Government Accountability (政府问责)

Pollution fears at factory in northern China “ignored by authorities for years,” say residents
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1938378/pollution-fears-factory-northern-china-ignored-authorities-years

China bans wholesalers from selling vaccines following scandal
李克强签署国务院令 公布《国务院关于修改〈疫苗流通和预防接种管理条例〉的决定》
Xinhua News, April 25, 2016
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-04/25/c_135310696.htm
CH: http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0425/c1024-28303240.html

Hong Kong (香港)

EU issues scathing annual report attacking Beijing on Hong Kong missing booksellers case and stalling of electoral reform
欧盟报告提铜锣湾书商失踪 港府指外国不应干预港内部事务
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1938466/eu-issues-scathing-annual-report-attacking-beijing-hong-kong
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/international/154506a55e9c59e/ou-meng-nian-du-bao-gao-ti-tong-luo-wan-shu-shang-shi-zong-an-yu-zhong-qi-xiang-gang-zheng-gai

Mainland and HK authorities will manage their own sections of high-speed rail, Transport Dept. says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/26/transport-dept-says-high-speed-rail-terminal-will-be-jointly-managed-by-hk-mainland/

BBC World Service staff say Hong Kong move risks editorial freedom
The Guardian, April 25, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/25/bbc-world-service-staff-say-hong-kong-move-risks-editorial-freedom

《明報》裁退姜國元　再有作者開天窗表不滿 (Yet more blank columns protesting Ming Pao’s sudden firing of top editor Keung Kwok-yuen)
Ming Pao, April 26, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160426/s00001/1461627649736

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

Is China changing its policy towards Uighur Muslims?
Al Jazeera, April 25, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/china-changing-policy-uighur-muslims-160424083056974.html

China pushes anti-espionage campaign
Voice of America, April 25, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-pushes-anti-espionage-campaign/3301351.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

從沈旭暉離開香港 看香港面對的「中國壓力」 (Looking at Hong Kong’s “Chinese pressures” from Simon Shen’s leaving Hong Kong)
InMedia HK, April 25, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1041969

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Diplomats prevented from visiting Chinese civil rights lawyer under house arrest
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/25/diplomats-prevented-from-visiting-chinese-civil-rights-lawyer-under-house-arrest/

人权观察：结束非法向中国遣送犯罪嫌疑人 (Human Rights Watch: Ending extra-legal deportations to China)
Voice of America, April 25, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ending-extralegal-deportations-to-china-20160424/3301114.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Ex-propaganda chief in eastern China upbraided for comments critical of Communist Party
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1937768/ex-propaganda-chief-eastern-china-upbraided-comments

China regulator reprimands 15 publishers for false reports: Xinhua
Reuters, April 23, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-media-idUSKCN0XK03O

The cleverest thing about China’s internet censorship
Tech in Asia, April 25, 2016
https://www.techinasia.com/cleverest-thing-about-china-internet-censorship

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Workers on strike at Dongguan factory that once hosted Hu Jintao
China Labor Bulletin, April 22, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/workers-strike-dongguan-factory-once-hosted-hu-jintao

China trash incinerator project called off after protest
Washington Post, April 22, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-trash-incinerator-project-called-off-after-protest/2016/04/22/8a016b98-0853-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_story.html

律师来了 上访少了（关注改革“最后一公里”） (Lawyers have come, petitions have reduced (Attention to “the last mile” of reforms))
People’s Daily, April 24, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0424/c1001-28299814.html

习近平要求中国“坚持社会主义宗教理论” (Xi Jinping insists that China “stick to religious theories of Socialism”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 24, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/04/160424_china_religion_xi

Government Accountability (政府问责)

As Panama Papers scandal deepens, China targets offshore accounts in renewed Skynet crackdown on fugitive corrupt officials
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1937634/panama-papers-scandal-deepens-china-targets-offshore

China quashes G-20 anticorruption task force, will host conference instead
The Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/04/25/china-quashes-g-20-anticorruption-task-force-will-host-conference-instead/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese Xi Jinping’s tough Internet sell to talent
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1938278/chinese-xi-jinpings-tough-internet-sell-talent

Apple services shut down in China in startling about-face
中国监管不再对苹果“网开一面”
The New York Times, April 22, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/technology/apple-no-longer-immune-to-chinas-scrutiny-of-us-tech-firms.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20160422/c22apple/

Hong Kong (香港)

More blank columns appear in Ming Pao protesting top editor’s sudden firing
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/25/more-blank-columns-appear-in-ming-pao-protesting-sacking-of-top-editor/

Hong Kong Christians march on mainland liaison office to protest religious oppression
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1938272/hong-kong-christians-march-mainland-liaison

"双非"零配额实施三年 每年仍有800内地孕妇闯港医院产子 (3 years after zero quota for “anchor babies,” 800 mainland Chinese pregnant women crash Hong Kong hospitals to give birth annually)
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/1544c1a883cf537/shuang-fei-ling-pei-e-shi-shi-san-nian-mei-nian-reng-you-800-nei-di-yun-fu-chuang-gang-yi-yuan-chan-zi

政府官方場合拒新聞系學生採訪　新聞處長拒見　大專新聞教育工作者聯席表遺憾 (Journalism students prohibited from gathering news at government official events, head of Information Services Department refuses to meet, journalism educators in tertiary institutions express regrets at joint conference)
Ming Pao, April 24, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160424/s00001/1461503372820

退出支聯會、民間人權陣線　學聯：不多不少與本土思潮有關 (Federation of Students quits Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and Civil Human Right Front: “to a certain extent related to localist ideologies”)
Ming Pao, April 24, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160424/s00001/1461509546374

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

CPC requires study of national security outlook
Xinhua, April 21, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-04/21/c_135300944.htm

China's Xi warns of foreign infiltration through religion
Reuters, April 24, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion-idUSKCN0XL075

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Pro-democracy activist stands trial for subversion in China's Guangdong
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/trial-04212016105512.html

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律师申请旁听苏昌兰案 遭警告禁止前往 (Lawyer applies for sitting in Su Changlan’s hearing, warned and prohibited from entering)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-04212016104441.html

China urges local officials to help resolve grievances of “petitioners”
Reuters, April 21, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-protests-idUSKCN0XI19M

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

广西百色法院调研环境保护诉讼发现, 环境诉讼费用制度影响公众参与积极 (Guangxi Baise Court investigation into environmental protection lawsuits finds litigation expenses affect public’s participation and enthusiasm)
Legal Daily, April 19, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160419/Articel05004GN.htm

Strikes and protests by shop workers increase as retail competition heats up
China Labor Bulletin, April 21, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/strikes-and-protests-shop-workers-increase-retail-competition-heats

Xi Jinping calls for greater tolerance of criticism online about China’s government...and comments about his remarks are barred or censored
习近平吁包容网民批评 官媒微博评论被删
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1937518/xi-jinping-calls-greater-tolerance-criticism-online
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/154380254bec38c/xi-jin-ping-yu-guan-yuan-bao-rong-wang-min-pi-zheng-fu-she-jiao-wang-zhan-feng-suo-xin-wen-ping-lun

Government Accountability (政府问责)

贪污受贿罪数额的合理调整 (A rational adjustment of the volume of bribery and corruption crime)
People’s Courts Daily, April 19, 2016
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2016-04/19/content_110945.htm

听听律师真实的声音反馈, 天津检察长带队探讨构建新型检律关系 (Listening to genuine feedback from lawyers, Tianjin's Chief Procurator leads team to probe a new type of relationship between procuratorate and lawyers)
Legal Daily, April 19, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160419/Articel02004GN.htm

近3年法院受理8万余贪贿案 (In the past 3 years, courts have handled more than 80,000 bribery cases)
Legal Daily, April 19, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160419/Articel03002GN.htm

China official dealing with Taiwan to be prosecuted for “vile and severe” graft
Reuters, April 21, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0XI1CA

The return of correct thinking. To keep the party and public in line, Xi Jinping is using Marxist classics
The Economist, April 23, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21697266-keep-party-and-public-line-xi-jinping-using-marxist-classics-return-correct

China's Xi Jinping takes commander in chief military title
习近平冠军事新头衔　迷彩服马赛克引围观
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 21, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36101140
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/04/160421_china_military_xi

Hammer and shackle. To keep party members clean, officials try outing them
The Economist, April 23, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21697267-keep-party-members-clean-officials-try-outing-them-hammer-and-shackle

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

As Panama Papers scandal deepens, China targets offshore accounts in renewed Skynet crackdown on fugitive corrupt officials
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1937634/panama-papers-scandal-deepens-china-targets-offshore

Why one cybersecurity firm says China has soured on conventional hacking
Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/04/22/why-one-cybersecurity-firm-thinks-china-has-soured-on-hacking/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong cabinet heavyweight caught up in Panama Papers row agrees on need for more transparency
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1937617/hong-kong-cabinet-heavyweight-caught-panama-papers-row-agrees-need

China ignored info from HK gov’t on HK businessman “kidnapping”—report
Hong Kong Free Press, April 21, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/21/china-ignored-info-from-hk-govt-on-hk-businessman-kidnapping-report/

逾百人抗议《明报》炒执总 7团体发声明忧新闻自由 (Over a hundred protest Ming Pao’s dismissal of executive chief editor, 7 groups issue statement apprehensive for press freedom)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-04212016104025.html

中国2016《旅游绿皮书》 批香港政治因素产生负面影响 (China’s 2016 green paper of tourism criticizes Hong Kong’s political factors that bring negative impacts)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/yf2-04212016104612.html

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

鄂尔多斯市达旗公安局举行反恐演练 (Dalad Banner, Ordos City Public Security Bureau in Inner Mongolia holds counterterrorism exercises)
North News, April 19, 2016
http://news.163.com/16/0419/10/BL0ONGIJ00014AEE.htmlhttp://www.northnews.cn/2016/0419/2150129.shtml

芦山县公安局芦阳派出所举行反恐防暴培训 (Lushan County Public Security Bureau Lu Yang sub-station holds counterterrorism and riot-control training)
Sichuan News Online, April 19, 2016
http://ya.newssc.org/system/20160419/001899829.htm

恐怖主义威胁是把双刃剑, 可以巩固但也可能瓦解欧盟 (The threat of terrorism is a double-edged sword, it might strengthen or cause the collapse of E.U.)
FX678, April 19, 2016
http://finance.sina.com.cn/money/forex/forexroll/2016-04-19/doc-ifxrizpp1782219.shtml

China’s “dangerous love” campaign, warning of spies, is met with shrugs
中国政府警示女性：与外国间谍的“危险爱情”
The New York Times, April 22, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/world/asia/china-foreign-spy-warning.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160422/c22chinasecurity/

Is China gearing up for another “people's war”?
The Diplomat, April 22, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/is-china-gearing-up-for-another-peoples-war/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China tries two anti-graft activists, three years after their detention
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-tries-two-04202016114131.html

四川建立精神卫生综合服务管理机制 (Sichuan establishes comprehensive mental health services management system)
Sichuan Daily, April 18, 2016
http://scnews.newssc.org/system/20160418/000666128.html

流动法庭车送法律服务到家门口 (Mobile courtroom brings legal services to your front door)
Legal Daily, April 13, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160413/Articel03010GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China Internet star Papi Jiang promises “corrections” after reprimand
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 20, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36089057

The “deep and disturbing decline” in global press freedom
The Washington Post, April 20, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/20/the-deep-and-disturbing-decline-in-global-press-freedom/

丹阳宣判一起滥用政府信息公开申请权案 (Danyang decides a case on misuse of right to access government information)
Yangzi Evening News, April 15, 2016
http://www.yangtse.com/jiangsu/2016/04/15/845264.html

监察部法制办等19部门信息公开年报不合格 (Legal Affairs Office of the Ministry of Supervision and 19 other departments' annual Open Government Information reports do not meet standard requirements)
Caixin, April 12, 2016
http://www.hinews.cn/news/system/2016/04/12/030307652.shtml

最高法微博粉丝总数突破2947万人 (Supreme People's Court's Weibo followers exceed 29 million)
Legal Daily, April 13, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160413/Articel03009GN.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's toxic school: officials struggle to contain uproar over sick students
The Guardian, April 19, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/19/chinas-toxic-school-officials-struggle-to-hold-back-uproar-over-sick-students