Access to Justice (司法公正)

One year on, China's five feminists remain under tight surveillance
律师再联署敦促当局撤销女权五姐妹案
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2016
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/surveillance-03012016110929.html

CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-03012016105515.html

Related:
Supporting Women's Rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/supporting-womens-rights-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/sheng-yuan-zhong-guo-nu-quan-ren-shi

China “arrests” church pastor after cross protest
Agence France-Presse, March 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/02/china-arrests-church-pastor-after-cross-protest/

“Fair judicial system critical to stop attacks on judges”: China to boost security for court officers
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1919558/fair-judicial-system-critical-stop-attacks-judges-china

“Pull plug on China’s televised confessions” urges top political adviser ahead of meeting of country’s legislature
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1919555/pull-plug-chinas-televised-confessions-urges-top

China makes domestic abuse a crime
Al Jazeera, March 1, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/china-outlaws-domestic-abuse-160301053424903.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Headline news: editor at liberal Chinese newspaper fired over front page double meaning
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1919661/headline-news-editor-liberal-chinese-newspaper-fired-over-front-page

Social media purge goes far beyond Ren Zhiqiang
China Digital Times, March 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/03/social-media-purge-goes-far-beyond-ren-zhiqiang/

It’s actually really hard to figure out what counts as a “banned book” in China
Buzzfeed, March 1, 2016
http://www.buzzfeed.com/beimengfu/banned-books-in-china#.ji7vj9mdY

政协委员呼吁停止安排疑犯上电视“认罪” (CPPCC committee member calls for a halt of televised “confessions” by suspects)
Radio France Internationale, March 2, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160302-政协委员呼吁停止安排疑犯上电视“认罪”

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

As China slashes coal jobs, miners protest in Party’s revolutionary base
Washington Post, March 1, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/as-china-slashes-coal-jobs-miners-protest-in-partys-revolutionary-base/2016/03/01/e59535e1-8f7c-46ca-9d85-602eccc42fb7_story.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s coming ideological wars
Foreign Policy, March 1, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/01/chinas-coming-ideological-wars-new-left-confucius-mao-xi/

Hong Kong (香港)

Circumstances decisive in whether Lee Bo broke the law in leaving Hong Kong—lawmakers, officials
Hong Kong Free Press, March 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/01/circumstances-decisive-in-whether-lee-bo-broke-the-law-in-leaving-hong-kong-lawmakers-officials/

Related:
Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po is not telling the full story, police chief says
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1919564/hong-kong-bookseller-lee-po-not-telling-full-story-police

Three Occupy Central student leaders stand trial in Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/three-occupy-central-student-leaders-stand-trial-in-hong-kong-03012016113904.html

Related:
Hong Kong government sought to secure its headquarters before Joshua Wong and Occupy leaders unleashed protests, court hears
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1919107/hong-kong-government-sought-secure-its-headquarters-joshua

Hong Kong’s “orphans” find their battle cry in an independent film turned box-office hit
Quartz, March 2, 2016
http://qz.com/627147/hong-kongs-orphans-find-their-battle-cry-in-an-independent-film-turned-box-office-hit/

譚惠珠：香港無可能自決2047年後前途　23條「愈早立愈好」 (Deputy of HK to NPC Maria Tam: Hong Kong can have no way of self-determination for post-2047, legislation of Article 23 “the earlier the better”)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160302/s00001/1456902729227

戴耀廷指「本土」已成政治力量　泛民須協調　提改良版「雷動計劃」 (Benny Tai says “localism” has taken form as political power, pan-dems should coordinate accordingly, suggests improved “thunder strategy”)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160302/s00001/1456888107712

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

India, China discuss terrorism, connectivity
The Hindu, February 28, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/india-china-discuss-terrorism-connectivity/article8292352.ece

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China reality check: China's "Internet sovereignty" initiative: origins and consequences
Center for Strategic and International Studies, February 29, 2016
http://csis.org/event/china-reality-check-chinas-internet-sovereignty-initiative-origins-and-consequences

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Where are China's human rights lawyers?
Al Jazeera, February 29, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/02/china-human-rights-lawyers-160224072207598.html

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, February 5, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Slaying of Beijing judge prompts horror in China’s embattled legal community
Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/02/29/slaying-of-beijing-judge-prompts-horror-in-chinas-embattled-legal-community/

The case of Zhang Kai: Refuting lies, clarifying the facts, and setting the record straight
China Change, February 29, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/02/29/the-case-of-zhang-kai-refuting-lies-clarifying-the-facts-and-setting-the-record-right/

中国首部反家暴法今起实施 “同居暴力”纳入其中 (China’s first Anti-domestic Violence Law takes effect, “violence in cohabitation” taken into account)
China News, March 1, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2016/03-01/7778031.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

China party to punish former tycoon for microblog posts
Reuters, March 1, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-idUSKCN0W33I3

Related:
批習「媒體姓黨」遭清算　任志強微博被封　學者：已到二次文革邊緣 (Ren Zhiqiang’s weibo blocked for criticizing Xi’s comment of “media for serving the party”, an academic describes this as the verge of a second Cultural Revolution)
Apple Daily, February 29, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20160229/19509790

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s state media is lying about a detained labor activist, some workers say
Quartz, March 1, 2016
http://qz.com/621390/chinas-state-media-is-lying-about-a-detained-labor-activist-some-workers-say/

北京再有拆迁户被烧死 警方阻止围观拍照 (Another death in fire at household to be forcibly demolished in Beijing, police forbids on-looking and photo taking)
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-02292016115311.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Exclusive: Major powers team up to tell China of concerns over new laws
Reuters, February 29, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-idUSKCN0W225P

Legislature lost 25 members to graft since last year's meeting
Caixin, February 29, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-29/100914088.html

Don’t expect China’s corruption inspectors to work miracles
The Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/02/29/dont-expect-chinas-corruption-inspectors-to-work-miracles/

Q. and A.: Minxin Pei on the future of Communist rule in China
The New York Times, March 1, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/world/asia/china-pei-minxin-communist-party.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Missing Hong Kong booksellers paraded on Chinese TV
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 29, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35685999

Related:
I sneaked into mainland China illegally to help an investigation...and gave up my British citizenship too, says missing Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po
李波：自愿偷渡做证人 已决放弃居英权 外界炒作难回港
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1918997/i-sneaked-mainland-china-illegally-help-investigation-and
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/153303996f4f00c/li-bo-zi-yuan-tou-du-zuo-zheng-ren-yi-jue-fang-qi-ju-ying-quan-wai-jie-chao-zuo-nan-hui-gang

Detained bookseller’s claims difficult to believe, say Hong Kong lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/01/detained-booksellers-claims-difficult-to-believe-say-hong-kong-lawmakers/

【書店5人失蹤】黎棟國指李波無透露如何離港　跨境執法破壞「一國兩制」？　黎：看不到資料證實 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok: Lee Bo did not disclose how he left Hong Kong; when asked if enforcement of law across border damages One Country Two Systems, “there is no evidence purporting to that”)
Ming Pao, March 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160301/s00001/1456796648729

HK anti-China activist runs in key by-election
Agence France-Presse, February 29, 2016
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/02/29/2003640500

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The fight against inequality: Martin Luther King and China's labor activists
NGOs in China, February 29, 2016
http://ngochina.blogspot.hk/2016/02/the-fight-against-inequality-martin.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China pastor who resisted cross removals jailed for corruption
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 26, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35673952

Related:
宗教维权受压：牧师包国华判监14年 律师张凯「被认罪」 (Religious rights defenders repressed: Pastor Bao Guohua sentenced for 14 years, lawyer Zhang Kai forced to “confess”)
Radio France Internationale, February 27, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160227-宗教维权受压：牧师包国华判监14年-律师张凯「被认罪」

2015 another difficult year for criminal defendants, data show
Caixin, February 26, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-26/100913241.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China state broadcaster takes over Oscars live stream
China Film Insider, February 29, 2016
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-state-broadcaster-takes-over-oscars-live-stream/

Cyberspace Administration of China orders websites to shut Ren Zhiqiang's accounts
Fei Chang Dao, February 28, 2016
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2016/02/cyberspace-administration-of-china.html

China closes 580 social media accounts for spreading “rumor”
The Hindu, February 27, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-closes-580-social-media-accounts-for-spreading-rumour/article8289748.ece

Peering through the haze of China’s economic data
The New York Times, February 27, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/world/asia/china-economy-outlook.html

Five things China’s censors cut from a famous American scholar’s book
The Washington Post, February 26, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/26/five-things-chinas-censors-cut-from-fukuyamas-book-on-governance/

国际记者联盟谴责中国判藏人作家珠洛有罪 (International Federation of Journalists denounces China for convicting Tibetan writer Druklo)
Voice of America, February 29, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ifj-20160226/3209220.html

广电总局严管网络剧 中国网友批“锁国” (Chinese netizens criticizes the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television’s tight control on Internet dramas as “locking up the country”)
Radio France Internationale, February 29, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160229-广电总局严管网络剧-中国网友批“锁国”

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's pollution problem gets hairy with “nose-tache” to filter smog
The Guardian, February 29, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/29/chinas-pollution-problem-gets-hairy-as-activists-reveal-nose-tache-to-filter-smog

Strikes and workers’ protests multiply in China, testing party authority
Washington Post, February 24, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/strikes-and-workers-protests-multiply-in-china-testing-party-authority/2016/02/24/caba321c-b3c8-11e5-8abc-d09392edc612_story.html

China tightens censorship of online TV programs days after suspending shows featuring gay love, excessive sex and violence
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1918020/china-tightens-censorship-online-tv-programmes-days-after

China’s feminist school club: the Beijing students talking equality on their lunch break
The Guardian, February
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2016/feb/27/china-feminist-school-club-beijing-students-equality-lunch-break

China's army of petitioners invades Beijing ahead of annual congress
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-army-of-petitioners-invades-beijing-ahead-of-annual-congress-02262016130812.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

CPC to drill members in self-discipline, socialist values
Xinhua, February 28, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/28/c_135138601.htm

Former energy official says police tortured him into confessing
Caixin, February 25, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-25/100912688.html

“Rising star” PLA rear admiral Wang Yu under investigation for corruption
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1918024/rising-star-pla-rear-admiral-wang-yu-under

Son of corrupt Communist Party official admits accepting nearly 1 million yuan in bribes...but blames it on his father
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1917239/son-corrupt-communist-party-official-admits-accepting-nearly-1m

China to prosecute two senior officials from Xinjiang over graft
Reuters, February 29, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-xinjiang-idUSKCN0W20FK

U.S. congressman: China's worsening human rights record harms its world standing
Voice of America, February 26, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-congressman-says-china-worsening-human-rights-record-harms-its-world-standing/3210605.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Missing booksellers “operated illegal business”, but could return to HK soon—state media
Hong Kong Free Press, February 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/29/58042/

Hong Kong protests student leaders go on trial
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 29, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35684340

Related:
This 19-year-old started a massive protest movement in Hong Kong—and now the government is putting him on trial
Business Insider, February 29, 2016
http://www.businessinsider.com/joshua-wong-interview-trial-protest-movement-hong-kong-2016-2

By-election 2016: The rise and rise of Hong Kong Indigenous
Hong Kong Free Press, February 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/29/by-election-2016-the-rise-and-rise-of-hong-kong-indigenous/

Related:
【短片：新東補選】黃成智承認落敗：中間路線艱難　梁天琦：本土理念不是小眾 ([Video: New Territories East by-election] Nelson Wong admits failure: Hard to pursue the mid-way; Edward Leung: Localist concept is not minority)
Ming Pao, February 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160229/s00001/1456684332447

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

政治光譜的新形勢 (The new situation of the political spectrum)
Ming Pao, February 29, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160229/s00022/1456718268575

Access to Justice (司法公正)

《证券法》修订将继续列入今年立法计划 (Amendment to the securities law will continue to be included in this year's legislative plan)
STCN, February 23, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/finance/2016-02/23/c_128742492.htm

China jails Protestant pastor couple for 12, 14 years
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/couple-02252016120231.html

Chinese Christian rights lawyer accused of “masterminding illegal religious gatherings”, says state-run website
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1917158/chinese-christian-rights-lawyer-accused-masterminding

Related:
Beijing human rights lawyer Zhang Kai “admits” disrupting social order in latest state TV “confession”
Hong Kong Free Press, February 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/26/beijing-human-lawyer-zhang-kai-admits-disrupting-social-order-latest-state-tv-confession/

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, February 5, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi