Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese officials halt show on tainted water
Agence France-Presse, July 14, 2018
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/chinese-officials-halt-show-on-tainted-water/article24421451.ece

A platform for female factory workers has disappeared from China’s Twitter
Quartz, July 16, 2018
https://qz.com/1328627/a-chinese-platform-for-female-factory-workers-rights-has-been-blocked-on-weibo/

上海网信办责令“好奇心日报”停止互联网新闻信息服务 (Shanghai authorities suspend "Curious Daily" news platform)
Beijing News, July 13, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/13/495020.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

被中国判重刑的民运人士秦永敏获“刘晓波良知奖” (Qin Yongmin granted “Liu Xiaobo conscience award”)
Voice of America, July 15, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/qin-yong-min-get-award-20180715/4483337.html

China stifles memorials of Nobel laureate dissident Liu Xiaobo
Channel NewsAsia, July 14, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/china-stifles-memorials-of-nobel-laureate-dissident-liu-xiaobo-10527114

Related:
Hong Kong activists mark one year since Liu Xiaobo death
Channel NewsAsia, July 14, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hong-kong-activists-mark-one-year-since-liu-xiaobo-death--10529092

A Berlin gathering for China’s Liu Xiaobo is a reminder of two very different 1989s
Quartz, July 14, 2018
https://qz.com/1328219/a-berlin-gathering-for-chinas-liu-xiaobo-is-a-reminder-of-two-very-different-1989s/

“We’re scared, very scared” – Muslims in China’s “Little Mecca” fear eradication of Islam
Agence France-Presse, July 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/16/scared-scared-muslims-chinas-little-mecca-fear-eradication-islam/

青海玉树藏人阻止开矿 遭警方用带毒气催泪弹镇压 (Police use tear gas to suppress Tibetan protest against mining)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07132018101358.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

地方官企业环保造假五大“花招”揭秘 (Xinhua on how Central Inspectorate uncovered five ways local authorities, companies fake environmental data)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/hj-07132018151223.html

天津市委对8名市管干部不作为不担当问题严肃问责 (Eight Tianjin Party officials sanctioned for dereliction of duty)
The Paper, July 16, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2266389

江苏一行使公权力人员微信收受索要“感谢费”617次 (Jiangsu official prosecuted for accepting, soliciting 617 WeChat “red packets”)
China News, July 15, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/07-15/8567207.shtml

广东省政协原常委蔡宗泽接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Former member of standing committee of Guangdong provincial political consultative conference under investigation for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
People's Daily, July 16, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0716/c1001-30150680.html

兰州市原市长栾克军受贿案将于7月19日开庭 (Public trial of former mayor of Lanzhou who accepted bribes scheduled for July 19)
Beijing News, July 16, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/16/495339.html

广西柳州市原体育局局长涉嫌受贿受审 该系统多人被查 (Former director of municipal sports bureau of Liuzhou, Guangxi goes on trial for accepting bribes)
China News Service, July 16, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/07-16/8568771.shtml

陕西一新城管委会原主任被控受贿两千万受审，曾被指雁过拔毛 (Former director of Shaanxi new city management committee tried for accepting bribes of 20 million)
The Paper, July 16, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2267648

甘肃武威市委原书记火荣贵涉严重违纪违法被查 (Former municipal Party committee secretary in Gansu under investigation for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
People's Daily, July 13, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0713/c1001-30145974.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Looking through the eyes of China’s surveillance state
The New York Times, July 16, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/technology/china-surveillance-state.html

涉倒卖公民信息案 数据堂曾0.2元/条买病例 (Twenty cents for a medical history record: China’s biggest market data provider caught in privacy infringement scandal, pending judgment)
Beijing News, July 16, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/07/16/495221.html

美专家担忧：中国数字丝绸之路或成为情报搜集网 (U.S. experts raise concern over digital Belt and Road becoming intelligence gathering network)
Voice of America, July 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-overseas-projects-surveillance-concerns-20180712/4482464.html

Chinese mobile phone cameras are not-so-secretly recording users’ activities
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/14/chinese-mobile-phone-cameras-not-secretly-recording-users-activities

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court will hear application to temporarily ban controversial checkpoint plan before cross-border rail link opens
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155526/hong-kong-court-will-hear-application-temporarily-ban

Related:
Activists seek injunction to suspend controversial joint checkpoint arrangement until all legal challenges concluded
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/16/activists-seek-injunction-suspend-controversial-joint-checkpoint-arrangement-legal-challenges-concluded/

中联办护法：凡基本法没规定的宪法都自动适用香港 (Liaison office: Chinese constitution automatically applies wherever Basic Law fails to specify)
Radio France Internationale, July 15, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180715-中联办护法凡基本法没规定的宪法都自动适用香港

Related:
Veteran politician says Beijing office chief should “shut up,” after stating Chinese constitution can apply in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/16/veteran-politician-says-beijing-office-chief-shut-stating-chinese-constitution-can-apply-hong-kong/

Liaison office legal chief tells Hong Kong: Basic Law is not your constitution
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155297/liaison-office-legal-chief-tells-hong-kong-basic-law-not

《聂德权专访》：立法会复会后提交国歌法本地立法(Chief of Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau: National Anthem Bill will reach LegCo after October)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 16, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1407166-20180716.htm

Hong Kong's Snowden refugees, facing deportation, hope of new life in Canada
The Guardian, July 16, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/16/hong-kongs-snowden-refugees-facing-deportation-hope-of-new-life-in-canada

获覆投诉结果为「无法证实」及「虚假」　黄之锋斥惩教署「匪夷所思」 (Joshua Wong finds rejection of his complaints over mistreatment in prison as “unprovable” and “fake” incredible)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180714/s00001/1531546771778

文汇报前副总程翔出书《香港六七暴动始末》以免历史被歪曲 (Former deputy chief editor of Wen Wei Po publishes book on Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots to prevent history from being distorted)
Radio France Internationale, July 16, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180716-文汇报前副总程翔出书香港六七暴动始末以免历史被歪曲

英保守党人权分子疑因关注香港他和母亲收到寄自香港恐吓信 (Vice chairman of British Conservative Party Human Rights Committee suspects threats to him are related to his concern for Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, July 14, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180714-英保守党人权分子疑因关注香港他和母亲收到寄自香港恐吓信

Commentary (评论)

Justice in Hong Kong is not seen to be done… but blaming the critics will not solve the problem
Hong Kong Free Press, July 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/15/justice-hong-kong-not-seen-done-blaming-critics-will-not-solve-problem

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Poet Liu Xia escaped China, but will Beijing ever set her free?
The Washington Post, July 13, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/07/13/poet-liu-xia-escaped-china-but-will-beijing-ever-set-her-free/

Related:
Liu Xia stays home “to protect brother” on anniversary of husband's death
刘霞不参与公众悼念活动　独留与亡夫心灵对话
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protect-07132018111153.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/liu-07132018090931.html?encoding=simplified

【709大抓捕】失聯三年傳好消息　李文足：律師見到王全璋身體精神正常 (Wang Quanzhang is alive and well, wife confirms via Twitter)
Ming Pao, July 13, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180713/s00004/1531446285182

男子编造恐怖信息获刑：谎称身绑4个煤气罐找不到妻子就引爆(Man convicted for fabricating and spreading “terrorist message”)
Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court WeChat, July 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2262970

央行：任何单位和个人不得以格式条款、通知等方式拒收现金(China central bank forbids businesses or individuals from refusing cash payment)
Bank of China official website, July 11, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/addcd8/7EvpI7tjsju?agt=8

Access to Information (信息公开)

民航局通报外航网站涉港澳台信息整改情况：38家已完成整改(China Civil Aviation Administration confirms 38 airlines have complied with website change on Taiwan, 6 did not)
The Paper, July 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2261297

“借古讽今”？新华网转文华国锋三项违纪搞个人崇拜 文章被封 (Xinhua repost of Study Times article criticizing ex-Party leader for cult of personality blocked)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql1-07122018102402.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

With 9,000 bottles of dirty “Spring Water,” a Chinese artist gets results
The New York Times, July 13, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/world/asia/china-water-pollution-brother-nut.html

潑墨女孩下落不明　公安建議造假病歷爭輕判　父：我女兒無病也無罪!(Father of “Ink woman” arrives in Shanghai, demands her release)
The Stand News, July 13, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/潑墨女孩下落不明-公安建議造假病歷爭輕判-父-我女兒無病也無罪/

泼墨事件后 北京东莞急撤领导人户外照片(Chinese cities order removal of outdoor displays of Party leader portraits)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2018 https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql1-07132018101447.html

Related:
港媒报道北京紧急下令撤习近平画像 (Beijing hastily removes Xi Jinping portraits as inking spreads)
Radio France Internationale, July 13, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180713-港媒报道北京紧急下令撤习近平画像

被捕1000天 桂民海亲朋要求中国当局将其释放(Gui Minhai’s family and friends demand his release on his 1000th day of detention)
Radio France Internationale, July 13, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180713-被捕1000天-桂民海亲朋要求中国当局将其释放

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“保护假”能否真正保护女性劳动权益 (Female job applicants are forced to declare “I will not take any days off” on resume)
Legal Daily, July 13, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/13/content_7593074.htm?node=53628

安徽省司法厅原副厅长程瀚一审获刑17年零6个月(Former Vice Chief of Anhui Justice Bureau convicted to 17 years and 6 months on corruption charges)
China News, July 13, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2018/07-13/8566405.shtml

五粮液：宜宾市国资公司董事长张辉正接受纪律审查和监察调查(Board Chairman of Yibin State-owned Assets Management Company is under disciplinary and criminal investigation)
The Paper, July 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2262212

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

四部门：最高法与民航局铁总实现老赖信息共享(Supreme People’s Court to share defaulters’ information with Civil Aviation Administration and National Railway Administration)
China News, July 13, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/4e2d56fd65b095fb7f51/7Ev6z3iz8ac?agt=8

民航局详解335名民航失信人：236人带违禁品被限乘一年(China Civil Aviation Administration releases detailed categories of “people who lost trust” in civil aviation)
The Paper, July 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2261282

Hong Kong (香港)

Hundreds gather at candlelight vigil for Liu Xiaobo in Hong Kong as China takes dissident’s supporters “on vacation” to stop them commemorating Nobel Peace Prize winner
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155237/hundreds-gather-candlelight-vigil-liu-xiaobo-hong-kong-china

Related:
【劉曉波逝世一周年】內地人專程來港出席追思會　望更多人為民主自由挺身(Mainlanders attend Liu Xiaobo vigil in Hong Kong)
The Stand News, July 13, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/劉曉波逝世一周年-內地人專程來港出席追思會-望更多人為民主自由挺身/

President of Hong Kong legislature easily survives vote of no confidence
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155054/president-hong-kong-legislature-easily-survives-vote-no

Threatening letters sent from Hong Kong make British human rights activist “more determined” to speak up for city
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155147/threatening-letters-sent-hong-kong-make-british-human-rights

香港团体中联办抗议秦永敏被重判13年 (Activist groups protest against Qin Yongmin’s harsh sentence outside Liaison Office )
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-07122018103119.html

律政司申重審梁天琦等三人暴動罪　高院准與「美國隊長」案合併 (Department of Justice applies for retrial of Edward Leung’s rioting conviction)
The Stand News, July 12, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/律政司申重審梁天琦等三人暴動罪-高院准與-美國隊長-案合併/

Commentary (评论)

刘晓波逝世一周年：刘霞与恐惧笼罩的中国(Liu Xiaobo’s anniversary: Liu Xia and China’s looming fear)
BBC News, July 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-44821596

Liu Xia’s freedom shows China can still be pressured
Foreign Policy, July 13, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/13/liu-xias-freedom-shows-china-can-still-be-pressured-human-rights/

法治课｜知名高校称父亲失信将不予录取其儿子，是否于法有据 (Is barring children of “people who lost trust” from entering schools lawful?)
The Paper, July 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2259979

德国：历史原因造就的异见人士庇护所 (Germany: a dissident’s sanctuary made by history)
BBC News, July 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-44804797

Access to Justice (司法公正)

德政府：劉霞已獲無限期居留許可　無須申請政治庇護 (Liu Xia is granted permanent residency by Germany)
The Stand News, July 12, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/international/德政府-劉霞已獲無限期居留許可-無須申請政治庇護/

Related:
Liu Xia told not to take drugs prescribed in China as German doctors express concern over her mental health
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154942/liu-xia-told-not-take-drugs-prescribed-china-german

Beijing to probe law firm founded by top human rights attorney
缺席秦永敏案宣判 蔺其磊律所被勒令整改
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/probe-07122018132310.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-07122018101831.html

刘霞走后中国无名异议人士命运引关注 (Dissident’s draconian sentence raises concern as Liu Xia is allowed to leave China)
Voice of America, July 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Qin-Yongmin-Case-Ruling-20180711/4477897.html

维权网：中国大陆752名在押政治犯、良心犯名单动态索引(Chinese Human Rights Defenders issues search index of 752 dissidents prisoned in China)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/07/752201871.html

北京四中院：房屋征拆等案件占比攀升，13区出现政府败诉案(Government loses suits in administration challenges, Beijing court reports)
The Paper, July 5, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2241105

Access to Information (信息公开)

China and the world: how Beijing spreads the message
Financial Times, July 12, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/f5d00a86-3296-11e8-b5bf-23cb17fd1498

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese dissident Liao Yiwu “pressured by West” not to release Liu Xia phone tapes
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154991/chinese-dissident-liao-yiwu-pressured-west-not-release

China clamps down on dissidents, activists ahead of Liu Xiaobo anniversary
大陆强力维稳　纪念刘晓波成民间畏途
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/anniversary-07122018104648.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/control-07122018080645.html?encoding=simplified

Chinese professor accused of sexual harassment is barred from teaching
The New York Times, July 12, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/world/asia/china-metoo-professor-sexual-harassment.html

Tibetan villagers tear-gassed, beaten for mine protest
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/beaten-07112018161718.html

In pictures: Chinese activists deface pictures of Pres. Xi Jinping in support of missing “ink splashing” protester
Hong Kong Free Press, July 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/12/chinese-activists-deface-pictures-pres-xi-jinping-support-missing-ink-splashing-protester/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s human rights record, aggressive military expansion damage its soft power rating
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2155051/chinas-human-rights-record-aggressive-military

中办印发《关于党的基层组织任期的意见》：每届任期为5年(CPC limits local office term to 3-5 years)
Xinhua, July 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2259395

河北政法委原书记张越被判刑15年(Former Secretary of Hebei CPC Political and Legal Affairs Committee sentenced to 15 years for over RMB 150 million bribery charges)
People’s Daily App, July 12, 2018
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20180712/59142056_0.shtml

哈尔滨交警系统“塌方式”腐败：251人被查，传前局长自杀(251 individuals are investigated in Harbin traffic police corruption scandal)
China Newsweek, July 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2258139

广州市委政法委原书记吴沙受贿超千万，终审被判刑十年(Former Secretary of Guangzhou City CPC Political and Legal Affairs Committee sentenced to 10 years for corruption charges)
Guangdong News, July 4, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2239779

检察日报刊文谈中国足坛反腐：需要去行政化真市场化准法治化(Anticorruption measures in Chinese soccer industry call for de-administration, marketization, and rule of law)
The Procuratorate Daily, July 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2236495

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Washington moves to block China Mobile from US market, citing national security concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, July 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/03/washington-moves-block-china-mobile-us-market-citing-national-security-concerns/

China’s artificial intelligence revolution: a Sputnik moment for the West?
The Diplomat, July 3, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/chinas-artificial-intelligence-revolution-a-sputnik-moment-for-the-west/

Hong Kong (香港)

外交部紀錄刪有關劉霞問答　華春瑩再寸香港記者：可以不用問了 (Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson refused to answer Hong Kong reporters’ questions about Liu Xia)
The Stand News, July 11, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/外交部紀錄刪有關劉霞問答-華春瑩再寸香港記者-可以不用問了/

Video: “Are you a Beijing groveller?” – China’s release of Liu Xia “humanitarian,” Chief Exec. Carrie Lam tells lawmaker
Hong Kong Free Press, July 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/12/video-beijing-groveller-chinas-release-liu-xia-humanitarian-chief-exec-carrie-lam-tells-lawmaker/

Same-sex court ruling does not mean we will approve gay marriage in near future, Hong Kong’s leader says
South China Morning News, July 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155016/same-sex-court-ruling-does-not-mean-we-will-approve-gay

Related:
【同志簽證案】林鄭：無意引申至其他政策　若有廣泛共識請證明給我看 (Carrie Lam on QT case: limited to immigration regulation, no intention to extend to other policies, no relation to marriage law, “no broad consensus on LGBT equality”)
The Stand News, July 12, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/lgbtq/同志簽證案-林鄭-無意引申至其他政策-若有廣泛共識請證明給我看/

Let Hong Kong judges serve till 70 years old and magistrates till 65, government says in Legco plan
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154969/let-hong-kong-judges-serve-till-70-years-old

Hong Kong residents more upbeat about "one country, two systems" policy but concerns grow over freedom of speech, survey finds
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153648/hong-kong-residents-more-upbeat-about-one-country-two

Commentary (评论)

Interpretation by Hong Kong pan-democrat makes sense
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2154891/interpretation-hong-kong-pan-democrat-makes-sense

The Guardian view on China and human rights: standing with Liu Xia
The Guardian, July 11, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/11/the-guardian-view-on-china-and-human-rights-standing-with-liu-xia

张建华：贸易战 这个帖子在论坛微信疯传 删都来不及(What I have learned from China-US trade war)
Independent Chinese Pen Center, June 30, 2018
http://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/106102

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese dissident Qin Yongmin jailed after “show trial”
The Guardian, July 11, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/11/china-chinese-dissident-qin-yongmin-jailed-democracy-activist

Related:
秦永敏“颠覆国家罪”判刑13年 剥夺政治权利3年 (Veteran rights activist Qin Yongmin sentenced to 13 years for subversion of state power)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/XQL-07112018014950.html

【判囚13年】中國人權律師團聲明：秦永敏先生何罪之有？(Statement by China Human Rights Lawyers Group on the conviction of Qin Yongmin)
The Stand News, July 10, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/判囚13年-中國人權律師團聲明-秦永敏先生何罪之有/

How Germany won freedom for the widow of China’s most famous dissident
The New York Times, July 11, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/asia/germany-china-liu-xia-liu-xiaobo-dissidents.html

Related:
On the eve of freedom, a glimpse inside Liu Xia's flat
Agence France- Presse, July 11, 2018
https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/eve-freedom-glimpse-inside-liu-xias-flat-doc-17g9cs1

EU urges China to free activists on third anniversary of 709 Crackdown
Reuters, July 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-eu/eu-urges-china-to-free-activists-on-third-anniversary-of-709-crackdown-idUSKBN1K10AA

微信群辱骂抗洪殉职干部并称“愿做汉奸”，江西男子被拘6日(Netizen detained for 6 days for disparaging deceased official in WeChat group)
Jiangxi CPC Political and Legal Affairs Committee WeChat, July 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2257647

China's biggest bank corruption criminal repatriated from U.S.
Reuters, July 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime-corruption/chinas-biggest-bank-corruption-criminal-repatriated-from-u-s-idUSKBN1K10RF

Related:
潜逃17年终落网！红通人员许超凡被遣返 追回赃款20多亿(Man on China’s Red Notice repatriated from U.S.)
Beijing News, July 11, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/video/2018/07/11/494721.html

男子举报企业污染被判损害商誉罪 不满判决称将上诉(Environmental whistleblower to appeal defamation conviction)
Beijing News, July 11, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/wevideo/2018/07/11/494696.html

广东维权人士张五洲被刑拘 家属存钱受阻 (Family trying to deposit money for arrested Guangdong rights activist is turned away by authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07102018100037.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

In Beijing, doors shut on a bastion of independent ideas
The New York Times, July 11, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/asia/china-unirule-institute.html

Related:
北京天则研究所遭强行封门(Authorities shut down Independent think tank Unirule Institute)
Radio Free Asia, , July 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07112018101128.html

China to its state media: keep calm, don't inflame trade row with U.S.
Reuters, July 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-media/china-to-its-state-media-keep-calm-dont-inflame-trade-row-with-u-s-idUSKBN1K118L

Related:
北京下令官媒不得对特朗普出言不逊(Beijing orders state media not to disparage Trump)
Radio France Internationale , July 11, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180711-北京下令官媒不得对特朗普出言不逊

Apple’s China-friendly censorship caused an iPhone-crashing bug
Wired, July 10, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-china-censorship-bug-iphone-crash-emoji/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Telling ambiguous, ambitious gay stories
Sixth Tone, July 11, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002604/telling-ambiguous%2C-ambitious-gay-stories#

China moves to quash #MeToo report of sexual harassment at top university
广州中大教师张鹏涉性骚扰后停职
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-moves-to-quash-metoo-report-of-sexual-harassment-07112018115535.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07112018101700.html

Chinese democracy activist denied political asylum, detained in France
湖南异议人士管桂林抵法寻庇护被拒入境
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/france-asylum-07102018161043.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07102018095638.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China charges former No. 2 securities regulator for taking US$10.5 million in bribes and insider trading
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2154849/china-charges-former-no-2-securities-regulator-taking-us105

Related:
证监会原副主席姚刚一审被控受贿6961万余元，当庭认罪 (Former Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission pleads guilty to corruption charges)
The Paper, July 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2255982

广东省委常委、统战部部长曾志权接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查(Member of Guangdong CPC Standing Committee is investigated by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, July 11, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/toutiao/201807/t20180711_175489.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China Internet report 2018: Chinese Internet giants are expanding and so is government regulation
China Film Insider, July 10, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-internet-report-2018-chinese-internet-giants-are-expanding-and-so-is-government-regulation/

加快“数字法治、智慧司法”建设 推动网信工作跨越式融合式发展 (China’s plan to digitalize “rule by law”: cloud computing, big data )
Legal Daily, July 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/10/content_7590815.htm?node=5955

失信，这些也将与你无缘 (“Person who has lost trust”: barred from business bids, government jobs, big ticket item purchases)
Xinhua News Agency, July 11, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-07/11/c_129910789.htm

Related:
浙江一考生考上知名大学，差点因爸爸的失信行为无法被录取(Applicant almost rejected by top university due to dad “who has lost trust”)
Youth Times, July 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2255852

Hong Kong (香港)

LGBT advocates slam government for staying silent on interim scheme that lets same-sex spouses work and study in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2154744/lgbt-advocates-slam-government-keeping-mum-interim-scheme

Human Rights Watch calls on Hong Kong government to put LGBT-themed children’s books back on open shelves at public libraries
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2154871/human-rights-watch-calls-hong-kong-government-put-lgbt

星期六集會反DQ 梁國雄勉港人繼續堅持抗爭 (Ex-legislator Leung Kwok-hung urges continued citizen resistance at anti-disqualification rally)
Inmediahk.net, July 10, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058230

Commentary (评论)

刘霞抵达柏林：贸易战与人权牌 (Liu Xia’s arrival in Berlin: trade war and human rights card)
British Broadcasting Company, July 11, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-44790093

Welcome release of Liu Xia comes at a time when China needs friends
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2154885/welcome-release-liu-xia-comes-time-when-china-needs-friends

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese dissident Liu Xia's arrival in Germany: “A gift to the German government”
Deutsche Welle, July 10, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-dissident-liu-xias-arrival-in-germany-a-gift-to-the-german-government/a-44603335

Related:
“No coincidence”: Liu Xia released as China seeks united trade front with Germany
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2154689/no-coincidence-liu-xia-released-china-seeks-united

Uyghur children fall victim to China anti-terror drive
Financial Times, July 10, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/f0d3223a-7f4d-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d

最高法：已限制失信被执行人乘坐飞机1222万人次 (Supreme People’s Court confirms debt defaulters denied air travel for over 12 million times)
Legal Daily, July 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/10/content_7590640.htm?node=5955

秦永敏“煽颠罪”宣判在即 当局令其律师必须到庭 (Beijing court orders lawyer’s appearance for dissident’s sentencing)
Voice of America, July 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-qin-yongmin-20180709/4474662.html

湖南省公安厅：将举旗亮剑、敢抓敢管，让正能量充盈网络空间(Hunan arrests and convicts rumor spreaders, as well as “water army”)
Hunan Daily, July 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2252071

Access to Information (信息公开)

Student flows with Chinese characteristics
Financial Times, July 10, 2018
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/07/10/1531197000000/Student-flows-with-Chinese-characteristics/

广电总局：偶像养成类、才艺竞秀类节目要严格评估后方可播出(State Administration of Radio and Television requires pre-approval for idol and talent shows )
The Paper, July 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2253534

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Sexual assault at Sun Yat-Sen University: professor faces accusations from multiple women
SupChina, July 10, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/09/sexual-assault-at-sun-yat-sen-university-professor-faces-accusations-from-multiple-women/

Related:
內地教授涉性騷擾師生　僅遭中山大學黨委「黨內處分」　師生校友聯署促解釋 (Professor accused of sexual harassment only receives reprimand from Party, faculty and students demand explanation)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/內地教授涉性騷擾師生-僅遭中山大學黨委-黨內處分-師生校友聯署促解釋/

旧金山华人向习近平像泼墨 (Rights groups splatter ink on Xi Jinping portrait outside Chinese consulate in San Francisco)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-07092018101414.html

建維權微信群 河北教授被炒(Professor fired for creating WeChat rights group)
Ming Pao, July 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180709/s00013/1531073696180

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China jails hundreds of officials for pollution violations
Reuters, July 9, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution/china-jails-hundreds-of-officials-for-pollution-violations-idUSKBN1JZ2VP

6项罪名2项都被判无期，这位副市长有些特殊(Former deputy mayor receives 2 life sentences for 6 corruption convictions)
Beijing Youth Daily, July 10, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-07-10/doc-ihfefkqp8422769.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息科技与人权)

How artificial intelligence will reshape the global order
Foreign Affairs, July 10, 2018
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2018-07-10/how-artificial-intelligence-will-reshape-global-order

A tech guru captivated Canada. Then he fled to China.
The New York Times, July 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/business/istuary-sun-yian-canada-china.html

河南：录取后不入学的考生明年高考志愿填报将受限(Applicants in Henan admitted by colleges but choose not to enroll will face limitations on future applications)
Xinhua, July 10, 2018
https://3w.huanqiu.com/a/65b0534e7f51/7EqymEp48Rq?agt

Hong Kong (香港)

【一地兩檢】高院准援引內地法律專家證供　決定同時聽取5宗覆核論據 (Hong Kong court allows report from mainland legal experts, will hear five appeals on co-location together)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180710/s00001/1531196796946

Hong Kong lawmaker draws ire by suggesting up to 10,000 “domestic servant” jobs be reserved for people from ethnic minorities
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2154608/hong-kong-lawmaker-suggests-reserving-10000-domestic

Related:
Hong Kong teen’s dreams of being a doctor dashed by education system’s failure to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2154479/hong-kong-teens-dreams-being-doctor-dashed-education

“Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect”: British lesbian QT on her Hong Kong court win
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/10/everyone-deserves-treated-dignity-respect-british-lesbian-qt-hong-kong-court-win/

709 Crackdown (709 大抓捕)

高智晟、王全璋获颁首届中国人权律师奖 (Gao Zhisheng and Wang Quanzhang honored first China Human Rights Lawyer Awards)
Voice of America, July 9, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-rights-lawyer-award-20180708/4474499.html

Related:
王全璋之妻李文足:多次被警方脱光衣服羞辱 (Wang Quanzhang’s wife strip-searched by police for inquiring husband’s whereabouts)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180709-王全璋之妻李文足多次被警方脱光衣服羞辱

Trial by fire: three years on from the crackdown that put China’s nascent human rights law movement to the test
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154278/trial-fire-three-years-crackdown-put-chinas-nascent

Related:
China lawyer crackdown enters 4th year
Voice of America, July 9, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-lawyer-crackdown-enters-fourth-year/4474680.html

Third anniversary of the lawyers crackdown in China: where are the human rights lawyers?
Amnesty International, July 9, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/07/china-human-rights-lawyers-crackdown-third-anniversary/

专访：后709二次整顿维权律师 (Second wave of crackdown on rights lawyers after 709 continues)
Deutsche Welle, July 9, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/313Jv

“Shackled, isolated and beaten”: how one child became a victim of China’s 709 crackdown on rights lawyers
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154298/shackled-isolated-and-beaten-how-one-child-became

Three years after China's lawyer crackdown, rights groups call for sanctions
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/709-anniversary-07092018131944.html

Related:
台声援709律师 揭周世峰、胡石根在台遭检举 (Taiwan human rights groups call on China to release 709 lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-07092018100731.html

中國維權律師關注組終院外默站要求內地釋放被囚律師 (China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group urges mainland authorities to release detained rights lawyers)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1406029-20180709.htm

“Scornful and contemptuous” of the law: 3 years on, Hong Kong activists rally against Beijing’s lawyer crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/scornful-contemptuous-law-3-years-hong-kong-activists-rally-beijings-lawyer-crackdown/

中国人权律师团就709案发表声明 谴责打压人权 (China Human Rights Lawyers Group issues statement on 709 Crackdown, denounces suppression)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07092018100859.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

我国首届统战学 硕士研究生毕业，8名硕士就业情况良好(China awards first master's degrees in field of “United Front”)
The Paper, July 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2248307

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

美公民力量 发起拯救泼墨女孩紧急联署 (Initiatives for China urges release of woman who splashed paint on Xi Jinping photo)
Voice of America, July 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-initiative-of-china-calls-for-release-of-dong-yaoqing-20180708/4473657.html

Officials in China's Anhui target Xi Jinping critic for “psychiatric treatment”
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xi-critic-07092018130009.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京郊區再現驅趕外來人口 工廠被關工人失工作 (Beijing starts a new wave of purging migrant workers in suburbs as factories close)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2018
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20180708-北京郊區再次重現驅趕外來人口-工廠被關工人失工作

ICTs and Human Rights (信息科技与人权)

Inside China’s dystopian dreams: A.I., shame and lots of cameras
The New York Times, July 8, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/business/china-surveillance-technology.html

从拍片到连坐 政府惩罚“失信”者 (Chinese authorities step up efforts in public shaming of debt defaulters and their families)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hj-07062018103605.html

Related:
让守信者受益 失信者难行——中国诚信建设深度调查 (Investigative report of China’s social credit system)
Xinhua, July 8, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-07/08/c_1123095172.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

劉曉波逝世一周年前夕　公民黨等收集簽名　促釋放劉霞 (Hong Kong activist groups launch signature campaign for Liu Xia's release by China before first anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s death)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
http://thestandnews.com/politics/劉曉波逝世一周年前夕-公民黨等收集簽名-促釋放劉霞/

In rare move, Hong Kong justice department seeks mainland legal advice in joint checkpoint fight
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2154357/rare-move-hong-kong-justice-department-seeks-mainland-legal

Leading Hong Kong law scholar proposes rules limiting Beijing’s power to interfere with local court decisions
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154297/leading-hong-kong-law-scholar-proposes-rules

Hong Kong equality groups hold book exhibition after LGBTQ-themed children’s titles removed from library shelves
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/hong-kong-equality-groups-hold-book-exhibition-lgbtq-themed-childrens-titles-removed-library-shelves/

稱加入基本法委員會償心願　梁美芬：23條係好嘢　港人要珍惜 (Basic Law Committee member and legislator Priscilla Leung: Article 23 is good for Hongkongers)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/指加入基本委員會償心願-梁美芬-23條係好嘢-港人要珍惜/

Pro-democracy activist Avery Ng denies inciting protesters outside Beijing’s liaison office, Hong Kong court hears
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154482/pro-democracy-activist-avery-ng-denies

Over 30 UK parliamentarians urge British gov’t to raise concerns over Hong Kong freedoms
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/30-uk-parliamentarians-urge-british-govt-raises-concerns-hong-kong-freedoms/

Related:
30多名英國會議員聯署　促英外交部關注香港人權狀況 (UK Foreign Secretary urged to monitor human rights situation in Hong Kong)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
http://thestandnews.com/international/30多名英國會議員聯署-促英外交部關注香港人權狀況/

Rights lawyers slam Hong Kong plans to tighten asylum procedures, calling proposals “wholly unreasonable”
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154233/rights-lawyers-slam-hong-kong-plans-tighten

Education center with aim to promote Chinese national identity opens in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2154169/education-centre-aim-promote-chinese-national-identity-opens

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人权观察呼吁中国释放被抓捕律师 (Human Rights Watch urges China to release detained rights lawyers)
Voice of America, July 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-activists-20180706/4470275.html

Related:
709案三周年 家属发起感恩行 (Family members of rights lawyers begin “March of Gratitude” as third anniversary of 709 Incident approaches)
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07052018092307.html

最高检将新设公益诉讼检察厅，保障更好地履行检察公益诉讼 (Supreme People's Procuratorate to add public interest litigation procuratorate division)
Procuratorate Daily WeChat, July 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2245575

China holds journalist who wrote articles criticizing Hunan officials
实名举报官员 媒体人陈杰人被带走调查
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-holds-journalist-who-wrote-articles-criticizing-hunan-officials-07062018114318.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-07062018085008.html

「潑墨女孩」下落不明　網友仿效行動 肇慶習近平宣傳畫像被塗泥漿 (“Ink woman” goes viral, inspires imitation)
The Stand News, July 6, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/潑墨女孩-下落不明-網友仿效行動-肇慶習近平宣傳畫像被塗泥漿

衡水桃城法院司法建议：限制“老赖”子女就读高收费学校 (Hebei court proposes to restrict debt defaulters’ children from attending expensive schools)
Hengshui Taocheng People's Court WeChat, July 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2245934

Interview: witness recalls “the smell of innocent blood” from July 5, 2009
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/urumchi-anniversary-07052018172828.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

A deadline looms in China’s battle with foreign firms over Taiwan
The Economist, July 6, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/07/05/a-deadline-looms-in-chinas-battle-with-foreign-firms-over-taiwan

Related:
China recognizes Indian airline's website change on Taiwan
Xinhua, July 6, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2018-07-06/detail-ihexfcvk4234952.shtml

China's organ transplant system feted despite transparency doubts
Channel NewsAsia, July 6, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-s-organ-transplant-system-feted-despite-transparency-doubts-10504290

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

疫苗受害者家长：中国法官枉法 (Over 40 parents of vaccine victims file wrongful conviction petition with court supervision committee)
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ql2-07052018092159.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

辽宁省大连市委原常委、原常务副市长袁克力被开除党籍和公职 (Former Dalian Executive Vice Mayor expelled from Party and removed from job for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, July 6, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201807/t20180706_175231.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

APP注销难：设置重重障碍 为留住用户手段五花八门 (Difficulty in uninstalling smartphone apps raises privacy concerns)
Xinhua, July 6, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/zgjx/2018-07/06/c_137305184.htm

Guangzhou subway considering facial recognition for security checks
SupChina, July 6, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/06/guangzhou-subway-considering-facial-recognition-for-security-checks/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong says prison complaints system is a “black box operation”
Hong Kong Free Press, July 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/06/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-says-prison-complaints-system-black-box-operation/

Related:
斥懲教署投訴組黑箱作業　黃之鋒入稟民事索償　冀盤問涉事職員 (Joshua Wong seeks damages in civil suit after complaint to Correctional Services Department dismissed)
Mingpao, July 6, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180706/s00001/1530862699502

【同志伴侶簽證案】何君堯：判決如木馬屠城　批法官制訂法律 (Legislators see QT judgment threat to traditional marriage, plan to close “loophole”)
The Stand News, July 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/同志伴侶簽證案-何君堯-判決如木馬屠城-批法官制訂法律/

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