march
Hong Kong Free Press, June 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/25/appeal-board-upholds-police-decision-starting-point-annual-hong-kong-democracy-march/

同志童書被閉架　團體斥違法違憲申覆核　答辯方：保護道德觀念 (Student LGBTQ advocacy group applies for judicial review of removal of LGBTQ children’s books from open stacks)
Ming Pao, June 26, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180626/s00001/1529990587345

Related:
Libraries’ decision to hide children’s books with LGBT content challenged in Hong Kong court
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2152612/libraries-decision-hide-childrens-books-lgbt

Commentary (评论)

Chris Patten: Hong Kong’s use of public order legislation to restrict freedoms flouts UN obligations
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2152470/chris-patten-hong-kongs-use-public-order-legislation-restrict

China’s cybersecurity law is biased and open to abuse, but it may not stop others copying it
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/china/article/2152347/chinas-cybersecurity-law-biased-and-open-abuse-it-may

China’s second century of humiliation
The Diplomat, June 25, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/chinas-second-century-of-humiliation/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Second Hong Kong film on mainland China’s “709” human rights crackdown shows lives of families seeking asylum in U.S.
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2152208/second-hong-kong-film-mainland-chinas-709-human-rights

China questions husband of rights activist who fled to Taiwan
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/acyivist-husband-06222018153319.html

院士李宁涉嫌贪污被羁押已超4年，光明网：审而不判不正常 (No verdict for member of Chinese Academy of Science nearly three years after corruption trial)
Guang Ming, June 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2216934

四川炉霍县藏人收藏达赖喇嘛法像被捕 (Two Tibetan businessmen arrested for possessing Dalai Lama portraits in private)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06222018100142.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Censors come down on HBO over Pooh joke
Agence France-Presse, June 25, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=197161&sid=3&sid=3

广电总局局长聂辰席会见马云一行：巩固壮大主流舆论阵地(Chief of State Administration of Radio and Television met with Jack Ma on strengthening CPC ideological hold on public opinions)
The Paper, June 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2217211

进课本、进头脑 习思想走进课堂 (Chinese universities to include classes on Xi Jinping Thought in fall 2018)
Deutsche Welle, June 23, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/3057P

中国机密文件曝光 强推伊斯兰教“中国化” (Classified documents reveal Chinese government’s plan for Sinicizing Islam)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yl-06222018105345.html

遭抵制：中国组织在港办论坛竟要求先审稿后发布 (Mainland organizer of event in Hong Kong demands local reporting to be screened before publication)
Radio France Internationale, June 23, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180623-遭抵制中国组织在港办论坛竟要求先审稿后发布

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Road warriors strike back: why protests by China’s truck drivers could put the brakes on the economy
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2152196/road-warriors-strike-back-why-protests-chinas-truck

Chinese military veterans’ rally for better welfare ends as armed police move in
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2152247/chinese-military-veterans-rally-better-welfare-ends

Related:
镇江老兵抗议数日 当局出动警力清场 (Veterans’ protest ends in detention and dispersal by police)
Deutsche Welle, June 25, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/30EGL

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese doctors accused of wrongly diagnosing hundreds of workers with black lung disease
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2152099/chinese-doctors-accused-wrongly-diagnosing-hundreds-workers-black

吉林省政府原秘书长刘喜杰被提起公诉：受贿数额特别巨大(Changchun procuratorate moves to indict former secretary general of Jilin on corruption charges)
Xin Hua Net, June 23, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-06/23/c_129899408.htm

Xi says China must lead way in reform of global governance
Reuters, June 23, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-diplomacy/xi-says-china-must-lead-way-in-reform-of-global-governance-idUSKBN1JJ0GT?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

In a high-stakes environmental whodunit, many clues point to China
New York Times, June 24, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/world/asia/china-ozone-cfc.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese island eyes oasis from web censorship for foreigners
Hong Kong Free Press, June 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/24/chinese-island-eyes-oasis-web-censorship-foreigners/

China takes surveillance to new heights with flock of robotic Doves, but do they come in peace?
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2152027/china-takes-surveillance-new-heights-flock-robotic-doves-do-they

Huawei’s smart cities and CCP influence, at home and abroad
Jamestown Foundation, June 19, 2018
https://jamestown.org/program/huaweis-smart-cities-and-ccp-influence-at-home-and-abroad/?mc_cid=c2f923ab77&mc_eid=a762503c8c

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

Taiwan hit by jump in cyber attacks from China
Financial Times, June 24, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/8e5b26c0-75c5-11e8-a8c4-408cfba4327c

Hong Kong (香港)

Don’t turn prosecution into persecution, head of Hong Kong barrister body warns
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2152104/dont-turn-prosecution-persecution-head-hong

開架有益 歧視下架 多元閱讀聯合陣線行動 (United Front for Open Libraries protests removal of children’s books on nontraditional families from open stacks)
In Media HK, June 25, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057898

議員多次被逐研「全年停賽」？　謝偉俊澄清：不是我個人意見　指有聲音要求改議規免失禮 (Chair of Legco Rules of Procedure Committee says call for year-long suspension of “unruly” legislators came from others, not him)
Ming Pao, June 25, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180625/s00001/1529900337717

民陣上訴被駁回　否認會「公民抗命」　籲市民沿途加入七一遊行 (Civil Human Rights Front urges citizens to join July 1 March along its way, denies act as “citizen disobedience”)
The Stand, June 25, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/民陣上訴被駁回-否認會-公民抗命-籲市民沿途加入七一遊行/

黃柳權指香港實施中央統一領導制度　並非美國聯邦制 (Liuquan Huang: Hong Kong is subject to central government control, neither separation of powers nor federalism applies)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 25, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1403544-20180625.htm

暴動罪成囚6年　梁天琦就定罪及刑期提出上訴 (Edward Leung appeals his rioting conviction)
The Stand News, June 25, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/暴動罪成囚6年-梁天琦就定罪及刑期提出上訴/

Related:
梁天琦暴動罪判決書 (Edward Leung’s Verdict)
The Stand News, June 24, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/梁天琦暴動罪判決書/

香港一地两检条例刊宪 多人入禀司法覆核 (Motions filed for judicial review on co-location bill)
Voice of America, June 22, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voanews-20180622-hong-kong-judicial-co-location-arrangement-bill/4450300.html

Commentary (评论)

It doesn’t pay to get Beijing too involved
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2152118/it-doesnt-pay-get-beijing-too-involved

“Super-strong leadership” of Xi Jinping: China’s new science of sycophantology
Hong Kong Free Press, June 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/24/super-strong-leadership-xi-jinping-chinas-new-science-sycophantology/

學生報如何面對廿三條的來臨？ (How student-run papers should deal with the advent Article 23 legislation)
The Stand News, June 24, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/學生報如何面對廿三條的來臨/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

江西卫计委回应妊娠超14周堕胎需出具证明：维护女孩生存权 (Jiangxi Health and Family Planning Commission defends restrictions on abortion as protecting unborn baby girls’ right to life)
Jiangxi Daily, June 22, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/6c5f897f65e562a5/7DWQuugx2lG?p=1&agt=8

Related:
China: new rules to prevent sex-selective abortions raise fears
The Guardian, June 22, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/china-new-rules-jiangxi-province-prevent-sex-selective-abortions

女院长退休6年被查:曾获中国法官十杰 后任也被查 (Retired president of Changchun Intermediate Court and her successor under investigation for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
Beijing News, June 21, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-06-21/doc-ihefphqm1502666.shtml

重庆两拆迁户中南海上访开庭受审 (Trial begins for Chongqing forced demolition protesters accused of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql-06222018100047.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

In China, universities seek to plant “Xi Thought” in minds of students
Reuters, June 22, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-education/in-china-universities-seek-to-plant-xi-thought-in-minds-of-students-idUSKBN1JI0I5

著名手机游戏因“支持多元价值”将在中国等7国下架 (Mobile game withdrawn from Chinese market for “supporting inclusion”)
Voice of America, June 22, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/popular-game-pulling-in-china-and-others-20180620/4448132.html

批宗教政策 旅美学者演讲遭取消 (Scholar’s talk canceled for criticizing China’s anti-Islamic policies)
Ming Pao, June 21, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180621/s00013/1529518912986

Chinese holiday island to unlock Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for foreign visitors
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2152102/chinese-holiday-island-unlock-facebook-twitter-and

Government Accountability (政府问责)

浙江首例行政公益诉讼案宣判 行政行为被判违法 (In first case brought by Zhejiang procuratorate against local agency, court finds administrative actions of Bureau of Land and Resources unlawful)
Xinhua Net, June 22, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-06/22/c_1123023214.htm

China targets “perfunctory” officials in fight against pollution
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2151993/china-targets-perfunctory-officials-fight-against

中国数十名律师促废除“强制补碘”条例 (Lawyers urge abolition of mandatory iodization of table salt)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ql2-06202018102143.html

四川甘孜藏人在“扫黑除恶”中受到严控 (Tibetans in Sichuan under heightened surveillance during “sweep black” campaign)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06212018100650.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

MeToo席卷全球 中国女权却被噤声 (Feminist public social media accounts are shut down for over 100 days amid global MeToo movement)
Deutsche Welle, June 22, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/305qD

因发放“刘晓波衣冠冢”被拘 武汉张毅获释 (Activist released after administrative detention for setting up a memorial tomb for Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-06202018101717.html

Chinese military veterans converge on Zhenjiang as protests swell
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-military-veterans-converge-on-zhenjiang-06222018111306.html

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

陈一新：2020年“雪亮工程 ”基本实现全域覆盖全时可用 (Secretary of CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission: “Project Dazzling Snow” will achieve full surveillance coverage by 2020 with urban and rural citizen participation)
The Paper, June 22, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2211347

Related:
中国加大力度建设“雪亮工程” 将实现农村全覆盖 (“Project Dazzling Snow” to cover all rural areas)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/wy-06222018105535.html

维族小国脚新疆被捕接受政治教育　国际球员协会吁中国放人 (FIFPro demands release of Uyghur soccer player arrested and sent to “political education”)
The Stand News, June 22, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/維族小國腳新疆被捕接受政治教育-國際球員協會籲中國放人/

China escalates hacks against the U.S. as trade tensions rise
Wired, June 22, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/china-hacks-against-united-states/

Hong Kong (香港)

Plan to enact mainland law at new Hong Kong Express Rail station hit with 3 more legal challenges
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/22/plan-enact-mainland-law-new-hong-kong-express-rail-station-hit-3-legal-challenges/

Related:
Hong Kong challenges to co-location law will not force Beijing’s hand, says member of China’s top legislative body
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2152092/hong-kong-challenges-co-location-law-will-not-force-beijings

谭惠珠：若司法覆核人大决定　本港法庭极可能不受理 (Hong Kong court unlikely to review constitutionality of NPCSC decision on co-location agreement, says member of Basic Law Committee)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 22, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1403101-20180622.htm

Activists demand long-term policy for homeless people and halt to “meaningless” evictions in Sham Shui Po
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/22/activists-demand-long-term-policy-homeless-people-halt-meaningless-evictions-sham-shui-po

Gay lawmaker pushing for homosexual unions
The Standard, June 22, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=197091&sid=4&sid=4

Commentary (评论)

The US withdrawal from the UNHRC is perfect for Xi Jinping and China
The Guardian, June 22, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2018/jun/22/the-us-withdrawal-from-the-unhrc-is-perfect-for-xi-jinping-and-china

China’s Bigger Economic Threat
The Nation, June 22, 2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/chinas-bigger-economic-threat/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

周强：对抗拒执行、干预执行等行为零容忍，决不姑息评估作假 (Head of Supreme People’s Court: zero tolerance for non-compliance with court orders)
The Paper, June 21, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2210705

China imposes exit bans on U.S. citizens of Chinese descent: report
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/exit-ban-06202018141226.html

广州教会先遭冲击后被罚五万元 (Guangzhou house church is fined RMB 50,000 after being harassed by police for months)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-06212018100512.html

南通强拆户接受外媒采访 家属、声援者屡遭传唤 (Relatives, supporters of forced demolition victims who spoke with foreign media were repeatedly questioned by police)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06212018095959.html

Access to Information （信息公开）

基层政务公开标准规范化试点持续推进 (Report shows progress in pilot on standardizing norms for local government affairs transparency)
Legal Daily, June 21, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/21/content_7575036.htm?node=5955

Government Accountability (政府问责)

搜狐转载美退联消息　「人权黑名单」中竟让中国消失 (Chinese online news platform Sohu carries “full-text” translation of Pompeo statement on U.S. withdrawal from Human Rights Council but leaves out China from his “human rights backlist”）
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/sohu-06212018100643.html

Related:
美国退出联合国人权理事会的宣言，国内媒体罕见“全文”转载。和英文版一对比，发现抽走了臭名远扬的中国。
Twitter, June 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/0715Rita/status/1009782767054401537

陈一新：集中梳理挂牌督办一批有腐败嫌疑的重大涉黑涉恶案件 (CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission to supervise major gang-related corruption investigations)
The Paper, June 21, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2208608

江西省卫计委：妊娠超14周堕胎需出具证明 (Jiangxi to require family planning certificates for non-medical abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy)
The paper, June 21, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2210412

扶贫审计：28.11亿扶贫资金被骗取套取或挪用 (National Audit Office: more than RMB 2.8 billion misappropriated from poverty funding)
The Beijing News, June 20, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/20/491870.html

山东东营市委原书记刘士合涉嫌严重违纪违法接受审查调查 (City party secretary in Shandong under investigation for serious discipline and legal violations)
The Paper, June 20, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2207203

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

江苏镇江再有老兵维权被打 老兵群体发起游行倡议 (Jiangsu veterans’ rights group marches for third time in one month despite violent crackdown)
Radio Free Asia，June 21, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06212018094249.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s Great Firewall: A serious pain in the neck for European and U.S. companies
The Diplomat, June 21, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/chinas-great-firewall-a-serious-pain-in-the-neck-for-european-and-us-companies/

Hong Kong (香港)

自认香港人身份创10年新高认同中华人民共和国者持续最低 (HKU survey shows “Hong Konger” self-identification reaches 10-year high, while that as “PRC Chinese” continues to drop)
Radio France Internationale, June 20, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180620-自认香港人身份创10年新高认同中华人民共和国者持续最低

Fight over controversial Hong Kong rail checkpoint moves to High Court as lawyer warns it could prompt Beijing intervention
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2151893/fight-over-controversial-hong-kong-rail-checkpoint-moves

Hong Kong equality watchdog questions removal of LGBTQ-themed library books as backlash grows
Hong Kong Free Press, June 21, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/21/hong-kong-equality-watchdog-questions-removal-lgbtq-themed-library-books-backlash-grows/

New law on hearsay evidence designed to give Hong Kong’s vulnerable better protection in criminal court cases
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2151872/new-law-hearsay-evidence-designed-give-hong

回應七一遊行起點爭議 (Civil Human Rights Front: Response to dispute over starting point of July 1 march)
Civil Human Rights Front, June 20, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057807

Related:
Giving part of Handover celebration venue to democracy marchers “may start a riot,” pro-Beijing heavyweight claims
Hong Kong Free Press, June 21, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/21/giving-part-handover-celebration-venue-democracy-marchers-may-start-riot-pro-beijing-heavyweight-claims/

民主黨：已委律師英國追查 UGL 案　梁振英：續追究林卓廷等人誹謗 (Lawyers hired by Democratic Party hires UK lawyer to pursue alleged C.Y. Leung corruption while Leung charges libeldefamation)
The Stand News, June 20, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/民主黨-已委律師英國追查-ugl-案-梁振英-續追究林卓廷等人誹謗/

Activists march to Beijing office demanding China release cyber-activist Huang Qi
Hong Kong Free Press, June 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/20/activists-march-beijing-office-demanding-china-release-cyber-activist-huang-qi/

Commentary (评论)

Is China building “political re-education” camps for Muslim minorities?
Deutsche Welle, June 21, 2018
http://www.dw.com/en/is-china-building-political-re-education-camps-for-muslim-minorities/a-44334145

李文足尋夫與孟姜女哭長城——為紀念「709」三週年而作 (Wife of 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang marks third anniversary of husband detention)
inmediahk.net, June 20, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057795

終院要面對自己的政治角色——與馬道立首席法官商榷(On political role of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180620/s00022/1529413319598

Access to Justice (司法公正)

在抖音上晒“老赖”　南宁一法院新举措获最高法点赞(Supreme People’s Court “likes” judgments on debt defaulters by local court in Guangxi disseminated on social network site Dou Yin)
China Economic Net, June 20, 2018
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/fazhi/201806/20/t20180620_29478874.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

China to clamp down on magic, demons, “historical taboos” in TV dramas
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-to-clamp-down-on-magic-demons-historical-taboos-in-tv-dramas-06192018115509.html

美国脱口秀讽习近平 中国微博讨论被删(Discussions of John Oliver’s China segment removed from Weibo)
Radio France Internationale, June 20, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180620-美国脱口秀讽习近平-中国微博讨论被删

厉害了！中国记协：新闻事业“蓬勃发展”？(All-China Journalists’ Association reports on “healthy growth” of Chinese journalism)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-06192018104507.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

广东佛山村民不满政府私拍土地加设围墙 百人包围表达抗议(Hundred Guangdong villagers protest against land sale by government)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06202018100622.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China loses critic as United States pulls out of UN Human Rights Council, analysts say
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2151684/china-loses-critic-united-states-pulls-out-un-human

Related:
China says it regrets U.S. quitting U.N. rights council
Reuters, June 20, 2018
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-rights-usa-china/china-says-it-regrets-u-s-quitting-u-n-rights-council-idUSKBN1JG0W1

中国网民热议美国退出联合国人权理事会 (U.S. withdrawal form Human Rights Council a hot topic among Chinese netizens)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/ql1-06202018100200.html

Local officials held accountable over environmental problems
Xinhua, June 18, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/18/c_137262925.htm?mc_cid=62c064dd9f&mc_eid=d60d414cea

European firms say China business “more difficult”
Channel NewsAsia, June 20, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/european-firms-say-china-business--more-difficult--10450656

Related:
Survey: Companies in China feel pressure to give up tech
The Washington Post, June 19, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/survey-companies-in-china-feel-pressure-to-give-up-tech/2018/06/19/f9077846-7432-11e8-bda1-18e53a448a14_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.effe5d97d47d

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese hackers targeting satellite and defense firms, researchers find
Politico, June 19, 2018
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/19/chinese-hackers-targeted-satellite-and-defense-firms-researchers-find-1442591

Hong Kong (香港)

Children’s books with LGBTQ themes disappear from shelves at Hong Kong libraries amid pressure from anti-gay group
Hong Kong Free Press, June 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/20/childrens-books-lgbtq-themes-disappear-shelves-hong-kong-libraries-amid-pressure-anti-gay-group/

【辱警罪】警協新主席林志偉爭取立法：保障香港警察尊嚴！(Junior Police Officers’ Association fights to criminalize insults of police officers)
HK01, June 19, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/社會新聞/201052/辱警罪-警協新主席林志偉爭取立法-保障香港警察尊嚴

北大法律学者竟“指示”香港法院拒绝一地两检司法覆核 (Peking University law professor “instructs” Hong Kong courts to abstain from judicial review of co-location arrangement)
Radio France Internationale, June 19, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180619-北大法律学者竟指示香港法院拒绝一地两检司法覆核

Commentary (评论)

Patriotism may hold key to China births challenge
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2151359/patriotism-may-hold-key-china-births-challenge

Thank you Dept. of Justice, but Hongkongers will decide for themselves whether the judiciary is independent
Hong Kong Free Press, June 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/19/thank-dept-justice-hongkongers-will-decide-whether-judiciary-independent/

Why the “comfort women” issue still matters, 70 years later
The Diplomat, June 19, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/why-the-comfort-women-issue-still-matters-70-years-later/