China sets new tone in drafting cybersecurity rules: Allows Microsoft, Cisco, other foreign tech companies join influential Technical Committee 260
The Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-moves-to-ease-foreign-concerns-on-cybersecurity-controls-1472132575
China: The new world leader in mobile technology
The Diplomat, August 31, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/09/china-the-new-world-leader-in-mobile-technology/
中国进军中亚时谁袭击了吉尔吉斯中国使馆 (At a time when China is advancing into Central Asia, who attacked the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan?)
Voice of America, August 29, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-embassy-blast-2016-0829/3487180.html
Two years after the Occupy protests, Hong Kong’s divided democracy movement challenges Beijing in the polls
Quartz, September 1, 2016
http://qz.com/768855/two-years-after-occupy-hong-kongs-divided-democracy-movement-challenges-beijing-in-the-polls/
War of words over independence heats up ahead of Hong Kong election
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/words-08312016114140.html
Obama goes to Hangzhou
China Change, September 1, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/09/01/obama-goes-to-hangzhou/
Interview: Jerome Cohen
The Diplomat, September 1, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/09/interview-jerome-cohen/
Police in China push for trial of Tibetan education advocate
接受时报采访惹怒当局，藏语教育倡导者或受审
The New York Times, August 31, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/world/asia/china-tibet-tashi-wangchuk.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160831/china-tibet-tashi-wangchuk/
延安派出所妥善化解一起家庭暴力 (Yan'an police substation properly resolves a domestic violence case)
Bengbu Government, August 29, 2016
https://perma.cc/7UYR-FEY6
Rights lawyer says he was forced to smear fellow activists caught in China crackdown
维权律师张凯：批评周世锋等维权人士 是恐惧下被迫表达
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2011418/rights-lawyer-says-he-was-forced-smear-fellow-activists
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/156de8da6e3a6ce/wei-quan-lv-shi-zhang-kai-pi-ping-zhou-shi-feng-deng-wei-quan-ren-shi-shi-kong-ju-xia-bei-po-biao-da
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Concerns mount for detained Chinese lawyers on “disappearance day”
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyers-08302016152248.html Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, August 21, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology
陕西律协成立维稳小组 专门监管维权律师 (Shaanxi lawyers’ association establishes social stability maintenance team, specializing in supervising rights lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08302016101318.html
Banned on Chinese TV: “Western lifestyles,” cleavage and time travel
Cable News Network, August 31, 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/31/asia/china-banned-on-tv-censorship/index.html
国家社会组织管理局成立, 非法社会组织将被取缔 (State Social Organizations Management Bureau established, unlawful social organizations will be shut down)
Sina News, August 30, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2016-08-30/doc-ifxvixsh6944871.shtml
More suicides reported in protest of destruction at Sichuan's Larung Gar
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/suicides-08292016143614.html
维权人士胡佳为“颠覆犯”胡石根募捐 (Rights defender Hu Jia collects donations for Hu Shigen, convicted of “subverting state power”)
Voice of America, August 31, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-chinese-activists-raise-fund-in-support-of-imprisoned-dissident-household-church-leader-20160830/3486562.html
Chinese dissidents urge Obama to press Xi Jinping on human rights at G20
The Guardian, August 31, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/31/chinese-dissidents-urge-obama-press-xi-jinping-human-rights-g20
A woman’s gruesome hanging shocked Tibet—but police have silenced all questions
Washington Post, August 25, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/a-young-womans-death-in-tibet-provokes-anger-and-a-brutal-crackdown/2016/08/25/239b628a-63bd-11e6-b4d8-33e931b5a26d_story.html
虚商渠道混乱, 网上身份信息公开售, 开卡软件“无限开卡” (Channels for virtual operators are chaotic, but identity information is being openly sold online, SIM activation software offers “unlimited card activation”)
Beijing Times, August 30, 2016
https://perma.cc/68K9-65CW
Suicide attack targets Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan
Al Jazeera, August 30, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/explosion-reported-chinese-embassy-kyrgyzstan-160830050134580.html
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中国驻吉尔吉斯使馆被撞爆炸, 事件疑策划许久 (Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan rocked by explosions, incident suspected to have been planned over a long period of time)
Phoenix News, August 30, 2016
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160830/49862826_0.shtml
旅馆未对顾客实名登记, 领到长沙首张反恐罚单 (Hotel fails to perform real-name registration of guests, leads to Changsha's first ever counter-terrorism fine)
China News, August 30, 2016
https://perma.cc/GQJ9-KKLD
“Abducted” bookseller Lam Wing-kee urges public to vote for pro-democracy candidates
Hong Kong Free Press, August 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/31/abducted-bookseller-lam-wing-kee-urges-public-to-vote-for-pro-democracy-candidates/
Young activists take on China in Hong Kong’s legislative election
Agence France-Presse, August 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/31/young-activists-take-china-hong-kongs-legislative-election/
Constitutional hostility
China Media Project, August 31, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/08/31/39877/
Don’t let China’s outdated cybersecurity laws block cooperation on the digital economy
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2010768/dont-let-chinas-outdated-cybersecurity-laws-block
妇联：常州市召开“中澳家暴危机干预中心试点项目”总结交流暨反家暴工作推进会 (Women's federation: Changzhou city convenes trial program for “Sino-Australian domestic violence emergency intervention center”)
Municipal All-China Women's Federation, August 26, 2016
https://perma.cc/UZ5X-DMY6
律师详解如何申请人身安全保护令 (Lawyer explains how to apply for a personal protection order)
Workercn.cn, August 26, 2016
https://perma.cc/RHS4-DSLW
民政部通报1135家山寨社团 大部分仍在活动 (Ministry of Civil Affairs circulates notice of 1,135 “nonprofits hiding in the hills”, the majority of whom are still active)
Sina News, August 29, 2016
https://perma.cc/2NLZ-XVFT
敢向扶贫资金伸“黑手”我们不答应 (They dared to extend their “black hands” into poverty relief funds, we disagreed)
Procuratorate Daily, August 29, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160829/20160829_002/20160829_002_1.htm#
构建合适成年人释法说理机制 (Construct a mechanism for adults to explain laws [to minors])
Procuratorate Daily, August 29, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160829/20160829_003/20160829_003_2.htm#
Environmental Law blunted by crippling court costs
ChinaFile, August 29, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/environment/environmental-law-blunted-crippling-court-costs
妻子:遭家暴 要离婚 法院:证据不足 判不离 (Wife: I was domestically abused, and I wanted a divorce: but the evidence was insufficient, and the court did not grant it)
Shenyang.net, August 29, 2016
http://ln.ifeng.com/a/20160829/4915048_0.shtml
福清市妇联举办反家庭暴力法律讲座 (Fuqing City women's federation holds lectures on anti-domestic violence law)
Fuqing Qiaoxiang Newspaper Agency, August 29, 2016
https://perma.cc/BM4X-WZKP
China's new film law to tighten censorship
Press Trust of India, August 29, 2016
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-s-new-film-law-to-tighten-censorship-116082900135_1.html
China regulator to curb news that promotes “Western lifestyles”
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2011150/beijing-bans-entertainment-news-promotes-western
Human rights activists in Jiangsu arrested and detained ahead of G20 summit—report
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/29/human-rights-activists-in-jiangsu-arrested-and-detained-ahead-of-g20-summit-report/
Ai Weiwei hits back after being dropped from art show in China's Ningxia
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ai-weiwei-hits-back-after-being-dropped-from-art-show-in-chinas-ningxia-08292016120500.html
Prosperity, stability, control: Beijing’s clashing priorities
China Digital Times, August 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/08/prosperity-stability-control-beijings-conflicting-priorities/
Xinjiang Communist Party chief “on his way out” as Beijing reshuffles top provincial jobs
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2010366/xinjiang-communist-party-chief-his-way-out-beijing
China to exclude negligent officials from promotion
Xinhua, August 29, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/29/c_135643016.htm
“Every minute counts” –UN experts raise alarm over short-term enforced disappearances International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
“分秒必争”——多名联合国专家对短期强迫失踪提出警告
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 30, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20416&LangID=E
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/CH/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20416&LangID=C
我们怎么就成了“透明人” (How did we become “transparent people”?)
Procuratorate Daily, August 29, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160829/20160829_001/20160829_001_5.htm
沪反恐怖综合演练：直升机、装甲突击车、防弹运兵车轮番登场 (Shanghai comprehensive counter-terrorism drill: helicopters, armored assault vehicles, bullet-proof troop carriers make their appearance one after another)
Xinhua, August 26, 2016
https://perma.cc/J6DY-PNFJ
南京依反恐法开罚单：宾馆未实名登记旅客被罚10万 (Nanjing issues fines pursuant to counter-terrorism law: hotel which did not register guests' real names fined 100,000 RMB)
The Paper, August 29, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160829/n466497350.shtml
张春贤反恐语录 (Record of Zhang Chunying's counter-terrorism speech)
Phoenix News, August 29, 2016
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160829/49857586_0.shtml
Prosecutors seek tougher punishment for youth leaders of Occupy protests Joshua Wong and Nathan Law
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/2010892/prosecutors-seek-tougher-punishment-youth-leaders-occupy-protests-joshua-wong
A prisoner’s human rights report
China Change, August 29, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/08/29/a-prisoners-human-rights-report/
An open letter to G20 leaders attending the 2016 Hangzhou summit
Initiatives for China, August 29, 2016
http://www.initiativesforchina.org/?p=2500