Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetans fight to salvage fading culture in China
挽救藏语，中国藏民的艰辛反抗
The New York Times, November 29, 2015
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/world/asia/china-tibet-language-education.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20151130/c30tibet/

Police in China's Guangxi hold 24 after firing pepper spray at protesters
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-in-chinas-guangxi-hold-24-after-firing-pepper-spray-at-protestors-11252015111817.html

内蒙牧民维权代表被拘留 一牧民六千亩草场被强占 (Inner Mongolian leader of rights defending herdsmen detained, another herdsman’s 990 acres of pasture forcibly occupied)
Radio Free Asia, November 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-11282015100051.html

北京取消反家暴艺术展 (Beijing cancels anti-domestic violence art exhibition)
Radio France Internationale, November 26, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151126-北京取消揭露家暴艺术展

Related:
Beijing shuts down art exhibition on violence against women
The Guardian, November 26, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/26/beijing-shuts-down-art-exhibition-on-violence-against-women

Government Accountability (政府问责)

人权观察：欧盟应该对中国坚持人权标准 (Human Rights Watch: The EU should uphold clear benchmarks for China’s human rights progress)
Voice of America, November 30, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/HRW-calling-EU-members-to-hold-china-to-human-rights-standards-20151127/3077576.html

Related:
EU/China: Rights dialogues without benchmarks lack impact
Human Rights Watch, November 26, 2015
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/11/26/eu/china-rights-dialogues-without-benchmarks-lack-impact

China accused of “tricking” dissidents into deportation
Al Jazeera, November 29, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/china-accused-tricking-dissidents-deportation-151129110204520.html

Hong Kong (香港)

How the Occupy protests shaped the District Council elections
Hong Kong Free Press, November 28, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/28/how-the-occupy-protests-shaped-the-district-council-elections/

HKFP Interview: HKU “whistleblower” Billy Fung on the HKU Council, Student Union, HKFS and more
Hong Kong Free Press, November 25, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/25/hkfp-interview-hku-whistleblower-billy-fung-on-the-hku-council-student-union-hkfs-and-more/

港大副校任命风波洩第五段录音 疑似李国章威胁告学生及大学 (HKU pro-VC appointment scandal: fifth audio clip leaked, voice believed to be of Arthur Li threatens to sue students and university)
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15147d5a8e930b1/gang-da-fu-xiao-ren-ming-feng-bo-xie-di-wu-duan-lu-yin-yi-si-li-guo-zhang-wei-xie-gao-xue-sheng-ji-da-xue

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

What is China's plan for fighting global terrorism?
The Diplomat, November 27, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/what-is-chinas-plan-for-fighting-global-terrorism/

中国对新疆“反恐”信息反复收放 被指借巴黎恐袭测西方态度 (Chinese media outlets issue and then delete “counterterrorism” news from Xinjiang: accused of taking advantage of Paris attacks to test Western countries’ attitudes)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-11272015101218.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Why the ABA downplayed China’s rights crackdown
China Digital Times, November 25, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/11/behind-the-abas-tepid-condemnation-of-beijings-crackdown/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人权观察谴责中国超期羁押浦志强 张海涛再被变更罪名为“煽颠” (Human Rights Watch condemns China’s prolonging Pu Zhiqiang’s detention beyond lawful limit and changing accusation of Xinjiang rights defender Zhang Haitao again, into “inciting subversion of state power”)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-11242015100242.html

州妇联上半年收到的投诉 17.7%案件跟家暴有关 (17.7% of complaints received by Wenzhou All-China Women's Federation in previous half year involved domestic violence)
Wenzhou Capital News Online, November 23, 2015
http://news.66wz.com/system/2015/11/22/104641837.shtml

中宣部司法部全国普法办部署国家宪法日宣传活动, 弘扬宪法精神推动创新协调绿色开放共享发展 (CPC Propaganda Department, Ministry of Justice, China Legal Publicity Office launch National Constitution Day propaganda activities, enhancing constitutional spirit, promoting development of “innovation, coordination, greenness, openness, shared-enjoyment”)
Legal Daily, November 23, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151123/Articel02020GN.htm

午休期间被撞身亡 是否算工伤惹争议 (Whether injury sustained during lunch break is industrial injury provokes controversy)
Jiangsu Legal Daily, November 24, 2015
http://jsfzb.xhby.net/html/2015-11/24/content_1339653.htm

应完善对非婚生子女的法律保护 (Legal protection of illegitimate children should be improved)
Jiangsu Legal Daily, November 24, 2015
http://jsfzb.xhby.net/html/2015-11/24/content_1339677.htm

Jailed Chinese journalist Gao Yu appeals sentence for “leaking state secrets”
The Guardian, November 24, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/24/jailed-chinese-journalist-gao-yu-appeals-sentence-for-leaking-state-secrets

Access to Information (信息公开)

新疆网络监控疑又升级 (Internet control in Xinjiang reportedly intensified)
Radio France Internationale, November 24, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151124-新疆疑网络监控又升级

南通公布17088名 “失信黑名单” (Nantong announces “bad credit blacklist” of 17,088 names)
Jiangsu Legal Daily, November 24, 2015
http://jsfzb.xhby.net/html/2015-11/24/content_1339628.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

张六毛家属被警方以“寻衅滋事”为名传唤 (Police summons Zhang Liumao’s family for “picking quarrels & provoking troubles”)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-11242015100511.html

Police summon family of activist who died in detention in China
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-summon-family-of-activist-who-died-in-detention-in-china-11242015105652.html

安徽人大常委会讨论决定重大事项规定修订, 一部法规经5次审议通过尚属首次 (Anhui People's Congress Standing Committee passes amendment of regulations for decisions on major matters after 5 deliberations—highest number in history of province)
Legal Daily, November 23, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151123/Articel03002GN.htm

Veteran Shenzhen rights activist gets three years for “subversion”
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-11242015110151.html

Chinese textbooks are wildly homophobic. One student is fighting back.
The Washington Post, November 24, 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/24/chinese-textbooks-are-wildly-homophobic-one-student-is-fighting-back/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

联合国禁酷会关注维权律师羁押情况 (UN Committee Against Torture pays due attention to China’s crackdown on human rights lawyers)
Radio France Internationale, November 25, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151125-联合国禁酷会关注维权律师羁押情况

Related:
Stark Contrast in China’s UN Torture Review: Pointed Questions, Non-responsive Answers
联合国对中国酷刑的审议：提问尖锐，答非所问
Human Rights in China, November 18, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/stark-contrast-chinas-un-torture-review-pointed-questions-non-responsive
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/lian-he-guo-dui-zhong-guo-ku-xing-de-shen-yi-ti-wen-jian-rui-da-fei

China Faces Scrutiny in UN Torture Review
中国面临联合国对酷刑问题的严格审议
Human Rights in China, November 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/china-faces-scrutiny-un-torture-review
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/zhong-guo-mian-lin-lian-he-guo-dui-ku-xing-wen-ti-de-yan-ge-shen-yi

中国指“德国的人权批评是干涉” (China says “Germany criticizing human rights situation is intervention”)
Radio France Internationale, November 24, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151124-中国指“德国的人权批评是干涉”

中纪委：9000多官员因管不好家属和下属被问责 (CCDI: More than 9,000 officials held accountable for not managing well their relatives or subordinates)
Xinhua Online, November 23, 2015
http://news.youth.cn/sz/201511/t20151123_7341246.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

个人信息非法交易致网络诈骗泛滥, 网骗新骗术多与个人信息泄露有关 (Trading of individual information causes flood of online fraud, new online fraud techniques frequently involve personal information leaks)
Legal Daily, November 23, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151123/Articel06004GN.htm

南京重拳打击电信网络犯罪 (Nanjing deals heavy blow to telecommunications and Internet crimes)
Jiangsu Legal Daily, November 24, 2015
http://jsfzb.xhby.net/html/2015-11/24/content_1339638.htm

Big Brother is watching: how China is compiling computer ratings on all its citizens
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1882533/big-brother-watching-how-china-compiling-computer

Hong Kong (香港)

Jack Ma of Alibaba in talks to buy Hong Kong newspaper
马云收购《南华早报》，谈判进行中
The New York Times, November 25, 2015
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/business/dealbook/alibaba-scmp-hong-kong.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20151125/c25db-alibaba/

Hong Kong's new generation: “Umbrella soldiers” and NeoDemocrats big winners in district elections
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1883080/hong-kongs-new-generation-umbrella-soldiers-wins-big-vote

Related:
“伞兵”空降香港区选：他们是谁？能走多远？ (New arrival of “Umbrella soldiers” in HK District Council elections: Who are they? How far can they go?)
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/1513dbbd5ee20d3/san-bing-kong-jiang-xiang-gang-qu-xuan-ta-men-shi-shui-neng-zou-duo-yuan-

“Hong Kong is not China” banner appears at HKU following City U saga
Hong Kong Free Press, November 24, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/24/hong-kong-is-not-china-banner-appears-at-hku-following-city-u-saga/

Fifa investigates Hong Kong over China match booing
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 25, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34918397

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

北京公安“涉恐举报奖”已对500余群众发放60余万 (Beijing PSB already awarded $94,000 to over 500 individuals as “prize for reporting suspected terrorist activities”)
Beijing Daily, November 25, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/1125/c1001-27852741.html

联合国安理会采取行动加大打击国际恐怖主义 (U.N. Security Council adopts measures to increase attack on international terrorism)
Legal Daily, November 21, 2015
http://world.people.com.cn/n/2015/1121/c1002-27840239.html

新疆反恐：90后武警一次击毙6名暴徒 (Xinjiang counterterrorism: Post-‘90 generation armed policeman shoots dead six terrorists)
Xinhua, November 24, 2015
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20151123/46355724_0.shtml

中国高官指有新疆共产党员支持恐怖活动 (Chinese high ranked officials allege some party members in Xinjiang support terrorist activities)
Voice of America, November 25, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/xinjiang-party-officials-backing-terrorists-allegations-20151124/3071541.html

Communist Party official accuses some Xinjiang cadres of supporting “terrorist acts”
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1883076/communist-party-official-accuses-some-xinjiang-cadres

Eleven of 28 suspects killed in Xinjiang manhunt believed women, children
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/manhunt-11242015174308.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Running from Runnymede: Why Beijing lives in fear of Magna Carta
Hong Kong Free Press, November 24, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/24/running-from-runnymede-why-beijing-lives-in-fear-of-magna-carta/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中國獨立記者高瑜「洩密案」二審開庭 法院稱擇日宣判 (Gao Yu’s appeal trial for “leaking state secrets” heard in court, ruling to be announced on Thursday)
The Initium, November 24, 2015
https://theinitium.com/article/20151124-dailynews-Gaoyu/

北京疑加大打击海外禁书禁刊出版发行人 (Beijing reportedly plans to intensify crackdown on publishers and distributers of banned books overseas)
Radio France Internationale, November 23, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151123-北京加大打击海外禁书禁刊出版发行人

China says repatriated dissidents “guilty of crimes”
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 23, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34901965

You have the right to remain silent: Inside the fight over the American Bar Association's tepid condemnation of Beijing’s crackdown on lawyers and activists.
Foreign Policy, November 24, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/11/23/china_american_bar_association_crackdown_human_rights/

Chinese court to pass verdict on Guo Feixiong, two others
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/verdict-11232015131725.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

央视《胡耀邦》出现抹去赵紫阳头像的人民日报 (State broadcaster airs Hu Yaobang program with purged leader Zhao Ziyang’s image erased from the People’s Daily)
Radio France Internationale, November 23, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151123-央视《胡耀邦》出现抹去赵紫阳头像的人民日报

Related:
China’s official amnesia over the legacy of Hu Yaobang, the man whose death inspired the Tiananmen protests
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1882476/chinas-official-amnesia-over-legacy-hu-yaobang-man

China cuts mobile service of Xinjiang residents evading Internet filters
The New York Times, November 24, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/business/international/china-cuts-mobile-service-of-xinjiang-residents-evading-internet-filters.html

Twitter tally at People’s Daily does not add up, say researchers
The Financial Times, November 23, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/43319c90-919a-11e5-bd82-c1fb87bef7af.html

China censors online outcry after ISIS execution
China File, November 24, 2015
https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/media/china-censors-online-outcry-after-isis-execution

Government Accountability (政府问责)

联合国对中国酷刑的审议：提问尖锐，答非所问 (Stark contrast in China’s UN Torture Review: pointed questions, non-responsive answers)
Human Rights in China, November 18, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/lian-he-guo-dui-zhong-guo-ku-xing-de-shen-yi-ti-wen-jian-rui-da-fei

人权组织促中国允许朝鲜难民赴第三国 (Human rights organization urges China to allow refugees from North Korea to pass to a third country)
Voice of America, November 24, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/north-korean-refugees-beg-china-to-save-them-from-death-20151123/3069978.html

College counselors told to join the Party
China Digital Times, November 22, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/11/college-counselors-told-to-join-the-party/

Four China banking regulators demoted as anti-corruption crackdown on financial sector continues
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1882019/chinas-anti-corruption-watchdog-demotes-four-banking-regulators

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. cyber command’s veiled threat: China “vulnerable” in cyberspace
The Diplomat, November 24, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/us-cyber-commands-veiled-threat-china-vulnerable-in-cyberspace/

国际网络安全公司：中国地下网络犯罪有了新招数 (International cybersecurity company: China’s underground cybercriminals quick to develop new tricks)
Voice of America, November 24, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/trend-micro-china-cybercriminal-new-approaches-20151123/3070653.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy and Hong Kong youth take toll on pro-Beijing parties' share of vote
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1882463/occupy-and-hong-kong-youth-take-toll-pro-beijing-parties

Potential candidates for 2016 “super district councilor” emerge as incumbents lose or retire
Hong Kong Free Press, November 23, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/11/23/potential-candidates-for-2016-super-district-councillor-emerge-as-incumbents-lose-or-retire/

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

China forces used flamethrower to hunt Xinjiang “terrorists”: army newspaper
Reuters, November 23, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/23/us-china-security-xinjiang-idUSKBN0TC0QT20151123

China's own “double standard” on terrorism
The Diplomat, November 23, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/chinas-own-double-standard-on-terrorism/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Memories of torture and hope for redemption in a Chinese village
Huffington Post, November 24, 2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/china-torture-police-brutality_5652a6f1e4b0d4093a5835c8