Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hundreds detained by “interceptors” ahead of Labor Day holiday
五一劳动节各地政府忙截访 倪玉兰再被公安逼迁
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/interceptors-05012015105422.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05012015101748.html

Tibetans detained, beaten for protesting construction near sacred site
达赖喇嘛向大陆华人传法 西藏贡觉县藏民反开矿被捕
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/construction-05012015152235.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-05012015120342.html

四川維權人士陳雲飛拘押35天後遭批捕 (Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei officially arrested after 35 days of detention)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150503_china_activist_arrested

In China's Guangdong, 1,000 march on Labor Day over missing paychecks
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-labor-05012015141714.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

President Xi Jinping's corruption crackdown linked to officials' suicides
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1784492/president-xi-jinpings-corruption-crackdown-linked

Chinese navy's transparency on new microblog more a boon than a bane
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1784304/chinese-navys-transparency-new-microblog-more-boon-bane

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国官媒：海外黑客攻击致近期网络问题 (Chinese state media says overseas hackers caused the recent Internet problems)
Deutsche Welle, May 1, 2015
http://www.dw.de/中国官媒海外黑客攻击致近期网络问题/a-18423110

Apps you won’t have heard about at Beijing’s GMIC
Reporters without Borders, May 1, 2015
http://en.rsf.org/china-apps-you-won-t-have-heard-about-at-02-05-2015,47848.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing can't scrap functional constituencies: Fan
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 3, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150503/news_20150503_56_1096797.htm

Counterterrorism (反恐)

新疆六维族人被指涉恐被射杀 五一前南北疆反恐大清查 (Six alleged Uyghur terrorists shot dead during large scale counter-terror investigations in Xinjiang ahead of Labor Day)
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-05012015101824.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Police in China's Guangdong move ahead with activist's subversion trial
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-suchanglan-04302015133624.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

非法发布气象预报最高可罚5万 (Those who publish “unofficial” weather forecasts can be fined up to RMB 50,000)
The Beijing News, May 1, 2015
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2015/05/01/362020.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

东莞厚宏制衣厂突然倒闭 数百工人游行讨薪 (Hundreds of workers protest sudden closure of Dongguan Houhong garment factory, demand immediate salary pay)
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-05012015100541.html

中国劳工活动人士日益成为暴力袭击目标 (More Labor rights activists are targets for violent attacks)
Voice of America, April 30, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chinese-labour-activists-20150430/2742806.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Not so far away: anti-corruption officials try to extend their reach abroad
The Economist, April 30, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21650154-anti-corruption-officials-try-extend-their-reach-abroad-not-so-far-away

宁波启动“猎狐2015”境外追逃专项行动 (Ningbo, Zhejiang police officers go abroad to catch fugitive officials in “Operation Fox Hunt”)
Legal Daily, May 1, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150501/Articel02006GN.htm

司法部武警部队召开监狱安全工作会议 (Ministry of Justice’s armed police hold prison safety meeting)
Legal Daily, May 1, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150501/Articel01003GN.htm

Six GMS countries sign joint declaration, reaffirming anti-human trafficking commitment
Shanghai Daily, April 30, 2015
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=279535

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China worried US cyber strategy “ups the ante on the internet arms race”
Reuters, April 30, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/china-worried-us-cybersecurity-strategy-internet-arms-race

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong teachers union plans alternate Basic Law lesson plan
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1783276/hong-kong-teachers-union-plans-alternate-basic

Hong Kong pan-democrats will be marginalised if they reject 2017 poll plan, warns Exco convenor
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1783315/hong-kong-pan-democrats-will-be-marginalised-if-they-reject

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

反恐演练怎能以抗拆村民为假想敌？(Why is mock village protest used as target of counter-terror drill?”)
Yangtse Evening Post, May 1, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2015-05-01/061931783491.shtml

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China launches special campaign to rectify miscarriages of justice
Xinhua, April 28, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/28/c_134193259.htm

Related:
Hearing reviews 20-year-old rape and murder case
Xinhua, April 29, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/29/c_134193313.htm

Police in China's Suzhou detain dozens in dawn raid on activists [re. Lin Zhao memorial service]
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suzhou-police-detain-dozens-in-dawn-raid-on-activists-04292015142052.html

See more information on Lin Zhao
http://www.hoover.org/news/letters-and-diaries-chinese-political-activist-lin-zhao-opened-hoover-institution-archives

Access to Information (信息公开)

Publisher of China’s leading pro-reform magazine vows to carry on despite growing pressure from authorities
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779317/publisher-chinas-leading-pro-reform-magazine-vows-carry

China's new internet rules raise questions over role of agency
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rules-04292015104205.html

Cloudy with a chance of censorship: China bans unofficial weather reports
The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/29/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-censorship-china-bans-unofficial-weather-reports/?mod=WSJBlog

China’s scientific progress hinges on access to data
Nature, April 28, 2015
http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-scientific-progress-hinges-on-access-to-data-1.17426

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The women of the Chinese internet remain defiant
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 30, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-32518852

Related:
”女权五姐妹” 之一武嵘嵘就不接受传唤发布声明 (Wu Rongrong of the “Feminists Five” issues statement on refusing interrogation summons)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-04292015102833.html

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

China’s miners step up protests as industry downturn continues
China Labour Bulletin, April 29, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/china%E2%80%99s-miners-step-protests-industry-downturn-continues

Chinese labour activists “increasingly targets of violent attacks, intimidation”
Xinhua, April 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1781528/chinese-labour-activists-increasingly-targets-violent-attacks

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Police in Guangdong province practice anti-terrorism drills including the handling of a mock protest by villagers blocking construction of a development.
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1781652/police-southern-china-practice-anti-terrorism-drills-including

Related:
广东江门举行反恐演练 模拟拆迁村民闹事(图) (Jiangmen, Guangdong Province holds anti-terror drills simulating protest by villagers against demolition (with pictures))
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 30, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2015-04-30/092131780292.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Crackdown on corruption at Chinese environmental risk assessment agencies
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779975/crackdown-corruption-chinese-environmental-risk

3 in Guangdong investigated for Party discipline violations
China Daily, April 30. 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/30/content_20582869.htm

Eight hospital heads said to be found taking bribes
Caixin, April 29, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-04-29/100805004.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Goldman and IDG put $50 million to work in a Bitcoin company [Note: IDG is a China-based firm]
The New York Times, April 30, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/business/dealbook/goldman-and-idg-put-50-million-to-work-in-a-bitcoin-company.html

Related:
Under a 2013 notice issued by the People’s Bank of China, Chinese financial institutions are not permitted to use or interact with Bitcoin:
English: https://vip.btcchina.com/page/bocnotice2013
Chinese: http://www.pbc.gov.cn/publish/goutongjiaoliu/524/2013/20131205153156832222251/20131205153156832222251_.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Officials' assurances on reform “conflicting”
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150430/news_20150430_56_1096090.htm

陳文敏指政改方案沒回應市民憂慮 (Ex HKU law dean Johannes Chan says political reform package does not respond to citizens’ concerns)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150430/news_20150430_55_1096119.htm

Related:
李卓人：中央若關心香港內耗 應拆8.31框架 (Pan-dem Lee Cheuk-yan: If Chinese government cares about HK internal friction, August 31 Framework should be dropped)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150429/news_20150429_55_1095886.htm

Less than half HK’s residents support electoral reforms
Taipei Times, April 30, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/04/30/2003617161

Hong Kong trips again in global press freedom ranking
Hong Kong Economic Journal, April 30, 2015
http://www.ejinsight.com/20150430-hong-kong-trips-again-in-global-press-freedon-ranking/

Related:
去年撐警集會記者遇襲案 警指無足夠證據檢控 (Police say not enough evidence to charge attackers of journalists during last year’s pro-police event)
Apple Daily, April 29, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150429/53687604

Freedom of the Press 2015: Harsh Laws and Violence Drive Global Decline
Freedom House, April 28, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/article/freedom-press-2015-harsh-laws-and-violence-drive-global-decline#.VUHjVdKqqko

Freedom of the Press 2015
Freedom House, April 28, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FreedomofthePress_2015_FINAL.pdf

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

YCW conversation–legal reform in China
Young China Watchers, April 28, 2015
http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/ycw-conversation-legal-reform-in-china/

Forced disappearances, brutality, and communist China's politics of fear
Vice News, April 28, 2015
https://news.vice.com/article/forced-disappearances-brutality-and-communist-chinas-politics-of-fear